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1 by a local public housing agency made pursuant to the rent 2 ceiling specified above."

3 SEC. 2. The second paragraph of section 2 (1) of the 4 United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by striking 5 out the words "as defined by the Secretary" after the word 6 "income".

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SEC. 3. After the third sentence of section 10 (a) of the 8 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, the follow9 ing is added: "Provided further, That the Authority shall 10 amend or supersede annual contributions contracts to provide 11 payments annually up to the maximum allowable contribu12 tion for each contract under section 10 (b) and section 14 of 13 the Act: (1) to assure the low-rent character of the projects 14 involved; (2) to achieve and maintain adequate operating 15 and maintenance services and reserve funds; and (3) to

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cover any public housing agency's operating deficit, including 17 deficiencies in reserve funds, for the fiscal year which in18 cludes December 24, 1969."

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SEC. 4. (a) Section 1603 of title XVI of the Housing 20 and Urban Development Act of 1968 is amended by striking 21 the word "and" in subsection (5) thereof and the period at 22 the end of subsection (6) thereof and inserting "; and” at 23 the end of the latter subsection.

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(b) Section 1603 of title XVI of the Housing and

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1 Urban Development Act of 1968 is amended by inserting the

2 following after subsection (6):

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"(7) contain a documented statement of the current effectiveness of statutory construction cost limits for pub

lic housing and statutory mortgage limits for insured programs authorized under the title II of the National

Housing Act and a recommendation as to the appropri

ate cost and mortgage limits for the ensuing twelvemonth period.

"The cost and mortgage limits recommended pursuant to 11 subsection (6) above shall automatically become effective 12 after sixty days unless Congress specifically rejects or amends 13 them within that period of time."

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SEC. 5 (a) Section 10 (c) of the United States Housing 15 Act of 1937 is amended by striking out the term "existing 16 structures" in the last proviso and inserting in lieu thereof 17 the term "private accommodations".

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(b) Section 23 (a) (3) of the United States Housing

19 Act of 1937 is amended by striking from the first clause 20 thereof the words "an existing" and inserting in lieu thereof 21 the word "a".

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SEC. 6. The last sentence of section 23 (d) of the United

23 States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by striking out the

7. Az 197 is anendri og striking the period at the end 8 of the first semen teed and inserting the following: 9 : Provided. Thar tenants shaï be authorizeč te serve or, the 10 Board of Direnes or similar governing body of the gov 11 ernmental entity or pu di imĉy involved.”

91ST CONGRESS 2D SESSION

S. 4087

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 15, 1970

Mr. BROOKE (for himself, Mr. CRANSTON, and Mr. GOODELL) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency

A BILL

To address the growing problem of abandoned properties and

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neighborhoods.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Abandoned Properties 4 and Neighborhoods Act of 1970".

5 SEC. 2. (a) Part A of title I of the Housing Act of

6 1949 is hereby amended by adding the following new sec7 tion at the end thereof

4 1-te the Secretar is bieren, aathi rized to make, and to

5 exer in contacts & mukt grants al aggregate amonni 0198 11 2ny İscal year as provided

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7 in this sectior a eues other municipalities, and counties for

8 the purpose of assising sact localities in carrying om pro

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grams to alleviate harmful conditions or prevent deterioration 10 in neighborhoods where the local governing body has deter11 mined that a substantial number of properties have been 12 abandoned or foresees that the problem of abandonment may 13 arise.

14 “(b) Such grants shall not exceed two-thirds (or three15 fourths in the case of any city, other municipality, or county 16 having a population of fifty thousand or less according to the

most recent decennial census) of the cost of planning and 18 carrying out programs which may include, but shall not be 19 limited to: (1) the repair of streets, sidewalks, parks, play20 grounds, publicly owned utilities, public buildings to meet 21 needs consistent with continued use of the area, (2) the im22 provement of private properties held by any city, other 23 municipality, county, or instrumentalities thereof to the extent. 24 needed to eliminate harmful effects to public health and safety or the physical or social environment involved, (5)

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