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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6092
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 30, 2021
Mr. Rice of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. Clyburn) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To revise the standards for eligibility for community development block grant disaster recovery grants, and for other purposes.
1.
Community development disaster recovery grants
In making any determination of whether any ZIP Code is a most impacted and distressed area for purposes of eligibility for a formula allocation with amounts made available under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) for disaster recovery, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not establish a minimum threshold dollar amount relating to serious unmet housing need for an area to be considered as having suffered sufficient concentrated damages, but shall consider any ZIP Code for which the median household income is less than 75 percent of the national median household income as having suffered such sufficient concentrated damages.