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PUBLIC LAW 93-423-SEPT. 27, 1974

[88 STAT.

Public Law 93-423 September 27, 1974 [H. R, 1 4 8 8 3 ]

Public works program. Extension. 42 USC 3135.

Health project grants. 42 USC 3132.

Supra,

Area eligibility. 42 USC 3161.

42 USC 3161 note. Supra.

Supra. L o a n s, extension. 42 USC 3141.

Loans for redevelopment areas. 42 USC 3142.

AN ACT 'fo amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to extend the authorizations for a 2-year period, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,, That the first sentence of section 105 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, is amended by striking the period at the end thereof and inserting a comma and the following: "not to exceed $200,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and not to exceed $250,000,000 for the fiscafyear ending June 30, 1976.". The final sentence of section 105 of such Act, as amended, is amended by inserting immediately after the words "and June 30, 1974," the following: "and not less than 10 per centum nor more than 35 per centum of all appropriations made for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975 and June 30, 1976,". SEC. 2. Section 102 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 102. For each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, and June 30, 1976, not to exceed $30,000,000 of the funds authorized to be appropriated under section 105 of this Act for each such fiscal year shall be available for grants for operation of any health project funded under this title after the date of enactment of this section. Such grants may be made up to 100 per centum of the estimated cost of the first fiscal year of operation, and up to 100 per centum of the deficit in funds available for operation of the facility during the second fiscal year of operation. No grant shall be made for the second fiscal year of operation of any facility unless the agency operating such facility has adopted a plan satisfactory to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, providing for the funding of operations on a permanent basis. Any grant under this section shall be made upon the condition that the operation of the facility will be conducted under efficient management practices designed to obviate operating deficits, as determined by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare." SEC. 3. (a) Title IV of such Act is amended— (1) by adding the following new paragraph at the end of section 401ra): "(8) those areas which the Secretary of Labor determines, on the basis of average annual available unemployment statistics, were areas of substantial unemployment during the preceding calendar year."; and (2) by striking out the period at the end of section 401(a)(7) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon. (b) Any area of substantial unemployment so designated under authority of section 102 of title I of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 which has not had such designation terminated before the date of enactment of this section shall be deemed for the purposes of such Act to be such an area designated under section 401(a)(8) of such Act. SEC. 4. (a) Section 201(c) of such Act, as amended, is amended by striking out the period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof ", and shall not exceed $75,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, and June 30, 1976.". (b) Section 202 of such Act, as amended, is amended— (1) by striking all of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsection: "SEC. 202. (a)(1) The Secretary is authorized to aid in financing, within a redevelopment area, the purchase or development of land and

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