Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60
§11311 Establishment
Title 42 › Chapter 119— HOMELESS ASSISTANCE › Subchapter II— UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS › § 11311
Summary
Creates an independent office in the executive branch called the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. Its job is to coordinate the federal response and to bring together all levels of government and the private sector to reduce and end homelessness and to improve how the federal government helps.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §11311
The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
There is established in the executive branch an independent establishment to be known as the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness whose mission shall be to coordinate the Federal response to homelessness and to create a national partnership at every level of government and with the private sector to reduce and end homelessness in the nation while maximizing the effectiveness of the Federal Government in contributing to the end of homelessness.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2009—Pub. L. 111–22 inserted before period at end “whose mission shall be to coordinate the Federal response to homelessness and to create a national partnership at every level of government and with the private sector to reduce and end homelessness in the nation while maximizing the effectiveness of the Federal Government in contributing to the end of homelessness”. 2004—Pub. L. 108–199 substituted “United States Interagency Council on Homelessness” for “Interagency Council on the Homeless”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2009 Amendment Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, § 1004(b), May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1668, provided that: “The
Amendments
made by subsection (a) [enacting section 11318 of this title, amending this section and section 11312, 11313, and 11315 of this title, and repealing former section 11318 of this title] shall take effect on, and shall apply beginning on, the date of the enactment of this division [May 20, 2009].”
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Citation
42 U.S.C. § 11311
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60