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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2664 
To provide economic empowerment opportunities in the United States through 
the modernization of public housing, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 19, 2021 
Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. BOWMAN, 
Mr. JONES, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. OMAR, Ms. PIN-
GREE, Mr. NADLER, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. 
NEGUSE, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. SUOZZI, Mrs. 
DINGELL, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn-
sylvania, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. LIEU, Mr. CICILLINE, and Ms. LEE of 
California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To provide economic empowerment opportunities in the 
United States through the modernization of public hous-
ing, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Green New Deal for 
Public Housing Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purpose of this Act is— 
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(1) to stimulate, gather, and develop the work-
force capacity, tools, financing, and materials needed 
to rehabilitate, upgrade, modernize, and transition 
public housing; 
(2) to rehabilitate public housing that is se-
verely distressed and causing residents to be exposed 
to unhealthy and unsafe environments; 
(3) to upgrade and equip all public housing 
with cutting-edge materials, infrastructure, and all- 
electric appliances made in the United States in 
order to improve energy efficiency, water quality, 
and material living standards in public housing and 
to support United States manufacturing; 
(4) to modernize public housing laws in order to 
maximize tenant participation and management by 
low- and very low-income individuals in the rehabili-
tation, upgrade, and transition of public housing 
through education, training, and jobs; and 
(5) to transition the entire public housing stock 
of the United States, as swiftly and seamlessly as 
possible, into highly energy-efficient homes that 
produce on-site, or procure, enough carbon-free re-
newable energy to meet total energy consumption 
annually. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means— 
(A) a public housing agency; 
(B) an Indian tribe or a tribally designated 
housing entity that is eligible to receive assist-
ance under the Native American Housing As-
sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and 
(C) the Department of Hawaiian Home 
Lands, as defined in section 801 of the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221). 
(2) INDIAN
TRIBE; 
TRIBALLY
DESIGNATED 
HOUSING ENTITY.—The terms ‘‘Indian tribe’’ and 
‘‘tribally designated housing entity’’ have the mean-
ings given those terms in section 4 of the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determina-
tion Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 
(3) PUBLIC HOUSING.—The term ‘‘public hous-
ing’’— 
(A) has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)); and 
(B) includes— 
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(i) any dwelling unit owned by an In-
dian tribe that is or was a dwelling unit in 
public housing; 
(ii) any low-income housing dwelling 
unit described in section 302(b)(1) of the 
Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4152(b)(1)); 
(iii) any dwelling unit assisted under 
section 802 of the Native American Hous-
ing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4222); and 
(iv) any dwelling unit that— 
(I) was a low-income housing 
dwelling unit described in section 
302(b)(1) of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4152(b)(1)); and 
(II) is rented only to households 
with an income that is not more than 
80 percent of the area median income. 
(4) PUBLIC
HOUSING
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘public housing agency’’ has the meaning given the 
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term in section 3(b) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 
(5) PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENT-OWNED BUSI-
NESS.—The term ‘‘public housing resident-owned 
business’’ means a business concern that— 
(A) provides economic opportunities, as de-
fined in section 3(e) of the Housing and Urban 
Development 
Act 
of 
1968 
(12 
U.S.C. 
1701u(e)); and 
(B) is owned by public housing residents. 
(6) RENEWABLE ENERGY.—The term ‘‘renew-
able energy’’ means— 
(A) utility-, community-, and small-scale 
photovoltaic and thermal solar energy; 
(B) utility- and small-scale wind energy; 
(C) geothermal energy; 
(D) microturbine hydroelectricity; 
(E) energy efficiency; 
(F) building electrification; 
(G) energy storage; 
(H) microgrids; and 
(I) modern distribution grid infrastructure. 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
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(8) ZERO-CARBON HOME.—The term ‘‘zero-car-
bon home’’ means a highly energy-efficient home 
that produces on-site, or procures, enough carbon- 
free renewable energy to meet the total annual en-
ergy consumption of the home. 
SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CON-
GRESS FOR IMPROVED ARCHITECTURAL DE-
SIGN IN GOVERNMENT HOUSING PROGRAMS. 
Section 4 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701v) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘SEC. 4. IMPROVED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IN GOVERN-
MENT HOUSING PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
‘‘(1) if Federal aid is to make its full commu-
nity-wide contribution toward improving our urban 
and rural environments, Federal aid must have a 
greater impact on improvements in architectural de-
sign; and 
‘‘(2) even within the necessary budget limita-
tions on housing for low- and moderate-income fami-
lies, architectural design and environmental perform-
ance can be improved not only to make the housing 
more livable, but also to better suit the needs of oc-
cupants including human and environmental health, 
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zero carbon emissions, well-being, accessibility, and 
equity. 
‘‘(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that in the administration of housing programs that 
assist in the provision of housing for low- and moderate- 
income families, emphasis should be given to— 
‘‘(1) encouraging good architectural design that 
yields maximal environmental performance and ad-
heres to accessibility guidelines established in ac-
cordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) as an essential 
component of such housing; and 
‘‘(2) developing, with opportunities for resident 
involvement, housing that will be of such quality as 
to reflect the highest international architectural 
standards and the architectural standards of the 
neighborhood and the community in which it is situ-
ated, consistent with prudent budgeting.’’. 
SEC. 5. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 
Section 2(a) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—It is the policy of 
the United States— 
‘‘(1) to modernize the intersections of Federal 
and local government by employing the funds and 
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credit of the United States, as provided in this 
Act— 
‘‘(A) to guarantee the right to housing for 
every individual; 
‘‘(B) to assist States and political subdivi-
sions of States in ensuring that— 
‘‘(i) all housing in the United States 
is habitable, highly energy-efficient, and 
safe; and 
‘‘(ii) housing conditions lead to good 
health, security, and adequate protection 
from the economic fears relating to old 
age, disability, sickness, accident, and un-
employment; and 
‘‘(C) to protect, maintain, preserve, and 
expand public housing as a sustainable safety 
net for all people; 
‘‘(2) that it is the responsibility of the Federal 
Government, in conjunction with public housing 
agencies, to incentivize, promote, and protect the 
independent, collaborative, and collective actions of 
public housing residents and other private citizens to 
develop housing in a manner that strengthens entire 
neighborhoods; and 
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‘‘(3) that the Federal Government should act 
and build new public housing where there is a seri-
ous need that the free market cannot address or is 
not addressing responsibly.’’. 
SEC. 6. GREEN NEW DEAL PUBLIC HOUSING GRANTS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAMS.— 
(1) GRANTS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITY 
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall es-
tablish a grant program that provides amounts 
to eligible entities to facilitate workforce devel-
opment projects and high-income employment 
transition at public housing. 
(B) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants 
under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give 
preference to applications submitted by— 
(i) eligible entities described in sub-
paragraph (B) or (C) of section 3(2); 
(ii) eligible entities that have formed 
partnerships with an existing registered 
apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, intern-
ship, labor-management partnership, or 
other partnerships with labor organiza-
tions; 
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(iii) eligible entities that demonstrate 
a capacity to facilitate a workforce develop-
ment program that leads to— 
(I) the development of career and 
related skills, including financial and 
economic empowerment education; 
(II) direct entry to registered ap-
prenticeship programs; 
(III) certification or associate de-
gree acquisition; 
(IV) technical assistance and re-
sources for public housing resident- 
owned businesses for purposes of com-
pliance with the requirements under 
section 3 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 
1701u), including— 
(aa) legal or compliance 
services on behalf of public hous-
ing resident-owned businesses for 
purposes of helping them access 
and apply for government pro-
curement and contracting oppor-
tunities; 
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(bb) education on starting 
and sustaining a business; 
(cc) accessing insurance and 
bonds; and 
(dd) demonstrating capacity 
and sustainable operations; 
(V) training and development of 
skills necessary for career develop-
ment in the fields, trades, and services 
reasonably determined during the first 
public comment period held in accord-
ance with subsection (b)(3) to be of 
interest to public housing residents; 
(VI) educational and organiza-
tional tools for public housing resi-
dents in order to advance the models 
of worker cooperatives and collective 
bargaining; 
(VII) education, engagement, and 
empowerment resources to help both 
residents of public housing and local 
low- and very low-income individuals 
avail themselves of opportunities made 
available under the workforce develop-
ment program, including education, 
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engagement, and empowerment re-
sources 
provided 
in 
partnership 
with— 
(aa) a local entity that oper-
ates a Family Self-Sufficiency 
program under section 23 of the 
United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u); and 
(bb) community-based orga-
nizations that demonstrate a 
commitment to and history of or-
ganizing with public housing resi-
dents; 
(VIII) innovative design partner-
ships with local schools and architec-
tural firms; 
(IX) training and employment 
opportunities reserved specifically for 
local low- and very low-income people 
that were formerly incarcerated; and 
(X) stipends valued at not less 
than $250 per week to individuals 
participating in the workforce develop-
ment program; and 
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(iv) eligible entities in the construc-
tion or maintenance sector seeking to carry 
out a project to develop pre-apprentice-
ships that prepare individuals for accept-
ance into registered programs in that sec-
tor. 
(C) COMPLIANCE
MANAGERS.—Not more 
than 10 percent of the amount of a grant re-
ceived by an eligible entity under this para-
graph may be used by an eligible entity to hire 
or otherwise retain reporting and compliance 
managers with sufficient expertise to ensure 
that the eligible entity can comply with the re-
quirements of section 3 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 
1701u). 
(D) ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—In 
addition to the eligible entities under this legis-
lation, the following shall be eligible for grants 
under this section— 
(i) Institutes of Higher Education; 
(ii) a labor organization; and 
(iii) a nonprofit organization. 
(2) GREEN NEW DEAL FOR PUBLIC HOUSING 
GRANTS.— 
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(A) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Secretary 
shall establish a grant program that provides 
amounts to eligible entities for the eligible ac-
tivities described in subparagraph (B). 
(B) ELIGIBLE
ACTIVITIES.—The eligible 
activities described in this subparagraph are— 
(i) conducting physical needs assess-
ments and subsequent deep energy retro-
fits in public housing, including— 
(I) retrofits for— 
(aa) 
energy-efficient 
win-
dows; 
(bb) 
super 
insulation 
of 
roofs and exterior walls, includ-
ing the addition of new cladding 
to buildings and the rerouting of 
plumbing and electricity; 
(cc) electrification of water 
heating and building heating sys-
tems using electric heat pumps; 
and 
(dd) electric heat pumps to 
provide air conditioning, where 
feasible; 
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(II) 
strategies 
to 
increase 
airtightness of building envelope, in-
cluding air sealant paints; and 
(III) acquisition and installation 
of heat-recovery ventilation systems; 
(ii) upgrading, replacing, and improv-
ing public housing to energy efficiency, 
building electrification, including— 
(I) conducting physical needs as-
sessments of public housing dwelling 
units; 
(II) 
in-unit 
energy 
efficiency 
product upgrades, including upgrad-
ing to— 
(aa) modern, energy-efficient 
insulation; 
(bb) all-electric state-of-the- 
art efficient appliances; 
(cc) energy-efficient bath-
room plumbing, including low- 
flow toilets; 
(dd) energy-efficient laundry 
machines; 
(ee) energy-efficient air fil-
ters; 
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(ff) energy monitoring de-
vices including smart meters and 
smart thermostats; 
(gg) 
energy-efficient 
lightbulbs; 
(hh) highly insulated win-
dows; 
(ii) reflective roofing; and 
(jj) smart Supervisory Con-
trol and Data Acquisition sys-
tems and building-to-grid inte-
gration; 
(III) upgrading infrastructure re-
lated to building electrification, in-
cluding upgrading— 
(aa) electric heating, ventila-
tion, and air conditioning sys-
tems, including cold-climate heat 
pumps; 
(bb) electrical panels; and 
(cc) electric appliances to re-
place appliances reliant on fossil 
fuels, such as gas stoves and hot 
water heaters; and 
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(IV) water quality upgrades, in-
cluding replacing water pipes in public 
housing if a quality test of drinking 
water concentrations in public housing 
exceeds— 
(aa) 3.1 parts per billion of 
lead; 
(bb) 20 parts per trillion 
combined of the 5 perfluoroalkyl 
and polyfluoroalkyl substances, 
which are— 
(AA) perfluorooctanoic 
acid; 
(BB) 
perfluorooctane 
sulfonate; 
(CC) 
perfluorohexane 
sulfonic acid; 
(DD) 
perfluoroheptanoic acid; and 
(EE) perfluorononanoic 
acid; 
(cc) 0.010 mg/L of arsenic; 
(dd) 1.3 mg/L of copper; 
(ee) drinking water stand-
ards of the Environmental Pro-
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tection Agency for organic and 
inorganic contaminants, radio-
nuclides, and microbiological con-
taminants; and 
(ff) 
any 
other 
Environ-
mental Protection Agency stand-
ard adopted under the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300f et seq.); 
(iii) building and expanding commu-
nity energy generation in public housing, 
including the construction of and ongoing 
costs associated with— 
(I) renewable energy rooftops; 
(II) renewable energy generation; 
(III) photovolatic glass windows; 
(IV) the bulk purchase of clean 
energy grid supply from energy utili-
ties; and 
(V) community-scale energy stor-
age systems; 
(iv) establishing or expanding recy-
cling and zero-waste programs in public 
housing, including the recycling of appli-
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ances and machines that were replaced 
through activities described in clause (iii); 
(v) community resilience and sustain-
ability projects in public housing, includ-
ing— 
(I) the purchase and installation 
of energy storage, including batteries, 
flywheels, 
compressed 
air, 
and 
pumped hydroelectric or thermal en-
ergy storage, in order to ensure en-
ergy backup of not less than 48 hours 
in the event of an emergency or dis-
aster; 
(II) the construction of childcare 
centers and ongoing costs associated 
with childcare centers; 
(III) the construction of senior 
centers and ongoing costs associated 
with senior centers; 
(IV) the construction of commu-
nity gardens and ongoing costs associ-
ated with community gardens; 
(V) the maintenance of entire 
public housing developments; 
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(VI) the installation of publicly 
owned high speed internet in order to 
provide universal internet access for 
all residents with an upload speed of 
not 
less 
than 
100Mbps 
and 
a 
download speed of not less than 
100Mbps, and the ongoing costs asso-
ciated with providing that internet in-
frastructure and access; 
(VII) the establishment or im-
provement, and painting, of commu-
nity centers and other shared commu-
nity spaces, the personnel of which 
shall earn the higher of— 
(aa) 
the 
local 
prevailing 
wage; or 
(bb) a wage of $15 per hour; 
(VIII) the establishment or im-
provement of dedicated infrastructure 
for transportation by bicycle, includ-
ing lanes, parking spots, and the bulk 
purchase of enough bicycles to offer 1 
bicycle to every low- and very low-in-
come public housing resident; 
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(IX) the deployment of electric 
vehicle charging infrastructure for 
public housing residents and visitors; 
(X) the establishment and leasing 
of commercial activity that offers pub-
lic housing residents on-site access to 
goods and services, including good- 
quality healthcare clinics, dental clin-
ics, bookstores, learning and tutoring 
centers, and affordable organic gro-
ceries; and 
(XI) repairs and upgrades to 
public housing to ensure compliance 
with the physical condition standards 
under section 5.703 of title 24, Code 
of Federal Regulations, or any suc-
cessor regulation; and 
(vi) construction and ongoing costs 
associated with climate adaptation and 
emergency disaster response for public 
housing, including— 
(I) integrated solutions that com-
bine better walls, heating, cooling, 
ventilation, solar, and storage into a 
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single easy-to-install and affordable 
retrofit for public housing; 
(II) additional solar and storage 
on site, or through a local community 
microgrid, in order to allow residents 
to access essential energy during 
power outages; 
(III) insulating and eliminating 
air leakage in order to ensure that in-
dividual dwelling units can retain a 
safe temperature during a power out-
age until power is restored or emer-
gency assistance arrives; and 
(IV) installing rigid foam wall in-
sulation in hurricane and earthquake- 
prone areas in order to create shear 
walls to resist structural damage from 
walls tilting or falling during high 
winds and earthquakes. 
(b) GRANT APPLICATION.— 
(1) REQUIRED CONTENTS.—As a condition of 
receiving a grant under subsection (a), each eligible 
entity shall include in the grant application sub-
mitted to the Secretary— 
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(A) a signed acknowledgment indicating a 
commitment to transition all public housing 
owned or managed by the eligible entity into 
zero-carbon homes not later than 10 years after 
the date on which the eligible entity receives the 
grant; 
(B) a full accounting of the amount of 
funds required to complete the activities under 
the grant, which shall— 
(i) be complete and reasonably cal-
culated to accomplish the purposes of this 
Act; 
(ii) include costs related to complying 
with local wage and labor laws; 
(iii) include the amount of funds ex-
pended by the eligible entity to comply 
with the resident and community engage-
ment requirements under paragraph (3); 
and 
(iv) be updated and submitted to Con-
gress on a quarterly basis; and 
(C) a community impact assessment and 
analysis of— 
(i) the likely direct and indirect im-
pact the grant funds, if awarded, will have 
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on the economic empowerment and social 
mobility of traditionally disadvantaged in-
dividuals and communities; and 
(ii) whether the proposed actions to be 
taken under the grant would be affirma-
tively furthering fair housing, as defined in 
section 5.152 of title 24, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or any successor regulation. 
(2) RESIDENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 
BEFORE SUBMITTING APPLICATION.—Before submit-
ting an application for a grant under this subsection, 
an eligible entity shall— 
(A) solicit and consider community and 
public feedback, to the maximum extent pos-
sible, by providing for opportunities to comment 
via a cloud-based content collaboration provider 
that is certified by the Federal Risk and Au-
thorization Management Program, through— 
(i) an initial public comment period, 
for which the eligible entity shall— 
(I) publish— 
(aa) a description of each of 
the grant programs established 
under subsection (a); and 
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(bb) a form to be used to 
submit comments; and 
(II) give interested persons 90 
days to— 
(aa) submit draft text di-
rectly into the application; 
(bb) submit written data 
and accounting estimates; and 
(cc) submit general com-
ments; 
(ii) a second public comment period 
beginning not later than 30 days after the 
end of the initial public comment period 
under clause (i), for which the eligible enti-
ty shall— 
(I) publish a draft version of the 
completed common application form 
described in subsection (a) that con-
tains, at a minimum— 
(aa) a short analysis and 
evaluation of the relevant signifi-
cant proposals set forth during 
the initial public comment period; 
and 
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(bb) a clear and concise 
statement of the basis, purpose, 
and goals of the application; and 
(II) give interested persons 30 
days to submit feedback on and rec-
ommended improvements to the draft 
final grant application; 
(B) host not less than 2 public hearings, 
which shall be recorded and held at a conven-
ient location for public housing residents, for 
each public comment period described in sub-
paragraph (A), to provide public housing resi-
dents with an opportunity to comment, with not 
less than 1 occurring in the afternoon and not 
less than 1 occurring in the evening; and 
(C) solicit input and acquire signed ap-
proval of the completed common application 
form from the resident council or resident coun-
cils, if existing and active, of the public housing 
that will receive assistance under the grant. 
(3) PRIORITY FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 
GRANTS.—The Secretary shall prioritize the review 
and funding of applications submitted for grants 
under subsection (a)(1) over applications submitted 
for any other grant described in subsection (a). 
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(4) PRIORITY AMONG APPLICATIONS FOR COM-
MUNITY ENERGY GENERATION.—In reviewing appli-
cations for grants to carry out activities described in 
subsection (a)(2)(B)(iii), the Secretary shall give 
preference to applications submitted by eligible enti-
ties that— 
(A) demonstrate an ability to generate the 
greatest amount of renewable energy that can 
be consumed by public housing projects and 
transferred to the local energy grid; and 
(B) demonstrate a commitment to provide 
job training and contracting opportunities to 
public housing residents and public housing 
resident-owned businesses. 
(5) EXCEPTIONS FOR INDIGENOUS GROUPS AND 
TRIBES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Any eligible entity de-
scribed in section 3(2) that submits an applica-
tion for a grant program described in this sub-
section— 
(i) is exempt from compliance with 
subclauses (I), (II), and (III) of paragraph 
(2)(A)(i) and paragraph (2)(A)(ii)(I); and 
(ii) is empowered to self-determine 
guidelines and standards pertaining to en-
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suring community and resident engage-
ment. 
(B) 
SUBMISSION
BY
TRIBALLY
DES-
IGNATED HOUSING ENTITIES.—An application 
for a grant under subsection (a) for an Indian 
tribe may be prepared and submitted on behalf 
of the Indian tribe by the tribally designated 
housing entity for the Indian tribe, if the appli-
cation contains a certification by the recognized 
tribal government of the grant beneficiary that 
the Indian tribe— 
(i) has had an opportunity to review 
the application and has authorized the sub-
mission of the application by the tribally 
designated housing entity; or 
(ii) has delegated to the tribally des-
ignated housing entity the authority to 
submit an application on behalf of the In-
dian tribe without prior review by the In-
dian tribe. 
(6) BENCHMARKING ENERGY AND WATER CON-
SUMPTION.—An eligible entity desiring a grant to 
carry 
out 
activities 
described 
in 
subsection 
(a)(2)(B)(ii) shall include in the grant application a 
commitment to benchmarking energy and water con-
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sumption using ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, 
or another system approved by the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, for a period of 
not less than 5 years beginning on the date on which 
the eligible entity receives the grant. 
(c) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If an eligible entity submits 
to the Secretary an application for a grant under 
subsection (a) that complies with the requirements 
under subsection (b), the Secretary shall award the 
funds to the eligible entity that are required to com-
plete the grant, as specified in the accounting sub-
mitted under subsection (b)(2)(C). 
(2) REAPPLICATION.—If the Secretary deter-
mines that an application submitted by an eligible 
entity under this section does not comply with the 
requirements under subsection (b)— 
(A) the Secretary shall provide to the eligi-
ble entity a summary of the requirements that 
the eligible entity has failed to meet; and 
(B) the eligible entity may reapply for the 
grant. 
(3) EXPEDITED REVIEW.—The Secretary shall 
expedite the review of applications submitted by eli-
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gible entities that own or manage public housing in 
a congressional district— 
(A) with an aggregate total of not less 
than 5,000 public housing residents; 
(B) in which— 
(i) not less than 40 percent of the 
residents are not less than 62 years old; 
(ii) not less than 25 percent of the 
residents are disabled; or 
(iii) not less than 5 percent of all 
heads of household are not more than 24 
years old; or 
(C) with an average household income of 
less than $40,000. 
(d) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS FOR CAPACITY BUILD-
ING.—An eligible entity may use not more than 5 percent 
of grant funds received under this section for activities to 
expand the capacity of the eligible entity to carry out the 
grant activities, including— 
(1) hiring staff; 
(2) training residents for staff positions; 
(3) providing technical assistance; 
(4) community engagement; and 
(5) other necessary administrative activities. 
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(e) RESIDENT PROTECTION.—Each eligible entity 
that is the recipient of a grant under subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) comply with the requirements under part 24 
of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and provide 
relocation assistance for any and all residents of 
public housing managed by the eligible entity who 
may be displaced during construction, and ensure 
that all temporarily displaced residents can return to 
their homes once retrofitting is completed; 
(2) provide enhanced tenant protection vouchers 
under section 8(t) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)) to all displaced resi-
dents during the period in which dwelling units are 
under construction; 
(3) ensure that activities undertaken as part of 
the grant do not result in a reduction of total public 
housing dwelling units; and 
(4) to the greatest extent practicable, complete 
construction of replacement dwellings prior to de-
molishing existing public housing units. 
(f) PROFITS RELATED
TO COMMUNITY ENERGY 
GENERATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to any energy 
produced by an eligible entity carrying out activities 
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described in subsection (a)(2)(B)(iii), the eligible en-
tity may retain 90 percent of any profits earned 
from selling the energy. 
(2) VOTE.—An eligible entity described para-
graph (1) with not less than 50 public housing 
dwelling units shall provide residents of the public 
housing the opportunity to vote on how the profits 
earned under paragraph (1) shall be used. 
(3) OTHER
REVENUE.—Any profits not re-
tained under this subsection shall be transferred to 
the Department of the Treasury for deposit in the 
General Fund. 
(g) LABOR AND BUY AMERICAN PROVISIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out grant activi-
ties under this section, each contractor or subcon-
tractor for a project funded under this section shall 
carry out the following: 
(A) Ensure that the materials used by the 
contractor or subcontractor are substantially 
manufactured, mined, and produced in the 
United States in accordance with chapter 83 of 
title 41, United States Code (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 
(B) Ensure that all laborers and mechan-
ics employed by the contractor or subcontractor 
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in the performance of construction, alteration, 
or repair work financed in whole or in part with 
assistance under this section shall be paid 
wages at rates not less than those prevailing on 
similar construction in the locality, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Labor, in accordance 
with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, 
United States Code (commonly known as the 
‘‘Davis-Bacon Act’’). With respect to the labor 
standards in this subparagraph, the Secretary 
of Labor shall have the authority and functions 
set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 
of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 
section 3145 of title 40, United States Code. 
(C) With respect to a project that costs 
not less than $25,000,000, consent to a project 
labor agreement. 
(D) Require each project labor agreement 
to be in compliance with the hiring and con-
tracting requirements described in subsections 
(c) and (d) of section 3 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 
1701u). 
(E) Not hire employees through a tem-
porary staffing agency unless the relevant State 
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workforce agency certifies that temporary em-
ployees are necessary to address an acute, 
short-term labor demand. 
(F) Have an explicit neutrality policy on 
any issue involving the organization of employ-
ees of the contractor or subcontractor, and all 
contractors and subcontractors, for purposes of 
collective bargaining. 
(G) For each project employing union 
workers to rehabilitate, upgrade, innovate and 
transition public housing developments, dem-
onstrate an ability to use and to commit to use 
individuals enrolled in a registered apprentice-
ship program who shall, to the greatest extent 
practicable, constitute not less than 20 percent 
of the individuals working on the project. 
(H) To the greatest extent practicable, 
provide preferential treatment in hiring laborers 
and mechanics that are— 
(i) public housing residents; 
(ii) hired from within 50 miles of their 
official residence; 
(iii) veterans or active or retired mili-
tary; 
(iv) highly skilled union workers; or 
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(v) returning citizens who were for-
merly incarcerated individuals. 
(I) Not require mandatory arbitration for 
any dispute involving a worker engaged in a 
service for the contractor or subcontractor. 
(J) Consider an individual performing any 
service under the grant as an employee, and not 
an independent contractor, of the contractor or 
subcontractor, respectively, unless— 
(i) the individual is free from control 
and direction in connection with the per-
formance of the service, both under the 
contract for the performance of the service 
and in fact; 
(ii) the service is performed outside 
the usual course of the business of the con-
tractor or subcontractor, respectively; and 
(iii) the individual is customarily en-
gaged in an independently established 
trade, occupation, profession, or business 
of the same nature as that involved in such 
service. 
(2) ACTION TO ENFORCE INDEPENDENT CON-
TRACTOR REQUIREMENT.—A third party, including 
a State or local government, may bring an action in 
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any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the re-
quirement under paragraph (1)(J). 
(h) CONSULTATION WITH AGENCIES.—The Sec-
retary shall— 
(1) consult with the Secretary of Energy— 
(A) in developing criteria and assessing ap-
plications for grants under subsection (a); and 
(B) to identify and verify state-of-the-art 
building materials and appliances, made in the 
United States, that can be procured at scale for 
purposes of this Act; 
(2) consult with the Secretary of the Treasury 
to track alternative energy revenues that are re-
turned to the Department of the Treasury under 
subsection (f)(4); 
(3) consult with the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency— 
(A) in developing criteria and assessing ap-
plications for grants under of subsection (a)(2); 
and 
(B) regarding testing air quality and water 
quality for purposes of grant activities described 
in subsection (a)(2)(B)(ii); 
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(4) consult with the Secretary of Education in 
developing criteria and assessing applications for 
grants under subsection (a)(1); 
(5) consult with the Secretary of Labor in de-
veloping criteria and assessing applications for 
grants under subsection (a)(1); 
(6) consult with the Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration in developing criteria and 
assessing applications for grants under subsection 
(a); 
(7) consult with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services— 
(A) in developing criteria and assessing ap-
plications for grants under subsection (a)(2); 
and 
(B) regarding health trends related to all 
illnesses that disproportionately impact low-in-
come people; 
(8) consult with the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency in developing 
criteria and assessing applications for grants under 
subsection (a)(2); 
(9) consult with the Secretary of the Interior to 
develop criteria and assess applications for grants 
under subsection (a)(2); and 
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(10) consult with any entity described in para-
graphs (1) through (9) for any other purpose as de-
termined necessary by the Secretary to carry out 
this section and the purposes of this Act. 
(i) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress biannual reports on the impact that the grant pro-
grams established under subsection (a) have had on— 
(1) the rehabilitation, upgrades, innovation, and 
transition of public housing in the United States; 
(2) total greenhouse gas emission output, and 
quarterly data on greenhouse gas emission reduc-
tions from individual public housing developments, 
specifically as they relate to— 
(A) home energy carbon pollution emis-
sions in each public housing development, as 
calculated using the Carbon Footprint Calcu-
lator from the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy; 
(B) waste-related carbon emissions in each 
public housing development, as calculated using 
the Carbon Footprint Calculator from the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency; and 
(C) total greenhouse gas emissions released 
by individual public housing buildings and 
homes within a public housing development, as 
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calculated using the Greenhouse Gas Equiva-
lencies Calculator from the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency; 
(3) the amount of Federal money saved due to 
energy cost savings at public housing projects, on a 
quarterly basis; 
(4) the amount of energy savings per KwH at 
each public housing project, on a quarterly basis; 
(5) public housing residents, including— 
(A) access to economic opportunities 
through compliance with the hiring and con-
tracting requirements described in subsections 
(c) and (d) of section 3 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 
1701u); 
(B) the impacts, if any, those residents 
have experienced to their individual economic 
growth as measured by individual and house-
hold income; 
(C) the specific career skills acquired; 
(D) the impacts, if any, those residents 
have experienced to their overall health; and 
(E) the specific educational or technical 
certifications acquired; and 
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(6) changes to the overall community health in-
dicators in public housing developments and their 
surrounding neighborhoods, including asthma rates, 
air quality, water quality, and levels of lead and 
mold. 
(j) ELIGIBILITY FOR THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING 
FUNDS.—The receipt of a grant under this section shall 
not affect the eligibility of a public housing agency or a 
public housing dwelling unit to receive assistance under 
subsection (d) or (e) of section 9 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 
(k) FUNDING.—Out of funds in the Treasury not oth-
erwise appropriated, there are appropriated to carry out 
this section— 
(1) such sums as may be necessary for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2032; and 
(2) $1,000,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for administrative costs relating to car-
rying out this section. 
SEC. 7. THE SECTION 3 PROGRAM FOR ECONOMIC OPPOR-
TUNITIES. 
Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, op-
erating assistance provided pursuant to section 
9 of that Act, and modernization grants pro-
vided pursuant to section 14 of that Act’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 1437c), assistance from 
the Operating Fund under section 9(e) of that 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), assistance from the 
Capital Fund under section 9(d) of that Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)), and assistance provided 
under a grant awarded under section 6 of the 
Green New Deal for Public Housing Act’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) HIRING
REQUIREMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall require that, of the employment po-
sitions generated by development assistance 
provided pursuant to section 6 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c), 
assistance from the Operating Fund under sec-
tion 9(e) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), as-
sistance from the Capital Fund under section 
9(d) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)), and as-
sistance provided under a grant awarded under 
section 6 of the Green New Deal for Public 
Housing Act, public and Indian housing agen-
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cies, and their contractors and subcontractors, 
shall fill, to the greatest extent possible— 
‘‘(i) not less than 40 percent of those 
positions generated during the 1-year pe-
riod beginning 1 year after the initial re-
ceipt of grant funds awarded, with low- 
and very low-income persons; 
‘‘(ii) not less than 50 percent of those 
positions generated during the 1-year pe-
riod beginning 2 years after the initial re-
ceipt of grant funds awarded, with low- 
and very low-income persons; and 
‘‘(iii) not less than 90 percent of those 
positions generated after the expiration of 
the period described in clause (ii) with low- 
and very low-income persons.’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, op-
erating assistance provided pursuant to section 
9 of that Act, and modernization grants pro-
vided pursuant to section 14 of that Act’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 1437c), assistance from 
the Operating Fund under section 9(e) of that 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), assistance from the 
Capital Fund under section 9(d) of that Act 
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(42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)), and assistance provided 
under a grant awarded under section 6 of the 
Green New Deal for Public Housing Act’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) CONTRACTING
REQUIREMENT.—The 
Secretary shall require that, of the aggregate 
dollar amount of contracts awarded for work to 
be performed in connection with assistance 
from the Operating Fund under section 9(e) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437g(e)), assistance from the Capital 
Fund under section 9(d) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437g(d)), and assistance provided under a 
grant awarded under section 6 of the Green 
New Deal for Public Housing Act, public and 
Indian housing agencies, and their contractors 
and subcontractors, shall, to the greatest extent 
possible, certify that— 
‘‘(i) not less than 20 percent of the 
aggregate dollar amount of such contracts 
awarded during the 1-year period begin-
ning 1 year after the initial receipt of 
grant funds awarded shall be awarded to 
public housing resident-owned businesses; 
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‘‘(ii) not less than 30 percent of the 
aggregate dollar amount of such contracts 
awarded during the 1-year period begin-
ning 2 years after the initial receipt of 
grant funds awarded shall be awarded to 
public housing resident-owned businesses; 
and 
‘‘(iii) not less than 50 percent of the 
aggregate dollar amount of such contracts 
awarded after the expiration of the period 
described in clause (ii) shall be awarded to 
public 
housing 
resident-owned 
busi-
nesses.’’; 
(3) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENT-OWNED BUSI-
NESS.—The term ‘public housing resident-owned 
business’ has the meaning given the term in section 
3 of the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act.’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (i); and 
(5) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) MEASURING ECONOMIC IMPACT.— 
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‘‘(1) MONITORING, MEASURING, AND REPORT-
ING REQUIREMENTS.—Before the start of the second 
fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of 
the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act, and 
quarterly thereafter, the Secretary shall require each 
public housing agency to monitor, measure, and re-
port to the Secretary on the economic impacts of 
this section on the community in which housing de-
velopments of the public housing agency are located, 
including— 
‘‘(A) the aggregate dollar amount of con-
tracts awarded in compliance with this section; 
‘‘(B) the aggregate dollar amount of wages 
and salaries paid for positions employed by low- 
and very low-income persons in accordance with 
this section; 
‘‘(C) the aggregate dollar amount ex-
pended for training opportunities provided to 
low- and very low-income persons in accordance 
with this section; and 
‘‘(D) the aggregate dollar amount ex-
pended for training and assisting public housing 
resident-owned businesses for compliance with 
this section. 
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‘‘(2) TERMINATION OF SPEARS SYSTEM.—The 
Secretary shall terminate the Section 3 Performance 
Evaluation and Registration System of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development and shall 
issue such notice and guidelines as may be necessary 
to replace such system with the system for moni-
toring, measuring, and reporting under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(h) WORKFORCE ROSTER.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall re-
quire each public housing agency to establish and 
maintain a roster of the residents and public hous-
ing resident-owned businesses of the public housing 
agency in order to identify and spotlight talented 
local laborers and facilitate compliance with this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION.—The roster maintained by 
a public housing agency under paragraph (1) shall 
include information that is updated not less fre-
quently than every 30 days, including— 
‘‘(A) information for each public housing 
resident choosing to have their information re-
corded that lists their occupational skills, career 
goals, and any workforce development programs 
they participate in; and 
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‘‘(B) information for each public housing 
resident-owned business that lists the field of 
business they are in and the hiring opportuni-
ties they currently have available. 
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY.—In order to facilitate com-
pliance with this subsection, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) require each public housing agency to 
submit to the Secretary the information main-
tained by the public housing agency in the ros-
ter under this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) collect and make the data described 
in subparagraph (A) available on the website of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, upon request, to contractors, sub-
contractors, resident councils, resident manage-
ment 
organizations, 
and 
YouthBuild 
pro-
grams.’’. 
SEC. 8. FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM. 
Section 23 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437u), as amended by section 306 of the Eco-
nomic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protec-
tion Act (Pub. L. 115–174; 132 Stat. 1339), is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end 
the following: 
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‘‘(C) An Indian tribe or tribally designated 
housing entity, as defined in section 4 of the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 
Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103).’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (J), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (K) as 
subparagraph (M); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (J) 
the following: 
‘‘(K) digital literacy; 
‘‘(L) provision of a home health aide for el-
derly and disabled members of participating 
families; and’’; 
(3) in subsection (g)(2), by inserting after the 
first sentence the following: ‘‘The program coordi-
nating committee shall include representatives of any 
resident council and any jurisdiction-wide resident 
council of the eligible entity.’’; 
(4) in subsection (h)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (H), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as 
subparagraph (J); and 
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(C) by inserting after subparagraph (H) 
the following: 
‘‘(I) a description of how the local program 
will ensure that opportunities provided through 
the local program will maximize success in syn-
chronizing the program with, and complying 
with, the requirements regarding employment 
and contracting under section 3 of the Housing 
and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 
U.S.C. 1701(u)).’’; and 
(5) in subsection (i)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, 
but not more than 35 participants,’’ before ‘‘is 
eligible’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘75’’ and inserting 
‘‘36’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘50’’ and inserting 
‘‘35’’; 
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), 
(D), and (E) as subparagraphs (F), (G), and 
(H), respectively; and 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following: 
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‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL
AWARD
FOR
PUBLIC 
HOUSING GREEN NEW DEAL APPLICANTS.—An 
eligible entity that is approved for a grant 
under section 6 of the Green New Deal for 
Public Housing Act shall be eligible to receive 
an additional award under this subparagraph to 
cover costs of filling an additional family self- 
sufficiency coordinator position, or additional 
such positions, responsible for— 
‘‘(i) coordinating participation in a 
local program under this section for par-
ticipants seeking employment opportunities 
made available by the grant; and 
‘‘(ii) compliance by the eligible entity 
with section 3 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 
1701u). 
‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL AWARD FOR SYNCHRO-
NIZATION WITH SECTION 3 REQUIREMENTS.— 
An eligible entity that meets such criteria as 
the Secretary shall establish regarding success-
ful synchronization and compliance of a local 
program under this section with the require-
ments regarding employment and contracting 
under section 3 of the Housing and Urban De-
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