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enter into contracts or jointly financed cooperative 
arrangements with States and public agencies and 
private, nonprofit organizations (and for-profit orga-
nizations, to the extent specified in paragraph 
(2)(E)) for each of the objectives described in para-
graphs (2) through (4). 
‘‘(2) COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.— 
‘‘(A) ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVI-
TIES.—The Secretary shall make grants de-
scribed in paragraph (1) on a competitive basis 
to private, nonprofit organizations that are 
community development corporations to provide 
technical and financial assistance for economic 
development activities designed to address the 
economic needs of low-income individuals and 
families by creating employment and business 
development opportunities. 
‘‘(B) 
CONSULTATION.—The 
Secretary 
shall exercise the authority provided under sub-
paragraph (A) after consultation with other rel-
evant Federal officials. 
‘‘(C) GOVERNING BOARDS.—For a commu-
nity development corporation to receive funds to 
carry out this paragraph, the corporation shall 
be governed by a board that shall— 
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‘‘(i) consist of residents of the com-
munity and business and civic leaders; and 
‘‘(ii) have as a principal purpose plan-
ning, developing, or managing low-income 
housing 
or 
community 
development 
projects. 
‘‘(D) 
GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—In 
making grants to carry out this paragraph, the 
Secretary shall take into consideration the geo-
graphic distribution of funding among States 
and the relative proportion of funding among 
rural and urban areas. 
‘‘(E) RESERVATION.—Of the amounts 
made available to carry out this paragraph, the 
Secretary may reserve not more than 1 percent 
for each fiscal year to make grants to private, 
nonprofit organizations or to enter into con-
tracts with private, nonprofit, or for-profit orga-
nizations to provide technical assistance to aid 
community development corporations in devel-
oping or implementing activities funded to carry 
out this paragraph and to evaluate activities 
funded to carry out this paragraph. 
‘‘(3) RURAL
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
AC-
TIVITIES.—The Secretary shall provide the assist-
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ance described in paragraph (1) for rural community 
development activities, which shall include pro-
viding— 
‘‘(A) grants to private, nonprofit organiza-
tions to enable the organizations to provide as-
sistance concerning home repair to rural low-in-
come families and planning and developing low- 
income rural rental housing units; and 
‘‘(B) grants to multi-State, regional, pri-
vate, nonprofit organizations to enable the orga-
nizations to provide training and technical as-
sistance to small, rural communities concerning 
meeting their community facility needs. 
‘‘(4) BROADBAND NAVIGATOR PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(A) NAVIGATOR PROJECT AUTHORITY.— 
The Secretary is authorized to provide assist-
ance described in paragraph (1) for broadband 
navigator projects consistent with the purposes 
of this Act to address the educational and eco-
nomic needs of low-income individuals and com-
munities. 
‘‘(B) NAVIGATOR GRANTS.—The Secretary 
shall make grants consistent with subparagraph 
(A) to community action agencies and Tribal 
grantees to enable them to provide assistance 
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through trained navigators to low-income indi-
viduals and communities to help facilitate ac-
cess to affordable high-speed broadband service, 
internet-enabled devices, digital literacy train-
ing, technical support, and other services to 
meet the broadband and digital needs of such 
individuals and communities. 
‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—Priority in the awarding 
of such grants under paragraph (4) shall be 
given to community action agencies and Tribal 
grantees serving underserved areas with the 
most significant unmet broadband and digital 
needs. 
‘‘(D) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—Of the 
amounts made available to carry out broadband 
navigator projects, the Secretary may reserve 
up to 5 percent for grant review, technical as-
sistance, and evaluation. 
‘‘(b) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall require all 
activities receiving assistance under this section to be eval-
uated for their effectiveness. Funding for such evaluations 
shall be provided as a stated percentage of the assistance 
or through a separate grant or contract awarded by the 
Secretary specifically for the purpose of evaluation of a 
particular activity or group of activities. 
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‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall compile 
an annual report containing a summary of the evaluations 
required under subsection (b) and a listing of all activities 
assisted under this section. The Secretary shall annually 
submit such report to the chairperson of the Committee 
on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives 
and the chairperson of the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 
‘‘SEC. 691. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this subtitle (excluding section 
690)— 
‘‘(1) $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2023 through 2027; and 
‘‘(2) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
years 2028 through 2032. 
‘‘(b) DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out section 690 such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2023 through 
2032. 
‘‘(c) RESERVATIONS BY THE SECRETARY.—Of the 
amounts appropriated under subsection (a) for each fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall reserve— 
‘‘(1) 1⁄2 of 1 percent for carrying out section 
675 (relating to grants to territories); 
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‘‘(2) 2 percent for activities authorized in sec-
tion 682(a)(1), of which— 
‘‘(A) not less than 50 percent of the 
amount reserved by the Secretary under this 
paragraph shall be awarded through grants, 
contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible 
entities, Tribal grantees, and other community 
services network organizations described in sec-
tion 682(b), for the purpose of carrying out ac-
tivities described in section 682(a)(1)(B); and 
‘‘(B) the remainder of the amount reserved 
by the Secretary under this paragraph may be 
awarded through grants, contracts, or coopera-
tive agreements to eligible entities, Tribal 
grantees, and other community services network 
organizations described in section 682(b), or 
other entities with demonstrated expertise in 
providing training for individuals and organiza-
tions on methods of effectively addressing the 
needs of low-income families and communities 
and, if appropriate, expertise in Tribal issues; 
‘‘(3) 1 percent for the Community Action Inno-
vations Program authorized in section 682(a)(2); 
and 
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‘‘(4) up to $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2023, 2024, and 2025, to carry out section 
686(b)(3). 
‘‘SEC. 692. REFERENCES. 
‘‘A reference in any provision of law to the poverty 
line set forth in section 624 or 625 of the Economic Op-
portunity Act of 1964 shall be construed to be a reference 
to the poverty line defined in section 673 of this subtitle. 
Except as otherwise provided, any reference in any provi-
sion of law to any community action agency designated 
under title II of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
shall be construed to be a reference to an entity eligible 
to receive funds under the community services block grant 
program.’’. 
SEC. 3. TRANSITION PERIOD. 
(a) TRANSITION PERIOD.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall expeditiously announce a tran-
sition period for the implementation of any changes in reg-
ulations, procedures, guidance, and reporting require-
ments of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 
U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) as amended by this Act, from the 
regulations, procedures, guidance, and reporting require-
ments of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 
U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) as in effect immediately before the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
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(b) FEDERAL TRAINING.—The transition period shall 
include the availability of Federal training for States and 
eligible entities regarding compliance with new require-
ments under the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 
U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) as amended by this Act. 
(c) TIMING.—The transition period described in this 
section— 
(1) may not extend later than the date that is 
3 months prior to the start of the second fiscal year 
after the date of enactment of the Community Serv-
ices Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022; 
(2) notwithstanding (1), may not extend later 
than two years after the date of enactment of the 
Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act 
of 2022 for the issuance of final regulations imple-
menting this subtitle; and 
(3) may require that certain regulations, proce-
dures, and reporting requirements be adopted before 
other regulations, procedures, or reporting require-
ments. 
SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
Section 306(a)(6)(C)(ii) of the Older Americans Act 
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3026(a)(6)(C)(ii)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘or subsequent years’’ after ‘‘fiscal year 1982’’ 
and by striking ‘‘section 676B of the Community Services 
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Block Grant Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 680(c) of the 
Community Services Block Grant Act’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 13, 2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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