I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7009 
To provide an increased allocation of funding under certain programs for 
assistance in persistent poverty counties, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 2, 2018 
Mr. CLYBURN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on Financial Services, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, 
Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, and the Judici-
ary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide an increased allocation of funding under certain 
programs for assistance in persistent poverty counties, 
and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘An Act Targeting Re-
sources to Communities in Need’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘de-
velopment program’’ means any of the following pro-
grams, offices, or appropriations accounts: 
(A) Any program administered by the Of-
fice of Rural Development of the Department of 
Agriculture. 
(B) The Appalachian Regional Commis-
sion. 
(C) Department of Commerce, Economic 
Development Administration, Economic Devel-
opment Assistance Programs. 
(D) The Delta Regional Authority. 
(E) The Denali Commission. 
(F) Any training or employment services 
program administered by the Employment and 
Training Administration of the Department of 
Labor. 
(G) Department of Health and Human 
Services, Health Resources and Services Admin-
istration. 
(H) Environmental Protection Agency, 
State and Tribal Assistance Grants. 
(I) Department of Commerce, National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology, Construc-
tion. 
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(J) Department of Justice, Office of Jus-
tice Programs. 
(K) Department of Transportation, Office 
of the Secretary, Nationally Significant Freight 
and Highway Projects. 
(L) Department of Transportation, Office 
of the Secretary, National Infrastructure In-
vestments. 
(M) Department of Transportation, Fed-
eral Transit Administration, Bus & Bus Facili-
ties Infrastructure Investment Program. 
(N) Department of Transportation, Fed-
eral Transit Administration, Capital Investment 
Grants Program. 
(O) Any program of the Department of the 
Treasury relating to Community Development 
Financial Institutions (within the meaning of 
section 103 of the Community Development 
Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 
(12 U.S.C. 4702)). 
(2) PERSISTENT POVERTY COUNTY.—The term 
‘‘persistent poverty county’’ means any county with 
a poverty rate of at least 20 percent, as determined 
in each of the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses, 
and in the Bureau of the Census’s Small Area In-
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come and Poverty Estimates for the most recent 
year for which the estimates are available. 
(3) HIGH-POVERTY
AREA.—The term ‘‘high- 
poverty area’’ means a census tract with a poverty 
rate of at least 20 percent during the 3 years most 
recently ending before the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 3. 10–20–30 FORMULA FOR PERSISTENT POVERTY 
COUNTIES. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the enti-
ty responsible for administering a development program 
shall use not less than 10 percent of the amounts made 
available in any appropriations Act for the program for 
any of fiscal years 2019 through 2028, in persistent pov-
erty counties, if the entity is otherwise authorized to do 
so. 
SEC. 4. TARGETING HIGH-POVERTY CENSUS TRACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the entity responsible for administering a de-
velopment program shall use not less than the amount de-
scribed in subsection (b) of the amounts made available 
in any appropriations Act for the program for any of fiscal 
years 2019 through 2028, for projects in high-poverty 
areas, if the entity is otherwise authorized to do so. 
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(b) AMOUNT DESCRIBED.—The amount described in 
this subsection with respect to a program is an amount 
equal to the sum of— 
(1) the average percentage of Federal assist-
ance awarded under the program in the 3 fiscal 
years most recently ending before the date of the en-
actment of this Act that were used for projects in 
high-poverty areas; plus 
(2) 5 percent of the average total Federal loan 
and grant funds awarded under the program in the 
3 fiscal years referred to in paragraph (1). 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—If an entity responsible 
for administering a development program determines that 
the provision of benefits under the program in a particular 
census tract actually benefits individuals predominantly 
living in other census tracts, then the entity shall, within 
3 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, in-
form the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et and the Congress that it would be more appropriate 
to track the provision of benefits under the program based 
on the census tracts in which the individuals who actually 
receive the benefits reside and on whether the benefits 
serve individuals who reside in predominantly low-income 
census tracts. 
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SEC. 5. FAILURE TO USE FUNDS. 
If the entity responsible for administering a develop-
ment program does not comply with section 4 with respect 
to the program for a fiscal year, the entity shall submit 
to the Congress a report that describes how the entity 
plans to do so in the next fiscal year. 
SEC. 6. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Within 6 months after the end of fiscal year 2019 
and within 6 months after the end of each fiscal year 
thereafter, the entity responsible for administering each 
development program shall submit to the Congress a 
progress report on the implementation of this Act with re-
spect to the development program. 
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