eligibility of certain local grants-in-aid

eligibility of certain local grants-in-aid Sec. 1008. (a) Notwithstanding the date of the commencement of construction of the Fox Point hurricane dam in Providence, Rhode Island, local expenditures made in connection with such dam shall, to the extent otherwise eligible, be counted as a local grant-in-aid to the railroad relocation urban renewal project (Rhode Island R–8) in accordance with the provisions of title I of the Housing Act of 1949. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 112(b) of the Housing Act of 1949, expenditures made by the Methodist Hospital of Central Illinois, and Saint Francis Hospital, Peoria, Illinois, for the purchase of two parcels of land on or about June 25 and July 28, 1956, for a price of not more than $82,980, shall if otherwise eligible be counted as local grants-in-aid to the Peoria “Medical Center” urban renewal project (Illinois R–61) in accordance with the remaining provisions of title I of that Act.