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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2390 

To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make 

grants to States for use to eliminate blight and assist in neighborhood 

revitalization, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 29, 2019 

Mr. RYAN (for himself and Mr. MCKINLEY) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to States for use to eliminate 

blight and assist in neighborhood revitalization, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clean Up Our Neigh5 borhoods Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. BLIGHT ELIMINATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVI2 TALIZATION GRANTS. 

3 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing and 

4 Urban Development may make grants under this section, 

5 on a competitive basis, to States for use for eligible activi6 ties under subsection (c)(1) designed to eliminate blight 

7 and promote neighborhood revitalization. 

8 (b) USE IN NEW MARKET TAX CREDIT AREAS.— 

9 Amounts from a grant under this section may be used only 

10 to carry out eligible activities under subsection (c)(1) with11 in low-income communities, as such term if defined in sub12 section (g). 

13 (c) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts from a grant 

15 under this section may be used only for the following 

16 activities: 

17 (A) Demolition, clearance, and removal of 

18 blighted structures. 

19 (B) Boarding of vacant properties and 

20 blighted structures. 

21 (C) Deconstruction of structures. 

22 (D) Removal of waste and site clearance 

23 and vacant land management. 

24 (E) Stabilization activities in connection 

25 with providing vacant, open green space for the 

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1 cluding greening projects, and associated main2 tenance activities, including mowing. 

3 (F) Renovation of existing structures, ex4 cept that not more than 30 percent of any 

5 grant under this section may be used for such 

6 activities. 

7 (2) USE OF AMOUNTS BY LOCAL GOVERN8 MENTS.—A grantee State may use amounts from a 

9 grant under this Act to carry out eligible activities 

10 under paragraph (1) or may provide such amounts 

11 to land banks or units of general local government 

12 within the State whose jurisdictions include low-in13 come communities for use to carry out such eligible 

14 activities within such low-income communities. 

15 (3) PRIORITY FOR LAND BANKS.—In areas 

16 where land banks exist, a grantee State shall give 

17 priority, in the use of amounts from a grant under 

18 this Act, to eligible activities that will be carried out 

19 by land banks, in accordance with such requirements 

20 as the Secretary shall establish. 

21 (d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall require 

23 each State that receives a grant under this section 

24 to contribute, toward carrying out the plan for the 

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1 ing funds from non-Federal sources that is equal to 

2 or greater than 15 percent of the amount of the 

3 grant. 

4 (2) USE OF SALE PROCEEDS.—Any proceeds 

5 from sales of properties renovated pursuant to sub6 section (c)(1)(F) may be counted toward compliance 

7 with the requirement under paragraph (1). 

8 (e) APPLICATION AND PLAN.— 

9 (1) APPLICATION.—A grant under this section 

10 may only be provided to a State that submits to the 

11 Secretary an application for such a grant that con12 tains a plan for use of grant funds in accordance 

13 with paragraph (2) and such other information, cer14 tifications, and assurances as the Secretary con15 siders necessary to provide for selection of States in 

16 accordance with the process and criteria under sub17 section (f). 

18 (2) PLAN.—A plan under this paragraph shall 

19 be a detailed 5-year plan for the use of grant 

20 amounts under this section and matching amounts 

21 contributed pursuant to subsection (d) that in22 cludes— 

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1 section (c)(1) will be carried out using grant 

2 and matching amounts; 

3 (B) a description of the eligible activities 

4 under subsection (c)(1) to be carried out using 

5 grant and matching amounts; 

6 (C) a timetable for carrying out such eligi7 ble activities, which shall provide for the ex8 penditure of grant and matching amounts with9 in 5 years after receipt; and 

10 (D) identification of the sources of match11 ing amounts to be provided in accordance with 

12 subsection (d) and assurances of the availability 

13 of such matching amounts. 

14 (f) SELECTION; CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall se15 lect applications to receive grants under this section pur16 suant to a competition and based on criteria as established 

17 by the Secretary for such selection. 

18 (g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 

19 following definitions shall apply: 

20 (1) LAND BANK.—The term ‘‘land bank’’ 

21 means— 

22 (A) a land bank, as such term is defined 

23 under State law; and 

24 (B) with respect to any State for which the 

25 laws of such State do not explicitly define such 


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1 term, any publicly or community-owned entity 

2 established for the purpose of reducing or pre3 venting blight by acquiring, managing, main4 taining, and re-purposing vacant, abandoned, 

5 and foreclosed properties, including abandoned 

6 houses and buildings and empty lots. 

7 (2) LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘low8 income community’’ has the meaning given such 

9 term in section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code 

10 of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 45D) and includes any census 

11 tract or other area that is treated as a low-income 

12 community for purposes of such section. 

13 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

14 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

15 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

16 the several States, the District of Columbia, the 

17 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 

18 Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Is19 lands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and 

20 any other territory or possession of the United 

21 States. 

22 (5) STRUCTURE.—The term ‘‘structure’’ in23 cludes residential structures and commercial struc24 tures. 


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1 (h) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue any 

2 regulations necessary to carry out this section. 

3 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 

5 necessary for grants under this section for each of fiscal 

6 years 2020 through 2025. 

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