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[CITE: 42USC3531]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 44--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 3531. Congressional declaration of purpose

    The Congress hereby declares that the general welfare and security 
of the Nation and the health and living standards of our people require, 
as a matter of national purpose, sound development of the Nation's 
communities and metropolitan areas in which the vast majority of its 
people live and work.
    To carry out such purpose, and in recognition of the increasing 
importance of housing and urban development in our national life, the 
Congress finds that establishment of an executive department is 
desirable to achieve the best administration of the principal programs 
of the Federal Government which provide assistance for housing and for 
the development of the Nation's communities; to assist the President in 
achieving maximum coordination of the various Federal activities which 
have a major effect upon urban community, suburban, or metropolitan 
development; to encourage the solution of problems of housing, urban 
development, and mass transportation through State, county, town, 
village, or other local and private action, including promotion of 
interstate, regional, and metropolitan cooperation; to encourage the 
maximum contributions that may be made by vigorous private homebuilding 
and mortgage lending industries to housing, urban development, and the 
national economy; and to provide for full and appropriate consideration, 
at the national level, of the needs and interests of the Nation's 
communities and of the people who live and work in them.

(Pub. L. 89-174, Sec. 2, Sept. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 667.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 624 of former Title 5, 
Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, prior to 
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization 
and Employee by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 1, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.


                  Effective Date: Interim Appointments

    Section 11 of Pub. L. 89-174 provided that:
    ``(a) The provisions of this Act [enacting this chapter and amending 
sections 1 and 2211 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and 
Government Officers and Employees, section 19(d)(1) of Title 3, the 
President, section 1723 of Title 12, Banks and Banking and section 
1451(c) of this title] shall take effect upon the expiration of the 
first period of sixty calendar days following the date on which this Act 
is approved by the President [Sept. 9, 1965], or on such earlier date as 
the President shall specify by Executive order published in the Federal 
Register, except that any of the officers provided for in sections 3(a), 
4(a), and 4(b) of this Act [sections 3532(a), 3533(a), and 3533(b) of 
this title] may be nominated and appointed, as provided in such 
sections, at any time after the date this Act is approved by the 
President [Sept. 9, 1965].
    ``(b) In the event that one or more officers required by this Act, 
to be appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall 
not have entered upon office on the effective date of this Act, the 
President may designate any person who was an officer of the Housing and 
Home Finance Agency immediately prior to said effective date to act in 
such office until the office is filled as provided in this Act or until 
the expiration of the first period of sixty days following said 
effective date, whichever shall first occur. While so acting such 
persons shall receive compensation at the rates provided by this Act for 
the respective offices in which they act.''


                      Short Title of 1989 Amendment

    Pub. L. 101-235, Sec. 1(a), Dec. 15, 1989, 103 Stat. 1987, provided 
that: ``This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the 
`Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989'.''


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 89-174 provided: ``That this Act [enacting this 
chapter, amending section 1451 of this title, sections 1 and 2211 of 
former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and 
Employees (see sections 101 and 5312 of Title 5, Government Organization 
and Employees), section 19 of Title 3, The President, and section 1723 
of Title 12, Banks and Banking] may be cited as the `Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Act'.''


    Savings Provision: Abatement of Actions; Continuation of Rules, 
Regulations, Etc.; References in Other Laws to Housing and Home Finance 
                        Agency; Lapse of Agencies

    Section 9 of Pub. L. 89-174 provided that:
    ``(a) No cause of action by or against any agency whose functions 
are transferred by this Act [see Short Title note above and section 3534 
of this title], or by or against any officer of any agency in his 
official capacity, shall abate by reason of this enactment. Such causes 
of action may be asserted by or against the United States or such 
official of the Department as may be appropriate.
    ``(b) No suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by or against 
any agency whose functions are transferred by this Act [see Short Title 
note above and section 3534 of this title], or by or against any officer 
of any such agency in his official capacity, shall abate by reason of 
the enactment of this Act. A court may at any time during the pendency 
of the litigation, on its own motion or that of any party, order that 
the same may be maintained by or against the United States or such 
official of the Department as may be appropriate.
    ``(c) Except as may be otherwise expressly provided in this Act [see 
Short Title note above], all powers and authorities conferred by this 
Act shall be cumulative and additional to and not in derogation of any 
powers and authorities otherwise existing. All rules, regulations, 
orders, authorizations, delegations, or other actions duly issued, made, 
or taken by or pursuant to applicable law, prior to the effective date 
of this Act [see Effective Date note above] by any agency, officer, or 
office pertaining to any functions, powers, and duties transferred by 
this Act shall continue in full force and effect after the effective 
date of this Act until modified or rescinded by the Secretary or such 
other officer or office of the Department as, in accordance with 
applicable law, may be appropriate. With respect to any function, power, 
or duty transferred by or under this Act and exercised hereafter, 
reference in another Federal law to the Housing and Home Finance Agency 
or to any officer, office, or agency therein, except the Federal 
National Mortgage Association and its officers, shall be deemed to mean 
the Secretary. The positions and agencies heretofore established by law 
in connection with the functions, powers, and duties transferred under 
section 5(a) of this Act [section 3534(a) of this title] shall lapse.''

                        Executive Order No. 11452

    Ex. Ord. No. 11452, Jan. 23, 1969, 34 F.R. 1223, as amended, which 
established the Council for Urban Affairs to advise the President with 
respect to urban affairs, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12553, Feb. 25, 
1986, 51 F.R. 7237. The Council was terminated and its functions 
transferred to the Domestic Council by section 2(b) of Ex. Ord. No. 
11541, July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 10737, set out as a note under section 501 
of Title 31, Money and Finance.

       Ex. Ord. No. 11668. National Center for Housing Management

    Ex. Ord. No. 11668, Apr. 21, 1972, 37 F.R. 8057, provided:
    By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United 
States and in accordance with the provisions of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3531 et seq.), 
title VIII of the Housing Act of 1964, as amended (20 U.S.C. 801 et 
seq.), and title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 
U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), it is ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Policy. The Nation's housing stock represents an 
important national resource which must be preserved and well managed if 
public and private investments are to be protected, and if we are to 
meet our goal of providing a decent home and suitable living environment 
for low and moderate income residents. The production of Federally-
assisted housing has greatly expanded in recent years, creating a need 
for a balanced strategy to ensure that such housing remains viable for 
the purposes intended.
    This expansion also creates a need for a growing supply of new 
management manpower for the years ahead. Special skills must be 
developed among these managers so that they can effectively overcome the 
social and economic problems facing many residents of Federally-assisted 
housing, including the elderly. Training, the improvement of career 
opportunities, and the upgrading of industry standards are all essential 
to the improvement of the Nation's housing management capability, 
particularly for low and moderate income housing.
    Sec. 2. Establishment of a National Center for Housing Management. 
(a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is directed to call 
upon public-spirited citizens, dedicated and experienced in the 
appropriate disciplines, to create, in accordance with existing laws, a 
new, non-governmental, not-for-profit institution to serve as a National 
Center for Housing Management (referred to herein as the Center).
    (b) The Center should be designed to provide objective and 
independent leadership at the national level in helping meet the 
Nation's housing management and training needs and should work 
cooperatively with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and 
with the public and private organizations and institutions involved in, 
or affected by, its activities.
    Sec. 3. Activities of the Center. The activities of the Center 
should be developed along lines that include the following objectives:
    (1) Development of training and educational programs for housing 
management and personnel:
    (2) Cooperation with public and private national, State, and local 
organizations and institutions in extending housing management training 
and educational opportunities, using to the fullest extent possible the 
services and facilities of existing agencies with expertise in training 
and education.
    (3) Cooperation with national, State, and local organizations and 
institutions in establishing or expanding recruitment and placement 
systems that will link training in housing management to job 
opportunities in that field.
    (4) Development of improved housing management practices and 
assistance in professionalizing the housing management industry; and
    (5) Stimulating the creation of new management entities, and 
strengthening the effectiveness of existing management entities.
    Sec. 4. Assistance by Federal Agencies. To the extent consistent 
with law, all other Federal executive departments and agencies shall 
cooperate and work with the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
and the Center in providing appropriate advice and financial support so 
as to ensure that the above described objectives are carried out with 
the most effective and efficient use of Federal, State and local 
resources, both public and private.
                                                          Richard Nixon.
