CITY AND COUNTY CLASSIFICATIONS.

SEC. 1081. CITY AND COUNTY CLASSIFICATIONS. (a) Metropolitan City.— (1) Retention of classification.— Section 102(a)(4) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(4)) is amended in the second sentence— (A) by striking “the population data of the 1980 decennial census” and inserting “a decrease in population”; and (B) by inserting “or any subsequent fiscal year” after “1983”. (2) Deferral of classification.—Section 102(a)(4) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(4)), as similarly amended first by the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Act, 1988 (101 Stat. 1329–193) and later by section 503(a)(2) of the102 STAT. 3277 Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 1923), is amended to read as if the later amendment had not been enacted. (b) Urban County.— Section 102(a)(6)(A) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(6)(A)) is amended by striking the last comma in clauses (i) and (ii)(I) and inserting a semicolon.