SEC-922 -- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANS. 

 
 Section 104 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 5304) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
 
 "(l) 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 nonhousing community
development needs and strategies for meeting those needs.
 
 "(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 consult with adjacent units of general local government and hold
one or more public hearings to obtain the views of citizens on 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 in paragraph (1)-
 
 "(A) shall include only the needs and strategies to meet those needs
within the State that affect more than one unit of general local
government;
 
 "(B) shall include the needs and strategies to meet those needs of
units of local government within the State which are eligible for a
distribution under subsection (d)(2)(A) of section 106; and
 
 "(C) 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 subsection shall
not be binding with respect to the use or distribution of amounts
received under section 106.".
Subtitle B-Disaster Relief