Pub. L. 95-128, tit. VI, sec. 601

Sec. 601. (a) Section 701 of the Urban Growth and New Community Development Act of 1970 is amended— 91 STAT. 1143 (1) by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(a) This title may be cited as the ‘National Urban Policy and New Community Development Act of 1970’.”; (2) by striking out “growth” the first time it appears in subsection (b); (3) by inserting “energy and” before “our natural resources” in subsection (b); (4) by inserting “and their residents” before “of adequate tax base,” in subsection (b); and (5) by inserting “good housing in” before “well-balanced neighborhoods” in subsection (b). (b) Section 702 of such Act is amended— (1) by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(a) The Congress finds that rapid changes in patterns of urban settlement, including change in population distribution and economic bases of urban areas, have created an imbalance between the Nation’s needs and resources and seriously threaten our physical and social environment, and the financial viability of our cities, and that the economic and social development of the Nation, the proper conservation of our energy and other natural resources, and the achievement of satisfactory living standards depend upon the sound, orderly, and more balanced development of all areas of the Nation.”; (2) by inserting “and redevelopment” before “which adversely affect” in subsection (b), by striking out “our” in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof “energy and other”, and by striking out “growth” the last time it appeal’s in subsection (b); (3) by inserting “energy and other” before “natural resources,” in the first sentence of subsection (c), by striking out “growth” in the first sentence of subsection (c), by striking out “growth” the first time it appears in the second sentence of subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof “development and redevelopment”, and by striking out “growth and stabilization” in the second sentence of subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof “urban”; (4) by striking out “growth” the first time it appears in subsection (d); (5) by striking out “help reverse trends of migration and physical growth which reinforce” in paragraph (3) of subsection (d) and inserting in lieu thereof “encourage patterns of development and redevelopment which minimize”; and (6) by striking out “growth and stabilization,” in paragraph (8) of subsection (d) and inserting in lieu thereof “development and redevelopment, encourage”, by inserting “energy and other” before “natural resources” in such paragraph (8), and by striking out “the protection” in such paragraph (8) and inserting in lieu thereof “protect”. (c) Section 703 of such Act is amended— (1) by striking out the section heading and the material preceding paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “national urban policy report “Sec. 703. (a) The President shall transmit to the Congress during February 1978, and during February of every even-numbered year 91 STAT. 1144thereafter, a Report on National Urban Policy which shall contribute to the formulation of such a policy, and in addition shall include—”; (2) by striking out “and statistics, describing characteristics of urban growth and stabilization and identifying significant trends and developments” in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof “, statistics, and significant trends relating to the pattern of urban development for the preceding two years”; (3) by striking out “growth” in paragraph (2) of subsection (a), and by inserting “affecting the well-being of urban areas” before the semicolon at the end of such paragraph; (4) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) as paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively; (5) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: “(3) an examination of the housing and related community development problems experienced by cities undergoing a growth rate which equals or exceeds the national average:”; (6) by striking out “growth” in paragraph (4) of subsection (a), as redesignated: (7) by striking out “growth” in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof “policy”: and (8) by striking out “Report on Urban Growth” in subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof “National Urban Policy Report” and by striking out “growth” in such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof “areas”. (d) The title heading for such Act is amended by striking out “URBAN GROWTH” and inserting in lieu thereof “NATIONAL URBAN POLICY”. (e) The part heading for part A of such Act is amended by striking out “Growth”.