; selection; selection criteria; plans (1) Applications (A) Requirement The Secretary shall provide for eligible entities to submit applications for resilience grants. (B) Plans for use of grant funds The Secretary shall require each application for a resilience grant to include a plan detailing the proposed use of all grant funds, including how the use of those funds will address long-term resilience of infrastructure and housing. (2) Review and selection; criteria for selection (A) Competition The Secretary shall establish and utilize a transparent, reliable, and valid system for reviewing and evaluating applications for resilience grants, in accordance with section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 ( 42 U.S.C. 3545 ). (B) Criteria The Secretary shall establish, by notice, and utilize criteria for selecting applications to be funded under this section, which shall— (i) be based primarily on a determination of greatest need, as that term is defined by the Secretary; (ii) provide due consideration to other enumerated factors, including— (I) the ability of the plan for use of grant funds required under paragraph (1)(B) to increase an applicant's resilience; and (II) the capacity of the applicant to successfully implement the activities described in that plan; (iii) require the Secretary to consider an application that includes a plan for use of grant funds that consists of a resilience or mitigation plan previously approved by another Federal agency, including a mitigation plan approved under section 322 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5165 ), to be sufficient for purposes of paragraph (1)(B) if, together with the plan, the applicant includes a detailed description of the use of all grant funds provided under this section; (iv) give consideration to the need for resilience grants to be awarded to eligible entities in each region of the United States