sessment, coordination, citizen involvement and plan-
ning, and program development activities to encour-
age public definition of goals and develop priorities 
and strategies for overall recreation system recovery. 
(6) The term ‘‘maintenance’’ means all com-
monly accepted practices necessary to keep rec-
reational areas and facilities operating in a state of 
good repair and to protect such areas and facilities 
from deterioration resulting from normal wear and 
tear. 
(7) The term ‘‘local government’’ means any 
city, county, town, township, parish, village, or any 
local or regional special district such as a park dis-
trict, conservation district, or park authority. 
(8) The term ‘‘private nonprofit agency’’ means 
a community-based, non-profit organization, cor-
poration, or association organized for purposes of 
providing recreation, conservation, and educational 
services directly to urban residents on either a 
neighborhood or community-wide basis through vol-
untary donations, voluntary labor, or public or pri-
vate grants. 
(9) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development. 
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(10) The term ‘‘State’’ means any State of the 
United States (or any instrumentality of a State ap-
proved by the Governor), the District of Columbia, 
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
(11) The term ‘‘insular areas’’ means Guam, 
the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the North-
ern Mariana Islands. 
SEC. 5. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS. 
(a) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pro-
mulgate regulations establishing an urban revitalization 
and livable communities program to, in accordance with 
this Act, provide Federal rehabilitation and construction 
grants, innovation grants, at-risk youth recreation grants, 
and recovery action program grants. 
(b) 
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
regulations 
required 
under subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) eligibility requirements for the grant pro-
gram established pursuant to such subsection; 
(2) the timing and form of applications required 
to be submitted to the Secretary by local govern-
ments seeking such grants; 
(3) required elements of any grant application 
required to be submitted to the Secretary by local 
governments seeking such grants; 
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(4) criteria for priority selection and approval 
by the Secretary in choosing which local govern-
ments receive grant funds; 
(5) guidelines for seeking modification of a 
project to be funded or which is funded by the grant 
program established pursuant to such subsection; 
and 
(6) penalties placed on local governments that 
received amounts under the grant program estab-
lished pursuant to such subsection for failing to 
comply with the reporting and recordkeeping re-
quirements set forth in section 13, up to and includ-
ing rescission of grant amounts for repetitive viola-
tions. 
SEC. 6. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND PRIORITY CRI-
TERIA. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In developing the regula-
tions required under section 5(a), the Secretary shall 
set forth eligibility requirements for receiving grants 
under the urban revitalization and livable commu-
nities program established pursuant to this Act. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—The eligibility require-
ments required to be established under paragraph 
(1) shall be based on— 
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(A) evidence of a commitment to ongoing 
planning, rehabilitation, service, operation, and 
maintenance programs for park and recreations 
systems, as described in section 8; 
(B) population density (the number of per-
sons per square mile of land area); 
(C) total population under 18 years of age 
or over 59 years of age; 
(D) the number of unemployed people as a 
percentage of the civilian labor force; 
(E) the percent of households without 
automobiles available; 
(F) the percent of persons with income 
below 125 percent of the poverty level; 
(G) the change in per capita income; 
(H) the percent of single-headed house-
holds with children present; and 
(I) any additional criteria the Secretary de-
termines appropriate. 
(b) PARTIAL ELIGIBILITY WAIVER.— 
(1) GENERALLY.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Secretary may authorize local governments that 
do not meet the eligibility requirements required to 
be established under subsection (a) in standard met-
ropolitan statistical areas as defined by the most 
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current census as eligible to receive grants under the 
urban revitalization and livable communities pro-
gram established pursuant to this Act, in accordance 
with the findings and purposes of this Act. 
(2) LIMITATION
OF
FUNDS.—Grants to local 
governments described in paragraph (1) shall not ex-
ceed, in the aggregate, 15 percent of the funds ap-
propriated pursuant to this Act for rehabilitation 
and construction, innovation, at-risk youth recre-
ation, and recovery action program grants. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATION.—As part of any ap-
plication process set forth pursuant to the regulations pre-
scribed under section 5, a responsible official for a local 
government that has applied for a grant under this Act 
shall certify that the local government meets all of the eli-
gibility requirements established under this Act with re-
spect to receipt of grant amounts under the urban revital-
ization and livable communities program established pur-
suant to this Act. If a local government applies for a par-
tial eligibility waiver under subsection (b), such certifi-
cation shall specify which of the eligibility requirements 
are met by the local government. 
(d) PRIORITY CRITERIA.— 
(1) GENERAL
PRIORITY
CRITERIA.—The Sec-
retary shall establish priority criteria for the selec-
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tion and approval of projects to be funded by grant 
amounts made available pursuant to this Act. The 
priority criteria established under this subsection 
shall be based on— 
(A) a higher population density of the 
project neighborhood; 
(B) demonstrated deficiencies in the condi-
tion of existing recreational areas and facilities 
in the project neighborhood; 
(C) demonstrated deficiencies in access to 
neighborhood recreation opportunities, particu-
larly for minority and low- and moderate-in-
come residents and residents with physical or 
mental disabilities; 
(D) public participation in determining re-
habilitation or development needs; 
(E) the extent to which a project supports 
or complements target activities undertaken as 
part of a local government’s overall community 
development and urban revitalization program; 
(F) the extent to which such a project 
would— 
(i) provide employment opportunities 
for minorities, youth, and low- and mod-
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erate-income residents in the project neigh-
borhood; and 
(ii) provide for participation of neigh-
borhood, nonprofit, or tenant organizations 
in the proposed rehabilitation and con-
struction activity or in subsequent mainte-
nance, staffing, or supervision of rec-
reational areas and facilities; 
(G) the amount of State, local, and private 
support for the project as evidenced by commit-
ments of non-Federal resources to project con-
struction or operation; and 
(H) any additional criteria the Secretary 
determines appropriate. 
(2) PRIORITY CRITERIA FOR REHABILITATION 
AND
CONSTRUCTION
GRANTS
AND
INNOVATION 
GRANTS.—In addition to the general priority criteria 
established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
establish priority criteria for the selection and ap-
proval of projects to be funded by a rehabilitation 
and construction grant or an innovation grant made 
pursuant to this Act, including whether the 
project— 
(A) builds recreational areas and facilities 
in areas that are located within half a mile of 
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public housing or a school and do not currently 
have indoor or outdoor facilities; 
(B) creates, maintains, or revitalizes play-
grounds or active play areas for children; 
(C) connects children to the outdoors for 
physical activity and access to nature; 
(D) promotes physical activity for individ-
uals and the community at large; 
(E) works collaboratively with local govern-
ments, colleges, and universities, and other in-
stitutions to track the longitudinal rates of 
chronic diseases in the community such as car-
diovascular disease, diabetes, depression, and 
obesity; 
(F) uses environmentally beneficial compo-
nents such as sustainable landscape features 
and upcycled and recycled materials; 
(G) provides environmental benefits to 
urban areas, including by— 
(i) updating lighting; 
(ii) planting trees; 
(iii) increasing the urban forestry can-
opy; 
(iv) improving stormwater manage-
ment; 
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(v) increasing green infrastructure; 
(vi) employing water conservation 
measures; and 
(vii) adding green spaces; 
(H) connects to public transportation; 
(I) uses LEED Green Building Standards 
or contains energy efficiency components such 
as energy efficient lighting and HVAC systems, 
and other sustainable components and prac-
tices; 
(J) contains safe trails or routes, such as 
trails, bikeways, and sidewalks that connect to 
neighborhoods and enhance access to parks and 
recreational areas and facilities; 
(K) either employs youth or uses youth 
volunteers; 
(L) enhances or expands youth develop-
ment in neighborhoods and communities by en-
gaging youth in environmental stewardship, 
conservation, and service projects; 
(M) updates existing equipment or facili-
ties to be in compliance with the most recent 
accessibility guidelines published by the United 
States Access Board, specifically by removing 
architectural barriers so that sites comply or 
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exceed the requirements of the final guidelines 
for the accessibility of recreational areas and 
facilities; or 
(N) constructs new facilities or sites to 
comply with or exceed the minimum require-
ments of the final guidelines for the accessi-
bility of recreational sites and facilities pub-
lished by the United States Access Board. 
(3) PRIORITY
CRITERIA
FOR
AT-RISK
YOUTH 
RECREATION GRANTS.—In addition to the general 
priority criteria established under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall establish priority criteria for the se-
lection and approval of programs to be funded by an 
at-risk youth recreation grant made pursuant to this 
Act, including whether the program— 
(A) targets youth who are at the greatest 
risk of becoming involved in violence and crime; 
(B) teaches important values and life 
skills, including teamwork, respect, leadership, 
and self-esteem; 
(C) demonstrates past success in providing 
constructive alternatives to youth at risk for en-
gaging in criminal behavior; 
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(D) offers tutoring, remedial education, 
mentoring, and counseling in addition to recre-
ation opportunities; 
(E) offers services during nonschool hours; 
(F) demonstrates collaboration between 
local park and recreation, juvenile justice, law 
enforcement, and youth social service agencies 
and nongovernmental entities, including private 
nonprofit agencies; 
(G) leverages public or private recreation 
investments in the form of services, materials, 
or other funding; or 
(H) shows the greatest potential of being 
continued with non-Federal funds or may serve 
as models for other communities. 
SEC. 7. REHABILITATION AND CONSTRUCTION, INNOVA-
TION, 
AND 
AT-RISK 
YOUTH 
RECREATION 
GRANTS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Upon approval of an applica-
tion by the chief executive of an eligible local government, 
the Secretary may provide 70 percent matching rehabilita-
tion and construction, innovation, and at-risk youth recre-
ation grants directly to such eligible local government. 
(b) TRANSFER.—At the discretion of a local govern-
ment receiving a rehabilitation and construction, innova-
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tion, or at-risk youth recreation grant pursuant to sub-
section (a), and if consistent with an approved application, 
such a grant may be transferred in whole or in part to 
private nonprofit agencies, provided that assisted rec-
reational areas and facilities owned or managed by such 
private nonprofit agencies offer recreation opportunities to 
the general population within the jurisdictional boundaries 
of the local government. 
(c) PAYMENTS.—Grant payments may be made only 
for rehabilitation and construction or innovation projects 
or at-risk recreation youth programs approved by the Sec-
retary. In the case of rehabilitation and construction and 
innovation projects, such payments may be made periodi-
cally in keeping with the rate of progress toward the satis-
factory completion of a project, except that the Secretary 
may, when appropriate, make advance payments on ap-
proved rehabilitation and construction and innovation 
projects in an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the total 
project cost. 
(d) MODIFICATION
OF PROJECT.—The Secretary 
may authorize modification of an approved rehabilitation 
and construction or innovation project only when a grant-
ee has adequately demonstrated that such modification is 
necessary because of circumstances not foreseeable at the 
time such project was proposed. 
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(e) SPECIAL
CONSIDERATIONS
FOR
INNOVATION 
GRANTS.—Innovation grants shall correspond to the 
goals, priorities, and implementation strategies expressed 
in local park and recreation recovery action programs, 
with particular regard to the special considerations listed 
in section 8(b) of this Act. 
SEC. 8. LOCAL COMMITMENTS TO SYSTEM RECOVERY AND 
MAINTENANCE. 
(a) RECOVERY ACTION PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As a requirement for project 
approval, a local government applying for a grant 
under this Act shall submit to the Secretary evidence 
of its commitment to ongoing planning, rehabilita-
tion, service, operation, and maintenance programs 
for its park and recreation systems. Such commit-
ment shall be expressed in a local park and recre-
ation recovery action program that maximizes co-
ordination of all community resources, including 
other federally supported urban development and 
recreation programs. 
(2) 
INTERIM
PRELIMINARY
ACTION
PRO-
GRAMS.—During an initial interim period to be es-
tablished by regulation, the recovery action program 
requirement under paragraph (1) may be satisfied 
by submission of preliminary action programs of a 
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local government that define objectives, priorities, 
and implementation strategies for overall system re-
covery and maintenance and commit such local gov-
ernment to a scheduled program development proc-
ess. 
(3) 5-YEAR ACTION PROGRAM.—Following the 
interim period under paragraph (2), each local gov-
ernment applicant shall submit to the Secretary, as 
a condition of eligibility, a 5-year park and recre-
ation recovery action program that demonstrates— 
(A) identification of recovery objectives, 
priorities, and implementation strategies; 
(B) adequate planning for rehabilitation of 
specific recreational areas and facilities, includ-
ing projections of the cost of proposed projects; 
(C) capacity and commitment to assure 
that facilities provided or improved under this 
Act shall thereafter continue to be adequately 
maintained, protected, staffed, and supervised; 
(D) intention to maintain total local public 
outlays for park and recreation purposes at lev-
els at least equal to those in the year preceding 
that in which grant assistance is sought, except 
in any case where a reduction in park and 
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recreation outlays is proportionate to a reduc-
tion in overall spending by the applicant; and 
(E) the relationship of the park and recre-
ation recovery action program to overall com-
munity development and urban revitalization ef-
forts. 
(4) CONTINUING PLANNING PROCESS.—Where 
appropriate, the Secretary may encourage local gov-
ernments to meet recovery action program require-
ments through a continuing planning process which 
includes periodic improvements and updates in re-
covery action program submissions to eliminate iden-
tified gaps in program information and policy devel-
opment. 
(b) RECOVERY ACTION PROGRAM SPECIAL CONSID-
ERATIONS.—Recovery action programs 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 
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(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 
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; 
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(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-
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. 
(d) AT-RISK YOUTH RECREATION GRANTS.— 
(1) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible to re-
ceive an at-risk youth recreation grant, a local gov-
ernment shall include in its 5-year park and recre-
ation recovery action program the goal of reducing 
crime and juvenile delinquency and provide a de-
scription of the implementation strategies to achieve 
this goal. 
(2) COORDINATION.—The description of imple-
mentation strategies under paragraph (1) shall also 
address how the local government is coordinating its 
recreation programs with crime prevention efforts of 
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law enforcement, juvenile corrections, and youth so-
cial service agencies. 
(e) RECOVERY ACTION PROGRAM GRANTS.—The 
Secretary is authorized to provide up to 50 percent match-
ing grants to eligible local government applicants for re-
covery action program development and planning to meet 
the objectives of this section. 
SEC. 9. STATE ACTION INCENTIVE; FEDERAL GRANTS, IN-
CREASE. 
The Secretary is authorized to increase Federal reha-
bilitation and construction, innovation, and at-risk youth 
recreation grants authorized in section 7 of this Act 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. In no event may the Federal matching 
amount exceed 85 percent of total project or program cost. 
The Secretary shall further encourage the States to assist 
in assuring that local recovery plans and programs are 
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. 
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SEC. 10. 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 
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. 
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SEC. 11. 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 consistent with the 
current 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. 12. 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 
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 
local government applicants; and 
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(3) require that local government applicants in-
clude provisions for participation of community and 
neighborhood residents, including youth, and for 
public-private coordination in recovery action pro-
gram planning and project selection. 
SEC. 13. 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 sections 5 and 6. 
(b) RECORDKEEPING.—Each recipient of assistance 
under this Act shall keep such records as the Secretary 
shall prescribe, including records that fully disclose the 
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. 
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(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. 14. 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 2012 through 2022. 
(b) RECOVERY ACTION PROGRAM GRANTS.—Not 
more than 3 percent of the funds appropriated pursuant 
to subsection (a) in any fiscal year may be used for grants 
for the development of local park and recreation recovery 
action programs pursuant to section 8 of this Act. 
(c) INNOVATION GRANTS.—Not more than 10 per-
cent of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) 
in any fiscal year may be used for innovation grants pur-
suant to section 7 of this Act. 
(d) DISCRETIONARY FUND.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act or any other law or regulation, 
not more than 2 percent of the funds appropriated pursu-
ant to subsection (a) in any fiscal year may be used to 
provide rehabilitation and construction grants, innovation 
grants, at-risk youth recreation grants, and recovery ac-
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tion program grants to be used in the insular areas. Such 
sums will not be subject to the matching provisions of this 
Act, and may only be subject to such conditions, reports, 
plans, and agreements, if any, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 15. LIMITATION OF USE OF FUNDS. 
Not more than 10 percent of funds appropriated pur-
suant to section 14 for rehabilitation and construction 
grants in any fiscal year may be used for the acquisition 
of lands or interests in land. 
SEC. 16. 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 pursuant to 
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 
of the urban revitalization and livable communities pro-
gram established pursuant to this Act. 
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