the Advisory Board and the Secretary may es-
tablish that provide for a minimum level of such 
investment and assistance as a condition of the 
approval of the work plans. 
(4) APPROVAL.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—No grant amounts 
under this section for a fiscal year may be pro-
vided to a regional organization until the Sec-
retary approves the final work plan of the orga-
nization, including a specific grant amount for 
the organization. 
(B) 
CONSIDERATIONS.—In 
determining 
whether to approve a final work plan, the Sec-
retary shall consider whether the Advisory 
Board approved the plan. 
(C) NONAPPROVAL OF PLAN.—To the ex-
tent that the Advisory Board or the Secretary 
does not approve a work plan, the Advisory 
Board or the Secretary shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, assist the selected regional 
organization that submitted the plan to develop 
an approvable plan. 
(g) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Grant amounts under 
this section may be used only to carry out eligible activities 
to benefit the colonias, including—
(1) coordination of public, private, and commu-
nity-based resources and the use of grant amounts 
to leverage such resources; 
(2) technical assistance and capacity building, 
including training, business planning and investment 
advice, and the development of marketing and stra-
tegic investment plans; 
(3) initial and early-stage investments in activi-
ties to provide—
(A) housing, infrastructure, and economic 
development; 
(B) housing counseling and financial edu-
cation, including counseling and education 
about avoiding predatory lending; and 
(C) access to financial services for resi-
dents of colonias; 
(4) development of comprehensive, regional, so-
cioeconomic, and other data, and the establishment 
of a centralized information resource, to facilitate 
strategic planning and investments; 
(5) administrative and planning costs of any re-
gional organization in carrying out this section, ex-
cept that the Secretary may limit the amount of 
grant funds used for such costs; and
(6) such other activities as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate to carry out this section. 
(h) GRANT AGREEMENTS.—A grant under this sec-
tion shall be made only pursuant to a grant agreement 
between the Secretary and a regional organization selected 
under this section. 
(i) TERMINATION
AND RECAPTURE.—If the Sec-
retary determines that a regional organization that was 
awarded a grant under this section has not substantially 
fulfilled its obligations under its final work plan or grant 
agreement, the Secretary shall terminate the participation 
of that regional organization under this section, and shall 
recapture any unexpended grant amounts. 
(j) DETAILS FROM OTHER AGENCIES.—Upon re-
quest of any selected regional organization that has an ap-
proved work plan, the head of any Federal agency may 
detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of 
such agency to that regional organization to assist it in 
carrying out its duties under this section. 
(k) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—For purposes of en-
vironmental review, projects assisted by grant amounts 
under this section shall—
(1) be treated as special projects that are sub-
ject to section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing
Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 
3547); and 
(2) be subject to regulations issued by the Sec-
retary to implement such section 305(c). 
(l) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion—
(1) $16,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and 
(2) such sums as may be necessary for each of 
fiscal years 2005 through 2009. 
(m) SUNSET.—No new grants may be provided under 
this section after September 30, 2009.
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