42 USC § 11311 - Establishment

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s11311"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 11311 - Establishment"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "11311"
section_name: "Establishment"
chapter_number: 119
chapter_name: "HOMELESS ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 100–77, title II, § 201, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 486; Pub. L. 108–199, div. G, title II, § 216(4), Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 394; Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, § 1004(a)(1), May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1666.)"
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# § 11311. Establishment

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 100–77, title II, § 201, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 486; Pub. L. 108–199, div. G, title II, § 216(4), Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 394; Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, § 1004(a)(1), May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1666.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2009— 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— substituted “United States Interagency Council on Homelessness” for “Interagency Council on the Homeless”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2009 Amendment

> “The amendments made by subsection (a) [enacting
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> , amending this section and sections 11312, 11313, and 11315 of this title, and repealing former
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> ] shall take effect on, and shall apply beginning on, the date of the enactment of this division [
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