Community parks revitalization program

(a) In general The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall carry out a community parks revitalization program under this title under which the Secretary shall, from amounts appropriated pursuant to section 114, award the following grants on a competitive basis: (1) Rehabilitation and construction grants The Secretary shall make rehabilitation and construction capital grants in accordance with the criteria established pursuant to section 104(a) to eligible local governments for the purpose of— (A) rebuilding, remodeling, expanding, integrating, or developing existing or building new recreational areas and facilities, including improvements in park landscapes, infrastructure, buildings, and support facilities; and (B) the provision of lighting, emergency phones, or other capital improvements to improve the security of urban parks, but not including routine maintenance and upkeep activities. (2) Innovation and recreation program grants The Secretary shall make innovation and recreation program grants in accordance with the criteria established pursuant to section 105(a) to eligible local governments to cover costs of personnel, facilities, equipment, supplies, or services designed to demonstrate innovative and cost effective ways to augment park and recreation opportunities, or support new or existing programs, that increase access to recreation opportunities for returning veterans and active duty military and their families or provide constructive alternatives for youth at risk for engaging in criminal behavior. (3) Recovery action program grants The Secretary shall make recovery action program grants to eligible local governments for planning and development of local park and recreation recovery action programs required under section 106, including for resource and needs assessment, coordination, citizen involvement and planning, and program development activities to encourage public definition of goals and develop priorities and strategies for overall recreation system recovery. (b) Eligibility (1) In general For the purposes of this title, any local government located within a standard metropolitan statistical area, as determined in accordance with the most recent decennial Census, shall be eligible to apply for and receive grant awards pursuant to subsection (a). (2) Partial eligibility waiver (A) Designation The Secretary may designate local governments not located within standard metropolitan statistical areas, as determined in accordance with the most recent decennial Census, as eligible to receive grant awards pursuant to subsection (a). (B) Limitation on amounts The aggregate amount of grants made to eligible local governments that receive such status pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall not exceed 15 percent of the total amounts appropriated pursuant to this title for all grants under subsection (a). (c) Matching requirement (1) In general The Secretary shall ensure that each eligible local government that receives a grant pursuant to subsection (a) shall supplement, in accordance with this subsection, the amount received under such grant with an amount that is not less than 3/7 of such grant amount; except that, in the case of grants under subsection (a)(3), the Secretary shall ensure that each eligible local government shall supplement the amount received under such grant with amount that is not less than such grant amount. (2) Use Supplemental amounts made available in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be used only for projects and activities for which grant amounts are eligible to be used. (3) Sources for supplemental funds (A) Limitation on Federal funds Supplemental funds required by paragraph (1) may not include any amounts made available from a Federal grant program, other than— (i) the community development block grant program under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); (ii) any Federal program for general revenue sharing with local governments; or (iii) any Federal program that provides block grants to States and localities to develop, promote, implement, and manage energy efficiency and conservation projects and programs designed to reduce fossil fuel emissions, reduce energy use, improve energy efficiency, and create and retain jobs. (B) State and private amounts The Secretary may require that a portion of the supplemental funds required by paragraph (1) come from the State or private sources. (C) Non-federal funds Supplemental funds required by paragraph (1) may include— (i) general or specific purpose State or local revenues; (ii) State categorical grants; (iii) special appropriations under State law; (iv) donations of land, building, or building materials; (v) in-kind construction, technical, and planning services; and (vi) any combination of funds described in this subparagraph. (D) Exception The Secretary shall waive the supplemental funds requirement under subparagraph (A) if— (i) the eligible local government is located in a rural area, as determined by the Secretary; or (ii) the eligible local government has demonstrated economic hardship, as determined by the Secretary. (d) Transfer At the discretion of an eligible local government receiving a rehabilitation and construction grant under subsection (a)(1) or an innovation and recreation program grant under subsection (a)(2), and if consistent with the approved application for such grant, the grant may be transferred in whole or in part to private nonprofit agencies, provided that assisted recreational areas and facilities owned or managed by such private nonprofit agencies offer recreation opportunities to the general population within the jurisdictional boundaries of the local government. (e) Payments Grant payments may be made only for rehabilitation and construction or innovation and recreation projects and programs approved by the Secretary. In the case of rehabilitation and construction and innovation projects, such payments may be made periodically consistent with the rate of progress toward the satisfactory completion of a project, except that the Secretary may, when appropriate, make advance payments on approved rehabilitation and construction and innovation projects in an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the total project cost. (f) Modification of project The Secretary may authorize modification of an approved rehabilitation and construction or innovation project only when a grantee has adequately demonstrated that such modification is necessary because of circumstances not foreseeable at the time such project was proposed.