JOHN HEINZ NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT ACT Public Law 98–181, as amended 97 Stat. 1172, as amended JOHN HEINZ NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT ACT 181 105–362 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 International Lending Supervision Act of 1983 Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 John Heinz Neighborhood Development Act 5253 98 1983-11-30 JOHN HEINZ NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT ACT [Public Law 98–181; 97 Stat. 1172; 42 U.S.C. 5318a] [As Amended Through P.L. 105–362, Enacted November 10, 1998] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 98–181. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
john heinz neighborhood development program Sec. 123. [42 U.S.C. 5318a] (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) The term “eligible neighborhood development activity” means— (A) creating permanent jobs in the neighborhood; (B) establishing or expanding businesses within the neighborhood; (C) developing, rehabilitating, or managing neighborhood housing stock; (D) developing delivery mechanisms for essential services that have lasting benefit to the neighborhood; or (E) planning, promoting, or financing voluntary neighborhood improvement efforts. (2) The term “eligible neighborhood development organization” means— (A)(i) an entity organized as a private, voluntary, nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State in which it operates; (ii) an organization that is responsible to residents of its neighborhood through a governing body, not less than 51 per centum of the members of which are residents of the area served; (iii) an organization that has conducted business for at least one year prior to the date of application for participation; (iv) an organization that operates within an area that— (I) meets the requirements for Federal assistance under section 119 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; (II) is designated as an enterprise zone under Federal law; (III) is designated as an enterprise zone under State law and recognized by the Secretary for purposes of this section as a State enterprise zone; or (IV) is a qualified distressed community within the meaning of section 233(b)(1) of the Bank Enterprise Act of 1991; and (v) an organization that conducts one or more eligible neighborhood development activities that have as their primary beneficiaries low- and moderate-income persons, as defined in section 102(a)(2) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; or (B) any facility that provides small entrepreneurial business with affordable shared support services and business development services and meets the requirements of subparagraph (A). (3) The term “neighborhood development funding organization” means— (A) a depository institution the accounts of which are insured pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act or the Federal Credit Union Act, and any subsidiary (as such term is defined in section 3(w) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act) thereof; (B) a depository institution holding company and any subsidiary thereof (as such term is defined in section 3(w) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act); or (C) a company at least 75 percent of the common stock of which is owned by one or more insured depository institutions or depository institution holding companies. (4) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (b)(1) The Secretary shall carry out, in accordance with this section, a program to support eligible neighborhood development activities by providing Federal matching funds to eligible neighborhood development organizations on the basis of the monetary support such organizations have received from individuals, businesses, and nonprofit or other organizations in their neighborhoods, and from neighborhood development funding organizations, prior to receiving assistance under this section. (2) The Secretary shall accept applications from eligible neighborhood development organizations for participation in the program. Eligible organizations may participate in more than one year of the program, but shall be required to submit a new application and to compete in the selection process for each program year. For fiscal year 1993 and thereafter, not more than 50 percent of the grants may be for multiyear awards. (3) From the pool of eligible neighborhood development organizations submitting applications for participation in a given program year, the Secretary shall select participating organizations in an appropriate number through a competitive selection process. To be selected, an applicant shall— (A) have demonstrated measurable achievements in one or more of the activities specified in subsection (a)(1); (B) specify a business plan for accomplishing one or more of the activities specified in subsection (a)(1); (C) specify a strategy for achieving greater long term private sector support, especially in cooperation with a neighborhood development funding organization, except that an eligible neighborhood development organization shall be deemed to have the full benefit of the cooperation of a neighborhood development funding organization if the eligible neighborhood development organization— (i) is located in an area described in subsection (a)(2)(A)(iv) that does not contain a neighborhood development funding organization; or (ii) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that it has been unable to obtain the cooperation of any neighborhood development funding organization in such area despite having made a good faith effort to obtain such cooperation; and (D) specify a strategy for increasing the capacity of the organization. (c) The Secretary shall award grants under this section among the eligible neighborhood development organizations submitting applications for such grants on the basis of— (1) the degree of economic distress of the neighborhood involved; (2) the extent to which the proposed activities will benefit persons of low and moderate income; (3) the extent of neighborhood participation in the proposed activities, as indicated by the proportion of the households and businesses in the neighborhood involved that are members of the eligible neighborhood development organization involved and by the extent of participation in the proposed activities by a neighborhood development funding organization that has a branch or office in the neighborhood, except that an eligible neighborhood development organization shall be deemed to have the full benefit of the participation of a neighborhood development funding organization if the eligible neighborhood development organization— (A) is located in an1 neighborhood that does not contain a branch or office of a neighborhood development funding organization; or1

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 (B) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that it has been unable to obtain the participation of any neighborhood development funding organization that has a branch or office in the neighborhood despite having made a good faith effort to obtain such participation; and (4) the extent of voluntary contributions available for the purpose of subsection (e)(4), except that the Secretary shall waive the requirement of this subparagraph in the case of an application submitted by a small eligible neighborhood development organization, an application involving activities in a very low-income neighborhood, or an application that is especially meritorious. (d) The Secretary shall consult with an informal working group representative of eligible neighborhood organizations with respect to the implementation and evaluation of the program established in this section. (e)(1) The Secretary shall assign each participating organization a defined program year, during which time voluntary contributions from individuals, businesses, and nonprofit or other organizations in the neighborhood, and from neighborhood development funding organizations, shall be eligible for matching. (2) Subject to paragraph (3), at the end of each three-month period occurring during the program year, the Secretary shall pay to each participating neighborhood development organization the product of— (A) the aggregate amount of voluntary contributions that such organization certifies to the satisfaction of the Secretary it received during such three-month period; and (B) the matching ratio established for such test neighborhoods under paragraph (4). (3) The Secretary shall pay not more than $50,000 under this section to any participating neighborhood development organization during a single program year, except that, if appropriations for this section exceed $3,000,000, the Secretary may pay not more than $75,000 to any participating neighborhood development organization. (4) For purposes of paragraph (2), the Secretary shall, for each participating organization, determine an appropriate ratio by which monetary contributions made to participating neighborhood development organizations will be matched by Federal funds. The highest such ratios shall be established for neighborhoods having the smallest number of households or the greatest degree of economic distress. (5) The Secretary shall insure that— (A) grants and other forms of assistance may be made available under this section only if the application contains a certification by the unit of general local government within which the neighborhood to be assisted is located that such assistance is not inconsistent with the comprehensive housing affordability strategy of such unit approved under section 105 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act or the statement of community development activities and community development plans of the unit submitted under section 104(m) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, except that the failure of a unit of general local government to respond to a request for a certification within thirty days after the request is made shall be deemed to be a certification; and (B) eligible neighborhood development activities comply with all applicable provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (6) To carry out this section, the Secretary— (A) may issue regulations as necessary; (B) shall utilize, to the fullest extent practicable, relevant research previously conducted by Federal agencies, State and local governments, and private organizations and persons; (C) shall disseminate information about the kinds of activities, forms of organizations, and fund-raising mechanisms associated with successful programs; and (D) may use not more than 5 per centum of the funds appropriated for administrative or other expenses in connection with the program. (f) Authorization.—Of the amounts made available for assistance under section 103 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 (in addition to other amounts provided for such fiscal year) and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 shall be available to carry out this section. (g) [42 U.S.C. 5318 note] Short Title.—This section may be cited as the “John Heinz Neighborhood Development Act”.