The Housing Act of 1961, referred to in subsec. (g), is Pub. L. 87–70, June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 149, as amended. Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961 was classified generally to chapter 8C (§ 1500 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and was omitted from the Code pursuant to section 5316 of Title 42 which terminated authority to make grants or loans under title VII of that Act after Jan. 1, 1975. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1961 Amendment note set out under section 1701 of Title 12, Banks and Banking, and Tables.

Section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954, referred to in subsec. (g), is section 701 of act Aug. 2, 1954, ch. 649, title VII, 68 Stat. 640, as amended, which was classified to section 461 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and was repealed by Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 313(b), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 398.

A prior section 6 of Pub. L. 88–578 was renumbered section 7 and is classified to section 460l–9 of this title.

1996—Subsec. (f)(7). Pub. L. 104–333 struck out par. (7) relating to annual State evaluations, lists of funded projects, and reports.

1994—Subsec. (f)(7). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate” for “Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States Congress”.

Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 103–322 added subsec. (h).

1986—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99–645, § 303(1), inserted provision requiring that for fiscal year 1988 and thereafter, each comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plan specifically address wetlands within the State as an important outdoor recreation resource, or alternatively, submission of a wetlands priority plan developed in consultation with the State agency responsible for fish and wildlife resources in the State.

Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 99–645, § 303(2), inserted “, or wetland areas and interests therein as identified in the wetlands provisions of the comprehensive plan”.

Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 99–645, § 303(3), inserted provision that wetland areas and interests therein as identified in the wetlands provisions of the comprehensive plan and proposed to be acquired as suitable replacement property within that same State that is otherwise acceptable to the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, shall be considered to be of reasonably equivalent usefulness with the property proposed for conversion.

1978—Subsec. (f)(7). Pub. L. 95–625 provided that grant program evaluations be transmitted so as to be received by the Secretary no later than December 31 and that reports to Congressional committees be made by no later than March 1 of each year.

1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–422 reenacted subsec. (a) without change.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 94–422 substituted “Forty per centum of the first $275,000,000; thirty per centum of the next $275,000,000; and twenty per centum of all additional appropriations” for “two-fifths”.

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 94–422 substituted “At any time, the remaining appropriations” for “three-fifths”.

Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 94–422 designated as par. (3) the first paragraph following par. (2), and substituted “10 per centum” for “7 per centum”.

Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 94–422 designated as par. (4) the second paragraph following par. (2), and substituted “in accordance with paragraph 2 of this subsection, without regard to the 10 per centum limitation to an individual State specified in this subsection” for “in accordance with paragraph 2 of this subsection”.

Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 94–422 designated as par. (5) the third paragraph following par. (2), and added Northern Mariana Islands to those areas to be treated and provision that such areas be treated collectively as one State for purposes of subsec. (b)(1) and substituted requirement that a State shall receive shares of apportionment in proportion to their population for requirement that the State’s population shall be included as part of the total population in computing apportionment under subsec. (b)(2).

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94–422 reenacted subsec. (c) without change.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 94–422 inserted proviso that no plan shall be approved unless certified by the Governor that public participation in plan development and revision has been accorded and that the Secretary shall develop criteria for public participation to form basis of certification by Governor.

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 94–422 inserted proviso that no assistance shall be available under this part to enclose or shelter facilities normally used for outdoor recreation activities and authorized Secretary to permit local funding after Sept. 28, 1976, not to exceed 10 per centum of total amount allocated to States.

Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 94–422 designated existing six paragraphs as pars. (1) to (6), respectively, and added pars. (7) and (8).

Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 94–422 reenacted subsec. (g) without change.

1974—Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 93–303 inserted sentence relating to waiver of benefits by an owner of a single-family residence who elects to retain a right of use and occupancy for not less than six months from the date of acquisition of the residence.

All functions of the Housing and Home Finance Agency and the Administrator thereof were transferred to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by section 5(a) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (Pub. L. 89–174, Sept. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 669) which is classified to section 3534 (a) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Ex. Ord. No. 11237, July 27, 1965, 30 F.R. 9433, which related to coordinating planning and acquisition of land under outdoor recreation and open space programs, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12553, Feb. 25, 1986, 51 F.R. 7237.