ECONOMIC PLANNING ASSISTANCE FOR EXCEPTIONAL PROJECTS

SEC. 4302. [10 U.S.C. 2391 note] ECONOMIC PLANNING ASSISTANCE FOR EXCEPTIONAL PROJECTS (a) Assistance Authorized.—The Economic Development Administration, in the case of assistance under title IX of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, and the Office of Economic Adjustment, in the case of planning assistance under section 2391(b) of title 10, United States Code, may award planning assistance under those programs to any substantially and seriously affected community, on behalf of a business, group of businesses, or group of workers, if such planning funds are determined by the agency concerned to be necessary and appropriate as a catalyst for projects which the agency determines, on a case-by-case basis, have exceptional promise for achieving the objectives of this division. (b) Conditions on Assistance.—Awards under this section shall be subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose and shall be made in accordance with any other applicable provisions of law.