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[CITE: 42USC4626]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
CHAPTER 61--UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION 
          POLICIES FOR FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE
 
Sec. 4626. Housing replacement by Federal agency as last resort

    (a) If a program or project undertaken by a Federal agency or with 
Federal financial assistance cannot proceed on a timely basis because 
comparable replacement dwellings are not available, and the head of the 
displacing agency determines that such dwellings cannot otherwise be 
made available, the head of the displacing agency may take such action 
as is necessary or appropriate to provide such dwellings by use of funds 
authorized for such project. The head of the displacing agency may use 
this section to exceed the maximum amounts which may be paid under 
sections 4623 and 4624 of this title on a case-by-case basis for good 
cause as determined in accordance with such regulations as the head of 
the lead agency shall issue.
    (b) No person shall be required to move from his dwelling on account 
of any program or project undertaken by a Federal agency or with Federal 
financial assistance, unless the head of the displacing agency is 
satisfied that comparable replacement housing is available to such 
person.

(Pub. L. 91-646, title II, Sec. 206, Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1898; Pub. 
L. 100-17, title IV, Sec. 409, Apr. 2, 1987, 101 Stat. 253.)


                               Amendments

    1987--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-17 amended subsec. (a) generally. 
Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: ``If a Federal project 
cannot proceed to actual construction because comparable replacement 
sale or rental housing is not available, and the head of the Federal 
agency determines that such housing cannot otherwise be made available 
he may take such action as is necessary or appropriate to provide such 
housing by use of funds authorized for such project.''
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-17 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to 
amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: ``No person shall be required to 
move from his dwelling on or after January 2, 1971, on account of any 
Federal project, unless the Federal agency head is satisfied that 
replacement housing, in accordance with section 4625(c)(3) of this 
title, is available to such person.''


                    Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-17 effective on effective date provided in 
regulations promulgated under section 4633 of this title (as amended by 
section 412 of Pub. L. 100-17), but not later than 2 years after Apr. 2, 
1987, see section 418 of Pub. L. 100-17, set out as a note under section 
4601 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 4603, 4632 of this title; 
title 16 sections 429b-2, 450e-1, 460l-8, 460bb-2, 698b, 698h.
