[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3054 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3054

            To support the fiscal year 2000 proposed budget.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 1999

 Mr. Weygand introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Banking and Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
            To support the fiscal year 2000 proposed budget.

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

SECTION 1. REGIONAL CONNECTIONS.

    The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to 
make competitive grants under this section for the purpose of improving 
regional growth patterns through interjurisdictional cooperation in the 
planning and implementation of development strategies and projects. 
Such interjurisdictional cooperation may include the coordinated use of 
Federal, State, and local housing and community development, 
transportation, workforce and economic development, environmental, and 
other funds. Grants under this section shall be awarded to consortia of 
units of general local government, or to consortia of units of general 
local government and a State or States. Grants may be provided to 
regional entities, including Councils of Governments and Metropolitan 
Planning Organizations, formally designated to administer such grants 
by units of general local government and States that are members of 
consortia. An application for a grant under this section shall include, 
at a minimum, documentation as to the membership and operating 
principles of the consortium; proposed uses of grant amounts by the 
consortium for improving regional growth patterns, including explicit 
approval of such uses by all units of general local government that are 
directly affected by such uses; and efforts to encourage and enlist 
participation of private for profit and nonprofit entities. The 
Secretary shall establish selection criteria for grants under this 
section, and shall consider the extent to which activities proposed in 
an application may be coordinated with other Federal planning 
requirements and assistance. For purposes of environmental review, a 
grant under this section shall be treated as assistance that is subject 
to section 104(g) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 
and shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary to 
implement such section. For purposes of labor standards, a grant under 
this section shall be treated as assistance that is subject to section 
110 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. To carry out 
this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2000, to remain available until September 30, 2002, and 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years thereafter.
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