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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6222 

To establish the National Competition for Community Renewal to encourage 

communities to adopt innovative strategies and design principles to programs related to poverty prevention, recovery and response, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 

Mr. MCGOVERN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To establish the National Competition for Community Renewal to encourage communities to adopt innovative 

strategies and design principles to programs related to 

poverty prevention, recovery and response, 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. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘National Opportunity and Community Renewal Act’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Purposes. 

Sec. 4. Definitions. 

TITLE I—NATIONAL AND LOCAL OPPORTUNITY BOARDS 

Sec. 101. National Opportunity Board. 

Sec. 102. Local Opportunity Boards. 

TITLE II—NATIONAL COMPETITION FOR COMMUNITY RENEWAL 

Sec. 201. Establishment. 

Sec. 202. Duration. 

Sec. 203. Local opportunity funds. 

Sec. 204. Grant awards. 

Sec. 205. Waiver program. 

Sec. 206. Tax incentives. 

Sec. 207. Application and administration. 

TITLE III—COMMUNITY RENEWAL INCENTIVES 

Sec. 301. Community renewal savings. 

Sec. 302. Community tax incentives. 

Sec. 303. Renewal employer refundable credit. 

Sec. 304. Unrelated business taxable income deduction. 

Sec. 305. Qualified community renewal contribution. 

Sec. 306. High school graduation tax credit. 

Sec. 307. Modified new markets tax credit. 

Sec. 308. Earned income tax credit. 

Sec. 309. Community renewal bonds. 

Sec. 310. Anti-corruption provision. 

TITLE IV—COMPETITIONS FOR INNOVATION IN CLIENT 

ADVOCACY AND EVALUATION 

Sec. 401. Client advocacy competition. 

Sec. 402. Evaluation competition. 

TITLE V—REPORT TO CONGRESS 

Sec. 501. Report to Congress. 

TITLE VI—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Sec. 601. Authorization of appropriations. 

3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress makes the following findings: 


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1 (1) Recent data found that 43,600,000 Ameri2 cans were living in poverty, with nearly 15,500,000 

3 children living in poverty. 

4 (2) The 2009 Federal Poverty Level for a 

5 household of 4 was set at $22,050. 

6 (3) The Federal Government alone spends ap7 proximately $700,000,000,000 on poverty programs, 

8 with an additional $200,000,000,000 expended by 

9 States. 

10 (4) Poverty in America has changed remarkably 

11 since the last major transformative policy debate on 

12 the issue. 

13 (5) The 1996 welfare reform bill ultimately did 

14 not create new systems nor did it drive market-based 

15 solutions. 

16 (6) The economic downturn has exposed the 

17 weakness of poverty reduction programs that are not 

18 market-driven. 

19 (7) Effective and meaningful investment in pov20 erty prevention programs will result in greater effi21 ciencies at the Federal level. 

22 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

23 It is the purpose of this Act to— 

24 (1) establish a National Competition for Com25 munity Renewal to allow eligible communities to 


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1 draw upon existing and supplemental resources to 

2 design and implement innovative poverty reduction 

3 and prevention programs; 

4 (2) significantly reduce the number of people in 

5 America living in poverty while also reducing the 

6 total amount of Federal dollars spent on poverty re7 duction; 

8 (3) refocus poverty-related services toward an 

9 asset model that enables and supports each indi10 vidual to reach his or her full potential; and 

11 (4) encourage innovation in designing poverty 

12 reduction and prevention services and models in 

13 American communities, and to assess the successes 

14 and failures of innovative designs and non-tradi15 tional service delivery models. 

16 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

17 In this Act: 

18 (1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Na19 tional Opportunity Board established under section 

20 101. 

21 (2) ELIGIBLE AREA.—The term ‘‘eligible area’’ 

22 means a city, county, town, township, parish, village, 

23 or other general purpose political subdivision of a 

24 State, including the District of Columbia and insular 


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1 areas, that meets criteria to be established under 

2 this Act by the Board. 

3 (3) HOLISTIC.—The term ‘‘holistic’’ means en4 compassing health, education, labor, housing, justice 

5 and food. 

6 (4) HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX.—The term 

7 ‘‘Human Development Index’’ means a summary 

8 composite index that measures an area’s average 

9 achievements in 3 basic aspects of human develop10 ment (health, knowledge, and a decent standard of 

11 living) and is currently calculated on a global scale 

12 by the United Nations Development Program and 

13 other organizations. 

14 (5) LOCAL GOVERNING BODY.—The term ‘‘local 

15 governing body’’ means the executive office of any 

16 city, county, town, township, parish, village, or other 

17 general purpose political subdivision of a State, in18 cluding the District of Columbia and insular areas. 

19 (6) LOCAL OPPORTUNITY PLAN.—The term 

20 ‘‘Local Opportunity Plan’’ means a detailed spend21 ing plan, to be developed by the Local Opportunity 

22 Board and submitted to the National Opportunity 

23 Board under guidelines to be established by the Na24 tional Opportunity Board. 


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1 (7) NATIONAL COMPETITION.—The term ‘‘Na2 tional Competition’’ means the National Competition 

3 for Community Renewal established under title II. 

4 (8) PROGRAM PERIOD.—The term ‘‘program 

5 period’’ means a period of 5 years, beginning on the 

6 date of the selection of an eligible area by the 

7 Board. 

8 (9) QUALIFIED AREA.—The term ‘‘qualified 

9 area’’ means an eligible area that has been approved 

10 under the National Competition by the Board. 

11 (10) QUALIFIED MILITARY INSTALLATION.— 

12 The term ‘‘qualified military installation’’ means any 

13 military installation or facility the number of mem14 bers of the Armed Forces of the United States as15 signed to which, as of the date of enactment of this 

16 Act, is not less than 1,000. 

17 (11) RESPONSIBLE LOCAL OFFICIAL.—The 

18 term ‘‘responsible local official’’ means the local offi19 cial appointed by the Local Opportunity Board to 

20 administer the funds in the local opportunity fund 

21 for the qualified area involved. Such official shall be 

22 so appointed if such official is responsible for admin23 istering the majority of funding under the waived 

24 programs specified under section 203(b)(2)(B) for 

25 the area involved. 


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1 (12) RURAL AREA.—The term ‘‘rural area’’ 

2 means an eligible area within a public use microdata 

3 area that meets the definition of ‘‘rural area’’ as de4 termined by the Census Bureau for the most recent 

5 Census for which data is available. 

6 TITLE I—NATIONAL AND LOCAL 

7 OPPORTUNITY BOARDS 

8 SEC. 101. NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY BOARD. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a bipar10 tisan, independent entity to be known as the ‘‘National 

11 Opportunity Board’’ to develop and administer the Na12 tional Competition. 

13 (b) COMPOSITION.—The Board shall be composed of 

14 7 members, of which— 

15 (1) 1 member shall be the President’s Domestic 

16 Policy Advisor; 

17 (2) 1 member shall be appointed by the Presi18 dent in consultation with the Majority and Minority 

19 leaders of the House of Representatives and the 

20 Senate, who shall serve as the Chair of the Board; 

21 (3) 1 member shall be appointed by the Minor22 ity Leader of the Senate in consultation with the Mi23 nority Leader of the House of Representatives, who 

24 shall serve as the Vice-Chair of the Board; 


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1 (4) 1 member shall be appointed by the senior 

2 Democratic member of the Senate leadership; 

3 (5) 1 member shall be appointed by the senior 

4 Republican member of the Senate leadership; 

5 (6) 1 member shall be appointed by the senior 

6 Democratic member of the House of Representatives 

7 leadership; and 

8 (7) 1 member shall be appointed by the senior 

9 Republican member of the House of Representatives 

10 leadership. 

11 (c) APPOINTMENTS.—The members appointed to the 

12 Board under subsection (b) shall, to the extent practicable, 

13 include— 

14 (1) representatives of non-profit organizations; 

15 (2) members of the poverty reduction advocacy 

16 community; 

17 (3) experts in the area of philanthropic giving; 

18 and 

19 (4) members with experience relative to local 

20 government administration. 

21 (d) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The following individuals or 

23 their designees shall serve as ex officio members of 

24 the Board: 


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1 (A) The Secretary of Health and Human 

2 Services; 

3 (B) The Secretary of Commerce; 

4 (C) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

5 Development; 

6 (D) The Secretary of Labor; 

7 (E) The Secretary of Agriculture; and 

8 (F) The Attorney General. 

9 (2) LIMITATIONS.—Ex officio members of the 

10 board shall— 

11 (A) not have a vote with respect to the ac12 tivities of the Board; and 

13 (B) be required to attend all meetings of 

14 the Board. 

15 (3) DESIGNEES.—An individual who is not at 

16 least an Assistant Secretary may not be designated 

17 to serve as an ex officio member of the Board under 

18 paragraph (1). 

19 (e) DISMISSAL, QUORUM, VACANCIES.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the Board 

21 appointed under subsection (b) shall serve for a term 

22 of 6 years, except that— 

23 (A) a member of the Board may be re24 moved by a unanimous vote of all remaining 


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1 voting members of the Board, and only for 

2 cause; 

3 (B) if an individual is appointed to fill a 

4 vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the 

5 term of the individual’s predecessor, that indi6 vidual shall serve only for the remainder of the 

7 predecessor’s term; and 

8 (C) any such appointment to fill a vacancy 

9 shall be made within 60 days after the vacancy 

10 occurs and shall be made in the same manner 

11 in which the original appointment was made. 

12 (2) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 

13 the Board appointed under subsection (b) shall con14 stitute a quorum to conduct business. 

15 (3) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet at the 

16 call of the Chair or a majority of the members ap17 pointed under subsection (b), and commence oper18 ations as soon as practicable and after its initial 

19 meeting. 

20 (f) DUTIES.— 

21 (1) GUIDELINES FOR THE NATIONAL COMPETI22 TION.—The Board shall design and establish written 

23 guidelines for establishing and implementing the Na24 tional Competition, including the following: 


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1 (A) Criteria for establishing eligible areas, 

2 including— 

3 (i) to the extent practicable, the use 

4 by the Board of the Human Development 

5 Index or the Supplemental Poverty Meas6 urement to be established by the Census 

7 Bureau as a criteria for determining eligi8 ble areas; and 

9 (ii) the demonstrated ability of a 

10 Local Opportunity Board to provide local 

11 matching funds as established under sec12 tion 204(e). 

13 (B) Application requirements to enable eli14 gible areas to apply for grants and other assist15 ance under the National Competition, including 

16 the design and content of the Local Oppor17 tunity Plan, as described in subsection 

18 102(d)(1). 

19 (C) Criteria for evaluating applications 

20 submitted under the National Competition. 

21 (D) Eligible program development costs. 

22 (E) Criteria for accountability measures 

23 for eligible areas selected to participate in the 

24 National Competition. 


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1 (F) Reporting requirements for eligible 

2 areas selected to participate in the National 

3 Competition. 

4 (2) RULEMAKING.—The Board shall have the 

5 authority to promulgate regulations for establish6 ment and administration of the National Competi7 tion. 

8 (3) ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL COMPETI9 TION.—The Board shall administer the National 

10 Competition, including— 

11 (A) awarding funding and waivers to eligi12 ble areas based on developed criteria; and 

13 (B) evaluating the performance of partici14 pating eligible areas in accordance with this 

15 section. 

16 (4) EVALUATIONS.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years 

18 after the date of enactment of this Act, and an19 nually thereafter, the Local Opportunity Board 

20 shall submit to the National Opportunity Board 

21 a comprehensive report on the implementation 

22 of a spending plan as described in section 

23 102(d)(1)(A). 

24 (B) CANCELLATION OF AWARD.—Based on 

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1 paragraph (A), the National Opportunity Board 

2 may revoke funding and access to benefits pro3 vided under title II if the Board determines 

4 that— 

5 (i) the Local Opportunity Board of 

6 the qualified area fails to provide the infor7 mation required under subparagraph (A), 

8 or the information provided by the chief 

9 elected official is inadequate; 

10 (ii) the Local Opportunity Board of 

11 the qualified area failed to comply with the 

12 provisions established under the Local Op13 portunity Plan as established under section 

14 102(d)(1); or 

15 (iii) the Local Opportunity Board of 

16 the qualified area failed to meet any addi17 tional criteria to be established by the Na18 tional Opportunity Board. 

19 (C) REPAYMENT OF AMOUNTS.—The Na20 tional Opportunity Board may, in accordance 

21 with this subsection, require a qualified area to 

22 repay any amounts that were not expended by 

23 the qualified area in accordance with the Local 

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1 102(d)(1), and any such funds shall be re2 turned to the general fund of the Treasury. 

3 (D) GUIDELINES.—The National Oppor4 tunity Board shall establish guidelines for the 

5 conduct of an independent audit, after the sec6 ond program year, of any qualified area partici7 pating in the National Competition. Such guide8 lines shall require that the qualified area be au9 dited in accordance with generally accepted au10 diting standards by independent certified public 

11 accountants and that all books, accounts, finan12 cial records, reports, and files necessary to fa13 cilitate the audits shall be made available to the 

14 person or persons conducting the audits. 

15 (g) PERSONNEL MATTERS.— 

16 (1) COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

18 this paragraph, a member of the Board shall 

19 serve without compensation. 

20 (B) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of 

21 the Board shall be reimbursed for travel and 

22 per diem in lieu of subsistence expenses during 

23 the performance of duties of the Board while 

24 away from home or his or her regular place of 

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1 sions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 

2 5, United States Code. 

3 (C) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—A member of 

4 the Board who is an officer or employee of the 

5 Federal Government shall serve without com6 pensation in addition to the compensation re7 ceived for the services of the member as an offi8 cer or employee of the Federal Government. 

9 (2) STAFF.—Subject to such rules as the Board 

10 may prescribe, the Chair of the Board, without re11 gard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 

12 governing appointments in the competitive service, 

13 and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 

14 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title (relat15 ing to classification and General Schedule pay 

16 rates), may appoint and fix the pay of a staff direc17 tor and such other personnel as may be necessary to 

18 enable the Board to carry out its functions; except 

19 that no rate of pay fixed under this subsection may 

20 exceed the maximum rate of basic pay payable for 

21 GS–15 of the General Schedule. 

22 (3) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon re23 quest of the Chair of the Board, the head of any de24 partment or agency described under section 101(d) 

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1 personnel of that department or agency to the Board 

2 to assist it in carrying out its functions under this 

3 Act. 

4 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 

5 purposes of carrying out this section, there are authorized 

6 to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and 

7 $2,500,000 each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 

8 SEC. 102. LOCAL OPPORTUNITY BOARDS. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—To be eligible to receive funds 

10 under this Act, the chief elected official of an eligible area 

11 shall establish a Local Opportunity Board. 

12 (b) COMPOSITION.—The Local Opportunity Board 

13 shall consist of not more than 5 members, to be appointed 

14 by the chief elected official of the eligible area, and shall 

15 include representatives of— 

16 (1) State government; 

17 (2) non-elected community leaders, particularly 

18 those providing poverty-related services, including 

19 advocates and experts; and 

20 (3) the head of the lead agency (or his or her 

21 designee) in one or more of the following programs 

22 operating in the eligible area— 

23 (A) health programs; 

24 (B) labor programs; 

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1 (D) agriculture programs; 

2 (E) justice programs; or 

3 (F) commerce programs. 

4 (c) CHAIR.—The members of the Local Opportunity 

5 Board shall select a Chair form among such members. 

6 (d) DUTIES.—The Local Opportunity Board shall— 

7 (1) develop and submit to the Board a Local 

8 Opportunity Plan, that at a minimum includes— 

9 (A) a detailed spending plan for any funds 

10 approved under the National Competition by 

11 the Board; 

12 (B) a description of how the spending plan 

13 meets the criteria listed for grant eligibility as 

14 defined by the Board and including the criteria 

15 listed in section 205(a); 

16 (C) a description of coordination with 

17 other Federal, State, and local government as18 sistance programs available in the jurisdiction 

19 in which the eligible area is located; and 

20 (D) any other elements as required by the 

21 Board; 

22 (2) submit an application (including the Local 

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1 (3) establish a reporting system, as described in 

2 section 101(f)(1)(F), through which the Chair of the 

3 Local Opportunity Board shall report to the Na4 tional Opportunity Board in compliance with that 

5 subsection. 

6 TITLE II—NATIONAL COMPETI7 TION FOR COMMUNITY RE8 NEWAL 

9 SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT. 

10 The Board shall develop and publish guidelines for 

11 the establishment of the National Competition for Com12 munity Renewal to provide for the awarding of competitive 

13 grants, targeted waivers, and targeted tax incentives. 

14 SEC. 202. DURATION. 

15 The National Competition shall be effective beginning 

16 with the first fiscal year that begins after the date of en17 actment of this Act and ending after the fifth such fiscal 

18 year. 

19 SEC. 203. LOCAL OPPORTUNITY FUNDS. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—To be eligible to receive as21 sistance under this Act, the Local Opportunity Board for 

22 the qualified area shall— 

23 (1) establish a local opportunity fund; and 

24 (2) otherwise comply with the requirements of 

25 this section. 


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1 (b) AMOUNTS IN FUND.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Prior to awarding a grant to 

3 a qualified area under section 204, the Local Oppor4 tunity Board of the qualified area shall have estab5 lished a local opportunity fund. 

6 (2) DEPOSITS.—There shall be deposited into 

7 the local opportunity fund the following: 

8 (A) Any funds provided to the qualified 

9 area under the grant program established under 

10 section 204. 

11 (B) Funds made available for use during 

12 the program period in the qualified area under 

13 the following: 

14 (i) The Community Services Block 

15 Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.). 

16 (ii) The Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 

17 9831 et seq.). 

18 (iii) The Low-Income Home Energy 

19 Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et 

20 seq.). 

21 (iv) The supplemental nutrition assist22 ance program under the Richard B. Rus23 sell National School Lunch Act (7 U.S.C. 

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1 (v) The Weatherization Assistance for 

2 Low-Income Persons Program under the 

3 Energy Conservation and Production Act 

4 (42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.). 

5 (vi) The Jobs Corps program under 

6 subtitle C of title I of the Workforce In7 vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2881 et 

8 seq.). 

9 (vii) The Temporary Assistance to 

10 Needy Families Program under title IV of 

11 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et 

12 seq.). 

13 (viii) The Workforce Investment Act 

14 of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.). 

15 (C) Any matching funds provided by the 

16 qualified area. 

17 (c) ACCOUNTING REGULATIONS.—The Board shall 

18 promulgate regulations with respect to accounting for the 

19 amounts in the local opportunity funds established under 

20 subsection (a). 

21 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—The responsible local official 

22 shall have a fiduciary responsibility to administer funds 

23 in the local opportunity fund established under subsection 

24 (a)— 


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1 (1) in accordance with the Local Opportunity 

2 Plan (as approved by the Board); and, 

3 (2) notwithstanding the provisions of law re4 ferred to in subsection (b)(2)(B). 

5 (e) STATE FUNDS.—The Local Opportunity Plan de6 scribed in section 102(d)(1) shall provide satisfactory as7 surance that Federal funds and assistance made available 

8 under this title shall not be comingled with State funds, 

9 except as provided for under subsection (b)(2)(C). 

10 SEC. 204. GRANT AWARDS. 

11 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Board shall award com12 petitive grants to qualified areas that meet criteria to be 

13 established by the Board. 

14 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—Amount made available 

15 under a grant under this section to a qualified area shall 

16 be deposited in the local opportunity fund established by 

17 the chief elected official for the qualified area. 

18 (c) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant under this sec19 tion shall not exceed $10,000,000. 

20 (d) USE OF AMOUNTS.—The responsible local official 

21 shall have a fiduciary responsibility to administer funds 

22 in accordance with the priorities established in the Local 

23 Opportunity Plan by the Local Opportunity Board and ap24 proved by the National Opportunity Board. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Board may require a 

2 qualified area to provide non-Federal matching 

3 funds with respect to grants awarded under this sec4 tion, except that the amount of any matching re5 quirements shall not exceed the amount of the grant 

6 award. 

7 (2) SLIDING SCALE.—The amount of matching 

8 funds required under paragraph (1) shall be estab9 lished based on a sliding scale that takes into ac10 count— 

11 (A) the poverty of the population to be tar12 geted by the qualified entity; and 

13 (B) the ability of the qualified entity to ob14 tain such matching funds. 

15 (3) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Board shall 

16 permit qualified areas to comply with a matching re17 quirement under paragraph (2) in whole or in part 

18 with in-kind contributions, including administrative 

19 expenses. 

20 SEC. 205. WAIVER PROGRAM. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Board shall develop and 

22 publish guidelines to provide for a waiver of the applica23 tion of any or all of the provisions of law described in sub24 section (c), with respect to a qualified area under the Na25 tional Competition. 


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1 (b) AUTHORIZATION.—The Board shall grant a waiv2 er to a qualified areas that has been selected by the Board 

3 as a winner under the National Competition. 

4 (c) PROVISIONS OF LAW TO BE WAIVED.—The pro5 visions of law described in this subsection are the fol6 lowing: 

7 (1) The Community Services Block Grant Act 

8 (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.). 

9 (2) The Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et 

10 seq.). 

11 (3) The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 

12 Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.). 

13 (4) The supplemental nutrition assistance pro14 gram under the Richard B. Russell National School 

15 Lunch Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). 

16 (5) The Weatherization Assistance for Low-In17 come Persons Program under the Energy Conserva18 tion and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.). 

19 (6) The Jobs Corps program under subtitle C 

20 of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

21 (29 U.S.C. 2881 et seq.). 

22 (7) The Temporary Assistance to Needy Fami23 lies Program under title IV of the Social Security 

24 Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). 


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1 (8) The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 

2 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.). 

3 (d) HOLD HARMLESS.—Notwithstanding any other 

4 provision of law, the amount received by an individual 

5 under this Act in any program year shall not be less than 

6 the amount that individual would otherwise have received 

7 under any provision of law described in subsection (c) dur8 ing such year. 

9 SEC. 206. TAX INCENTIVES. 

10 A qualified area that is selected to participate in the 

11 National Competition by the Board shall be eligible for 

12 targeted tax incentives as established under title III. 

13 SEC. 207. APPLICATION AND ADMINISTRATION. 

14 (a) DESIGN PRINCIPLES.—In approving an applica15 tion for participation in the National Competition under 

16 this title, the Board may give preference to eligible areas 

17 that include the creation of an individual opportunity plan 

18 (as described in subsection (b)) as well as the following 

19 design principles as contained in the Local Opportunity 

20 Plan (as established in section 102(d)(1)): 

21 (1) Basing poverty reduction and prevention 

22 services on the Human Development Index as a 

23 measure of the level of poverty for individuals and 

24 households. 


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1 (2) A model of poverty reduction and preven2 tion that includes the varying levels of service for in3 dividuals and is adjusted to reflect the needs of indi4 viduals and households at different stages of pov5 erty. The different levels of service may be struc6 tured to reflect the following levels of assistance: 

7 (A) For low-income individuals and fami8 lies requiring services to prevent reliance on 

9 more expensive government programs, services 

10 shall focus on intervention, including such serv11 ices as mortgage assistance, debt relief, housing 

12 and voucher assistance, and job development 

13 and placement. 

14 (B) For low-income individuals and fami15 lies currently relying on at least one govern16 ment program for basic needs such as food or 

17 housing, services shall be tailored to meet spe18 cific needs identified in a unique individual op19 portunity plan adopted by intensive client advo20 cacy. 

21 (C) For individuals at or below the Federal 

22 Poverty Guidelines, the continued provision of 

23 long term services shall be made available. 

24 (3) An individual opportunity plan (as provided 

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1 (4) Intensive client advocacy, as defined in 

2 guidelines to be developed and published by the 

3 Board. 

4 (5) Detailed evaluation practices, as defined in 

5 guidelines to be developed and published by the 

6 Board. 

7 (b) INDIVIDUAL OPPORTUNITY PLANS.—The Board 

8 shall develop and publish guidelines for the establishment 

9 of individual opportunity plans, which, at a minimum shall 

10 consist of— 

11 (1) an assessment of the unique strengths and 

12 needs of the individual and the identification of serv13 ices appropriate to meet such needs; and 

14 (2) a written individualized opportunity plan 

15 developed by a multidisciplinary team, including a 

16 description of measurable results and outcomes ex17 pecting to be achieved as a result of implementation 

18 of the plan. 

19 (c) PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL COMPETITION.— 

20 The Board shall select a total of 10 qualified areas for 

21 participation in the National Competition. Such areas 

22 shall include— 

23 (1) not less than 3 rural areas as defined by 

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1 (2) not less than 1 qualified area that is located 

2 in a county in which a qualified military installation 

3 or a county adjacent to a qualified military installa4 tion is located. 

5 TITLE III—COMMUNITY 

6 RENEWAL INCENTIVES 

7 SEC. 301. COMMUNITY RENEWAL SAVINGS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each Local Opportunity Board 

9 shall implement a method to calculate the community re10 newal savings achieved through the implementation of its 

11 Local Opportunity Plan. 

12 (b) COMMUNITY RENEWAL SAVINGS.—For the pur13 poses of this Act, the term ‘‘community renewal savings’’ 

14 means the present dollar value of the total Federal and 

15 State funds directly or indirectly saved by the Local Op16 portunity Board for individuals successfully assisted 

17 through the Local Opportunity Plan. 

18 (c) FACTORS.—The community renewal savings shall 

19 be measured by criteria identified by the Local Oppor20 tunity Board in valuing the effectiveness of each program 

21 in the Local Opportunity Plan, but shall include the fol22 lowing: 

23 (1) Present dollar value of increasing the in24 come of an individual successfully assisted by a 

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1 (2) Present dollar value of an individual grad2 uating high school. 

3 (3) Funds expended by the jurisdiction to assist 

4 an individual in each Local Opportunity Plan. 

5 (4) Funds expended if an individual does not 

6 graduate high school. 

7 (d) ALLOCATION.—The community renewal savings 

8 of a Local Opportunity Board shall be allocated as fol9 lowing: 

10 (1) 50 percent to reduce the public deficit. 

11 (2) 25 percent to fund community tax incen12 tives. 

13 (3) 25 percent to fund, reinvest in, and expand 

14 programs and services under this Act. 

15 (e) PROGRAM COST-BENEFIT RATIO.—Each Local 

16 Opportunity Board shall calculate the program cost-ben17 efit ratio for each program under the Local Opportunity 

18 Plan, which shall be the ratio of— 

19 (1) the cost of the program measured by dol20 lars; over 

21 (2) the benefit of the program expressed in dol22 lars. 

23 (f) EXAMPLE.—The program cost-benefit ratio of a 

24 job training program is equal to the cost of the program 

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1 of the enrollee during his or her lifetime, taking into ac2 count what the individual would have earned without the 

3 job training program using local job market data. 

4 SEC. 302. COMMUNITY TAX INCENTIVES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—A dollar amount equal to 25 per6 cent of the community renewal savings shall be allocated 

7 to the community tax incentives. 

8 (b) COMMUNITY TAX INCENTIVES.—The community 

9 tax incentives shall consist of the following: 

10 (1) Renewal employer refundable credit. 

11 (2) Unrelated business taxable income deduc12 tion. 

13 (3) Qualified community renewal contribution. 

14 (4) High school graduation tax credit. 

15 (5) Modified new markets tax credit. 

16 (6) Community renewal bonds. 

17 SEC. 303. RENEWAL EMPLOYER REFUNDABLE CREDIT. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any taxable year 

19 during the program period, there shall be allowed a cur20 rent year business credit in the amount of $3,000 under 

21 section 38(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, with 

22 respect to each retained worker employed by a qualified 

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1 (b) RETAINED WORKER.—For purposes of this sec2 tion, the term ‘‘retained worker’’ means any individual— 

3 (1) whose principal place of abode is within the 

4 qualified area; 

5 (2) substantially all of the services performed 

6 by such individual during the taxable year are ren7 dered within the qualified area; 

8 (3) who begins employment with a qualified op9 portunity employer after the commencement of the 

10 program period; 

11 (4) who certifies by signed affidavit, under pen12 alties of perjury, that such individual has not been 

13 employed for more than 40 hours during the 90-day 

14 period ending on the date such individual begins 

15 such employment; 

16 (5) who is not employed by the qualified oppor17 tunity employer to replace another employee of such 

18 employer unless such other employee separated from 

19 employment voluntarily or for cause; 

20 (6) who is not an individual described in section 

21 51(i)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (ap22 plied by substituting ‘‘qualified opportunity em23 ployer’’ for ‘‘taxpayer’’ each place that term ap24 pears); 


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1 (7) who was employed by the qualified oppor2 tunity employer on any date during the taxable year; 

3 (8) who was so employed by the qualified op4 portunity employer for a period of not less than 52 

5 consecutive weeks; 

6 (9) whose wages (as defined in section 3401(a) 

7 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for such em8 ployment during the last 26 weeks of such period 

9 equaled at least 110 percent of such wages for the 

10 first 26 weeks of such period; and 

11 (10) who receives health benefits at least equal 

12 to essential health benefits, as defined under section 

13 1302 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

14 Act. 

15 (c) QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, 

17 the term ‘‘qualified opportunity employer’’ means 

18 any employer— 

19 (A) having a place of business in the quali20 fied area; 

21 (B) subject to remit withholding and em22 ployment taxes to the United States; and 

23 (C) designated by the Local Opportunity 

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1 ards, employee benefits, and employee retention 

2 statistics. 

3 (2) TYPES OF QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY EM4 PLOYERS.—A qualified opportunity employer in5 cludes any person employing individuals within the 

6 qualified area as long as such person meets the re7 quirements under paragraph (1) and is not limited 

8 to persons subject to income tax under subpart A of 

9 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

10 (d) LIMITATION ON CARRYBACKS.—No portion of the 

11 unused credit under section 38 of the Internal Revenue 

12 Code of 1986 for any taxable year which is attributable 

13 to the increase in the current year business credit under 

14 this section may be carried to a taxable year beginning 

15 before the date of the enactment of this section. 

16 SEC. 304. UNRELATED BUSINESS TAXABLE INCOME DEDUC17 TION. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any taxable year 

19 during the program period, there shall be allowed a deduc20 tion under section 512(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 

21 of 1986 equal to the amount of 25 percent for any commu22 nity renewal expenditure during such taxable year. 

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1 portunity organization in furtherance of a qualified oppor2 tunity program or service. 

3 (c) QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY ORGANIZATION.—For 

4 purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualified opportunity 

5 organization’’ means an organization— 

6 (1) which is described in section 501(c)(3) of 

7 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt 

8 from tax under section 501(a) of such Code (other 

9 than a private foundation, as defined in section 

10 509(a) of such Code, which is not an operating foun11 dation, as defined in section 4942(j)(3) of such 

12 Code); and 

13 (2) is designated by the Local Opportunity 

14 Board as being an eligible recipient of qualified com15 munity renewal contributions based on the programs 

16 and services it proposes to offer in furtherance of 

17 the Local Opportunity Plan. 

18 (d) QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM OR SERV19 ICE.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualified op20 portunity program or service’’ means a program or service 

21 conducted by a qualified opportunity organization that is 

22 designated by the Local Opportunity Board as contrib23 uting importantly in accomplishing the Local Opportunity 

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1 SEC. 305. QUALIFIED COMMUNITY RENEWAL CONTRIBU2 TION. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any taxable year 

4 during the program period, there shall be allowed a chari5 table contribution deduction under section 170(a) of the 

6 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 equal to the amount of 

7 120 percent of any qualified community renewal contribu8 tion donated during such taxable year. 

9 (b) QUALIFIED COMMUNITY RENEWAL CONTRIBU10 TION.—For purposes of this section, the term qualified 

11 ‘‘community renewal contribution’’ means a charitable 

12 contribution of property described in section 170(c) of the 

13 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by an individual or cor14 poration to a qualified opportunity organization (as de15 fined in section 304(c)). 

16 (c) INCREASED CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION DEDUC17 TION LIMITATION.—For the purposes of this section, sec18 tion 170 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is ap19 plied— 

20 (1) in the flush language of subsection 

21 (b)(1)(A), by substituting ‘‘75 percent’’ for ‘‘50 per22 cent’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by substituting ‘‘15 

24 percent’’ for ‘‘10 percent’’. 

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1 fied community renewal contribution is properly claimed 

2 or carried over, the amount of such qualified community 

3 renewal contribution shall not be included in limiting the 

4 claimant’s total itemized deductions under the Internal 

5 Revenue Code of 1986 (other than under subsection (c)) 

6 and shall be excluded from the claimant’s calculation of 

7 alternative minimum taxable income under such Code. 

8 SEC. 306. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION TAX CREDIT. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any taxable year 

10 during the program period, there shall be allowed to any 

11 eligible graduate or any taxpayer claiming an eligible grad12 uate as a dependent a credit against tax imposed by sub13 title A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of a high 

14 school graduation tax credit in the amount of $500. 

15 (b) ELIGIBLE GRADUATE.—For the purposes of this 

16 section, the term ‘‘eligible graduate’’ means any individual 

17 who graduates from a qualified opportunity school. 

18 (c) QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL.—For the 

19 purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualified opportunity 

20 school’’ means— 

21 (1) a secondary school located in the qualified 

22 area that includes grade 12; and 

23 (2) is designated by the Local Opportunity 

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1 certain predetermined criteria, such as the average 

2 graduation rate. 

3 (d) NO LIMITATION.—The high school graduation 

4 tax credit shall be considered a refundable tax credit under 

5 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is allowable based 

6 solely on the requirements stated in this section. 

7 SEC. 307. MODIFIED NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any taxable year 

9 during the program period, the term ‘‘low-income commu10 nity’’ as defined in section 45D of the Internal Revenue 

11 Code of 1986 shall include the area within a qualified 

12 area. 

13 (b) QUALIFIED EQUITY INVESTMENT.—A qualified 

14 equity investment made pursuant to section 45D of the 

15 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in a qualified area in ac16 cordance with subsection (a) shall qualify as such at the 

17 time of investment and shall not fail to be considered a 

18 qualified equity investment upon termination of the Na19 tional Competition for Community Renewal. 

20 SEC. 308. EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any taxable year 

22 during the program period, the Local Opportunity Board 

23 may submit to the National Opportunity Board revisions 

24 to section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that 

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1 of the earned income tax credit allowable to individuals 

2 residing in the qualified area. 

3 (b) ADOPTION.—The National Opportunity Board, in 

4 its sole discretion, may approve all or part of the modifica5 tions to the earned income tax credit by the Local Oppor6 tunity Board. The National Opportunity Board shall base 

7 its decision to approve the Local Opportunity Board’s pro8 posed revisions to the earned income tax credit on com9 prehensive data presented to the National Opportunity 

10 Board that the proposed revisions will better serve the in11 dividuals residing in the qualified area. 

12 (c) TERMINATION.—At the end of the program pe13 riod, any revisions made to the earned income tax credit 

14 requirements under the authority granted in this section 

15 shall terminate and individuals residing in the qualified 

16 area shall be subject to the provisions as stated in section 

17 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

18 (d) REPORTS.—By the end of each subsequent year 

19 following a taxable year of the program period, the Local 

20 Opportunity Board shall report to the National Oppor21 tunity Board the number of persons filing and the amount 

22 of credit allowed under the approved revisions to the 

23 earned income tax credit as compared with the same sta24 tistics in taxable years before the commencement of the 

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1 SEC. 309. COMMUNITY RENEWAL BONDS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The National Opportunity board, 

3 acting through the Local Opportunity Boards, is hereby 

4 granted the authority to act on behalf of the Secretary 

5 of Treasury to issue and sell community renewal bonds 

6 in face value increments of $100 up to a maximum 

7 amount of $50,000,000 to assist the financing of Local 

8 Opportunity Plans. Community renewal bonds shall bear 

9 a coupon rate of 25 percent. 

10 (b) COMMUNITY RENEWAL BONDS.—Community re11 newal bonds shall be backed by the full faith and credit 

12 of the United States Government. 

13 (c) ALLOCATION.—Proceeds from the sale of commu14 nity renewal bonds shall be allocated evenly among the 

15 Local Opportunity Boards. 

16 (d) TERM.—Community renewal bonds shall have a 

17 maturity date of 7 years from the date of issuance. 

18 (e) REPAYMENT.—Repayment of community renewal 

19 bonds allocated to each Local Opportunity Board shall be 

20 made from a portion of the community renewal savings 

21 allocated to the community tax incentives for such Board. 

22 SEC. 310. ANTI-CORRUPTION PROVISION. 

23 It shall be unlawful for any person— 

24 (1) to claim a community renewal incentive who 

25 does not meet the requirements set forth in this Act; 

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1 (2) to use funds appropriated under this Act 

2 for any purpose for which such funds were not au3 thorized. 

4 TITLE IV—COMPETITIONS FOR 

5 INNOVATION IN CLIENT AD6 VOCACY AND EVALUATION 

7 SEC. 401. CLIENT ADVOCACY COMPETITION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be authorized to 

9 establish and administer a program to award competitive 

10 grants, in the amount of $5,000,000, to eligible entities 

11 to provide for the development of a client advocacy and 

12 consumer services technology platform. 

13 (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The Board shall establish 

14 criteria that an entity must comply with to be considered 

15 an eligible entity for purposes of this section 

16 (c) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—The Board shall es17 tablish criteria for the awarding of grants under this sec18 tion and shall give priority consideration to eligible entities 

19 that establish a platform which shall include— 

20 (1) single source data entry that will be im21 ported into multiple data entry points; 

22 (2) a user-friendly interface; 

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1 (4) calculations based on the Human Develop2 ment Index or another alternative poverty measure3 ment; 

4 (5) security requirements; 

5 (6) assisting the case manager and consumer 

6 with establishing short and long term goals; and 

7 (7) low-cost or cost-effective replication abili8 ties. 

9 (d) CLIENT ADVOCACY AND CONSUMER SERVICES

10 TECHNOLOGY.—In awarding grants under this section the 

11 Board shall give preference to those eligible entities that 

12 are, on the date of enactment of this Act, operating a cli13 ent advocacy and consumer services technology platform. 

14 SEC. 402. EVALUATION COMPETITION. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be authorized to 

16 establish and administer a program to award competitive 

17 grants, in the amount of $5,000,000, to eligible entities 

18 to provide for the development of a social services evalua19 tion method. 

20 (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The Board shall establish 

21 criteria that an entity must comply with to be considered 

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1 (c) SOCIAL SERVICE EVALUATION.—The Board shall 

2 establish criteria for the awarding of grants under this 

3 section and may consider, in establishing such criteria, the 

4 extent to which the proposed social service evaluation 

5 method to be developed under the grant would uniquely 

6 measure social service interventions with high predict7 ability for programs that will be successful when serving 

8 a high volume of individuals. 

9 TITLE V—REPORT TO CONGRESS 

10 SEC. 501. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

11 (a) BOARD.—Not later than 1 year after the end of 

12 the third and fifth fiscal years during which the program 

13 under this Act is implemented, the Board shall submit to 

14 the Congress a report that— 

15 (1) summarizes all activities carried out under 

16 this Act; and 

17 (2) sets forth any findings, conclusions, or rec18 ommendations of the Board as a result of such ac19 tivities. 

20 (b) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.—Not 

21 later the end of the third and the fifth fiscal year during 

22 which the program under this Act is implemented, the 

23 Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a 

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1 (1) a description of the savings in Federal pro2 grams accrued as a result of this Act; 

3 (2) a description of the success and effective4 ness of the reforms contained in this Act; and 

5 (3) recommendations for improvement in the 

6 administration of the programs under this Act. 

7 TITLE VI—AUTHORIZATION OF 

8 APPROPRIATIONS 

9 SEC. 601. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 For the purposes of carrying out this Act, there are 

11 authorized to be appropriated $125,000,000 for the first 

12 fiscal year in which the National Competition is imple13 mented, and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years. 

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