PUBLIC LAW 100-242—FEB. 5, 1988
101 STAT. 1959
(c) AREA AND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make a designation of any nominated area under subsection (a)(1) only if it meets the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3). (2) AREA REQUIREMENTS.—A nominated area meets the requirements of this paragraph if— (A) the area is within the jurisdiction of the local government; (B) the boundary of the area is continuous; and (C) the area— (i) has a population, as determined by the most recent census data available, of not less than— (I) 4,000 if any portion of such area (other than a rural area described in subsection (a)(2)(B)(i)) is located within a metropolitan statistical area (as designated by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget) with a population of 50,000 or more; or (II) 1,000 in any other case; or (ii) is entirely within an Indian reservation (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior). (3) EuGiBiliTY REQUIREMENTS.—For purposes of paragraph (1), a nominated area meets the requirements of this paragraph if the State and local governments in which -it is located certify and the Secretary, after such review of supporting data as he deems appropriate, accepts such certification, that— (A) the area is one of pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general distress; (B) the area is located wholly within the jurisdiction of a local government that is eligible for Federal assistance under section 119 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; (C) the unemployment rate, as determined by the appropriate available data, was not less than 1.5 times the national unemployment rate for that period; (D) the poverty rate (as determined by the most recent census data available) for each populous census tract (or where not tracted, the equivalent county division as defined by the Bureau of the Census for the purpose of defining poverty areas) within the area was not less than 20 percent for the period to which such data relate; and (E) the area meets at least one of the following criteria: (i) Not less than 70 percent of the households living in the area have incomes below 80 percent of the median income of households of the local government (determined in the same manner as under section 119(b)(2) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974). (ii) The population of the area decreased by 20 percent or more between 1970 and 1980 (as determined from the most recent census available).
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(4) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR RURAL AREAS.—For pur-
oses of paragraph (1), a nominated area that is a rural area escribed in subsection (a)(2)(B) meets the requirements of paragraph (3) if the State and local governments in which it is located certify and the Secretary, after such review of support-
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