supplementary grants for public facilities

supplementary grants for public facilities Sec. 718. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make supplementary grants to any State or local public body or agency carrying out a new community assistance project, as defined in subsection (c), if the Secretary determines that such project is necessary or desirable for carrying out a new community development program. In no case shall any grant under this section exceed 20 per centum of the cost of the new community assistance project for which the grant is made; and in no case shall the total Federal contributions to the cost of such project be more than 80 per centum. (b) In carrying out his authority under this section, the Secretary shall, with respect to any new community assistance project assisted by grants administered by a Federal department or agency other than the Department of Housing and Urban Development, consult with such department or agency concerning the project; and he shall, for the purpose of subsection (a), accept the certification of such department or agency as to the cost of such project. (c) For the purposes of this section, a “new community assistance project” is a project assisted by grants under section 3 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act. of 1964; section 120(a) of title 23, United States Code; section 19 of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970; title VI of the Public Health Service Act; title II of the Library Services and Construction Act; section 5 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965; title VII of the Housing Act 84 Stat. 1800 of 1961; section 702 or 703 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965; section 8 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; section 306(a) (2) of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act; section 103 or 104 of the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963; or section 101(a)(1) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 with respect to projects of a type eligible for assistance under any of the other provisions of law listed in this subsection. (d) There are authorized to be appropriated for supplementary grants under this section not to exceed $36,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, not to exceed $66,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1972, and June 30, 1973, and not to exceed such sums as may be necessary for any fiscal year commencing after June 30, 1973. Any amount so appropriated shall remain available until expended, and any amounts authorized for any fiscal year but not appropriated may be appropriated for any succeeding fiscal year. In addition, the amounts authorized to be appropriated for grants under section 412 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 and the amounts appropriated thereunder shall be available for carrying out this section and shall remain available until appropriated and expended.