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PUBLIC LAW 91-609-DEC. 31, 1970

maximum extent available and appropriate, existing public and private agencies in the community shall be used for the provision of such services." (d) Section 15(10) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is 1 1

repealed.

TRAIXING IN HOUSING MANAGEMENT

SEC. 904. Section 803 of the Housing Act of 1964 is amended by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively, and inserting after subsection (a) a new subsection as follows: "(b) Grants may be made under subsection (a) to support (1) the training of persons, especially persons of low income, in acquiring the skills needed in the management of housing for low- and moderateincome persons, and (2) research and the dissemination of information with respect to the problems involved in the management of housing for low- and moderate-income persons.''

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GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS OF THE SECRETARY

SEC. 905. Section 7 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: " (h) Except as such authority is otherwise expressly provided in any other Act administered by the Secretary, such financial transactions of the Secretary as the making of loans or grants (and vouchers approved by the Secretary in connection with such financial transactions) shall be final and conclusive upon all officers of the Government. Funds made available to the Secretary pursuant to any provision of law for such financial transactions shall be deposited in a checking account or accounts with the Treasurer of the United States. Such funds and any receipts and assets obtained or held by the Secretary in connection with such financial transactions shall be available, in such amounts as may from year to year be authorized by the Congress, for the administrative expenses of the Secretary in connection with such financial transactions. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the Secretary may, with the approval of the Comptroller General, consolidate into one or more accounts for banking and checking purposes all cash obtained or held in connection with such financial transactions, including amounts appropriated, from whatever source derived. " (i) Except as such authority is otherwise expressly provided in any other Act administered by the Secretary, the Secretary is authorized to— "(1) foreclose on any property or commence any action to protect or enforce any right conferred upon him by any law, contract, or other agreement, and bid for and purchase at any foreclosure or any other sale any property in connection with which he has made a loan or grant. I n the event of any such acquisition, the Secretary may, notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the acquisition, handling, or disposal of real property by the United States, complete, administer, remodel and convert, dispose of, lease, and otherwise deal with, such property: Provided, That any such acquisition of real property shall not deprive any State or political subdivision thereof of its civil or criminal jurisdiction in and over such property or impair the civil rights under the State or local laws of the inhabitants on such property: Provided further, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to any contract for services or

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