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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2805

To allow the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai to distribute grant funds 

received under section 106(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 21, 2003

Mr. CASE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Financial Services 

A BILL

To allow the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai to distribute grant funds received under section 106(d) of the 

Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, and 

for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. ELECTION BY UNITS OF GENERAL LOCAL GOV4 ERNMENT TO DISTRIBUTE GRANT FUNDS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 106(d)(2) of the Housing 

6 and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

7 5306(d)(2)) is amended—

8 (1) in subparagraph (A)—
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1 (A) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(ii) by the Secretary, to units of general local 

4 government located in any nonentitlement area of a 

5 State that has not elected to distribute such funds 

6 as of December 31, 2003.’’; and 

7 (B) by adding after the period at the end 

8 of the such subparagraph the following: ‘‘Any 

9 State that does not elect to distribute amounts 

10 allocated under paragraph (1) as of December 

11 31, 2003 shall have any amounts allocated 

12 under this Act distributed by the Secretary to 

13 units of general local government described in 

14 subparagraph (A)(ii), and such States may not 

15 elect to distribute amounts after that date.’’; 

16 and 

17 (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(B)(i) The Secretary shall distribute amounts allo20 cated under paragraph (1) to units of general local govern21 ment of a State, as described in subparagraph (A)(ii), in 

22 accordance with a formula which bears the same ratio to 

23 the total amount available for the nonentitlement area of 

24 the State as the weighted average of the ratios between—
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1 ‘‘(I) the population of that eligible unit of gen2 eral local government and the population of all eligi3 ble units of general local government in the non4 entitlement areas of the State; 

5 ‘‘(II) the extent of poverty in that eligible unit 

6 of general local government and the extent of pov7 erty in all of the eligible units of general local gov8 ernment in the nonentitlement areas of the State; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(III) the extent of housing overcrowding in 

11 that eligible unit of general local government and the 

12 extent of housing overcrowding in all of the eligible 

13 units of general local government in the nonentitle14 ment areas of the State. 

15 ‘‘(ii) In determining the weighted average of the ra16 tios described in clause (i)—

17 ‘‘(I) the ratio described in clause (i)(II) shall be 

18 counted twice; and 

19 ‘‘(II) the ratios described in subclauses (I) and 

20 (III) of clause (i) shall be counted once. 

21 ‘‘(iii) Any unit of general local government qualifying 

22 under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall manage its program in 

23 accordance with the statutes and regulations applicable to 

24 metropolitan cities and urban counties.’’. 
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Housing and 

2 Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 

3 seq.) is amended—

4 (1) in section 102(a)(6), by adding at the end 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(F) Units of general local government de7 scribed under section 106(d)(2)(A)(ii).’’; and 

8 (2) in section 106(d)—

9 (A) in paragraph (3)—

10 (i) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

11 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

12 (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and 

13 (C), respectively; 

14 (B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 

15 paragraph (7); and 

16 (C) in the second paragraph designated as 

17 paragraph (5), as added by section 106(i) of 

18 the Act making supplemental appropriations for 

19 the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, and 

20 for other purposes, approved November 30, 

21 1983—

22 (i) by striking ‘‘(5) No amount’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘(6) No amount’’; and 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘or the Secretary’’.

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