COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT "Salaries and expenses, Community planning and development programs", $1,280,000; OFFICE OF INTERSTATE LAND SALES REGISTRATION "Interstate land sales", $71,000; POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH "Salaries and expenses, Policy development and research", $190,000; FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY "Fair housing and equal opportunity", $372,000; DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT "General departmental management", $133,000; "Salaries and expenses, Office of general counsel", $152,000, of which $50,000 shall be provided by transfer from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration; "Salaries and expenses, Office of inspector general", $314,000, of which $97,000 shall be provided by transfer from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration; "Administration and staff services", $944,000, of which $633,000 shall be provided by transfer from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration; "Regional management and services", $594,000, of which $62,000 shall be provided by transfer from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration; TITLE III-INCREASED PAY COSTS FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1, 1976, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 1976 For additional amounts for appropriations for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, for increased pay costs authorized by or pursuant to law, as follows: * * ** DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) HOUSING PROGRAMS "Salaries and expenses, Housing programs", $2,188,000, of which $1,771,000 shall be provided by transfer from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration; "Limitation on administrative expenses, Government National Mortgage Association" (increase of $12,000 in the limitation on administrative expenses); COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT "Salaries and expenses, Community planning and development programs", $449,000; OFFICE OF INTERSTATE LAND SALES REGISTRATION "Interstate land sales", $23,000; POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH "Salaries and expenses, Policy development and research", $68,000; FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY "Fair housing and equal opportunity", $134,000; DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT "General departmental management", $47,000; "Salaries and expenses, Office of general counsel", $55,000, of which $19,000 shall be provided by transfer from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration; "Salaries and expenses, Office of inspector general", $112,000, of which $36,000 shall be provided by transfer from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration; "Administration and staff services", $335,000, of which $225,000 shall be provided by transfer from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration; "Regional management and services", $200,000, of which $21,000 shall be provided by transfer from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration; TITLE IV GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein, except as provided in section 204 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1975 (P.L. 93–554). SEC. 402. Except where specifically increased or decreased elsewhere in this Act, the restrictions contained within appropriations, or provisions affecting appropriations or other funds, available during the fiscal year 1976 and the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, limiting the amounts which may be expended for personal services, or for purposes involving personal services, or amounts which may be transferred between appropriations or authorizations available for or involving such services, are hereby increased to the extent necessary to meet increased pay costs authorized by or pursuant to law. * Approved June 1, 1976. EXCERPTS FROM THE HOUSING ACT OF 1948 [Public Law 901, 80th Cong., 62 Stat. 1268, 1283; 12 U.S.C. 1701c] TITLE V-ADMINISTRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS SEC. 502. In carrying out their respective functions, powers, and duties― (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may appoint such officers and employees as he may find necessary, which appointments shall be subject to the civil service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. The Secretary may make such expenditures as may be necessary to carry out his functions, powers, and duties, and there are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out such functions, powers, and duties and for administrative expenses in connection therewith. (b) The United States Housing Authority may sue and be sued only with respect to its functions under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and title II of Public Law 671, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved June 28, 1940, as amended. Funds made available for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the Authority (including appropriations therefor, which are hereby authorized) shall be available, in such amounts as may from year to year be authorized by the Congress, for the administrative expenses of the Authority. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law except provisions of law hereafter enacted expressly in limitation hereof, the United States Housing Authority, or any State, or local public agency administering a low-rent housing project assisted pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937 or title II of Public Law 671, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved June 28, 1940, shall continue to have the right to maintain an action or proceeding to recover possession of any housing accommodations operated by it where such action is authorized by the statute or regulations under which such housing accommodations are administered, and, in determining net income for the purposes of tenant eligibility with respect to low-rent housing projects assisted pursuant to said Acts, the United States Housing Authority is authorized, where it finds such action equitable and in the public interest, to exclude amounts or portions thereof paid by the United States Government for disability or death occurring in connection with military service. (c) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board1 (which term as used in this section 1 The Home Loan Bank Board was removed from the Housing and Home Finance Agency effective August 11. 1955, by sec. 17(b) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as amended by the Housing Amendments of 1955. shall also include and refer to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, and the Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board), respectively, may, in addition to and not in derogation of any powers and authorities conferred elsewhere in this Act (1) with the consent of the agency or organization concerned, accept and utilize equipment, facilities, or the services of employees of any State or local public agency or instrumentality, educational institution, or nonprofit agency or organization and, in connection with the utilization of such services, may make payments for transportation while away from their homes or regular places of business and per diem in lieu of subsistence en route and at place of such service, in accordance with the provisions of section 73b-2 of title 5; (2) utilize, contract with, and act through, without regard to section 5 of title 41, any Federal, State, or local public agency or instrumentality, educational institution or nonprofit agency or organization with the consent of the agency or organization concerned, and any funds available to said officers for carrying out their respective functions, powers, and duties shall be available to reimburse or pay any such agency or organization; and, whenever in the judgment of any such officer necessary, he may make advance, progress, or other payments with respect to such contracts without regard to the provisions of section 529 of title 31; (3) make expenditures for all necessary expenses, including preparation, mounting, shipping, and installation of exhibits; purchase and exchange of technical apparatus; and such other expenses as may, from time to time, be found necessary in carrying out their respective functions, powers, and duties: Provided. That funds made available for administrative expenses in carrying out the functions, powers, and duties imposed upon the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, respectively, by or pursuant to law may at their option be consolidated into single administrative expense fund accounts of such officer or agency for expenditure by them, respectively, in accordance with the provisions hereof. (d)2 The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may utilize funds made available to him for salaries and expenses for payment in advance for dues or fees for library memberships in organizations (or for membership of the individual librarians in organizations which will not accept library membership) whose publications are available to members only, or to members at a price lower than to the general public, and for payment in advance for publication available only upon that basis or available at a reduced price on prepublication order. 2 Subsec. (d) added by sec. 909, Housing Act of 1961, Public Law 87-70, approved June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 149, 192. ADVISORY COMMITTEES EXCERPTS FROM HOUSING ACT OF 1949 [Public Law 171, 81st Congress, 63 Stat. 413, 438; 12 U.S.C. 1701h] GENERAL AUTHORITY SEC. 601.1 The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is hereby authorized to establish such advisory committee or committees as he may deem necessary in carrying out any of his functions, powers, and duties under this or any other Act or authorization. Persons serving without compensation as members of any such committee may be paid transportation expenses and not to exceed $25 per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2). ADVISORY COMMITTEE-HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY EXCERPTS FROM HOUSING ACT OF 1954 [Public Law 1020, 84th Congress, 70 Stat. 1091, 1092; 12 U.S.C. 1701h–1] (d) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall establish, in accordance with the provisions of section 601 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, an advisory committee on matters relating to housing for elderly persons. * Approved August 7, 1956. REDUCTION OF VULNERABILITY TO ATTACK EXCERPTS FROM HOUSING ACT OF 1954 [Public Law 560, 83d Congress, 68 Stat. 590, 646; 12 U.S.C. 1701n] SEC. 811. The Department of Housing and Urban Development, and any other departments or agencies of the Federal Government having powers, functions, or duties with respect to housing under this or any other law shall exercise such powers, functions, or duties in such manner as, consistent with the requirements thereof, will facilitate prog 1 Sec. 601 amended to authorize the appointment of advisory committees by the constituent agencies by sec. 807 of the Housing Act of 1954, Public Law 560, 83d Congress, approved August 2, 1954, 68 Stat. 590, 645. |