1999 US Code
Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 38 - PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SUBCHAPTER II - GRANTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 3149 - Grants for economic adjustment
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 38 - PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCHAPTER II - GRANTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Sec. 3149 - Grants for economic adjustment |
Contains | section 3149 |
Date | 1999 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 23, 2000 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 89-136, title II, §209, as added Pub. L. 105-393, title I, §102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3605. |
Statutes at Large References | 88 Stat. 143 112 Stat. 3605 |
Public Law References | Public Law 89-136, Public Law 93-288, Public Law 105-393 |
§3149. Grants for economic adjustment (a) In general
On the application of an eligible recipient, the Secretary may make grants for development of public facilities, public services, business development (including funding of a revolving loan fund), planning, technical assistance, training, and any other assistance to alleviate long-term economic deterioration and sudden and severe economic dislocation and further the economic adjustment objectives of this subchapter.
(b) Criteria for assistanceThe Secretary may provide assistance under this section only if the Secretary determines that—
(1) the project will help the area to meet a special need arising from—
(A) actual or threatened severe unemployment; or
(B) economic adjustment problems resulting from severe changes in economic conditions; and
(2) the area for which a project is to be carried out has a comprehensive economic development strategy and the project is consistent with the strategy, except that this paragraph shall not apply to planning projects.
(c) Particular community assistanceAssistance under this section may include assistance provided for activities identified by communities, the economies of which are injured by—
(1) military base closures or realignments, defense contractor reductions in force, or Department of Energy defense-related funding reductions, for help in diversifying their economies through projects to be carried out on Federal Government installations or elsewhere in the communities;
(2) disasters or emergencies, in areas with respect to which a major disaster or emergency has been declared under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), for post-disaster economic recovery;
(3) international trade, for help in economic restructuring of the communities; or
(4) fishery failures, in areas with respect to which a determination that there is a commercial fishery failure has been made under section 1861a(a) of title 16.
(d) Direct expenditure or redistribution by recipient (1) In generalSubject to paragraph (2), an eligible recipient of a grant under this section may directly expend the grant funds or may redistribute the funds to public and private entities in the form of a grant, loan, loan guarantee, payment to reduce interest on a loan guarantee, or other appropriate assistance.
(2) LimitationUnder paragraph (1), an eligible recipient may not provide any grant to a private for-profit entity.
(Pub. L. 89–136, title II, §209, as added Pub. L. 105–393, title I, §102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3605.)
References in TextThe Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(2), is Pub. L. 93–288, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 143, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 68 (§5121 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5121 of this title and Tables.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in sections 3161, 3162, 3232, 3233 of this title; title 40 App. section 214.
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