§1591b Community Facilities or Services by Local Agencies

Summary

Require local governments to provide community facilities or services for national defense with local money when possible in areas the President has named a critical defense housing area under section 1591. In those areas, no loan under subchapter IX can be made for needed facilities or equipment unless the main local executive (the chief executive officer of the appropriate political subdivision) certifies, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development finds, that the facilities or equipment cannot be provided in time any other way. No grant or payment under subchapter IX for providing, operating, or maintaining such facilities or services can be made unless the same local chief executive certifies, and the HUD Secretary finds, that they cannot be provided or run when needed without creating an excessive tax burden or an unusual large increase in the local agency’s debt limit. The United States will not directly provide, operate, or maintain these facilities unless the local agency clearly cannot do so with its own staff or with loans, grants, or payments allowed under subchapter IX. The term chief executive officer of the appropriate political subdivision means the main executive officer or governing body responsible for the facility or service, but does not mean a public housing authority or its officers acting in that role.