• Prohibits entities receiving HUD federal funds from compelling homeless persons to live in homeless facilities or perform labor to reside there, and from punishing homeless persons for engaging in life-sustaining activities on public property
• Defines "life-sustaining activities" as basic biological necessities including sleeping, resting, eating, drinking, and sheltering oneself, and defines "punishment" to include arrest, fines, license revocation, and involuntary commitment
• The bill is motivated by Congressional findings citing a wave of anti-camping laws, executive actions conditioning federal grants on enforcement of camping bans, and proposals for forced labor camps for homeless persons

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