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[CITE: 42USC1478]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
       CHAPTER 8A--SLUM CLEARANCE, URBAN RENEWAL, AND FARM HOUSING
 
                      SUBCHAPTER III--FARM HOUSING
 
Sec. 1478. Local committees to assist Secretary


(a) Composition, appointment, and compensation; chairman; promulgation 
        of procedural rules; forms and equipment

    For the purposes of this subsection and subsection (b) of this 
section, the Secretary may use the services of any existing committee of 
farmers operating (pursuant to laws or regulations carried out by the 
Department of Agriculture) in any county or parish in which activities 
are carried on under this subchapter. In any county or parish in which 
activities are carried on under this subchapter and in which no existing 
satisfactory committee is available, the Secretary is authorized to 
appoint a committee composed of three persons residing in the county or 
parish. Each member of such existing or newly appointed committee shall 
be allowed compensation at the rate determined by the Secretary while 
engaged in the performance of duties under this subchapter and, in 
addition, shall be allowed such amounts as the Secretary may prescribe 
for necessary traveling and subsistence expenses. One member of the 
committee shall be designated by the Secretary as chairman. The 
Secretary shall prescribe rules governing the procedures of the 
committees, furnish forms and equipment necessary for the performance of 
their duties, and authorize and provide for the compensation of such 
clerical assistance as he deems may be required by any committee.

(b) Duties

    The committees utilized or appointed pursuant to this section may 
examine applications of persons desiring to obtain the benefits of 
section 1471(a)(1) and (2) of this title as they relate to the 
successful operation of a farm, and may submit recommendations to the 
Secretary with respect to each applicant as to whether the applicant is 
eligible to receive such benefits, whether by reason of his character, 
ability, and experience he is likely successfully to carry out 
undertakings required of him under a loan under such section, and 
whether the farm with respect to which the application is made is of 
such character that there is a reasonable likelihood that the making of 
the loan requested will carry out the purposes of this subchapter. The 
committees may also certify to the Secretary with respect to the amount 
of any loan.

(July 15, 1949, ch. 338, title V, Sec. 508, 63 Stat. 436; Pub. L. 87-70, 
title VIII, Sec. 806, June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 188; Pub. L. 91-609, title 
VIII, Sec. 803(b), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1807; Pub. L. 93-383, title 
V, Sec. 508, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 694.)


                               Amendments

    1974--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-383 substituted provisions relating to 
examination of applications under section 1471(a)(1) and (2) of this 
title, and certification to the Secretary with respect to amount of any 
loan, for provisions relating to examination of applications under 
provisions of this subchapter, certification to the Secretary with 
respect to the amount of the loan or grant, and requiring performance of 
such other duties as the Secretary requests.
    1970--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91-609 substituted ``may'' for ``shall'' 
in first and second sentences where reading ``shall examine'', ``shall 
submit'', and ``shall also certify''.
    1961--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87-70, Sec. 806(a), substituted ``at the 
rate determined by the Secretary'' for ``at the rate of $5 per day''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87-70, Sec. 806(b), substituted ``certify to 
the Secretary as to the amount of the loan or grant'' for ``certify to 
the Secretary their opinions of the reasonable values of the farms''.
