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Grants may not be used to move a plant if jobs would be lost

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, section 504, Sec. 504. Written by .

Grants may not be used to move a plant if jobs would be lost

The document says “may notWho acts: grantees under the new section 124How: statuteSec. 504 in the PDF
What the document says

“Grants under this section may not be used to assist directly in the relocation of any industrial or commercial plant, facility, or operation, from one area to another area, if the relocation is likely to result in a significant loss of employment in the labor market area from which the relocation occurs.”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 504

The new section 124 bars grants from being used to help move an industrial or commercial plant, facility, or operation from one area to another where the move is likely to cause a significant loss of employment in the area it leaves. The bar does not apply to a business that was operating in the disaster-declared labor market area before the incident and has since moved in whole or in part to continue in business.

What the document actually says

“Grants under this section may not be used to assist directly in the relocation of any industrial or commercial plant, facility, or operation, from one area to another area, if the relocation is likely to result in a significant loss of employment in the labor market area from which the relocation occurs.”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 504
That sentence, in plain words

The money may not help move a plant or business from one place to another. That holds where the move would cost many jobs where it was.

What this is about

A labor market area is the area people commute within. Moving jobs out of one hurts the people left behind. A business that already fled the disaster is not covered by this bar.

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