PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 4417 (b) STANDARDS. —The standards shall be designed to reduce the risk of loss of life to building occupants to the maximum extent feasible and to reduce the risk of shake-related property damage to the maximum extent practicable. (c) CONSULTATION. —In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consult with the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and may utilize the resources under the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (established under the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977) and any other resources as may be required to carry out the activities under this section. (d) REPORTS. — (1) SUBMISSION AND CONTENTS. —The Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress, not less than biennially, containing a statement of the findings of the risk assessment study conducted under this section, including risk assessment of properties located in seismic risk zones and a compilation of the standards developed pursuant to this section. The report shall also include a statement of the activities undertaken by the Secretary to carry out this section and the amount and sources of any funds expended by the Secretary for such purposes. The report shall also include a statement of the activities undertaken by the Secretary to carry out the requirements of Executive Order No. 12699 (January 5, 1990) and the amount and sources of any funds expended by the Secretary for such purposes. (2) INITIAL SUBMISSION. — The first report required under this subsection shall be submitted not later than the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Programs SEC. 951. HUD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. (a) IN GENERAL.— The second sentence of section 501 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-l) is amended to read as follows: "There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $21,200,000 for fiscal year 1991 and $22,100,000 for fiscal year 1992. From any amounts appropriated under this section for fiscal year 1991, the Secretary shall use not more than $500,000 to carry out a demonstration project to test affordable housing technologies, and shall include in the annual report under section 8 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (for the appropriate year) a statement of the activities under the demonstration program and findings resulting from the program. The statement shall set forth the amount and use of funds expended by the Secretary under the program for the year relating to the report and the Secretary shall include such a statement in each such annual report for each year that amounts appropriated under this section are used under the demonstration.". (b) REPORT REGARDING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. —Not later than the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall submit to the Congress a report listing and describing the various research activities, studies, testing, and demonstration programs relating to the mission and programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development that are being conducted, have Appropriation authorization. 12 USC ITOlz-l note.
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