Order Code RL33330
CRS Report for Congress
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Community Development Block Grant Funds in
Disaster Relief and Recovery
March 23, 2006
Eugene Boyd
Analyst
Government and Finance Division
Congressional Research Service { The Library of Congress

Community Development Block Grant Funds in
Disaster Relief and Recovery
Summary
In the aftermath of presidentially declared disasters, Congress has used a variety
of programs to help states and local governments finance recovery efforts, among
them the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. Over the years,
Congress has appropriated supplemental CDBG funds to assist states and
communities recover from such natural disasters as hurricanes, earthquakes, and
tornadoes. In addition, CDBG funds supported recovery efforts in New York City
following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in Oklahoma City following
the bombing of the Alfred Murrah Building in 1995, and in the city and county of Los
Angeles following the riots of 1992. In response to those calamities, CDBG funds
were made available for short-term relief efforts, mitigation actions, and long-term
recovery, and to provide housing and business assistance, infrastructure
reconstruction, and public services.
Most recently, Congress has provided $11.5 billion in CDBG assistance to the
five states (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) affected by the Gulf
Coast hurricanes of 2005. The funds were included in the Defense Appropriations
Act for FY2006 and are to be used for “necessary expenses related to disaster relief,
long-term recovery, and restoration of infrastructure in the most impacted and
distressed areas.” Funds were allocated among the five states based on the degree of
unmet housing needs and the degree of concentrated distress.
Congress is currently considering $4.2 billion in FY2006 CDBG supplemental
appropriations to help rebuild Gulf Coast communities affected by the hurricanes of
2005. This is part of a $19.8 billion request for funds for Gulf Coast recovery
activities. The Administration’s request, which was sent to Congress on February 16,
2006, would allocate the $4.2 billion entirely to the state of Louisiana for flood
mitigation activities; these could include infrastructure improvements, real property
acquisition or relocation, and other activities designed to reduce the risk of future
damage, including elevating homes in the most flood prone areas. As a condition of
receipt of the funds, the state would be subject to an administrative expense ceiling
of 5% and would be allowed to seek waivers of program requirements, except those
related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and environmental
review. None of the funds could be used for activities reimbursable by FEMA,
SBA, or the Army Corps of Engineers. On March 13, 2006, the House
Appropriations Committee reported H.R. 4939, a bill that would allocate $4.2 billion
among the five states affected by the hurricanes of 2005.
This report provides an overview of the use of the CDBG program in disaster
relief. It will be updated as events warrant.

Contents
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
CDBG Disaster Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Short-Term Disaster Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Mitigation Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Long-Term Recovery Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Other Actions by HUD in Support of Disaster Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Authority to Waive Program Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Funding Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Matching Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Reporting Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Response to 2005 Hurricanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
CDBG Supplemental Appropriations, P.L. 109-148 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
FY2006 Supplemental Appropriations Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Policy Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
List of Tables
Table 1. Allocation of $11.5 Billion in CDBG Disaster Relief Assistance . . . . . 7
Table 2. Funding History of CDBG Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster
Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Community Development Block Grant
Funds in Disaster Relief and Recovery
Background
The CDBG program, administered by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), is the federal government’s largest and most widely available
source of financial assistance to support state and local government-directed
neighborhood revitalization, housing rehabilitation, and economic development
activities. These formula-based grants are allocated to more than 1,100 entitlement
communities (metropolitan cities with populations of 50,000 or more, and urban
counties), the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the insular areas of American Samoa,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Grants are used to
implement plans intended to address local housing, neighborhood revitalization,
public services, and infrastructure needs, as determined by local officials with citizen
input.
Due to the block grant nature of the program, local and state officials exercise
a great deal of discretion in determining which combination of eligible activities (in
25 categories) to undertake when developing their community development plans.
Eligible CDBG activities include historic preservation; real property acquisition,
demolition, site preparation and disposition; economic development and job creation,
including assistance to for-profit entities and establishment of revolving loan funds;
housing assistance, including rehabilitation loans and grants; public service
activities, including job counseling and employment training; and assistance to not-
for-profit entities, including community development corporations and faith-based
institutions.
Any of the eligible activities undertaken by a community must address at least
one of the program’s following three national objectives:
! principally benefit low and moderate income persons;
! aid in eliminating or preventing slums or blight; or
! meet particularly urgent community development needs because
existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the public.
It is this third program objective—meeting an urgent threat—that allows CDBG
funds to be used to assist in disaster response activities.
The program’s authorizing statute requires each state and entitlement
community to allocate 70% of its CDBG funds to activities that primarily benefit
low- and moderate-income persons. In response to previous disasters, HUD has

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waived this provision in order to allow a community to address an urgent threat to
the safety of residents.
CDBG Disaster Assistance
The CDBG program has been used frequently by the federal government to
respond to natural and manmade catastrophes (for a list of CDBG disaster recovery
appropriations see Table 2 at the end of this report). In general, Congress has
provided increased flexibility and allocated additional CDBG funds to affected
communities and states to help them respond to and recover from presidentially
declared disasters. This includes allowing communities to reprogram CDBG funds
to meet disaster-related needs, including short-term disaster relief, mitigation
activities, and long-term recovery activities. In assisting communities and states in
responding to disasters, HUD may expedite grant awards for affected communities
in presidentially declared disaster areas, including allowing affected grantees to move
up their CDBG program start dates.
Short-Term Disaster Relief. Past disaster relief legislation has allowed
CDBG funds to fill gaps in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and
Small Business Administration (SBA) emergency relief activities. In general, such
legislation prohibited CDBG funds from substituting for FEMA or SBA funding but
allowed CDBG funds to be used for activities that are not reimbursable by FEMA or
SBA. Typically, CDBG has been used to finance the removal of debris, the provision
of extra security patrols, and the emergency restoration of essential services, such as
water, sewer, electrical, and telecommunications. For instance, approximately $250
million in CDBG funds were used to finance the emergency temporary restoration
of utilities in the affected areas of Lower Manhattan following the destruction of the
World Trade Center, and an additional $500 million was made available for
permanent utility restoration and infrastructure improvements.1
Mitigation Activities. Mitigation activities are intended to lessen the impact
of a disaster, and can range from such physical measures as the construction of levees
to protect against flooding to buildings designed to withstand earthquakes.
Mitigation activities may also involve training exercises and public awareness
programs. Less typical is the use of CDBG to compensate businesses and workers
for lost wages or revenues. Mitigation can take place at any time—before a disaster
occurs, during an emergency, or after a disaster, during recovery or reconstruction.
Mitigation activities have involved the use of CDBGs to fund buyouts of real
property in areas prone to a recurrence of the event. For instance, following the
Midwest floods of 1993, CDBG and Hazard Mitigation Grants from FEMA were
used to acquire privately-held real property within flood plain areas in the nine
1 Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, Partial Action Plan S-2 for Utility
Restoration and Infrastructure Rebuilding
, prepared by the Lower Manhattan Development
Corporation in partnership with Empire State Development and New York City Economic
Development Corporation, available at [http://www.renewnyc.com/content/pdfs/PAP
%20S-2%20%20As%20Approved%20by%20HUD%20as%20of%20091503.pdf], visited
Mar. 23, 2006, p. 1.

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affected states2 and convert the land to public uses, such as recreation, or allowing
it to return to its natural state.3 CDBG funds were also used to construct and repair
levees in an effort to reduce the area’s vulnerability to future flood losses. Following
the Midwest floods of 1997, Congress again appropriated CDBG funds to cover
buyouts of privately-held land in flood prone areas in the affected states.4
Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Congress appropriated
$2 billion under P.L. 107-117 for disaster relief and recovery assistance to New
York.5 The act earmarked at least $500 million for economic losses to individuals,
businesses, and nonprofit organizations in an effort to mitigate the attack’s economic
impact. That provision required HUD to implement the program within 45 days after
passage of the act. It limited economic loss grants to small businesses located within
a designated area to no more than $500,000. In addition, the act earmarked at least
$10 million for the tourism and travel industry.6
Long-Term Recovery Activities. The third set of activities eligible for
CDBG assistance is associated with long-term recovery and reconstruction efforts.
This would include assistance to businesses and residents affected by a presidentially
declared disaster, as well as grants intended to attract new businesses to the area. The
forms of assistance may range from business loans to infrastructure improvements.
For instance, to assist in the redevelopment of the Lower Manhattan area of
New York following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Congress
appropriated $3.5 billion in CDBG funds. Of the $3.5 billion in CDBG funds made
available, $1.49 billion has been allocated to recovery assistance including $350
million in business recovery grants (to compensate businesses for lost revenue) and
small firm attraction and retention grants (awarding incentives to businesses agreeing
to stay in Lower Manhattan).7 The $1.49 billion also included $280.5 million in
2 States affected by the 1993 floods included Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
3 108 Stat. 13; U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency and State of Missouri
Emergency Management Agency, Success Stories from the Missouri Buyout Program,
(Washington: Aug. 2002) available at [http://www.fema.gov/pdf/reg-vii/
mo_buyoutreport.pdf], visited Mar. 23, 2006, p. 2.
4 111 Stat. 198.
5 In total, Congress appropriated $3.483 billion in CDBG disaster relief assistance. These
funds were made available in three separate appropriations acts: $700 million in P.L. 107-
38; $2.0 billion in P.L. 107-117; and $783 million in P.L. 107-206.
6 115 Stat. 2336.
7 Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, Partial Action Plan 002: New York Business
Recovery and Economic Revitalization,
prepared by the Lower Manhattan Development
Corporation in partnership with Empire State Development and New York City Economic
Development Corporation, available at
[http://www.renewnyc.com/FundingInitiatives/PartialActionPlans.aspx], visited Mar. 23,
2006, p. 2.

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residential grant assistance to encourage renters and owners to stay in the area.8 In
exchange for a two-year commitment to stay in the area, renters and owners in
designated Lower Manhattan neighborhoods received residential grants that covered
up to 30% of their housing costs.9 In addition, $330 million in CDBG funds were
made available to cover some portion of costs incurred by Con Edison and Verizon
in restoring utility and telecommunication services to the Lower Manhattan area.
Other Actions by HUD in Support of Disaster Recovery
In addition to providing CDBG funding assistance, Congress has included a
number of other provisions in past disaster relief appropriations to facilitate relief and
recovery efforts and to ensure accountability. These have included the use of
waivers, funding transfers, matching funds, and reporting requirements.
Authority to Waive Program Requirements. Previous disaster relief
appropriations have granted the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
significant authority to waive program requirements but have generally prohibited
waivers in four areas: nondiscrimination, environmental review, labor standards, and
fair housing. This is consistent with the program’s authorizing legislation which
states that:
For funds designated under this title by a recipient to address the damage in an
area for which the President has declared a disaster under title IV of the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, the Secretary may
suspend all requirements for purposes of assistance under section 106 for that
area, except for those related to public notice of funding availability,
nondiscrimination, fair housing, labor standards, environmental standards, and
requirements that activities benefit persons of low- and moderate-income.10
Congress, on a few occasions, has waived or modified the CDBG program’s
income targeting provisions, which require grantees to allocate at least 70% of their
funds to activities that benefit low- and moderate-income persons. For instance, in
response to the Midwest floods of 1998 and the Florida hurricanes of 2004, the
income targeting requirement was lowered to 50%.11 In response to the 1992 Los
Angeles riots, Congress increased the ceiling on the use of the CDBG funds for
public service activities in Los Angeles from 15% to 25%.12
8 Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, Partial Action Plan 001: Residential Grant
Program
, prepared by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation in cooperation with
the State of New York and the City of New York, available at
[http://www.renewnyc.com/FundingInitiatives/PartialActionPlans.aspx], visited Mar. 23,
2006, p. 1.
9 Ibid., p. 9.
10 42 U.S.C. 5321.
11 112 Stat. 76; 118 Stat. 1254.
12 42 U. S. C. 5306(a)(8).

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In addition to waivers, affected grantees in presidentially declared disaster areas
may request the suspension of certain statutory or regulatory provisions. This may
include extension of the deadline for submitting annual performance reports, and
changes in the time frame for measuring whether the community met the CDBG
program’s income-targeting requirement (that 70% of CDBG expenditures benefitted
low- and moderate-income persons).13 Grantees may also seek a suspension or
removal of statutory provisions prohibiting the use of CDBG funds for new housing
construction or for repair or reconstruction of buildings used for the general conduct
of local government. Several past disaster relief acts included language requiring
HUD to publish in the Federal Register, five days in advance of the effective date,
any waivers or suspensions of any statute or regulation governing the use of CDBG
funds for disaster relief.14
Funding Transfers. Congress has included language in previous disaster
relief appropriations allowing communities to transfer CDBG funds to other
programs. For instance, disaster relief assistance legislation in response to the
Northridge, California, earthquake of 1994 included a provision allowing HUD to
transfer $75 million in CDBG assistance to the HOME Investment Partnership
program (a housing block grant administered by HUD).15 In addition, Congress
included language in appropriations dealing with the 1998 Midwest floods that
transferred administrative authority over CDBG funds for land buyouts from HUD
to FEMA as a part of a disaster mitigation strategy.16
Matching Funds. Congress has also included language in disaster relief
appropriations requiring communities to meet a financial match requirement as a
condition for receipt of CDBG-funded disaster relief assistance. For instance,
disaster relief assistance in response to the Florida hurricanes of 2004 required each
state to “provide not less than 10 percent in non-Federal public matching funds or
its equivalent value (other than administrative costs) for any funds allocated to the
state under this heading.”17 CDBGs awarded to states following the 1998 Midwest
floods were conditioned on each state providing 25% in non-federal public matching
funds.18
Reporting Requirements. Several past appropriations acts have included
provisions requiring quarterly reports on the expenditure of funds in order to provide
oversight and ensure accountability in the allocation of disaster relief funds.
Legislation providing CDBG disaster relief assistance to communities affected by the
1997 and 1998 Midwest floods included provisions that required HUD and FEMA
to jointly submit quarterly reports to the House and Senate Appropriations
13 The time frame for measuring low- and moderate-income benefits may not exceed three
years.
14 118 Stat. 1254.
15 108 Stat. 13.
16 111 Stat. 199; 116 Stat. 889.
17 118 Stat. 1254.
18 112 Stat. 76.

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Committees on the use of CDBG funds for land acquisition and buyouts.19
Legislation providing CDBG assistance to New York following the September 11,
2001, terrorist attacks also included quarterly reporting provisions. 20
Response to 2005 Hurricanes
CDBG Supplemental Appropriations, P.L. 109-148. Congress included
$11.5 billion in supplemental CDBG disaster recovery assistance in the Defense
Appropriations Act for FY2006 (P.L. 109-148) which was signed by the President
on December 30, 2005. These funds were to be used for “necessary expenses related
to disaster relief, long-term recovery, and restoration of infrastructure in the most
impacted and distressed areas” in the five states (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Texas) impacted by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. The act
allows for the following:
! the affected states may use up to 5% of their supplemental allocation
for administrative costs;
! HUD may grant waivers of program requirements (except those
relating to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the
environment);
! Mississippi and Louisiana, the most affected states, may use up to
$20 million for the Local Initiative Support Corporation and
Enterprise Foundation-supported local community development
corporations; and
! the governor of each state may designate multiple entities to
administer a portion, or all, of a state’s share of the $11.5 billion.
The act also lowers the income targeting requirement for activities benefitting
low- and moderate-income persons from 70% to 50% of the state’s allocation; limits
the maximum amount of assistance any of the five states may receive to no more than
54% of the total amount appropriated; and requires each state to develop, for HUD’s
approval, a plan detailing the proposed use of funds, including eligibility criteria and
how the funds will be used to address long-term recovery and infrastructure
restoration activities. It did not, however, specify the method to be used to allocate
funding among the five states; that task was left to HUD. On January 25, 2006, HUD
Secretary Alphonso Jackson announced the allocation of the $11.5 billion among the
five states (See Table 1).
19 111 Stat. 199; 112 Stat. 77.
20 115 Stat. 221.

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Table 1. Allocation of $11.5 Billion in CDBG Disaster Relief
Assistance
State
Allocation
Alabama
$74,388,000
Florida
$82,904,000
Louisiana
$6,210,000,000
Mississippi
$5,058,185,000
Texas
$74,523,000
Total
$11,500,000,000
Source: HUD, Federal Register, Feb. 13, 2006, vol. 71, no. 29, p. 7666.
According to an agency press release, HUD used a number of data sources in
developing the methodology for allocating the $11.5 billion in CDBG supplemental
assistance. These included data sources from FEMA, the Small Business
Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and
the U.S. Geological Survey. Using data from these agencies, HUD calculated for
each of the five states the extent of each state’s unmet housing needs and areas of
concentrated distress. HUD defines unmet housing needs as homeowners and low-
income renters whose homes had major or severe damage, whereas concentrated
distress
is defined as the total number of housing units with major or severe housing
damage in counties where 50% or more of the units had major or severe damage.21
HUD then allocates 55% of the funds based on each state’s unmet housing needs,
and the remaining 45% is allocated based on the degree of concentrated distress, as
measured by each state’s share of damaged and destroyed housing stock and business
and infrastructure damage.
On February 13, 2006, HUD published in the Federal Register a notice of
allocations, waivers, and alternative requirements governing the $11.5 billion in
CDBG disaster recovery assistance.22 In addition to providing waivers allowing the
states to allocate funds to CDBG entitlement communities and directly administer the
program, the notice also includes language that “funds allocated are intended by
HUD to be used toward meeting unmet housing needs in areas of concentrated
21 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Jackson Announces Distribution
of $11.5 Billion in Disaster Assistance to Five Gulf Coast States Impacted by Hurricanes;
Funding will help states in long-term recovery of high impact areas.
Available at
[http://www.hud.gov/news/release.cfm?content=pr06-011.cfm], visited Mar. 23, 2006.
22 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, “Allocation and Common
Application and Reporting Waivers Granted to and Alternative Requirements for CDBG
Disaster Recovery Grantees Under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006,”
Federal Register, vol. 71, no. 29, Feb. 13, 2006, p. 7666.

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distress.”23 The language included in the act is not interpreted as restricting the use
of these funds to unmet housing needs. Rather, it provides some level of flexibility
in allowing funds to be used for long-term recovery and infrastructure restoration in
the areas most affected by the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005.
FY2006 Supplemental Appropriations Request. On February 16, 2006,
as part of its ongoing efforts in support of Gulf Coast recovery efforts following the
hurricanes of 2005, the Administration sent Congress a $19.8 billion supplemental
appropriations request. The request included $4.2 billion in additional CDBG
assistance for the state of Louisiana for such housing and flood mitigation activities
as infrastructure improvements, real property acquisition or relocation, and other
activities designed to reduce the risk of future damage, including elevating homes in
the most flood prone areas.
On March 13, 2006, the House Appropriations Committee reported H.R. 4939,
which included $4.2 billion in funding for Gulf Coast recovery efforts. The bill, as
reported by the committee, would allocate the $4.2 billion in disaster recovery
assistance among the five states affected by the hurricanes of 2005. The
Administration had sought to provide the assistance exclusively to Louisiana. In
addition, H.R. 4939 includes a number of provisions affecting the use and
administration of these funds. The bill would:
! require that at least $1 billion be used for repair and reconstruction
of affordable rental housing in the impacted areas;
! allow each state to use not more than 5% of its supplemental CDBG
allocation for administrative expenses;
! allow the affected states to seek waivers of program requirements,
except those related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor
standards, and environmental review;
! allow governors of the affected states to designate one or more
entities to administer the program;
! prohibit the use of CDBG funds for activities reimbursable by
FEMA or the Army Corps of Engineers;
! lower the program’s low- and moderate-income targeting
requirement from 70% to 50% of the funds awarded;
! require each state to develop a plan for the proposed use of funds for
review by HUD;
! direct HUD to ensure that each state’s proposed plan gives priority
to activities that support infrastructure development and affordable
rental housing activities; and
23 Ibid.

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! prohibit the use of CDBG funds to meet matching fund requirements
of other federal programs.
Several concerns were raised during the March 8, 2006, Senate Appropriations
Committee hearing on the President’s supplemental appropriations request. Senator
Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas objected to the absence of additional funding for
Texas. She noted that the state used its regular CDBG appropriations to assist
Katrina victims evacuating from Louisiana. In addition to the cost of addressing the
immediate needs of evacuees, the state has also incurred additional educational and
public safety expenses associated with the significant increase in population. The
Senator noted that the state’s population increased by three percent following
Hurricane Katrina. In his testimony before the Committee, Texas Governor Rick
Perry requested an additional $2 billion in CDBG funds for the state. Senator
Christopher (Kit) Bond of Missouri noted that states had yet to submit state plans for
the use of the $11.5 billion in supplemental assistance approved by Congress in
December 2005, under P.L. 109-148. He suggested that the additional $4.2 billion
should be made available only to Louisiana and Mississippi, but that only $1 billion
of the $4.2 billion should be made available until the states meet certain benchmarks
and goals.
Policy Considerations
The CDBG program’s broad list of eligible activities and its flexibility has
allowed communities and states affected by disasters to undertake short-term disaster
relief efforts, implement mitigation strategies, and finance long-term recovery
activities. These funds have been used to support disaster recovery efforts spanning
multiple states, as well as to respond to disaster recovery efforts in highly urbanized
areas.
As Congress examines legislative proposals intended to finance long-term
disaster recovery efforts, it may choose to consider a number of CDBG-related policy
questions.
! Is the CDBG program an appropriate and effective means of
providing federal support for long-term disaster recovery efforts?
! If it is, what should be the level of CDBG assistance awarded to
affected areas?
! Should CDBG assistance be controlled by the individual
communities, by the states, or by a multi-state regional entity or
entities?
! Should Congress require states to meet a matching fund requirement
as a condition for receiving disaster recovery-related CDBG funds?
If so, what level of matching funds would be appropriate? Would it
be fixed, or adjustable to account for such factors as level of
damage, state fiscal capacity, income levels, and other factors?

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! What, if any, additional compliance and accountability measures or
actions should Congress require of CDBG recipients as a condition
of receiving CDBG funds?

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for use
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funds
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f
ities only
phoon Om
ar. (107 Stat. 264)
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dev
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