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[84 STAT. 1899]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 1899]

84 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 91-646-JAN. 2, 1971

gram or project may not accept such property unless such State agency has made all payments and provided all assistance and assurances, as are required of a State agency by sections 210 and 305 of this Act. Such State agency shall pay the cost of such requirements in the same manner and to the same extent as the real property acquired for such project, except that in the case of any real property acquisition or displacement occurring prior to July 1, 1972, such Federal agency shall pay 100 per centum of the first $25,000 of the cost of providing such payments and assistance. STATE ACTING AS AGENT FOR FEDERAL PROGRAM

SEC. 208. Whenever real property is acquired by a State agency at the request of a Federal agency for a Federal program or project, such acquisition shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed an acquisition by the Federal agency having authority over such program or project. P U B L I C WORKS PROGRAMS A N D P R O J E C T S OF THE G O V E R N M ENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND OF THE W A S H I N G TO N M E T R O P O L I T A N AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

SEC. 209. Whenever real property is acquired by the government of the District of Cohimbia or the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for a program or project which is not subject to sections 210 and 211 of this title, and such acquisition will result in the displacement of any person on or after the effective date of this Act, the Commissioner of the District of Columbia or the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, as the case may be, shall make all relocation payments and provide all assistance required of a Federal agency by this Act. Whenever real property is acquired for such a program or project on or after such effective date, such Commissioner or Authority, as the case may be, shall make all payments and meet all requirements prescribed for a Federal agency by title III of this Act. R K Q U I R E M E N T S FOR RELOCATION P A Y M E N T S A N D ASSISTANCE OF FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAM; ASSURANCES OF AVAILABILITY OF H O U S I N G

SEC. 210. Notwithstanding any other law, the head of a Federal agency shall not approve any grant to, or contract or agreement with, a State agency, under which Federal financial assistance will be available to pay all or part of the cost of any program or project which will result in the displacement of any person on or after the effective date of this title, unless he receives satisfactory assurances from such State agency that— (1) fair and reasonable relocation payments and assistance shall be provided to or for displaced persons, as are required to be provided by a Federal agency under sections 202, 203, and 204 of this title; (2) relocation assistance programs offering the services described in section 205 shall be provided to such displaced persons; (3) within a reasonable period of time prior to displacement, decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwellings will be available to displaced persons in accordance with section 205(c)(3).

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