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[CITE: 42USC4503]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
     CHAPTER 59--NATIONAL URBAN POLICY AND NEW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
 
             Part A--Development of a National Urban Policy
 
Sec. 4503. National Urban Policy Report


(a) Transmittal to Congress; contents

    The President shall transmit to the Congress, not later than June 1, 
1993, and not later than the first day of June of every odd-numbered 
year thereafter, a Report on National Urban Policy which shall 
contribute to the formulation of such a policy, and in addition shall 
include--
        (1) information, statistics, and significant trends relating to 
    the pattern of urban development for the preceding two years;
        (2) a summary of significant problems facing the United States 
    as a result of urban trends and developments affecting the well-
    being of urban areas;
        (3) an examination of the housing and related community 
    development problems experienced by cities undergoing a growth rate 
    which equals or exceeds the national average;
        (4) an evaluation of the progress and effectiveness of Federal 
    efforts designed to meet such problems and to carry out the national 
    urban policy;
        (5) an assessment of the policies and structure of existing and 
    proposed interstate planning and developments affecting such policy;
        (6) a review of State, local, and private policies, plans, and 
    programs relevant to such policy;
        (7) current and foreseeable needs in the areas served by 
    policies, plans, and programs designed to carry out such policy, and 
    the steps being taken to meet such needs; and
        (8) recommendations for programs and policies for carrying out 
    such policy, including legislative or administrative proposals--
            (A) to promote coordination among Federal programs to assist 
        urban areas;
            (B) to enhance the fiscal capacity of fiscally distressed 
        urban areas;
            (C) to promote job opportunities in economically distressed 
        urban areas and to enhance the job skills of residents of such 
        areas;
            (D) to generate decent and affordable housing;
            (E) to reduce racial tensions and to combat racial and 
        ethnic violence in urban areas;
            (F) to combat urban drug abuse and drug-related crime and 
        violence;
            (G) to promote the delivery of health care to low-income 
        communities in urban areas;
            (H) to expand educational opportunities in urban areas; and
            (I) to achieve the goals of the national urban policy.

(b) Supplementary reports

    The President may transmit from time to time to the Congress 
supplementary reports on urban policy which shall include such 
supplementary and revised recommendations as may be appropriate.

(c) Advisory board

    To assist in the preparation of the National Urban Policy Report and 
any supplementary reports, the President may establish an advisory 
board, or seek the advice from time to time of temporary advisory 
boards, the members of whom shall be drawn from among private citizens 
familiar with the problems of urban areas and from among Federal 
officials, Governors of States, mayors, county officials, members of 
State and local legislative bodies, and others qualified to assist in 
the preparation of such reports.

(d) Referral

    The National Urban Policy Report shall, when transmitted to 
Congress, be referred in the Senate to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs, and in the House of Representatives to the 
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.

(Pub. L. 91-609, title VII, Sec. 703, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1792; Pub. 
L. 95-128, title VI, Sec. 601(c), Oct. 12, 1977, 91 Stat. 1143; Pub. L. 
102-550, title IX, Sec. 921(2), (3), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3883, 
3884.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-550, Sec. 921(2)(A), substituted ``, 
not later than June 1, 1993, and not later than the first day of June of 
every odd-numbered year thereafter,'' for ``during February 1978, and 
during February of every even-numbered year thereafter,'' in 
introductory provisions.
    Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 102-550, Sec. 921(2)(B), which directed the 
substitution of ``legislative or administrative proposals--'' and 
subpars. (A) to (I) for `` `such' and all that follows through the end 
of the sentence'', was executed by making the substitution for ``such 
legislation and administrative actions as may be deemed necessary and 
desirable.'' which followed ``such'' the second place it appeared to 
reflect the probable intent of Congress.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102-550, Sec. 921(3), added subsec. (d).
    1977--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-128, Sec. 601(c)(1), inserted 
provisions in introductory text respecting transmittal of a Report on 
National Urban Policy to the Congress and struck out prior similar 
provisions which required the President to utilize the capacity of his 
office, adequately organized and staffed for the purpose, through an 
identified unit of the Domestic Council, and of the departments and 
agencies within the executive branch to collect, analyze, and evaluate 
such statistics, data, and other information (including demographic, 
economic, social, land use, environmental, and governmental information) 
as would enable the President to transmit to the Congress during the 
month of February 1972 and every other year thereafter a Report on Urban 
Growth for the preceding two calendar years.
    Subsec. (a)(1) to (8). Pub. L. 95-128, Sec. 601(c)(2)-(6), in 
amending paragraphs, provided as follows:
        par. (1), substituted ``, statistics, and significant trends 
    relating to the pattern of urban development for the preceding two 
    years'' for ``and statistics, describing characteristics of urban 
    growth and stabilization and identifying significant trends and 
    developments'';
        par. (2), struck out ``growth'' after ``urban'' and inserted end 
    text ``affecting the well-being of urban areas'';
        par. (3), inserted provisions respecting problems experienced by 
    cities with a growth rate equalling or exceeding the national 
    average and redesignated former par. (3) as (4);
        par. (4), redesignated former par. (3) as (4), and as so 
    redesignated struck out ``growth'' before ``policy'', and 
    redesignated former par. (4) as (5); and
        pars. (5) to (8), redesignated former pars. (4) to (7) as (5) to 
    (8), respectively.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-128, Sec. 601(c)(7), substituted ``urban 
policy'' for ``urban growth''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-128, Sec. 601(c)(8), substituted ``National 
Urban Policy Report'' and ``urban areas'' for ``Report on Urban Growth'' 
and ``urban growth'', respectively.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of House of 
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Banking and 
Financial Services of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. 
L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The 
Congress.
