workable program requirement

workable program requirement Sec. 302. (a) (1) Section 101 of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by adding at. the end thereof the following new subsection: “(e) No loan or grant contract may lie entered into by the Administrator for an urban renewal project unless he determines that (1) the workable program for community improvement presented by the locality pursuant to subsection (c) is of sufficient scope and content, to furnish a basis for evaluation of the need for the urban renewal project; and (2) such project, is in accord with the program.” (2) The requirements imposed by the amendment made by paragraph (1) shall not be applicable to any project which received Federal recognition prior to the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Section 101(c) of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of a contract with an Indian tribe, band, or nation (or a public housing or other public agency for such tribe, band, or nation established under State or tribal law), the workable program and minimum standards housing code, referred to in the preceding sentence, may be presented to the Administrator by such 79 Stat. 475tribe, band, or nation, and it shall be subject to the requirements of law with respect to such program and code only to the extent that such tribe, band, or nation has the legal jurisdiction and power to carry out such requirements.”