H.R. 6623

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6623 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6623

To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to revise 
the formula for allocation of community development block grant funds, 
and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 11, 2025

Mr. Cohen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services

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A BILL

To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to revise 
the formula for allocation of community development block grant funds, 
and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Community Development Block Grant 
Equity Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. CDBG FORMULA.

(a) Revision of Formula.--Section 106 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking the subsection designation and all 
that follows through the end of paragraph (3) and 
inserting the following:
``(b)(1) The Secretary shall determine the amount to be allocated 
to each metropolitan city, which shall be the amount that bears the 
same ratio to the allocation for all metropolitan areas as the average 
of the ratios between--
``(A) the poverty rate per person in families and elderly 
households in that city and such poverty rate in all 
metropolitan areas;
``(B) the extent of female-headed households with children 
under age 18 in that city and the extent of such households in 
all metropolitan areas;
``(C) the extent of housing that was constructed before 
1950 and is occupied by a household in poverty in that city and 
the extent of such housing in all metropolitan areas; and
``(D) the extent of housing overcrowding in that city and 
the extent of housing overcrowding in all metropolitan areas.
``(2) The Secretary shall determine the amount to be allocated to 
each urban county, which shall be the amount that bears the same ratio 
to the allocation for all metropolitan areas as the average of the 
ratios between--
``(A) the poverty rate per person in families and elderly 
households in that urban county and such poverty rate in all 
metropolitan areas;
``(B) the extent of female-headed households with children 
under age 18 in that urban county and the extent of such 
households in all metropolitan areas;
``(C) the extent of housing that was constructed before 
1950 and is occupied by a household in poverty in that urban 
county and the extent of such housing in all metropolitan 
areas; and
``(D) the extent of housing overcrowding in that urban 
county and the extent of housing overcrowding in all 
metropolitan areas.
``(3) In determining the average of ratios under paragraphs (1) and 
(2)--
``(A) the ratio under subparagraph (A) of such paragraphs 
shall be counted five times;
``(B) the ratio under subparagraph (C) of such paragraphs 
shall be counted three times; and
``(C) each of the other ratios shall be counted once.''; 
and
(B) in paragraph (6)--
(i) by striking subparagraph (B);
(ii) by striking ``(A)''; and
(iii) by redesignating clauses (i) through 
(iii) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), 
respectively; and
(2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking the second and third 
sentences and inserting the following: ``The allocation for 
each State shall be the amount that bears the same ratio to the 
allocation for such areas of all States available under this 
paragraph as the average of the ratios between--
``(A) the poverty rate per person in families and 
elderly households in the nonentitlement areas in that 
State and such poverty rate in the nonentitlement areas 
of all States;
``(B) the extent of female-headed households with 
children under age 18 in the nonentitlement areas in 
that State and the extent of such households in the 
nonentitlement areas of all States;
``(C) the extent of housing that was constructed 
before 1950 and is occupied by a household in poverty 
in the nonentitlement areas in that State and the 
extent of such housing in the nonentitlement areas of 
all States; and
``(D) the extent of housing overcrowding in the 
nonentitlement areas in that State and the extent of 
housing overcrowding in the nonentitlement areas of all 
States.
In determining the average of the ratios under the preceding 
sentence, the ratio under clause (A) shall be counted five 
times, the ratio under clause (C) shall be counted three times, 
and each of the other ratios shall be counted once.''.
(b) Definitions.--Subsection (a) of section 102 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking the first sentence and 
inserting the following: ``The term `poverty' means having an 
income that does not exceed the poverty level.'';
(2) by striking paragraphs (11) through (16); and
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (17) through (24) as 
paragraphs (11) through (11) through (18), respectively.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 103 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5303) is amended by striking the last sentence and inserting 
the following: ``For purposes of assistance under section 106, there is 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2026 an amount equal to 
$3,425,000,000, as adjusted by adding to such amount a percentage 
thereof equal to any percentage increase, over the immediately 
preceding 4 calendar quarters ending before the commencement of such 
fiscal year, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-
U) and, for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029, the amount that is 
equal the amount authorized under this sentence for the immediately 
preceding fiscal year, as adjusted by adding to such amount a 
percentage thereof equal to any percentage increase, over the 
immediately preceding 4 calendar quarters ending before the 
commencement of such fiscal year to which such authorization applies, 
in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)''.
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