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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2070

To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to establish

a program to demonstrate the benefits and feasibility of redeveloping

or reusing abandoned or substantially underutilized land in economically

and socially distressed communities, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 11, 1993

Mr. MFUME (for himself, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, and Mr. TOWNS) introduced the

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Finance

and Urban Affairs

A BILL

To amend the Housing and Community Development Act

of 1974 to establish a program to demonstrate the benefits and feasibility of redeveloping or reusing abandoned

or substantially underutilized land in economically and

socially distressed communities, 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. ABANDONED LAND REUSE ACT OF 1993.

4 The Housing and Community Development Act of

5 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended by adding at

6 the end the following new title:
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1 ‘‘TITLE IX—REDEVELOPMENT OR

2 REUSE OF ABANDONED LAND

3 ‘‘SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE.

4 ‘‘This title may be cited as the ‘Abandoned Land

5 Reuse Act of 1993’.

6 ‘‘SEC. 902. FINDINGS.

7 ‘‘The Congress finds that—

8 ‘‘(1) past uses of land in the United States for

9 industrial and commercial purposes or the conduct

10 of other economic activities have created many sites

11 throughout the United States that are now aban12 doned or substantially underutilized;

13 ‘‘(2) the abandonment or substantial under14 utilization of the sites referred to in paragraph (1)

15 contribute substantially to the economic and social

16 distress of communities in large portions of the pop17 ulation, including poor and unemployed individuals

18 and disadvantaged population groups, have con19 centrated;

20 ‘‘(3) the abandonment or substantial under21 utilization of the abandoned sites impairs the ability

22 of the Federal Government and the governments of

23 States and political subdivisions of States to provide

24 employment opportunities for, and improve the eco25 nomic welfare of, the people of the United States
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1 and the poor, unemployed, and disadvantaged, in

2 particular;

3 ‘‘(4) the abandonment or substantial under4 utilization of the abandoned sites results in the inef5 ficient use of community development facilities and

6 related public services, and extends conditions of

7 blight in local communities;

8 ‘‘(5) the manner in which—

9 ‘‘(A) the population of the United States is

10 distributed; and

11 ‘‘(B) communities accommodate the

12 growth of the national economy;

13 affects the employment opportunities, availability of

14 capital to provide economic opportunities, social con15 ditions, and other important conditions of each such

16 community;

17 ‘‘(6) the private market demand for abandoned

18 sites has been reduced or eliminated;

19 ‘‘(7) the capital available for the redevelopment

20 or reuse of abandoned sites may be limited;

21 ‘‘(8) cooperation among Federal agencies and

22 the departments and agencies of States and political

23 subdivisions of States is necessary to accomplish

24 timely redevelopment or reuse of abandoned sites;
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1 ‘‘(9) in addition, cooperation between the de2 partments and agencies referred to in paragraph (8)

3 and private parties is necessary to accomplish the

4 objective referred to in paragraph (8); and

5 ‘‘(10) there is a need for a program to dem6 onstrate the public purposes and benefits of the re7 development or reuse of abandoned sites.

8 ‘‘SEC. 903. DEFINITIONS.

9 ‘‘As used in this title:

10 ‘‘(1) ABANDONED SITE.—The term ‘abandoned

11 site’ means a facility or a combination of geographi12 cally or economically related facilities within the

13 same unit or immediately contiguous units of gen14 eral local government—

15 ‘‘(A) that is no longer operating or is so

16 substantially underutilized as to provide only

17 marginal employment opportunities;

18 ‘‘(B) that is located within a community

19 that suffers from economic and social distress

20 measured by factors referred to in section

21 907(a)(4);

22 ‘‘(C) that has one or more conditions, con23 straints, or characteristics (other than only

24 being a type of facility with respect to which

25 market supply exceeds demand) that are det-
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1 rimental to the public health, safety, or welfare

2 and, in the absence of the assistance under this

3 title, prevent or materially discourage the timely

4 redevelopment or reuse of a facility or real

5 property immediately adjacent to the facility for

6 a use or uses that include the provision of em7 ployment opportunities in accordance with ap8 plicable community development strategies; and

9 ‘‘(D) with respect to which a person re10 ferred to in section 910(a) is unable to fund or

11 finance the full amount of the cost of a reuse

12 action.

13 ‘‘(2) FACILITY.—The term ‘facility’ means an

14 improved or previously improved site or area, or a

15 surface or subsurface improvement to a site or area,

16 including a building, structure, installation, fixture,

17 or equipment on or within the site, that has been

18 used primarily for an industrial or commercial use.

19 ‘‘(3) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘Governor’ means

20 the Governor of a State, or the Governor’s designee.

21 ‘‘(4) LOCAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGA22 NIZATION.—The term ‘local community development

23 organization’ means a nonprofit organization (as de24 fined in paragraph (7)) that—
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1 ‘‘(A) has a history of serving the needs of

2 residents of the local community affected by an

3 abandoned site;

4 ‘‘(B) maintains accountability to persons

5 of low-income in a local community through sig6 nificant representation on the governing board

7 of the organization, and such other means as

8 are appropriate; and

9 ‘‘(C) has the institutional and administra10 tive capacity for carrying out activities assisted

11 under this title (as determined by the Sec12 retary).

13 ‘‘(5) LOCAL GRANTEE.—The term ‘local grant14 ee’ means a local community development organiza15 tion or unit of general local government.

16 ‘‘(6) PERSONS OF LOW INCOME.—The term

17 ‘persons of low income’ has the meaning provided

18 the term under section 102(20).

19 ‘‘(7) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term

20 ‘nonprofit organization’ means any private, nonprofit

21 organization (including a State or locally chartered,

22 nonprofit organization)—

23 ‘‘(A) that is organized under State or local

24 laws;
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1 ‘‘(B) with respect to which no portion of

2 the net earnings inure to the benefit of a mem3 ber, founder, contributor, or individual associ4 ated with the organization;

5 ‘‘(C) that complies with standards of fi6 nancial accountability that the Secretary deter7 mines to be acceptable; and

8 ‘‘(D) that carries out activities related to

9 the retention or expansion of employment op10 portunities for, and improvement of economic

11 and social conditions of, persons of low income.

12 ‘‘(8) REUSE ACTION.—The term ‘reuse action’

13 means an action that makes such physical changes

14 in, or improvements or additions to, an abandoned

15 site so as to enable the timely redevelopment or

16 reuse of the site or real property immediately adja17 cent to the site. Such term shall include the clear18 ance, demolition, or rehabilitation of the site. Such

19 term shall not include the construction of new build20 ings on the site.

21 ‘‘(9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means

22 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

23 ‘‘(10) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean24 ing provided the term under section 102(a)(2).
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1 ‘‘(11) UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERN2 MENT.—The term ‘unit of general local government’

3 has the meaning provided the term in the first sen4 tence of section 102(a)(1).

5 ‘‘SEC. 904. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall select appro7 priate States in which to establish and carry out either—

8 ‘‘(1) a program to provide grants to States to

9 establish a State program to provide grants to local

10 grantees; or

11 ‘‘(2) a direct grant program to provide grants

12 to local grantees,

13 for the purpose of carrying out the demonstrations de14 scribed in subsection (b).

15 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the programs au16 thorized by subsection (a) is to demonstrate—

17 ‘‘(1) the economic feasibility of redevelopment

18 or reuse of abandoned sites;

19 ‘‘(2) the employment benefits, economic bene20 fits, social benefits, and such other benefits to dis21 tressed communities that may occur as a result of

22 focusing financial resources and cooperative action

23 on the redevelopment or reuse of abandoned sites;
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1 ‘‘(3) the beneficial impacts on patterns of com2 munity development and use of public resources of

3 redevelopment or reuse of abandoned sites; and

4 ‘‘(4) the feasibility of timely, cooperative ac5 tion—

6 ‘‘(A) among Federal agencies and depart7 ments and agencies of States and political sub8 divisions of States that have jurisdiction over

9 the redevelopment or reuse of abandoned sites;

10 and

11 ‘‘(B) between the agencies and depart12 ments referred to in subparagraph (A) and pri13 vate parties.

14 ‘‘(c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall

15 allocate funds made available pursuant to this title among

16 the States or to local grantees. In allocating the funds,

17 the Secretary shall take into account—

18 ‘‘(1) the relative commitment of a State and

19 local grantees to achieving successfully the dem20 onstrations described in subsection (b) measured by

21 factors that include that referred to in section

22 907(a)(7);

23 ‘‘(2) the relative number of abandoned sites in

24 the State;
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1 ‘‘(3) the need to allocate funds in amounts that

2 will contribute to achieving successfully the dem3 onstrations described in subsection (b); and

4 ‘‘(4) the desirability of carrying out a variety of

5 demonstration projects with respect to the location,

6 characteristics, and issues addressed by the projects,

7 and the types of participants associated with the

8 projects.

9 ‘‘(d) SCOPE OF PROGRAM.—

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the dem11 onstration program established under subsection (a),

12 the Secretary may award a grant to a State pursu13 ant to section 905 or to a local grantee that submits

14 an approved application to the Secretary pursuant to

15 paragraph (2).

16 ‘‘(2) GRANT APPLICATION.—An application for

17 a grant under this section shall include a proposal

18 for a reuse action for the redevelopment or reuse of

19 an abandoned site, and shall be in such form as the

20 Secretary determines to be appropriate.

21 ‘‘(3) COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCEDURE.—

22 Each grant made under this title by the Secretary

23 or a Governor to a State or local grantee shall be

24 made on the basis of an open and competitive selec25 tion procedure approved by the Secretary. In making
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1 a grant to a local grantee, the Secretary shall con2 duct a selection procedure on a State-by-State basis.

3 ‘‘(4) SELECTION OF SITES BY GOVERNOR.—If a

4 State establishes a State demonstration program

5 that is approved in accordance with section 905, the

6 Governor shall select the abandoned sites to receive

7 assistance under the grant program. In carrying out

8 the demonstration program, the Governor may act

9 through appropriate officials of the State.

10 ‘‘(5) GRANT AWARDS.—Except as provided in

11 paragraph (6), the aggregate amount of grants

12 awarded for reuse actions at an abandoned site shall

13 not exceed an amount equal to 75 percent of the

14 total eligible costs of carrying out a reuse action at

15 the abandoned site. Each local grantee that receives

16 a grant award under this title shall be required to

17 pay a non-Federal share in an amount equal to 25

18 percent of the total eligible costs of carrying out the

19 reuse action at the abandoned site that is the sub20 ject of the grant award.

21 ‘‘(6) EXCEPTION.—Subject to sections 906 and

22 909, the Secretary (or in the case of a State dem23 onstration program under section 905, the Gov24 ernor) may fund up to 100 percent of the total eligi25 ble costs of carrying out a reuse action at an aban-
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1 doned site if the Secretary (or the Governor) obtains

2 satisfactory assurances from the grant recipient

3 that—

4 ‘‘(A) a transfer of the abandoned site will

5 occur as part of the redevelopment or reuse of

6 the site;

7 ‘‘(B) the net proceeds realized from the

8 transfer of the site will reasonably approximate

9 at least 25 percent of the eligible costs of carry10 ing out a reuse action at the site; and

11 ‘‘(C) an amount reasonably approximating

12 25 percent of the eligible costs referred to in

13 subparagraph (B) from the net proceeds re14 ferred to in subparagraph (B), will be paid

15 promptly upon receipt of the proceeds by or on

16 behalf of the grant recipient to the Secretary

17 (or the Governor).

18 ‘‘SEC. 905. DELEGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION TO STATE

19 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

20 ‘‘On a State-by-State basis, the Secretary may, in lieu

21 of awarding grants to individual local grantees, award a

22 grant to a State that submits an approved application to

23 the Secretary to conduct a State demonstration program

24 to carry out the demonstrations described in section

25 904(b). Subject to the limitations referred to in section
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1 904(d), under a State demonstration program, the Gov2 ernor of a State shall have the authority to select aban3 doned sites and allocate assistance from amounts awarded

4 to the State pursuant to this section.

5 ‘‘SEC. 906. FUNDING.

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Payment of the non-Federal

7 share under section 904(d)(5) may be made from funds

8 from any non-Federal source, and may include services or

9 equipment necessary to carry out the reuse action.

10 ‘‘(b) AVOIDANCE OF WINDFALL FROM GRANT

11 AWARD.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A local grantee, shall, as a

13 condition to receiving a grant award, enter into an

14 agreement with the Secretary (or in the case of a

15 State demonstration program under section 905, the

16 Governor) that requires the payment of an amount

17 specified in paragraph (2) to the Secretary (or the

18 Governor) by the local grantee of any amount of

19 compensation that the local grantee may recover

20 from another person as compensation for the cost of

21 carrying out a reuse action at the abandoned site

22 that is the subject of the grant award.

23 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—The amount of

24 payment described in this paragraph shall be—
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1 ‘‘(A) in addition to the amount required to

2 be paid pursuant to section 904(d)(6); and

3 ‘‘(B) an amount equal to 85 percent of any

4 amount by which the amount recovered (net of

5 recovery costs) exceeds the non-Federal share of

6 the local grantee.

7 ‘‘(c) AVOIDANCE OF WINDFALL WHERE LOCAL

8 GRANTEE IS NOT SITE OWNER.—In the event that—

9 ‘‘(1) an abandoned site that is the subject of a

10 grant award under this title is not owned by the

11 local grantee that receives the award, or

12 ‘‘(2) an action is taken with respect to an aban13 doned site to enable the reuse or redevelopment of

14 real property immediately adjacent to the abandoned

15 site, and the local grantee does not own the adjacent

16 site,

17 the local grantee shall be required, as a condition of receiv18 ing the grant award, to enter into an agreement that is

19 satisfactory to the Secretary with the owner of the site

20 or adjacent site. The agreement shall ensure that the

21 owner of the site or adjacent site will not realize a windfall

22 from the assistance provided under the grant, and the

23 local grantee will be able to meet the requirements of this

24 title.

25 ‘‘(d) OTHER RECOVERY OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—

2 ‘‘(A) AMOUNT.—An agreement referred to

3 in subsection (b)(1) shall specify that as a con4 dition of receiving a grant award under this

5 title, the grant recipient shall be required to

6 pay to the Secretary (or the Governor) the sum

7 of—

8 ‘‘(i) the amount of the grant award;

9 and

10 ‘‘(ii) the amount of interest accrued

11 on the amount referred to in clause (i)

12 from the date of the awarding of the grant

13 (at a rate determined by the Secretary)

14 if a condition described in clause (i) or (ii) of

15 subparagraph (B) is met.

16 ‘‘(B) FAILURE TO INITIATE.—If, with re17 spect to the abandoned site that is the subject

18 of the grant—

19 ‘‘(i) a reuse action has not been initi20 ated by 1 year after the date that the

21 grant is awarded; or

22 ‘‘(ii) the redevelopment or reuse has not

23 been completed in a timely manner (as de24 termined by the Secretary, or, in the case
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1 of a State demonstration program under

2 section 905, the Governor),

3 the grant recipient shall be required to make a

4 payment pursuant to subparagraph (A).

5 ‘‘(2) TIMING OF REPAYMENT.—A repayment re6 ferred to in paragraph (1) shall be due upon notice

7 to the grant recipient by the Secretary (or the Gov8 ernor) that a condition described in clause (i) or (ii)

9 of paragraph (1)(B) has been met.

10 ‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary (or the Gov11 ernor) may waive the requirement for repayment

12 under paragraph (1) or may require only partial

13 payment of the amount specified in paragraph (1) if

14 the Secretary, (or the Governor) determines that—

15 ‘‘(A) the grant recipient acted in a manner

16 consistent with the requirements of section

17 904(b); and

18 ‘‘(B) exigent circumstances contributed to

19 the delay.

20 ‘‘(e) USE OF RECOVERED FUNDS.—The Secretary

21 (or the Governor) may use funds recovered pursuant to

22 this section to make additional grant awards in accordance

23 with this title. The Governor may issue an additional

24 grant award with funds recovered pursuant to this section
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1 without regard to the requirement for preapproval by the

2 Secretary under section 905.

3 ‘‘SEC. 907. CRITERIA FOR SITE SELECTION.

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary (or in the case of

5 a State demonstration program under section 905, the

6 Governor), after receiving completed applications for grant

7 awards under this title, shall select abandoned sites and

8 allocate awards. In making the grant awards, the Sec9 retary (or the Governor) shall take into account the follow10 ing criteria:

11 ‘‘(1) The extent to which economic, social, and

12 such other benefits of the redevelopment or reuse of

13 the site as the Secretary (or the Governor) deter14 mines to be appropriate, including the employment

15 and job training opportunities, and other related

16 benefits to persons of low income who are residents

17 of the local community in which the site is located,

18 are likely to exceed the costs of the redevelopment

19 or reuse of the site. In determining the benefits, the

20 Secretary (or the Governor) shall consider the

21 amount of job opportunities to be retained or cre22 ated, expected increases in economic activity within

23 the community, expected increases in local tax reve24 nue, capital resources to be conserved, and such
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1 other public resources as the Secretary (or the Gov2 ernor) determines will be conserved.

3 ‘‘(2) The extent of need for assistance under

4 this title to fund a reuse action.

5 ‘‘(3) The extent of contribution from non-Fed6 eral sources, including capital investment by private

7 parties, expected to occur in connection with the re8 development or reuse of the site.

9 ‘‘(4) The degree of economic and social distress

10 of the local community in which the site is located,

11 determined by considering the amount of loss of

12 community employment in the industrial sector, the

13 rate and period of unemployment, the relative per

14 capita income of local community residents, any de15 cline in economic activity, any population loss or

16 growth that is disproportionate to local economic op17 portunity, and such other related factors as the Sec18 retary determines to be appropriate.

19 ‘‘(5) The degree of cooperation among appro20 priate Federal agencies and departments and agen21 cies of relevant States and political subdivisions of

22 the States, as well as between the departments and

23 agencies and private parties.

24 ‘‘(6) Whether the redevelopment or reuse of the

25 site will be achieved in a timely manner.
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1 ‘‘(7) Whether and to what extent the State or

2 unit or units of general local government in which

3 the site is located have established an ongoing pro4 gram or programs to facilitate the redevelopment or

5 reuse of abandoned sites.

6 ‘‘(8) Such other factors as the Secretary consid7 ers relevant to the purposes of the program author8 ized by this title.

9 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—The Secretary (or in the case of a

10 State demonstration program under section 905, the Gov11 ernor) shall give the greatest priority to the criteria re12 ferred to in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a),

13 and shall give an equal degree of priority to each criterion

14 referred to in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection

15 (a).

16 ‘‘SEC. 908. FEDERAL FACILITIES EXCLUDED.

17 ‘‘The Secretary (or in the case of a State demonstra18 tion program under section 905, the Governor) may not

19 award a grant under this title for a reuse action on a site

20 controlled by the Federal Government.

21 ‘‘SEC. 909. ELIGIBLE COSTS.

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Administrative and

23 nonadministrative costs for a reuse action carried out pur24 suant to a grant program under section 904 or a State
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1 demonstration program under section 905 shall constitute

2 eligible costs.

3 ‘‘(b) NONADMINISTRATIVE COSTS DEFINED.—For

4 the purposes of this section, the term ‘nonadministrative

5 costs’ shall include the cost of—

6 ‘‘(1) identifying the probable extent and nature

7 of, and preferred manner of carrying out, a reuse

8 action at an abandoned site;

9 ‘‘(2) fees relating to any application for ap10 proval by a Federal agency or a department or agen11 cy of a State or a political subdivision of a State,

12 that is required and necessary to carry out a reuse

13 action at an abandoned site; and

14 ‘‘(3) implementing a reuse action.

15 ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE COST LIMITATION.—Not more

16 than 10 percent of the amount of a grant award under

17 this title may be used for administrative costs.

18 ‘‘SEC. 910. LIABILITY UNDER OTHER LAW; AVOIDANCE OF

19 WINDFALL.

20 ‘‘(a) LIABILITY UNDER OTHER LAW.—Nothing in

21 this title is intended to relieve any person who had an in22 terest in an abandoned site prior to the initiation of a

23 reuse action that is the subject of grant award under this

24 title from liability under, or other requirements of, any

25 other provision of law.
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1 ‘‘(b) AVOIDANCE OF WINDFALL.—The Secretary (or

2 in the case of a State demonstration program under sec3 tion 905, the Governor) shall implement a grant program

4 under this title in a manner that does not—

5 ‘‘(1) relieve from liability under any other law

6 any person referred to in subsection (a); and

7 ‘‘(2) reduce the incentive of any such person to

8 participate in funding the non-Federal share re9 quired under section 906.

10 ‘‘(c) STATUTORY INTERPRETATION.—Nothing in

11 subsection (b) is intended to prevent a local grantee who

12 acquires an abandoned site solely for the purpose of carry13 ing out a proposal to redevelop or reuse the site from ob14 taining assistance under this title.

15 ‘‘SEC. 911. EVALUATION AND REPORT.

16 ‘‘(a) EVALUATION.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December

18 31, 1995, the Secretary shall conduct an initial eval19 uation of the grant program established under sec20 tion 904 and any State demonstration program es21 tablished under section 905. The evaluation shall be

22 based on information that is available at the time of

23 the evaluation.

24 ‘‘(2) DATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary (or in

25 the case of a State demonstration program under
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1 section 905, the Governor) shall require that as a

2 condition to receiving a grant under this title, each

3 grant recipient shall submit to the Secretary data

4 that indicate the actual costs, benefits, sources and

5 uses of funds, the results of an assisted redevelop6 ment or reuse project, and such other data as the

7 Secretary determines to be necessary for the evalua8 tion referred to in paragraph (1).

9 ‘‘(b) CONFIDENTIALITY OF DATA COLLECTED.—The

10 Secretary shall maintain confidentiality of data collected

11 from grant recipients in accordance with any applicable

12 law.

13 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—Upon completion of the evaluation re14 ferred to in subsection (a), but not later than December

15 31, 1995, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Con16 gress containing the findings and recommendations of the

17 Secretary.

18 ‘‘(d) USE OF CONTRACTORS.—The Secretary may, in

19 accordance with any applicable law, enter into agreements

20 with such private contractors (including institutions of

21 higher education), as the Secretary determines necessary

22 for the preparation of the report referred to in subsection

23 (c).
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1 ‘‘SEC. 912. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may use up to 5

3 percent of any amount appropriated to implement this

4 title to fund technical assistance grants by the Secretary

5 (or in the case of a State demonstration program under

6 section 905, the Governor) to local grantees to facilitate

7 their participation in the demonstration program estab8 lished by this title and their successful achievement of the

9 purposes of this title.

10 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—A local grantee may use a grant

11 under this section to pay for up to the full amount of its

12 costs—

13 ‘‘(1) to identify the probable extent and nature

14 of, and preferred manner of carrying out, a reuse

15 action at an abandoned site;

16 ‘‘(2) to identify potential non-Federal sources of

17 capital for the redevelopment or reuse of an aban18 doned site;

19 ‘‘(3) to determine the means of implementing in

20 connection with a reuse action a job training pro21 gram that benefits persons of low-income who are

22 residents of the local community in which an aban23 doned site is located;

24 ‘‘(4) to identify public agencies cooperation with

25 which would be necessary to carry out a reuse ac26 tion; or
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1 ‘‘(5) for such other purposes approved by the

2 Secretary as directly relate to the local grantee’s

3 successfully organizing the human and other re4 sources and cooperative action necessary to carrying

5 out a reuse action.

6 ‘‘(c) REPAYMENT OBLIGATION.—If a local grantee

7 obtains a technical assistance grant pursuant to this sec8 tion and subsequently obtains a grant to carry out a reuse

9 action under this title, the grant recipient’s payment obli10 gation under section 906(d) shall include the amount of

11 the technical assistance grant.

12 ‘‘SEC. 913. REGULATIONS.

13 ‘‘Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment

14 of this title, the Secretary shall issue such rules and regu15 lations as are necessary to carry out this title.

16 ‘‘SEC. 914. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

17 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the De18 partment of Housing and Urban Development for the pur19 poses of carrying out this title $100,000,000 for each of

20 the fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996. Such sums shall

21 remain available until expended.’’.

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