[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3734 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3734

    To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to 
establish and carry out an urban revitalization and livable communities 
program to provide Federal grants to urban areas for the rehabilitation 
of critically needed recreational areas and facilities and development 
        of improved recreation programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 6, 2009

     Mr. Sires (for himself, Mr. Payne, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. 
Schakowsky, Mr. Blumenauer, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Towns, Mr. Rothman of New 
Jersey, Mr. McMahon, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
Quigley, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Cohen, 
Mr. Rodriguez, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
  Serrano, and Mr. Capuano) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to 
establish and carry out an urban revitalization and livable communities 
program to provide Federal grants to urban areas for the rehabilitation 
of critically needed recreational areas and facilities and development 
        of improved recreation programs, 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 ``Urban Revitalization and Livable 
Communities Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) According to the 2000 United States Census, 79 percent 
        of the population of the United States lives in urban areas.
            (2) The quality of life in urban areas is closely related 
        to the availability of fully functional park and recreation 
        systems including land, facilities, and programs.
            (3) Residents of urban areas need close-to-home recreation 
        opportunities that are adequate to specialized urban needs, 
        with parks and facilities properly located, developed, and 
        well-maintained.
            (4) The greatest deficiencies in recreation with respect to 
        land, facilities, and programs are found in many urban areas, 
        especially at the neighborhood level.
            (5) Inadequate Federal financing of urban recreation 
        programs has led to the deterioration of facilities, 
        nonavailability of recreation services, and an inability to 
        adapt recreation programs to changing circumstances.
            (6) According to the Centers for Disease control and 
        Prevention (CDC), over the last 25 years, rates of obesity have 
        more than tripled among adolescents ages 12 to 19 and doubled 
        among adults ages 20 to 74 and children ages 6 to 11.
            (7) Physical inactivity contributes to obesity. A study by 
        the CDC found that the creation of, or enhanced access to, 
        places for physical activity led to a 25.6 percent increase in 
        the percentage of people exercising on 3 or more days a week. 
        Physical activity can improve physical and mental health. The 
        annual costs of medical spending and lost productivity from 
        individuals in the United States being obese and overweight are 
        estimated to be $139,000,000,000.
            (8) Urban parks and recreation facilities play key roles in 
        improving the health of the population of the United States by 
        providing convenient access to the places, spaces, and 
        opportunities that lead to increased physical activity.
            (9) According to the Juvenile Justice Bulletin, without 
        structured, supervised activities in the after-school hours, 
        youth are at greater risk of being victims of crime or 
        participating in anti-social behaviors. Juveniles are at the 
        highest risk of being a victim of crime between 2:00 p.m. and 
        6:00 p.m., and the peak hour for juvenile crime is between 3:00 
        p.m. and 4:00 p.m., the first hour after most students are 
        dismissed from school.
            (10) The National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center 
        reported that students who spend no time in extracurricular 
        activities, such as those offered in after-school programs, are 
        49 percent more likely to have used drugs and 37 percent more 
        likely to become teen parents than are those students who spend 
        1 to 4 hours per week in extracurricular activities.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are as follows:
            (1) To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
        Development to establish and carry out an urban revitalization 
        and livable communities program to provide Federal grants for 
        the rehabilitation of critically needed recreational areas and 
        facilities and development of improved recreation programs in 
        urban areas.
            (2) To improve urban areas through economic development.
            (3) To prevent and improve chronic disease outcomes, 
        including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, depression, and 
        obesity.
            (4) To improve recreational areas and facilities and expand 
        recreation services in urban areas with a high incidence of 
        crime and to help expand recreation opportunities for at-risk 
        youth.
            (5) To promote collaboration between local agencies 
        involved in parks and recreation, law enforcement, youth social 
        services, and juvenile justice system.
            (6) To ensure accessibility to therapeutic recreation 
        services and to provide recreation opportunities for injured or 
        disabled members of the Armed Forces.
            (7) To encourage the renovation of urban recreational areas 
        and facilities with environmentally beneficial components, when 
        possible, such as sustainable landscape features and upcycled 
        and recycled materials, and to prioritize the selection of 
        projects that provide environmental benefits to urban areas, 
        including by updating lighting, planting trees, increasing the 
        urban forestry canopy, improving stormwater management, 
        increasing green infrastructure, employing water conservation 
        measures, and adding green spaces to urban areas.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``recreational areas and facilities'' means 
        indoor or outdoor parks, buildings, sites, or other facilities 
        that are dedicated to recreation purposes and administered by 
        public or private nonprofit agencies to serve the recreation 
        needs of community residents, with emphasis on public 
        facilities readily accessible to residential neighborhoods, 
        including multiple-use community centers that have recreation 
        as a primary purpose, but excluding major sports arenas, 
        exhibition areas, and conference halls used primarily for 
        commercial sports, spectator, or display activities.
            (2) The term ``rehabilitation and construction grants'' 
        means matching capital grants to general purpose local 
        governments for the purpose of rebuilding, remodeling, 
        expanding, or developing existing or building new recreational 
        areas and facilities, including improvements in park 
        landscapes, infrastructure, buildings, and support facilities, 
        and the provision of lighting, emergency phones, or other 
        capital improvements to improve the security of urban parks, 
        but excluding routine maintenance and upkeep activities.
            (3) The term ``innovation grants'' means matching grants to 
        general purpose local governments to cover costs of personnel, 
        facilities, equipment, supplies, or services designed to 
        demonstrate innovative and cost-effective ways to augment park 
        and recreation opportunities at the neighborhood level and to 
        address common problems related to facility operations and 
        improved delivery of recreation service, but excluding routine 
        operation and maintenance activities.
            (4) The term ``at-risk youth recreation grants'' means 
        matching grants for new programs, or continuing program support 
        for existing programs, that provide constructive alternatives 
        to youth at risk for engaging in criminal behavior, including 
        grants for operating or coordinating recreation programs and 
        services in neighborhoods and communities with a high 
        prevalence of crime, particularly violent crime or crime 
        committed by youthful offenders.
            (5) The term ``recovery action program grants'' means 
        matching grants to general purpose local governments for 
        development of local park and recreation recovery action 
        programs, including for resource and needs assessment, 
        coordination, citizen involvement and planning, and program 
        development activities to encourage public definition of goals 
        and develop priorities and strategies for overall recreation 
        system recovery.
            (6) The term ``maintenance'' means all commonly accepted 
        practices necessary to keep recreational areas and facilities 
        operating in a state of good repair and to protect such areas 
        and facilities from deterioration resulting from normal wear 
        and tear.
            (7) The term ``general purpose local government'' means any 
        city, county, town, township, parish, village, or other general 
        purpose political subdivision of a State, including the 
        District of Columbia and insular areas.
            (8) The term ``special purpose local government'' means any 
        local or regional special district, public purpose corporation, 
        or other limited political subdivision of a State, including--
                    (A) park authorities;
                    (B) park, conservation, water, or sanitary 
                districts;
                    (C) planning boards; and
                    (D) school districts.
            (9) The term ``private nonprofit agency'' means a 
        community-based, non-profit organization, corporation, or 
        association organized for purposes of providing recreation, 
        conservation, and educational services directly to urban 
        residents on either a neighborhood or community-wide basis 
        through voluntary donations, voluntary labor, or public or 
        private grants.
            (10) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing 
        and Urban Development.
            (11) The term ``State'' means any State of the United 
        States (or any instrumentality of a State approved by the 
        Governor), the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and insular areas.
            (12) The term ``insular areas'' means Guam, the Virgin 
        Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

SEC. 5. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and carry out an 
urban revitalization and livable communities program to, in accordance 
with this Act, provide Federal grants, including rehabilitation and 
construction grants, innovation grants, at-risk youth recreation 
grants, and recovery action program grants.
    (b) Eligibility.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal 
Register a list of the general purpose local governments eligible to 
participate in the urban revitalization and livable communities program 
under this Act based on criteria described under subsection (d), to be 
accompanied by a description of criteria used in determining 
eligibility.
    (c) Eligibility Update.--Not later than 8 months after the 
publication of the results of any United States Census conducted after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in 
the Federal Register an updated list of the general purpose local 
governments eligible to participate in the urban revitalization and 
livable communities program under this Act based on criteria described 
under subsection (d).
    (d) Criteria.--Criteria used in determining eligibility pursuant to 
subsections (b) and (c) shall be based on--
            (1) with respect to the jurisdiction of a general purpose 
        local government, information from the most recent United 
        States Census, including--
                    (A) population density (the number of persons per 
                square mile of land area);
                    (B) total population under 18 years of age or over 
                59 years of age;
                    (C) the number of unemployed people as a percentage 
                of the civilian labor force;
                    (D) the percent of households without automobiles 
                available;
                    (E) the percent of persons with income below 125 
                percent of the poverty level;
                    (F) the change in per capita income;
                    (G) the percent of single-headed households with 
                children present; and
                    (H) the percent of female-headed households with 
                children present; and
            (2) any additional criteria the Secretary determines 
        appropriate.
    (e) Other General Purpose Local Governments Eligible for 
Assistance.--
            (1) Other general purpose local governments.--Subject to 
        paragraph (2), and notwithstanding the list of eligible general 
        purpose local governments established in accordance with 
        subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the Secretary may 
        authorize other general purpose local governments in standard 
        metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the census as 
        eligible to receive grants under the urban revitalization and 
        livable communities program under this Act, in accordance with 
        the findings and purpose of this Act.
            (2) Limitation of funds.--Grants to general purpose local 
        governments described in paragraph (1) shall not exceed, in the 
        aggregate, 15 percent of the funds appropriated pursuant to 
        this Act for rehabilitation and construction, innovation, at-
        risk youth recreation, and recovery action program grants.
    (f) Priority.--
            (1) Criteria for priority project selection and approval.--
        The Secretary shall establish priority criteria for the 
        selection and approval of projects to be funded by grants made 
        pursuant to this Act, including considering and prioritizing 
        criteria such as--
                    (A) a higher population density of the project 
                neighborhood;
                    (B) demonstrated deficiencies in the condition of 
                existing recreational areas and facilities in the 
                project neighborhood;
                    (C) demonstrated deficiencies in access to 
                neighborhood recreation opportunities, particularly for 
                minority and low- and moderate-income residents and 
                residents with physical or mental disabilities;
                    (D) public participation in determining 
                rehabilitation or development needs;
                    (E) the extent to which a project supports or 
                complements target activities undertaken as part of a 
                general purpose local government's overall community 
                development and urban revitalization program;
                    (F) the extent to which such a project would--
                            (i) provide employment opportunities for 
                        minorities, youth, and low- and moderate-income 
                        residents in the project neighborhood;
                            (ii) provide for participation of 
                        neighborhood, nonprofit, or tenant 
                        organizations in the proposed rehabilitation 
                        and construction activity or in subsequent 
                        maintenance, staffing, or supervision of 
                        recreational areas and facilities; or
                            (iii) both clause (i) and clause (ii); and
                    (G) the amount of State, local, and private support 
                for the project as evidenced by commitments of non-
                Federal resources to project construction or operation.
            (2) Types of projects receiving priority.--Priority shall 
        be given to projects that--
                    (A) involve recreational areas and facilities 
                without outdoor facilities within a half mile of public 
                housing or a school;
                    (B) create, maintain, or revitalize playgrounds or 
                active play areas for children;
                    (C) connect children to the outdoors for physical 
                activity and access to nature;
                    (D) promote physical activity for individuals and 
                the community at large;
                    (E) track the longitudinal rates of chronic 
                diseases in the community such as cardiovascular 
                disease, diabetes, depression, and obesity;
                    (F) use environmentally beneficial components such 
                as sustainable landscape features and upcycled and 
                recycled materials;
                    (G) provide environmental benefits to urban areas, 
                including by--
                            (i) updating lighting;
                            (ii) planting trees;
                            (iii) increasing the urban forestry canopy;
                            (iv) improving stormwater management;
                            (v) increasing green infrastructure;
                            (vi) employing water conservation measures; 
                        and
                            (vii) adding green spaces;
                    (H) connect to public transportation;
                    (I) use LEED Green Building Standards or contain 
                energy efficiency components such as energy efficient 
                lighting and HVAC systems, and other sustainable 
                components and practices;
                    (J) contain safe trails or routes, such as trails, 
                bikeways, and sidewalks that connect to neighborhoods 
                and enhance access to parks and recreational areas and 
                facilities;
                    (K) either employ youth or use youth volunteers;
                    (L) enhance or expand youth development in 
                neighborhoods and communities by engaging youth in 
                environmental stewardship, conservation, and service 
                projects;
                    (M) update existing equipment or facilities to be 
                in compliance with the most recent accessibility 
                guidelines published by the United States Access Board, 
                specifically by removing architectural barriers so that 
                sites comply or exceed the requirements of the final 
                guidelines for the accessibility of recreation sites 
                and facilities; and
                    (N) construct new facilities or sites to comply 
                with or exceed the minimum requirements of the final 
                guidelines for the accessibility of recreational sites 
                and facilities published by the United States Access 
                Board.
            (3) At-risk youth recreation grants.--In the case of at-
        risk youth recreation grants, the Secretary shall give a 
        priority to each of the following:
                    (A) Programs that target youth who are at the 
                greatest risk of becoming involved in violence and 
                crime.
                    (B) Programs that teach important values and life 
                skills, including teamwork, respect, leadership, and 
                self-esteem.
                    (C) Programs that demonstrate past success in 
                providing constructive alternatives to youth at risk 
                for engaging in criminal behavior.
                    (D) Programs that offer tutoring, remedial 
                education, mentoring, and counseling in addition to 
                recreation opportunities.
                    (E) Programs that offer services during nonschool 
                hours.
                    (F) Programs that demonstrate collaboration between 
                local park and recreation, juvenile justice, law 
                enforcement, and youth social service agencies and 
                nongovernmental entities, including private nonprofit 
                agencies.
                    (G) Programs that leverage public or private 
                recreation investments in the form of services, 
                materials, or other funding.
                    (H) Programs that show the greatest potential of 
                being continued with non-Federal funds or may serve as 
                models for other communities.

SEC. 6. REHABILITATION AND CONSTRUCTION, INNOVATION, AND AT-RISK YOUTH 
              RECREATION GRANTS.

    (a) Authorization.--Upon approval of an application by the chief 
executive of an eligible general purpose local government, the 
Secretary may provide 70 percent matching rehabilitation and 
construction, innovation, and at-risk youth recreation grants directly 
to such eligible general purpose local government.
    (b) Transfer.--At the discretion of a general purpose local 
government receiving a rehabilitation and construction, innovation, or 
at-risk youth recreation grant pursuant to subsection (a), and if 
consistent with an approved application, such a grant may be 
transferred in whole or in part to special purpose local governments or 
private nonprofit agencies, provided that assisted recreational areas 
and facilities owned or managed by such special purpose local 
governments or private nonprofit agencies offer recreation 
opportunities to the general population within the jurisdictional 
boundaries of the general purpose local government.
    (c) Payments.--Grant payments may be made only for rehabilitation 
and construction or innovation projects or at-risk recreation youth 
programs approved by the Secretary. In the case of rehabilitation and 
construction and innovation projects, such payments may be made 
periodically in keeping with the rate of progress toward the 
satisfactory completion of a project, except that the Secretary may, 
when appropriate, make advance payments on approved rehabilitation and 
construction and innovation projects in an amount not to exceed 20 
percent of the total project cost.
    (d) Modification of Project.--The Secretary may authorize 
modification of an approved rehabilitation and construction or 
innovation project only when a grantee has adequately demonstrated that 
such modification is necessary because of circumstances not foreseeable 
at the time such project was proposed.
    (e) Special Considerations for Innovation Grants.--Innovation 
grants shall correspond to the goals, priorities, and implementation 
strategies expressed in local park and recreation recovery action 
programs, with particular regard to the special considerations listed 
in section 7(b) of this Act.

SEC. 7. LOCAL COMMITMENTS TO SYSTEM RECOVERY AND MAINTENANCE.

    (a) Recovery Action Programs.--
            (1) In general.--As a requirement for project approval, a 
        general purpose local government applying for a grant under 
        this Act shall submit to the Secretary evidence of its 
        commitment to ongoing planning, rehabilitation, service, 
        operation, and maintenance programs for its park and recreation 
        systems. Such commitment shall be expressed in a local park and 
        recreation recovery action program that maximizes coordination 
        of all community resources, including other federally supported 
        urban development and recreation programs.
            (2) Interim preliminary action programs.--During an initial 
        interim period to be established by regulation, the recovery 
        action program requirement under paragraph (1) may be satisfied 
        by submission of preliminary action programs of a general 
        purpose local government that define objectives, priorities, 
        and implementation strategies for overall system recovery and 
        maintenance and commit such general purpose local government to 
        a scheduled program development process.
            (3) 5-year action program.--Following the interim period 
        under paragraph (2), all general purpose local government 
        applicants shall submit to the Secretary, as a condition of 
        eligibility, a 5-year park and recreation recovery action 
        program that demonstrates--
                    (A) identification of recovery objectives, 
                priorities, and implementation strategies;
                    (B) adequate planning for rehabilitation of 
                specific recreational areas and facilities, including 
                projections of the cost of proposed projects;
                    (C) capacity and commitment to assure that 
                facilities provided or improved under this Act shall 
                thereafter continue to be adequately maintained, 
                protected, staffed, and supervised;
                    (D) intention to maintain total local public 
                outlays for park and recreation purposes at levels at 
                least equal to those in the year preceding that in 
                which grant assistance is sought, except in any case 
                where a reduction in park and recreation outlays is 
                proportionate to a reduction in overall spending by the 
                applicant; and
                    (E) the relationship of the park and recreation 
                recovery action program to overall community 
                development and urban revitalization efforts.
            (4) Continuing planning process.--Where appropriate, the 
        Secretary may encourage general purpose local governments to 
        meet recovery action program requirements through a continuing 
        planning process which includes periodic improvements and 
        updates in recovery action program submissions to eliminate 
        identified gaps in program information and policy development.
    (b) Recovery Action Program Special Considerations.--Recovery 
action programs shall address, at a minimum, the following special 
considerations:
            (1) Rehabilitation of existing recreational areas and 
        facilities, including--
                    (A) general systemwide renovation;
                    (B) special rehabilitation requirements for 
                recreational areas and facilities in areas of high 
                population concentration and economic distress; and
                    (C) restoration of outstanding or unique 
                structures, landscaping, or similar features in parks 
                of historical or architectural significance.
            (2) Local commitments to innovative and cost-effective 
        programs and projects at the neighborhood level to augment 
        recovery of park and recreation systems, including--
                    (A) recycling of abandoned schools and other public 
                buildings for recreation purposes;
                    (B) multiple use of operating educational and other 
                public buildings;
                    (C) purchase of recreation services on a 
                contractual basis;
                    (D) use of mobile facilities and recreational, 
                cultural, and educational programs or other innovative 
                approaches to improving access for neighborhood 
                residents;
                    (E) integration of the recovery action program with 
                federally assisted projects to maximize recreation 
                opportunities through conversion of abandoned railroad 
                and highway rights-of-way, waterfront, and other 
                redevelopment efforts and such other federally assisted 
                projects, as appropriate;
                    (F) conversion to recreational use of street space, 
                derelict land, and other public lands not now 
                designated for neighborhood recreational use; and
                    (G) use of various forms of compensated and 
                uncompensated land regulation, tax inducements, or 
                other means to encourage the private sector to provide 
                neighborhood park and recreation facilities and 
                programs.
    (c) Publication of Requirements.--The Secretary shall establish and 
publish in the Federal Register requirements for preparation, 
submission, and updating of local park and recreation recovery action 
programs.
    (d) At-Risk Youth Recreation Grants.--
            (1) Eligibility.--In order to be eligible to receive an at-
        risk youth recreation grant, a general purpose local government 
        shall include in its 5-year park and recreation recovery action 
        program the goal of reducing crime and juvenile delinquency and 
        provide a description of the implementation strategies to 
        achieve this goal.
            (2) Coordination.--The description of implementation 
        strategies under paragraph (1) shall also address how the 
        general purpose local government is coordinating its recreation 
        programs with crime prevention efforts of law enforcement, 
        juvenile corrections, and youth social service agencies.
    (e) Recovery Action Program Grants.--The Secretary is authorized to 
provide up to 50 percent matching grants to eligible general purpose 
local government applicants for recovery action program development and 
planning to meet the objectives of this section.

SEC. 8. STATE ACTION INCENTIVE; FEDERAL GRANTS, INCREASE.

    The Secretary is authorized to increase Federal rehabilitation and 
construction, innovation, and at-risk youth recreation grants 
authorized in section 6 of this Act by providing an additional match 
equal to the total match provided by a State of up to 15 percent of 
total project or program costs. In no event may the Federal matching 
amount exceed 85 percent of total project or program cost. The 
Secretary shall further encourage the States to assist in assuring that 
local recovery plans and programs are adequately implemented by 
cooperating with the Department of Housing and Urban Development in 
monitoring local park and recreation recovery action programs and in 
assuring consistency of such plans and programs, where appropriate, 
with State recreation policies as set forth in statewide comprehensive 
outdoor recreation plans.

SEC. 9. MATCHING REQUIREMENTS; NON-FEDERAL SHARE OF PROJECT OR PROGRAM 
              COSTS.

    (a) Non-Federal Sources.--The non-Federal share of project or 
program costs assisted under this Act may be derived from--
            (1) general or special purpose State or local revenues;
            (2) State categorical grants;
            (3) special appropriations by State legislatures;
            (4) donations of land, buildings, or building materials;
            (5) in-kind construction, technical, and planning services; 
        or
            (6) any combination of paragraphs (1) through (5).
    (b) Prohibited Sources.--No moneys from any Federal grant program 
other than general revenue sharing and the community development and 
energy efficiency and conservation block grant programs shall be used 
to match Federal grants under this program.
    (c) Private Contributions.--The Secretary shall encourage States 
and private interests to contribute, to the maximum extent possible, to 
the non-Federal share of project or program costs.

SEC. 10. CONVERSION OF RECREATION PROPERTY.

    No property improved or developed with assistance under this Act 
shall, without the approval of the Secretary, be converted for uses 
other than for public recreation. The Secretary shall approve such 
conversion only if the Secretary determines it to be in accord with the 
current local park and recreation recovery action program and only upon 
such conditions as the Secretary determines necessary to assure the 
provision of adequate recreation properties and opportunities of 
reasonably equivalent location and usefulness.

SEC. 11. COORDINATION OF PROGRAM.

    The Secretary shall--
            (1) coordinate the urban revitalization and livable 
        communities program with other Federal departments and agencies 
        and with State agencies that administer programs and policies 
        affecting urban areas such as the White House Office of Urban 
        Policy and departments that administer programs and policies 
        affecting climate change, green jobs, housing, urban 
        development, natural resources management, employment, 
        transportation, community services, and voluntary action;
            (2) encourage maximum coordination of the program between 
        appropriate State agencies and general purpose local government 
        applicants; and
            (3) require that general purpose local government 
        applicants include provisions for participation of community 
        and neighborhood residents and for public-private coordination 
        in recovery action program planning and project selection.

SEC. 12. REPORT; RECORDKEEPING; AUDIT AND EXAMINATION.

    (a) Report.--Each recipient of assistance under this Act shall 
submit to the Secretary, for each fiscal year such assistance is 
received, an annual report detailing the projects and programs 
undertaken with such assistance, the number of jobs created by such 
assistance, and any other information the Secretary determines 
appropriate based on the priority criteria established by the Secretary 
under section 5.
    (b) Recordkeeping.--Each recipient of assistance under this Act 
shall keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including 
records that fully disclose the amount and disposition of project or 
program undertakings in connection with which assistance under this Act 
is given or used, and the amount and nature of that portion of the cost 
of the project or program undertaking supplied by other sources, and 
such other records as will facilitate an effective audit.
    (c) Audit and Examination.--The Secretary and the Comptroller 
General of the United States, or their duly authorized representatives, 
shall have access, for the purpose of audit and examination, to any 
books, documents, papers, and records of a recipient of assistance 
under this Act that are pertinent to such assistance.

SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this Act $445,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 
2021.
    (b) Recovery Action Program Grants.--Not more than 3 percent of the 
funds authorized in any fiscal year may be used for grants for the 
development of local park and recreation recovery action programs 
pursuant to section 7 of this Act.
    (c) Innovation Grants.--Not more than 10 percent of the funds 
authorized in any fiscal year may be used for innovation grants 
pursuant to section 6 of this Act.
    (d) Discretionary Fund.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act or any other law or regulation, there are further authorized 
to be appropriated $1,100,000 for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 
2021, to remain available until expended, to each of the insular areas. 
Such sums will not be subject to the matching provisions of this Act, 
and may only be subject to such conditions, reports, plans, and 
agreements, if any, as determined by the Secretary.

SEC. 14. LIMITATION OF USE OF FUNDS.

    None of the funds made available pursuant to this Act shall be used 
for the acquisition of land or interests in land.

SEC. 15. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Interim Report.--Not later than 5 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress an 
interim report containing such findings and recommendations as the 
Secretary determines appropriate with respect to the urban 
revitalization and livable communities program established under this 
Act.
    (b) Final Report.--Not later than 10 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
describing the overall impact of the urban revitalization and livable 
communities program established under this Act.
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