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 94 STAT. 1662

Homeownership counseling

PUBLIC LAW 96-399—OCT. 8, 1980

any payments received under this section shall be credited to such fund; except that payments made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may only be made to the extent approved in appropriation Acts. "(d) The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, provide homeownership counseling to persons assisted under this section.". TITLE IV—PLANNING ASSISTANCE SEC. 401. Section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954 is amended to read as follows: "PLANNING ASSISTANCE

40 USC 461.

Definitions.

25 USC 450 note. 31 USC 1221 note.

"SEC. 701. (a) The Congress finds that— "(1) the general welfare requires the conservation and the orderly and efficient growth and development of the Nation's communities, particularly communities suffering from fiscal, economic, and social distress; "(2) effective and coordinated planning efforts at all levels of government are necessary in order for such conservation, growth, and development to be effectively and efficiently achieved; "(3) a major component of such planning effort should be detailed strategies that can guide governmental actions in order to assure that, to the maximum extent practicable, the goals and objectives of such plans will be achieved through the implementation of such planning efforts; "(4) such planning efforts and strategies should be consistent with National Policy Objectives; and "(5) Federal actions and programs, to the extent practicable, should be administered in conformance with State, areawide and local plans and strategies. "0?) The purposes of this section are— "(1) to provide assistance to encourage State and local governments and areawide planning organizations to develop strategies for implementing comprehensive plans (or components of such plans) and to the extent necessary comprehensive plans or components of such plans, giving particular emphasis to those strategies which are designed to implement those components of the plan which relate to the National Policy Objectives; and "(2) to encourage, to the maximum extent practicable, the coordination of Federal policy and program decisions with such plans and strategies. "(c) As used in this section— "(1) the term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; "(2) the term 'State' means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; "(3) the term 'unit of general local government' means any city, county, town, township, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State; "(4) the term 'Indian tribe' means any Indian tribe, band, group, and nation, including Alaska Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos, and any Alaskan Native Village, of the United States, which is considered an eligible recipient under the Indian SelfDetermination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638) or under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-512);

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