A bill to provide Federal assistance to encourage community and neighborhood artistic and cultural activities, to promote sound urban design, and to contribute to neighborhood conservation and revitalization, and for other purposes.
Livable Cities Act - States the purpose of this Act to be to further the efforts of urban communities and organizations to revitalize such communities both commercially and culturally.
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in consultation with the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, to make grants to, or contract with nonprofit organizations for programs under this Act.
Directs the Secretary and the Chairman to develop criteria for selecting programs to be assisted under this Act.
Provides program guidelines and eligibility requirements for assistance under this Act.
Authorizes appropriations for such programs for fiscal years 1979 and 1980.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
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