Sec. 8. Federal share payable for Federal-aid highway projects
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Section 120 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: The Federal share payable on account of any project under this chapter carried out in an area governed by a jurisdiction encouraging equitable growth and not governed by any jurisdiction blocking equitable growth shall be increased, up to the total cost of the project, by the greater of— 10 percent; or the percentage calculated in subparagraph (B). Except as provided in clause (ii), the percentage in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be the percentage of the project (calculated by square mileage) that is governed by a jurisdiction encouraging equitable growth.
For any project carried out in an area governed by multiple jurisdictions encouraging equitable growth and not governed by any jurisdiction blocking equitable growth, the percentage in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be calculated by— determining the percentage under clause
(i)for each such jurisdiction; and averaging the percentages under subclause (I). The Federal share payable on account of any project under this chapter carried out in an area governed by a jurisdiction blocking equitable growth and not governed by any jurisdiction encouraging equitable growth shall be decreased by the greater of— 10 percent; or the percentage calculated in subparagraph (B). Except as provided in clause (ii), the percentage in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be the percentage of the project (calculated by square mileage) that is governed by a jurisdiction blocking equitable growth. For any project carried out in an area governed by multiple jurisdictions blocking equitable growth and not governed by any jurisdiction encouraging equitable growth, the percentage in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be calculated by— determining the percentage under clause
(i)for each such jurisdiction; and averaging the percentages under subclause (I). For any project under this chapter carried out in an area any portion of which is governed by at least 1 jurisdiction encouraging equitable growth and at least 1 jurisdiction blocking equitable growth, the Federal share payable on account of such project shall be— for any percentage under subparagraph (B)(ii)(I), increased, up to the total cost of the project, by the percentage under such subparagraph; for any percentage under subparagraph (B)(ii)(II), decreased by the percentage under such subparagraph; or for any percentage under subparagraph (B)(ii)(III), neither increased or decreased. The percentages in subparagraph
(A)shall be calculated by— determining the percentages under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B); and in any case in which— the percentage in paragraph (1)(B) is greater than the percentage in paragraph (2)(B), subtracting the percentage in paragraph (2)(B) from the percentage in paragraph (1)(B); the percentage in paragraph (2)(B) is greater than the percentage in paragraph (1)(B), subtracting the percentage in paragraph (1)(B) from the percentage in paragraph (2)(B); or the percentage in paragraph (1)(B) is the same as the percentage in paragraph (2)(B), subtracting the percentage in (1)(B) from the percentage in (2)(B). For purposes of this subsection: The term affordable development means a housing development in which not less than 15 percent of the housing units of such development are affordable housing units. The term affordable housing unit means a housing unit for which the amount of rent does not exceed 9 percent of the median household income of the area in which the unit is located, as determined by the Secretary. The term jurisdiction encouraging equitable growth means any unit of State or local government that the Secretary determines has enacted and is enforcing any provision of law or regulation that— allows an affordable development to contain a number of housing units greater than the number allowed by applicable laws or regulations for other housing developments; streamlines or shortens permitting processes and timelines for the construction of affordable developments; eliminates height restrictions for affordable developments; prohibits a landlord from rejecting a rental application on the basis of the source of income (as such term is described in section 802 of the Fair Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 3602 )) of the applicant; taxes vacant land; provides for the donation of vacant land to nonprofit developers for the purpose of developing affordable developments; allows a smaller, independent residential dwelling unit to be located on the same lot as a stand-alone or detached single-family dwelling unit; or prohibits landlords from asking prospective tenants for criminal history information. The term jurisdiction blocking equitable growth means any unit of State or local government that the Secretary determines has enacted and is enforcing any provision of law or regulation that— requires a housing developer to provide off-street parking at a housing development constructed by such developer; requires residential housing to sit on more than ½ of an acre of land; prohibits multiunit residential properties; or prohibits the development of manufactured housing parks. .
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