SEC. 106. LOCAL COMMITMENTS TO SYSTEM RECOVERY 
AND MAINTENANCE. 
(a) LOCAL PARK AND RECREATION RECOVERY AC-
TION PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As a requirement for ap-
proval of a project or program for a grant under 
paragraph (1) or (2) of section 103(a), the eligible 
local government applying for the grant shall submit 
to the Secretary a local park and recreation recovery 
action program that— 
(A) provides evidence of its commitment to 
ongoing planning, rehabilitation, service, oper-
ation, and maintenance programs for its park 
and recreation systems; and 
(B) maximizes coordination of all commu-
nity resources, including other federally sup-
ported urban development and recreation pro-
grams. 
(2) INTERIM
PRELIMINARY
PROGRAMS.—The 
Secretary shall provide, by regulation, that during 
an initial interim period the requirement under para-
graph (1) for an eligible local government to submit 
a local park and recreation recover action program 
may be satisfied by submission of a preliminary ac-
tion program to be carried out by the eligible local 
government that defines objectives, priorities, and 
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implementation strategies for overall system recovery 
and maintenance and commit such local government 
to a scheduled program development process. 
(3) 5-YEAR ACTION PROGRAM.—After the expi-
ration of the interim period under paragraph (2), 
each eligible local government that applies for a 
grant under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 103(a) 
shall, as a condition of eligibility for such grant, sub-
mit to the Secretary a 5-year park and recreation re-
covery action program that demonstrates— 
(A) identification of recovery objectives, 
priorities, and implementation strategies; 
(B) adequate planning for rehabilitation of 
specific recreational areas and facilities, includ-
ing projections of the cost of proposed projects; 
(C) capacity and commitment to ensure 
that facilities provided or improved under this 
title shall thereafter continue to be adequately 
maintained, protected, staffed, and supervised; 
(D) intention to maintain total local public 
outlays for park and recreation purposes at lev-
els at least equal to those in the year preceding 
that in which grant assistance is sought, except 
in any case where a reduction in park and 
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recreation outlays is proportionate to a reduc-
tion in overall spending by the applicant; and 
(E) the relationship of the park and recre-
ation recovery action program to overall com-
munity development and urban revitalization ef-
forts. 
(4) CONTINUING
PLANNING
PROCESS.—The 
Secretary may, in such cases as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate, encourage local governments to 
meet recovery action program requirements under 
this section through a continuing planning process 
that includes periodic improvements and updates in 
recovery action program submissions to eliminate 
identified gaps in program information and policy 
development. 
(b) SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS.—Each local park and 
recreation recovery action program required by this sec-
tion shall address, at a minimum, the following special 
considerations: 
(1) Rehabilitation of existing recreational areas 
and facilities, including— 
(A) general systemwide renovation; 
(B) special rehabilitation requirements for 
recreational areas and facilities in areas of high 
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population concentration and economic distress; 
and 
(C) restoration of outstanding or unique 
structures, landscaping, or similar features in 
parks of historical or architectural significance. 
(2) Local commitments to innovative and cost- 
effective programs and projects at the neighborhood 
level to augment recovery of park and recreation sys-
tems, including— 
(A) recycling of abandoned schools and 
other public buildings for recreation purposes; 
(B) multiple use of operating educational 
and other public buildings; 
(C) purchase of recreation services on a 
contractual basis; 
(D) use of mobile facilities and recreation-
al, cultural, and educational programs or other 
innovative approaches to improving access for 
neighborhood residents; 
(E) integration of the recovery action pro-
gram with federally assisted projects to maxi-
mize recreation opportunities through conver-
sion of abandoned railroad and highway rights- 
of-way, waterfront, and other redevelopment ef-
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forts and such other federally assisted projects, 
as appropriate; 
(F) conversion to recreational use of street 
space, derelict land, and other public lands not 
now designated for neighborhood recreational 
use; and 
(G) use of various forms of compensated 
and uncompensated land regulation, tax induce-
ments, or other means to encourage the private 
sector to provide neighborhood park and recre-
ation facilities and programs. 
(c) PUBLICATION
OF REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall establish and publish in the Federal Register 
requirements for preparation, submission, and updating of 
local park and recreation recovery action programs re-
quired under this section. 
(d) 
INNOVATION
AND
RECREATION
PROGRAM 
GRANTS FOR AT-RISK YOUTH.—To be eligible to receive 
an innovation and recreation program grant under section 
103(a)(2) to be used to provide recreation opportunities 
or programs for at-risk youth, an eligible local government 
shall— 
(1) include in its 5-year park and recreation re-
covery action program required under subsection 
(a)(3) the goal of— 
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