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40 U.S.C. § 15501 — Economic and infrastructure development grants
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**(a) In General.—** A Commission may make grants to States and local governments, Indian tribes, and public and nonprofit organizations for projects, approved in accordance with section 15503—
(1) to develop the transportation infrastructure of its region;
(2) to develop the basic public infrastructure of its region;
(3) to develop the telecommunications infrastructure of its region;
(4) to assist its region in obtaining job skills training, skills development and employment-related education, entrepreneurship, technology, and business development;
(5) to provide assistance to severely economically distressed and underdeveloped areas of its region that lack financial resources for improving basic health care and other public services;
(6) to promote resource conservation, tourism, recreation, and preservation of open space in a manner consistent with economic development goals;
(7) to promote the development of renewable and alternative energy sources;
(8) to grow the capacity for successful community economic development in its region; and
(9) to otherwise achieve the purposes of this subtitle.
**(b) Allocation of Funds.—** A Commission shall allocate at least 40 percent of any grant amounts provided by the Commission in a fiscal year for projects described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (7) of subsection (a).
**(c) Sources of Grants.—** Grant amounts may be provided entirely from appropriations to carry out this subtitle, in combination with amounts available under other Federal grant programs, or from any other source.
**(d) Maximum Commission Contributions.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Commission may contribute not more than 50 percent of a project or activity cost eligible for financial assistance under this section
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**(a) In General.—** A Commission may make grants to States and local governments, Indian tribes, and public and nonprofit organizations for projects, approved in accordance with section 15503—
(1) to develop the transportation infrastructure of its region;
(2) to develop the basic public infrastructure of its region;
(3) to develop the telecommunications infrastructure of its region;
(4) to assist its region in obtaining job skills training, skills development and employment-related education, entrepreneurship, technology, and business development;
(5) to provide assistance to severely economically distressed and underdeveloped areas of its region that lack financial resources for improving basic health care and other public services;
(6) to promote resource conservation, tourism, recreation, and preservation of open space in a manner consistent with economic development goals;
(7) to promote the development of renewable and alternative energy sources;
(8) to grow the capacity for successful community economic development in its region; and
(9) to otherwise achieve the purposes of this subtitle.
**(b) Allocation of Funds.—** A Commission shall allocate at least 40 percent of any grant amounts provided by the Commission in a fiscal year for projects described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (7) of subsection (a).
**(c) Sources of Grants.—** Grant amounts may be provided entirely from appropriations to carry out this subtitle, in combination with amounts available under other Federal grant programs, or from any other source.
**(d) Maximum Commission Contributions.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Commission may contribute not more than 50 percent of a project or activity cost eligible for financial assistance under this section from amounts appropriated to carry out this subtitle.
(2) **Distressed counties.—** — The maximum Commission contribution for a project or activity to be carried out in a county for which a distressed county designation is in effect under section 15702 may be increased to 80 percent.
(3) **Special rule for regional projects.—** — A Commission may increase to 60 percent under paragraph (1) and 90 percent under paragraph (2) the maximum Commission contribution for a project or activity if—
(A) the project or activity involves 3 or more counties or more than one State; and
(B) the Commission determines in accordance with section 15302(a) that the project or activity will bring significant interstate or multicounty benefits to a region.
**(e) Maintenance of Effort.—** Funds may be provided by a Commission for a program or project in a State under this section only if the Commission determines that the level of Federal or State financial assistance provided under a law other than this subtitle, for the same type of program or project in the same area of the State within region, will not be reduced as a result of funds made available by this subtitle.
**(f) No Relocation Assistance.—** Financial assistance authorized by this section may not be used to assist a person or entity in relocating from one area to another, except that financial assistance may be used as otherwise authorized by this subtitle to attract businesses to the region from outside the United States.
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In this subtitle, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Commission.—** — The term “Commission” means a Commission or Authority established under section 15301.
(2) **Local development district.—** — The term “local development district” means an entity that—
(A)
(i) is an economic development district that is—
(I) in existence on the date of the enactment of this chapter; and
(II) located in the region; or
(ii) if an entity described in clause (i) does not exist—
(I) is organized and operated in a manner that ensures broad-based community participation and an effective opportunity for local officials, community leaders, and the public to contribute to the development and implementation of programs in the region;
(II) is governed by a policy board with at least a simple majority of members consisting of—
(aa) elected officials; or
(bb) designees or employees of a general purpose unit of local government that have been appointed to represent the unit of local government; and
(III) is certified by the Governor or appropriate State officer as having a charter or authority that includes the economic development of counties, portions of counties, or other political subdivisions within the region; and
(B) has not, as certified by the Federal Cochairperson—
(i) inappropriately used Federal grant funds from any Federal source; or
(ii) appointed an officer who, during the period in which another entity inappropriately used Federal grant funds from any Federal source, was an officer of the other entity.
(3) **Federal grant program.—** — The term “Federal grant program” means a Federal grant program to provide assistance in carrying out economic and community development activities.
(4) **Indian tri
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this section:
(1) **Commission state.—** — The term “Commission State” means a State that contains 1 or more eligible counties.
(2) **Eligible county.—** — The term “eligible county” means a county described in subchapter II of chapter 157.
(3) **Program.—** — The term “program” means a State capacity building grant program established by a Commission under subsection (b).
**(b) Establishment.—** Each Commission shall establish a State capacity building grant program to provide grants to Commission States in the area served by the Commission for the purposes described in subsection (c).
**(c) Purposes.—** The purposes of a program are to support the efforts of the Commission—
(1) to better support business retention and expansion in eligible counties;
(2) to create programs to encourage job creation and workforce development in eligible counties, including projects and activities, in coordination with other relevant Federal agencies, to strengthen the water sector workforce and facilitate the sharing of best practices;
(3) to partner with universities in distressed counties (as designated under section 15702(a)(1))—
(A) to strengthen the capacity in eligible counties to train new professionals in fields for which there is a shortage of workers;
(B) to increase local capacity in eligible counties for project management, project execution, and financial management; and
(C) to leverage funding sources for eligible counties;
(4) to prepare economic and infrastructure plans for eligible counties;
(5) to expand access to high-speed broadband in eligible counties;
(6) to provide technical assistance that results in Commission investments in transportation, water, wastewater, and other critical infrastructure;
(7) to promote workfor
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Page 272
TITLE 40—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
§ 15308
(Added Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14217(a)(2),
May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1474, and Pub. L. 110–246,
§ 4(a), title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), June 18, 2008, 122
Stat. 1664, 2236.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical
sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of
Pub. L. 110–246.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective on the first day of the first fiscal
year beginning after June 18, 2008, see section 14217(d)
of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 15101
of this title.
§ 15308. Transfer of funds among Federal agen-
cies
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), for
purposes of this subtitle, each Commission may
transfer funds to and accept transfers of funds
from other Federal agencies.
(b) TRANSFER
OF FUNDS
TO OTHER FEDERAL
AGENCIES.—Funds made available to a Commis-
sion may be transferred to other Federal agen-
cies if the funds are used consistently with the
purposes for which the funds were specifically
authorized and appropriated.
(c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM OTHER FEDERAL
AGENCIES.—Funds may be transferred to any
Commission under this section if—
(1) the statutory authority for the funds pro-
vided by the Federal agency does not expressly
prohibit use of funds for authorities being car-
ried out by a Commission; and
(2) the Federal agency that provides the
funds determines that the activities for which
the funds are to be used are otherwise eligible
for funding under such a statutory authority.
(Added
Pub.
L.
118–272,
div.
B,
title
II,
§ 2243(a)(2), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3203.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 15308 was renumbered section 15309 of
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