adequately implemented by cooperating with the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development in monitoring 
local park and recreation recovery action programs and 
in assuring consistency of such plans and programs, where 
appropriate, with State recreation policies as set forth in 
statewide comprehensive outdoor recreation plans. 
SEC. 9. MATCHING REQUIREMENTS; NON-FEDERAL SHARE 
OF PROJECT OR PROGRAM COSTS. 
(a) NON-FEDERAL
SOURCES.—The non-Federal 
share of project or program costs assisted under this Act 
may be derived from— 
(1) general or special purpose State or local 
revenues; 
(2) State categorical grants; 
(3) special appropriations by State legislatures; 
(4) donations of land, buildings, or building ma-
terials; 
(5) in-kind construction, technical, and plan-
ning services; or 
(6) any combination of paragraphs (1) through 
(5). 
(b) PROHIBITED SOURCES.—No moneys from any 
Federal grant program other than general revenue sharing 
and the community development and energy efficiency and 
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conservation block grant programs shall be used to match 
Federal grants under this program. 
(c) PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary shall 
encourage States and private interests to contribute, to 
the maximum extent possible, to the non-Federal share of 
project or program costs. 
SEC. 10. CONVERSION OF RECREATION PROPERTY. 
No property improved or developed with assistance 
under this Act shall, without the approval of the Sec-
retary, be converted for uses other than for public recre-
ation. The Secretary shall approve such conversion only 
if the Secretary determines it to be in accord with the cur-
rent local park and recreation recovery action program 
and only upon such conditions as the Secretary determines 
necessary to assure the provision of adequate recreation 
properties and opportunities of reasonably equivalent loca-
tion and usefulness. 
SEC. 11. COORDINATION OF PROGRAM. 
The Secretary shall— 
(1) coordinate the urban revitalization and liv-
able communities program with other Federal de-
partments and agencies and with State agencies that 
administer programs and policies affecting urban 
areas such as the White House Office of Urban Pol-
icy and departments that administer programs and 
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policies affecting climate change, green jobs, hous-
ing, urban development, natural resources manage-
ment, employment, transportation, community serv-
ices, and voluntary action; 
(2) encourage maximum coordination of the 
program between appropriate State agencies and 
general purpose local government applicants; and 
(3) require that general purpose local govern-
ment applicants include provisions for participation 
of community and neighborhood residents and for 
public-private coordination in recovery action pro-
gram planning and project selection. 
SEC. 12. REPORT; RECORDKEEPING; AUDIT AND EXAMINA-
TION. 
(a) REPORT.—Each recipient of assistance under this 
Act shall submit to the Secretary, for each fiscal year such 
assistance is received, an annual report detailing the 
projects and programs undertaken with such assistance, 
the number of jobs created by such assistance, and any 
other information the Secretary determines appropriate 
based on the priority criteria established by the Secretary 
under section 5. 
(b) RECORDKEEPING.—Each recipient of assistance 
under this Act shall keep such records as the Secretary 
shall prescribe, including records that fully disclose the 
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amount and disposition of project or program under-
takings in connection with which assistance under this Act 
is given or used, and the amount and nature of that por-
tion of the cost of the project or program undertaking sup-
plied by other sources, and such other records as will fa-
cilitate an effective audit. 
(c) AUDIT AND EXAMINATION.—The Secretary and 
the Comptroller General of the United States, or their 
duly authorized representatives, shall have access, for the 
purpose of audit and examination, to any books, docu-
ments, papers, and records of a recipient of assistance 
under this Act that are pertinent to such assistance. 
SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $445,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2011 through 2021. 
(b) RECOVERY ACTION PROGRAM GRANTS.—Not 
more than 3 percent of the funds authorized in any fiscal 
year may be used for grants for the development of local 
park and recreation recovery action programs pursuant to 
section 7 of this Act. 
(c) INNOVATION GRANTS.—Not more than 10 per-
cent of the funds authorized in any fiscal year may be 
used for innovation grants pursuant to section 6 of this 
Act. 
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(d) DISCRETIONARY FUND.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act or any other law or regulation, 
there 
are 
further 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$1,100,000 for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 
2021, to remain available until expended, to each of the 
insular areas. Such sums will not be subject to the match-
ing provisions of this Act, and may only be subject to such 
conditions, reports, plans, and agreements, if any, as de-
termined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 14. LIMITATION OF USE OF FUNDS. 
None of the funds made available pursuant to this 
Act shall be used for the acquisition of land or interests 
in land. 
SEC. 15. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
(a) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress an interim report containing such 
findings and recommendations as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate with respect to the urban revitalization 
and livable communities program established under this 
Act. 
(b) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 10 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report describing the overall impact 
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