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Extremely low income and major disaster are defined, and States are added

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, section 504, Sec. 504. Written by .

Extremely low income and major disaster are defined, and States are added

The document says “is amendedWho acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 504 in the PDF
What the document says

“``(25) The term `major disaster' has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122).'';”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 504

The section amends section 102(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to define persons of extremely low income by reference to section 3(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, with the Secretary able to set alternative definitions for Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, and to define major disaster by reference to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. It also amends section 106(c)(4) to add States for use in nonentitlement areas alongside metropolitan cities and counties and to insert the word major before disaster, and makes a matching change in section 122.

What the document actually says

“``(25) The term `major disaster' has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122).'';”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 504
That sentence, in plain words

The words major disaster now have a set meaning. It is taken from another law.

What this is about

A second new term covers people with the least income. Other changes add states to a list. That list named only cities and counties.

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