7 USC 2009aa-7 - Program development criteria

U.S Code last checked for updates: Jan 30, 2025

§ 2009aa–7.

Program development criteria

(a)

In general

In considering programs and projects to be provided assistance under this subchapter, and in establishing a priority ranking of the requests for assistance provided by the Authority, the Authority shall follow procedures that ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, consideration of—

(1)

the relationship of the project or class of projects to overall regional development;

(2)

the per capita income and poverty and unemployment rates in an area;

(3)

the financial resources available to the applicants for assistance seeking to carry out the project, with emphasis on ensuring that projects are adequately financed to maximize the probability of successful economic development;

(4)

the importance of the project or class of projects in relation to other projects or classes of projects that may be in competition for the same funds;

(5)

the prospects that the project for which assistance is sought will improve, on a continuing rather than a temporary basis, the opportunities for employment, the average level of income, or the economic development of the area served by the project; and

(6)

the extent to which the project design provides for detailed outcome measurements by which grant expenditures and the results of the expenditures may be evaluated.

(b)

No relocation assistance

(c)

Reduction of funds

(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 382H, as added Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(4) [div. B, title V, § 503], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–279.)

cite as: 7 USC 2009aa-7