(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 
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 
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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 rec-
reational, 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-
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-
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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— 
(A) utilizing new ideas, concepts, and ap-
proaches aimed at improving facility design, op-
erations, or programming in the delivery of 
recreation services; 
(B) increased access of therapeutic or 
other recreation services to veterans and mili-
tary families; or 
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(C) reducing crime and juvenile delin-
quency; and 
(2) provide a description of— 
(A) implementation strategies to achieve 
such goals; and 
(B) how the local government is coordi-
nating its recreation programs with other com-
munity development or service agencies. 
SEC. 107. MATCHING OF STATE AMOUNTS, STATE ACTION 
INCENTIVE. 
(a) INCREASE IN GRANT AMOUNTS.—The Secretary 
may increase Federal rehabilitation and construction, in-
novation, and at-risk youth recreation grants authorized 
in section 103(a) by providing an additional match equal 
to the total match provided by a State of up to 15 percent 
of total project or program costs, except that in no event 
may— 
(1) such additional grant amount exceed 15 
percent of the total project or program cost; or 
(2) the aggregate amount of the grant and the 
additional grant amounts under this subsection ex-
ceed 85 percent of total project or program cost. 
(b) STATE ACTION INCENTIVE.—The Secretary shall 
further encourage the States to assist in assuring that 
local recovery plans and programs are adequately imple-
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mented by cooperating with the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development in monitoring local park and 
recreation recovery action programs and in assuring con-
sistency of such plans and programs, where appropriate, 
with State recreation policies as set forth in statewide 
comprehensive outdoor recreation plans. 
SEC. 108. CONVERSION OF RECREATION PROPERTY. 
(a) NO
CONVERSION
WITHOUT
APPROVAL.—No 
property improved or developed with assistance under a 
grant under this title may be converted for uses other than 
for public recreation, without the approval of the Sec-
retary. 
(b) STANDARD FOR APPROVAL.—The Secretary may 
approve such conversion only— 
(1) if the Secretary determines the conversion 
to be consistent with the current local park and 
recreation recovery action program for the local gov-
ernment that improved or developed the property; 
and 
(2) subject to such conditions as the Secretary 
determines necessary to ensure the provision of ade-
quate recreation properties and opportunities of rea-
sonably equivalent location and usefulness. 
SEC. 109. COORDINATION OF PROGRAM. 
The Secretary shall— 
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