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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 671

To prohibit the use of certain assistance provided under the Housing and

Community Development Act of 1974 and the Housing and Community

Development Act of 1992 for employment relocation activities.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 11, 1997

Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. PETRI, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. BEREUTER,

Mr. SANDERS, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. FOGLIETTA, and Mr. LUTHER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on

Banking and Financial Services

A BILL

To prohibit the use of certain assistance provided under

the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974

and the Housing and Community Development Act of

1992 for employment relocation activities.

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 ‘‘Prohibition of Incen5 tives for Relocation Act of 1997’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF USE OF CDBG GRANTS FOR EM2 PLOYMENT RELOCATION ACTIVITIES.

3 Section 105 of the Housing and Community Develop4 ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by adding

5 at the end the following new subsection:

6 ‘‘(h) PROHIBITION OF USE OF ASSISTANCE FOR EM7 PLOYMENT RELOCATION ACTIVITIES.—Notwithstanding

8 any other provision of law, no amount for a grant under

9 section 106 made in fiscal year 1997 or any succeeding

10 fiscal year may be used for any activity (including any in11 frastructure improvement) that is intended, or is likely,

12 to facilitate the relocation or expansion of any industrial

13 or commercial plant, facility, or operation, from one area

14 to another area, if the relocation or expansion will result

15 in a loss of employment in the area from which the reloca16 tion or expansion occurs.’’.

17 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF USE OF CDBG SPECIAL PURPOSE

18 GRANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT RELOCATION AC19 TIVITIES.

20 Section 107 of the Housing and Community Develop21 ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307) is amended by adding

22 at the end the following new subsection:

23 ‘‘(g) PROHIBITION OF USE OF ASSISTANCE FOR EM24 PLOYMENT RELOCATION ACTIVITIES.—Notwithstanding

25 any other provision of law, no amount from a grant made

26 under this section in fiscal year 1997 or any succeeding
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1 fiscal year may be used for any activity (including any in2 frastructure improvement) that is intended, or is likely,

3 to facilitate the relocation or expansion of any industrial

4 or commercial plant, facility, or operation, from one area

5 to another area, if the relocation or expansion will result

6 in a loss of employment in the area from which the reloca7 tion or expansion occurs.’’.

8 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION OF USE OF CDBG LOAN GUARANTEES

9 FOR EMPLOYMENT RELOCATION ACTIVITIES.

10 Section 108 of the Housing and Community Develop11 ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308) is amended by insert12 ing after subsection (h) the following new subsection:

13 ‘‘(i) PROHIBITION OF USE OF ASSISTANCE FOR EM14 PLOYMENT RELOCATION ACTIVITIES.—Notwithstanding

15 any other provision of law, no amount obtained under an

16 obligation guaranteed under this section in fiscal year

17 1997 or any succeeding fiscal year may be used for any

18 activity (including any infrastructure improvement) that

19 is intended, or is likely, to facilitate the relocation or ex20 pansion of any industrial or commercial plant, facility, or

21 operation, from one area to another area, if the relocation

22 or expansion will result in a loss of employment in the

23 area from which the relocation or expansion occurs.’’.
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1 SEC. 5. PROHIBITION OF USE OF CDBG ECONOMIC DEVEL2 OPMENT GRANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT RELO3 CATION ACTIVITIES.

4 Section 108(q) of the Housing and Community De5 velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308(q)) is amended

6 by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

7 ‘‘(5) PROHIBITION OF USE OF ASSISTANCE FOR

8 EMPLOYMENT RELOCATION ACTIVITIES.—Notwith9 standing any other provision of law, no amount from

10 a grant made under this subsection in fiscal year

11 1997 or any succeeding fiscal year may be used for

12 any activity (including any infrastructure improve13 ment) that is intended, or is likely, to facilitate the

14 relocation or expansion of any industrial or commer15 cial plant, facility, or operation, from one area to an16 other area, if the relocation or expansion will result

17 in a loss of employment in the area from which the

18 relocation or expansion occurs.’’.

19 SEC. 6. PROHIBITION OF USE OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED

20 UNDER COMMUNITY INVESTMENT CORPORA21 TION DEMONSTRATION ACT FOR EMPLOY22 MENT RELOCATION ACTIVITIES.

23 Section 853(b) of the Housing and Community De24 velopment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 5305 note) is amend25 ed—
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1 (1) by redesignating paragraph (16) as para2 graph (17); and

3 (2) by inserting after paragraph (15) the fol4 lowing new paragraph:

5 ‘‘(16) PROHIBITION OF USE OF ASSISTANCE

6 FOR EMPLOYMENT RELOCATION ACTIVITIES.—Not

7 withstanding any other provision of law, no amount

8 from assistance provided under this subsection in

9 fiscal year 1997 or any succeeding fiscal year may

10 be used for any activity (including any infrastruc11 ture improvement) that is intended, or is likely, to

12 facilitate the relocation or expansion of any indus13 trial or commercial plant, facility, or operation, from

14 one area to another area, if the relocation or expan15 sion will result in a loss of employment in the area

16 from which the relocation or expansion occurs.’’.

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