Amend CSHB 1 (house committee report) in Article VII of the bill, following the appropriations to the Department of Housing and Community Affairs (page VII-8), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:

____.  Contingent Appropriation for HB 2528. Contingent on the enactment and becoming of law of HB 2528, or similar legislation of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, relating to a study on the establishment of a statewide homelessness data system, out of the amounts appropriated above to the department for Strategy C.1.1, Poverty-Related Funds, the department shall allocate the amount of $250,000 for each year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2025, for the purpose of implementing that legislation. Any unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of August 31, 2024, are appropriated for the same purpose in the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2024.