HR 5473 · 106th Congress · Economics and Public Finance
Rapid Change Opportunity Act
Bill Progress
✓
Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.(2000-11-14)
Plain Language Summary
[AI summary unavailable — showing source text]
Rapid Change Opportunity Act - Title I: Funding for Additional Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities, and Strategic Planning Communities - Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Enhancement Act of 2000 - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to revise additional grants requirements, providing for: (1) additional State entitlements to grants for designated qualified empowerment zones and qualified enterprise communities as well as for strategic planning communities (currently not provided for); (2) specified funding for such additional empowerment zone State grants (according to urban or rural status) as well as for additional enterprise community State grants and strategic planning community State grants; (3) direct grants to the governing bodies of eligible Indian tribes or Alaska Native villages or regional or village corporations, subject to certain conditions; (4) use of grant funds for revolving loan fund loans to residents, institutions, organizations, or businesses that hire disadvantaged adults and youths; and (5) environmental review to ensure that the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and other applicable…
Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only