Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 41 — Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Program
§ 3331. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
Statutory text
The Congress hereby finds that the welfare of the Nation and of its people is directly dependent upon the sound and orderly development and the effective organization and functioning of our State and local governments.
It further finds that it is essential that our State and local governments prepare, keep current, and carry out comprehensive plans and programs for their orderly physical development with a view to meeting efficiently all their economic and social needs.
It further finds that our State and local governments are especially handicapped in this task by the complexity and scope of governmental services required, the multiplicity of political jurisdictions and agencies involved, and the inadequacy of the operational and administrative arrangements available for cooperation among them.
It further finds that present requirements for areawide planning and programing in connection with various Federal programs have materially assisted in the solution of areawide problems, but that greater coordination of Federal programs and additional participation and cooperation are needed from the States and localities in perfecting and carrying out such efforts.
It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide through greater coordination of Federal programs, and through supplementary grants for certain federally assisted development projects, additional encouragement and assistance to States and localities for making comprehensive areawide planning and programing effective.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966
Pub. L. 89–754 title II § 201 · 80 Stat. 1255
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 3331
Pub. L. 89–754, title II, § 201, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1261
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 89–754, title II, § 201, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1261Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 201. findings and declaration of purpose (a) The Congress hereby finds that the welfare of the Nation and of its people is directly dependent upon the sound and orderly development and the effective organization and functioning of the metropolitan areas in which two-thirds of its people live and work. It further finds that the continuing rapid growth of these areas makes it essential that they prepare, keep current, and carry out comprehensive plans and programs for their orderly physical development with a view to meeting efficiently all their economic and social needs. It further finds that metropolitan areas are especially handicapped in this task by the complexity and scope of governmental services required in such rapidly growing areas, the multiplicity of political jurisdictions and agencies involved, and the inadequacy of the operational and administrative arrangements available for cooperation among them. It further finds that present requirements for areawide planning and programing in connection with various Federal programs have materially assisted in the solution of metropolitan problems, but that greater coordination of Federal programs and additional participation and cooperation are needed from the States and localities in perfecting and carrying out such efforts. (b) It is the purpose of this title to provide, through greater coordination of Federal programs and through supplementary grants for certain federally assisted development projects, additional encouragement and assistance to States and localities for making comprehensive metropolitan planning and programing effective.Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968
Pub. L. 90–448 title VI § 602(b) · 82 Stat. 476
Changed · 42 U.S.C. § 3331
Pub. L. 90–448 extended scope from metropolitan planning and programing to areawide planning and programing
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 90–448 extended scope from metropolitan planning and programing to areawide planning and programing.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Section 201 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 80 stat. 1261. 42 USC 3331. “Sec. 201. “findings and declaration of purpose (a) The Congress hereby finds that the welfare of the Nation and of its people is directly dependent upon the sound and orderly development and the effective organization and functioning of our State and local governments. “It further finds that it is essential that our State and local governments prepare, keep current, and carry out comprehensive plans and programs for their orderly physical development with a view to meeting efficiently ail their economic and social needs. “It further finds that our State and local governments are especially handicapped in this task by the complexity and scope of governmental services required, the multiplicity of political jurisdictions and agencies involved, and the inadequacy of the operational and administrative arrangements available for cooperation among them. “It further finds that present requirements for areawide planning and programing in connection with various Federal programs have materially assisted in the solution of areawide problems, but that greater coordination of Federal programs mid additional participation and cooperation are needed from the States and localities in perfecting and carrying out such efforts. “(b) It is the purpose of this title to provide through greater coordination of Federal programs, and through supplementary grants for certain federally assisted development projects, additional encouragement and assistance to States and localities for making comprehensive area wide planning and programing effective.”
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1968—Pub. L. 90–448 extended scope from metropolitan planning and programing to areawide planning and programing.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 89–754, § 1, , 80 Stat. 1255, provided: “That this Act [enacting this chapter, section 1500d–1 of this title, sections 1735f–1, 1749cc–1, and 1749aaa to 1749aaa–5 of Title 12, Banks and Banking, and section 470b–1 of Title 16, Conservation, amending sections 1416, 1421, 1421b, 1453, 1455, 1456, 1460, 1463, 1471, 1472, 1474, 1485, 1487, 1492, 1500, 1500a, 1500c–2, 1500d, and 1500e of this title, section 663 of former Title 11, Bankruptcy, sections 24, 371, 1432, 1438, 1702, 1709, 1715c, 1715e, 1715k, 1715l, 1715n, 1715r, 1717, 1719, 1720, 1723, 1731a, 1735g, 1749, 1749c, 1749aa, 1749bb, 1749dd, 1749ee of Title 12, sections 77ddd and 637 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, and section 461 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, repealing section 1735h of Title 12, enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 1455 and 1500d–1 of this title and sections 1718, 1749cc–1, and 1749aaa of Title 12, and amending provisions set out as notes under sections 1701d–3, 1701q, and 1715e of Title 12] may be cited as the ‘Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966’.”
Credits
1966–1968 · 2 acts
- 1966Pub. L. 89–754, title II, § 201, , 80 Stat. 1261
- 1968Pub. L. 90–448, title VI, § 602(b), , 82 Stat. 531.
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(Pub. L. 89–754, title II, § 201, , 80 Stat. 1261; Pub. L. 90–448, title VI, § 602(b), , 82 Stat. 531.)