Current as of: January 2009 (a) Designation; appointment and supervision of Secretary
There is hereby established at the seat of government an
executive department to be known as the Department of Housing and
Urban Development (hereinafter referred to as the "Department").
There shall be at the head of the Department a Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary"),
who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate. The Department shall be administered under
the supervision and direction of the Secretary.
(b) General duties of Secretary
The Secretary shall, among his responsibilities, advise the
President with respect to Federal programs and activities relating
to housing and urban development; develop and recommend to the
President policies for fostering the orderly growth and development
of the Nation's urban areas; exercise leadership at the direction
of the President in coordinating Federal activities affecting
housing and urban development; provide technical assistance and
information, including a clearinghouse service to aid State,
county, town, village, or other local governments in developing
solutions to community and metropolitan development problems;
consult and cooperate with State Governors and State agencies,
including, when appropriate, holding informal public hearings, with
respect to Federal and State programs for assisting communities in
developing solutions to community and metropolitan development
problems and for encouraging effective regional cooperation in the
planning and conduct of community and metropolitan development
programs and projects; encourage comprehensive planning by the
State aud (!1) local governments with a view to coordinating
Federal, State, and local urban and community development
activities; encourage private enterprise to serve as large a part
of the Nation's total housing and urban development needs as it can
and develop the fullest cooperation with private enterprise in
achieving the objectives of the Department; and conduct continuing
comprehensive studies, and make available findings, with respect to
the problems of housing and urban development.
(c) Denial or limitation of benefits of departmental programs,
functions, or activities on basis of population or corporate
status of community
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to deny or limit the
benefits of any program, function, or activity assigned to the
Department by this chapter or any other Act to any community on the
basis of its population or corporate status, except as may be
expressly provided by law.
(d) Coordination of housing and urban development programs in
enterprise zones
The Secretary shall -
(1) promote the coordination of all programs under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary that are carried on within an
enterprise zone designated pursuant to section 11501 of this
title;
(2) expedite, to the greatest extent possible, the
consideration of applications for programs referred to in
paragraph (1) through the consolidation of forms or otherwise;
and
(3) provide, whenever possible, for the consolidation of
periodic reports required under programs referred to in paragraph
(1) into one summary report submitted at such intervals as may be
designated by the Secretary.Legislative History ________________________________________________________________________
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