PUBLIC LAW 102-550—OCT. 28, 1992 106 STAT. 3939

(5) carrying out the simplification and consolidation of State
administrative procedures and processes constituting regulatory
barriers to affordable housing, including the issuance of per-
mits; and

(6) providing technical assistance and information to units
of general local government for implementation of legislative
and administrative reform programs to remove regulatory bar-
riers to affordable housing.

(c) LOCAL GRANTS.—The Secretary may make grants to units
of general local government for the costs of developing and
implementing strategies to remove regulatory barriers to affordable
housing, including the costs of—

(1) identifying, assessing, and monitoring local regulatory
barriers;

(2) identifying local policies (including laws and regula-
tions) that permit or encourage regulatory barriers;

(3) developing legislation to provide a local program to
reduce local regulatory barriers and developing a strategy for
adoption of such legislation;

(4) developing model local standards and ordinances to
reduce regulatory barriers and assisting in the adoption and
use of the standards and ordinances; and

(5) carrying out the simplification and consolidation of local
administrative procedures and processes constituting regulatory
barriers to affordable housing, including the issuance of
permits.

(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the terms "regu-
latory barriers to affordable housing" and "regulatory barriers"
have the meaning given such terms in section 1203.

(e) APPLICATION AND SELECTION.—The Secretary shall provide
for the form and manner of applications for grants under this
section, which shall describe how grant amounts will assist the
State or unit of general local government in developing and
implementing strategies to remove regulatory barriers to affordable
housing. The Secretary shall establish criteria for approval of
applications under this subsection and for the selection of units
of general local government to receive grants under subsection
(fX2).

(f) ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS.—

(1) STATE GRANTS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amount appropriated
for each fiscal year to carry out this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall use two-thirds of such amount to provide
grants under subsection (b) to each State submitting an
application that is approved by the Secretary. Such
amounts shall be allocated among the States based upon
the measure of need (for the whole State) of each State,
as determined under section 217(bXlXA) (excluding adjust-
ments under section 217(bXlXD)) of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act, except that the minimum
grant amount for each fiscal year grant shall be $100,000
(to the extent sufficient amounts are made available).

(B) PRO RATA DISTRIBUTION.—If insufficient amounts
are made available for grants in the amount under subpara-
graph (A) to each State submitting an approved application,
each such State shall receive a pro rata portion of such