Energy-related Portions of 42 USC 5305, Section 105 of the Community Development Block Grant Act

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From the U.S. Code
[Laws in effect as of January 20, 1999]
[CITE: 42USC5305]

1. Enumeration of eligible activities
   Activities assisted under this chapter may include only--
   1. the acquisition of real property (including air rights, water rights, and other interests therein) which is
      1. blighted, deteriorated, deteriorating, undeveloped, or inappropriately developed from the standpoint of sound community development and growth;
      2. appropriate for rehabilitation or conservation activities;
      3. appropriate for the preservation or restoration of historic sites, the beautification of urban land, the conservation of open spaces, naturalresources, and scenic areas, the provision of recreational opportunities, or the guidance of urban development;
      4. to be used for the provision of public works, facilities, and improvements eligible for assistance under this chapter; or
      5. to be used for other public purposes;
         
         
   2. the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or installation (including design features and improvements with respect to such construction, reconstruction, or installation that promote energy efficiency) of public works, facilities (except for buildings for the general conduct of government), and site or other improvements;
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   4. clearance, demolition, removal, reconstruction, and rehabilitation (including rehabilitation which promotes energy efficiency) of buildings and improvements (including interim assistance, and financing public or private acquisition for reconstruction or rehabilitation, and reconstruction or rehabilitation, of privately owned properties, and including the renovation of closed school buildings);
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   8. provision of public services, including but not limited to those concerned with employment, crime prevention, child care, health, drug abuse, education, energy conservation...
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   15. assistance to neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations, local development corporations, nonprofit organizations serving the development needs of the communities in nonentitlement areas, or entities organized under section 681(d) of title 15 to carry out a neighborhood revitalization or community economic development or energy conservation project in furtherance of the objectives of section 5301(c) of this title, and assistance to neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations, or other private or public nonprofit organizations, for the purpose of assisting, as part of neighborhood revitalization or other community development, the development of shared housing opportunities (other than by construction of new facilities) in which elderly families (as defined in section 1437a(b)(3) of this title) benefit as a result of living in a dwelling in which the facilities are shared with others in a manner that effectively and efficiently meets the housing needs of the residents and thereby reduces their cost of housing;
       
       
   16. activities necessary to the development of energy use strategies related to a recipient's development goals, to assure that those goals are achieved with maximum energy efficiency, including items such as--
       1. an analysis of the manner in, and the extent to, which energy conservation objectives will be integrated into local government operations, purchasing and service delivery, capital improvements budgeting, waste management, district heating and cooling, land use planning and zoning, and traffic control, parking, and public transportation functions; and
          
          
       2. a statement of the actions the recipient will take to foster energy conservation and the use of renewable energy resources in the private sector, including the enactment and enforcement of local codes and ordinances to encourage or mandate energy conservation or use of renewable energy resources, financial and other assistance to be provided (principally for the benefit of low- and moderate-income persons) to make energy conserving improvements to residential structures, and any other proposed energy conservation activities;