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 PUBLIC LAW 99-88—AUG. 15, 1985 standing any other provision of this or any other Act, such amount shall be made available under the terms and conditions of the following paragraphs: The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall, as soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, constitute a national board for the purpose of determining how the program funds are to be distributed to individual localities. The national board shall consist of seven members. The United Way of America, the Salvation Army, the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., the National Conference of Catholic Charities, the Council of Jewish Federations, Inc., the American Red Cross, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall each designate a representative to sit on the national board. The representative of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall chair the national board. Each locality designated by the national board to receive funds shall constitute a local board for the purpose of determining how its funds will be distributed. The local board shall consist, to the extent practicable, of representatives of the same organizations as the national board except that the mayor or appropriate head of government will replace the Federal Emergency Management Agency member. The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall award a grant for $20,000,000 to the national board within thirty days after enactment of this Act for the purpose of providing emergency food and shelter to needy individuals through private voluntary organizations and through units of local government. Eligible private voluntary organizations should be non-profit, have a voluntary board, have an accounting system, and practice nondiscrimination. Participation in the program should be based upon a private voluntary organization's or unit of local government's ability to deliver emergency food and shelter to needy individuals and such other factors as are determined by the local boards. Total administrative costs shall not exceed 2 per centum of the total appropriation. As authorized by the charter of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Corporation shall process and distribute surplus food owned or to be purchased by the Corporation under the food distribution and emergency shelter program in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall review the reported condition of the "street people" and other disadvantaged people in cities and counties throughout the Nation, including those reported in Tunica County, Mississippi, and report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations his recommendations for correcting or improving the situation which exists. SALARIES AND EXPENSES (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $1,105,000 to be derived by transfer from "Emergency management planning and assistance".

99 STAT. 333

Grants.

Disadvantaged persons.

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