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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 671
To prohibit the use of certain assistance provided under the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 and the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 for employment relocation activities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1997
Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. FRANK of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. PETRI, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. BEREUTER,
Mr. SANDERS, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. FOGLIETTA, and Mr. LUTHER) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To prohibit the use of certain assistance provided under
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
and the Housing and Community Development Act of
1992 for employment relocation activities.
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 ‘‘Prohibition of Incen-
tives for Relocation Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF USE OF CDBG GRANTS FOR EM-
PLOYMENT RELOCATION ACTIVITIES.
Section 105 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(h) PROHIBITION OF USE OF ASSISTANCE FOR EM-
PLOYMENT RELOCATION ACTIVITIES.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, no amount for a grant under
section 106 made in fiscal year 1997 or any succeeding
fiscal year may be used for any activity (including any in-
frastructure improvement) that is intended, or is likely,
to facilitate the relocation or expansion of any industrial
or commercial plant, facility, or operation, from one area
to another area, if the relocation or expansion will result
in a loss of employment in the area from which the reloca-
tion or expansion occurs.’’.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF USE OF CDBG SPECIAL PURPOSE
GRANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT RELOCATION AC-
TIVITIES.
Section 107 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) PROHIBITION OF USE OF ASSISTANCE FOR EM-
PLOYMENT RELOCATION ACTIVITIES.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, no amount from a grant made
under this section in fiscal year 1997 or any succeeding
SEC. 5. PROHIBITION OF USE OF CDBG ECONOMIC DEVEL-
OPMENT GRANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT RELO-
CATION ACTIVITIES.
Section 108(q) of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308(q)) is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) PROHIBITION OF USE OF ASSISTANCE FOR
EMPLOYMENT
RELOCATION
ACTIVITIES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, no amount from
a grant made under this subsection in fiscal year
1997 or any succeeding fiscal year may be used for
any activity (including any infrastructure improve-
ment) that is intended, or is likely, to facilitate the
relocation or expansion of any industrial or commer-
cial plant, facility, or operation, from one area to an-
other area, if the relocation or expansion will result
in a loss of employment in the area from which the
relocation or expansion occurs.’’.
SEC. 6. PROHIBITION OF USE OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED
UNDER COMMUNITY INVESTMENT CORPORA-
TION DEMONSTRATION ACT FOR EMPLOY-
MENT RELOCATION ACTIVITIES.
Section 853(b) of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 5305 note) is amend-
ed—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (16) as para-
graph (17); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (15) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(16) PROHIBITION
OF
USE
OF
ASSISTANCE
FOR
EMPLOYMENT
RELOCATION
ACTIVITIES.—Not
withstanding any other provision of law, no amount
from assistance provided under this subsection in
fiscal year 1997 or any succeeding fiscal year may
be used for any activity (including any infrastruc-
ture improvement) that is intended, or is likely, to
facilitate the relocation or expansion of any indus-
trial or commercial plant, facility, or operation, from
one area to another area, if the relocation or expan-
sion will result in a loss of employment in the area
from which the relocation or expansion occurs.’’.
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