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HR 1634 98th Congress House

Neighborhood Development Demonstration Act of 1983

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to administer a demonstration program to determine the feasibility of assisting neighborhood d… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to administer a demonstration program to determine the feasibility of assisting neighborhood development activities by providing Federal matching funds to certain private nonprofit neighborhood organizations.

Introduced: February 24, 1983 See on congress.gov
Housing and Community Development Advisory bodiesCommunity developmentFederal advisory bodiesFederal aid to community development
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Federal-local relationsHousing and Housing FinanceLocal and Municipal GovernmentUrban affairs
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It never became law before the 98th Congress (1983–1984) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Feb 24, 1983
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 Latest action February 24, 1983

Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Neighborhood Development Demonstration Act of 1983 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a three-year demonstration program to determine the feasibility of assisting neighborhood development activities by providing Federal matching funds to certain nonprofit neighborhood development organizations on the basis of amounts received from the private sector.

Authorizes the Secretary to select, through a competitive process, up to 100 organizations to participate in the program in the first year, 200 in the second, and 300 in the third. Directs the Secretary to establish a neighborhood development advisory council to evaluate the applicants and recommend selections.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) assign each participating organization a program year during which time voluntary private contributions shall be eligible for matching; and (2) establish a ratio of between three and ten Federal dollars for each dollar contributed which the Secretary shall pay to each organization at the end of each three-month period of the organization's program year. Limits the maximum amount the Secretary may pay to any organization for a year to $50,000.

Directs the Secretary to ensure that: (1) assistance is provided to organizations only if their applications include certification by the local government of the area involved that such assistance is consistent with the housing and community development, conservation, and revitalization objectives of such governments; and (2) the neighborhood development activities conducted comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the activities carried out under this Act and any findings or recommendations concerning the demonstration program.

Authorizes appropriations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1634: Neighborhood Development Demonstration Act of 1983. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1634/
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"H.R. 1634: Neighborhood Development Demonstration Act of 1983." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1634/.
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