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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part A · Chapter 105 — Community Services Programs

§ 9806. Establishment and scope of programs

Statutory text

(a)

The Secretary is authorized to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to nonprofit and for profit community development corporations and other affiliated and supportive agencies and organizations associated with qualifying community development corporations for the payment of all or part of the cost of programs which are designed to carry out the purposes of this part. Financial assistance shall be provided so that each community economic development program is of sufficient size, scope, and duration to have an appreciable impact on the area served. Such programs may include—

(1)

community business and commercial development programs, including (A) programs which provide financial and other assistance (including equity capital) to start, expand, or locate businesses in or near the area served so as to provide employment and ownership opportunities for residents of such areas; and (B) programs for small businesses located in or owned by residents of such areas;

(2)

community physical development programs, including industrial parks and housing activities, which contribute to an improved environment and which create new training, employment and ownership opportunities for residents of such area;

(3)

training and public service employment programs and related services for unemployed or low-income persons which support and complement community development programs financed under this part, including, without limitation, activities such as the activities described in title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; 1 and

(4)

social service programs which support and complement community business and commercial development programs financed under this part, including child care, educational services, health services, credit counseling, energy conservation, recreation services, and programs for the maintenance of housing facilities.

(b)

The Secretary shall conduct programs assisted under this part so as to contribute, on an equitable basis between urban and rural areas, to the elimination of poverty and the establishment of permanent economic and social benefits in such areas.

Footnotes

  1. 1 See References in Text note below.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 97–35 title VI § 617 · 95 Stat. 357

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 9806

    Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 617, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 491

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 617, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 491

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 617. establishment and scope of programs (a) The Secretary is authorized to provide financial Grants. 42 USC 9806. assistance in the form of grants to nonprofit and for profit community development corporations and other affiliated and supportive agencies and organizations associated with qualifying community development corporations for the payment of all or part of the cost of programs which are designed to carry out the purposes of this part. Financial assistance shall be provided so that each community economic development program is of sufficient size, scope, and duration to have an appreciable impact on the area served. Such programs may include— (1) community business and commercial development programs, including (A) programs which provide financial and other assistance (including equity capital) to start, expand, or locate businesses in or near the area served so as to provide employment and ownership opportunities for residents of such areas; and (B) programs for small businesses located in or owned by residents of such areas; (2) community physical development programs, including industrial parks and housing activities, which contribute to an improved environment and which create new training, employment and ownership opportunities for residents of such area; (3) training and public service employment programs and related services for unemployed or low-income persons which support and complement community development programs financed under this part, including, without limitation, activities such as those described in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act; and (4) social service programs which support and complement community business and commercial development programs financed under this part, including child care, educational services, health services, credit counseling, energy conservation, recreation services, and programs for the maintenance of housing facilities. (b) The Secretary shall conduct programs assisted under this part so as to contribute, on an equitable basis between urban and rural areas, to the elimination of poverty and the establishment of permanent economic and social benefits in such areas.

  2. Pub. L. 105–277 § 101(f)(tVIII)(s405)(f)(31) · 112 Stat. 2681

    Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 9806(a)(3)

    Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(f)(31)], struck out “the Job Training Partnership Act or” after “activities described in”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(f)(31)], struck out “the Job Training Partnership Act or” after “activities described in”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 101. For programs, projects or activities in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act: AN ACT Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by section 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(d)(40)] of Pub. L. 105–277 effective Oct. 21, 1998, and amendment by section 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(f)(31)] of Pub. L. 105–277 effective July 1, 2000, see section 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(g)(1), (2)(B)] of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as a note under section 3502 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

  3. Pub. L. 105–277 § 101(f)(tVIII)(s405)(d)(40) · 112 Stat. 2681

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 9806(a)(3)

    Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(d)(40)], substituted “activities such as the activities described in the Job Training Partnership Act or title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998” for “activities such as those described in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act”

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(d)(40)], substituted “activities such as the activities described in the Job Training Partnership Act or title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998” for “activities such as those described in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 101. For programs, projects or activities in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act: AN ACT Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by section 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(d)(40)] of Pub. L. 105–277 effective Oct. 21, 1998, and amendment by section 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(f)(31)] of Pub. L. 105–277 effective July 1, 2000, see section 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(g)(1), (2)(B)] of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as a note under section 3502 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Workforce Investment Act of 1998, referred to in subsec. (a)(3), is Pub. L. 105–220, , 112 Stat. 936, and was repealed by Pub. L. 113–128, title V, §§ 506, 511(a), , 128 Stat. 1703, 1705, effective . Title I of the Act was classified principally to former chapter 30 (former § 2801 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor. Pursuant to section 3361(a) of Title 29, references to a provision of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 are deemed to refer to the corresponding provision of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. 113–128, , 128 Stat. 1425, effective . For complete classification of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to the Code, see Tables. For complete classification of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3101 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

1998—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(f)(31)], struck out “the Job Training Partnership Act or” after “activities described in”.

Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(d)(40)], substituted “activities such as the activities described in the Job Training Partnership Act or title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998” for “activities such as those described in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by section 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(d)(40)] of Pub. L. 105–277 effective , and amendment by section 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(f)(31)] of Pub. L. 105–277 effective , see section 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(g)(1), (2)(B)] of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as a note under section 3502 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Credits

1981–1998 · 2 acts
  1. 1981Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 617, , 95 Stat. 491
  2. 1998Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(d)(40), (f)(31)], , 112 Stat. 2681–337, 2681–427, 2681–434.
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(Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 617, , 95 Stat. 491; Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(d)(40), (f)(31)], , 112 Stat. 2681–337, 2681–427, 2681–434.)

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