§ 2505. — Rehabilitation and innovation grants.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC2505]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 45--URBAN PARK AND RECREATION RECOVERY PROGRAM
Sec. 2505. Rehabilitation and innovation grants
(a) Authorization; transfer; payments; modification
The Secretary is authorized to provide 70 per centum matching
rehabilitation and innovative grants directly to eligible general
purpose local governments upon his approval of applications therefor by
the chief executives of such governments.
(1) At the discretion of such applicants, and if consistent with an
approved application, rehabilitation and innovation grants may be
transferred in whole or in part to independent special purpose local
governments, private nonprofit agencies or county or regional park
authorities: Provided, That assisted recreation areas and facilities
owned or managed by them offer recreation opportunities to the general
population within the jurisdictional boundaries of an eligible
applicant.
(2) Payments may be made only for those rehabilitation or innovative
projects which have been approved by the Secretary. Such payments may be
made from time to time in keeping with the rate of progress toward the
satisfactory completion of a project, except that the Secretary may,
when appropriate, make advance payments on approved rehabilitation and
innovative projects in an amount not to exceed 20 per centum of the
total project cost.
(3) The Secretary may authorize modification of an approved project
only when a grantee has adequately demonstrated that such modification
is necessary because of circumstances not foreseeable at the time a
project was proposed.
(b) Special considerations
Innovation grants should be closely tied to goals, priorities, and
implementation strategies expressed in local park and recreation
recovery action programs, with particular regard to the special
considerations listed in section 2506(b)(2) of this title.
(Pub. L. 95-625, title X, Sec. 1006, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3541.)
``Secretary'' Defined
Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, see section 2 of Pub.
L. 95-625, set out as a note under section 2503 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 2507, 2512 of this title.
