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PUBLIC LAW 90-577-OCT. 16, 1968
78 Stat. 508. 42 USC 2701
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(C) to a beneficiary under a plan or program, administered by a State or a political subdivision of a State, which is subject to approval by a Federal agency; if such authorization either (i) requires the States or political subdivisions to expend non-Federal funds as a condition for the receipt of money or property from the United States; or (ii) specifies directly, or establishes Dy means of a formula, the amounts which may be paid or furnished to States or political subdivisions, or the amounts to be allotted for use in each of the States by the States, political subdivisions, or other beneficiaries. The term also includes money, or property provided in lieu of money, paid and furnished by the United States to any community action agency under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended. The term does not include (1) shared revenues; (2) payments of taxes; (3) payments in lieu of taxes; (4) loans or repayable advances; (5) surplus property or surplus agricultural commodities furnished as such; (6) payments under research and development contracts or grants which are awarded directly and on similar terms to all qualifying organizations, whether public or private; or (7) payments to States or political subdivisions as full reimbursement for the costs incurred in paying benefits or furnishing services to persons entitled thereto under Federal laws. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE, FEDERAL F I N A N C I A L ASSISTANCE, FEDERAL ASSISTA N C E PROGRAMS, OR FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS
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SEC. 107. The term "Federal assistance'", "Federal financial assistance", "Federal assistance programs", or "federally assisted programs", means programs that provide assistance through grant or contractual arrangements, and includes technical assistance programs or programs providing assistance in the form of loans, loan guarantees, or insurance. The term does not include any annual payment by the United States to the District of Columbia authorized by article VI of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1947 (D.C. Code sees. 47-2501a and 47-2501b). SPECIALIZED OR T E C H N I C A L SERVICES
SEC. 108. "Specialized or technical services" means statistical and other studies and compilations, development projectSj technical tests and evaluations, technical information, training activities, surveys, reports, documents, and any other similar service functions which any department or agency of the executive branch of the Federal Government is especially equipped and authorized by law to perform. COMPREHENSIVE P L A N N I N G
SEC. 109. "Comprehensive planning" includes the following, to the extent directly related to area needs or needs of a unit of general local government: (A) preparation, as a guide for governmental policies and action, of general plans with respect to (i) the pattern and intensity of land use, (ii) the provision of public facilities (including transportation facilities) and other government services, and (iii) the effective development and utilization of human and natural resources; (B) long-range physical and fiscal plans for such action; (C) programing of capital improvements and other major expenditures, based on a determination of relative urgency, together with definitive financing plans for such expenditures in the earlier years of the program; (D) coordination of all related plans and activities of the State and local governments and agencies concerned; and (E) preparation of regulatory and administrative measures in support of the foregoing.
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