,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cecg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #b    
7legislative day1 ,september #bh71      
#bjah,mr4 ,booker introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to provide an increased        
allocation of funding under certain     
programs for assistance in persistent   
poverty counties1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as ,an ,act ,targeting     
,resources to ,communities in ,need4    
#b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3  7#a7   
,development program ,the term          
development program means any of the    
following programs1 offices1 or         
appropriations accounts3 7,a7 ,any      
program administered by the ,office of  
,rural ,development of the ,department  
of ,agriculture4  7,b7 ,the ,appalachian
 ,regional ,commission4  7,c7           
,department of ,commerce1 ,economic     

,development ,administration1 ,economic 
,development ,assistance ,programs4     
7,d7 ,the ,delta ,regional ,authority4  
7,e7 ,the ,denali ,commission4  7,f7    
,any training or employment services    
program administered by the ,employment 
and ,training ,administration of the    
,department of ,labor4  7,g7 ,department
 of ,health and ,human ,services1       
,health ,resources and ,services        
,administration4  7,h7 ,environmental   
,protection ,agency1 ,state and ,tribal 
,assistance ,grants4  7,i7 ,department  
of ,commerce1 ,national ,institute of   
,standards and ,technology1             
,construction4  7,j7 ,department of     
,justice1 ,office of ,justice ,programs4
  7,k7 ,department of ,transportation1  
,office of the ,secretary1 ,nationally  
,significant ,freight and ,highway      
,projects4  7,l7 ,department of         
,transportation1 ,office of the         
,secretary1 ,national ,infrastructure   
,investments4  7,m7 ,department of      
,transportation1 ,federal ,transit      

,administration1 ,bus  ,bus ,facilities 
,infrastructure ,investment ,program4   
7,n7 ,department of ,transportation1    
,federal ,transit ,administration1      
,capital ,investment ,grants ,program4  
7,o7 ,any program of the ,department of 
the ,treasury relating to ,community    
,development ,financial ,institutions   
7within the meaning of section #ajc of  
the ,community ,development ,banking and
 ,financial ,institutions ,act of #aiid 
7#ab ,u4,s4,c4 #dgjb774  7#b7           
,persistent poverty county ,the term    
persistent poverty county means any     
county with a poverty rate of at least  
#bj percent1 as determined in each of   
the #aiij and #bjjj decennial censuses1 
and in the ,bureau of the ,census's     
,small ,area ,income and ,poverty       
,estimates for the most recent year for 
which the estimates are available4  7#c7
 ,high-poverty area ,the term           
high-poverty area means a census tract  
with a poverty rate of at least #bj     
percent during the #c years most        

recently ending before the date of the  
enactment of this ,act4  #c4 #aj-bj-cj  
formula for persistent poverty counties 
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the entity responsible for         
administering a development program     
shall use not less than #aj percent of  
the amounts made available in any       
appropriations ,act for the program for 
any of fiscal years #bjai through #bjbh1
 in persistent poverty counties1 if the 
entity is otherwise authorized to do so4
  #d4 ,targeting high-poverty census    
tracts  7a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding
 any other provision of law1 the entity 
responsible for administering a         
development program shall use not less  
than the amount described in subsection 
7b7 of the amounts made available in any
 appropriations ,act for the program for
 any of fiscal years #bjai through      
#bjbh1 for projects in high-poverty     
areas1 if the entity is otherwise       
authorized to do so4  7b7 ,amount       
described ,the amount described in this 

subsection with respect to a program is 
an amount equal to the sum of-- 7#a7 the
 average percentage of ,federal         
assistance awarded under the program in 
the #c fiscal years most recently ending
 before the date of the enactment of    
this ,act that were used for projects in
 high-poverty areas2 plus  7#b7 #e      
percent of the average total ,federal   
loan and grant funds awarded under the  
program in the #c fiscal years referred 
to in paragraph 7#a74  7c7 ,report to   
,congress ,if an entity responsible for 
administering a development program     
determines that the provision of        
benefits under the program in a         
particular census tract actually        
benefits individuals predominantly      
living in other census tracts1 then the 
entity shall1 within #c months after the
 date of the enactment of this ,act1    
inform the ,director of the ,office of  
,management and ,budget and the         
,congress that it would be more         
appropriate to track the provision of   

benefits under the program based on the 
census tracts in which the individuals  
who actually receive the benefits reside
 and on whether the benefits serve      
individuals who reside in predominantly 
low-income census tracts4  #e4 ,failure 
to use funds ,if the entity responsible 
for administering a development program 
does not comply with section #d with    
respect to the program for a fiscal     
year1 the entity shall submit to the    
,congress a report that describes how   
the entity plans to do so in the next   
fiscal year4  #f4 ,report to congress   
,within #f months after the end of      
fiscal year #bjai and within #f months  
after the end of each fiscal year       
thereafter1 the entity responsible for  
administering each development program  
shall submit to the ,congress a progress
 report on the implementation of this   
,act with respect to the development    
program4