PUBLIC LAW 105-393 —NOV. 13, 1998 112 STAT. 3623 "(6) the extent to which the project design provides for detailed outcome measurements by which grant expenditures may be evaluated.". (c) REMOVAL OF LIMITATIONS. —Section 224 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 (40 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: "(b) LIMITATION.—Financial assistance made available under this Act shall not be used to assist establishments relocating from one area to another.". (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 302(b)(1) of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 (40 U.S.C. App.) is amended in the first sentence by striking "Notwithstanding" and all that follows through "the Commission" and inserting "The Commission". SEC. 219. DISTRESSED AND ECONOMICALLY STRONG COUNTIES. Part C of title II of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 (40 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the following: "SEC. 226. DISTRESSED AND ECONOMICALLY STRONG COUNTIES. " (a) DESIGNATIONS.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —Not later than 90 days after the date Deadline, of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Commission, in accordance with such criteria as the Commission may establish, shall— "(A) designate as 'distressed counties' those counties in the region that are the most severely and persistently distressed; and "(B) designate 2 categories of economically strong counties, consisting of— "(i) 'competitive counties', which shall be those counties in the region that are approaching economic parity with the rest of the United States; and "(ii) 'attainment counties', which shall be those counties in the region that have attained or exceeded economic parity with the rest of the United States. "(2) ANNUAL REVIEW OF DESIGNATIONS.—The Commission shall— "(A) conduct an annual review of each designation of a county under paragraph (1) to determine if the county still meets the criteria for the designation; and "(B) renew the designation for another 1-year period only if the county still meets the criteria. " (b) DISTRESSED COUNTIES. —In program and project development and implementation and in the allocation of appropriations made available to carry out this Act, the Commission shall give special consideration to the needs of those counties for which a distressed county designation is in effect under this section. "(c) ECONOMICALLY STRONG COUNTIES.— "(1) COMPETITIVE COUNTIES.— Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), in the case of a project that is carried out in a county for which a competitive county designation is in effect under this section, assistance under this Act shall be limited to not more than 30 percent of the project cost. "(2) ATTAINMENT COUNTIES.— Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), no funds may be provided under this Act 59-194O-98 - 28: QL3Part5
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