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PUBLIC LAW 93-383-AUG. 22, 1974

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amount so allocated which shall be available only for use (1) to continue projects or programs referred to in clauses (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this section, or (2) to plan and prepare for the implementation of activities to be assisted under this title. (g) I n the case of funds available for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall not consider any application from a metropolitan city or urban county for a grant pursuant to section 106(a) or from a unit of general local government for a grant pursuant to section 106(h) unless such application is submitted on or prior to such date (in that fiscal year) as the Secretary shall establish as the final date for submission of applications for such grants in that year. L I Q U I D A T I O N OF SUPERSEDED PKOGRAMS

SEC. 117. (a) Section 3689 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 711), is amended by adding after paragraph (22) (as added by section 108(f) of this Act) the following new paragraph: "(23) For payments required from time to time under contracts entered into pursuant to section 103(b) of the Housing Act of 1949 with respect to projects or programs for which funds have been committed on or before December 31, 1974, and for which funds have not previously been appropriated." (b) The Secretary is authorized to transfer the assets and liabilities of any program which is superseded or inactive by reason of this title to the revolving fund for liquidating programs established pursuant to title II of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1965 (Public Law 81-428; 68 Stat. 272,295). EMPLOYMENT O P P O R T U N I T I E S FOR LOWER I N C O M E

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SEC. 118. Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 is amended by inserting ", including community development block grants under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974," immediately after "direct financial assistance".

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TITLE II—ASSISTED HOUSING AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES H O U S I N G ACT OF 1937

SEC. 201. (a) The United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended to read as follows:

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"SHORT TITLE

1. This Act may be cited as the 'United States Housing Act of 1937'. "SECTION

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"DECLARATION OF POLICY

"SEC. 2. I t is the policy of the United States to promote the general welfare of the Nation by employing its funds and credit, as provided in this Act, to assist the several States and their political subdivisions to remedy the unsafe and unsanitary housing conditions and the acute shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings for families of low income and, consistent with the objectives of this Act, to vest in local public housing agencies the maximum amount of responsibility in the administration of their housing programs. No person should be barred from serving on the board of directors or similar governing body of a local public housing agency because of his tenancy in a lowincome housing project.

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