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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4084

To amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to establish a new

Community Initiative Program to carry out economic development activities in economically distressed communities, to make other amendments

to the Community Services Block Grant, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 17, 1994

Mr. MARTINEZ (for himself, Mr. FORD of Michigan, Mr. OWENS, Mr. SCOTT,

and Mr. BAESLER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to

the Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to establish a new Community Initiative Program to carry out

economic development activities in economically distressed communities, to make other amendments to the

Community Services Block Grant, 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 That this Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Services

4 Block Grant Amendments of 1994’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVE PRO2 GRAM.

3 (a) COMMUNITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM.—Section 681

4 of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C.

5 9910), including the caption, is amended to read as

6 follows:

7 ‘‘COMMUNITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM

8 ‘‘SEC. 681. (a)(1) The Secretary is authorized to

9 make grants to local, private, nonprofit community devel10 opment corporations, or to enter into contracts or coopera11 tive agreements with such community development cor12 porations, to plan for and carry out economic development

13 activities in economically distressed communities. Such ac14 tivities shall be designed to address the economic needs

15 of low-income individuals and families by creating employ16 ment and business development opportunities and by pro17 viding support services designed to enhance the ability of

18 low-income individuals and families to successfully avail

19 themselves of such opportunities. In addition to any other

20 activities consistent with the purposes of this section, such

21 activities may include the development of facilities through

22 means such as the establishment of partnerships with

23 Head Start agencies, agencies or organizations providing

24 child care or otherwise engaged in the field of child care

25 or child development, and agencies or organizations serv26 ing children, youth, and families.
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1 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall exercise the authority under

2 paragraph (1) in consultation with other relevant Federal

3 officials.

4 ‘‘(b) Each community development corporation re5 ceiving funds under this section shall be governed by a

6 board consisting of residents of the community and busi7 ness and civic leaders.

8 ‘‘(c) The Secretary shall annually publish a statement

9 of the types of projects or activities the funding of which

10 will be a priority, such as projects or activities designed

11 to strengthen or enhance activities funded by other federal

12 programs.

13 ‘‘(d) In providing assistance or entering into other ar14 rangements under this section, the Secretary shall take

15 into consideration the geographic distribution of funds

16 among States and the relative proportion of funding

17 among rural and urban areas.

18 ‘‘(e) Of the amounts available to carry out this sec19 tion, the Secretary may reserve up to one percent for each

20 fiscal year to make grants to private nonprofit organiza21 tions or to enter into contracts with private nonprofit or

22 for profit organizations to provide technical assistance to

23 aid community development corporations in developing or

24 implementing projects funded under this section and to

25 evaluate projects funded under this section.’’.
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1 (b) REPEAL.—Section 505 of the Family Support Act

2 of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1315 note) is repealed.

3 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 674(a)

4 of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C.

5 9903(a)) is amended—

6 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘which re7 mains after’’ through ‘‘purposes of section 681(c);’’

8 and inserting instead ‘‘which remains after the Sec9 retary makes the apportionment required in sub10 section (b)(1);’’; and

11 (B) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking ‘‘which re12 mains after’’ through ‘‘purposes of section 681(c);’’

13 and inserting instead ‘‘which remains after the Sec14 retary makes the apportionment required in sub15 section (b)(1)’’.

16 (2) Section 682(c) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 9911(c))

17 is amended by striking ‘‘section 681(d)’’ and inserting in18 stead ‘‘section 672(b)’’.

19 (3) Section 680(a) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 9909(a))

20 is amended by striking ‘‘section 681(c)’’ and inserting in21 stead ‘‘section 681’’.

22 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

23 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

24 672(b) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42

25 U.S.C. 9901(b)) is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(b) There are authorized to be appropriated

2 $434,622,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as nec3 essary for each of fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998, to

4 carry out the provisions of this subtitle.’’.

5 (b) REPEAL.—(1) Section 681A of the Community

6 Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9910a) is repealed.

7 (2) Section 408 of the Human Services Reauthoriza8 tion Act of 1986 is repealed.

9 SEC. 4. ALLOTMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.

10 (a) CAPTION.—Section 674 of the Community Serv11 ices Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9903) is amended by

12 striking the caption and inserting the following:

13 ‘‘ALLOTMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS’’.

14 (b) SET-ASIDES.—Section 674 of that Act (42 U.S.C.

15 9903) is amended—

16 (1) by redesignating subsections (a), (b), and

17 (c) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and

18 (2) by inserting before subsection (e), as redes19 ignated, the following:

20 ‘‘(a) The Secretary shall allot the amount to be ap21 propriated pursuant to section 672(b) in accordance with

22 subsections (b) through (g).

23 ‘‘(b) Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to sub24 section 672(b) for fiscal year 1995 and each of the follow25 ing four fiscal years, the Secretary shall reserve
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1 $35,000,000 for each such fiscal year for carrying out sec2 tion 681.

3 ‘‘(c) Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to section

4 672(b), the Secretary may reserve up to one-half of 1 per5 cent of the amount remaining after application of sub6 section (b) for each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996, and

7 up to 1 percent of such amount for fiscal year 1997 and

8 each fiscal year thereafter, for training, technical assist9 ance, planning, and evaluation activities related to pro10 grams or projects carried out under this Act. These activi11 ties may be carried out by the Secretary directly or

12 through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements.

13 ‘‘(d) Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to section 672(b), the Secretary may reserve up to 21 14 ⁄2 percent

15 of the amount remaining after application of subsection

16 (b) for fiscal year 1995, up to 4 percent of such amount

17 for fiscal year 1996, up to 5 percent of such amount for

18 fiscal year 1997, and up to 6 percent of such amount for

19 fiscal year 1998, for grants, contracts, or cooperative

20 agreements to address needs or problems of the poor

21 which are identified by the Secretary as priorities in the

22 effort to alleviate the causes of poverty.’’.

23 SEC. 5. APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.

24 (a) ASSURED ACTIVITIES.—Section 675(c)(1)(B) of

25 the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C.
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1 9904(c)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the homeless,

2 migrants, and’’ before ‘‘the elderly poor’’.

3 (b) STATE RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section

4 675(c)(2)(B) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 9904(c)(2)(B)) is

5 amended to read as follows:

6 ‘‘(B) if less than 100 percent of the allotment

7 is expended under subsection (A), provide assur8 ances that with respect to the remainder of the allot9 ment a reasonable amount shall be used for (i) mon10 itoring of activities of eligible entities and provision

11 of training and technical assistance to those entities

12 in need of such assistance; (ii) coordination of State13 operated programs and services targeted to low-in14 come children and families with services provided by

15 eligible entities funded under this Act; and (iii) con16 sideration of the distribution of funds under this Act

17 within the State to determine if such funds have

18 been targeted to the areas of highest need and,

19 thereafter, no more than the greater of $55,000 or

20 5 percent of its allotment under section 674 for ad21 ministrative expenses at the State level;’’.

22 (c) TRIPARTITE BOARD.—Section 675(c)(3) of that

23 Act (42 U.S.C. 9904(c)(3)) is amended—

24 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B),

25 and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively;
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1 (2) by striking the comma after ‘‘provide assur2 ances that’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)’’; and

3 (3) by inserting at the end thereof ‘‘and (B) in

4 the case of a public organization receiving funds

5 under this subtitle, such organization either estab6 lish (i) a board of which at least one-third of the

7 members are persons chosen in accordance with

8 democratic selection procedures adequate to assure

9 that they are representative of the poor in the area

10 served or (ii) some other mechanism specified by the

11 State to assure citizen participation in the planning,

12 administration, and evaluation of projects for which

13 such organization has been funded;’’.

14 (d) COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY PLAN.—Section

15 675(c) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 9904(c)) is amended—

16 (1) in paragraph (11)(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at

17 the end thereof;

18 (2) in paragraph (12) by striking the period

19 and inserting ’’; and’’; and

20 (3) by inserting after paragraph (12) the fol21 lowing new paragraph:

22 ‘‘(13) secure from each eligible entity as a con23 dition to its receipt of funding under this Act a com24 munity action plan (which shall be available to the

25 Secretary for inspection) that includes—
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1 ‘‘(A) a community needs assessment (in2 cluding food needs);

3 ‘‘(B) a description of the service delivery

4 system targeted to low-income individuals and

5 families in the service area;

6 ‘‘(C) a description of how linkages will be

7 developed to fill identified gaps in services

8 through information, referral, case manage9 ment, and follow-up consultations;

10 ‘‘(D) a description of how funding under

11 this Act will be coordinated with other public

12 and private resources; and

13 ‘‘(E) a description of outcome measures to

14 be used to monitor success in promoting self15 sufficiency, family stability, and community re16 vitalization.’’.

17 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

18 The amendments made by this Act shall become ef19 fective with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after

20 October 1, 1994.

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