Sustainable Communities Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in coordination with the Department of Transportation, to create a Sustainable Communities Initiative to improve regional planning efforts that integrate housing and transportation decisions and improve land use and zoning.
As part of this initiative, HUD must administer two grant programs. Specifically, HUD must provide
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 927 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 927
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in
conjunction with the Secretary of Transportation, to carry out a
Sustainable Communities Initiative, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 30, 2019
Mrs. Torres of California (for herself and Mr. Blumenauer) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial
Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in
conjunction with the Secretary of Transportation, to carry out a
Sustainable Communities Initiative, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sustainable Communities Act of
2019''.
SEC. 2. SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE.
(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in
this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall, in coordination
with the Secretary of Transportation, carry out a Sustainable
Communities Initiative to improve regional planning efforts that
integrate housing and transportation decisions, and increase the
capacity to improve land use and zoning.
(b) Regional Integrated Planning Grants.--
(1) Authority.--Under the Sustainable Communities
Initiative under this section the Secretary shall, to the
extent amounts are made available for grants under this
subsection pursuant to subsection (f), provide Regional
Integrated Planning Grants to support improvements in and
coordination of metropolitan-wide housing, transportation,
energy, and land use planning activities.
(2) Competition; grantees.--Grants under this subsection
shall be awarded on a competitive basis to regional,
multijurisdictional organizations and consortia in metropolitan
areas. The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of
Transportation in evaluating applications for such grants.
(c) Community Challenge Planning Grants.--
(1) Authority.--Under the Sustainable Communities
Initiative under this section the Secretary shall, to the
extent amounts are made available for grants under this
subsection pursuant to subsection (f), provide Community
Challenge Planning Grants to foster reform and reduce barriers,
including through the reform of existing building codes and
zoning ordinances, to achieve affordable, economically vital,
and sustainable communities and discourage inefficient land use
patterns.
(2) Competition; grantees.--Grants under this subsection
shall be awarded on a competitive basis to units of general
local government. The Secretary shall consult with the
Secretary of Transportation in evaluating applications for such
grants.
(d) Plan.--The Secretary may not award any grant under subsection
(b) or (c) before the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of
Transportation, submits to the Congress a plan establishing grant
criteria and performance measures by which to measure the success of
grantees in achieving the goals of the grants, which plan shall be
based on the requirements under the Department of Housing and Urban
Development Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year 2010
Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program [Docket No. FR-
5396-03].
(e) Research and Evaluation.--The Secretary and the Secretary of
Transportation shall conduct a joint research effort to evaluate the
grant programs under subsections (b) and (c) to quantify the benefits
and costs of such programs. Amounts made available for activities under
this subsection may be used to improve the technical capacities of
regional organizations, local jurisdictions, community-based
organizations, developers, and private sector lenders to carry out
eligible activities under the grant programs under subsections (b) and
(c).
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $150,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2020 and 2021, of which for each such fiscal year--
(1) $100,000,000 shall be for Regional Integrated Planning
Grants under subsection (b) and of which not less than
$25,000,000 for each such fiscal year shall be only for such
grants for metropolitan areas having populations of fewer than
500,000 persons;
(2) $40,000,000 shall be for Community Challenge Planning
Grants under subsection (c); and
(3) up to $10,000,000 shall be for carrying out activities
under subsection (e).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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