[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3583 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3583

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 20, 2012

Mrs. Hagan (for herself, Mr. Kerry, and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to 
 establish and carry out a community revitalization program to provide 
  Federal grants to communities for the rehabilitation of critically 
 needed parks, recreational areas, and facilities, the development of 
        improved recreational 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 ``Community Parks Revitalization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) According to the 2010 United States Census, over 80 
        percent of the population of the United States lives in urban 
        areas.
            (2) Urban parks are a critical part of our Nation's urban 
        infrastructure, playing a vital role in revitalizing 
        neighborhoods, stimulating our Nation's economy, combating 
        national issues such as obesity and juvenile delinquency, and 
        protecting our environment.
            (3) Urban parks are a catalyst for active outdoor 
        recreation, an industry which in 2010 supported 6,100,000 
        American jobs, generated $646,000,000,000 in retail sales and 
        services across the United States, generated $39,900,000,000 in 
        Federal tax revenues, and $39,900,000,000 in State and local 
        tax revenues.
            (4) Studies also show that approximately 20 jobs are 
        created for every $1,000,000 invested in parks and conservation 
        projects.
            (5) Studies have found that parkland saves cities millions 
        of dollars in storm water management and air pollution expenses 
        by capturing precipitation, reducing runoff, and absorbing air 
        pollutants.
            (6) Between 2001 and 2012, as funding for local parks and 
        recreation significantly declined, the number of adults 
        classified as overweight or obese steadily increased from 61 
        percent to 67 percent. Similarly, during this same period, the 
        number of children and adolescents classified as overweight or 
        obese nearly tripled, going from 12 percent in 2001 to 33 
        percent in 2011.
            (7) Physical inactivity contributes to obesity and takes a 
        toll on our Nation's economy, as the annual costs of medical 
        spending and lost productivity from individuals in the United 
        States being obese and overweight are estimated to be 
        $147,000,000,000. Access to urban parks is critical to 
        combating this issue. A study by the Centers for Disease 
        Control found that the creation of, or enhanced access to, 
        places for physical activity, such as parks, led to a 25.6 
        percent increase in the percentage of people exercising on 3 or 
        more days a week which improves the physical and mental health 
        of our citizens.
            (8) Access to urban parks is critical to combating obesity 
        and its residual impact on health care expenses. A study by the 
        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the 
        creation of, or enhanced access to, places for physical 
        activity, such as parks, led to a 25.6 percent increase in the 
        percentage of people exercising on 3 or more days a week, which 
        improves the physical and mental health of our citizens.
            (9) According to the Centers for Disease control and 
        Prevention, over the 25 years preceding the date of enactment 
        of this Act, 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.
            (10) 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 $147,000,000,000.
            (11) Urban parks also decrease juvenile delinquency by 
        providing quality after school programs. 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, especially during the hours of 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
            (12) 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 
        through parks and recreation agencies, 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.
            (13) 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.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to authorize the Secretary to establish and carry out a 
        community revitalization program to provide Federal grants to 
        communities for the rehabilitation of critically needed parks, 
        recreational areas, and facilities, the development of improved 
        recreational programs, and for other purposes;
            (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; and
            (7) to encourage the rehabilitation of existing and 
        construction of new 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, the following definitions shall apply:
            (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 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 and recreation program'' grants 
        means matching grants to 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, or support new or 
        existing programs, which increase access to recreation 
        opportunities for returning veterans and active duty military 
        and their families or provide constructive alternatives for 
        youth at risk for engaging in criminal behavior.
            (4) The term ``recovery action program grants'' means 
        matching grants to 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.
            (5) 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.
            (6) The term ``local government'' means any city, county, 
        town, township, parish, village, or any local or regional 
        special district such as a park district, conservation 
        district, or park authority.
            (7) 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.
            (8) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing 
        and Urban Development.
            (9) The term ``State'' means any State of the United States 
        (or any instrumentality of a State approved by the Governor), 
        the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
            (10) The term ``insular areas'' means Guam, the Virgin 
        Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

SEC. 5. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.

    (a) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations 
establishing a community revitalization program to provide Federal 
rehabilitation and construction grants, innovation and recreation 
programming grants, and recovery action program grants in accordance 
with this Act.
    (b) Requirements.--The regulations required under subsection (a) 
shall include--
            (1) eligibility requirements for the grant program 
        established pursuant to such subsection;
            (2) the timing and form of applications required to be 
        submitted to the Secretary by local governments seeking such 
        grants;
            (3) required elements of any grant application required to 
        be submitted to the Secretary by local governments seeking such 
        grants;
            (4) criteria for priority selection and approval by the 
        Secretary in choosing which local governments receive grant 
        funds;
            (5) guidelines for seeking modification of a project to be 
        funded or which is funded by the grant program established 
        pursuant to such subsection; and
            (6) penalties placed on local governments that received 
        amounts under the grant program established pursuant to such 
        subsection for failing to comply with the reporting and 
        recordkeeping requirements set forth in section 13, up to and 
        including rescission of grant amounts for repetitive 
        violations.

SEC. 6. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND PRIORITY CRITERIA.

    (a) Eligibility Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--In developing the regulations required 
        under section 5(a), the Secretary shall set forth eligibility 
        requirements for receiving grants under the community 
        revitalization program established pursuant to this Act.
            (2) Considerations.--The eligibility requirements required 
        to be established under paragraph (1) shall be based on--
                    (A) evidence of a commitment to ongoing planning, 
                rehabilitation, service, operation, and maintenance 
                programs for park and recreations systems, as described 
                in section 8;
                    (B) population density (the number of persons per 
                square mile of land area);
                    (C) total population under 18 years of age or over 
                59 years of age;
                    (D) the number of unemployed people as a percentage 
                of the civilian labor force;
                    (E) the percent of households without automobiles 
                available;
                    (F) the percent of persons with income below 125 
                percent of the poverty level;
                    (G) the percent of single-headed households with 
                children present; and
                    (H) any additional criteria the Secretary 
                determines appropriate.
    (b) Partial Eligibility Waiver.--
            (1) Generally.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary is 
        authorized to designate local governments in standard 
        metropolitan statistical areas, as defined by the most current 
        census, that do not meet all of the eligibility requirements 
        required under subsection (a) as eligible to receive grants 
        under this Act.
            (2) Limitation of funds.--Grants to 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 and recreation 
        program, and recovery action program grants.
    (c) Eligibility Certification.--As part of any application process 
set forth pursuant to the regulations prescribed under section 5, a 
responsible official for a local government that has applied for a 
grant under this Act shall certify that the local government meets all 
of the eligibility requirements established under this Act with respect 
to receipt of grant amounts under the community revitalization program 
established pursuant to this Act. If a local government applies for a 
partial eligibility waiver under subsection (b), such certification 
shall specify which of the eligibility requirements are met by the 
local government.
    (d) Priority Criteria.--
            (1) General priority criteria.--The Secretary shall 
        establish priority criteria for the selection and approval of 
        projects to be funded by grant amounts made available pursuant 
        to this Act. The priority criteria established under this 
        subsection shall be based on factors 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, 
                veterans or active duty military families, and 
                residents with physical or mental disabilities;
                    (D) the number of unemployed people as a percentage 
                of the civilian labor force of the project 
                neighborhood;
                    (E) public participation in determining 
                rehabilitation or development needs;
                    (F) the extent to which a project or program 
                supports or complements target activities undertaken as 
                part of a local government's overall community 
                development and urban revitalization program;
                    (G) 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; and
                            (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;
                    (H) the amount of State, local, and private support 
                for the project as evidenced by commitments of non-
                Federal resources to project construction or operation; 
                and
                    (I) any additional criteria the Secretary 
                determines appropriate.
            (2) Priority criteria for rehabilitation and construction 
        grants.--In addition to the general priority criteria 
        established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish 
        priority criteria for the selection and approval of projects to 
        be funded by a rehabilitation and construction grant made 
        pursuant to this Act, including whether the project--
                    (A) builds recreational areas and facilities in 
                areas that are located within half a mile of public 
                housing or a school and do not currently have indoor or 
                outdoor facilities;
                    (B) creates, maintains, or revitalizes playgrounds 
                or active play areas for children;
                    (C) connects children to the outdoors for physical 
                activity and access to nature;
                    (D) promotes physical activity for individuals and 
                the community at large;
                    (E) works collaboratively with local governments, 
                colleges, and universities, and other institutions to 
                track the longitudinal rates of chronic diseases in the 
                community such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, 
                depression, and obesity;
                    (F) uses environmentally beneficial components such 
                as sustainable landscape features and upcycled and 
                recycled materials;
                    (G) provides 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; 
                        or
                            (vii) adding green spaces;
                    (H) connects to public transportation;
                    (I) uses LEED Green Building Standards or contains 
                energy efficiency components such as energy efficient 
                lighting and HVAC systems, and uses SITES sustainable 
                landscape standards, or other sustainable components 
                and practices;
                    (J) contains 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) enhances or expands youth development in 
                neighborhoods and communities by engaging youth in 
                environmental stewardship, conservation, and service 
                projects;
                    (L) updates 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 recreational areas 
                and facilities; or
                    (M) constructs 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) Priority criteria for innovation and recreation program 
        grants.--In addition to the general priority criteria 
        established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish 
        priority criteria for the selection and approval of programs to 
        be funded by an innovation and recreation program grant made 
        pursuant to this Act, including whether the project or 
        program--
                    (A) promotes the unique integration of recreation 
                with other community services, such as transportation, 
                public housing and public safety, either to expand or 
                update current services, or to link programs within the 
                social service structure of a neighborhood or between 
                neighborhoods;
                    (B) utilizes new management and cost-saving or 
                service-efficient approaches for improving the delivery 
                of recreation services;
                    (C) serves communities with a high population of 
                active military families or veterans;
                    (D) ensures accessibility to therapeutic recreation 
                services and provides recreation opportunities for 
                injured or disabled members of the Armed Forces;
                    (E) employs veterans, youth, or uses youth 
                volunteers;
                    (F) targets youth that are at the greatest risk of 
                becoming involved in violence and crime;
                    (G) demonstrates past success in providing 
                constructive alternatives to youth at risk for engaging 
                in criminal behavior
                    (H) demonstrates collaboration between local park 
                and recreation, juvenile justice, law enforcement, and 
                youth social service agencies and nongovernmental 
                entities, including private, nonprofit agencies;
                    (I) shows the greatest potential of being continued 
                with non-Federal funds or may serve as models for other 
                communities.

SEC. 7. REHABILITATION AND INNOVATION AND RECREATION PROGRAM GRANTS.

    (a) Authorization.--Upon approval of an application by the chief 
executive of an eligible local government, the Secretary may provide 70 
percent matching rehabilitation and construction grants and innovation 
and recreation program grants directly to such eligible local 
government.
    (b) Transfer.--At the discretion of a local government receiving a 
rehabilitation and construction grant or innovation and recreation 
program grant pursuant to subsection (a), and if consistent with an 
approved application, such a grant may be transferred in whole or in 
part to private nonprofit agencies, provided that assisted recreational 
areas and facilities owned or managed by such private nonprofit 
agencies offer recreation opportunities to the general population 
within the jurisdictional boundaries of the local government.
    (c) Payments.--Grant payments may be made only for rehabilitation 
and construction or innovation and recreation projects and 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 and Recreation Program.--
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 8(b) of this Act.

SEC. 8. LOCAL COMMITMENTS TO SYSTEM RECOVERY AND MAINTENANCE.

    (a) Recovery Action Programs.--
            (1) In general.--As a requirement for project approval, a 
        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 local 
        government that define objectives, priorities, and 
        implementation strategies for overall system recovery and 
        maintenance and commit such local government to a scheduled 
        program development process.
            (3) 5-year action program.--Following the interim period 
        under paragraph (2), each local government applicant 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 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) Innovation and Recreation Program Grant.--
            (1) Eligibility.--In order to be eligible to receive an at-
        risk youth recreation grant, a local government shall--
                    (A) include in its 5-year park and recreation 
                recovery action program the goal of--
                            (i) utilizing new ideas, concepts, and 
                        approaches aimed at improving facility design, 
                        operations, or programming in the delivery of 
                        recreation services;
                            (ii) increased access of therapeutic or 
                        other recreation services to veterans and 
                        military families; or
                            (iii) reducing crime and juvenile 
                        delinquency; and
                    (B) provide a description of implementation 
                strategies to achieve such goals.
            (2) Coordination.--The description of implementation 
        strategies under paragraph (1) shall also address how the local 
        government is coordinating its recreation programs with other 
        community development or service agencies.
    (e) Recovery Action Program Grants.--The Secretary is authorized to 
provide up to 50 percent matching grants to eligible local government 
applicants for recovery action program development and planning to meet 
the objectives of this section.

SEC. 9. STATE ACTION INCENTIVE; FEDERAL GRANTS, INCREASE.

    The Secretary is authorized to increase Federal rehabilitation and 
construction grants and innovation and recreation program grants 
authorized under section 7, by providing an additional match equal to 
the total match provided by a State of up to 15 percent of the 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. 10. 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. 11. 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 consistent 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. 12. 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 local government applicants; and
            (3) require that local government applicants include 
        provisions for participation of community and neighborhood 
        residents, including youth, and for public-private coordination 
        in recovery action program planning and project selection.

SEC. 13. 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 sections 5 and 6.
    (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. 14. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as necessary to carry out this Act for each of fiscal years 2013 
through 2022.
    (b) Recovery Action Program Grants.--Not more than 3 percent of the 
funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) in any fiscal year may be 
used for grants for the development of local park and recreation 
recovery action programs pursuant to section 8 of this Act.
    (c) Innovation and Recreation Program Grants.--Not more than 10 
percent of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) in any 
fiscal year may be used for innovation grants pursuant to section 7 of 
this Act.
    (d) Discretionary Fund.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act or any other law or regulation, not more than 2 percent of the 
funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) in any fiscal year may be 
used to provide rehabilitation and construction grants, innovation and 
recreation program grants, and recovery action program grants to be 
used in 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. 15. LIMITATION OF USE OF FUNDS.

    Not more than 10 percent of funds appropriated pursuant to section 
14 for rehabilitation and construction grants in any fiscal year may be 
used for the acquisition of lands or interests in land.

SEC. 16. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Interim Report.--Not later than 5 years after the date of 
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 community 
revitalization program established pursuant to this Act.
    (b) Final Report.--Not later than 10 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
describing the overall impact of the community revitalization program 
established pursuant to this Act.
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