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42 U.S.C. § 9921 — Discretionary authority of Secretary

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42 U.S.C. § 9921 — Discretionary authority of Secretary

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**(a) Grants, contracts, arrangements, loans, and guarantees** (1) **In general** — The Secretary shall, from funds reserved under [section 9903(b)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9903/b/3&num=0&edition=prelim), make grants, loans, or guarantees to States and public agencies and private, nonprofit organizations, or enter into contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements with States and public agencies and private, nonprofit organizations (and for-profit organizations, to the extent specified in paragraph (2)(E)) for each of the objectives described in paragraphs (2) through (4). (2) **Community economic development** (A) *Economic development activities* — The Secretary shall make grants described in paragraph (1) on a competitive basis to private, nonprofit organizations that are community development corporations to provide technical and financial assistance for economic development activities designed to address the economic needs of low-income individuals and families by creating employment and business development opportunities. (B) *Consultation* — The Secretary shall exercise the authority provided under subparagraph (A) after consultation with other relevant Federal officials. (C) *Governing boards* — For a community development corporation to receive funds to carry out this paragraph, the corporation shall be governed by a board that shall consist of residents of the community and business and civic leaders and shall have as a principal purpose planning, developing, or managing low-income housing or community development projects. (D) *Geographic distribution* — In making grants to carry out this paragraph, the Secretary shall take into consideration the geographic distribution of funding among States and the relative proportion of funding among rural and urban areas. (E) *Reservation* — Of the amounts made available to carry out this paragraph, the Secretary may reserve not more than 1 percent for each fiscal year to make grants to private, nonprofit organizations or to enter into contracts with private, nonprofit or for-profit organizations to provide technical assistance to aid community development corporations in developing or implementing activities funded to carry out this paragraph and to evaluate activities funded to carry out this paragraph. (3) **Rural community development activities** — The Secretary shall provide the assistance described in paragraph (1) for rural community development activities, which shall include providing— (A) grants to private, nonprofit corporations to enable the corporations to provide assistance concerning home repair to rural low-income families and concerning planning and developing low-income rural rental housing units; and (B) grants to multistate, regional, private, nonprofit organizations to enable the organizations to provide training and technical assistance to small, rural communities concerning meeting their community facility needs. (4) **Neighborhood innovation projects** — The Secretary shall provide the assistance described in paragraph (1) for neighborhood innovation projects, which shall include providing grants to neighborhood-based private, nonprofit organizations to test or assist in the development of new approaches or methods that will aid in overcoming special problems identified by communities or neighborhoods or otherwise assist in furthering the purposes of this chapter, and which may include providing assistance for projects that are designed to serve low-income individuals and families who are not being effectively served by other programs. **(b) Evaluation** The Secretary shall require all activities receiving assistance under this section to be evaluated for their effectiveness. Funding for such evaluations shall be provided as a stated percentage of the assistance or through a separate grant awarded by the Secretary specifically for the purpose of evaluation of a particular activity or group of activities. **(c) Annual report** The Secretary shall compile an annual report containing a summary of the evaluations required in subsection (b) and a listing of all activities assisted under this section. The Secretary shall annually submit the report to the Chairperson of the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Chairperson of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate.

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42 U.S.C. § 9909 — Designation and redesignation of eligible entities in unserved areas

**(a) Qualified organization in or near area** (1) **In general** — If any geographic area of a State is not, or ceases to be, served by an eligible entity under this chapter, and if the chief executive officer of the State decides to serve such area, the chief executive officer may solicit applications from, and designate as an eligible entity— (A) a private nonprofit organization (which may include an eligible entity) that is geographically located in the unserved area, that is capable of providing a broad range of services designed to eliminate poverty and foster self-sufficiency, and that meets the requirements of this chapter; and (B) a private nonprofit eligible entity that is geographically located in an area contiguous to or within reasonable proximity of the unserved area and that is already providing related services in the unserved area. (2) **Requirement** — In order to serve as the eligible entity for the area, an entity described in paragraph (1)(B) shall agree to add additional members to the board of the entity to ensure adequate representation— (A) in each of the three required categories described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of [section 9910(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9910/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), by members that reside in the community comprised by the unserved area; and (B) in the category described in [section 9910(a)(2)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9910/a/2/B&num=0&edition=prelim), by members that reside in the neighborhood to be served. **(b) Special consideration** In designating an eligible entity under subsection (a), the chief executive officer shall grant the designation to an organizat

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42 U.S.C. § 9903 — Authorization of appropriations

**(a) In general** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003 to carry out the provisions of this chapter (other than sections 9922 and 9923 of this title). **(b) Reservations** Of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve— (1) ½ of 1 percent for carrying out [section 9905 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9905&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to payments for territories); (2) 1½ percent for activities authorized in sections 9913 through 9918 of this title, of which— (A) not less than ½ of the amount reserved by the Secretary under this paragraph shall be distributed directly to eligible entities, organizations, or associations described in [section 9913(c)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9913/c/2&num=0&edition=prelim) for the purpose of carrying out activities described in [section 9913(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9913/c&num=0&edition=prelim); and (B) ½ of the remainder of the amount reserved by the Secretary under this paragraph shall be used by the Secretary to carry out evaluation and to assist States in carrying out corrective action activities and monitoring (to correct programmatic deficiencies of eligible entities), as described in sections 9914(c) and 9913 of this title; and (3) 9 percent for carrying out [section 9921 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9921&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to discretionary activities) and [section 9917(b)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?re

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42 U.S.C. § 9921 — Discretionary authority of Secretary

Page 7963 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 9921 (3) Employment practices A religious organization’s exemption pro- vided under section 2000e–1 of this title regard- ing employment practices shall not be affected by its participation in, or receipt of funds from, programs described in subsection (a). (c) Limitations on use of funds for certain pur- poses No funds provided directly to a religious orga- nization to provide assistance under any pro- gram described in subsection (a) shall be ex- pended for sectarian worship, instruction, or proselytization. (d) Fiscal accountability (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), any reli- gious organization providing assistance under any program described in subsection (a) shall be subject to the same regulations as other nongovernmental organizations to account in accord with generally accepted accounting principles for the use of such funds provided under such program. (2) Limited audit Such organization shall segregate govern- ment funds provided under such program into a separate account. Only the government funds shall be subject to audit by the govern- ment. (e) Treatment of eligible entities and other inter- mediate organizations If an eligible entity or other organization (re- ferred to in this subsection as an ‘‘intermediate organization’’), acting under a contract, or grant or other agreement, with the Federal Gov- ernment or a State or local government, is given the authority under the contract or agreement to select nongovernmental organizations to pro- vide assistance under the programs described in subsection (a), the intermediate organization shall have the same duties under this section as the government. (Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 679, as added Pub. L. 105–285, tit

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