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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4169 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4169

 To amend title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
     to provide that activities to bring structures and sites into 
compliance with building, health and safety, and environmental laws and 
   ordinances shall be activities eligible for assistance under such 
                                 title.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 1994

 Mr. Machtley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
            Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
     to provide that activities to bring structures and sites into 
compliance with building, health and safety, and environmental laws and 
   ordinances shall be activities eligible for assistance under such 
                                 title.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Urban Revitalization Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

    Section 105(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(4)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (24), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (25), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting a semicolon;
            (3) in the last paragraph (as added by section 1012(f)(3) 
        of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Public 
        Law 102-550; 106 Stat. 3905))--
                    (A) by striking ``(21)'' and inserting ``(26)''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(27) any cleanup, removal, site preparation, 
        rehabilitation of structures, or other activities necessary to 
        make any real property (including improvements thereon) that is 
        blighted, deteriorated, deteriorating, undeveloped, or 
        inappropriately developed and used to carry out an economic 
        development project that meets the requirements of 
        subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (17), comply with 
        any Federal, State, or local laws, ordinances, or regulations 
        relating to building or construction standards, health or 
        safety standards, or environmental protection.''.

SEC. 3. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

    The first sentence of section 108(a) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308(a)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (3), by striking ``or''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``; or (5) any cleanup, removal, site preparation, 
        rehabilitation of structures, or other activities permitted 
        under section 105(a)(27)''.

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