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HR 3734 111th Congress House

Urban Revitalization and Livable Communities Act

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish and carry out an urban revitalization and livable communities program to provide Feder… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish and carry out an urban revitalization and livable communities program to provide Federal grants to urban areas for the rehabilitation of critically needed recreational areas and facilities and development of improved recreation programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 20, 2010 See on congress.gov
Housing and Community Development Child care and developmentCrime preventionGovernment information and archivesHousing and community development funding
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Juvenile crime and gang violenceParks, recreation areas, trailsUrban and suburban affairs and development
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Oct 6, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Oct 6, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Oct 6, 2009
Referred to House Financial Services
Oct 6, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 16, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Urban Revitalization and Livable Communities Act - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish an urban revitalization and livable communities program to provide federal grants to eligible general purpose local governments for various park and recreation purposes, including grants for rehabilitation and construction, innovation, at-risk youth recreation, and recovery action programs.

Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register a list of such governments meeting specified criteria.

Authorizes the Secretary to authorize other eligible governments in standard metropolitan statistical areas, but not on the list, to receive up to a specified portion of such grants.

Authorizes the Secretary, upon approval of an application by the chief executive of an eligible applicant, to provide 70% matching rehabilitation and construction, innovation, and at-risk youth recreation grants directly to such applicant.

Allows an applicant, at its discretion, to transfer a grant in whole or in part to special purpose local governments or private nonprofit agencies for recreational areas and facilities they own or operate which offer recreational opportunities to the general population

Requires an applicant, as a requirement for project approval, to submit to the Secretary evidence of its commitment to ongoing planning, rehabilitation, service, operation, and maintenance programs for its park and recreation systems, expressed in a five-year local park and recreation recovery action program.

Requires an eligible applicant for an at-risk youth recreation grant to include in its five-year program the goal of, and implementation strategies for, reducing crime and juvenile delinquency.

Authorizes the Secretary to increase all grants to a state under this Act by up to 15% (but not more than 85% in total).

Prohibits the conversion of any property improved or developed with assistance under this Act, without HUD approval, for uses other than for public recreation.

Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for acquisition of land or interests in land.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 47
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Nov 29, 2010
D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jun 30, 2010
D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 18, 2010
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Apr 29, 2010
Driehaus, Steve
· Apr 21, 2010
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 9, 2010
Pierluisi, Pedro
· Mar 9, 2010
R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Feb 22, 2010
Klein, Ron
· Feb 2, 2010
D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jan 26, 2010
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Jan 21, 2010
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jan 21, 2010
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jan 20, 2010
Faleomavaega, Eni
· Jan 20, 2010
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 20, 2010
Sablan, Gregorio
· Dec 10, 2009
D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Oct 28, 2009
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Oct 27, 2009
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 27, 2009
D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Oct 26, 2009
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Oct 23, 2009
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Oct 22, 2009
R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Oct 22, 2009
D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Oct 22, 2009
Hall, John
· Oct 22, 2009
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Oct 22, 2009
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Oct 22, 2009
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Oct 22, 2009
Sestak, Joe
· Oct 22, 2009
Arcuri, Michael
· Oct 21, 2009
D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Oct 21, 2009
D
Chu, Judy
California · Oct 21, 2009
D
Green, Al
Texas · Oct 21, 2009
Hare, Phil
· Oct 21, 2009
D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Oct 21, 2009
Murphy, Patrick
· Oct 21, 2009
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Oct 21, 2009
D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Oct 21, 2009
D
Waters, Maxine
California · Oct 21, 2009
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Oct 7, 2009
D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Oct 7, 2009
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Oct 6, 2009
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Oct 6, 2009
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Oct 6, 2009
McMahon, Michael
· Oct 6, 2009
D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Oct 6, 2009
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Oct 6, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3734: Urban Revitalization and Livable Communities Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3734/
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"H.R. 3734: Urban Revitalization and Livable Communities Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3734/.
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