US HB3734 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 129-5-1)
Status: Introduced on October 6 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-11-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Urban Revitalization and Livable Communities Act - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish an urban revitalization and livable communities program to provide federal grants to eligible general purpose local governments for various park and recreation purposes, including grants for rehabilitation and construction, innovation, at-risk youth recreation, and recovery action programs. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register a list of such governments meeting specified criteria. Authorizes the Secretary to authorize other eligible governments in standard metropolitan statistical areas, but not on the list, to receive up to a specified portion of such grants. Authorizes the Secretary, upon approval of an application by the chief executive of an eligible applicant, to provide 70% matching rehabilitation and construction, innovation, and at-risk youth recreation grants directly to such applicant. Allows an applicant, at its discretion, to transfer a grant in whole or in part to special purpose local governments or private nonprofit agencies for recreational areas and facilities they own or operate which offer recreational opportunities to the general population Requires an applicant, as a requirement for project approval, to submit to the Secretary evidence of its commitment to ongoing planning, rehabilitation, service, operation, and maintenance programs for its park and recreation systems, expressed in a five-year local park and recreation recovery action program. Requires an eligible applicant for an at-risk youth recreation grant to include in its five-year program the goal of, and implementation strategies for, reducing crime and juvenile delinquency. Authorizes the Secretary to increase all grants to a state under this Act by up to 15% (but not more than 85% in total). Prohibits the conversion of any property improved or developed with assistance under this Act, without HUD approval, for uses other than for public recreation. Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for acquisition of land or interests in land.

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Title

Urban Revitalization and Livable Communities Act

Sponsors

Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D-HI]Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY]
Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]
Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]Rep. Henry Brown [R-SC]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Artur Davis [D-AL]Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]Rep. Steve Driehaus [D-OH]Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS]Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. John Hall [D-NY]Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]
Rep. Ron Klein [D-FL]Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Jim Marshall [D-GA]Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Michael McMahon [D-NY]Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL]Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]Rep. Patrick Murphy [R-PA]Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D-TX]Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]Rep. David Price [D-NC]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D-TX]Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
Rep. John Salazar [D-CO]Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Diane Watson [D-CA]Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]
Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

History

DateChamberAction
2009-11-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
2009-10-06 Referred to House Education and Labor
2009-10-06 Referred to House Financial Services
2009-10-06 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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