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[CITE: 12USC1701z-10]

 
                       TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
 
                      CHAPTER 13--NATIONAL HOUSING
 
Sec. 1701z-10. Model rehabilitation guidelines in inspection and 
        approval of rehabilitated properties; report to Congress
        
    (a)(1) The Secretary shall develop model rehabilitation guidelines 
for the voluntary adoption by States and communities to be used in 
conjunction with existing building codes by State and local officials in 
the inspection and approval of rehabilitated properties.
    (2) Such guidelines shall be developed in consultation with the 
National Institute of Building Sciences, appropriate national 
organizations of agencies and officials of State and local governments, 
representatives of the building industry, and consumer groups, and other 
interested parties.
    (3) The Secretary shall publish such guidelines for public comment 
not later than one year after October 31, 1978, and promulgate them no 
later than eighteen months after such date.
    (4) The Secretary may furnish technical assistance to State and 
local governments to facilitate the use and implementation of such 
guidelines.
    (b) The Secretary shall report to Congress not later than thirty-six 
months after October 31, 1978, regarding (1) actions taken by State and 
local governments to adopt guidelines or their equivalents, and (2) 
recommendations for further action.

(Pub. L. 91-609, title V, Sec. 511, as added Pub. L. 95-557, title IX, 
Sec. 903, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2125.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
of 1970, and not as part of the National Housing Act which comprises 
this chapter.
