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[CITE: 42USC3609]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                        CHAPTER 45--FAIR HOUSING
 
                         SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
 
Sec. 3609. Education and conciliation; conferences and 
        consultations; reports
        
    Immediately after April 11, 1968, the Secretary shall commence such 
educational and conciliatory activities as in his judgment will further 
the purposes of this subchapter. He shall call conferences of persons in 
the housing industry and other interested parties to acquaint them with 
the provisions of this subchapter and his suggested means of 
implementing it, and shall endeavor with their advice to work out 
programs of voluntary compliance and of enforcement. He may pay per 
diem, travel, and transportation expenses for persons attending such 
conferences as provided in section 5703 of title 5. He shall consult 
with State and local officials and other interested parties to learn the 
extent, if any, to which housing discrimination exists in their State or 
locality, and whether and how State or local enforcement programs might 
be utilized to combat such discrimination in connection with or in place 
of, the Secretary's enforcement of this subchapter. The Secretary shall 
issue reports on such conferences and consultations as he deems 
appropriate.

(Pub. L. 90-284, title VIII, Sec. 809, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 85.)
