Federal
The Community Regeneration, Sustainability, and Innovation Act (Regeneration Act, 2009).
Introduced into the House of Representatives by Youngstown Congressman Tim Ryan, the CRSI aims to provide a tool for areas with longstanding blight and abandonment - many of the Rustbelt Cities - St. Louis, Buffalo, Cleveland, Youngstown, and Pittsburgh,m among others. Read a summer of the bill here and the full bill here.
