COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND REPORTS.

SEC. 812. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND REPORTS. (a) In general.—Subsection (1) of section 104 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as added by section 922 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 5304(1)), is amended to read as follows: 106 STAT. 3851 “(m) Community Development Plans.— “(1) In general.—Prior to the receipt in any fiscal year of a grant from the Secretary under subsection (b), (d)(1), or (d)(2)(B) of section 106, each recipient shall have prepared and submitted in accordance with this subsection and in such standardized form as the Secretary shall, by regulation, prescribe a description of its priority nonhousing community development needs eligible for assistance under this title. “(2) Local governments.— In the case of a recipient that is a unit of general local government— “(A) prior to the submission required by paragraph (1), the recipient shall, to the extent practicable, notify adjacent units of general local government and solicit the views of citizens cm priority nonhousing community development needs; and “(B) the description required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the Secretary, the State, and any other unit of general local government within which the recipient is located, in such standardized form as the Secretary shall, by regulation, prescribe. “(3) States.— In the case of a recipient that is a State, the description required by paragraph (1)— “(A) shall include only the needs within the State that affect more than one unit of general local government and involve activities typically funded by such States under this title; and “(B) shall be submitted to the Secretary in such standard form as the Secretary, by regulation, shall prescribe. “(4) Effect of submission.—A submission under this sub-section shall not be binding with respect to the use or distribution of amounts received under section 106.”. (b) Conforming Amendments.—Section 104(b)(4) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(b)(4)) is amended— (1) by inserting “pursuant to subsection (m)” before the first comma; and (2) by striking “and housing”.