I 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4632 

To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to setaside community development block grant amounts in each fiscal year 

for grants to local chapters of veterans service organizations for rehabilitation of their facilities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 22, 2010 

Mr. BISHOP of New York (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. LEE of 

New York, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. WEINER, 

Mr. PETERSON, Mrs. HALVORSON, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 

SOUDER, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. MCMAHON, Ms. KAPTUR, and Mr. GRIJALVA) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To amend the Housing and Community Development Act 

of 1974 to set-aside community development block grant 

amounts in each fiscal year for grants to local chapters 

of veterans service organizations for rehabilitation of 

their facilities. 

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


jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with BILLS
2 

•HR 4632 IH

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Renovate and Enhance 

3 Veterans’ Meeting Halls and Posts Act of 2010’’ or the 

4 ‘‘REVAMP Act of 2010’’. 

5 SEC. 2. COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO VETERANS SERVICE OR6 GANIZATIONS FOR FACILITY REHABILITA7 TION. 

8 (a) GRANTS.—Section 107 of the Housing and Com9 munity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307) is 

10 amended by adding at the end the following new sub11 section: 

12 ‘‘(g) COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO VETERANS SERVICE

13 ORGANIZATIONS FOR FACILITY REHABILITATION.— 

14 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—Using the amounts made 

15 available under section 106(a)(4) in each fiscal year 

16 for grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall 

17 make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible vet18 erans service organizations for use for repairs and 

19 rehabilitation of existing facilities of such organiza20 tions. 

21 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZA22 TIONS.—For purposes of this subsection, the term 

23 ‘eligible veterans service organization’ means— 

24 ‘‘(A) an entity that is exempt from tax25 ation pursuant to section 501(c)(19) of the In26 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 


jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with BILLS
3 

•HR 4632 IH

1 501(c)(19)) and is organized on a local or area 

2 basis; and 

3 ‘‘(B) a local or area chapter, post, or other 

4 unit of a national, regional, Statewide, or other 

5 larger entity of which local or area chapters, 

6 posts, or units are members, that is exempt 

7 from taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(19) of 

8 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 

9 501(c)(19)). 

10 Such term does not include any such national, re11 gional, Statewide, or other larger entity. 

12 ‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) AMOUNT.—No eligible veterans serv14 ice organization may receive grant amounts 

15 under this subsection, from the amounts made 

16 available for any single fiscal year, in an 

17 amount exceeding the lesser of— 

18 ‘‘(i) the cost of the proposed repair or 

19 rehabilitation; or 

20 ‘‘(ii) $200,000. 

21 ‘‘(B) TIMING.—Any eligible veterans serv22 ice organization that receives grant amounts 

23 under this subsection from amounts made avail24 able for a fiscal year shall be ineligible for any 

25 grant from any amounts made available for 


jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with BILLS
4 

•HR 4632 IH

1 such grants for any of the succeeding 5 fiscal 

2 years. 

3 ‘‘(4) APPLICATIONS.—Applications for assist4 ance under this subsection may be submitted only by 

5 eligible veterans service organizations, and shall be 

6 in such form and in accordance with such proce7 dures as the Secretary shall establish. Such applica8 tions shall include a plan for the proposed repair or 

9 rehabilitation activities to be conducted using grant 

10 amounts under this subsection. 

11 ‘‘(5) SELECTION; CRITERIA.—The Secretary 

12 shall select applications to receive grants under this 

13 subsection pursuant to a competition and based on 

14 criteria for such selection, which shall include— 

15 ‘‘(A) the extent of need for such assist16 ance; 

17 ‘‘(B) the quality of the plan proposed for 

18 repair or rehabilitation of the facility involved; 

19 ‘‘(C) the capacity or potential capacity of 

20 the applicant to successfully carry out the plan; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(D) such other factors as the Secretary 

23 determines to be appropriate. 

24 ‘‘(6) PROHIBITION OF CONSTRUCTION OR AC25 QUISITION.—No amounts from a grant under this 


jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with BILLS
5 

•HR 4632 IH

1 subsection may be used for the construction or ac2 quisition of a new facility.’’. 

3 (b) FUNDING.—Subsection (a) of section 106 of the 

4 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 

5 U.S.C. 5306(a)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and (3)’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘(3), and (4)’’; 

8 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para9 graph (5); and 

10 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol11 lowing new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(4) For each fiscal year, after reserving 

13 amounts under paragraphs (1) and (2) and allo14 cating amounts under paragraph (3), the Secretary 

15 shall allocate $50,000,000 (subject to sufficient 

16 amounts remaining after such reservations and allo17 cation) for grants under section 107(g).’’. 

18 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Housing and 

19 Urban Development shall issue any regulations necessary 

20 to carry out sections 106(a)(4) and 107(g) of the Housing 

21 and Community Development Act of 1974, as added by 

22 the amendments made by this section, not later than the 

23 expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the date of 

24 the enactment of this Act. 

Æ 


jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with BILLS