DUTIES OF LEAD AGENCY.

SEC. 412. DUTIES OF LEAD AGENCY. Section 213 of the Uniform Act (42 U.S.C. 4633) is amended to read as follows: “duties of lead agency “Sec. 213. (a) The head of the lead agency shall— “(1) develop, publish, and issue, with the active participation of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the heads of other Federal agencies responsible for funding relocation and acquisition actions, and in coordination with State and local governments, such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this Act; “(2) ensure that relocation assistance activities under this Act are coordinated with low-income housing assistance programs 101 STAT. 255or projects by a Federal agency or a State or State agency with Federal financial assistance; “(3) monitor, in coordination with other Federal agencies, the implementation and enforcement of this Act and report to the Congress, as appropriate, on any major issues or problems with respect to any policy or other provision of this Act; and “(4) perform such other duties as may be necessary to carry out this Act. “(b) The head of the lead agency is authorized to issue such regulations and establish such procedures as he may determine to be necessary to assure— “(1) that the payments and assistance authorized by this Act shall be administered in a manner which is fair and reasonable and as uniform as practicable; “(2) that a displaced person who makes proper application for a payment authorized for such person by this title shall be paid promptly after a move or, in hardship cases, be paid in advance; and “(3) that any aggrieved person may have his application reviewed by the head of the Federal agency having authority over the applicable program or project or, in the case of a program or project receiving Federal financial assistance, by the State agency having authority over such program or project or the Federal agency having authority over such program or project if there is no such State agency. “(c) The regulations and procedures issued pursuant to this section shall apply to the Tennessee Valley Authority only with respect to relocation assistance under this title and title I.”.