118 STAT. 1761 PUBLIC LAW 108–373—OCT. 27, 2004 ‘‘(B) the award of funds under this Act, which will be combined with funds transferred from other Federal agencies in projects administered by the Secretary.’’; and (2) by striking paragraph (4). SEC. 204. REGULATIONS ON RELATIVE NEEDS AND ALLOCATIONS. Section 206 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3146) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(3)(A) rural and urban economically distressed areas are not harmed by the establishment or implementation by the Secretary of a private sector leveraging goal for a project under this title; ‘‘(B) any private sector leveraging goal established by the Secretary does not prohibit or discourage grant applicants under this title from public works in, or economic development of, rural or urban economically distressed areas; and ‘‘(C) the relevant Committees of Congress are notified prior to making any changes to any private sector leveraging goal; and ‘‘(4) grants made under this title promote job creation and will have a high probability of meeting or exceeding applicable performance requirements established in connection with the grants.’’. SEC. 205. GRANTS FOR TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND TECHNICAL ASSIST ANCE. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 207(a)(2) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3147(a)(2)) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (F); (2) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as subparagraph (I); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following: ‘‘(G) studies that evaluate the effectiveness of coordi nating projects funded under this Act with projects funded under other Acts; ‘‘(H) assessment, marketing, and establishment of busi ness clusters; and’’. (b) COOPERATION REQUIREMENT.—Section 207(a) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3147(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: ‘‘(3) COOPERATION REQUIREMENT.—In the case of a project assisted under this section that is national or regional in scope, the Secretary may waive the provision in section 3(4)(A)(vi) requiring a nonprofit organization or association to act in cooperation with officials of a political subdivision of a State.’’. SEC. 206. PREVENTION OF UNFAIR COMPETITION. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 208 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3148) is repealed. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note) is amended by striking the item relating to section 208.
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