Definitions

(a) Section 103(a)(5) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end; and (2) by inserting at the end the following: (D) may reside in indigenous, rural or marginalized communities as defined by the Secretary; and. (b) Section 103(a)(6) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking unaccompanied; (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end; (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (4) by inserting at the end the following: (D) may reside in indigenous, rural or marginalized communities as defined by the Secretary.. (c) Section 103(b) of the of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is amended by adding at the end the following: Within the domestic violence definition, the Secretary shall specifically include women, women with children, survivors and other persons at risk of gender-based violence as a recognized term and subpopulation as that term is currently defined in applicable Federal statute and regulations..