42 USC Ch. 44: Front Matter
From Title 42-THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARECHAPTER 44-DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 44-DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Sec.
3531.
Congressional declaration of purpose.
3532.
Establishment of Department.
(a)
Designation; appointment and supervision of Secretary.
(b)
General duties of Secretary.
(c)
Denial or limitation of benefits of departmental programs, functions, or activities on basis of population or corporate status of community.
(d)
Coordination of housing and urban development programs in enterprise zones.
3533.
Officers of Department.
(a)
Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretaries, and General Counsel.
(b)
Federal Housing Commissioner.
(c)
Director of Urban Program Coordination; designation; powers and duties; studies of urban and community problems and recommendations for administration of Federal programs affecting such problems.
(d)
Assistant to Secretary; designation; duty to provide information and advice to nonprofit project sponsors.
(e)
Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Programs; report to Congress.
(f)
Federal Housing Administration Comptroller.
3533a.
Transferred.
3534.
Transfer of functions.
(a)
Housing and Home Finance Agency, Federal Housing Administration, and Public Housing Administration.
(b)
Government National Mortgage Association.
(c)
Studies of organization of housing and urban development functions and programs and recommendations regarding transfer of such functions and programs to or from Department.
(d)
Prohibition of merger of Office.
3535.
Administrative provisions.
(a)
Transfer of personnel, assets, etc.
(b)
Repealed.
(c)
Employment, compensation, authority, and duties of personnel.
(d)
Delegation of authority; rules and regulations.
(e)
Temporary employment of experts or consultants; compensation.
(f)
Working capital fund; establishment; uses; appropriations; capitalization; reimbursement.
(g)
Seal.
(h)
Financial transactions, finality; checking accounts for funds in Treasury; availability of funds for administrative expenses; consolidation of cash for banking and checking purposes.
(i)
Foreclosure of property; actions for protection and enforcement of rights; purchase of property; dealing with property after such acquisition; deprivation of State court civil and criminal jurisdiction; impairment of civil rights under State laws; application of section 5 of title 41; annual payments in lieu of local property taxes; sale and exchanges of property; insurance; modification of interest, time for installment payment, and other terms; other covenants, conditions, and provisions.
(j)
Fees and charges.
(k)
Gifts and services, acceptance; taxable status of property; investments; disbursements.
(l)
Consultants; appointment of advisory committees; compensation and travel expenses.
(m)
Occupancy preference in rental housing for military personnel.
(n)
Day care center for children of employees of Department; establishment; fees and charges.
(o)
Agenda of rules or regulations under development or review; transmittal to Congress.
(p)
Cost-benefit analysis of field reorganizations; requirements, contents, etc.
(q)
Waiver of regulations.
(r)
Program evaluation and monitoring.
(s)
Authorization of appropriations; allocations for staff and training.
3536.
Annual reports.
3537.
Separability.
3537a.
Prohibition of advance disclosure of funding decisions.
(a)
Prohibited actions.
(b)
Administrative remedies.
(c)
Civil money penalties.
(d)
Criminal penalties.
(e)
Definitions.
(f)
Regulations.
(g)
Applicability.
3537b.
Repealed.
3537c.
Prohibition of lump-sum payments.
3538.
Rescheduling and refinancing of Federal loans.
3539.
Housing and Urban Development Disaster Assistance Fund.
3540.
Repealed.
3541.
Paperwork reduction.
(a)
Declaration of policy.
(b)
Uniform legal and other forms for use by agencies in housing programs.
(c)
Coordination and reports by Director of Office of Management and Budget.
3542.
Public notice and comment regarding demonstration programs not expressly authorized in law.
3543.
Preventing fraud and abuse in Department of Housing and Urban Development programs.
(a)
Disclosure of social security account number.
(b)
Definitions.
3544.
Preventing fraud and abuse in housing and urban development programs.
(a)
Definitions.
(b)
Applicant and participant consent.
(c)
Access to records.
(d)
Effective date.
(e)
Conditions of release of information by third parties.
3545.
HUD accountability.
(a)
Notice regarding assistance.
(b)
Disclosures by applicants.
(c)
Updating of disclosure.
(d)
Limitation of assistance.
(e)
Administrative remedies.
(f)
Civil money penalties.
(g)
Agency procedures.
(h)
Judicial review of agency determination.
(i)
Action to collect penalty.
(j)
Settlement by Secretary.
(k)
Regulations.
(l)
Deposit of penalties.
(m)
Definitions.
(n)
Effective date.
3546.
Use of domestic products.
(a)
Prohibition against fraudulent use of "Made in America" labels.
(b)
Report.
(c)
"Domestic product" defined.
3547.
Special projects.
3548.
Semiannual report on contracts and task orders.
Chapter Referred to in Other Sections
This chapter is referred to in title 12 section 1701d–4.