Pub. L. 83-560, tit. III, sec. 316

Sec. 316. Section 20 of the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945, as amended, is hereby amended— (1) by striking “1949” wherever it appears in said section and inserting “1949, as amended”: Provided, That this clause (1) shall not limit or restrict any authority under said section 20; and (2) by adding the following new subsections at the end of said section: “(i) In addition to its authority under any other provision of this Act, the Agency is hereby authorized to plan and undertake urban renewal projects (as such projects are defined in title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended), and in connection therewith the Agency, the District Commissioners, the National Capital Planning Commission, and the other appropriate agencies operating within the District of Columbia shall have all of the rights and powers which they have with respect to a project or projects financed in accordance with the preceding subsections of this section: Provided, That for the purpose of this subsection the word ‘redevelopment’ wherever found in this Act (except in section 3 (n)) shall mean ‘urban renewal’, and the references in section 6 to the acquisition, disposition, or assembly of real property for a project shall mean the undertaking of an urban renewal project. “(j) The District Commissioners are hereby authorized to prepare a workable program as prescribed by section 101 (c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, and are also authorized to request the necessary funds for the preparation of said workable program. The Commissioners may request the participation of the Agency in the preparation of said workable program and may include in their annual estimates of appropriations such funds as may be required by the Commissioners or the Agency, or both, for this purpose. The District Commissioners are hereby authorized, with or without reimbursement, to cooperate with the Agency in carrying out urban renewal projects and to utilize for that purpose the facilities and personnel of the District of Columbia under agreement with the Agency.”