PER DIEM GRANT PAYMENTS TO NONCONFORMING ENTITIES.

SEC. 701. PER DIEM GRANT PAYMENTS TO NONCONFORMING ENTITIES. Section 2012 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(d) Per Diem Payments to Nonconforming Entities.—(1) The Secretary may make funds available for per diem payments under this section to the following grant recipients or eligible entities:“(A) Grant recipients or eligible entities that—“(i) meet each of the transitional and supportive services criteria prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a)(1); and124 STAT. 1175“(ii) furnish services to homeless individuals, of which less than 75 percent are veterans.“(B) Grant recipients or eligible entities that—“(i) meet at least one, but not all, of the transitional and supportive services criteria prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a)(1); and“(ii) furnish services to homeless individuals, of which not less than 75 percent are veterans.“(C) Grant recipients or eligible entities that—“(i) meet at least one, but not all, of the transitional and supportive services criteria prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a)(1); and“(ii) furnish services to homeless individuals, of which less than 75 percent are veterans.“(2) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), in providing per diem payments under this subsection, the Secretary shall determine the rate of such per diem payments in accordance with the following order of priority:“(A) Grant recipients or eligible entities described by paragraph (1)(A).“(B) Grant recipients or eligible entities described by paragraph (1)(B).“(C) Grant recipients or eligible entities described by paragraph (1)(C).“(3) For purposes of this subsection, an eligible entity is a nonprofit entity and may be an entity that is ineligible to receive a grant under section 2011 of this title, but whom the Secretary determines carries out the purposes described in that section.”.