Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 2.djvu/386

 94 STAT. 1664

PUBLIC LAW 96-399—OCT. 8, 1980

"(B) States, for the provision of assistance to (i) nonmetropolitan areawide planning organizations; (ii) units of general local government (except counties) having a population of less than 50,000 according to the latest decennial or mid-decade census, as appropriate; (iii) counties, other than urban counties as defined under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 42 USC 5301. 1974; and (iv) any group of adjacent units of general local government having a total population of less than 50,000 (according to the latest decennial or mid-decade census, as appropriate) and having common or related planning needs; except that a grant may not be made under this paragraph where the State would be undertaking the activities described in subsection (e) on behalf of such organization, local government, county, or group of adjacent units of local government unless such organization, local government, county, or group of adjacent units of local government requests the State to undertake such activities; "(C) metropolitan areawide planning organizations; "(D) units of general purpose local government having a total population of fifty thousand or more according to the latest decennial or mid-decade census, as appropriate; "(E) urban counties as defined under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; "(F) Indian tribes; and "(G) the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. "(2) In making grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary may make grants to States for the provision of assistance to any entity which is described in subparagraphs (C), (D), or (E) and which does not receive direct funding from the Secretary under paragraph (1), except that such grants may be made only if such entity notifies the Secretary of its desire to receive funding through the State. "(e) Grants may be made under this section only for those activities determined by the Secretary to be necessary to assist— "(1) in the development of strategies and action programs to implement a comprehensive plan or a part thereof or related plans or planning and, where such a plan does not exist dr is determined by the Secretary to be inadequate, in the development of a comprehensive plan; "(2) in the development of evaluations or studies related to such plan, strategies, or action programs; or "(3) in the carrying out of the clearinghouse functions required pursuant to OMB Circular A-95. Grant recipients, "(f)(1) The Secretary shall require that each recipient develop action programs' Strategies and action programs and, except as provided in paragraph and plans. (2), maintain and update a comprehensive plan and a planning process. "(2) In the case of a recipient that is not covered by or does not have a comprehensive plan and a planning process, the Secretary shall require, with respect to such a plan and process, only that such recipient begin the phased development of such a plan and process in a manner designed to assure that such a plan and process will be completed in a reasonable period of time taking into consideration the nature and scope of the recipient's reasonable planning needs and its financial resources. "(3) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall require— "(A) citizen participation pursuant to regulations of the Secretary;

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