The Secretary may designate assistance as funds for a special project
What the document says“the Secretary may, for purposes of environmental review, decision making, and action pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and other provisions of law that further the purposes of such Act, designate the treatment of assistance administered by the Secretary as funds for a special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547).”
The section inserts a new section 13 into the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act letting the Secretary designate assistance the Department administers as funds for a special project under section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994, for purposes of environmental review and decision making under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
What the document actually says“the Secretary may, for purposes of environmental review, decision making, and action pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and other provisions of law that further the purposes of such Act, designate the treatment of assistance administered by the Secretary as funds for a special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547).”
The head of the housing agency may put a label on the agency's help. The label is funds for a special project. It matters when the effect on nature is reviewed.
A federal project usually needs a study of its effect on nature. The label decides who does that study and how. It comes from a law passed in 1994.
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