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PUBLIC LAW 91-152-DEC. 24, 1969

[83 STAT.

TRBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION

82'^stat°534*''*' 49 USC 1603. 49 u'sc "o4

SEC. 306. (a) The first sentence of section 4(b) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended— (1) by striking out "and" the second time it appears; and (2) by striking out the period and inserting in lieu thereof "; and $300,000,000 for fiscal year 1971." (^) Section 5 of such Act is amended by striking ovit "1970" and inserting in lieu thereof "1971". TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS

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SEC. 307. Title VIII of the Housing xVct of 1964 is amended to read rt

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as lollows: " TITLE VIII — T R A I N I N G AND F E L L O W S H I P P E O G R A M S a FINDINGS AND PURPOSE

"SEC. 801. (a) The Congress finds that the rapid expansion of the Nation's urban areas and urban population has caused severe problems in urban and suburban development and created a national need to (1) provide special training in skills needed for economic and efficient community development, and (2) support research in new or improved methods of dealing with community development problems. "(b) I t is the purpose of this title to provide fellowships for the graduate training of professional city planning and urban and housingtechnicians and specialists, and to assist and encourage the States, in cooperation with public or private universities and colleges and urban centers and with business firms and associations, labor unions, and other interested associations and organizations, to (1) organize, initiate, develop, and expand programs which will provide special training in skills needed for economic and efficient community development to those technical, professional, and other persons with the capacity to master and employ such skills who are, or are training to be, employed by a governmental or public body which has responsibility for community development, or by a private nonprofit organization which is conducting or has responsibility for housing and community development programs, and (2) support State and local research that is needed in connection with housing programs and needs, public improvement programing, code problems, efficient land use, urban transportation, and similar community development problems. " F E L L O W S H I P S FOR CITY PLANNING AND URBAN STUDIES

"SEC. 802. (a) The Secretary is authorized to provide fellowships for the graduate training of professional city planning and urban and housing technicians and specialists as herein provided. Persons shall be selected for such fellowships solely on the basis of ability and upon the recommendation of the Urban Studies Fellowship Advisory Board established pursuant to subsection (b). Fellowships shall be solely for training in public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education having programs of graduate study in the field of city planning or in related fields (including architecture, civil engineering, eco-

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