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ing an estimate of the requirements with respect to the availability, need, and flow of mortgage funds (particularly in declining urban and rural areas) during such year, together with such recommendations as may be deemed appropriate for encouraging the availability of such funds.

PERIODIC REPORTS

SEC. 1603. On February 15, 1970, and on each succeeding year through 1979, the President shall submit to the Congress a report which shall—

(1) compare the results achieved during the preceding fiscal year for the completion of new or rehabilitated housing units and the reduction in occupied substandard housing with the objectives established for such year under the plan;

(2) if the comparison provided under clause (1) shows a failure to achieve the objectives set for such year, indicate (A) the reasons for such failure; (B) the steps being taken to achieve the objectives of the plan during each of the remaining fiscal years of the ten-year period; and (C) any necessary revision in the objectives established under the plan for each such year;

(3) provide an assessment of developments and progress during the preceding fiscal year with respect to the preservation of deteriorating housing and neighborhoods and indicate the efforts to be undertaken in future years to encourage such action;

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(4) project residential mortgage market needs and prospects for the coming calendar year including an estimate of the requirements with respect to the availability, need, and flow of mortgage funds (particularly in declining urban and rural areas) during such period, in order to achieve the objectives of the plan; (5) provide an analysis of the monetary and fiscal policies of the Government for the coming calendar year required to achieve the objectives of the plan and the impact upon the domestic economy of achieving the plan's objectives for such period;

(6) make recommendations with respect to any additional legislative or administrative action which is necessary or desirable to achieve the objectives of the plan; and

(7) provide such other pertinent data, estimates, and recommendations as the President deems advisable.

Approved August 1, 1968.

EXCERPT FROM DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT ACT

[Public Law 89-174, 79 Stat. 667, 670, 42 U.S.C. 3536]

SEC. 8. The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year, make a report to the President for submission to

1 Sec. 412(a). Housing and Urban Development Act of 1969, Public Law 91-152, approved December 24, 1969, S3 Stat. 379, 398, substituted "February 15," for "January 15.".

Sec. 801 (3) of Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Public Law 93-383, 88 Stat. 633, approved August 22, 1974, redesignated paragraphs (3) through (6) as "(4)" through "(7)", and inserted a new paragraph (3).

the Congress on the activities of the Department during the preceding calendar year.

Approved September 9, 1965.

EXCERPTS FROM HOUSING ACT OF 1954

[Public Law 560, 83d Congress, 68 Stat. 590, 642, 12 U.S.C. 17010]

SEC. 802.1 (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, as soon as practicable during each calendar year, make a report to the President for submission to the Congress on all operations and programs (including but not limited to the insurance, urban renewal, public housing, and rent supplement programs) under the jurisdiction of the Department of Housing and Urban Development during the previous calendar year. Such report shall contain recommendations for strengthening or improving such programs, or, when necessary to implement more effectively Congressional policies and purposes, for establishing new or alternative programs.

REPORT TO CONGRESS OF INFORMATION ON HOUSING

SEC. 817. The annual report made by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to the President for submission to the Congress on all operations provided for by section 802 hereof shall contain pertinent information with respect to all projects for which any loan, contribution, or grant has been made by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, including the amount of loans, contributions and grants contracted for, and shall also contain pertinent information with respect to all builders' cost certifications required by section 227 of the National Housing Act, as amended, including information as to the amounts paid by mortgagors to mortgagees for application to the reduction of the principal obligations of the mortgages pursuant to that section.

Approved August 2, 1954.

1 Prior to amendment by sec. 1101. Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, Public Law 89-117, approved August 10, 1965, 79 Stat. 451, 502, sec. 802 (a) read as follows: "(a) The Housing and Home Finance Administrator shall, as soon as practicable during each calendar year, make a report to the President for submission to the Congress on all operations under the jurisdiction of the Housing and Home Finance Agency during the previous calendar year."

Sec. 10, Public Law 90-19, approved May 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 17. 22, substituted "Secretary of Housing and Urban Development" for "Housing and Home Finance Administrator" and "Department of Housing and Urban Development" for "Housing and Home Finance Agency" in order to make this section and other sections in this act conform to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act which placed all the functions of the Housing and Home Finance Administrator in the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. See also sec. 7(b), United States Housing Act of 1937.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT ACT

[Public Law 89-174, 79 Stat. 667; 42 U.S.C. 3531]

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AN ACT To establish a Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Department of Housing and Urban Development Act”.

DECLARATION OF PURPOSE

SEC. 2. The Congress hereby declares that the general welfare and security of the Nation and the health and living standards of our people require, as a matter of national purpose, sound development of the Nation's communities and metropolitan areas in which the vast majority of its people live and work.

To carry out such purpose, and in recognition of the increasing importance of housing and urban development in our national life, the Congress finds that establishment of an executive department is desirable to achieve the best administration of the principal programs of the Federal Government which provide assistance for housing and for the development of the Nation's communities; to assist the President in achieving maximum coordination of the various Federal activities which have a major effect upon urban community, suburban, or metropolitan development; to encourage the solution of problems of housing, urban development, and mass transportation through State, county, town, village, or other local and private action, including promotion of interstate, regional, and metropolitan cooperation; to encourage the maximum contributions that may be made by vigorous private homebuilding and mortgage lending industries to housing, urban development, and the national economy; and to provide for full and appropriate consideration, at the national level, of the needs and interests of the Nation's communities and of the people who live and work in them.

ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT

SEC. 3. (a) There is hereby established at the seat of government an executive department to be known as the Department of Housing and Urban Development (hereinafter referred to as the "Department"). There shall be at the head of the Department a Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary"), who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Department shall be administered under the supervision and direction of the Secretary.1

1 Public Law 90-83, approved Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 195, repealed provisions of the Department Act relating to salaries of the Secretary and other officials. See 5 U.S.C. 5311, et seq., for salaries of these officers.

(b) The Secretary shall, among his responsibilities advise the Pres ident with respect to Federal programs and activities relating to housing and urban development; develop and recommend to the President policies for fostering the orderly growth and development of the Nation's urban areas; exercise leadership at the direction of the President in coordinating Federal activities affecting housing and urban development; provide technical assistance and information, including a clearinghouse service to aid State, county, town, village, or other local governments in developing solutions to community and metropolitan development problems: consult and cooperate with State Governors and State agencies, including, when appropriate. holding informal public hearings, with respect to Federal and State programs for assisting communities in developing solutions to community and metropolitan development problems and for encouraging effective regional cooperation in the planning and conduct of community and metropolitan development programs and projects: encourage comprehensive planning by the State and local governments with a view to coordinating Federal, State, and local urban and community development activities; encourage private enterprise to serve as large a part of the Nation's total housing and urban development needs as it can and develop the fullest cooperation with private enterprise in achieving the objectives of the Department: and conduct continuing comprehensive studies, and make available findings, with respect to the problems of housing and urban development.

(c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to deny or limit the benefits of any program, function, or activity assigned to the Department by this or any other Act to any community on the basis of its population or corporate status, except as may be expressly provided by law.

UNDER SECRETARY AND OTHER OFFICERS AND OFFICES

SEC. 4. (a) There shall be in the Department an Under Secretary, eight Assistant Secretaries, and a General Counsel, who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall perform such functions, powers, and duties as the Secretary shall prescribe from time to time. There shall be in the Department a Federal Housing Commissioner, who shall be one of the Assistant Secretaries, who shall head a Federal Housing Administration within the Department, who shall have such duties and powers as may be prescribed by the Secretary, and who shall administer, under the supervision and direction of the Secretary, departmental programs relating to the private mortgage market.

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(b) There shall be in the Department a Director of Urban Program Coordination, who shall be designated by the Secretary. He shall as

1 Sec. 808, 1968 Civil Rights Act, Public Law 90-284, approved Apr. 11, 1968. 82 Stat. 73, 84. provided that the Department should be provided an additional Assistant Secretary, and substituted "five" for "four". Sec. 1708. Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448, approved Aug. 1, 1968, S2 Stat. 476, 606, substituted "six" for "five" Sec. 818(a)(1) of Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Public Law 93-383, 88 Stat. 633, approved Aug. 22, 1974. substituted "eight" for "six".

Sec. 818(a) (2) of Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Public Law 93-383. SS Stat. 633, approved August 22, 1974, deleted subsection (b). Prior to enactment this subsection read as follows: There shall be in the Department an Assistant Secretary for Administration, who shall be appointed, with the approval of the President, by the Secretary under the classified civil service, who shall perform such functions, powers, and duties as the Secretary shall prescribe from time to time.

Sec. 818(a)(3) of Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Public Law 93-383, 88 Stat. 633, approved August 22, 1974, redesignated subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c).

sist the Secretary in carrying out, his responsibilities to the President with respect to achieving maximum coordination of the programs of the various departments and agencies of the Government which have a major impact on community development. In providing such assistance, the Director shall make such studies of urban and community problems as the Secretary shall request, and shall develop recommendations relating to the administration of Federal programs affecting such problems, particularly with respect to achieving effective cooperation among the Federal, State, and local agencies concerned. Subject to the direction of the Secretary, the Director shall, in carrying out his responsibilities, (1) establish and maintain close liaison with the Federal departments and agencies concerned, and (2) consult with State, local, and regional officials, and consider their recommendations with respect to such programs.

(c) There shall be in the Department an Assistant to the Secretary, designated by the Secretary, who shall be responsible for providing information and advice to nonprofit organizations desiring to sponsor housing projects assisted under programs administered by the Department.

TRANSFERS TO DEPARTMENT

SEC. 5. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, there are hereby transferred to and vested in the Secretary all of the functions, powers, and duties of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, of the Federal Housing Administration and the Public Housing Administration in that Agency, and of the heads, and other officers and offices of said agencies.

(b) The Government National Mortgage Association, together with its functions, powers, and duties, is hereby transferred to the Department. The next to the last sentence of section 308 of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act is hereby repealed.

(c) The President shall undertake studies of the organization of housing and urban development functions and programs within the Federal Government, and he shall provide the Congress with the findings and conclusions of such studies, together with his recommendations regarding the transfer of such functions and programs to or from the Department. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of the functions of the Secretary of the Interior authorized under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897) or other functions carried out by the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation shall be transferred from the Department of the Interior or in any way be limited geographically unless specifically provided for by reorganization plan pursuant to provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 203), as amended, or by statute.

CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

SEC. 6. (a) Section 19 (d) (1) of title 3 of the United States Code is hereby amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting a comma and the following: "Secretary of Health. Education, and Welfare, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.'

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1 Sec. 807 (c). Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968. Public Law 90-448. approved Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 476, 544, substituted "Government" for "Federal".

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