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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4084
To amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to establish a new
Community Initiative Program to carry out economic development activi-
ties in economically distressed communities, to make other amendments
to the Community Services Block Grant, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 17, 1994
Mr. MARTINEZ (for himself, Mr. FORD of Michigan, Mr. OWENS, Mr. SCOTT,
and Mr. BAESLER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to estab-
lish a new Community Initiative Program to carry out
economic development activities in economically dis-
tressed communities, to make other amendments to the
Community Services Block Grant, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That this Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Services
Block Grant Amendments of 1994’’.
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVE PRO-
GRAM.
(a) COMMUNITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM.—Section 681
of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C.
9910), including the caption, is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘COMMUNITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM
‘‘SEC. 681. (a)(1) The Secretary is authorized to
make grants to local, private, nonprofit community devel-
opment corporations, or to enter into contracts or coopera-
tive agreements with such community development cor-
porations, to plan for and carry out economic development
activities in economically distressed communities. Such ac-
tivities shall be designed to address the economic needs
of low-income individuals and families by creating employ-
ment and business development opportunities and by pro-
viding support services designed to enhance the ability of
low-income individuals and families to successfully avail
themselves of such opportunities. In addition to any other
activities consistent with the purposes of this section, such
activities may include the development of facilities through
means such as the establishment of partnerships with
Head Start agencies, agencies or organizations providing
child care or otherwise engaged in the field of child care
or child development, and agencies or organizations serv-
ing children, youth, and families.
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‘‘(2) The Secretary shall exercise the authority under
paragraph (1) in consultation with other relevant Federal
officials.
‘‘(b) Each community development corporation re-
ceiving funds under this section shall be governed by a
board consisting of residents of the community and busi-
ness and civic leaders.
‘‘(c) The Secretary shall annually publish a statement
of the types of projects or activities the funding of which
will be a priority, such as projects or activities designed
to strengthen or enhance activities funded by other federal
programs.
‘‘(d) In providing assistance or entering into other ar-
rangements under this section, the Secretary shall take
into consideration the geographic distribution of funds
among States and the relative proportion of funding
among rural and urban areas.
‘‘(e) Of the amounts available to carry out this sec-
tion, the Secretary may reserve up to one percent for each
fiscal year to make grants to private nonprofit organiza-
tions or to enter into contracts with private nonprofit or
for profit organizations to provide technical assistance to
aid community development corporations in developing or
implementing projects funded under this section and to
evaluate projects funded under this section.’’.
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(b) REPEAL.—Section 505 of the Family Support Act
of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1315 note) is repealed.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 674(a)
of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C.
9903(a)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘which re-
mains after’’ through ‘‘purposes of section 681(c);’’
and inserting instead ‘‘which remains after the Sec-
retary makes the apportionment required in sub-
section (b)(1);’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking ‘‘which re-
mains after’’ through ‘‘purposes of section 681(c);’’
and inserting instead ‘‘which remains after the Sec-
retary makes the apportionment required in sub-
section (b)(1)’’.
(2) Section 682(c) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 9911(c))
is amended by striking ‘‘section 681(d)’’ and inserting in-
stead ‘‘section 672(b)’’.
(3) Section 680(a) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 9909(a))
is amended by striking ‘‘section 681(c)’’ and inserting in-
stead ‘‘section 681’’.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
672(b) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42
U.S.C. 9901(b)) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(b) There are authorized to be appropriated
$434,622,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as nec-
essary for each of fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998, to
carry out the provisions of this subtitle.’’.
(b) REPEAL.—(1) Section 681A of the Community
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9910a) is repealed.
(2) Section 408 of the Human Services Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 1986 is repealed.
SEC. 4. ALLOTMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) CAPTION.—Section 674 of the Community Serv-
ices Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9903) is amended by
striking the caption and inserting the following:
‘‘ALLOTMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS’’.
(b) SET-ASIDES.—Section 674 of that Act (42 U.S.C.
9903) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (a), (b), and
(c) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and
(2) by inserting before subsection (e), as redes-
ignated, the following:
‘‘(a) The Secretary shall allot the amount to be ap-
propriated pursuant to section 672(b) in accordance with
subsections (b) through (g).
‘‘(b) Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to sub-
section 672(b) for fiscal year 1995 and each of the follow-
ing four fiscal years, the Secretary shall reserve
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$35,000,000 for each such fiscal year for carrying out sec-
tion 681.
‘‘(c) Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to section
672(b), the Secretary may reserve up to one-half of 1 per-
cent of the amount remaining after application of sub-
section (b) for each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996, and
up to 1 percent of such amount for fiscal year 1997 and
each fiscal year thereafter, for training, technical assist-
ance, planning, and evaluation activities related to pro-
grams or projects carried out under this Act. These activi-
ties may be carried out by the Secretary directly or
through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements.
‘‘(d) Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to sec-
tion 672(b), the Secretary may reserve up to 21⁄2 percent
of the amount remaining after application of subsection
(b) for fiscal year 1995, up to 4 percent of such amount
for fiscal year 1996, up to 5 percent of such amount for
fiscal year 1997, and up to 6 percent of such amount for
fiscal year 1998, for grants, contracts, or cooperative
agreements to address needs or problems of the poor
which are identified by the Secretary as priorities in the
effort to alleviate the causes of poverty.’’.
SEC. 5. APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.
(a) ASSURED ACTIVITIES.—Section 675(c)(1)(B) of
the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C.
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9904(c)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the homeless,
migrants, and’’ before ‘‘the elderly poor’’.
(b) 
STATE
RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section
675(c)(2)(B) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 9904(c)(2)(B)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) if less than 100 percent of the allotment
is expended under subsection (A), provide assur-
ances that with respect to the remainder of the allot-
ment a reasonable amount shall be used for (i) mon-
itoring of activities of eligible entities and provision
of training and technical assistance to those entities
in need of such assistance; (ii) coordination of State-
operated programs and services targeted to low-in-
come children and families with services provided by
eligible entities funded under this Act; and (iii) con-
sideration of the distribution of funds under this Act
within the State to determine if such funds have
been targeted to the areas of highest need and,
thereafter, no more than the greater of $55,000 or
5 percent of its allotment under section 674 for ad-
ministrative expenses at the State level;’’.
(c) TRIPARTITE BOARD.—Section 675(c)(3) of that
Act (42 U.S.C. 9904(c)(3)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B),
and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively;
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(2) by striking the comma after ‘‘provide assur-
ances that’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)’’; and
(3) by inserting at the end thereof ‘‘and (B) in
the case of a public organization receiving funds
under this subtitle, such organization either estab-
lish (i) a board of which at least one-third of the
members are persons chosen in accordance with
democratic selection procedures adequate to assure
that they are representative of the poor in the area
served or (ii) some other mechanism specified by the
State to assure citizen participation in the planning,
administration, and evaluation of projects for which
such organization has been funded;’’.
(d) COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY PLAN.—Section
675(c) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 9904(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (11)(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end thereof;
(2) in paragraph (12) by striking the period
and inserting ’’; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (12) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(13) secure from each eligible entity as a con-
dition to its receipt of funding under this Act a com-
munity action plan (which shall be available to the
Secretary for inspection) that includes—
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‘‘(A) a community needs assessment (in-
cluding food needs);
‘‘(B) a description of the service delivery
system targeted to low-income individuals and
families in the service area;
‘‘(C) a description of how linkages will be
developed to fill identified gaps in services
through information, referral, case manage-
ment, and follow-up consultations;
‘‘(D) a description of how funding under
this Act will be coordinated with other public
and private resources; and
‘‘(E) a description of outcome measures to
be used to monitor success in promoting self-
sufficiency, family stability, and community re-
vitalization.’’.
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall become ef-
fective with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after
October 1, 1994.
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