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[CITE: 42USC4655]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
CHAPTER 61--UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION 
          POLICIES FOR FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS
 
        SUBCHAPTER III--UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION POLICY
 
Sec. 4655. Requirements for uniform land acquisition policies; 
        payments of expenses incidental to transfer of real property to 
        State; payment of litigation expenses in certain cases
        
    (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the head of a Federal agency 
shall not approve any program or project or any grant to, or contract or 
agreement with, an acquiring agency under which Federal financial 
assistance will be available to pay all or part of the cost of any 
program or project which will result in the acquisition of real property 
on and after January 2, 1971, unless he receives satisfactory assurances 
from such acquiring agency that--
        (1) in acquiring real property it will be guided, to the 
    greatest extent practicable under State law, by the land acquisition 
    policies in section 4651 of this title and the provisions of section 
    4652 of this title, and
        (2) property owners will be paid or reimbursed for necessary 
    expenses as specified in sections 4653 and 4654 of this title.

    (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``acquiring agency'' 
means--
        (1) a State agency (as defined in section 4601(3) of this title) 
    which has the authority to acquire property by eminent domain under 
    State law, and
        (2) a State agency or person which does not have such authority, 
    to the extent provided by the head of the lead agency by regulation.

(Pub. L. 91-646, title III, Sec. 305, Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1906; Pub. 
L. 100-17, title IV, Sec. 417, Apr. 2, 1987, 101 Stat. 256.)


                               Amendments

    1987--Pub. L. 100-17 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
substituted ``an acquiring agency'' for ``a State agency'' and ``such 
acquiring agency'' for ``such State agency'', and added subsec. (b).


                    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 4604, 4627 of this title.
