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[CITE: 42USC1397f]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
        SUBCHAPTER XX--BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES
 
Sec. 1397f. Additional grants


(a) Entitlement

                           (1) In general

        In addition to any payment under section 1397a of this title, 
    each State shall be entitled to--
            (A) 2 grants under this section for each qualified 
        empowerment zone in the State; and
            (B) 1 grant under this section for each qualified enterprise 
        community in the State.

                        (2) Amount of grants

        (A) Empowerment grants

            The amount of each grant to a State under this section for a 
        qualified empowerment zone shall be--
                (i) if the zone is designated in an urban area, 
            $50,000,000, multiplied by that proportion of the population 
            of the zone that resides in the State; or
                (ii) if the zone is designated in a rural area, 
            $20,000,000, multiplied by such proportion.

        (B) Enterprise grants

            The amount of the grant to a State under this section for a 
        qualified enterprise community shall be \1/95\ of $280,000,000, 
        multiplied by that proportion of the population of the community 
        that resides in the State.

        (C) Population determinations

            The Secretary shall make population determinations for 
        purposes of this paragraph based on the most recent decennial 
        census data available.

                        (3) Timing of grants

        (A) Qualified empowerment zones

            With respect to each qualified empowerment zone, the 
        Secretary shall make--
                (i) 1 grant under this section to each State in which 
            the zone lies, on the date of the designation of the zone 
            under part I of subchapter U of chapter 1 of the Internal 
            Revenue Code of 1986; and
                (ii) 1 grant under this section to each such State, on 
            the 1st day of the 1st fiscal year that begins after the 
            date of the designation.

        (B) Qualified enterprise communities

            With respect to each qualified enterprise community, the 
        Secretary shall make 1 grant under this section to each State in 
        which the community lies, on the date of the designation of the 
        community under part I of subchapter U of chapter 1 of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

                             (4) Funding

        $1,000,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary for 
    grants under this section.

(b) Program options

    Notwithstanding section 1397d(a) of this title:
        (1) In order to prevent and remedy the neglect and abuse of 
    children, a State may use amounts paid under this section to make 
    grants to, or enter into contracts with, entities to provide 
    residential or nonresidential drug and alcohol prevention and 
    treatment programs that offer comprehensive services for pregnant 
    women and mothers, and their children.
        (2) In order to assist disadvantaged adults and youths in 
    achieving and maintaining self-sufficiency, a State may use amounts 
    paid under this section to make grants to, or enter into contracts 
    with--
            (A) organizations operated for profit or not for profit, for 
        the purpose of training and employing disadvantaged adults and 
        youths in construction, rehabilitation, or improvement of 
        affordable housing, public infrastructure, and community 
        facilities; and
            (B) nonprofit organizations and community or junior 
        colleges, for the purpose of enabling such entities to provide 
        short-term training courses in entrepreneurism and self-
        employment, and other training that will promote individual 
        self-sufficiency and the interests of the community.

        (3) A State may use amounts paid under this section to make 
    grants to, or enter into contracts with, nonprofit community-based 
    organizations to enable such organizations to provide activities 
    designed to promote and protect the interests of children and 
    families, outside of school hours, including keeping schools open 
    during evenings and weekends for mentoring and study.
        (4) In order to assist disadvantaged adults and youths in 
    achieving and maintaining economic self-support, a State may use 
    amounts paid under this section to--
            (A) fund services designed to promote community and economic 
        development in qualified empowerment zones and qualified 
        enterprise communities, such as skills training, job counseling, 
        transportation services, housing counseling, financial 
        management, and business counseling;
            (B) assist in emergency and transitional shelter for 
        disadvantaged families and individuals; or
            (C) support programs that promote home ownership, education, 
        or other routes to economic independence for low-income families 
        and individuals.

(c) Use of grants

                           (1) In general

        Subject to subsection (d) of this section, each State that 
    receives a grant under this section with respect to an area shall 
    use the grant--
            (A) for services directed only at the goals set forth in 
        paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 1397 of this title;
            (B) in accordance with the strategic plan for the area; and
            (C) for activities that benefit residents of the area for 
        which the grant is made.

                      (2) Technical assistance

        A State may use a portion of any grant made under this section 
    in the manner described in section 1397a(e) of this title.

(d) Remittance of certain amounts

        (1) Portion of grant upon termination of designation

        Each State to which an amount is paid under this subsection 
    during a fiscal year with respect to an area the designation of 
    which under part I of subchapter U of chapter 1 of the Internal 
    Revenue Code of 1986 ends before the end of the fiscal year shall 
    remit to the Secretary an amount equal to the total of the amounts 
    so paid with respect to the area, multiplied by that proportion of 
    the fiscal year remaining after the designation ends.

     (2) Amounts paid to the States and not obligated within 2 
                                    years

        Each State shall remit to the Secretary any amount paid to the 
    State under this section that is not obligated by the end of the 2-
    year period that begins with the date of the payment.

(e) Reallocation of remaining funds

                        (1) Remitted amounts

        The amount specified in section 1397b(c) of this title for any 
    fiscal year is hereby increased by the total of the amounts remitted 
    during the fiscal year pursuant to subsection (d) of this section.

                 (2) Amounts not paid to the States

        The amount specified in section 1397b(c) of this title for 
    fiscal year 1998 is hereby increased by the amount made available 
    for grants under this section that has not been paid to any State by 
    the end of fiscal year 1997.

(f) Definitions

    As used in this section:

                   (1) Qualified empowerment zone

        The term ``qualified empowerment zone'' means, with respect to a 
    State, an area--
            (A) which has been designated (other than by the Secretary 
        of the Interior) as an empowerment zone under part I of 
        subchapter U of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
            (B) with respect to which the designation is in effect;
            (C) the strategic plan for which is a qualified plan; and
            (D) part or all of which is in the State.

                 (2) Qualified enterprise community

        The term ``qualified enterprise community'' means, with respect 
    to a State, an area--
            (A) which has been designated (other than by the Secretary 
        of the Interior) as an enterprise community under part I of 
        subchapter U of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
            (B) with respect to which the designation is in effect;
            (C) the strategic plan for which is a qualified plan; and
            (D) part or all of which is in the State.

                         (3) Strategic plan

        The term ``strategic plan'' means, with respect to an area, the 
    plan contained in the application for designation of the area under 
    part I of subchapter U of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
    1986.

                         (4) Qualified plan

        The term ``qualified plan'' means, with respect to an area, a 
    plan that--
            (A) includes a detailed description of the activities 
        proposed for the area that are to be funded with amounts 
        provided under this section;
            (B) contains a commitment that the amounts provided under 
        this section to any State for the area will not be used to 
        supplant Federal or non-Federal funds for services and 
        activities which promote the purposes of this section;
            (C) was developed in cooperation with the local government 
        or governments with jurisdiction over the area; and
            (D) to the extent that any State will not use the amounts 
        provided under this section for the area in the manner described 
        in subsection (b) of this section, explains the reasons why not.

                           (5) Rural area

        The term ``rural area'' has the meaning given such term in 
    section 1393(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

                           (6) Urban area

        The term ``urban area'' has the meaning given such term in 
    section 1393(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XX, Sec. 2007, as added Pub. L. 103-66, 
title XIII, Sec. 13761, Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 664; amended Pub. L. 
103-432, title II, Sec. 263, Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4467.)

                       References in Text

    The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in subsecs. (a)(3), 
(d)(1), and (f), is classified generally to Title 26, Internal Revenue 
Code.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1397f, act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XX, 
Sec. 2007, as added Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97-35, title XXIII, 
Sec. 2352(a), 95 Stat. 871, related to child day care services, prior to 
repeal by Pub. L. 99-514, title XVIII, Sec. 1883(e)(2), Oct. 22, 1986, 
100 Stat. 2919.
    Another prior section 1397f, act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XX, 
Sec. 2008, formerly Sec. 2007, as added Jan. 4, 1975, Pub. L. 93-647, 
Sec. 2, 88 Stat. 2348; renumbered Sec. 2008, Jan. 2, 1980, Pub. L. 96-
178, Sec. 4(b), 93 Stat. 1296, defined ``State supplementary payment'' 
and ``State'', prior to the general revision of this subchapter by 
section 2352(a) of Pub. L. 97-35.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 103-432 added subsec. (e) and 
redesignated former subsec. (e) as (f).
