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PUBLIC LAW 89-754-NOV. 3, 1966 GRANT

AUTHORITY

SEC. 902. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to States to help finance programs to provide information and data on urban needs and assistance programs and activities, and to provide technical assistance, to small communities with respect to the solution of local problems. Activities aided by such grants may include— (1) the assembly, correlation, and dissemination of urban physical, social, and economic development information and data for the purpose of informing local governments of small communities, and interested organizations and individuals, of the availability and status of Federal, State, and local programs and other resources and data for the solution of urban problems; and (2) providing technical assistance with respect to the solution of urban problems to any small community requesting such assistance. (b) A program assisted under this section shall— ' (1) specify the information and technical assistance activities to be carried on and justify the needs for the costs of such activities; and (2) represent substantially increased or improved activities on the part of the applicant State agency. AMOUNT

OF GRANT

SEC. 903. (a) A grant under this section shall not exceed 50 per centum of the cost of the activities carried on under an approved urban information and technical assistance program, (b) No grant shall be made under this title to assist in assembling data, or providing information, to be used primarily in the day to day operations of State or local governing bodies and agencies. COOPERATION

AND

COORDINATION

SEC. 904. (a) Federal departments and agencies shall cooperate with States in providing information to assist in carrying out the purpose of this title. (b) I n the administration of this title, the Secretary shall seek to ensure the greatest practicable coordination of urban information and technical assistance programs established under this title. DEFINITIONS

SEC. 905. As used in this title— (1) "State" means any State of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or an agency or instrumentality designated by the chief executive of any of the foregoing, or a statewide agency or instrumentality of its political subdivisions designated by such chief executive. (2) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (3) "Small communities" means communities having populations of less than one hundred thousand according to the most recent decennial census.

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