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‘‘(1) Outreach, engagement, education, and 
technical assistance and support to eligible nonprofit 
organizations described in subsection (b), with par-
ticular attention to such organizations in under-
served communities, prior to, during, and after the 
awarding of grants, including web-based training 
videos for eligible nonprofit organizations that pro-
vide guidance on preparing an application and the 
environmental planning and historic preservation 
process. 
‘‘(2) Establishment of mechanisms to ensure 
program office processes are conducted in accord-
ance with constitutional, statutory, regulatory, and 
other legal and agency policy requirements that pro-
tect civil rights and civil liberties and, to the max-
imum extent practicable, advance equity for mem-
bers of underserved communities. 
‘‘(3) Establishment of mechanisms for the Ad-
ministrator to provide feedback to eligible nonprofit 
organizations that do not receive grants. 
‘‘(4) Establishment of mechanisms to collect 
data to measure the effectiveness of grants under 
the Program. 
‘‘(5) Establishment and enforcement of stand-
ardized baseline operational requirements for States, 
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including requirements for States to eliminate or 
prevent any administrative or operational obstacles 
that may impact eligible nonprofit organizations de-
scribed in subsection (b) from receiving grants under 
the Program. 
‘‘(6) Carrying out efforts to prevent waste, 
fraud, and abuse, including through audits of grant-
ees. 
‘‘(g) GRANT GUIDELINES.—For each fiscal year, 
prior to awarding grants under this section, the Adminis-
trator— 
‘‘(1) shall publish guidelines, including a notice 
of funding opportunity or similar announcement, as 
the Administrator determines appropriate; and 
‘‘(2) may prohibit States from closing applica-
tion processes prior to the publication of such guide-
lines. 
‘‘(h) ALLOCATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In awarding grants under 
this section, the Administrator shall ensure that— 
‘‘(A) 50 percent of amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
under subsection (k) is provided to eligible re-
cipients located in high-risk urban areas that 
receive funding under section 2003 in the cur-
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rent fiscal year or received such funding in any 
of the preceding ten fiscal years, inclusive of 
any amounts States may retain pursuant to 
paragraph (2) of subsection (c); and 
‘‘(B) 50 percent of amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorizations of appropria-
tions under subsection (k) is provided to eligible 
recipients located in jurisdictions not receiving 
funding under section 2003 in the current fiscal 
year or have not received such funding in any 
of the preceding ten fiscal years, inclusive of 
any amounts States may retain pursuant to 
paragraph (2) of subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph 
(1), the Administrator may allocate a different per-
centage if the Administrator does not receive a suffi-
cient number of applications from eligible recipients 
to meet the allocation percentages described in ei-
ther subparagraph (A) or (B) of such paragraph. If 
the Administrator exercises the authorization under 
this paragraph, the Administrator shall, not later 
than 30 days after such exercise, report to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
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rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate regard-
ing such exercise. 
‘‘(i) PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT.—Chapter 35 of 
title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘Pa-
perwork Reduction Act’), shall not apply to any changes 
to the application materials, Program forms, or other core 
Program documentation intended to enhance participation 
by eligible nonprofit organizations in the Program.’’; 
(7) in subsection (j), as so redesignated— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$75 mil-
lion for each of fiscal years 2020 through 
2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2022 and $500,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2023 through 2028’’; and 
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to 
paragraph (1), not more than five percent is author-
ized— 
‘‘(A) to operate the program office; and 
‘‘(B) for other costs associated with the 
management, administration, and evaluation of 
the Program.’’; and 
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