‘‘(iv) other information the Secretary 
determines to be relevant for transparency. 
‘‘(D) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out 
this paragraph, the Secretary— 
‘‘(i) shall take such actions as may be 
necessary to ensure that personally identi-
fiable information regarding applicants for 
assistance provided from funds made avail-
able under this section is not made publicly 
available; and 
‘‘(ii) may make full and unredacted 
information available to academic institu-
tions for the purpose of researching into 
the equitable distribution of recovery funds 
and adherence to civil rights protections. 
‘‘(f) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Activities assisted under 
this section— 
‘‘(A) may include activities permitted 
under section 105 or other activities permitted 
by the Secretary by waiver or alternative re-
quirement pursuant to subsection (i); and 
‘‘(B) shall be related to disaster relief, 
long-term recovery, restoration of housing and 
infrastructure, 
economic 
revitalization, 
and 
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mitigation in the most impacted and distressed 
areas resulting from the major disaster for 
which the grant was awarded. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—Grant funds under this 
section may not be used for costs reimbursable by, 
or for which funds have been made available by, the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, or the 
United States Army Corps of Engineers. 
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE AND PLANNING.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
establish in regulation the maximum grant 
amounts a grantee may use for administrative 
costs, technical assistance and planning activi-
ties, taking into consideration size of grant, 
complexity of recovery, and other factors as de-
termined by the Secretary, but not to exceed 10 
percent for administration and 20 percent in 
total. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts available 
for administrative costs for a grant under this 
section shall be available for eligible administra-
tive costs of the grantee for any grant made 
under this section, without regard to a par-
ticular disaster. 
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‘‘(4) PROGRAM INCOME.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, any grantee under this sec-
tion may retain program income that is realized 
from grants made by the Secretary under this sec-
tion if the grantee agrees that the grantee will uti-
lize the program income in accordance with the re-
quirements for grants under this section, except that 
the Secretary may— 
‘‘(A) by regulation, exclude from consider-
ation as program income any amounts deter-
mined to be so small that compliance with this 
paragraph creates an unreasonable administra-
tive burden on the grantee; or 
‘‘(B) permit the grantee to transfer re-
maining program income to the other grants of 
the grantee under this title upon closeout of the 
grant. 
‘‘(5) PROHIBITION ON USE OF ASSISTANCE FOR 
EMPLOYMENT RELOCATION ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Grants under this sec-
tion may not be used to assist directly in the 
relocation of any industrial or commercial plant, 
facility, or operation, from one area to another 
area, if the relocation is likely to result in a sig-
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nificant loss of employment in the labor market 
area from which the relocation occurs. 
‘‘(B) 
APPLICABILITY.—The 
prohibition 
under subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a 
business that was operating in the disaster-de-
clared labor market area before the incident 
date of the applicable disaster and has since 
moved, in whole or in part, from the affected 
area to another State or to a labor market area 
within the same State to continue business. 
‘‘(6) REQUIREMENTS.—Grants under this sec-
tion are subject to the requirements of this section, 
the other provisions of this title that apply to assist-
ance under this section, and other applicable laws, 
unless modified by waivers or alternative require-
ments in accordance with subsection (i). 
‘‘(g) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.— 
‘‘(1) ADOPTION.—A recipient of funds provided 
under this section that uses the funds to supplement 
Federal assistance provided under section 203, 402, 
403, 404, 406, 407, 408(c)(4), 428, or 502 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170a, 5170b, 5170c, 
5172, 5173, 5174(c)(4), 5189f, 5192) may adopt, 
without review or public comment, any environ-
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mental review, approval, or permit performed by a 
Federal agency, and that adoption shall satisfy the 
responsibilities of the recipient with respect to the 
environmental review, approval, or permit under sec-
tion 104(g)(1). 
‘‘(2) APPROVAL OF RELEASE OF FUNDS.—Not-
withstanding section 104(g)(2), the Secretary or a 
State may, upon receipt of a request for release of 
funds and certification, immediately approve the re-
lease of funds for an activity or project to be as-
sisted under this section if the recipient has adopted 
an environmental review, approval, or permit under 
paragraph (1) or the activity or project is categori-
cally excluded from review under the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.). 
‘‘(3) UNITS
OF
GENERAL
LOCAL
GOVERN-
MENT.—The provisions of section 104(g)(4) shall 
apply to assistance under this section that a State 
distributes to a unit of general local government. 
‘‘(h) FINANCIAL CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 
requirements and procedures to demonstrate that a 
grantee under this section— 
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