Title: Park District Community Support Grant Program Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Park District Community Support Grant Program Act
This bill establishes the Park District Community Support Grant Program under which the Department of the Interior may award grants to special purpose districts, including park districts, for projects to

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4577 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4577

 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Park District 
        Community Support Grant Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 2021

  Mr. Quigley (for himself and Mr. Garcia of Illinois) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Park District 
        Community Support Grant Program, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Park District Community Support 
Grant Program Act''.

SEC. 2. PARK DISTRICT COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a Park District 
Community Support Grant Program under which the Secretary may award 
grants to eligible entities for projects to--
            (1) maintain land and water for parks and other outdoor 
        recreation purposes;
            (2) operate new or renovate existing outdoor recreation 
        facilities; and
            (3) build, operate, maintain, or refurbish indoor or 
        outdoor facilities owned and operated, in whole or in part by a 
        park district and used by or to support the public.
    (b) Matching Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--As a condition of receiving a grant under 
        subsection (a), an eligible entity shall provide matching funds 
        in the form of cash or in-kind contributions in an amount equal 
        to not less than 100 percent of the amounts made available 
        under the grant.
            (2) Sources.--The matching amounts referred to in paragraph 
        (1) may include amounts made available from State, local, 
        nongovernmental, or private sources.
            (3) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive all or part of the 
        matching requirement under paragraph (1) if the Secretary 
        determines that--
                    (A) no reasonable means are available through which 
                an applicant can meet the matching requirement; and
                    (B) the probable benefit of such project outweighs 
                the public interest in such matching requirement.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means a 
        special purpose district, including park districts.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary $100,000,000 to carry out this section.
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