Review of the Distribution of Announcements of Funding Planning Targets and Certain Other Aspects of the Local Public Works Program

The Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 authorized funding of $2 billion to make grants to State and local governments for constructing or renovating public facilities and an amendment authorized an additional $4 billion. In distributing the additional funds, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) made allocations to the States and established planning targets for substate areas based primarily on unemployment statistics.