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 97 STAT. 1242 PUBLIC LAW 98-181—NOV. 30, 1983 42 USC 1474. 42 USC 1476. Report to Congress. loan may be extended under this paragraph may not exceed 5 years.". REHABILITATION LOANS SEC. 504. The first and second sentences of section 504(a) of the Housing Act of 1949 are amended to read as follows: "The Secretary may make a loan, grant, or combined loan and grant to an eligible very low-income applicant in order to improve or modernize a rural dwelling, to make the dwelling safer or more sanitary, or to remove hazards. The Secretary may make a loan or grant under this subsection to the applicant to cover the cost of any or all repairs, improvements, or additions such as repairing roofs, providing sani- tary waste facilities, providing a convenient and sanitary water supply, repairing or providing structural supports, or making simi- lar repairs, additions, improvements, including all preliminary and installation costs in obtaining central water and sewer service. The maximum amount of a grant, a loan, or a loan and grant shall not exceed such limitations as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. ". TECHNICAL SERVICES AND RESEARCH SEC. 505. Section 506(b) of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may permit demonstrations involving innovative housing units and systems which do not meet existing published standards, rules, regulations, or policies if the Secretary finds that in so doing, the health and safety of the population of the area in which the demonstration is carried out will not be adversely affected, except that the aggregate expenditures for such demonstra- tions may not exceed $10,000,000 in any fiscal year. The Secretary shall report to the Congress at the close of each fiscal year on the results of such demonstrations.". 42 USC 1479. 12 USC 1707. Ante, p. 1240. Ante, p. 1210. Repeal. 42 USC 14901. STANDARDS FOR ADEQUATE HOUSING SEC. 506. (a) Section 509(a) of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "The Secretary shall approve a residential building as meeting such standards if the building is constructed in accordance with (1) the minimum standards prescribed by the Secretary, (2) the minimum property standards prescribed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel- opment for mortgages insured under title II of the National Housing Act, (3) the standards contained in any of the voluntary national model building codes, or (4) in the case of manufactured housing, the standards referred to in section 502(e) of this Act. To the maximum extent feasible, the Secretary shall promote the use of energy saving techniques through standards established by such Secretary for newly constructed residential housing assisted under this title. Such standards shall, insofar as is practicable, be consistent with the standards established pursuant to section 526 of the National Hous- ing Act and shall incorporate the energy performance requirements developed pursuant to such section.". (b) Section 529 of such Act is repealed.

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