PUBLIC LAW 98-8 —MAR. 24, 1983 97 STAT. 29 owned or to be purchased by the Corporation under the food distri- bution and emergency shelter program in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. There is hereby appropriated $50,000,000 to the Federal Emer- gency Management Agency to carry out an emergency food and shelter program. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law, such amount shall be made available under the terms and conditions of the following paragraphs: The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in consultation with the Director of the Office of Community Services, Department of Health and Human Services shall, within thirty days of the enactment of this Act, make grants totaling $50,000,000 to States (as defined in section 673(4) of Public Law 97-35) for the purposes of carrying out a program of shelter and food distribution within the States. The Director of the Federal Emergency Manage- ment Agency shall make grants to States in amounts based upon the procedure established for determining allotments to States in sec- tion 674 of Public Law 97-35 except that the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall disregard subsection (B) of section 674(a)(1). No part of the appropriation provided herein shall be expended for the administrative costs of the Federal Emergency Management Agency or any other Federal agency. Administrative costs shall be limited to 2 per centum of the total appropriation: Provided, That, the States shall use such funds to supplement and coordinate efforts to supply food and shelter by organizations such as the United Way agencies, the Salvation Army chapters, community action agencies, church organizations, and other voluntary groups and organizations. SEC. 101. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 75 per centum of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this title for each account listed in subsection (a)(5) shall be made available for projects and activities in civil jurisdictions with high unemployment, or in labor surplus areas, or in political units or in pockets of poverty that are currently or should meet the criteria to be eligible under the Urban Development Action Grant program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- ment. (2) For purposes of this subsection, a "civil jurisdiction" is— (A) a city of 50,000 or more population on the basis of the most recently available Bureau of the Census estimates; or (B) a town or township in the State of New Jersey, New York, Michigan or Pennsylvania of 50,000 or more population and which possesses powers and functions similar to those of cities; or (C) a county, except those counties which contain any type of civil jurisdictions defined in paragraphs (A) or (B) of this subsec- tion; or (D) a "balance of county" consisting of a county less any component cities and townships identified in paragraphs (A) or (B) of this subsection; or (E) a county equivalent which is a town in the State of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. (3) For purposes of this subsection, a "civil jurisdiction with a high level of unemployment" is a civil jurisdiction that has been so classified by the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, United States Department of Labor. The Assistant Secretary shml classify a civil jurisdiction as having high unemployment whenever, 42 USC 9902. 42 USC 9903. Limitations. "eivil jurisdiction." "eivil jurisdiction with a high level of unemployment."
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