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PUBLIC LAW 93-288-MAY 22, 1974

any case in which such title III or IV organization is designated as the Recovery Planning Council under this paragraph, some local elected officials of political subdivisions within the affected areas must be appointed to serve on such Recovery Planning Council. Where possible, the organization designated as the Recovery Planning Council shall be or shall be subsequently designated as the appropriate agency required by section 204 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 U. S J C. 3334) and by the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 (P.L. 90-577; 82 Stat. 1098). "(5) The Recovery Planning Council shall include private citizens as members to the extent feasible, and shall provide for and encourage public participation in its deliberations and decisions. "(b) The Recovery Planning Council (1) shall review existing plans for the affected area; and (2) may recommend to the Governor and responsible local governments such revisions as it determines necessary for the economic recovery of the area, including the development of new plans and the preparation of a recovery investment plan for the 5-year period following the declaration of the major disaster. The Recovery Planning Council shall accept as one element of the recovery investment plans determinations made under section 402(f) of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974. "(c)(1) A recovery investment plan prepared by a Recovery Planning Council may recommend the revision, deletion, reprograming, or additional approval of Federal-aid projects and programs within the area— " (A) for which application has been made but approval not yet granted; " (B) for which funds have been obligated or approval granted but construction not yet begun; " (C) for which funds have been or are scheduled to be apportioned within the five years after the declaration of the disaster; " (D) which may otherwise be available to the area under any State schedule or revised State schedule of priorities; or " (E) which may reasonably be anticipated as becoming available under existing programs. "(2) Upon the recommendation of the Recovery Planning Council and the request of the Governor, any funds for projects or programs identified pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection may, to any extent consistent with appropriation Acts, be placed in reserve by the responsible Federal agency for use in accordance with such recommendations. Upon the request of the Governor and with the concurrence of affected local governments, such funds may be transferred to the Recovery Planning Council to be expended in the implementation of the recovery investment plan, except that no such transfer may be made unless such expenditure is for a project or program for which such funds originally were made available by an appropriation Act.

40 USC a p p. 301, 401.

42 USC 4201 note.

Ante, p. 153. Recovery investment p l a n.

Reserve funds

Transfer of funds.

"PUBLIC WORKS AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES GRANTS AND LOANS

"SEC. 803. (a) The President is authorized to provide funds to any Recovery Planning Council for the implementation of a recovery investment plan by public bodies. Such funds may be used— "(1) to make loans for the acquisition or development of land and improvements for public works, public service, or development facility usage, including the acquisition or development of parks or open spaces, and the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, alteration, expansion, or improvement of such facilities, including related machinery and equipment, and

42 USC 3233.

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