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PUBLIC LAW 89-754-NOV. 3, 1966
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archeology, and culture which may be contained on a National Register maintained by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to other provisions of law. The Secretary shall provide current information to the Secretary of the Interior from time to time on significant program developments." 42 USC' i*5(f6c-2 (^) Section 706 of such Act is amended by striking out the proviso. 42 USC isood' " (f) Section 708 of such Act is amended by inserting " (a) " after "SEC. 708.", by inserting " (b) " before "The" in the second paragraph, and by adding at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: "(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Secretary may use not to exceed $10,000,000 of the sum authorized for contracts under this title for the purpose of entering into contracts to make grants in amounts not to exceed 90 per centum of the cost of activities which he determines have special value in developing and demonstrating new and improved methods and materials for use in carrying out the purposes of this title." 42 USC isooe. ^g^ Title VII of such Act is amended by redesignating section 709 as section 710, and by adding after section 708 a new section as follows: "GRANTS FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
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"SEC. 709. The Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts to make grants to States and local public bodies to assist in the acquisition of title to or other permanent interests in areas, sites, and structures of historic or architectural value in urban areas, and in their restoration and improvement for public use and benefit, in accord with the comprehensively planned development of the locality. The amount of any such grant shall not exceed 50 per centum of the total cost, as approved by the Secretary, of the assisted activities. The remainder of such cost shall be provided from non-Federal sources." (h) Commencing three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, no grant shall be made (except pursuant to a contract or commitment entered into less than three years after such date) under section 709 of the Housing Act of 1961 or section 701(h) of the Housing -^^^ ^^ 1954, or under section 103 of the Housing Act of 1949 to the extent that it is to be used for historic or architectural preservation, except with respect to districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development finds meet criteria comparable to those used in establishing the National Register maintained by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to other provisions of law. TITLE VII—URBAN RENEWAL LOCAL G R A N T S - I N - A I D
68 Stat. 626.
42 USC 1460.
QEC. 701. Section 110(d) of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by inserting immediately^ after the colon at the end of the first proviso the following: ^Provided further. That any publicly owned facility, the construction of which was begun not earlier than three years prior to the date of enactment of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1906, shall be deemed to benefit an urban renewal project or projects to the extent of 25 per centum of the total benefits of such facility, or $3,500,000, whichever is less, if such facility (A)(i) is used, or is to be used, by the public predominantly for cultural, exhibition, or civic purposes, or is a city hall or a public safetj^ building, or (ii) is a facility, constructed or rehabilitated by a public university, which is or will be devoted to the treatment of physical or mental disabilities and illness or to medical research; (B) is located within, adjacent to, or in the immediate vicinity of such urban
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