[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1122 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1122

 To authorize States to use assistance provided under the Hardest Hit 
  Fund program of the Department of the Treasury to demolish blighted 
                  structures, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 10, 2013

  Mr. Portman 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 States to use assistance provided under the Hardest Hit 
  Fund program of the Department of the Treasury to demolish blighted 
                  structures, 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 ``Neighborhood Safety Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. USE OF HARDEST HIT FUND AMOUNTS FOR DEMOLITION ACTIVITIES.

    Notwithstanding any provision of title I of the Emergency Economic 
Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5211 et seq.), any regulation, 
guidance, order, or other directive of the Secretary of the Treasury 
(referred to in this section as the ``Secretary''), or any agreement 
(or amendment thereto) entered into under the Hardest Hit Fund program 
of the Secretary under such title I, any amounts of assistance that 
have been, or are, allocated for or provided to a State or State agency 
through the Hardest Hit Fund program may be used, without limitation, 
to demolish blighted structures.
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