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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2856

To increase the overall economy and efficiency of Government operations

and enable more efficient use of Federal funding, by authorizing a

demonstration program that enables local governments and private, notfor-profit organizations to use amounts available under certain Federal

assistance programs in accordance with approved integrated assistance

plans.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 4, 1993

Mr. CONYERS (for himself and Mr. CLINGER) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Government Operations

A BILL

To increase the overall economy and efficiency of Government

operations and enable more efficient use of Federal funding, by authorizing a demonstration program that enables local governments and private, not-for-profit organizations to use amounts available under certain Federal

assistance programs in accordance with approved integrated assistance plans.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Local Flexibility Act

5 of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

2 The purposes of this Act are the following:

3 (1) To encourage the integration of Federal

4 programs by local governments and private, not-for5 profit organizations, when such integration would

6 further the goals and objectives of the grant pro7 grams integrated.

8 (2) To enable more efficient use of Federal,

9 State, and local resources.

10 (3) To enable local governments and private,

11 not-for-profit organizations to adapt programs of

12 Federal assistance to the particular needs of low-in13 come citizens and the operating practices of recipi14 ents, by drawing upon appropriations available from

15 more than one Federal program and by integrating

16 programs and program funds across existing Federal

17 assistance categories.

18 SEC. 3. PROVISION OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE IN ACCORD19 ANCE WITH APPROVED INTEGRATED ASSIST20 ANCE PLAN.

21 (a) PAYMENTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—Notwith22 standing any other provision of law, amounts available to

23 a local government or a qualified organization under a cov24 ered Federal assistance program included in an approved

25 integrated assistance plan shall be provided to and used
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1 by the local government or organization in accordance

2 with that approved integrated assistance plan.

3 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS.—An individual or

4 family that is eligible for benefits or services under a cov5 ered Federal assistance program included in an approved

6 integrated assistance plan may receive those benefits only

7 in accordance with the plan.

8 SEC. 4. APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF INTEGRATED AS9 SISTANCE PLAN.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—A local government may submit

11 to the Interagency Review Council in accordance with this

12 section an application for approval of an integrated assist13 ance plan.

14 (b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—An application

15 submitted under this section shall include—

16 (1) a proposed integrated assistance plan that

17 complies with subsection (c);

18 (2) certification by the chief executive of the

19 local government, and such additional assurances as

20 may be required by the Interagency Review Council,

21 that—

22 (A) the local government has the ability

23 and authority to implement the proposed plan,

24 either directly or through contractual or other
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1 arrangements, throughout the geographic area

2 in which the proposed plan is intended to apply;

3 (B) amounts are available from non-Fed4 eral sources to pay the non-Federal share of all

5 covered Federal assistance programs included

6 in the proposed plan; and

7 (C) low income individuals and families

8 that reside in that geographic area participated

9 in the development of the proposed plan;

10 (3) any comments on the proposed plan submit11 ted under subsection (d) by the Governor of the

12 State of the local government; and

13 (4) any other information the Interagency Re14 view Council may require to approve the proposed

15 plan.

16 (c) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—An integrated assistance

17 plan submitted by a local government under this section

18 shall include the following:

19 (1) GEOGRAPHIC AREA.—The geographic area

20 to which the plan applies and the rationale for so de21 fining the area.

22 (2) RECIPIENTS.—The particular groups of in23 dividuals, by age, service needs, economic cir24 cumstances, or other defining factors, who will re25 ceive services and benefits under the plan.
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1 (3) GOALS AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA.—

2 Specific goals and measurable performance criteria,

3 a description of how the plan is expected to attain

4 those goals and criteria, a description of how per5 formance will be measured, and a system for the

6 comprehensive evaluation of the impact of the plan

7 on participants, the community, and program costs.

8 (4) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—Elements that

9 will assist individuals and families who will receive

10 benefits under the plan to participate actively in de11 veloping both long- and short-range plans for bene12 fits provided under the plan and in deciding other

13 matters, including—

14 (A) the scope of services necessary and de15 sired to meet the full range of the individuals’

16 or families’ needs,

17 (B) the choice of provider, and

18 (C) any other choices affecting the service

19 design for that individual or family.

20 (5) COVERED FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PRO21 GRAMS.—The eligible Federal assistance programs

22 to be included in the plan as covered Federal assist23 ance programs and the specific benefits that will be

24 provided under the plan pursuant to those programs,

25 including criteria for determining eligibility for bene-
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1 fits under the plan, the services available, the

2 amounts and form (such as cash, in-kind contribu3 tions, or financial instruments) of non-service bene4 fits, and any other descriptive information the Inter5 agency Review Council considers necessary to ap6 prove the plan.

7 (6) FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS TO BE

8 WAIVED.—Any Federal statutory or regulatory re9 quirement applicable under a covered Federal assist10 ance program included in the plan, the waiver of

11 which is necessary to implement the plan.

12 (7) FISCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY.—

13 Fiscal control and related accountability procedures

14 applicable under the plan.

15 (8) SOURCES OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.—A de16 scription of the sources of all non-Federal funds that

17 are required to carry out covered Federal assistance

18 programs included in the plan.

19 (9) CONSENT OF QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS.—

20 Written consent from each qualified organization for

21 which consent is required under section 5(b)(2).

22 (10) OTHER INFORMATION.—Any other infor23 mation the Interagency Review Council may require

24 to approve the plan.

25 (d) PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING.—
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1 (1) SUBMISSION TO GOVERNOR—To apply for

2 approval of an integrated assistance plan, a local

3 government shall submit an application in accord4 ance with this section to the Governor of the State

5 in which the local government is located.

6 (2) SUBMISSION BY GOVERNOR.—A Governor

7 who receives an application from a local government

8 under paragraph (1) shall, by not later than 30 days

9 after the date of that receipt—

10 (A) prepare comments on the proposed in11 tegrated assistance plan included in the applica12 tion; and

13 (B) submit the application and comments

14 to the Interagency Review Council.

15 SEC. 5. REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF INTEGRATED ASSIST16 ANCE PLANS.

17 (a) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—Upon receipt of an

18 application for approval of an integrated assistance plan

19 under this Act, the Interagency Review Council shall—

20 (1) approve or disapprove the plan within 45

21 days after receipt of the application;

22 (2) notify the applicant in writing of that ap23 proval or disapproval by not later than 15 days after

24 the date of that approval or disapproval; and
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1 (3) in the case of any disapproval of a plan, in2 clude a written justification of the reasons for dis3 approval in the notice of disapproval sent to the

4 applicant.

5 (b) APPROVAL.—

6 (1) REQUIREMENTS.—The Interagency Review

7 Council may approve an integrated assistance plan

8 for which an application is submitted under this Act,

9 or any part of such a plan, if a majority of members

10 of the Council determines that—

11 (A) the plan or part will improve the effec12 tiveness and efficiency of providing benefits

13 under covered Federal programs included in the

14 plan by reducing administrative rigidity, dupli15 cation, and unnecessary expenditures;

16 (B) the applicant local government has

17 adequately considered, and the plan or part ap18 propriately addresses, any effect that adminis19 tration of each covered Federal program under

20 the plan or part will have on administration of

21 the other covered Federal programs under that

22 plan or part;

23 (C) the applicant local government has or

24 is developing data bases, planning, and evalua-
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1 tion processes that are adequate for implement2 ing the plan or part;

3 (D) implementation of the plan or part will

4 adequately achieve the purposes of this Act and

5 of each covered Federal assistance program

6 under the plan or part;

7 (E) the plan and the application for ap8 proval of the plan comply with the requirements

9 of this Act;

10 (F) the plan or part is adequate to ensure

11 that individuals and families that receive bene12 fits under covered Federal assistance programs

13 included in the plan or part will continue to re14 ceive benefits that meet the needs intended to

15 be met under the program; and

16 (G) the level of those benefits will not be

17 reduced for any individual or family.

18 (2) LIMITATIONS.—The Interagency Review

19 Council may not approve any part of an integrated

20 assistance plan if—

21 (A) implementation of that part would re22 sult in any increase in the total amount of obli23 gations or outlays of discretionary appropria24 tions or direct spending under covered Federal

25 assistance programs included in that part, over
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1 the amounts of such obligations and outlays

2 that would occur under those programs without

3 implementation of the part; or

4 (B) in the case of a plan or part that ap5 plies to assistance to a qualified organization

6 under an eligible Federal assistance program,

7 the qualified organization does not consent in

8 writing to the receipt of that assistance in

9 accordance with the plan.

10 (3) DISAPPROVAL OF PART OF PLAN RE11 QUIRED.—The Interagency Review Council shall dis12 approve a part of an integrated assistance plan if a

13 majority of the Council disapproves that part of the

14 plan based on a failure of the part to comply with

15 paragraph (1).

16 (4) PERIOD OF APPROVED PLAN.—In approving

17 any part of an integrated assistance plan, the Inter18 agency Review Council shall specify the period dur19 ing which the part is effective. An approved inte20 grated assistance plan shall not be effective after the

21 date of the termination of effectiveness of this Act

22 under section 11(a).

23 (5) ELIGIBILITY UNDER FEDERAL PROGRAMS

24 NOT AFFECTED.—Disapproval by the Interagency

25 Review Council of any part of an integrated assist-
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1 ance plan submitted by a local government under

2 this Act shall not affect the eligibility of a local gov3 ernment, a qualified organization, or any individual

4 for benefits under any Federal program.

5 (c) MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Interagency Review

7 Council may not approve a part of an integrated

8 Federal assistance plan unless each local government

9 and each qualified organization that would receive

10 assistance under the plan enters into a memoran11 dum of understanding under this subsection with the

12 Interagency Review Council.

13 (2) TERMS.—A memorandum of understanding

14 under this subsection shall specify all understand15 ings that have been reached by the Interagency Re16 view Council, the local government, and each quali17 fied organization that is subject to an integrated as18 sistance plan, regarding the approval and implemen19 tation of all parts of an integrated assistance plan

20 that are the subject of the memorandum, including

21 with respect to—

22 (A) all requirements under covered Federal

23 assistance programs that are to be waived by

24 the Interagency Review Council pursuant to

25 section 6(b);
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1 (B) the total amount of Federal funds that

2 will be provided as benefits under or used to ad3 minister covered Federal assistance programs

4 included in those parts, or a mechanism for de5 termining that amount, including specification

6 of the total amount of Federal funds that will

7 be provided or used under each covered Federal

8 assistance program included in those parts;

9 (C) the sources of all non-Federal funds

10 that will be provided as benefits under or used

11 to administer those parts;

12 (D) measurable performance criteria that

13 will be used during the term of those parts to

14 determine the extent to which the goals and

15 performance levels of the parts are achieved;

16 and

17 (E) the data to be collected to make that

18 determination.

19 (d) LIMITATION ON CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIRE20 MENTS.—The Interagency Review Council may not, as a

21 condition of approval of any part of an integrated assist22 ance plan or with respect to the implementation of any

23 part of an approved integrated assistance plan, establish

24 any confidentiality requirement which would—
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1 (1) impede the exchange of information needed

2 for the design or provision of benefits under the

3 parts; or

4 (2) conflict with existing law.

5 SEC. 6. IMPLEMENTATION OF APPROVED INTEGRATED AS6 SISTANCE PLANS; WAIVER OF REQUIRE7 MENTS.

8 (a) PAYMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION IN ACCORD9 ANCE WITH PLAN.—Notwithstanding any other law, any

10 benefit which is provided under a covered Federal assist11 ance program included in an approved integrated assist12 ance plan shall be paid and administered in the manner

13 specified in the approved integrated assistance plan.

14 (b) WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other

16 law and subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the

17 Interagency Review Council may waive any require18 ment applicable under Federal law to the adminis19 tration of, or provision of benefits under, any cov20 ered Federal assistance program included in an ap21 proved integrated assistance plan, if that waiver is—

22 (A) reasonably necessary for the implemen23 tation of the plan; and

24 (B) approved by a majority of members of

25 the Interagency Review Council.
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1 (2) FINDING REQUIRED.—The Interagency Re2 view Council may not waive a requirement under

3 this subsection unless the Council finds that waiver

4 of the requirement will not result in a reduction in

5 services or benefits for any individual or family that

6 is eligible for benefits under a covered Federal

7 assistance program.

8 (3) LIMITATIONS.—The Interagency Review

9 Council may not under this subsection waive any re10 quirement—

11 (A) that is established by statute or regu12 lation under—

13 (i) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of

14 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.);

15 (ii) section 504 of the Rehabilitation

16 Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.);

17 (iii) title IX of the Education Amend18 ments of 1972 (86 Stat. 373 et seq.);

19 (iv) the Age Discrimination Act of

20 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.); or

21 (v) the Americans With Disabilities

22 Act of 1990; or

23 (B) for payment of a non-Federal share of

24 funding of an activity under a covered Federal

25 assistance program.
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1 (c) SPECIAL ASSISTANCE.—To the extent otherwise

2 permitted by law, the head of each Federal agency shall

3 seek to provide special assistance to a local government

4 to support implementation of an approved integrated as5 sistance plan, including expedited processing, priority

6 funding, and technical assistance.

7 (d) EVALUATION AND TERMINATION.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—A local government, in ac9 cordance with regulations issued by the Interagency

10 Review Council, shall—

11 (A) submit such reports on and cooperate

12 in such audits of the implementation of its ap13 proved integrated assistance program; and

14 (B) periodically evaluate the effect imple15 mentation of the plan has had on—

16 (i) individuals who receive benefits

17 under the plan;

18 (ii) communities where those individ19 uals live; and

20 (iii) costs of administering covered

21 Federal assistance programs included in

22 the plan.

23 (2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days

24 after the end of the 1-year period beginning on the

25 date of the approval by the Interagency Review
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1 Council of an approved integrated assistance plan of

2 a local government, and annually thereafter, the

3 local government shall submit to the Interagency Re4 view Council a report on the principal activities and

5 achievements under the plan during the period cov6 ered by the report, comparing those achievements to

7 the goals and performance criteria included in the

8 plan pursuant to section 4(c)(3).

9 (3) TERMINATION OF PLAN.—

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—If the Interagency Re11 view Council, after consultation with the head

12 of each Federal agency responsible for admin13 istering a covered Federal assistance program

14 included in an approved integrated assistance

15 plan of a local government, determines—

16 (i) the goals and performance criteria

17 included in the plan pursuant to section

18 4(c)(3) have not been met; and

19 (ii) after considering any experiences

20 gained in implementation of the plan, that

21 those goals and criteria are sound;

22 the Interagency Review Council may terminate

23 the effectiveness of the plan.

24 (B) TIMING.—In terminating the effective25 ness of an approved integrated assistance plan
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1 under this paragraph, the Interagency Review

2 Council shall allow a reasonable period of time

3 for appropriate Federal, State, and local agen4 cies, and qualified organizations to resume ad5 ministration of Federal programs that are cov6 ered Federal assistance programs included in

7 the plan.

8 (e) FINAL REPORT; EXTENSION OF PLANS.—

9 (1) FINAL REPORT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—

10 Not later than 45 days after the end of the effective

11 period of an approved integrated assistance plan of

12 a local government, or at any time that the local

13 government determines that the plan has dem14 onstrated its worth and proven to be a superior way

15 to provide benefits under covered Federal assistance

16 programs included in the plan, the local government

17 shall submit to the Interagency Review Council a

18 final report on its implementation of the plan, in19 cluding a full evaluation of the successes and short20 comings of the plan and the effects of that imple21 mentation on individuals who receive benefits under

22 those programs.

23 (2) EXTENSION OF PLAN.—The Interagency

24 Review Council may extend the effective period of an

25 approved integrated assistance plan for such period
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1 as may be appropriate, based on the report of a local

2 government under paragraph (1).

3 SEC. 7. COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—A local government that ap5 plies for approval of an integrated assistance plan under

6 this Act shall establish a Community Advisory Committee

7 in accordance with this section.

8 (b) FUNCTIONS.—A Community Advisory Committee

9 shall advise a local government in the development and

10 implementation of its integrated assistance plan, including

11 with respect to—

12 (1) conducting public hearings;

13 (2) representing the interest of low income indi14 viduals and families; and

15 (3) reviewing and commenting on all commu16 nity policies, programs, and actions under the plan

17 which affect low income individuals and families,

18 with the purpose of assuring maximum coordination

19 and responsiveness of the plan in providing benefits

20 under the plan to those individuals and families.

21 (c) MEMBERSHIP.—The membership of a Community

22 Advisory Committee shall—

23 (1) consist of—

24 (A) low income individuals, who shall—
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1 (i) comprise at least one-third of the

2 membership, and

3 (ii) include minority individuals who

4 are participants or who qualify to partici5 pate in eligible Federal assistance pro6 grams;

7 (B) representatives of low income individ8 uals and families;

9 (C) persons with leadership experience in

10 the private and voluntary sectors;

11 (D) local elected officials; and

12 (E) the general public; and

13 (2) include individuals and representatives of

14 community organizations who will help to enhance

15 the leadership role of the local government in devel16 oping an integrated assistance plan.

17 (d) OPPORTUNITY FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT BY

18 COMMITTEE.—Before submitting an application for ap19 proval of a final proposed integrated assistance plan, a

20 local government shall submit the final proposed plan for

21 review and comment by a Community Advisory Committee

22 established by the local government.

23 SEC. 8. TECHNICAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE.

24 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Interagency Review

2 Council may provide, or direct that the head of a

3 Federal agency provide, technical assistance to a

4 local government in developing information nec5 essary for the design or implementation of an inte6 grated assistance plan.

7 (2) REQUEST AND ASSURANCES.—Assistance

8 may be provided under this subsection only upon re9 ceipt of a request from a local government that in10 cludes, in accordance with requirements established

11 by the Interagency Review Council—

12 (A) a description of the nature of the inte13 grated assistance plan the local government

14 proposes to develop;

15 (B) the groups of individuals to whom ben16 efits will be provided under covered Federal as17 sistance programs included in the plan; and

18 (C) such assurances as the Interagency

19 Review Council may require that—

20 (i) in the development of the applica21 tion to be submitted under this Act for ap22 proval of the plan, the local government

23 will provide adequate opportunities to par24 ticipate to—
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1 (I) low income individuals and

2 families that will receive benefits

3 under covered Federal assistance pro4 grams included in the plan; and

5 (II) governmental agencies that

6 administer those programs; and

7 (ii) the plan will be developed only

8 after considering fully—

9 (I) needs expressed by those indi10 viduals and families;

11 (II) community priorities; and

12 (III) available governmental re13 sources in the geographic area to

14 which the plan will apply.

15 (b) DETAILS TO COUNCIL.—At the request of the

16 Chairman of the Interagency Review Council and with the

17 approval of the Secretary of a department, staff of the

18 department may be detailed to the Interagency Review

19 Council on a nonreimbursable basis.

20 SEC. 9. INTERAGENCY REVIEW COUNCIL.

21 (a) COMPOSITION.—There is established the Inter22 agency Review Council, which shall be comprised of—

23 (1) the Secretary of Agriculture;

24 (2) the Attorney General of the United States;

25 (3) the Secretary of Education;
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1 (4) the Secretary of Health and Human Serv2 ices;

3 (5) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel4 opment;

5 (6) the Secretary of Labor;

6 (7) the Secretary of the Interior;

7 (8) the Secretary of Commerce;

8 (9) the Secretary of Transportation;

9 (10) the Administrator of the Environmental

10 Protection Agency; and

11 (11) an individual appointed by the President,

12 who shall serve as Chairperson of the Interagency

13 Review Council.

14 (b) FUNCTIONS.—The Interagency Review Council

15 shall—

16 (1) receive, review, and approve or disapprove

17 integrated assistance plans for which approval is ap18 plied under this Act;

19 (2) upon request from an applicant for such ap20 proval, direct the head of an agency which admin21 isters a covered Federal assistance program under

22 which the preponderance of Federal assistance would

23 be provided under the plan to provide technical as24 sistance to the applicant;
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1 (3) monitor the progress of development and

2 implementation of integrated assistance plans;

3 (4) perform such other functions as are as4 signed to the Interagency Review Council by this

5 Act; and

6 (5) issue regulations to implement this Act

7 within 180 days after the date of its enactment.

8 SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS.

9 In this Act:

10 (1) APPROVED INTEGRATED ASSISTANCE

11 PLAN.—The term ‘‘approved integrated assistance

12 plan’’ means an integrated assistance plan, or any

13 part of such a plan, that is approved by the Inter14 agency Review Council under section 5.

15 (2) COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The

16 term ‘‘Community Advisory Committee’’ means such

17 a council established by a local government in ac18 cordance with section 7.

19 (3) COVERED FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PRO20 GRAM.—The term ‘‘covered Federal assistance pro21 gram’’ means an eligible Federal assistance program

22 that is included in an integrated assistance plan of

23 a local government.
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1 (4) ELIGIBLE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PRO2 GRAM.—The term ‘‘eligible Federal assistance pro3 gram’’—

4 (A) means any Federal program under

5 which assistance is available, directly or indi6 rectly, to a local government or a qualified or7 ganization to carry out a program for—

8 (i) education,

9 (ii) employment training,

10 (iii) health,

11 (iv) housing,

12 (v) nutrition, or

13 (vi) other social services; and

14 (B) does not include any Federal program

15 under which assistance is provided by the Fed16 eral Government directly to a beneficiary of

17 that assistance.

18 (5) ELIGIBLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term

19 ‘‘eligible local government’’ means a local govern20 ment that is eligible to receive assistance under 1 or

21 more covered Federal programs.

22 (6) INTERAGENCY REVIEW COUNCIL.—The

23 term ‘‘Interagency Review Council’’ means such

24 council established under section 9.
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1 (7) INTEGRATED ASSISTANCE PLAN.—The term

2 ‘‘integrated assistance plan’’ means a comprehensive

3 plan for the integration and administration by a

4 local government of assistance provided by the Fed5 eral Government under 2 or more eligible Federal

6 assistance programs.

7 (8) LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘local

8 government’’ means any subdivision of a State that

9 is a unit of general local government (as that term

10 is defined in section 6501 of title 31, United States

11 Code);

12 (9) LOW INCOME.—The term ‘‘low income’’

13 means having an income that is not greater than

14 200 percent of the Federal poverty income level.

15 (10) PRIORITY FUNDING.—The term ‘‘priority

16 funding’’ means giving higher priority (including by

17 the assignment of extra points, if applicable) to ap18 plications for Federal assistance submitted by a local

19 government having an approved integrated assist20 ance program, by a person located in the jurisdiction

21 of such a government, or by a qualified organization

22 eligible for assistance under a covered Federal as23 sistance program included in such a plan.

24 (11) QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION.—The term

25 ‘‘qualified organization’’ means any private, not-for-
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1 profit organization that is exempt from taxation

2 under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue

3 Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)).

4 (12) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 50

5 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Amer6 ican Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.

7 SEC. 11. TERMINATION AND REPEAL; REPORT.

8 (a) TERMINATION AND REPEAL.—This Act shall not

9 be effective after, and is repealed on, the date that is 5

10 years after the date of its enactment.

11 (b) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the Unit12 ed States shall submit to the Congress, by no later than

13 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, a

14 report that—

15 (1) describes the extent to which local govern16 ments have established and implemented approved

17 integrated assistance plans,

18 (2) evaluates the effectiveness of covered Fed19 eral assistance programs included in approved inte20 grated assistance plans, and

21 (3) includes recommendations with respect to

22 continuing integrated assistance.

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