DEFINITIONS.

SEC. 9105. DEFINITIONS. (a) Amendments.—Section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a) is amended— (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) [42 U.S.C. 1143a note] 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) [42 U.S.C. 1143a note] 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.).