Notes on community development : US Code - Notes

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5301. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose.
(a) Critical social, economic, and environmental
problems facing Nation's urban communities.
(b) Establishment and maintenance of viable urban
communities; systematic and sustained action
by Federal, State, and local governments;
expansion of and continuity in Federal
assistance; increased private investment;
streamlining programs and improvement of
functioning of agencies; action to address
consequences of scarce fuel supplies.
(c) Decent housing, suitable living environment,
and economic opportunities for persons of low
and moderate income; community development
activities which may be supported by Federal
assistance.
(d) Consolidation of complex and overlapping
Federal assistance programs into consistent
system of Federal aid.
5302. General provisions.
(a) Definitions.
(b) Basis and modification of definitions.
(c) Designation of public agencies.
(d) Local governments, inclusion in urban county
population.
(e) Exclusion of local governments from urban
county population; notification of election.
5303. Grants to States, units of general local government
and Indian tribes; authorizations.
5304. Statement of activities and review.
(a) Statement of objectives and projected use of
funds by grantee prerequisite to receipt of
grant; publication of proposals by grantees;
notice and comment; citizen participation
plan.
(b) Certification of enumerated criteria by grantee
to Secretary.
(c) Special certifications required for certain
grants.
(d) Residential antidisplacement and relocation
assistance plan; certification of adherence;
contents.
(e) Submission of performance and evaluation report
by grantee to Secretary; contents;
availability for citizen comment; annual
review and audit by Secretary of program
implementation; adjustments in amount of
annual grants.
(f) Audit of grantees by Government Accountability
Office; access to books, accounts, records,
etc., by representatives of Government
Accountability Office.
(g) Environmental protection measures applicable
for release of funds to applicants for
projects; issuance of regulations by Secretary
subsequent to consultation with Council on
Environmental Quality; request and
certification to Secretary for approval of
release of funds; form, contents and effect of
certification.
(h) Payments; revolving loan fund: establishment in
private financial institution for
rehabilitation activities; standards for
payments: criteria.
(i) Metropolitan city as part of urban county.
(j) Retention of program income; condition of
distribution.
(k) Provision of benefits to displaced persons.
(l) Protection of individuals engaging in
nonviolent civil rights demonstrations.
(m) Community development plans.
5305. Activities eligible for assistance.
(a) Enumeration of eligible activities.
(b) Reimbursement of Secretary for administrative
services connected with rehabilitation of
properties.
(c) Activities benefiting persons of low and
moderate income.
(d) Training program.
(e) Guidelines for evaluating and selecting
economic development projects.
(f) Assistance to for-profit entities.
(g) Microenterprise and small business program
requirements.
(h) Prohibition on use of assistance for employment
relocation activities.
5306. Allocation and distribution of funds.
(a) Amounts allocated to Indian tribes,
discretionary fund, and metropolitan cities
and urban counties; limitations on amount of
annual grants.
(b) Computation of amount allocated to metropolitan
cities and urban counties.
(c) Reallocation of undistributed funds within same
metropolitan area as original allocation;
amount and calculation of reallocation grant;
disaster relief.
(d) Allocation among States for nonentitlement
areas; amount and calculation of grants;
distributions by State or Secretary; certain
distributions made pursuant to prior
provisions; certifications required by
Governor enumerated; responsibility for
administration and administrative expenses;
reallocation; certifications required of units
of general local government in nonentitlement
areas; applicability of this chapter and other
law.
(e) Qualification or submission dates, and finality
and conclusiveness of computations and
determinations.
(f) Pro rata adjustment of entitlement amounts.
5307. Special purpose grants.
(a) Set-aside.
(b) Permissible uses of funds.
(c) Assistance to economically disadvantaged and
minority students participating in community
development work study programs.
(d) Continued availability of unused funds.
(e) Satisfactory assurances required, special
assurances required of Indian tribes.
(f) Criteria for selection of recipients.
5308. Guarantee and commitment to guarantee loans for
acquisition of property.
(a) Authority of Secretary; issuance of obligations
by eligible public entities or designated
public agencies; form, denomination, maturity,
and conditions of notes or other obligations;
percentage allocation requirements.
(b) Prerequisites.
(c) Payment of principal, interest and costs.
(d) Repayment contract; security; pledge by State.
(e) Pledged grants for repayments.
(f) Full faith and credit of United States pledged
for payment; conclusiveness and validity of
guarantee.
(g) Issuance of obligations by Secretary to
Secretary of the Treasury to satisfy
authorized guarantee obligations;
establishment of maturities and rates of
interest and purchase of obligations by
Secretary of the Treasury.
(h) Federal taxation of guaranteed obligations;
grants to borrowing entity or agency of
taxable obligations for net interest costs,
etc.; limitation on amount of grant;
assistance to issuer in hardship cases.
(i) Omitted.
(j) Inclusion within gross income for purpose of
chapter 1 of title 26 of interest paid on
taxable obligations.
(k) Outstanding obligations; limitation; monitoring
use of guarantees under this section.
(l) Purchase of guaranteed obligations by Federal
Financing Bank.
(m) Limitation on imposition of fee or charge.
(n) State assistance in submission of applications.
(o) "Eligible public entity" defined.
(p) Training and information activities relating to
home guarantee program.
(q) Economic development grants.
(r) Guarantee of obligations backed by loans.
5309. Nondiscrimination in programs and activities.
(a) Prohibited conduct.
(b) Compliance procedures available to Secretary.
(c) Civil action by Attorney General.
(d) Waiver of race discrimination prohibitions
regarding assistance to Hawaiian Home Lands.
(e) Equal access.
5310. Labor standards; rate of wages; exceptions;
enforcement powers.
5311. Remedies for noncompliance with community development
requirements.
(a) Notice and hearing; termination, reduction, or
limitation of payments by Secretary.
(b) Referral of matters to Attorney General;
institution of civil action by Attorney
General.
(c) Petition for review of action of Secretary in
Court of Appeals; filing of record of
proceedings in court by Secretary; affirmance,
etc., of findings of Secretary; exclusiveness
of jurisdiction of court; review by Supreme
Court on writ of certiorari or certification.
5312. Use of grants for settlement of outstanding urban
renewal loans of units of general local government.
(a) Limitation on amounts; prerequisites.
(b) Approval by Secretary of financial settlement
of urban renewal project.
5313. Reporting requirements.
5314. Consultation by Secretary with other Federal
departments, etc.
5315. Interstate agreements or compacts; purposes.
5316. Transition provisions.
(a) Prohibition on new grants or loans after
January 1, 1975; exceptions.
(b) Final date in fiscal year for submission of
application for grant; establishment by
Secretary.
5317. Liquidation of superseded or inactive programs.
5318. Urban development action grants.
(a) Authorization; purpose; amount.
(b) Eligibility of cities and urban counties;
criteria and standards; regulations.
(c) Applications; documentation of eligibility;
proposed plan; assurance of notice and
comment; assurance of consideration on
historical landmarks.
(d) Mandatory selection criteria; award of points;
distribution of funds; number of competitions
per year; use of distress conditions data by
urban counties.
(e) Limitations on power of Secretary to approve
grants; waiver.
(f) Permissibility of consistent but unenumerated
activities; report on use of repaid grant
funds for economic development activities.
(g) Annual review and audit; adjustments,
withdrawals and reduction permitted.
(h) Limitations on grants for industrial or
commercial relocations or expansions; appeal
of denial or cancellation of assistance;
grants to adversely affected individuals.
(i) Minimum percentage of funds to be allocated to
certain noncentral cities; application by
consortia of cities of less than 50,000
population.
(j) Grant contingent on factors related to
non-Federal funds.
(k) Duty of Secretary to minimize amount.
(l) Power of Secretary to waive requirement that
town or township be closely settled.
(m) Notice to State historic preservation officer
and Secretary of the Interior required with
regard to affected landmark property;
opportunity for comment.
(n) Territories, tribes, and certain Hawaiian
counties included in term "city".
(o) Special provisions for years after 1983.
(p) Unincorporated portions of urban counties.
(q) Technical assistance grants.
(r) Nondiscrimination by Secretary against type of
activity or applicant.
(s) Maximum grant amount for fiscal years 1988 and
1989.
(t) UDAG retention program.
5318a. John Heinz Neighborhood Development Program.
(a) Definitions.
(b) Duties of Secretary.
(c) Criteria for awarding grants.
(d) Consultation with informal working group.
(e) Matching funds for participating organizations.
(f) Authorization.
(g) Short title.
5319. Community participation in programs.
5320. Historic preservation requirements.
(a) Regulations.
(b) Actions by State historic preservation officer
and Secretary of the Interior.
(c) Regulations by Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation providing for expeditious action.
5321. Suspension of requirements for disaster areas.