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cent 5 year period, as determined by the
1
Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
2
ment; and
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(ii) the per capita income is less than
4
that of the national nonmetropolitan aver-
5
age; and
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(C) that does not include a city with a pop-
7
ulation of more than 15,000.
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(6) U
NIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT
.—
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(A) I
N GENERAL
.—The term ‘‘unit of gen-
10
eral local government’’ means any city, county,
11
town, township, parish, village, borough (orga-
12
nized or unorganized), or other general purpose
13
political subdivision of a State; Guam, the Com-
14
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the
15
Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and American
16
Samoa, or a general purpose political subdivi-
17
sion thereof; a combination of such political sub-
18
divisions that, except as provided in section
19
106(d)(4), is recognized by the Secretary; and the
20
District of Columbia.
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(B) O
THER ENTITIES INCLUDED
.—The term
22
also includes a State or a local public body or
23
agency, community association, or other entity,
24
that is approved by the Secretary for the purpose
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of providing public facilities or services to a new
1
community.
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(7) S
ECRETARY
.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
3
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,
4
the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Inte-
5
rior or the Secretary of Energy, as appropriate.
6
(c) G
RANT
A
UTHORITY
.—The Secretary may make
7
grants in accordance with this section to eligible units of
8
general local government, Native American groups and eli-
9
gible Indian tribes that meet the requirements of subsection
10
(d) to carry out eligible activities described in subsection
11
(f).
12
(d) E
LIGIBILITY
R
EQUIREMENTS
.—
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(1) S
TATEMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT OB
-
14
JECTIVES
.—In order to receive a grant under this sec-
15
tion for a fiscal year, an eligible unit of general local
16
government, Native American group or eligible In-
17
dian tribe—
18
(A) shall—
19
(i) publish a proposed statement of
20
rural development objectives and a descrip-
21
tion of the proposed eligible activities de-
22
scribed in subsection (f) for which the grant
23
will be used; and
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(ii) afford residents of the rural recov-
1
ery area served by the eligible unit of gen-
2
eral local government, Native American
3
groups or eligible Indian tribe with an op-
4
portunity to examine the contents of the
5
proposed statement and the proposed eligi-
6
ble activities published under clause (i), and
7
to submit comments to the eligible unit of
8
general local government, Native American
9
group or eligible Indian tribe, as applicable,
10
on the proposed statement and the proposed
11
eligible activities, and the overall commu-
12
nity development performance of the eligible
13
unit of general local government, Native
14
American groups or eligible Indian tribe, as
15
applicable; and
16
(B) based on any comments received under
17
subparagraph (A)(ii), prepare and submit to the
18
Secretary—
19
(i) a final statement of rural develop-
20
ment objectives;
21
(ii) a description of the eligible activi-
22
ties described in subsection (f) for which a
23
grant received under this section will be
24
used; and
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(iii) a certification that the eligible
1
unit of general local government, Native
2
American groups or eligible Indian tribe, as
3
applicable, will comply with the require-
4
ments of paragraph (2).
5
(2) P
UBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENT
.—In order to
6
enhance public accountability and facilitate the co-
7
ordination of activities among different levels of gov-
8
ernment, an eligible unit of general local government,
9
Native American groups or eligible Indian tribe that
10
receives a grant under this section shall, as soon as
11
practicable after such receipt, provide the residents of
12
the rural recovery area served by the eligible unit of
13
general local government, Native American groups or
14
eligible Indian tribe, as applicable, with—
15
(A) a copy of the final statement submitted
16
under paragraph (1)(B);
17
(B) information concerning the amount
18
made available under this section and the eligi-
19
ble activities to be undertaken with that amount;
20
(C) reasonable access to records regarding
21
the use of any amounts received by the eligible
22
unit of general local government, Native Amer-
23
ican groups or eligible Indian tribe under this
24
section in any preceding fiscal year; and
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(D) reasonable notice of, and opportunity to
1
comment on, any substantial change proposed to
2
be made in the use of amounts received under
3
this section from one eligible activity to another.
4
(e) D
ISTRIBUTION OF
G
RANTS
.—
5
(1) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—In each fiscal year, the Sec-
6
retary shall distribute to each eligible unit of general
7
local government, Native American groups and eligi-
8
ble Indian tribe that meets the requirements of sub-
9
section (d)(1) a grant in an amount described in
10
paragraph (2).
11
(2) A
MOUNT
.—Of the total amount made avail-
12
able to carry out this section in each fiscal year, the
13
Secretary shall distribute to each grantee the amount
14
equal to the greater of—
15
(A) the pro rata share of the grantee, as de-
16
termined by the Secretary, based on the com-
17
bined annual population outmigration level (as
18
determined by the Secretary of Housing and
19
Urban Development) and the per capita income
20
for the rural recovery area served by the grantee;
21
or
22
(B) $200,000.
23
(f) E
LIGIBLE
A
CTIVITIES
.—Each grantee shall use
24
amounts received under this section for one or more of the
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following eligible activities, which may be undertaken either
1
directly by the grantee, or by any local economic develop-
2
ment corporation, regional planning district, nonprofit
3
community development corporation, or statewide develop-
4
ment organization authorized by the grantee—
5
(1) the acquisition, construction, repair, recon-
6
struction, operation, maintenance, or installation of
7
facilities for water and wastewater service or any
8
other infrastructure needs determined to be critical to
9
the further development or improvement of a des-
10
ignated industrial park;
11
(2) the acquisition or disposition of real prop-
12
erty (including air rights, water rights, and other in-
13
terests therein) for rural community development ac-
14
tivities;
15
(3) the development of telecommunications infra-
16
structure within a designated industrial park that en-
17
courages high technology business development in
18
rural areas;
19
(4) activities necessary to develop and implement
20
a comprehensive rural development plan, including
21
payment of reasonable administrative costs related to
22
planning and execution of rural development activi-
23
ties; or
24
(5) affordable housing initiatives.
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(g) P
ERFORMANCE AND
E
VALUATION
R
EPORT
.—
1
(1) I
N GENERAL
.—Each grantee shall annually
2
submit to the appropriate Secretary a performance
3
and evaluation report, concerning the use of amounts
4
received under this section.
5
(2) C
ONTENTS
.—Each report submitted under
6
paragraph (1) shall include a description of—
7
(A) the eligible activities carried out by the
8
grantee with amounts received under this section,
9
and the degree to which the grantee has achieved
10
the rural development objectives included in the
11
final statement submitted under subsection
12
(d)(1);
13
(B) the nature of and reasons for any
14
change in the rural development objectives or the
15
eligible activities of the grantee after submission
16
of the final statement under subsection (d)(1);
17
and
18
(C) any manner in which the grantee would
19
change the rural development objectives of the
20
grantee as a result of the experience of the grant-
21
ee in administering amounts received under this
22
section.
23
(h) R
ETENTION OF
I
NCOME
.—A grantee may retain
24
any income that is realized from the grant, if—
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(1) the income was realized after the initial dis-
1
bursement of amounts to the grantee under this sec-
2
tion; and
3
(2) the—
4
(A) grantee agrees to utilize the income for
5
one or more eligible activities; or
6
(B) amount of the income is determined by
7
the Secretary to be so small that compliance with
8
subparagraph (A) would create an unreasonable
9
administrative burden on the grantee.
10
(i) A
UTHORIZATION OF
A
PPROPRIATIONS
.—There is
11
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
12
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2009.
13
DIVISION D—INTEGRATION OF
14
ENERGY POLICY AND CLI-
15
MATE CHANGE POLICY
16
TITLE X—NATIONAL CLIMATE
17
CHANGE POLICY
18
Subtitle A—Sense of Congress
19
SEC. 1001. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
20
(a) F
INDINGS
.—The Congress makes the following
21
findings:
22
(1) Evidence continues to build that increases in
23
atmospheric concentrations of man-made greenhouse
24
gases are contributing to global climate change.
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(2) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
1
Change (IPCC) has concluded that ‘‘there is new and
2
stronger evidence that most of the warming observed
3
over the last 50 years is attributable to human activi-
4
ties’’ and that the Earth’s average temperature can be
5
expected to rise between 2.5 and 10.4 degrees Fahr-
6
enheit in this century.
7
(3) The National Academy of Sciences confirmed
8
the findings of the IPCC, stating that ‘‘the IPCC’s
9
conclusion that most of the observed warming of the
10
last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase
11
of greenhouse gas concentrations accurately reflects
12
the current thinking of the scientific community on
13
this issue’’ and that ‘‘there is general agreement that
14
the observed warming is real and particularly strong
15
within the past twenty years’’. The National Academy
16
of Sciences also noted that ‘‘because there is consider-
17
able uncertainty in current understanding of how the
18
climate system varies naturally and reacts to emis-
19
sions of greenhouse gases and aerosols, current esti-
20
mates of the magnitude of future warming should be
21
regarded as tentative and subject to future adjust-
22
ments upward or downward’’.
23
(4) The IPCC has stated that in the last 40
24
years, the global average sea level has risen, ocean
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heat content has increased, and snow cover and ice
1
extent have decreased, which threatens to inundate
2
low-lying island nations and coastal regions through-
3
out the world.
4
(5) In October 2000, a United States Govern-
5
ment report found that global climate change may
6
harm the United States by altering crop yields, accel-
7
erating sea-level rise, and increasing the spread of
8
tropical infectious diseases.
9
(6) In 1992, the United States ratified the
10
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
11
Change (UNFCCC), the ultimate objective of which is
12
the ‘‘stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in
13
the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dan-
14
gerous anthropogenic interference with the climate
15
system. Such a level should be achieved within a
16
time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt
17
naturally to climate change, to ensure that food pro-
18
duction is not threatened and to enable economic de-
19
velopment to proceed in a sustainable manner’’.
20
(7) The UNFCCC stated in part that the Parties
21
to the Convention are to implement policies ‘‘with the
22
aim of returning . . . to their 1990 levels anthropo-
23
genic emissions of carbon dioxide and other green-
24
house gases’’ under the principle that ‘‘policies and
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measures . . . should be appropriate for the specific
1
conditions of each Party and should be integrated
2
with national development programmes, taking into
3
account that economic development is essential for
4
adopting measures to address climate change’’.
5
(8) There is a shared international responsibility
6
to address this problem, as industrial nations are the
7
largest historic and current emitters of greenhouse
8
gases and developing nations’ emissions will signifi-
9
cantly increase in the future.
10
(9) The UNFCCC further stated that ‘‘developed
11
country Parties should take the lead in combating cli-
12
mate change and the adverse effects thereof’’, as these
13
nations are the largest historic and current emitters
14
of greenhouse gases. The UNFCCC also stated that
15
‘‘steps required to understand and address climate
16
change will be environmentally, socially and economi-
17
cally most effective if they are based on relevant sci-
18
entific, technical and economic considerations and
19
continually re-evaluated in the light of new findings
20
in these areas’’.
21
(10) Senate Resolution 98 of the One Hundred
22
Fifth Congress, which expressed that developing na-
23
tions must also be included in any future, binding
24
climate change treaty and such a treaty must not re-
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sult in serious harm to the United States economy,
1
should not cause the United States to abandon its
2
shared responsibility to help reduce the risks of cli-
3
mate change and its impacts. Future international ef-
4
forts in this regard should focus on recognizing the eq-
5
uitable responsibilities for addressing climate change
6
by all nations, including commitments by the largest
7
developing country emitters in a future, binding cli-
8
mate change treaty.
9
(11) It is the position of the United States that
10
it will not interfere with the plans of any nation that
11
chooses to ratify and implement the Kyoto Protocol to
12
the UNFCCC.
13
(12) American businesses need to know how gov-
14
ernments worldwide will address the risks of climate
15
change.
16
(13) The United States benefits from investments
17
in the research, development and deployment of a
18
range of clean energy and efficiency technologies that
19
can reduce the risks of climate change and its impacts
20
and that can make the United States economy more
21
productive, bolster energy security, create jobs, and
22
protect the environment.
23
(b) S
ENSE OF
C
ONGRESS
.—It is the sense of the United
24
States Congress that the United States should demonstrate
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