123STA T . 3 084PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 7—DE C.1 6, 200 9bystrik i ng‘ ‘ OldTow n B oys a nd G irls C l u b ,A lbu q u e rque, NM , f or reno v ation of t h ee x isting Old Town Boys and Girls Club a c co m-p anied by construction of new areas for the Club ’ ’ and inserting ‘‘Old Town Boys and Girls Club, Albuquerque, NM, for renovation of the H eights Boys and Girls Club’’ . The referenced statement of the managers under this heading ‘‘Community P lanning and D evelopment’’ in title I I of division K of Public L aw 1 1 0– 1 6 1 is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Custer County, ID for acquisition of an unused middle school building’’ and inserting ‘‘Custer County, ID, to construct a community center’’. The referenced explanatory statement under this heading in division I of Public Law 111– 8 is deemed to be amended with respect to ‘‘Hawaii County Office of Housing and Community Development, HI’’ by striking ‘‘ S enior Housing R enovation Pro j ect’’ and inserting ‘‘Transitional Housing Project’’. The referenced statement of the managers under this heading ‘‘Community Planning and Development’’ in title II of division I of Public Law 111–8 is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Custer County, ID, to purchase a middle school building’’ and inserting ‘‘Custer County, ID, to construct a community center’’. The referenced explanatory statement under the heading ‘‘Community Development F und’’ in title II of division K of Public Law 110–161 is deemed to be amended with respect to ‘‘ E mergency Housing Consortium in San J ose, CA’’ by striking ‘‘for construction of the Sobrato Transitional Center, a residential facility for home- less individuals and families’’ and inserting ‘‘for improvements to homeless services and prevention facilities’’. Of the amounts made available under this heading, $ 1 5 0,000,000 shall be made available for a Sustainable Commu- nities Initiative to improve regional planning efforts that integrate housing and transportation decisions, and increase the capacity to improve land use and z oning
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d, That $100,000,000 shall be for Regional Integrated Planning Grants to support the linking of transportation and land use planning: Provided fu r th er, That not less than $ 2 5,000,000 of the funding made available for Regional Integrated Planning Grants shall be awarded to metropolitan areas of less than 500,000: Provided further, That $ 4 0,000,000 shall be for Community Challenge Planning Grants to foster reform and reduce barriers to achieve affordable, economically vital, and sustainable communities: Provided further, That before funding is made available for Regional Integrated Planning Grants or Commu- nity Challenge Planning Grants, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, shall submit a plan to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Banking and U rban Affairs, and the House Committee on Finan- cial Services establishing grant criteria as well as performance measures by which the success of grantees will be measured: Pro - vided further, That the Secretary will consult with the Secretary of Transportation in evaluating grant proposals: Provided further, That up to $10,000,000 shall be for a joint Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Transportation research effort that shall include a rigorous evaluation of the Regional Integrated Planning Grants and Community Challenge Planning Grants programs: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be made available for the Rural Innovation Fund for grants to Indian tribes, State housing finance agencies, State community and / or economic Grants.N at iveAm eri c ans. Co ns ul tation. P lans. Grants. Grants.
