Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 97.djvu/1236

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97 STAT. 1204 PUBLIC LAW 98-181—NOV. 30, 1983 under this section (including requirements relating to the rents which may be charged after rehabilitation) shall not apply to a structure assisted under this section unless (1) such requirements are imposed or agreements are entered into pursuant to a State law or local ordinance of general applicability which was enacted and in effect in that jurisdiction prior to the date of enactment of this section, and (2) such requirements or agreements would apply gener- ally to structures not assisted under this section. Regulations. "(g) RELOCATION. —The Secretary shall by regulation establish such standards governing reasonable relocation payments and other related assistance as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, "(h) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— Grantees receiving assistance under this section shall not deduct therefrom any amounts to cover administrative expenses incurred by them in carrying out their responsibilities under this section. "(i) PRESERVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, AND LABOR STAND- ARDS. — (1) The Secretary shall establish procedures which support national historic preservation objectives and which assure that, if any rehabilitation or development proposed to be assisted under this section would affect property which is included on the National Register of Historic Places or which is eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, such activity shall not be undertaken unless (A) it will reasonably meet the standards issued by the Secretary of the Interior and the appropriate State historic preservation officer is afforded the opportunity to comment on the specific rehabilitation or development program, or (B) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is afforded an opportunity to com- ment on cases for which the grantee of assistance, in consultation with the State historic preservation officer, determines that the proposed activity cannot reasonably meet such standards or would adversely affect historic property as defined therein. "(2) The Secretary's award and grantee's use of resources made available under this section shall be subject to section 104(f) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. "(3) A structure assisted under this section shall be treated as a project subject to a mortgage insured under section 220 of the National Housing Act for the purpose of section 212 of such Act. "(j) FINANCING.— Subject to terms and conditions that are pre- scribed by the Secretary and are consistent with the purpose and other provisions of this section, any obligation issued by a State or local housing agency for the purpose of financing the development of a project or projects assisted under this section is hereby deemed an obligation that meets the requirements of, and has the benefits (including the benefit of interest earned with respect to the obliga- tion being exempt from Federal taxation) associated with, an obliga- 42 USC 14371. tion described in section 11(b). "(k) DEFINITIONS.— For the purpose of this section— "(1) the term 'rehabilitation grant' means a grant to finance moderate rehabilitation; "(2) the term 'development grant' means a grant to finance new construction or substantial rehabilitation; "(3) the Secretary shall usc the same population data and rules for designating cities and urban counties as apply under 42 USC 5301. title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; "(4) the term 'real property to be used primarily for residen- tial rental purposes' includes cooperative or mutual housing 42 USC 5304. 12 USC 1715k, 1715c.