,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajeac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,september #ba1      
#bjbf,ms4 ,adams 7for herself and ,mr4  
,espaillat7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,financial ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,housing and ,urban ,development to     
establish a pilot program to provide    
grants to eligible entities to fund     
pre-development activities associated   
with new construction or rehabilitation 
of housing that qualifies as affordable 
housing on land owned by such           
faith-based organizations1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,faith-,based       
,affordable ,housing ,predevelopment    
,fund ,act4  #b4 ,grant program  7a7 ,in
 general ,the ,secretary of ,housing and
 ,urban ,development shall1 not later   
than #a year after the date of the      
enactment of this section establish a   
program to provide grants to eligible   

entities on a competitive basis to fund 
pre-development activities associated   
with the new construction or            
rehabilitation of housing that qualifies
 as affordable 7as described in section 
#bae of the ,cranston-,gonzalez         
,national ,affordable ,housing ,act7 on 
land owned by faith-based organizations4
  7b7 ,program duration ,the grant      
program established under subsection 7a7
 shall terminate #e years after the     
,secretary establishes such grant       
program4  7c7 ,priority ,when awarding  
grants under subsection 7a71 the        
,secretary shall give priority to       
eligible entities that have a           
demonstrated track record of working    
with faith-based organizations or       
developing housing1 as determined by the
 ,secretary4  7d7  ,use of amounts  ,any
 eligible entity that receives amounts  
under this section shall use such       
amounts for pre-development expenses    
associated with new construction or     
rehabilitation of housing that qualifies

 as affordable 7as described in section 
#bae of the ,cranston-,gonzalez         
,national ,affordable ,housing ,act7 on 
land owned by the faith-based           
organization1 including expenses        
associated with--  7#a7 initial         
architectural and engineering schematic 
designs2  7#b7 environmental reviews and
 assessments2  7#c7 feasibility studies2
  7#d7 legal work2  7#e7 preparing      
applications for financing to cover     
expenses associated with the            
construction of housing that qualifies  
as affordable 7as described in section  
#bae of the ,cranston-,gonzalez         
,national ,affordable ,housing ,act72   
7#f7 performing market studies2  7#g7   
hiring project consultants2 and  7#h7   
such other costs as the ,secretary      
determines appropriate4  7e7 ,training  
and technical assistance ,each eligible 
entity that receives a grant under this 
section--  7#a7 shall provide training  
and technical assistance to each        
faith-based organization associated with

 pre-development expenses funded by such
 eligible entity using amounts provided 
under this section2 and  7#b7 may use   
amounts provided under this section to  
provide such training and technical     
assistance4  7f7 ,report ,not later than
 #ahj days after termination of the     
grant program under subsection 7b71 the 
,secretary shall conduct a study and    
submit a report to ,congress on the     
impact of the grant program that        
includes-- 7#a7 a description of any    
impacts the grant program had on        
increasing the amount of affordable     
rental housing2  7#b7 a description of  
any impacts the grant program had on    
increasing homeownership units2  7#c7 a 
best practices identified through the   
grant program2 and  7#d7 any            
recommendations for improving the grant 
program4  7g7 ,authorization of         
appropriations ,there is authorized to  
be appropriated to the ,secretary       
#ajj1jjj1jjj in fiscal year #bjbg to    
carry out this section and such amounts 

shall be available to carry out this    
section through the end of fiscal year  
#bjca4  7h7 ,definitions ,in this       
section3 7#a7 ,eligible entities ,the   
term eligible entity means--  7,a7 a    
,state 7as such term is defined in      
section #ajd of the ,cranston-,gonzalez 
,national ,affordable ,housing ,act72   
7,b7 a unit of general local government 
7as such term is defined under section  
#ajd of the ,cranston-,gonzalez         
,national ,affordable ,housing ,act72   
7,c7 a nonprofit organization 7as such  
term is defined under section #ajd of   
the ,cranston-,gonzalez ,national       
,affordable ,housing ,act72 and  7,d7 a 
community development financial         
institution 7as such term is defined in 
section #ajd7;a77#a7 of the ,community  
,development ,banking and ,financial    
,institutions ,act of #aiid74  7#b7     
,faith-based organization ,the term     
faith-based organization shall have the 
meaning given the term by the ,secretary
 and shall include any entity that is   

assisted by the ,center for ,faith at   
the ,department of ,housing and ,urban  
,development4  7#c7 ,secretary ,the term
 ,secretary means the ,secretary of     
,housing and ,urban ,development4