1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Revitalizing Cities Through Parks Enhancement Act . 2. Congressional findings The Congress finds that— (1) open spaces and community parks are a critically important portion of urban infrastructure; (2) many inner-city areas suffer from a lack of public open space for community residents to use for recreation, social interaction, and relief from dense urban conditions; (3) vacant lots, many in public ownership as a result of tax foreclosures, are common in inner-city areas; (4) the recent economic recession substantially increased the number of such vacant lots; (5) such lots often become drug trafficking areas, thereby decreasing the value of surrounding property and leading to higher crime rates in inner-city areas; and (6) the refurbishment of such lots, by removing garbage and rubble and creating well-lighted and maintained open spaces and community parks, would establish positive assets for surrounding communities, provide positive outlets for community youth, increase property values, make other types of investment in the communities more attractive, and generally improve the quality of life for residents of the affected communities. 3. Authority to make grants (a) In general The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, to the extent amounts are provided in appropriation Acts pursuant to section 13, make grants under this Act to qualified community organizations for establishment of community open space in urban areas. (b) Amount The aggregate amount of any grants made under this Act to any single qualified community organization in any single fiscal year may not exceed $250,000. 4. Qualified community organizations A grant under this Act may be made only to a nonprofit organization that— (1) has among its purposes significant activities related to the improvement of the neighborhood, community, or city in which any property that is to be assisted with the grant under this Act is located