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PUBLIC LAW 91-606-DEC. 31, 1970

[84 STAT.

PRIORITY TO CERTAIN APPLICATION S FOR P U B L I C F A C I L I T Y A N D H O U S I N G ASSISTANCE

75^sta[^'i7?^' 42 USC IVQI. 42 USC Moi*. not ^'^'L^^^^' 78 Stat. 799. 40 USC 462. 79 Stat. 490; ^^42 USC 3I02. 80 Stat. 1318. 7 u Stat. 1926. 75 s e 308;

Post, p. 1903.

PUBLIC

SEC. 253. In the processing of applications for assistance, priority and immediate consideration may be given, during such period, not to exceed six months, as the President shall prescribe by proclamation, to applications from public bodies situated in major disaster areas, under the following Acts: ^^^ *^^!® -^^ °* *^^ Housing Amendments of 1955, or any other ^^^ providing assistance for repair, construction, or extension of public facilities; (^) ^^® United States Housing Act of 1937 for the provision of low-rent housing; (3) section 702 of the Housing Act of 1954 for assistance in ^ •,. i i • '^ public works planning; (4) section 702 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 providing for grants for public facilities; or (^) section 306 of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act. RELOCATION

ASSISTANCE

SEC. 254. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person otherwise eligible for any kind of relocation assistance payment authorized under section 114 of the Housing Act of 1949 shall be denied such eligibility as a result of his being unable, because of a major disaster as determined by the President, to reoccupy property from which he was displaced by such disaster. TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL

82 Stat. 526.

67 Stat. 121.

68 Stat. 592;

80 Stat. 1317.

AMENDMENTS

SEC. 301. (a) Section 701(a)(3)(B) (ii) of the Housing Act of 1954 (40 U.S.C. 461(a)(3)(B) (ii)) is amended to read as follows: "(ii) have suffered substantial damage as a result of a major disaster as determined by the President pursuant to the Disaster Relief Act of 1970". (b) Section 8(b)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1706c (b)(2)) is amended by striking out of the last proviso "section 2(a) of the Act entitled 'An Act to authorize Federal assistance to States and local governments in major disasters, and for other purposes' (Public Law 875, Eighty-first Congress, approved September 30, 1950)" and inseiting in lieu thereof "section 102(1) of the Disaster Relief Act of 1970". (c) Section 203(h) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(h)) is amended by striking out "section 2(a) of the Act entitled 'An Act to authorize Federal assistance to States and local governments in major disasters and for other purposes' (Public Law 875, Eighty-first Congress, approved September 30, 1950), as amended" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 102(1) of the Disaster Relief Act of 1970". (d) Section 221(f) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 17151(f)) is amended by striking out of the last paragraph "the Act entitled 'An Act to authorize Federal assistance to States and local governments in major disasters, and for other purposes', approved September 30, 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1855-1855g)" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Disaster Relief Act of 1970".

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