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PUBLIC LAW 86-372-SEPT. 23, 1959 URBAN

68 Stat. 640. 40 USC 461.

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PLANNING

SEC. 419. Section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954 is amended to read as follows: "URBAN PLANNING

Grants.

64 Stat. 1109. 42 USC 1855a.

Restrictions.

31 USC 529. Appropriation.

"SEC. 701. (a) I n order to assist State and local governments in solving planning problems resulting from increasing concentration of population in metropolitan and other urban areas, including smaller communities, to facilitate comprehensive planning for urban development by State and local governments on a contmuing basis, and to encourage State and local governments to establish and develop planning staffs, the Administrator is authorized to make planning grants to— "(1) State planning agencies, or (in States where no such planning agency exists) to agencies or instrumentalities of State government designated by the Governor of the State and acceptable to the Administrator as capable of carrying out the planning functions contemplated by this section, for the provision of planning assistance to (A) cities, other municipalities, and counties having a population of less than 50,000 according to the latest decennial census, (B) any group of adjacent communities, either incorporated or unincorporated, having a total population of less than 50,000 according to the latest decennial census and having common or related urban planning problems resulting from rapid urbanization, and (C) cities, other municipalities, and counties referred to in paragraph (3) of this subsection and areas referred to in paragraph (4) of this subsection; "(2) ofi^ial State, metropolitan, and regional planning agencies empowered under State or local laws or interstate compact to perform metropolitan or regional planning; "(3) cities, other municipalities, and counties which have suffered substantial damage as a result of a catastrophe which the President, pursuant to section 2(a) of 'An Act to authorize Federal assistance to States and local governments in major disasters, and for other purposes', has determined to be a major disaster; "(4) to official governmental planning agencies for areas where rapid urbanization has resulted or is expected to result from the establishment or rapid and substantial expansion of a Federal installation; and "(5) State planning agencies for State and interstate comprehensive planning (as defined in subsection (d)) and for research and coordination activity related thereto. Planning assisted under this section shall, to the maximum extent feasible, cover entire urban areas having common or related urban development problems. " (b) A grant made under this section shall not exceed 50 per centum of the estimated cost of the work for which the grant is made. All grants made under this section shall be subject to terms and conditions prescribed by the Administrator. No portion of any grant made under this section shall be used for the preparation of plans for specific public works. The Administrator is authorized, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, to make advances or progress payments on account of any planning grant made under this section. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not exceeding $20,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this section, and any amounts so appropriated shall remain available until expended.

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