[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 108 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 108

  Expressing the sense of the Congress that the community development 
   block grant program should remain under the administration of the 
              Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2005

     Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan submitted the following concurrent 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Congress that the community development 
   block grant program should remain under the administration of the 
              Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Whereas the community development block grant (CDBG) program was established by 
        the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 as a responsibility of 
        the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and has been administered 
        by HUD since its inception;
Whereas the CDBG program has been, and currently is, an important and vital tool 
        for improving communities across the United States;
Whereas the CDBG program has been extremely successful because it allows States, 
        cities, and towns the flexibility to determine their own priorities and 
        to develop successful strategies to address their particular community 
        development needs, rather than having such priorities and strategies 
        dictated by the Federal Government;
Whereas the President's Budget of the United States Government for fiscal year 
        2006 proposes replacing the CDBG program with a grant program to be 
        administered by the Department of Commerce;
Whereas in establishing the community development block grant program, the 
        Congress specified that the primary objective of the program is not only 
        economic development, but the development of viable urban communities 
        through the provision of decent housing and a suitable living 
        environment; and
Whereas replacing the CDBG program with a program administered by the Department 
        of Commerce is inappropriate because the mission of the program would 
        fundamentally be altered from a municipal focus on the revitalization of 
        distressed neighborhoods to a focus on business interests concentrating 
        on economic development projects: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that the community development 
block grant program should remain under the administration of the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
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