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 94 STAT. 3044

PUBLIC LAW 96-526—DEC. 15, 1980

Public Law 96-526 96th Congress An Act Dec. 15, 1980 [H.R. 7631]

Department of Housing and Urban Development— Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981.

Making appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and for other purposes, namely: TITLE I

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HOUSING PROGRAMS ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING

Ante, p. 1631.

The amount of contracts for annual contributions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by section 5 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437c), and heretofore approved in annual appropriations Acts, is increased by $1,417,400,000 of which $100,000,000 shall be for the modernization of existing low-income housing projects: Provided, That budget authority obligated under such contracts shall be increased above amounts heretofore provided in annual appropriations Acts by $30,877,500,000: Provided further, That any balances of authorities remaining at the end of fiscal year 1980 shall be added to and merged with the authority provided herein and made subject only to terms and conditions of law applicable to authorizations becoming available in fiscal year 1981. The limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum payments that may be required by all contracts entered into under section 235 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z), is increased by $70,000,000: Provided, That $2,100,000,000 of budget authority provided under this head for the previous fiscal year shall be transferred to, merged with, and used for the homeownership assistance program authorized by section 235 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z): Provided further. That none of the authority provided herein shall be available for the homeownership assistance program authorized by section 207 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-399).

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