,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efec  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,salmon introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,financial ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to provide for recipients of   
community development block grant funds 
to return such funds to the ,treasury of
 the ,united ,states without prejudice1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,cdbg ,grant ,return ,act of #bjad4    
#b4 ,return of unused grant funds       
,section #ajf of the ,housing and       
,community ,development ,act of #aigd   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ecjf7 is amended by     
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7g7 ,return of unused grant
 funds  7#a7 ,authority ,any            
metropolitan city1 urban county1 unit of
 general local government1 ,indian      
tribe1 or insular area that directly or 
indirectly receives amounts pursuant to 
this section may1 at the sole discretion

 of such entity1 return to the ,treasury
 any or all of such amounts1 subject to 
paragraph 7#b74  7#b7 ,retention and use
 of #aj percent of return amount ,in    
returning any amounts pursuant to this  
subsection1 a metropolitan city1 urban  
county1 unit of general local           
government1 ,indian tribe1 or insular   
area1 such city1 county unit1 tribe1 or 
insular area may retain and use for any 
purpose1 at the discretion of such city1
 county unit1 tribe1 or insular area and
 notwithstanding any other provision of 
this title1 an amount not exceeding     
#a_/aj of the total of such amounts     
otherwise to be returned4  7#c7         
,treatment of future grant amounts ,any 
return of amounts pursuant to this      
subsection shall not in any manner      
affect the future eligibility of such   
entity for grant funds under this title 
or the amount of such grant funds       
provided4  7#d7 ,treatment of returned  
amounts ,any amounts returned to the    
,treasury pursuant to this subsection   

shall be covered into the general fund  
and shall not be reallocated1           
redistributed1 or otherwise made        
available under this title4  4