part B, notwithstanding any contrary requirements or conditions in District of Columbia or Federal laws.

Section 502. Increased authorization

Subsection (a) amends section 103(b) of the Housing Act of 1949 to increase the amount of funds authorized for the urban renewal program by $1.4 billion on July 1, 1969.

Subsection (b) amends section 103(b) of such act to increase the amount of funds available for urban renewal projects in model city areas by $350 million.

Section 503. Rehabilitation grants

Subsection (a) amends section 115(a) of the Housing Act of 1949 to permit grants under that section for the rehabilitation of a homeowner's real property other than the dwelling structure itself.

Subsection (b) amends section 115 (b) of the 1949 act to increase the maximum rehabilitation grant for low-income homeowners from $1,500 to $3,000.

Subsection (c) amends section 115(a) of the 1949 act to authorize rehabilitation grants (from regular urban renewal funds) for repairs and improvements to properties located outside urban renewal or concentrated code enforcement areas when such repairs and improvements are needed to bring the property into conformity with public standards for decent, safe, and sanitary housing. Such properties must be located in areas, certified by the local governing body as containing a substantial number of structures in need of such repairs and improvements, and there must be a workable program in effect for the area. The area must be definitely planned for rehabilitation or concentrated code enforcement within a reasonable time and the repairs and improvements must be consistent with such rehabilitation and code enforcement plans.

Subsection (d) amends section 115 to provide for rehabilitation grants (from regular urban renewal funds) to low income homeowners whose property has been determined, after an inspection pursuant to an approved statewide property insurance plan, to be uninsurable because of physical hazards. The grant could only be used to rehabilitate the property to the extent necessary to make it meet reasonable underwriting standards under the statewide plan.

Section 504. Rehabilitation in urban renewal areas

This section amends section 110 (c) (8) of the Housing Act of 1949 to remove the provision presently limiting (to the lesser of 100 units or 5 percent of the units in the urban renewal area) the number of residential units which a local urban renewal agency may acquire and rehabilitate.

Section 505. Disposition of property for low- and moderate-income housing

This section amends section 107(a) of the Housing Act of 1949 to permit land to be disposed of for both low- and moderate-income housing purposes, by lease as well as sale (and permits its disposition to mortgagors under the new secs. 235 (j) and 236 programs, or to approved purchasers or lessees other than those specified as well as mortgagors under the sec. 221 (h) (1) program) at a price consistent with its use for such purposes.

Section 506. Grants for low- and moderate-income housing in open land projects

This section amends section 103 (a) (1) of the Housing Act of 1949 to permit grants to be made with respect to urban renewal open land projects (which now only qualify for loans) in an amount not to exceed two-thirds of the difference between the proceeds from any land disposed of at its value for low- or moderate-income housing (under sec. 107 of such act) and the proceeds which would have been realized if the land had been disposed of at its fair value without regard to the special provisions of section 107.

Section 507. Urban renewal loan contracts

This section amends section 102(c) of the Housing Act of 1949 to permit a local public agency to borrow funds to finance project undertakings on the private market at interest rates above the Federal lending rate set out in the agency's contract, with the difference being made up by a supplemental Federal grant.

Section 508. Project completion prior to disposition of certain property

This section amends section 106 (and sec. 110 (f)) of the Housing Act of 1949 to permit the closing out of an urban renewal project in certain cases where 5 percent or less of the total acquired land remains to be disposed of and all other project activities are completed. Section 509. Rehabilitation loans

Subsection (a) amends section 312(d) of the Housing Act of 1964 to increase from $100 million to $150 million the amount that may be appropriated for each fiscal year to the revolving fund for carrying out the rehabilitation loan program.

Subsection (b) amends section 312(h) of the 1964 act to extend the section 312 program from October 1, 1969, to June 30, 1973.

Subsection (c) amends section 312(a) of the 1964 act to authorize rehabilitation loans for owner-occupied residential property in areas, outside urban renewal or concentrated code enforcement areas, containing, as certified by the local governing body, a substantial number of structures in need of rehabilitation. Such property must be in an area for which there is a workable program in effect and it must be in need of rehabilitation and in violation of the local minimum housing or similar code. The area must be definitely planned for rehabilitation or code enforcement within a reasonable time and the rehabilitation must be consistent with such plans.

It also permits a loan made with respect to property in an urban renewal or code enforcement area, where improvement is required to make the property conform to code requirements or to carry out urban renewal plan objectives, to include an amount for the general improvement of the condition of the property.

Subsection (d) amends section 312 of the 1964 act to provide for rehabilitation loans to owners and tenants of property which has been determined, after an inspection pursuant to an approved statewide property insurance plan, to be uninsurable because of physical hazards where the loan is used to rehabilitate the property to make it meet reasonable underwriting standards.

Subsection (e) amends section 312 of the 1964 act to limit eligibility for residential rehabilitation loans to persons whose annual income

is within locally applicable income limits for the section 221(d) (3) below-market interest rate program. This new provision would not apply to property located in an urban renewal or code enforcement area for which Federal financial assistance is being received if, prior to enactment, plans were specifically developed to use these loans without regard to this new provision.

Section 510. Demolition grants

This section amends section 116 of the Housing Act of 1949 to specifically authorize grants, under the demolition grant program, for the demolition of rat harborages or potential rat harborages. Section 511. Air rights sites in urban renewal areas

This section amends section 110 (c) of the Housing Act of 1949 to permit the carrying out of air rights urban renewal projects and the construction of necessary foundations and platforms to provide educational facilities. Under present law, these activities may be assisted only when they are for low- and moderate-income housing or for industrial development where the area is not suitable for low- and moderate-income housing.

Section 512. Low- and moderate-income housing in residential urban renewal areas

This section amends section 105(f) of the Housing Act of 1949 to provide that, of the total number of housing units provided in all of the approved urban renewal projects in any community which are to be redeveloped for predominantly residential uses and which receive Federal recognition after the date of enactment, a majority must be standard housing units for low- and moderate-income families and individuals with at least 20 percent of such total number being for low-income families or individuals. This 20-percent requirement may be waived by the Secretary of HUD in any community to the extent that units for low-income families and individuals are not needed. Each waiver must be reported to the Senate and House of Representatives Banking and Currency Committees.

Section 513. Workable program requirement in case of Indian tribes

This section amends section 101 (c) of the Housing Act of 1949 to allow an additional period (until Jan. 1, 1970) for an Indian tribe, band, or nation to adopt and carry out a minimum standards housing code as a condition of the certification or recertification of its workable program.

Section 514. Interim assistance for blighted areas

This section adds to title I of the Housing Act of 1949 a new section 118, authorizing the Secretary of HUD to enter into contracts to make grants (from regular urban renewal funds) in amounts up to $15 million a year to assist localities in alleviating harmful conditions in slum and lighted areas where urban renewal or code enforcement activities are planned, but some immediate action is needed until those activities can be begun. Such grants could not exceed two-thirds (threefourths in communities of 50,000 population or less) of the cost of such activities as the short-time repair of public facilities; the improvement or demolition of private structures where the public health or safety is endangered; the provision of temporary playgrounds; and the improvement of certain basic public services. A workable program

would be required and relocation payments would be authorized as in the urban renewal program.

Section 515. Utilization of local private nonprofit agencies for rehabilitation grants in code enforcement areas

This section amends section 117 of the Housing Act of 1949 to permit the Secretary to make rehabilitation grants through the utilization of local private nonprofit agencies.

Section 516. Relocation payments

This section amends section 114 (c) of the Housing Act of 1949 in order to expand the relocation payment provisions applicable to the urban renewal, public housing, and other programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

This section broadens HUD's existing authorization to make relocation adjustment payments to assist displaced families and elderly individuals in securing suitable replacement dwellings. The maximum assistance now permitted for this purpose is $500 payable over a 5month period. The expanded relocation adjustment payments would be authorized to be made over a 2-year period in an amount, not in excess of $500 per year, which when added to 20 percent of the annual income of the displaced family or individual equals the average annual rental for adequate replacement housing. It also extends eligibility for relocation adjustment payments to handicapped individuals and provides that relocation adjustment payments shall not be considered as income in determining eligibility for welfare assistance under any Federal Act. Section 114 of the 1949 act is also amended to also authorize an additional payment to an owner-occupant of residential property, which is acquired for a HUD-assisted project, to enable him to purchase a replacement dwelling. This payment would be that amount, not in excess of $5,000, which, when added to the acquisition price paid for his home, equals the average price for an adequate replacement home in his community. This payment would be made only if the displaced owner buys and occupies a dwelling within 1 year after the date on which he is required to move if he is not compensated with a similar payment under State law, and he elects not to receive a relocation adjustment payment.

TITLE VI-URBAN PLANNING AND FACILITIES

Section 601. Comprehensive planning

This section extensively revises section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954 the urban planning assistance program. One of the principal changes authorizes the Secretary of HUD to make planning grants to State planning agencies for assistance to "district" planning agencies for rural and other nonmetropolitan areas. Prior to his approval of any district planning grants, the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture and, when appropriate, the Secretary of Commerce may provide technical assistance in connection with the establishment of districts and the carrying out of planning by them. Such district planning may not be aimed at assisting businesses to relocate from one area to another.

The amended section 701 also includes new provisions authorizing planning grants directly to (1) Indian tribal planning councils or other bodies for planning on Indian reservations; (2) regional and district councils of government as well as those organized on a metropolitan basis; (3) various regional commissions established under the

Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965; (4) economic development districts designated under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965; (5) cities within metropolitan areas for planning which is part of metropolitan planning; (6) to official Government planning agencies for areas where rapid urbanization is expected as a result of a new community development assisted under title IV of this act. Further, the Secretary would be required to consult with the Secretary of Commerce before making any planning grant which included any part of an economic development district. The fiscal 1969 authorization for urban planning assistance is increased by $35 million (with $20 million earmarked for district planning) and an additional $125 million (with $10 million for district planning) is authorized for the 701 program commencing with fiscal year 1970. Also, an additional $10 million of section 701 appropriations is to be available for study, research and demonstration projects.

The definition of comprehensive planning would be broadened to include planning for the provision of governmental services and for the development and utilization of human and natural resources. Also, inclusion of a housing element would be required as part of the preparation of comprehensive land use plans. Added to the stated purposes of section 701 would be the use of private consultants where their fessional services are deemed appropriate by the assisted governments. Section 602. Planned areawide development

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This section amends title II of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to broaden the metropolitan development provisions of that title (principally the provisions authorizing supplementary incentive grants for certain federally assisted projects) to cover planned "areawide" development so as to permit assistance for projects in all multijurisdictional areas (instead of only in metropolitan areas as at present). It also permits any amounts authorized but not appropriated under the program for any fiscal year to be appropriated for any succeeding fiscal year through fiscal year 1970. Section 603. Advance acquisition of land

This section amends section 701 and rewrites section 704 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 to provide basic authority for a more efficient and effective program of Federal assistance to localities for the advance acquisition of land expected to be needed for public purposes. The amendments and rewriting would

(1) Change the definition of eligible land to "land planned to be utilized in the future for public purposes";

(2) Require that the proposed use of the land be undertaken within 5 years except the Secretary could go beyond the 5-year period if, due to unusual circumstances, he deems a longer period necessary and if he advises the House and Senate Banking and Currency Committees of this action;

(3) Clarify the status of the land in the interim between acquisition and utilization for the approved purpose;

(4) Permit the Secretary to approve the diversion of the land to another public purpose when in accord with comprehensive planning and give him discretion to require either repayment of the grant or the substitution of land of equivalent value when the land is diverted to a nonpublic purpose.