Sec. 4. Targeting high-poverty census tracts
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the entity responsible for administering a development program shall use not less than the amount described in subsection
(b)of the amounts made available in any appropriations Act for the program for any of fiscal years 2019 through 2028, for projects in high-poverty areas, if the entity is otherwise authorized to do so. The amount described in this subsection with respect to a program is an amount equal to the sum of— the average percentage of Federal assistance awarded under the program in the 3 fiscal years most recently ending before the date of the enactment of this Act that were used for projects in high-poverty areas; plus 5 percent of the average total Federal loan and grant funds awarded under the program in the 3 fiscal years referred to in paragraph (1). If an entity responsible for administering a development program determines that the provision of benefits under the program in a particular census tract actually benefits individuals predominantly living in other census tracts, then the entity shall, within 3 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, inform the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Congress that it would be more appropriate to track the provision of benefits under the program based on the census tracts in which the individuals who actually receive the benefits reside and on whether the benefits serve individuals who reside in predominantly low-income census tracts.