# 119-hr-671: Vital Documents Access for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Act of 2025

119-hr-671, Vital Documents Access for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-671
- Congress: 119
- Title: Vital Documents Access for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Expanding access to vital documents** for unaccompanied homeless youth is the bill's core aim. This bill would create an interagency Task Force to coordinate federal, state, and local steps and to build data and policy tools to help youth get IDs like birth certificates and Social Security cards. - Unaccompanied homeless youth would get focused policy attention to remove barriers to identity documents. The Task Force would identify challenges and recommend staff training, outreach, and practical fixes to increase access. - The Social Security Administration and other agencies would be required to assess Social Security card issuance rules for these youth and propose options to waive or ease documentation requirements, plus new educational materials and outreach plans. - Youth with lived experience would have a seat at the table. The Task Force would include three state human services officials and three nonprofit representatives under age 30, would meet quarterly, deliver an initial report within 1 year, a final report within 3 years, and would terminate after that period.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ), 2025-01-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Help getting vital ID for homeless youth: benefit, low. If enacted, HUD, HHS, and the Social Security Administration would set up a Task Force within 90 days. The Task Force would be chaired jointly by SSA and the covered Secretaries and include federal officials, three State directors, and three nonprofit youth representatives. State and nonprofit appo…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act
- 119-hr-3376: Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2045: Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-671 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/671)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8870)
- [119-hr-3376: Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3376)
- [119-hr-2045: Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2045)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-671 (as of 2025-12-21).