[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3055 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3055

            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. REDEVELOPMENT OF ABANDONED BUILDINGS.

    The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to 
make competitive grants to units of general local government for 
clearance, demolition, deconstruction, and removal of vacant buildings, 
including single and multifamily, industrial, office, governmental, 
institutional, and commercial buildings, and site preparation following 
such actions. Each grant application shall demonstrate, at a minimum, 
that rehabilitation of each building is not feasible or effective; that 
the applicant agrees that the proposed activities for each building 
shall be undertaken in a manner that complies with the National 
Historic Preservation Act of 1966; and that there is a redevelopment 
plan for the site. 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, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 
2001 to remain available until September 30, 2003, and $50,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2002 to remain available until September 30, 2004. The 
Secretary shall accept no application for a grant under this section 
after September 30, 2002.
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