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 PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX D 114 STAT. 2763A-275 "(A) entirely from appropriations to carry out this section; "(B) in combination with funds available under another Federal or Federal grant program; or "(C) from any other source. "(2) PRIORITY OF FUNDING. —To best build the foundations for long-term economic development and to complement other Federal and State resources in the region, Federal funds available under this subtitle shall be focused on the activities in the following order or priority: "(A) Basic public infrastructure in distressed counties and isolated areas of distress. "(B) Transportation infrastructure for the purpose of facilitating economic development in the region. "(C) Business development, with emphasis on entrepreneurship. "(D) Job training or employment-related education, with emphasis on use of existing public educational institutions located in the region. " (3) FEDERAL SHARE IN GRANT PROGRAMS.— Notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the Federal share in any grant program, funds appropriated to carry out this section may be used to increase a Federal share in a grant program, as the Authority determines appropriate. "SEC. 382D. SUPPLEMENTS TO FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS. "(a) FINDING.— Congress finds that certain States and local communities of the region, including local development districts, may be unable to take maximum advantage of Federal grant programs for which the States and communities are eligible because— "(1) they lack the economic resources to meet the required matching share; or "(2) there are insufficient funds available under the applicable Federal grant law authorizing the program to meet pressing needs of the region. "(b) FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING.— In accordance with subsection (c), the Federal cochairperson may use amounts made available to carry out this subtitle, without regard to any limitations on areas eligible for assistance or authorizations for appropriation under any other Act, to fund all or any portion of the basic Federal contribution to a project or activity under a Federal grant program in the region in an amount that is above the fixed maximum portion of the cost of the project otherwise authorized by applicable law, but not to exceed 90 percent of the costs of the project (except as provided in section 382F(b)). "(c) CERTIFICATION.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —In the case of any program or project for which all or any portion of the basic Federal contribution to the project under a Federal grant program is proposed to be made under this section, no Federal contribution shall be made until the Federal official administering the Federal law authorizing the contribution certifies that the program or project— "(A) meets the applicable requirements of the applicable Federal grant law; and

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