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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2426

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

the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make partial grants

under the community development block grant program to any city previously classified as a metropolitan city under such Act that loses such

classification because of a reduction in population, if such city provides

evidence of a population increase, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 15, 1993

Ms. SHEPHERD (for herself and Mr. ORTON) 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 authorize the Secretary of Housing and

Urban Development to make partial grants under the

community development block grant program to any city

previously classified as a metropolitan city under such

Act that loses such classification because of a reduction

in population, if such city provides evidence of a population increase, 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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘CDBG Improvement

3 Act of 1993’’.

4 SEC. 2. CLASSIFICATION AS METROPOLITAN CITY.

5 Section 102(a)(4) of the Housing and Community

6 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(4)) is

7 amended—

8 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after the paragraph des9 ignation;

10 (2) in the 1st sentence, by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and

11 ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(i)’’ and ‘‘(ii)’’, respectively;

12 (3) in the 4th sentence, by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and

13 ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(i)’’ and ‘‘(ii)’’, respectively;

14 (4) in the 5th sentence—

15 (A) by striking ‘‘, and’’; and

16 (B) by striking ‘‘1989,’’ and inserting the

17 following: ‘‘1989 and has been notified in writ18 ing by the Secretary of such failure to qualify

19 before the commencement of such fiscal year,’’;

20 and

21 (5) by adding at the end the following new sub22 paragraph:

23 ‘‘(B)(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of

24 this paragraph, any city that was classified as a

25 metropolitan city pursuant to clause (ii) of the first

26 sentence of subparagraph (A) and that, beginning in
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1 a fiscal year after fiscal year 1989 no longer quali2 fies as a metropolitan city pursuant to such clause,

3 shall be classified as a metropolitan city (subject to

4 clause (ii) of this subparagraph), but only if—

5 ‘‘(I) before the expiration of the 3-year pe6 riod beginning on the date of notification by the

7 Secretary to the city that the city no longer

8 qualifies as a metropolitan city, the city submits

9 to the Secretary with respect to a fiscal year

10 (aa) notification that the population of the city

11 has increased to 50,000 or more because of

12 growth or annexation or will so increase before

13 the first fiscal year to which the first succeed14 ing determination of the population of the city

15 applies for purposes of this paragraph, and (bb)

16 evidence of such increase or projected increase;

17 and

18 ‘‘(II) the Secretary determines that such

19 evidence indicates with sufficient reliability that

20 the population of the city has so increased or

21 will so increase.

22 ‘‘(ii) Any city classified as a metropolitan city

23 pursuant to clause (i)—

24 ‘‘(I) shall be so classified only for the fiscal

25 year for which the submission under clause
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1 (i)(I) is made and any fiscal years thereafter

2 occurring before the first fiscal year to which

3 the first succeeding determination of the popu4 lation of the city applies for purposes of this

5 paragraph; and

6 ‘‘(II) in any such fiscal year, the amount

7 of the grant to such city shall be the amount

8 calculated under section 106(b).’’.

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