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[CITE: 42USC3161]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
            CHAPTER 38--PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 
    SUBCHAPTER III--ELIGIBILITY; COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
                               STRATEGIES
 
Sec. 3161. Eligibility of areas


(a) In general

    For a project to be eligible for assistance under section 3141 or 
3149 of this title, the project shall be located in an area that, on the 
date of submission of the application, meets 1 or more of the following 
criteria:

                      (1) Low per capita income

        The area has a per capita income of 80 percent or less of the 
    national average.

            (2) Unemployment rate above national average

        The area has an unemployment rate that is, for the most recent 
    24-month period for which data are available, at least 1 percent 
    greater than the national average unemployment rate.

          (3) Unemployment or economic adjustment problems

        The area is an area that the Secretary determines has 
    experienced or is about to experience a special need arising from 
    actual or threatened severe unemployment or economic adjustment 
    problems resulting from severe short-term or long-term changes in 
    economic conditions.

(b) Political boundaries of areas

    An area that meets 1 or more of the criteria of subsection (a) of 
this section, including a small area of poverty or high unemployment 
within a larger community in less economic distress, shall be eligible 
for assistance under section 3141 or 3149 of this title without regard 
to political or other subdivisions or boundaries.

(c) Documentation

                           (1) In general

        A determination of eligibility under subsection (a) of this 
    section shall be supported by the most recent Federal data 
    available, or, if no recent Federal data is available, by the most 
    recent data available through the government of the State in which 
    the area is located.

                     (2) Acceptance by Secretary

        The documentation shall be accepted by the Secretary unless the 
    Secretary determines that the documentation is inaccurate.

(d) Prior designations

    Any designation of a redevelopment area made before the effective 
date of the Economic Development Administration Reform Act of 1998 shall 
not be effective after that effective date.

(Pub. L. 89-136, title III, Sec. 301, as added Pub. L. 105-393, title I, 
Sec. 102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3607.)

                       References in Text

    For the effective date of the Economic Development Administration 
Reform Act of 1998, referred to in subsec. (d), see section 105 of Pub. 
L. 105-393, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3121 of this 
title.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 3161, Pub. L. 89-136, title IV, Sec. 401, Aug. 26, 
1965, 79 Stat. 560; Pub. L. 89-794, title XI, Sec. 1102, Nov. 8, 1966, 
80 Stat. 1477; Pub. L. 91-123, title III, Sec. 304, Nov. 25, 1969, 83 
Stat. 219; Pub. L. 92-65, title I, Sec. 106, Aug. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 167; 
Pub. L. 93-423, Secs. 3(a), 6, Sept. 27, 1974, 88 Stat. 1158, 1161; Pub. 
L. 94-487, title I, Secs. 113, 114, Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2334, set 
forth criteria for determining eligible redevelopment areas, prior to 
repeal by Pub. L. 105-393, Sec. 102(a).
    A prior section 301 of Pub. L. 89-136 was classified to section 3151 
of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105-393, Sec. 102(a).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3122, 3145, 3175, 3192, 
3195, 9815 of this title; title 19 section 2371.
