urban and regional planning grants

urban and regional planning grants Sec. 314. (a) Section 701(a) of the. Housing Act of 1954 is amended by striking out “resulting from rapid urbanization” in clause (B) of paragraph (1). (b) Section 701(a) of such Act is further amended by— (1) striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (4); (2) striking out the period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and (3) adding two new paragraphs after paragraph (5) as follows: “(6) metropolitan and regional planning agencies, with the approval of the State planning agency or (in States where no such planning agency exists) of the Governor of the State, for the provision of planning assistance within the metropolitan area or region to cities, other municipalities, counties, groups of adjacent communities, or Indian reservations described in clauses (A), (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (1) of this subsection; (7) to official governmental planning agencies for any area where there has occurred a substantial reduction in employment opportunities as the result of (A) the closing (in whole or in g art) of a Federal installation, or (B) a decline in the volume of Government orders for the procurement of articles or materials produced or manufactured in such area; and”. (c) Section 701(a) of such Act is further amended by striking out “(a)” after “section 5” in paragraph(3). (d) Section 701 (b) of such Act is amended by striking out the proviso in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof “: Provided, That such a grant may be in an amount not exceeding three-fourths of such estimated cost to an official governmental planning agency for an area described in subsection (a) (7), or for planning being carried out for a city, other municipality, county, group of adjacent communi-78 Stat. 793ties, or Indian reservation in an area designated by the Secretary of Commerce as a redevelopment area under section 5 of the Area Redevelopment Act”.