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PUBLIC LAW 89-4-MAR. 9, 1965

[79 STAT.

of this Act or any other program relating to highway or road construction, or (B) any other program for which loans or other Federal financial assistance, except a grant-in-aid program, is authorized by this or any other Act. (d) Not to exceed $90,000,000 of the funds authorized in section •401 of this Act shall be available to carry out this section. PART C — GENERAL PROVISIONS MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT

SEC. 221. No State and no political subdivision of such State shall be eligible to receive benefits under this Act unless the aggregate expenditures of State funds, exclusive of Federal funds, for the benefit of the area within the State located in the region are maintained at a level which does n^ot fall below the average level of such expenditures for its last two full fiscal years preceding the date of enactment of this Act. I n computing the average level of expenditure for its last two fiscal years, a State's past expenditure for participation in the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways shall not be included. The Commission shall recommend to the President or such Federal officer or officers as the President may designate, a lesser requirement when it finds that a substantial population decrease in that portion of a State which lies within the region would not justify a State expenditure equal to the average level of the last two years or when it finds that a State's average level of expenditure, within an individual program, has been disproportionate to the present need for that portion of the State which lies within the region. C O N S E N T OF STATES

SEC. 222. Nothing contained in this Act shall be interpreted as requiring any State to engage in or accept any program under this Act without its consent. PROGRAM I M P L E M E N T A T I O N

SEC. 223. A program and projects authorized under any section of this title shall not be implemented until (1) the Commission has consulted with the appropriate official or officials concerned with such program and projects as may be designated by the Governor or Governors of the State or States involved and has obtained the recommendations of such official or officials with respect to such program and projects and (2) plans with respect to such program and projects have been recommended by the Commission and have been submitted to and approved or modified by the President or such Federal officer or officers as the President may designate. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA

SEC. 224. (a) I n developing recommendations on the programs and projects to be given assistance under this Act, and in establishing within those recommendations a priority ranking of the requests for assistance presented to the Commission, the Commission shall follow procedures that will insure consideration of the following factors: (1) the relationship of the project or class of projects to overall regional development including its location in an area determined by the State have a significant potential for growth; (2) the population and area to be served by the project or class of projects including the relative per capita income and the unemployment rates in the area;

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