An Act Targeting Resources to Communities in Need

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2055 To provide an increased allocation of funding under certain programs for assistance in persistent poverty counties, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 3, 2019 Mr. CLYBURN (for himself, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COX of Cali- fornia, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LEWIS, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MOORE, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. PLASKETT, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. SOTO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. VEASEY, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, and Ms. WILSON of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Science, Space, and Tech- nology, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and Natural Re- sources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- tion of the committee concerned A BILL To provide an increased allocation of funding under certain programs for assistance in persistent poverty counties, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:32 Apr 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H2055.IH H2055 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2055 IH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as ‘‘An Act Targeting Re- 4 sources to Communities in Need’’. 5 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 In this Act: 7 (1) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘de- 8 velopment program’’ means any of the following pro- 9 grams, offices, or appropriations accounts: 10 (A) Any program administered by the Of- 11 fice of Rural Development of the Department of 12 Agriculture. 13 (B) The Appalachian Regional Commis- 14 sion. 15 (C) Department of Commerce, Economic 16 Development Administration, Economic Devel- 17 opment Assistance Programs. 18 (D) The Delta Regional Authority. 19 (E) The Denali Commission. 20 (F) Any training or employment services 21 program administered by the Employment and 22 Training Administration of the Department of 23 Labor. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:32 Apr 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2055.IH H2055 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 2055 IH (G) Department of Health and Human 1 Services, Health Resources and Services Admin- 2 istration. 3 (H) Environmental Protection Agency, 4 State and Tribal Assistance Grants. 5 (I) Department of Commerce, National In- 6 stitute of Standards and Technology, Construc- 7 tion. 8 (J) Any program under the Juvenile Jus- 9 tice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 10 (34 U.S.C. 1111 et seq.). 11 (K) The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 12 Assistance Grant Program under subpart 1 of 13 part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 14 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 15 et seq.). 16 (L) A victim services programs for victims 17 of trafficking, as authorized by section 18 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386. 19 (M) Any program authorized under the 20 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 21 Act of 2005. 22 (N) Any program authorized under the Vi- 23 olence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 24 2013. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:32 Apr 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2055.IH H2055 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 2055 IH (O) Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Im- 1 provement Grants under part BB of title I of 2 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 3 Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10561 et seq.). 4 (P) DNA-related and forensic programs 5 and activities grants under part X of the Omni- 6 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 7 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10511 et seq.). 8 (Q) A grant program for community-based 9 sexual assault response reform grants under 10 part T of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 11 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10441et seq.). 12 (R) The court-appointed special advocate 13 program, as authorized by section 217 of the 14 Crime Control Act of 1990 (34 U.S.C. 20323). 15 (S) A program under subtitle C of title II 16 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 17 60541 et seq.). 18 (T) The COPS ON THE BEAT program 19 under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime 20 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 21 U.S.C. 10381 et seq.). 22 (U) The Comprehensive Opioid Abuse 23 Grant Program under part LL of title I of the 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:32 Apr 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2055.IH H2055 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •HR 2055 IH Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.). 2 (V) A grant under section 220531 of title 3 36, United States Code. 4 (W) The program authorized under Part 5 AA of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 6 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10551 et 7 seq.). 8 (X) Department of Transportation, Office 9 of the Secretary, Nationally Significant Freight 10 and Highway Projects. 11 (Y) Department of Transportation, Office 12 of the Secretary, National Infrastructure In- 13 vestments. 14 (Z) Department of Transportation, Fed- 15 eral Transit Administration, Bus and Bus Fa- 16 cilities Infrastructure Investment Program. 17 (AA) Department of Transportation, Fed- 18 eral Transit Administration, Capital Investment 19 Grants Program. 20 (BB) Any program of the Department of 21 the Treasury relating to Community Develop- 22 ment Financial Institutions (within the mean- 23 ing of section 103 of the Community Develop- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:32 Apr 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2055.IH H2055 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 6 •HR 2055 IH ment Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4702)). 2 (CC) The Southeast Crescent Regional 3 Commission. 4 (DD) The Northern Border Regional Com- 5 mission. 6 (EE) The Southwest Border Regional 7 Commission. 8 (FF) The Northern Great Plains Regional 9 Authority. 10 (GG) The Fair Housing Initiatives Pro- 11 gram under section 561 of the Housing and 12 Community Development Act of 1987 (42 13 U.S.C. 3616a). 14 (HH) The grant program under section 15 4611 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu- 16 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7261). 17 (2) PERSISTENT POVERTY COUNTY.—The term 18 ‘‘persistent poverty county’’ means any county with 19 a poverty rate of at least 20 percent, as determined 20 in each of the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses, 21 and in the Bureau of the Census’s Small Area In- 22 come and Poverty Estimates for the most recent 23 year for which the estimates are available. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:32 Apr 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2055.IH H2055 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 7 •HR 2055 IH (3) HIGH-POVERTY AREA.—The term ‘‘high- 1 poverty area’’ means a census tract with a poverty 2 rate of at least 20 percent during the 5 years most 3 recently ending before the date of the enactment of 4 this Act. 5 SEC. 3. 10–20–30 FORMULA FOR PERSISTENT POVERTY 6 COUNTIES. 7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the enti- 8 ty responsible for administering a development program 9 shall use not less than 10 percent of the amounts made 10 available in any appropriations Act for the program for 11 any of fiscal years 2019 through 2028, in persistent pov- 12 erty counties, if the entity is otherwise authorized to do 13 so. 14 SEC. 4. TARGETING HIGH-POVERTY CENSUS TRACTS. 15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 16 sion of law, the entity responsible for administering a de- 17 velopment program shall use not less than the amount de- 18 scribed in subsection (b) of the amounts made available 19 in any appropriations Act for the program for any of fiscal 20 years 2019 through 2028, for projects in high-poverty 21 areas, if the entity is otherwise authorized to do so. 22 (b) AMOUNT DESCRIBED.—The amount described in 23 this subsection with respect to a program is an amount 24 equal to the sum of— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:32 Apr 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2055.IH H2055 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 8 •HR 2055 IH (1) the average percentage of Federal assist- 1 ance awarded under the program in the 3 fiscal 2 years most recently ending before the date of the en- 3 actment of this Act that were used for projects in 4 high-poverty areas; plus 5 (2) 5 percent of the average total Federal loan 6 and grant funds awarded under the program in the 7 3 fiscal years referred to in paragraph (1). 8 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—If an entity responsible 9 for administering a development program determines that 10 the provision of benefits under the program in a particular 11 census tract actually benefits individuals predominantly 12 living in other census tracts, then the entity shall, within 13 3 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, in- 14 form the Director of the Office of Management and Budg- 15 et and the Congress that it would be more appropriate 16 to track the provision of benefits under the program based 17 on the census tracts in which the individuals who actually 18 receive the benefits reside and on whether the benefits 19 serve individuals who reside in predominantly low-income 20 census tracts. 21 SEC. 5. FAILURE TO USE FUNDS. 22 If the entity responsible for administering a develop- 23 ment program does not comply with section 4 with respect 24 to the program for a fiscal year, the entity shall submit 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:32 Apr 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2055.IH H2055 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 9 •HR 2055 IH to the Congress a report that describes how the entity 1 plans to do so in the next fiscal year. 2 SEC. 6. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 3 Within 6 months after the end of fiscal year 2019 4 and within 6 months after the end of each fiscal year 5 thereafter, the entity responsible for administering each 6 development program shall submit to the Congress a 7 progress report on the implementation of this Act with re- 8 spect to the development program. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:32 Apr 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2055.IH H2055 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS