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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1937

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 Act, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 16 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 22), 1994

Mr. DODD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to

the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

MARCH 24 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 22), 1994

Committee discharged; referred to the Committee on Labor and Human

Resources

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

Act, 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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCES.

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—That this Act may be cited as

3 the ‘‘Community Services Block Grant Amendments of

4 1994’’.

5 (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly

6 provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal

7 is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of,

8 a section or other provision, the reference shall be consid9 ered to be made to a section or other provision of the Com10 munity Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et

11 seq.).

12 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVE PRO13 GRAM.

14 (a) COMMUNITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM.—Section 681

15 (42 U.S.C. 9910) is amended to read as follows:

16 ‘‘COMMUNITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM

17 ‘‘SEC. 681. (a) GRANTS.—

18 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is au20 thorized to make grants to local, private, non21 profit community development corporations, or

22 to enter into contracts or cooperative agree23 ments with such community development cor24 porations, to plan for and carry out economic

25 development activities in economically distressed

26 communities.
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1 ‘‘(B) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVI2 TIES.—Economic development activities under

3 this section shall be designed to address the

4 economic needs of low-income individuals and

5 families by creating employment and business

6 development opportunities and by providing

7 support services that are designed to enhance

8 the ability of low-income individuals and fami9 lies to successfully avail themselves of such op10 portunities. In addition to any other activities

11 consistent with the purposes of this section,

12 such activities may include the development of

13 facilities through means such as the establish14 ment of partnerships with Head Start agencies,

15 agencies or organizations providing child care

16 or otherwise engaged in the field of child care

17 or child development, and agencies or organiza18 tions serving children, youth and families.

19 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall ex20 ercise the authority provided under paragraph (1) in

21 consultation with other relevant Federal officials.

22 ‘‘(b) GOVERNING BOARDS.—Each community devel23 opment corporation receiving funds under this section

24 shall be governed by a board that shall consist of residents

25 of the community and business and civic leaders.
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1 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL STATEMENT.—The Secretary shall an2 nually publish a statement of the types of projects or ac3 tivities for which funding under this section will be a prior4 ity, such as projects or activities designed to strengthen

5 or enhance activities funded by other Federal programs.

6 ‘‘(d) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—In providing as7 sistance or entering into other arrangements under this

8 section, the Secretary shall take into consideration the ge9 ographic distribution of funds among States and the rel10 ative proportion of funding among rural and urban areas.

11 ‘‘(e) RESERVATION.—Of the amounts made available

12 to carry out this section, the Secretary may reserve not

13 to exceed 1 percent for each fiscal year to make grants

14 to private nonprofit organizations or to enter into con15 tracts with private nonprofit or for profit organizations to

16 provide technical assistance to aid community development

17 corporations in developing or implementing projects fund18 ed under this section and to evaluate projects funded

19 under this section.’’.

20 (b) REPEAL.—Section 505 of the Family Support Act

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

22 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

23 (1) STATE ALLOCATIONS.—Section 674(a) (42

24 U.S.C. 9903(a)) is amended—
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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘which

2 remains after’’ and all that follows through

3 ‘‘allot to each State;’’ and inserting ‘‘which re4 mains after the Secretary makes the apportion5 ment required in subsection (b)(1), allot to each

6 State’’; and

7 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking

8 ‘‘which remains after’’ and all that follows

9 through ‘‘exceeds’’ and inserting ‘‘which re10 mains after the Secretary makes the apportion11 ment required in subsection (b)(1), exceeds’’.

12 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 682(c) (42

13 U.S.C. 9911(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘section

14 681(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 672(b)’’.

15 (3) LIMITATION.—Section 680(a) (42 U.S.C.

16 9909(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 681(c)’’

17 and inserting ‘‘section 681’’.

18 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.

19 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub20 section (b) of section 672 (42 U.S.C. 9901(b)) is amended

21 to read as follows:

22 ‘‘(b) There are authorized to be appropriated

23 $434,622,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may

24 be necessary for each of fiscal years 1996 through 1998,

25 to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.’’.
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1 (b) REPEALS.—

2 (1) COMMUNITY FOOD AND NUTRITION.—Sec3 tion 681A (42 U.S.C. 9910a) is repealed.

4 (2) DEMONSTRATION PARTNERSHIP AGREE5 MENTS.—Section 408 of the Human Services Reau6 thorization Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 9910b) is re7 pealed.

8 SEC. 4. ALLOTMENTS.

9 (a) SECTION HEADING.—Section 674 (42 U.S.C.

10 9903) is amended in the section heading to read as fol11 lows:

12 ‘‘ALLOTMENTS’’.

13 (b) SET-ASIDES.—Section 674 (42 U.S.C. 9903) is

14 amended—

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

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

17 (2) by inserting before subsection (e) (as so re18 designated), the following new subsections:

19 ‘‘(a) With respect to amounts appropriated under sec20 tion 672(b), the Secretary shall make allotments in ac21 cordance with subsections (b) through (g).

22 ‘‘(b) Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to section

23 672(b) for fiscal year 1995 and each of the following 4

24 fiscal years, the Secretary shall reserve $35,000,000 for

25 each such fiscal year for carrying out section 681.
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1 ‘‘(c) Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to section

2 672(b), the Secretary may reserve not to exceed one-half

3 of 1 percent of the amount remaining after the application

4 of subsection (b) for each of the fiscal years 1995 and

5 1996, and up to 1 percent of such amount for fiscal year

6 1997 and each fiscal year thereafter, for training, tech7 nical assistance, planning, and evaluation activities related

8 to programs or projects carried out under this Act. Such

9 activities may be carried out by the Secretary directly or

10 through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements.

11 ‘‘(d) Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to section 672(b), the Secretary may reserve not to exceed 21 12 ⁄2

13 percent of the amount remaining after the application of

14 subsection (b) for fiscal year 1995, up to 4 percent of such

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

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

17 amount for fiscal year 1998, for grants, contracts, or co18 operative agreements to address needs or problems of the

19 poor which are identified by the Secretary as priorities in

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

21 SEC. 5. APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.

22 (a) ASSURED ACTIVITIES.—Section 675(c)(1)(B) (42

23 U.S.C. 9904(c)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the

24 homeless, migrants, and’’ before ‘‘the elderly poor’’.
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1 (b) STATE RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section

2 675(c)(2)(B) (42 U.S.C. 9904(c)(2)(B)) is amended to

3 read as follows:

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

5 is expended under subparagraph (A), provide assur6 ances that with respect to the remainder of the allot7 ment a reasonable amount shall be used for—

8 ‘‘(i) monitoring the activities of eligible en9 tities and providing training and technical as10 sistance to those entities in need of such assist11 ance;

12 ‘‘(ii) coordinating State-operated programs

13 and services targeted to low-income children

14 and families with services provided by eligible

15 entities funded under this Act; and

16 ‘‘(iii) considering the distribution of funds

17 under this Act within the State to determine if

18 such funds have been targeted to the areas of

19 highest need and, thereafter, not more than the

20 greater of $55,000 or 5 percent of its allotment

21 under section 674 for administrative expenses

22 at the State level;’’.

23 (c) TRIPARTITE BOARD.—Section 675(c)(3) (42

24 U.S.C. 9904(c)(3)) is amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B),

2 and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively;

3 (2) by striking the comma after ‘‘provide assur4 ances that’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)’’; and

5 (3) by inserting before the semicolon at the end

6 thereof ‘‘, and (B) in the case of a public organiza7 tion receiving funds under this subtitle, such organi8 zation either establish—

9 ‘‘(i) a board of which at least one-third of

10 the members are persons chosen in accordance

11 with democratic selection procedures adequate

12 to assure that they are representative of the

13 poor in the area served; or

14 ‘‘(ii) another mechanism specified by the

15 State to assure citizen participation in the plan16 ning, administration, and evaluation of projects

17 for which such organization has been funded;’’.

18 (d) COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY PLAN.—Section

19 675(c) (42 U.S.C. 9904(c)) is amended—

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

21 the end thereof;

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

23 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

24 (3) by inserting after paragraph (12) the fol25 lowing new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(13) secure from each eligible entity as a con2 dition to its receipt of funding under this Act a com3 munity action plan (which shall be available to the

4 Secretary for inspection) that includes—

5 ‘‘(A) a community needs assessment (in6 cluding food needs);

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

8 system targeted to low-income individuals and

9 families in the service area;

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

11 developed to fill identified gaps in services

12 through information, referral, case manage13 ment, and followup consultations;

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

15 this Act will be coordinated with other public

16 and private resources; and

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

18 be used to monitor success in promoting self19 sufficiency, family stability, and community

20 revitalization.’’.

21 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

22 The amendments made by this Act shall become

23 effective with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after

24 October 1, 1994.

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