Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 44 — Department of Housing and Urban Development
§ 3537b. Designation of environmental review procedure
Statutory text
In general
Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary may, for purposes of environmental review, decision making, and action pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and other provisions of law that further the purposes of such Act, designate the treatment of assistance administered by the Secretary as funds for a special project for purposes of section 3547 of this title.
Exception
The designation described in subsection (a) shall not apply to assistance for which a procedure for carrying out the responsibilities of the Secretary under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and other provisions of law that further the purposes of such Act, is otherwise specified in law.
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.
Department of Housing and Urban Development Act
Pub. L. 89–174 § 13 · 79 Stat. 667
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 3537b
(Pub. L. 89–174, § 13, as added Pub. L. 119–101, title II, § 205(a), July 11, 2026, 140 Stat. 869.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 89–174, § 13, as added Pub. L. 119–101, title II, § 205(a), July 11, 2026, 140 Stat. 869.)
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 91–190, , 83 Stat. 852, which is classified generally to chapter 55 (§ 4321 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4321 of this title and Tables.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 3537b, Pub. L. 89–174, § 13, as added Pub. L. 101–235, title I, § 112, , 103 Stat. 2016; amended Pub. L. 102–550, title IX, § 926, , 106 Stat. 3885, related to registration of and reports by persons spending money to influence Department decisions, was repealed by Pub. L. 104–65, § 11(b)(1), , 109 Stat. 701.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Applicability Date of Designation of Assistance
Pub. L. 119–101, title II, § 205(c), , 140 Stat. 870, provided that:
“(1) In general.—
Except as provided in paragraph (2), a designation of assistance under section 13 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act [42 U.S.C. 3537b], as added by subsection (a), shall only apply with respect to funds appropriated after the date of enactment of this Act [].
“(2) Exception.—
If a grantee of assistance administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development combines funds appropriated before and after the date of enactment of this Act to carry out a project, section 13 of the Department of and Urban Development Act, as added by subsection (a), shall not apply to that assistance.”
Credits
(Pub. L. 89–174, § 13, as added Pub. L. 119–101, title II, § 205(a), , 140 Stat. 869.)