,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eaih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bd1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,gallego introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,ways and ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend 
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf to
 provide an appeal process for          
designation as qualified census tracts  
and difficult development areas under   
the low-income housing credit4  #a4     
,appeal process for designation as      
qualified census tracts and difficult   
development areas under the low-income  
housing credit  7a7 ,in general ,section
 #db7;d77#e7 of the ,internal ,revenue  
,code of #aihf is amended by adding at  
the end the following new subparagraph3 
7,c7 ,appeal of qualified census tract  
and difficult development area          
designations  7i7 ,in general ,any      
,state or local government agency may   
petition the ,secretary of ,housing and 
,urban ,development to review such      
,secretary's designation 7or failure to 

designate7 for any area within such     
agency's jurisdiction as a qualified    
census tract or difficult development   
area by filing an appeal with such      
,secretary during the #abj-;day period  
beginning on the date that such         
,secretary publishes the list of        
qualified census tracts and difficult   
development areas for the calendar year4
  7ii7 ,application of population       
limitation ,if a designation is made    
pursuant to an appeal under clause 7i7  
and such designation would 7without     
regard to this clause7 result in a      
violation of the limitation imposed     
under clause 7ii77,,ii7 or 7iii77,,ii7  
of subparagraph 7,b7 with respect to the
 relevant metropolitan statistical area1
 then the ,secretary of ,housing and    
,urban ,development shall conduct a     
review of all of the qualified census   
tract or difficult development area     
designations in such metropolitan       
statistical area4 ,if1 after making any 
additional designations1 or revocation  

of designations as a result of such     
review1 such limitation is still        
exceeded1 the census tract which is the 
subject of the appeal and such          
additional designations shall be        
substituted for so many of the last     
areas designated when such ,secretary   
made its annual review and determination
 as is necessary to comply with such    
limitations4  7iii7 ,retroactive        
application of corrections ,any         
designation1 or revocation of           
designation1 under clause 7i7 or 7ii7   
with respect to any appeal shall be     
valid retroactive to the beginning of   
the calendar year to which the appeal   
relates4  7iv7 ,petition with respect to
 census block groups ,any landowner     
whose property is located within a      
census block group or equivalent        
geographic area defined by the ,bureau  
of the ,census that meets the criteria  
for designation of a qualified census   
tract can petition the ,secretary of    
,housing and ,urban ,development1 and   

upon verification by such ,secretary    
that such area meets such criteria1 such
 ,secretary shall designate such area as
 a qualified census tract4 ,subparagraph
 7,b77ii77,,ii7 shall be applied without
 regard to any area designated under    
this clause4  4