Estabilsh a Department of Housing and Urban Development: Hearings, Eighty-ninth Congress, First Session, on S. 497, S. 1045, S. 1599U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965 - 298 pages |
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88th Congress amendment American Assistant Secretary authority bill Bureau Cabinet rank Chairman cities Committee on Government Community Development Community Facilities CONGRESS THE LIBRARY coordination Department of Housing Department of Urban Director economic effective establish a Department executive branch executive departments Federal activities Federal aid Federal Government Federal Home Loan Federal Housing Administration Federal programs FNMA functions GORDON Government Operations grants Guam Hawaii HHFA Home Finance Agency Home Loan Bank Housing and Community Housing and Home Housing and Urban housing programs industry Intergovernmental Relations legislation Loan Bank Board million mortgage insurance National Housing Act office in Honolulu organization Pacific Ocean area percent population present President projects proposed Department public housing regional office responsibility role Senator RIBICOFF Senator SIMPSON statement tion transferred U.S. Congress U.S. Senate United urban affairs urban areas Urban Development urban problems urban renewal urban renewal programs Washington WILLIAMSON
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Page 7 - The Congress hereby declares that the general welfare and security of the Nation and the health and living standards of its people require housing production and related community development sufficient to remedy the serious housing shortage, the elimination of substandard and other inadequate housing...
Page 14 - The Secretary may delegate any of his functions, powers, and duties to such officers and employees of the Department as he may designate, may authorize such successive redelegations of such functions, powers, and duties as he may deem desirable, and may make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out his functions, powers, and duties.
Page 8 - Department) . There shall be at the head of the Department a Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereafter in this reorganization plan referred to as the Secretary) , who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for the heads of executive departments.
Page 7 - ... 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.
Page 289 - This statement is submitted on behalf of the American Life Convention and the Life Insurance Association of America.
Page 10 - No cause of action by or against any department or agency, functions of which are transferred by this Act, or by or against any officer thereof in his official capacity shall abate by reason of the enactment of this Act.
Page 6 - The said Secretary shall cause a seal of office to be made for the said department of such device as the President shall approve and judicial notice shall be taken of the said seal.
Page 159 - 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...
Page 5 - Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Commerce Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Secretary of Housing and Urban Development...
Page 224 - The modern city can be the most ruthless enemy of the good life, or it can be its servant. The choice is up to this generation of Americans. For this is truly the time of decision for the American city.