II 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6531 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 19 (legislative day, MAY 17), 2022 
Received 
AN ACT 
To provide an increased allocation of funding under certain 
programs for assistance in areas of persistent poverty, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Targeting Resources 
to Communities in Need Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASING SHARE OF FEDERAL RESOURCES TO 
AREAS OF PERSISTENT POVERTY AND OTHER 
HIGH-POVERTY AREAS. 
(a) INCREASING SHARE OF FEDERAL RESOURCES.— 
(1) GUIDANCE
AND
MEASURES
TO
INCREASE 
FEDERAL
INVESTMENTS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director, 
in consultation with Federal agencies, shall imple-
ment guidance to increase the share of Federal in-
vestments targeted to— 
(A) areas of persistent poverty; and 
(B) other areas of high and persistent pov-
erty that the Director, in consultation with 
Federal agencies, determines to be appropriate. 
(2) GUIDANCE FOR AGENCIES.—Not later than 
120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Director shall issue guidance to Federal agencies 
identifying— 
(A) the scope and type of programs subject 
to the guidance and measures required by para-
graph (1); 
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(B) the share of Federal investments to be 
targeted to the areas described under para-
graph (1); 
(C) the manner in which Federal invest-
ments are to be targeted to the areas described 
under paragraph (1); and 
(D) measures to track the Federal invest-
ments targeted to the areas described under 
paragraph (1) over time. 
(3) INVESTMENT AMOUNT.—In developing the 
guidance and measures under paragraph (1), the Di-
rector shall include a minimum goal that Federal in-
vestments targeted to areas of persistent poverty or 
other areas with high and persistent poverty be in 
an amount that is greater than the amount that is 
proportional to the population of such areas in the 
United States relative to the population of the 
United States as a whole. 
(4) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Director, in 
consultation with Federal agencies, shall submit 
each fiscal year to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report that includes— 
(A) a list of the programs, by agency, 
under which the amount of Federal funds tar-
geted to areas described under paragraph (1) 
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were increased in the previous fiscal year, in ac-
cordance with such paragraph; and 
(B) for each program listed under sub-
paragraph (A)— 
(i) the amount of funds that were tar-
geted under the program to an area of per-
sistent poverty or other area with high and 
persistent poverty during the previous fis-
cal year; 
(ii) the percent change from the fiscal 
year before the previous fiscal year in the 
amount of funds that were targeted under 
the program toward an area of persistent 
poverty or other area with high and per-
sistent poverty; and 
(iii) to the extent practicable, an as-
sessment of the economic impact of the 
program on the area, including data on the 
categories of individuals impacted by the 
targeting of funds to such areas under the 
program, disaggregated by household in-
come, race, gender, age, national origin, 
disability status, and whether the individ-
uals live in an urban area, suburban area, 
or rural area. 
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(b) PUBLICATION OF LIST OF AREAS OF PERSISTENT 
POVERTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Bureau of the 
Census shall publish a list of all areas of persistent 
poverty. 
(2) UPDATE.—The Bureau of the Census shall 
update annually the list published under paragraph 
(1). 
(c) GAO REPORTS.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than two years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall provide to 
the appropriate committees of Congress a report on 
the effectiveness of the measures implemented under 
subsection (a), including an assessment regarding 
the impact of increasing Federal investments spent 
in areas of persistent poverty and other areas with 
high and persistent poverty. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Not later than 10 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall pro-
vide at least two subsequent reports (as described in 
paragraph (1)) to the appropriate committees of 
Congress. 
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(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023, 
$5,000,000 for salaries and expenses (including for enter-
ing contracts with non-Federal persons) to carry out this 
Act. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Appropriations, the 
Committee on the Budget, the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the 
Committee on the Budget, the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(C) any other committee of Congress that 
has jurisdiction over an agency with a role de-
veloping or implementing measures under sub-
section (a). 
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(2) AREA OF PERSISTENT POVERTY.—The term 
‘‘area of persistent poverty’’ means an area that is 
a high-poverty census tract or a persistent poverty 
county. 
(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et. 
(4) HIGH-POVERTY CENSUS TRACT.—The term 
‘‘high-poverty census tract’’ means a census tract 
that has a poverty rate of not less than 20 percent 
in the most recent American Community Survey 5- 
year data published by the Bureau of the Census, 
and in the case of areas where no such data is col-
lected from the American Community Survey, such 
term includes a census tract with a poverty rate of 
not less than 20 percent in the most recent decen-
nial census of population conducted by the Bureau. 
(5) PERSISTENT POVERTY COUNTY.—The term 
‘‘persistent poverty county’’ means— 
(A) a county, parish, or other equivalent 
county division (as determined by the Bureau of 
the Census) with a poverty rate of not less than 
20 percent in the Small Area Income and Pov-
erty Estimates by the Bureau of the Census in 
at least 25 of the last 30 years, including the 
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most recent year for which the estimates are 
available; or 
(B) for areas where Small Area Income 
and Poverty Estimates are not available, a 
county, parish, or equivalent level of geography, 
with a poverty rate of not less than 20 percent 
in at least 25 of the last 30 years, including the 
most recent year for which an estimate is avail-
able, as determined by the Bureau of the Cen-
sus. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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