§1591b Community Facilities or Services by Local Agencies

Summary

Require local governments to pay for needed community facilities and services near defense projects with their own money whenever possible in areas the President has named a "critical defense housing area" under section 1591. If the President names an area that way, the federal government will not make loans under subchapter IX for those facilities or equipment unless the local chief executive (for example, a mayor or county leader) certifies the community can’t get them in time and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development agrees. Federal grants or payments under subchapter IX for building, running, or maintaining those facilities or for providing services also cannot be made unless the local chief executive certifies and the HUD Secretary finds they cannot be provided or run when needed without imposing an excessive tax burden or an unusual or excessive increase in the local agency’s debt limit. The United States will not directly provide, run, or maintain these community facilities or services unless the local agency clearly cannot do so itself or with the loans, grants, or payments allowed under subchapter IX.