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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8583 
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to revise 
the formula for allocation of community development block grant funds, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 31, 2024 
Mr. COHEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 to revise the formula for allocation of community 
development block grant funds, 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 the ‘‘Community Develop-
ment Block Grant Equity Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. CDBG FORMULA. 
(a) REVISION
OF FORMULA.—Section 106 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5306) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking the subsection designation 
and all that follows through the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b)(1) The Secretary shall determine the amount to 
be allocated to each metropolitan city, which shall be the 
amount that bears the same ratio to the allocation for all 
metropolitan areas as the average of the ratios between— 
‘‘(A) the poverty rate per person in families and 
elderly households in that city and such poverty rate 
in all metropolitan areas; 
‘‘(B) the extent of female-headed households 
with children under age 18 in that city and the ex-
tent of such households in all metropolitan areas; 
‘‘(C) the extent of housing that was constructed 
before 1950 and is occupied by a household in pov-
erty in that city and the extent of such housing in 
all metropolitan areas; and 
‘‘(D) the extent of housing overcrowding in that 
city and the extent of housing overcrowding in all 
metropolitan areas. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall determine the amount to be 
allocated to each urban county, which shall be the amount 
that bears the same ratio to the allocation for all metro-
politan areas as the average of the ratios between— 
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‘‘(A) the poverty rate per person in families and 
elderly households in that urban county and such 
poverty rate in all metropolitan areas; 
‘‘(B) the extent of female-headed households 
with children under age 18 in that urban county and 
the extent of such households in all metropolitan 
areas; 
‘‘(C) the extent of housing that was constructed 
before 1950 and is occupied by a household in pov-
erty in that urban county and the extent of such 
housing in all metropolitan areas; and 
‘‘(D) the extent of housing overcrowding in that 
urban county and the extent of housing over-
crowding in all metropolitan areas. 
‘‘(3) In determining the average of ratios under para-
graphs (1) and (2)— 
‘‘(A) the ratio under subparagraph (A) of such 
paragraphs shall be counted five times; 
‘‘(B) the ratio under subparagraph (C) of such 
paragraphs shall be counted three times; and 
‘‘(C) each of the other ratios shall be counted 
once.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(A)’’; and 
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(iii) by redesignating clauses (i) 
through (iii) as subparagraphs (A) through 
(C), respectively; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking the second 
and third sentences and inserting the following: 
‘‘The allocation for each State shall be the amount 
that bears the same ratio to the allocation for such 
areas of all States available under this paragraph as 
the average of the ratios between— 
‘‘(A) the poverty rate per person in fami-
lies and elderly households in the nonentitle-
ment areas in that State and such poverty rate 
in the nonentitlement areas of all States; 
‘‘(B) the extent of female-headed house-
holds with children under age 18 in the non-
entitlement areas in that State and the extent 
of such households in the nonentitlement areas 
of all States; 
‘‘(C) the extent of housing that was con-
structed before 1950 and is occupied by a 
household in poverty in the nonentitlement 
areas in that State and the extent of such hous-
ing in the nonentitlement areas of all States; 
and 
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‘‘(D) the extent of housing overcrowding in 
the nonentitlement areas in that State and the 
extent of housing overcrowding in the non-
entitlement areas of all States. 
In determining the average of the ratios under the 
preceding sentence, the ratio under clause (A) shall 
be counted five times, the ratio under clause (C) 
shall be counted three times, and each of the other 
ratios shall be counted once.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (a) of section 102 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5302(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking the first sen-
tence and inserting the following: ‘‘The term ‘pov-
erty’ means having an income that does not exceed 
the poverty level.’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (11) through (16); 
and 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (17) through 
(24) as paragraphs (11) through (11) through (18), 
respectively. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 103 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5303) is amended by strik-
ing the last sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘For 
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