54 U.S.C. § 200503 — Rehabilitation grants and innovation

Page 97 TITLE 54—NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS § 200504 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘transferee’’. (A) Programs that are targeted to youth who are at the greatest risk of becoming in- volved in violence and crime. (B) Programs that teach important values and life skills, including teamwork, respect, leadership, and self-esteem. (C) Programs that offer tutoring, remedial education, mentoring, and counseling in ad- dition to recreation opportunities. (D) Programs that offer services during late night or other nonschool hours. (E) Programs that demonstrate collabora- tion between local park and recreation, juve- nile justice, law enforcement, and youth so- cial service agencies and nongovernmental entities, including the private sector and community and nonprofit organizations. (F) Programs that leverage public or pri- vate recreation investments in the form of services, materials, or cash. (G) Programs that show the greatest po- tential of being continued with non-Federal funds or that can serve as models for other communities. (d) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—Grants to discre- tionary applicants under subsection (b) may not be more than 15 percent of the total amount of funds appropriated under this chapter for reha- bilitation grants, innovation grants, and recov- ery action program grants. (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3181.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 200502 ......... 16 U.S.C. 2504. Pub. L. 95–625, title X, § 1005, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3540; Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 31503, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1889. In subsection (a), the words ‘‘Within one hundred and twenty days after November 10, 1978’’ are omitted as obsolete. In subsection (b), the word ‘‘standard’’ is omitted as obsolete. The words ‘‘the Director of the Office of Man- agement and Budget’’ are substituted for ‘‘census’’. See 31 U.S.C. 1104(d), Executive Order No. 10253 (31 U.S.C. 1104 note), and 44 U.S.C. 3504(e)(3). Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–625, 92 Stat. 3538), referred to in subsec. (b), is title X of Pub. L. 95–625, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3538, which was classified generally to chapter 45 (§ 2501 et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation. The Act was substan- tially repealed and restated as this chapter by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3180, 3272. The find- ings and purposes of the Act are contained in sections 1002 and 1003 of the Act. Section 1002 was classified to section 2501 of Title 16 and was omitted from the Code. Section 1003 is set out as a note under section 200501 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of Title 16, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of this title. § 200503. Rehabilitation grants and innovation grants (a) MATCHING GRANTS.—The Secretary may provide 70 percent matching rehabilitation grants and innovation grants directly to eligible general purpose local governments on the Sec- retary’s approval of applications for the grants by the chief executive officials of those govern- ments. (b) SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS.—An innovation grant should be closely tied to goals, priorities, and implementation strategies expressed in local park and recreation recovery action pro- grams, with particular regard to the special con- siderations listed in section 200504(c)(2) of this title. (c) TRANSFER.—If consistent with an approved application, a grant recipient may transfer a re- habilitation grant or innovation grant in whole or in part to an independent special purpose local government, private nonprofit agency, or county or regional park authority if the assisted recreation area or facility owned or managed by the transferree 1 offers recreation opportunities to the general population within the jurisdic- tional boundaries of the grant recipient. (d) PAYMENTS.—Payments may be made only for a rehabilitation project or innovation project that has been approved by the Secretary. Payments may be made from time to time in keeping with the rate of progress toward the satisfactory completion of the project, except that the Secretary, when appropriate, may make advance payments on an approved reha- bilitation project or innovation project in an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the total project cost. (e) MODIFICATION OF PROJECT.—The Secretary may authorize modification of an approved project only when a grant recipient adequately demonstrates that the modification is necessary because of circumstances not foreseeable at the time at which the project was proposed. (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3183.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 200503 ......... 16 U.S.C. 2505. Pub. L. 95–625, title X, § 1006, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3541. In subsection (a), the words ‘‘chief executive offi- cials’’ are substituted for ‘‘chief executives’’ for con- sistency in the new title. In subsection (c), the words ‘‘At the discretion of such applicants’’ are omitted as unnecessary. § 200504. Recovery action programs (a) EVIDENCE OF LOCAL COMMITMENT TO ONGO- ING PROGRAMS.—As a requirement for project ap- proval, local governments applying for assist- ance under this chapter shall submit to the Sec- retary evidence of their commitments to ongo- ing planning, rehabilitation, service, operation, and maintenance programs for their park and recreation systems. These commitments will be expressed in local park and recreation recovery action programs that maximize coordination of all community resources, including other feder- ally supported urban development and recre- ation programs. During an initial interim period to be established by regulations under this chap- ter, this requirement may be satisfied by local government submissions of preliminary action