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PUBLIC LAW 87-658-SEPT. 14, 1962

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be allocated for public works projects in areas designated by the Secretary of Commerce as redevelopment areas under subsection (b) 75 Stat. 48. of section 5 of the Area Redevelopment Act. 42 USC 2504. (e) The President shall prescribe rules, fegulations, and proce- Riiles and regur dures to carry out this section which will assure that adequate con- lations. sideration is given to the relative needs of eligible areas. I n prescribing such rules, regulations, and procedures the President shall consider among other relevant factors (1) the severity of the rates of unemployment in the eligible areas and the duration of such unemployment and (2) the income levels of families and the extent of underemployment in eligible areas, (f) Funds allocated by the President under this section shall Restrictions. be available only for projects— (1) which can be initiated or accelerated within a reasonably short period of time; (2) which will meet an essential public need; (3) a substantial portion of which can be completed within twelve months after niitiation or acceleration; (4) which will contribute significantly to the reduction of local unemployment; (5) which are not inconsistent with locally approved comprehensive plans for the jurisdiction affected, wherever such plans exist. (g) Not more than 10 per centum of all amounts allocated by the President under this section shall be made available for public works projects within any one State. (h) The criteria to be used by the Secretary of Labor in determining areas of substantial unemployment for the purposes of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section shall be the criteria established in section 6.3 of title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations as in effect May 1, 1962. SEC. 4. (a) No part of any allocation made by the President under this Act shall be made available during any fiscal year to any State or local government for any public works project, unless the proposed or planned total expenditure (exclusive of Federal funds) of such State or local government during such fiscal year for all its capital improvement projects is increased by an amount approximately, equal to the non-Federal funds required to be made available for such public works project. (b) No part of any allocation made by the President under this Act shall be made available for any planning or construction, directly or indirectly, of any school or other educational facility. SEC. 5. (a) Paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of section 202 of the 75 Stat. 174. Housing Amendments of 1955 is amended by adding at the end thereof 42 USC 1492. the following new sentence: "This paragraph shall not apply to any financial assistance to be extended under subsection (a) of this section for the purpose of financing any project for public works or facilities to be initiated or accelerated as the result of a grant-in-aid from an allocation made by the President under section 9 of the Public Works Acceleration Act." (b) Section 202 of the Housing Amendments of 1955 is amended by 42 USC 1492. adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) The Administrator is authorized to make a grant-in-aid from any allocation made for such purpose by the President under section 9 of the Public Works Acceleration Act to any public entity described in clause (1) of subsection (a) of this section of not to exceed 50 per centum of the cost of construction of any project for public works or facilities, if such project would be eligible (without regard to the

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