1164 42 USC 3182.
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PUBLIC LAW 93-423-SEPT. 27, 1974
[88 STAT.
any authorization for appropriation, regarding any regional commission establislied under section 502 or any office of the Federal cochairman of such commission. " (g) For purposes of this section— " (1) the term 'care and handling' has the meaning given it by section 3(h) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 472 (h)); and "(2) the term 'excess property' has the meaning given it by section 3(e) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 472(e)), except that such term does not include real property.". SEC. 12. The Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, is amended by adding the following new title at the end of the Act: " TITLE IX — S P E C I A L ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE a PURPOSE
42 USC 3241.
"SEC. 901. I t is the purpose of this title to provide special economic development and adjustment assistance programs to help State and local areas meet special needs arising from actual or threatened severe unemployment arising from economic dislocation, including miemployment arising from actions of the Federal Government and from compliance with environmental requirements which remove economic activities from a locality, and economic adjustment problems resulting from severe changes in economic conditions, and to encourage cooperative intergovernmental action to prevent or solve economic adjustment problems. Nothing in this title is intended to replace the efforts of the economic adjustment program of the Department of Defense. u.DEFINITION
42 USC 3242.
42 USC 3161.
"SEC. 902. As used in this title, the term 'eligible recipient' means a redevelopment area or economic development district established under title IV of this Act, an Indian tribe, a State, a city or other political subdivision of a State, or a consortium of such political sul^divisions. "GRANTS BY SECRETARY
42 USC 3243.
Restriction.
"SEC. 903. (a)(1) The Secretary is authorized to make grants directly to any eligible recipient in an area which the Secretary has determined has experienced, or may reasonably be foreseen to be about to experience, a special need to meet an expected rise in unemployment, or other economic adjustment problems (including those caused by any action or decision of the Federal Government) to carry out or develop a plan which meets the requirements of subsection (b) of this section and which is approved by the Secretary, to use such grants for any of the following: public facilities, public services, business development, planning, unemployment compensation (in accordance with subsection (d) of this section), rent supplements, mortgage payment assistance, research, technical assistance, training, relocation of individuals, and other appropriate assistance. "(2)(A) Such grants may be used in direct expenditures by the eligible recipient or through redistribution by it to public and private entities in grants, loans, loan guarantees, or other appropriate assistance, but no grant shall be made by an eligible recipient to a private profitmaking entity.
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