(d) There shall be in the Treasury a fund which shall be available to the Secretary of Defense for the purpose of extending the financial assistance provided above. The capital of such fund shall consist of such sums as may, from time to time, be appropriated thereto, and shall consist also of receipts from the management, rental, or sale of properties acquired under this section, which receipts shall be credited to the fund and shall be available, together with funds appropriated therefor, for purchase or reimbursement purposes as provided above, as well as to defray expenses arising in connection with the acquisition, management, and disposal of such properties, including payment of principal, interest, and expenses of mortgages or other indebtedness thereon, and including the cost of staff services and contract services, costs of insurance, and other indemnity. Any part of such receipts not required for such expenses shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Properties acquired under this section shall be conveyed to, and acquired in the name of, the United States. The Secretary of Defense shall have the power to deal with, rent, renovate, and dispose of, whether by sales for cash or credit or otherwise, any properties so acquired: Provided, however, That no contract for acquisition, or acquisition, shall be deemed to constitute a contract for or acquisition of family housing units in support of military installations or activities within the meaning of section 406(a) of the Act of August 30, 1957 (42 U.S.C. 15941), nor shall it be deemed a transaction within the contemplation of section 2662 of title 10, United States Code: Provided further That no properties in foreign countries shall be acquired under this section. (e) Payments from the fund created by this section may be made in lieu of taxes to any State or political subdivision thereof, with respect to real property, including improvements thereon, acquired and held under this section. The amount so paid for any year upon such property shall not exceed the taxes which would be paid to the State or subdivision, as the case may be, upon such property if it were not exempt from taxation, and shall reflect such allowance as may be considered appropriate for expenditures, if any, by the Government for streets, utilities, or other public services to serve such property. (f) The title to any property acquired under this section, the eligibility for, and the amounts of, cash payable, and the administration of the preceding provisions of this section, shall conform to such requirements, and shall be administered under such conditions and regulations, as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe. Such regulations shall also prescribe the terms and conditions under which payments may be made and instruments accepted under this section, and all the determinations and decisions made pursuant to such regulations by the Secretary of Defense regarding such payments and con 1 The Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1968, Public Law 90-180, approved December 8, 1967, 81 Stat. 550, 552, appropriated $20 million to the Homeowners Assistance Fund established pursuant to this authority. Sec. 701, Military Construction Authorization Act, 1969, Public Law 90-408, approved July 21, 1968, 82 Stat. 367, 389, authorized the appropriation of $11,800,000 for the purposes of sec. 1013. The Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1969, Public Law 90-513, approved Sept. 26, 1968, 82 Stat. 864, 866, appropriated $6,200,000 for the purposes of sec. 1013. 2 Sec. 602 (b), Military Construction Authorization Act, 1970, Public Law 91-142, approved December 5, 1969, 83 Stat. 293, 313, added this proviso. veyances and the terms and conditions under which they are approved or disapproved, shall be final and conclusive and shall not be subject to judicial review. (g) The Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into such agreement with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as may be appropriate for the purposes of economy and efficiency of administration of this section. Such agreement may provide authority to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and his designee to make any or all of the determinations and take any or all of the actions which the Secretary of Defense is authorized to undertake pursuant to the preceding provisions of this section. Any such determinations shall be entitled to finality to the same extent as if made by the Secretary of Defense, and in event the Secretaries of Defense and Housing and Urban Development so elect, the fund established pursuant to subsection (d) of this section shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out the purposes thereof. (h)1 (i) No funds may be appropriated for the acquisition of any property under authority of this section unless such funds have been specifically authorized for such purpose in a military construction authorization act, and no moneys in the fund created pursuant to subsection (d) of this section may be expended for any purpose except as may be provided in appropriation Acts. Approved November 3, 1966. EXCERPT FROM MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION [Public Law 90-110, 81 Stat. 279, 306] TITLE VII HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE SEC. 701. In accordance with subsection 1013 (i) of Public Law 89754 (80 Stat. 1255, 1292) there is authorized to be appropriated for use by the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of section 1013 of Public Law 89-754, including acquisition of properties, an amount not to exceed $27,000,000.3 Approved October 21, 1967. 1 Subsec. (h) amended sec. 223 (a) (8), National Housing Act, supra. 2 The Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1968, Public Law 90-180, approved December 8, 1967, 81 Stat. 550, 552, appropriated $20 million to the Homeowners Assistance Fund established pursuant to sec. 1013 (d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metro. politan Development Act of 1966, supra, and this authorization. 3 Sec. 601, Military Construction Authorization Act, 1970, Public Law 91-142, approved December 5, 1969, 83 Stat. 293, 313, removed at this point the April 30, 1970, time limitation for the expenditure of funds under the Homeowners Assistance Program. EXCERPT FROM MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT, 1969 [Public Law 90-408, 82 Stat. 367, 389] TITLE VII HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE SEC. 701. In accordance with subsection 1013(i) of Public Law 89754 (80 Stat. 1255, 1292) there is authorized to be appropriated for use by the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of section 1013 of Public Law 89-754, including acquisition of properties, an amount not to exceed $11,800,000.1 Approved July 21, 1968. ACCESSIBILITY TO PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED [Public Law 90-480, 82 Stat. 718; 42 U.S.C. 4151] To insure that certain buildings financed with Federal funds are so designed and constructed as to be accessible to the physically handicapped. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, as used in this Act, the term "building" means any building or facility (other than (A) a privately owned residential structure and (B) any building or facility on a military installation designed and constructed primarily for use by able bodied military personnel) the intended use for which either will require that such building or facility be accessible to the public, or may result in the employment or residence therein of physically handicapped persons, which building or facility is (1) to be constructed or altered by or on behalf of the United States; (2) to be leased in whole or in part by the United States after the date of enactment of this Act after construction or alteration in accordance with plans and specifications of the United States; or (3) to be financed in whole or in part by a grant or a loan made by the United States after the date of enactment of this Act if such building or facility is subject to standards for design, construction, or alteration issued under authority of the law authorizing such grant or loan. SEC. 2. The Administrator of General Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, is authorized to prescribe such standards for the design, construction, and alteration of buildings (other than residential structures subject to this Act and buildings, structures, and facilities of the Department of Defense subject to this Act) as may be necessary to insure that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to, and use of, such buildings. 1 The Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1969, Public Law 90-513, approved Sept. 26, 1968, 82 Stat. 864, 866, appropriated $6,200,000 for the purposes of section 1013. SEC. 3. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, is authorized to prescribe such standards for the design, construction, and alteration of buildings which are residential structures subject to this Act as may be necessary to insure that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to, and use of, such buildings. SEC. 4. The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, is authorized to prescribe such standards for the design, construction, and alteration of buildings, structures, and facilities of the Department of Defense subject to this Act as may be necessary to insure that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to, and use of, such buildings. SEC. 5. Every building designed, constructed, or altered after the effective date of a standard issued under this Act which is applicable to such building, shall be designed, constructed, or altered in accordance with such standard. SEC. 6. The Administrator of General Services, with respect to standards issued under section 2 of this Act, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, with respect to standards issued under section 3 of this Act, and the Secretary of Defense with respect to standards issued under section 4 of this Act, is authorized (1) to modify or waive any such standard, on a case-by-case basis, upon application made by the head of the department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States concerned, and upon a determination by the Administrator or Secretary, as the case may be, that such modification or waiver is clearly necessary, and (2) to conduct such surveys and investigations as he deems necessary to insure compliance with such standards. Approved August 12, 1968. § 101 III. URBAN DEVELOPMENT See also: Compensation of condemnees-Title IV, Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965__. Demolition of unsafe structures, grants-Section 116, Housing Act of 1949 Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Page 659 399 529 518 42 U.S.C. 2573 172 Interstate land sales-Title XIV, Housing and Urban Development Labor market information and job matching program-available for Mortgage insurance for land development-Title X, National Housing Neighborhood facilities— Grants: Section 703, Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965___ MODEL CITIES PROGRAMS ÉXCERPTS, DEMONSTRATION CITIES AND METROPOLITAN [Public Law 89-754, 80 Stat. 1255, 42 U.S.C. 3301] TITLE I-COMPREHENSIVE CITY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE 433 554 408 SEC. 101. The Congress hereby finds and declares that improving the quality of urban life is the most critical domestic problem facing the United States. The persistence of widespread urban slums and blight, the concentration of persons of low income in older urban areas, and the unmet needs for additional housing and community facilities and services arising from rapid expansion of our urban population have resulted in a marked deterioration in the quality of the environment and the lives of large numbers of our people while the Nation as a whole prospers. The Congress further finds and declares that cities, of all sizes, do not have adequate resources to deal effectively with the critical problems facing them, and that Federal assistance in addition to that now authorized by the urban renewal program and other existing Federal grant-in-aid programs is essential to enable cities to plan, develop, and conduct programs to improve their physical environment, increase their supply of adequate housing for low- and moderate-income people, and provide educational and social services vital to health and welfare. The purposes of this title are to provide additional financial and technical assistance to enable cities of all sizes (with equal regard to |