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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4737 

To reauthorize assistance for capacity building for community development 

and affordable housing under section 4 of the HUD Demonstration 

Act of 1993, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 3, 2010 

Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 

ELLISON, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Ms. 

MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, and Mr. WATT) introduced 

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

A BILL 

To reauthorize assistance for capacity building for community development and affordable housing under section 

4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993, 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 ‘‘HUD Demonstration 

5 Improvement Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 4 OF THE HUD DEM2 ONSTRATION ACT OF 1993. 

3 Section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 

4 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note) is amended as follows: 

5 (1) In subsection (a), by striking ‘‘through the 

6 National Community Development Initiative, Local 

7 Initiatives Support Corporation, The Enterprise 

8 Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, and Youthbuild 

9 USA’’ and inserting ‘‘to eligible entities’’. 

10 (2) In subsection (b)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘in 

12 urban or rural areas’’ after ‘‘community hous13 ing development organizations’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘in 

15 urban or rural areas’’ after ‘‘low-income fami16 lies’’; and 

17 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the Na18 tional Community Development Initiative, Local 

19 Initiatives Support Corporation, The Enterprise 

20 Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, and 

21 Youthbuild USA’’ and inserting ‘‘an eligible en22 tity’’. 

23 (3) By redesignating subsection (e) as sub24 section (i). 

25 (4) By striking subsection (d) and inserting the 

26 following: 


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1 ‘‘(d) WRITTEN PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary 

2 shall, by notice, require an eligible entity, to be eligible 

3 for assistance under this section for a fiscal year, to sub4 mit a plan for such fiscal year describing the manner in 

5 which such eligible entity will use such assistance to de6 velop the capacity and ability of community development 

7 corporations and community housing development organi8 zations to undertake community development and afford9 able housing projects and programs. Such a plan shall in10 clude descriptions of— 

11 ‘‘(1) the activities described under subsection 

12 (b) the eligible entity proposes to carry out using as13 sistance provided under this section; 

14 ‘‘(2) the need for the activities described under 

15 subsection (b) in the geographic areas where the eli16 gible entity proposes to carry out such activities; 

17 ‘‘(3) the experience of the eligible entity in car18 rying out— 

19 ‘‘(A) programs administered by the De20 partment of Housing and Urban Development; 

21 or 

22 ‘‘(B) other housing or economic develop23 ment programs; and 

24 ‘‘(4) how the eligible entity will measure and 

25 evaluate the outcomes of activities proposed to be 


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1 carried out using assistance provided under this sec2 tion. 

3 ‘‘(e) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

4 ‘‘(1) DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall dis5 tribute funds made available for a fiscal year to 

6 carry out this section on a competitive basis to eligi7 ble entities based on how well the plan of the eligible 

8 entity for the fiscal year fulfills the requirements of 

9 paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (d). 

10 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—The 

11 Secretary shall establish a minimum amount of as12 sistance, equal to not less than 10 percent of the 

13 funds made available for any fiscal year to carry out 

14 this section, to provide to each eligible entity that 

15 submits a written plan that fulfills the requirements 

16 of paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (d). 

17 ‘‘(3) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—No 

18 eligible entity shall receive more than 50 percent of 

19 the funds made available for any fiscal year to carry 

20 out this section. 

21 ‘‘(f) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF PLANS.—Not later 

22 than 30 days after the date that the Secretary provides 

23 assistance to an eligible entity under this section, the Sec24 retary shall make public, on the Internet website of the 


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1 Department of Housing and Urban Development, the plan 

2 of such eligible entity required under subsection (d). 

3 ‘‘(g) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Sec4 retary shall annually submit to Congress a report describ5 ing how the assistance provided under this section is being 

6 used to develop the capacity and ability of community de7 velopment corporations and community housing develop8 ment organizations to undertake community development 

9 and affordable housing projects and programs. 

10 ‘‘(h) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—For purposes of this sec11 tion, an eligible entity is each of the following: 

12 ‘‘(1) The National Community Development 

13 Initiative. 

14 ‘‘(2) Local Initiatives Support Corporation. 

15 ‘‘(3) The Enterprise Foundation. 

16 ‘‘(4) Habitat for Humanity. 

17 ‘‘(5) Youthbuild USA. 

18 ‘‘(6) The National Urban League. 

19 ‘‘(7) The Housing Partnership Network.’’. 

20 (5) In subsection (i), as redesignated by para21 graph (3) of this section, by striking ‘‘$25,000,000 

22 for fiscal year 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘$60,000,000 for 

23 each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015’’. 

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