42 U.S.C. § 5302
General provisions
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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As used in this chapter—
The term “urban county” means any county within a metropolitan area which—
either—
Notwithstanding the combined population amount set forth in clause (ii) of subparagraph (A), a county shall also qualify as an urban county for purposes of assistance under section 5306 of this title if such county—
Such term also includes a county that—
has entered into a local cooperation agreement with a metropolitan city that received assistance under section 5306 of this title because of such classification, and has elected under paragraph (4) to have its population included with the population of the county for the purposes of qualifying as an urban county, except that to qualify as an urban county under this clause, the county must—
Where appropriate, the definitions in subsection (a) shall be based, with respect to any fiscal year, on the most recent data compiled by the United States Bureau of the Census and the latest published reports of the Office of Management and Budget available ninety days prior to the beginning of such fiscal year. The Secretary may by regulation change or otherwise modify the meaning of the terms defined in subsection (a) in order to reflect any technical change or modification thereof made subsequent to such date by the United States Bureau of the Census or the Office of Management and Budget.
One or more public agencies, including existing local public agencies, may be designated by the chief executive officer of a State or a unit of general local government to undertake activities assisted under this chapter.
With respect to program years beginning with the program year for which grants are made available from amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1982 under section 5303 of this title, the population of any unit of general local government which is included in that of an urban county as provided in subparagraph (A)(ii) or (D) of subsection (a)(6) shall be included in the population of such urban county for three program years beginning with the program year in which its population was first so included and shall not otherwise be eligible for a grant under section 5306 of this title as a separate entity, unless the urban county does not receive a grant for any year during such three-year period.
Any county seeking qualification as an urban county, including any urban county seeking to continue such qualification, shall notify, as provided in this subsection, each unit of general local government, which is included therein and is eligible to elect to have its population excluded from that of an urban county under subsection (a)(6)(A)(ii)(I)(a), of its opportunity to make such an election. Such notification shall, at a time and in a manner prescribed by the Secretary, be provided so as to provide a reasonable period for response prior to the period for which such qualification is sought. The population of any unit of general local government which is provided such notification and which does not inform, at a time and in a manner prescribed by the Secretary, the county of its election to exclude its population from that of the county shall, if the county qualifies as an urban county, be included in the population of such urban county as provided in subsection (d).
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Housing and Community Development Act of 1974House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Housing and Community Development Act of 1977House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1979House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Housing and Community Development Act of 1980House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution to provide for the temporary extension of certain insurance programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Housing and Community Development Technical Amendments Act of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution to provide for the temporary extension of certain programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution to provide for the temporary extension of certain programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution to provide for the temporary extension of certain programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution to provide for the temporary extension of certain programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- FHA and GNMA Credit Commitment Assistance Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution to provide for the temporary extension of certain programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An original joint resolution to provide for the extension of certain programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution to provide for the extension of certain programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution to provide for the extension of certain programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution to provide for the extension of certain programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution to provide for the temporary extension of certain programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution to provide for the temporary extension of certain programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1988, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Housing and Community Development Act of 1987House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991
- Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: 93–6
- Housing and Community Development Act of 1992House: 377–37Senate: no recorded tally
- Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997
- Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001
- American Dream Downpayment ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008
- Disabled Veterans Housing Support ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act