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 PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 4403 "(C) shall be submitted to the Secretary in such standard form as the Secretary, by regulation, shall prescribe. "(4) EFFECT OF SUBMISSION. —A submission under this subsec- Regulations. tion shall not be binding with respect to the use or distribution of amounts received under section 106.". Subtitle B—Disaster Relief SEC. 931. SECTION 8 CERTIFICATES AND VOUCHERS. The budget authority available under section 5(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c(c)) for assistance under the certificate and voucher programs under sections 8(b) and (o) of such Act is authorized to be increeised in any fiscal year in which a major disaster is declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in such amounts as may be necessary to provide assistance under such programs for individuals and families whose housing has been damaged or destroyed as a result of such disaster, except that in implementing this section, the Secretary shall evaluate the natural hazards to which any permanent replacement housing is exposed and shall take appropriate action to mitigate such hazards. SEC. 932. MODERATE REHABILITATION. The budget authority available under section 5(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c(c)) for assistance under the moderate rehabilitation program under section 8(e)(2) of such Act is authorized to be increased in any fiscal year in which a major disaster is declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in such amount as may be necessary to provide assistance under such program for individuals and families whose housing has been damaged or destroyed as a result of such disaster, except that in implementing this section, the Secretary shall evaluate the natural hazards to which any permanent replacement housing is exposed and shall take appropriate action to mitigate such hazards. SEC. 933. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. Section 106(c) of the Housing and (Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking "paragraph (2)," and inserting "paragraphs (2) and (4),'; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(4)(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in the event of a major disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, the Secretary shall make available, to metropolitan cities and urban counties located or partially located in the areas affected by the disaster, any amounts that become available as a result of actions under section 104(e) or 111. "(B) In using any amounts that become available as a result of actions under section 104(e) or 111, the Secretary shall give priority to providing emergency assistance under this paragraph. "(C) The Secretary may provide assistance to any metropolitan city or urban county under this paragraph only to the extent necessary to meet emergency community development needs, as the Secretary shall determine (subject to subparagraph (D)), of the city 42 USC 1437c note. 42 USC 1487c note. 39-194O-91-35:QL3Part5

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