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PUBLIC LAW 93-510-DEC. 5, 1974

[88 STAT.

management of the National Wildlife Refuge System or for enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act shall not be diminished by the amendments made to this subsection by the National AVildlife Refuge System Administration Act Amendments of 1974, unless by specific Act of Congress.". Approved December 3, 1974. Public Law 93-510

December s, 1974

[S.2299]

sii°Hfirrt'io!i"^ Act of 1974. 42 USC 4251 note. 42 USC 4 2 5 1.

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rjy^ providc authority to expedite procedures for consideration and approval of projects drawing upon more than one Federal assistance program, to simplify requirements for operation of those projects, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and Howe of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Joint Funding Simplification Act of 1974". PURPOSE

SEC. 2. The purpose of this Act is to enable State and local governments and private, nonprofit organizations to use Federal assistance more effectively and efficiently, and to adapt that assistance more readily to their particular needs through the wider use of projects drawing upon resources available from more than one Federal agency, program, or appropriation. I t is the further purpose of this Act to encourage Federal-State arrangements under which local governments and private, nonprofit organizations may more effectively and efficiently combine State and Federal resources in support of projects of common interest to the governments and organizations concerned. BASIC R E S P O N S I B I L I T I E S OF THE P R E S I D E N T AND HEADS OF FEDERAL AGENCIES

42 USC'4°25^2

'^^^" ^' (^) The President shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to assure that this Act is applied by all Federal agencies in a consistent manner and in accordance with its purposes. He may, for this purpose, require that Federal agencies adopt or prescribe procedures that will assure that applicants for assistance to projects funded pursuant to the provisions of this Act make appropriate efforts (1) to secure the views and recommendations of non-Federal agencies that may be significantly affected by such projects, and (2) to resolve questions of common interest to those agencies prior to submission of any application. (b) Subject to such regulations as the President may prescribe, and to other applicable law, the heads of Federal agencies, by internal agency order or interagency agreement, may takfe the following actions: (1) Identification of related programs likely to be particularly suitable or appropriate for providing joint support for specific kinds of projects thereunder. (2) Development and promulgation of guidelines, model or illustrative projects, joint or common application forms, and other material or guidance to assist in the planning and development of projects drawing support from different programs. (3) Review of administratively established program requirements in order to determine which of those requirements may impede joint support of projects thereunder and the extent to which such requirements may be modified, making such modifica-

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