§1490o — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The heads of Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Veterans Affairs must accept each other's official approvals of housing subdivisions so that, by January 1, 1984, they all mutually recognize those approvals. Until September 30, 1994, HUD must treat a Veterans Affairs "certificate of reasonable value" for one or more properties in a subdivision as approval for the whole subdivision. Before that September 30, 1994 date, HUD must report to Congress on approval practices and how environmental laws are handled and recommend any needed changes. For loans under this part of the law, the Secretary may also accept subdivision approvals from local, county, or State agencies.

Title 42, §1490o

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(a)The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall each accept an administrative approval of any housing subdivision made by any of the others so that not later than January 1, 1984, there is total reciprocity for housing subdivision approvals among the agencies which they head.

(b)For purposes of complying with subsection (a), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall consider the issuance by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of a certificate of reasonable value for 1 or more properties in a subdivision to be an administrative approval for the entire subdivision. This subsection shall not apply after September 30, 1994.

(c)Before the expiration of the period referred to in subsection (b), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall report to the Congress on housing subdivision approval policies and practices, if any, of the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Agriculture and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The report shall focus on the administration of environmental laws in connection with any such policies and practices, and shall recommend any statutory, regulatory, and administrative changes needed to achieve total reciprocity for such housing subdivision approvals. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall consult with the foregoing agencies, and such other agencies as the Secretary selects, in preparing the report.

(d)For loans made under this subchapter, the Secretary may accept subdivisions that have been approved by local, county, or State agencies.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1993—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–120 substituted “

September 30, 1994” for “

June 15, 1993”. 1992—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–550, § 716(a), inserted last sentence and struck out former last sentence which read as follows: “This subsection shall not apply after the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on

December 15, 1989.” Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102–550, § 716(c), added subsec. (d). 1991—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(q)(5)(A), substituted “Secretary of Veterans Affairs” for “Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(q)(5)(B), substituted “Department of Veterans Affairs” for “Veterans’ Administration”. 1990—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–625 substituted “18-month period” for “6-month period”. 1989—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–235 substituted “6-month period beginning on

December 15, 1989” for “1-year period beginning on

November 7, 1988”. 1988—Pub. L. 100–628 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Retroactivity of Approval of Housing Subdivisions Among Federal Agencies Pub. L. 103–120, § 8(b), Oct. 27, 1993, 107 Stat. 1151, provided that: “An administrative approval of a housing subdivision made after June 15, 1993, and before the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 27, 1993] is approved and shall be considered to have been lawfully made, but only if otherwise made in accordance with the provisions of section 535(b) of the Housing Act of 1949 [42 U.S.C. 1490o(b)].” Pub. L. 102–550, title VII, § 716(b), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3842, provided that: “Any administrative approval of any housing subdivision made after the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 [Dec. 15, 1989] and before the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 28, 1992] is approved and shall be considered to have been lawfully made, but only if otherwise made in accordance with the provisions of section 535(b) of the Housing Act of 1949 [42 U.S.C. 1490o(b)].” Pub. L. 101–625, title VII, § 718(b), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4297, provided that: “Any administrative approval of any housing subdivision made after the expiration of the 6-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 [Dec. 15, 1989] and before the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 28, 1990] is hereby approved and shall be considered to have been lawfully made, but only if otherwise made in accordance with the provisions of section 535(b) of the Housing Act of 1949 [42 U.S.C. 1490o(b)].”

§1490o Reciprocity in approval of housing subdivisions among Federal agencies