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| bill_id | congress | bill_type | bill_number | title | policy_area | introduced_date ▲ | latest_action_date | latest_action_text | origin_chamber | sponsor_name | sponsor_state | sponsor_party | sponsor_bioguide_id | cosponsor_count | summary_text | update_date | url |
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| 103-s-2561 | 103 | s | 2561 | Housing Programs Extension Act of 1994 | Housing and Community Development | 1994-10-08 | 1994-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] | MO | R | B000611 | 0 | Housing Programs Extension Act of 1994 - Authorizes section 8 housing contract extensions and related displaced tenant assistance. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to extend funding for the low-income housing preservation and ownership program. Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority to use rental assistance amounts for flexible subsidies. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to extend authority for housing counseling programs. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend set-asides for reconstruction of public housing for disabled families. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend rural housing set asides for: (1) underserved areas; and (2) rental housing funds for nonprofit entities. Makes rural multifamily rental housing loan authority permanent. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to extend authority for the multifamily mortgage risk-sharing pilot program. Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to extend community development block grant set-asides for colonias. | 2025-08-26T13:50:48Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2561 |
| 103-s-2535 | 103 | s | 2535 | New Urban Agenda Act of 1994 | Housing and Community Development | 1994-10-07 | 1994-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 2 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Federal Commitment to Urban Economic Development Title II: Tax Incentives to Stimulate Urban Economic Development Title III: Community Regulatory Relief Title IV: Community-Based Housing Development Title V: Response to Urban Environmental Challenges Subtitle A: Environmental Cleanup Subtitle B: Environmental-Economic Recovery New Urban Agenda Act of 1994 - Title I: Federal Commitment to Urban Economic Development - Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to require executive agencies to expend not less than 15 percent in a fiscal year for the purchase of goods from businesses located in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or enterprise zones. Requires agencies, to the maximum extent practicable, to purchase recycled products from businesses located in such zones. (Sec. 102) Requires not less than 15 percent of foreign assistance provided in a fiscal year to be for the purchase of U.S. goods produced, manufactured, or assembled in such zones. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in designating and providing financial assistance to Manufacturing Technology Outreach Centers, to give preference to centers located in such zones. (Sec. 104) Establishes a preference for the construction, improvement, or relocation of Federal facilities in distressed urban areas. Title II: Tax Incentives to Stimulate Urban Economic Development - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the offset for rental real estate activities under passive activity rules to increase the rehabilitation credit under such rules. (Sec. 202) Allows the rehabilitation investment credit to offset a portion of tentative minimum tax. (Sec. 203) Allows the issuance of tax-exempt facility bonds for sports facilities, convention or trade show facilities, freestanding parking facilities, air or water pollution control facilities, or industrial parks. Makes termination dates on such tax-exempt bonds inapplicable to bonds issued to finance manufact… | 2025-08-26T13:51:27Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2535 |
| 103-s-2493 | 103 | s | 2493 | Senior Citizen Housing Safety Act | Housing and Community Development | 1994-10-03 | 1994-10-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] | NH | R | G000445 | 0 | Senior Citizen Housing Safety Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying dwelling units in assisted housing designated for elderly families. | 2025-08-26T13:51:50Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2493 |
| 103-s-2426 | 103 | s | 2426 | A bill to amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from recapturing, adjusting, withdrawing, or reducing any UDAG funds from recipients of UDAG grants, and for other purposes. | Housing and Community Development | 1994-08-25 | 1994-08-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 3 | Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to extend the period during which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not recapture, adjust, withdraw, or reduce any urban development action grants (UDAG) from UDAG recipients. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2426 |
| 103-s-2392 | 103 | s | 2392 | A bill to amend section 18 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, and for other purposes. | Housing and Community Development | 1994-08-16 | 1994-08-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 1 | Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise provisions regarding the demolition and disposition of public housing, including: (1) conditions for waiver of the "one-for-one" replacement rule; and (2) tenant consultation and relocation assistance. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2392 |
| 103-s-2379 | 103 | s | 2379 | Prohibition of Incentives for Relocation Act of 1994 | Housing and Community Development | 1994-08-11 | 1994-08-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] | WI | D | F000061 | 1 | Prohibition of Incentives for Relocation Act of 1994 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit the use of specified grant and loan assistance for employment relocation activities. | 2025-08-26T13:50:04Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2379 |
| 103-s-2299 | 103 | s | 2299 | Pennsylvania Avenue Corporation Act of 1994 | Housing and Community Development | 1994-07-20 | 1994-07-22 | Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 0 | Pennsylvania Avenue Corporation Act of 1994 - Amends the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Act of 1972 to revise congressional findings. Modifies the boundaries of the Pennsylvania Avenue Area. Replaces the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (PADC) with a Government corporation within the executive branch to be known as the Pennsylvania Avenue Corporation. Continues the Pennsylvania Avenue Plan for the area as approved in 1975 and includes estimates of maintenance costs within the plan. Revises corporate powers and duties and authorizes the Corporation to: (1) borrow money from the Treasury in such amounts as may be authorized in appropriations Acts but not to exceed authorized ceilings (currently, not to exceed $120 million); and (2) conduct development competitions using the Development Policies and Procedures established by PADC for private development of property the Corporation owns or may obtain. Removes provisions which require the Corporation to make payments in lieu of real property taxes to the District of Columbia. Transfers all assets, liabilities, and obligations of PADC to the Corporation by October 1, 1997. Imposes criminal penalties for violations of regulations governing the maintenance or use of the Pennsylvania Avenue Area. Makes this Act effective for ten years. Authorizes appropriations. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2299 |
| 103-s-2281 | 103 | s | 2281 | Housing Choice and Community Investment Act of 1994 | Housing and Community Development | 1994-07-13 | 1994-07-13 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 517. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Assistance for the Homeless Title II: Public and Indian Housing Subtitle A: Enhanced Flexibility for Public Housing Agencies Subtitle B: Severely Distressed Public Housing Program Subtitle C: Anti-Crime Initiatives Subtitle D: Authorizations and Extensions Subtitle E: Applicability Subtitle F: Termination of Certain Assisted Housing Programs Subtitle G: Midnight Basketball League Training and Partnership Subtitle H: Miscellaneous Provisions Title III: Homeownership Subtitle A: Expanded Single Family Homeownership Opportunities Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Provisions Subtitle C: Authorizations Title IV: Section 8 Rental Assistance Title V: Home Investment Partnerships Title VI: Multifamily and Supportive Housing Subtitle A: Preservation Subtitle B: Renewal of Expiring Section 8 Contracts Subtitle C: Other Section 8 Program Amendments Subtitle D: Supportive Housing Subtitle E: Miscellaneous Provisions Title VII: Community and Economic Development Title VIII: Nonjudicial Foreclosure of Defaulted Single Family Mortgages Title IX: Rural Housing Title X: Regulatory and Miscellaneous Programs Housing Choice and Community Investment Act of 1994 - Title I: Assistance for the Homeless - Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Housing Assistance Reorganization Act of 1994 - Replaces specified homeless assistance programs with a program of grants for comprehensive assistance for homeless individuals and families. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Public and Indian Housing - Subtitle A: Enhanced Flexibility for Public Housing Agencies - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make public housing direct loans. Authorizes appropriations. (S… | 2025-08-26T13:50:23Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2281 |
| 103-s-2247 | 103 | s | 2247 | Housing for Older Persons Act of 1994 | Housing and Community Development | 1994-06-29 | 1994-06-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] | WA | R | G000333 | 6 | Housing for Older Persons Act of 1994 - Amends the Fair Housing Act to exempt communities in which at least 80 percent of the residents are age 55 or older from certain familial status discrimination prohibitions. Exempts a person (or real estate agent) from civil monetary penalties for good faith reliance upon such exemption. | 2025-08-26T13:51:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2247 |
| 103-s-2150 | 103 | s | 2150 | Native Hawaiian Housing Assistance Act of 1994 | Housing and Community Development | 1994-05-25 | 1994-10-07 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 721. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Housing Assistance Title II: Home Investment Partnerships Title III: Community Development Block Grants Title IV: Housing Standards Title V: General Provisions Native Hawaiian Housing Assistance Act of 1994 - Title I: Housing Assistance - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Secretary) to establish an assisted low-income housing program for Native Hawaiians, including: (1) grants for lower income housing development or acquisition; (2) section 8 assistance; (3) rental assistance; (4) a mutual help home ownership opportunity program; (5) housing modernization; and (6) discretionary contributions for low-income housing project operations. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 102) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary to guarantee housing loans made to a Native Hawaiian family or a Native Hawaiian Housing Authority. Establishes in the Treasury a Native Hawaiian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Home Investment Partnerships - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to establish Native Hawaiian eligibility and set-asides for the HOME program. Title III: Community Development Block Grants - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to establish Native Hawaiian eligibility and set-asides for the community development block grant program. Title IV: Housing Standards - Authorizes the Secretary to exempt subdivisions developed by a Native Hawaiian Housing Authority from applicable building codes and standards. Provides for a demonstration project to develop localized housing standards for Native Hawaiian communities. Title V: General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2150 |
| 103-s-2049 | 103 | s | 2049 | Housing Choice and Community Investment Act of 1994 | Housing and Community Development | 1994-04-26 | 1994-06-21 | Committee on Banking. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Assistance for the Homeless Subtitle A: Reorganization of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act Subtitle B: Emergency Food and Shelter Title II: Public and Indian Housing; Cross-Cutting Authorizations Subtitle A: Enhance Flexibility for Public Housing Agencies Subtitle B: Severely Distressed Public Housing Program Subtitle C: Anti-Crime Initiatives Subtitle D: Authorizations and Extensions Subtitle E: Applicability Title III: Homeownership; FHA Mortgage Insurance Authorizations Subtitle A: Expand Single Family Homeownership Opportunities Subtitle B: National Homeownership Fund Demonstration Subtitle C: Authorizations Title IV: Economic Opportunity; Expansion of Affordable Housing Subtitle A: Economic Opportunity Economic Opportunities for Residents in HUD-Assisted Programs (sic) Subtitle B: Section 8 Initiatives Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Title V: Preservation and Production Title VI: Expansion of Fair Housing Metropolitan Areawide Strategy Demonstration Title VII: Community Development and Empowerment Subtitle A: Neighborhood Leveraged Investments for Tomorrow (LIFT) Program Authorization Subtitle B: Community Viability Fund Subtitle C: Colonias Assistance Program Authorization Subtitle D: Zone Economic Development Initiative Authorization Subtitle E: Authorization of Appropriations Title VIII: Management Reform Subtitle A: Improve the Allocation and Use of Assistance Subtitle B: Office of Public and Indian Housing Subtitle C: Office of Housing Subtitle D: Office of Community Planning and Development Management Information Systems Subtitle… | 2025-08-26T13:52:20Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2049 |
| 103-s-2055 | 103 | s | 2055 | Guaranteed Rural Housing Fairness Act | Housing and Community Development | 1994-04-26 | 1994-04-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Wofford, Harris [D-PA] | PA | D | W000665 | 0 | Guaranteed Rural Housing Fairness Act - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to modify pooling requirements for the guaranteed rural housing loan program. | 2025-08-26T13:51:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2055 |
| 103-s-1769 | 103 | s | 1769 | A bill to make a technical correction, and for other purposes. | Housing and Community Development | 1993-11-22 | 1993-12-14 | Became Public Law No: 103-195. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 1 | Authorizes the city of Slidell, Louisiana, to submit a final statement of objectives, within ten days of enactment of this Act, with respect to a FY 1994 community development block grant (CDBG). Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to consider and accept such final statement. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to permit Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to use up to 20 percent of FY 1994 CDBG assistance for public service. Authorizes the Secretary to convert the Leonard Terrace Apartments in Grand Rapids, Michigan, from a leased housing contract to a project-based rental assistance contract upon the repayment of certain funds received by the concerned public housing agency. Considers newly constructed multifamily property in New York City, New York, to have met certain Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 automatic sprinkler requirements if equivalent safety levels have been met. | 2021-09-25T05:35:43Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1769 |
| 103-s-1662 | 103 | s | 1662 | Community Development Flexibility Act | Housing and Community Development | 1993-11-16 | 1993-11-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Wofford, Harris [D-PA] | PA | D | W000665 | 0 | Community Development Flexibility Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to increase the maximum amount of community development block grant assistance that may be used for public service activities. | 2025-08-26T13:49:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1662 |
| 103-s-1565 | 103 | s | 1565 | Older Americans' Housing Preservation Act | Housing and Community Development | 1993-10-19 | 1993-10-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Wofford, Harris [D-PA] | PA | D | W000665 | 0 | Older Americans' Housing Preservation Act - Delays the effective date of certain regulations governing the admission of single persons into public and assisted housing for the elderly. | 2025-08-26T13:49:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1565 |
| 103-s-1340 | 103 | s | 1340 | National Community Garden Grant Program Act of 1993 | Housing and Community Development | 1993-08-02 | 1993-08-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 0 | National Community Garden Grant Program Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to award up to 100 community garden program grants. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:52:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1340 |
| 103-s-1299 | 103 | s | 1299 | Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994 | Housing and Community Development | 1993-07-28 | 1994-04-11 | Became Public Law No: 103-233. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Multifamily Property Disposition Reform Title II: Other Program Reforms Subtitle A: Home Investment Partnerships Program Subtitle B: HOPE Homeownership Program Subtitle C: Community Development Block Grants Title III: Technical Amendments Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: Multifamily Property Disposition Reform - Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to revise provisions regarding the management and disposition of Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - held multifamily properties and mortgages. (Sec. 101) Authorizes the Secretary of HUD (Secretary) to dispose of a HUD project on a competitive or other basis to a purchaser determined by the Secretary to be capable of its management. Provides for the payment of project-based assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for subsidized or formerly subsidized projects receiving mortgage-related or rental assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make alternative assistance available (such as use and rent restrictions or section 8 assistance only to very low-income persons) for certain unsubsidized projects under specified circumstances. Requires the Secretary, with respect to unsubsidized projects, to provide project-based or tenant-based rental programs prior to purchase. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an annual contribution contract with a public housing agency to provide section 8 assistance on behalf of all low-income families in a purchased project if sufficient affordable housing is locally available. Authorizes alternative disposition assistance, including: (1) discounted sales price; (2) use and rent restrictions; (3) up-front grants; (4) tenant-based assistance; (5) rebuilding assistance; or (6) alternative uses and uses under other housing programs. Provides protections for unassisted very low-income tenants. Provides for 15-year rental assistance contracts, with shorter cont… | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1299 |
| 103-s-1297 | 103 | s | 1297 | COMPAC | Housing and Community Development | 1993-07-27 | 1993-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 0 | Community Partnerships Against Crime Act, or COMPAC - Amends the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 to expand the use of anti-drug crime public housing grants to all types of crime. Makes long-term (one-year initial, five-year total) grants available to public housing authorities with especially severe crime problems. Makes other applicants eligible for two-year grants, with preference for subsequent funding. | 2025-08-26T13:51:59Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1297 |
| 103-s-1279 | 103 | s | 1279 | FHA Multifamily Housing Flexible Disposition Act of 1993 | Housing and Community Development | 1993-07-22 | 1993-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] | MO | R | B000611 | 1 | FHA Multifamily Housing Flexible Disposition Act of 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to dispose of HUD-held or -foreclosed multifamily housing projects without regard to specified provisions of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978. | 2025-08-26T13:52:19Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1279 |
| 103-s-1271 | 103 | s | 1271 | Homestead Rebate Exemption Act of 1993 | Housing and Community Development | 1993-07-21 | 1993-07-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 1 | Homestead Rebate Exemption Act of 1993 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 and the Housing Act of 1959 to exclude from consideration as income certain New Jersey property tax rebates. | 2025-08-26T13:49:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1271 |
| 103-s-1032 | 103 | s | 1032 | A bill to transfer vacant real property from the Federal Government to general units of local government when the property has been vacant for at least 7 years. | Housing and Community Development | 1993-05-26 | 1993-05-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development, of Veterans Affairs, and of Agriculture to tranfer, upon request, without payment to a State or local government, or a qualified community organization or designated public agency, certain real property to which the appropriate Secretary holds title that has been vacant for at least seven years. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1032 |
| 103-s-1005 | 103 | s | 1005 | Midnight Basketball League Training and Partnership Act | Housing and Community Development | 1993-05-20 | 1993-10-21 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14156) | Senate | Sen. Moseley-Braun, Carol [D-IL] | IL | D | M001025 | 5 | Midnight Basketball League Training and Partnership Act - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to establish midnight basketball league training and partnership programs incorporating employment counseling and training and other educational activities for residents of public housing and federally assisted housing. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a related advisory committee; and (2) provide a grant to one eligible entity to study the effectiveness of such pograms. | 2025-08-26T13:51:17Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1005 |
| 103-s-878 | 103 | s | 878 | A bill to require recipients of grants through the Department of Housing and Urban Development to promptly pay contractors for performing federally assisted work. | Housing and Community Development | 1993-05-04 | 1993-05-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] | MS | R | L000447 | 0 | Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to require Department of Housing and Urban Development grant recipients to pay contractors promptly for performing federally assisted work. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/878 |
| 103-s-299 | 103 | s | 299 | Abandoned Land Reuse Act of 1993 | Housing and Community Development | 1993-02-03 | 1993-05-05 | Committee on Banking. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 103-159. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 8 | Abandoned Land Reuse Act of 1993 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to add a new title designated as the Abandoned Land Reuse Act of 1993. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to select appropriate States in which to carry out a program to provide grants to local community development organizations for programs to demonstrate: (1) the economic feasibility of the redevelopment or reuse of abandoned industrial or commercial property or facilities within the community; (2) the employment, economic, social, and other benefits to distressed local communities resulting from such redevelopment or reuse; (3) the beneficial impacts on community development and use of public resources of such redevelopment or reuse; and (4) the feasibility of timely and cooperative action between Federal, State, and local departments and agencies and private parties in the appropriate development or reuse of such land. Provides for: (1) the allocation of grant funds; (2) grant selection procedures; (3) site selections by State Governors; and (4) grant awards. Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to a State in lieu of a local grantee in order to allow the State to conduct its own abandoned land redevelopment or reuse program. Provides for recovery of appropriate grant amounts if a State or local grantee fails to initiate and complete the redevelopment or reuse action within one year. Specifies criteria for selection of abandoned industrial or commercial sites for the program and for award allocation, including the degree of economic and social distress in the local community in which the site is located. Prohibits the awarding of a grant for a reuse action on a site that is federally controlled. Requires the Secretary to conduct and report to the Congress on an initial evaluation of the demonstration program using data collected from participants. Authorizes the Secretary to use up to five percent of the amounts appropriated to implement this title to fund technical assistance grants to l… | 2025-08-26T13:52:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/299 |
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