DEFINITIONS.

SEC. 9105. DEFINITIONS.(a) Amendments.—Section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a) is amended—129 STAT. 2137(1) in paragraph (2)(B)(i)—(A) by inserting “or” before “are abandoned”; and(B) by striking “or are awaiting foster care placement;”;(2) in paragraph (3), by striking “9101” and inserting “8101”; and(3) in paragraph (6), by striking “youth not” and inserting “homeless child or youth not”.(b) Effective Date.—(1) In general.—In the case of a State that is not a covered State, the amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.(2) Covered state.—In the case of a covered State, the amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall take effect on the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.(c) Covered State.—For purposes of this section the term “covered State” means a State that has a statutory law that defines or describes the phrase “awaiting foster care placement”, for purposes of a program under subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.).