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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 2055 (Introduced in House) — To provide an increased allocation of funding under certain programs for assistance in persistent poverty counties, a... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Definitions

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In this Act: The term development program means any of the following programs, offices, or appropriations accounts: Any program administered by the Office of Rural Development of the Department of Agriculture. The Appalachian Regional Commission. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, Economic Development Assistance Programs. The Delta Regional Authority. The Denali Commission. Any training or employment services program administered by the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor.
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. Environmental Protection Agency, State and Tribal Assistance Grants. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Construction. Any program under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 ( 34 U.S.C. 1111 et seq.). The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.).
A victim services programs for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386 . Any program authorized under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005. Any program authorized under the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10561 et seq.). DNA-related and forensic programs and activities grants under part X of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10511 et seq.).
A grant program for community-based sexual assault response reform grants under part T of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10441et seq.). The court-appointed special advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 ( 34 U.S.C. 20323 ). A program under subtitle C of title II of the Second Chance Act of 2007 ( 34 U.S.C. 60541 et seq.). The COPS ON THE BEAT program under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10381 et seq.).
The Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program under part LL of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.). A grant under section 220531 of title 36, United States Code. The program authorized under Part AA of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10551 et seq.). Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, National Infrastructure Investments.
Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Bus and Bus Facilities Infrastructure Investment Program. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Capital Investment Grants Program. Any program of the Department of the Treasury relating to Community Development Financial Institutions (within the meaning of section 103 of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 ( 12 U.S.C. 4702 )). The Southeast Crescent Regional Commission.
The Northern Border Regional Commission. The Southwest Border Regional Commission. The Northern Great Plains Regional Authority. The Fair Housing Initiatives Program under section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 ( 42 U.S.C. 3616a ). The grant program under section 4611 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7261 ). The term persistent poverty county means any county with a poverty rate of at least 20 percent, as determined in each of the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses, and in the Bureau of the Census’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for the most recent year for which the estimates are available.
The term high-poverty area means a census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20 percent during the 5 years most recently ending before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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