AVAILABILITY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS FOR UNIFORM EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER SYSTEMS.

SEC. 511. AVAILABILITY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS FOR UNIFORM EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER SYSTEMS. Section 105(c)(2) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 is amended— (1) by inserting “(A)” after the paragraph designation; (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: “(B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) do not prevent the use of assistance under this title for the development, establishment, and operation for not to exceed 2 years after its establishment of a uniform emergency telephone number system if the Secretary determines that— “(i) such system will contribute substantially to the safety of the residents of the area served by such system; “(ii) not less than 51 percent of the use of the system will be by persons of low and moderate income; and “(iii) other Federal funds received by the grantee are not available for the development, establishment, and operation of such system due to the insufficiency of the amount of such funds, the restrictions on the use of such funds, or the prior commitment of such funds for other purposes by the grantee. The percentage of the cost of the development, establishment, and operation of such a system that may be paid from assistance under this title and that is considered to benefit low and moderate income 101 STAT. 1930persons is the percentage of the population to be served that is made up of persons of low and moderate income.”.