Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/1796

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118 STAT. 1766 PUBLIC LAW 108–373—OCT. 27, 2004 ‘‘(d) USE OF AWARDS.—A recipient of a planning performance award under subsection (a) shall use the award to increase the Federal share of the cost of a project under this title. ‘‘(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding section 204, the funds of a planning performance award may be used to pay up to 100 percent of the cost of a project under this title. ‘‘(f) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall use any amounts made available for economic development assistance programs to carry out this section.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents contained in section 1(b) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 215 the following: ‘‘Sec. 216. Planning performance awards.’’. SEC. 212. DIRECT EXPENDITURE OR REDISTRIBUTION BY RECIPIENT. (a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3141 et seq.) (as amended by section 211) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘SEC. 217. DIRECT EXPENDITURE OR REDISTRIBUTION BY RECIPIENT. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), a recipient of a grant under section 201, 203, or 207 may directly expend the grant funds or may redistribute the funds in the form of a subgrant to other eligible recipients to fund required components of the scope of work approved for the project. ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—A recipient may not redistribute grant funds received under section 201 or 203 to a for profit entity. ‘‘(c) ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT.—Subject to subsection (d), a recipient of a grant under section 209 may directly expend the grant funds or may redistribute the funds to public and private entities in the form of a grant, loan, loan guarantee, payment to reduce interest on a loan guarantee, or other appropriate assist ance. ‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—Under subsection (c), a recipient may not provide any grant to a private for profit entity.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents contained in section 1(b) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 216 the following: ‘‘Sec. 217. Direct expenditure or redistribution by recipient.’’. SEC. 213. BRIGHTFIELDS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3141 et seq.) (as amended by section 212) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘SEC. 218. BRIGHTFIELDS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF BRIGHTFIELD SITE.—In this section, the term ‘brightfield site’ means a brownfield site that is redeveloped through the incorporation of 1 or more solar energy technologies. ‘‘(b) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—On the application of an eligible recipient, the Secretary may make a grant for a project for the development of a brightfield site if the Secretary determines that the project will— ‘‘(1) use 1 or more solar energy technologies to develop abandoned or contaminated sites for commercial use; and 42 USC 3154d. 42 USC 3154c.