priority to certain applications for public facility and public housing assistance

priority to certain applications for public facility and public housing assistance Sec. 313. (a) In the processing of applications for assistance, priority and immediate consideration shall be given by the head of the appropriate Federal agency, during such period as the President shall88 Stat. 151 prescribe, to applications from public bodies situated in areas affected by major disasters, under the following Acts: (1) title II of the Housing Amendments of 1955, or any other Act providing assistance for repair, construction, or extension of public facilities; (2) the United States Housing Act of 1937 for the provision of low-rent housing; (3) section 702 of the Housing Act of 1954 for assistance in public works planning; (4) section 702 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 providing for grants for public facilities; (5) section 306 of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act; (6) the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended; (7) the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended; or (8) title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended. (b) In the obligation of discretionary funds or funds which are not allocated among the States or political subdivisions of a State, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Commerce shall give priority to applications for projects in major disaster areas in which a Recovery Planning Council has been designated pursuant to title VIII of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965.