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PUBLIC LAW 91-609-DEC. 31, 1970

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activities otherwise eligible for assistance under this section are necessary to the development or implementation of such plans and programs, he may make grants in support of such activities to any governmental agency or organization of public officials which he determines is capable of carrying out the planning work involved in an effective and efficient manner and may make such grants in an amount equal to not more than 75 per centum of the cost of such activities." PART D—DEVELOPMENT OF I N N E R C I T Y AREAS PURPOSE

SEC. 740. I t is the purpose of this part to provide our cities, which urgently need to augment their inventories of housing (particularly housing for low and moderate income families) and to find sites for essential public facilities and additional sources of employment, but have virtually no vacant land upon which to build, with a program which will make possible the more rational use of urban land and space that is currently occupied by industrial or commercial uses which though not physically blighted are functionally obsolete or uneconomic, or of land and space that is not usable in its present state because of natural hazards or inadequate development, so that in appropriate cases major rebuilding projects (including new communities in town) may be undertaken without major residential clearance activities and with minimal displacement. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE I OF THE H O U S I N G ACT OF 1949

SEC. 741. (a) The proviso in section 103(a)(1) of such Act is 63 Stat. 4i6; amended by inserting after "open land" the following: "(other than 42 USC 1453. land within the purview of section 110(c)(1)(v)), ". (c) Section 110(c)(7) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 82^stlt?5'24!^' "(7) Construction of foundations and platforms necessary for the 42 USC i46o. development of air rights sites in accordance with the provisions of clause (iv) or (v) of paragraph (1) of this subsection." TITLE VIII—FARM HOUSING H O U S I N G A N D RELATED F A C I L I T I E S FOR DOMESTIC F A R M LABOR

SEC. 801. (a) That part of the text of subsection (a) of section 514 of the Housing Act of 1949 which precedes the first numbered para- ^s suu ^i^e^.^ graph is amended to read as follows: "The Secretary is authorized to insure and make commitments to insure loans made by lenders other than the United States to the owner of any farm or any association of farmers for the purpose of providing housing and related facilities for domestic farm labor, or to any State (or political subdivision thereof), or any broad-based public or private nonprofit organization or any nonprofit organization of farmworkers incorporated within the State for the purpose of providing housing and related facilities for domestic farm labor any place within the State where a need exists. All such loans shall be made in accordance with terms and conditions substantially identical with those specified in section 502, except that—". (b) Section 110(c)(1) of such Act is amended— r s l t l f 78?°^^' (1) by inserting before the first proviso the following: ", or 42 USC u'eo. (v) land or space which is vacant, unused, underused, or inappropriately used (including infrequently used rail yards and rail storage facilities, and excessive or vacated railroad rights-ofway; air rights over streets, expressways, railroads, waterways,

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