Title: TOOLS to Rehabilitate Communities Act
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
Tools On Our Local Streets to Rehabilitate Communities Act or the TOOLS to Rehabilitate Communities Act
This bill expands eligible activities under the Community Development Block Grant program to include creating or strengthening partnerships with nonprofit organizations that provide resources to assist with authorized development or revitalization projects.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2808 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2808

 To authorize community development block grants for providing tools, 
                    equipment, and other resources.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 9, 2018

Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Warner) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize community development block grants for providing tools, 
                    equipment, and other resources.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tools On Our Local Streets to 
Rehabilitate Communities Act'' or the ``TOOLS to Rehabilitate 
Communities Act''.

SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS WITH NONPROFIT 
              ORGANIZATIONS.

    Section 105(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (25)(D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (26), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(27) creating or strengthening partnerships with 
        nonprofit organizations that provide tools, equipment, or other 
        resources to other nonprofit or volunteer organizations 
        assisting in the completion of a community development, 
        revitalization, or rehabilitation project authorized under this 
        subsection.''.

SEC. 3. INCREASING AWARENESS.

    For each fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide 
notice to grant applicants and awardees under section 103 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5303) that 
awards provided under title I of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) may 
be used to create or strengthen partnerships with nonprofit 
organizations that provide tools, equipment, or other resources to 
other nonprofit or volunteer organizations that assist in the 
completion of a community development, revitalization, or 
rehabilitation project authorized under such section 103.

SEC. 4. IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE ACCESS TO COMMUNITY 
              DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS WITH NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.

    Not later than the end of the first fiscal year beginning after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall issue a report discussing--
            (1) opportunities in existence as of the date of the report 
        for Federal, State, and local governments to partner with 
        nonprofit organizations to complete community development, 
        revitalization, and rehabilitation projects under title I of 
        the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
        5301 et seq.); and
            (2) existing barriers and challenges with respect to those 
        projects.
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