ADULT EDUCATION FOR THE HOMELESS.

SEC. 701. ADULT EDUCATION FOR THE HOMELESS. (a) General Authority.— (1) Implementation.— Section 702(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11421(a)) is amended by striking “to develop a plan and implement a program” and inserting the following: “to implement, either directly or through contracts and grants, a program”. (2) Conforming amendments.— (A) Section heading.— The heading of section 702 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11421) is amended by striking “statewide” and inserting “state”. (B) Table of contents.— The item relating to section 702 in the table of contents in section 101(b) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 prec.) is amended to read as follows: 102 STAT. 3245 “Sec. 702. State literacy initiatives.”. (b) Authorization of Appropriations.— Section 702(c)(1) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11421(c)(1) is amended to read as follows: “(1) There is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1989 and 1990 for the adult literacy and basic skills remediation programs authorized by this section.”. (c) Definition of State.— Section 702(d) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11421(d)) is amended— (1) by striking “and”; and (2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands”.