Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 5.djvu/967

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PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 4289 the Secretary for modifications in the standards for designation and preference. " (4) SET-ASIDE FOR TARGETED UNDERSERVED AREAS AND COLONIAS.— "(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall set aside and reserve for assistance in targeted underserved areas an amount equal to 3.5 percent in fiscal year 1991 and 5.0 percent in fiscal year 1992 of the aggregate amount of lending authority under sections 502, 504, 514, 515, and 524. During each such fiscal year, the Secretary shall set aside an amount of section 521 rental assistance that is appropriate to provide assistance with respect to the lending authority under sections 514 and 515 that is set aside for such fiscal year. The Secretary shall establish a procedure to reallocate any assistance set aside in any fiscal year for targeted underserved areas that has not been expended during a reasonable period in such year for use in (i) colonias that have applied for and are eligible for assistance under subparagraph (B) or paragraph (7) and did not receive assistance, and (ii) counties and communities eligible for designation as targeted underserved areas but which were not so designated. The procedure shall also provide that any assistance reallocated under the preceding sentence that has not been expended by a reasonable date established by the Secretary (which shall be after the expiration of the period referred to in the preceding sentence) shall be made available and allocated under the laws and regulations relating to such assistance, notwithstanding this subsection. " (B) PRIORITY FOR COLONIAS.— "(i) Notwithstanding the designation of counties and communities as targeted underserved areas under paragraph (1) and the provisions of section 520, colonias shall be eligible for assistance with amounts reserved under subparagraph (A), as provided in this subparagraph. "(ii) In providing assistance from amounts reserved under this paragraph in each fiscal year, the Secretary shall give priority to any application for assistance to be used in a colonia located in a State described under clause (iii). After the Secretary has provided assistance under the priority for colonias located in a State in an amount equal to 5 percent of the total amount of assistance allocated under this title to such State in the fiscal year, the priority shall not apply to any applications for colonias in such State. "(iii) This paragraph shall apply to any State for any fiscal year following 2 fiscal years in which the State obligated the total amount of assistance allocated to it under this title during each of such 2 fiscal years. "(5) LIST OF UNDERSERVED AREAS,—The Secretary shall publish Federal annually the current list of targeted underserved areas in the Register, Federal Register. publication. "(6) PROJECT PREPARATION ASSISTANCE. — "(A) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary may make grants to eligible applicants under subparagraph (D) to promote the