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PUBLIC LAW 91-609-DEC. 31, 1970 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Establishment.
Membership.
83 Stat. 8 6 4.
C ompensation; travel e x p e n s e s.
80 Stat. 499; 83 Stat. 190. Functions.
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CORPORATION
SEC. 729. (a) There is hereby created within the Department of Housing and Urban Development a body corporate to be known as the Community Development Corporation which shall carry out its functions subject to the direction and supervision of the Secretary. (b) The Corporation shall have a Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to as the "Board") which shall consist of five members as follows: (1) the Secretary, who shall be Chairman of the Board; (2) one person, to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall serve at the pleasure of the President, shall be the General Manager of the Corporation, serving as its chief executive officer under the Board's general direction, and shall receive compensation at the rate provided for positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5315); and (3) three persons, to be appointed by the Secretary, who shall serve at his pleasure, but not more than one such person shall be selected from among officers or employees of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Members of the Board who are regular, full-time officers or employees of the Federal Government shall receive no additional compensation for their services as Board members. Other members shall receive for their services as members, when engaged in the performance of their duties, the per diem equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule under section 5315 of title 5 of the United States Code, Each member of the Board shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of such title for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. (c) The functions of the Secretary with respect to guarantees and loans in aid of new community development under this part shall be administered through the Community Development Corporation, and the Corporation shall perform such additional functions, powers, and duties as the Secretary may prescribe from time to time. PART C—DEVELOPMENT OF RATIONAL URBAN GROWTH PATTERNS STATE AND REGIONAL PLANNING
82 Stat, 5 2 6. 40 USC 4 6 1.
SEC. 735. Section 701 of the Housing Adt of 1954 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (j) I n carrying out the provisions of this section relating to planning for States, regions, or other multijurisdictional areas whose development has significance for purposes of national growth and urban development objectives, the Secretary shall encourage the formulation of plans and programs which will include the studies, criteria, standards, and implementing procedures necessary for effectively guiding and controlling major decisions as to where growth should take place within such States, regions, or areas. Such plans and programs shall take account of the availability of and need for conserving land and other irreplaceable natural resources; of projected changes in size, movement, and composition of population; of the necessity for expanding housing and employment opportunities; of the opportunities, requirements, and possible locations for, new communities and largescale projects for expanding or revitalizing existing communities; and of the need for methods of achieving modernization, simplification, and improvements in governmental structures, systems, and procedures related to growth objectives. If the Secretary determines that
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