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42 U.S.C. § 3533 — Officers of Department

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42 U.S.C. § 3533 — Officers of Department

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**(a) Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretaries, and General Counsel** (1) There shall be in the Department a Deputy Secretary, 7 Assistant Secretaries, and a General Counsel, who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall perform such functions, powers, and duties as the Secretary shall prescribe from time to time. (2) There shall be in the Department an Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, who shall be appointed by the President and shall perform such functions, powers, and duties as the Secretary shall prescribe from time to time. **(b) Federal Housing Commissioner** There shall be in the Department a Federal Housing Commissioner, who shall be one of the Assistant Secretaries, who shall head a Federal Housing Administration within the Department, who shall have such duties and powers as may be prescribed by the Secretary, and who shall administer, under the supervision and direction of the Secretary, departmental programs relating to the private mortgage market. The Secretary shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that managers of Federal Housing Administration programs, at each level of the Department, shall be accountable for program operation, risk management, management of cash and other Federal assets, and program financing related to activities over which such managers have responsibility. **(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** There shall be in the Department a Director of Urban Program Coordination, who shall be designated by the Secretary. He shall assist the Secretary in carrying out his responsibilities to the President with respect to achieving maximum coordination of the programs of the various departments and agencies of the Government which have a major impact on community development. In providing such assistance, the Director shall make such studies of urban and community problems as the Secretary shall request, and shall develop recommendations relating to the administration of Federal programs affecting such problems, particularly with respect to achieving effective cooperation among the Federal, State, and local agencies concerned. Subject to the direction of the Secretary, the Director shall, in carrying out his responsibilities, (1) establish and maintain close liaison with the Federal departments and agencies concerned and (2) consult with State, local, and regional officials, and consider their recommendations with respect to such programs. **(d) Assistant to Secretary; designation; duty to provide information and advice to nonprofit project sponsors** There shall be in the Department an Assistant to the Secretary, designated by the Secretary, who shall be responsible for providing information and advice to nonprofit organizations desiring to sponsor housing projects assisted under programs administered by the Department. **(e) Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Programs; report to Congress** (1) (A) There shall be in the Department a Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Programs, who shall be located in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. The Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Programs shall be designated by the Secretary not later than 60 days after October 12, 1977. (B) The Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Programs shall be appointed based solely on merit and shall be covered under the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service. (C) The Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Programs shall be responsible for— (i) administering, in coordination with the relevant office in the Department, the provision of housing assistance to Indian tribes or Indian housing authorities under each program of the Department that provides for such assistance; (ii) administering the community development block grant program for Indian tribes under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 [[42 U.S.C. 5301](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5301&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] and the provision of assistance to Indian tribes under such Act; (iii) directing, coordinating, and assisting in managing any regional offices of the Department that administer Indian programs to the extent of such programs; and (iv) coordinating all programs of the Department relating to Indian and Alaska Native housing and community development. (D) The Secretary shall include in the annual report under [section 3536 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3536&num=0&edition=prelim) a description of the extent of the housing needs for Indian families and community development needs of Indian tribes in the United States and the activities of the Department, and extent of such activities, in meeting such needs. (2) The Secretary shall, not later than December 1 of each year, submit to Congress an annual report which shall include— (A) a description of his actions during the current year and a projection of his activities during the succeeding years; (B) estimates of the cost of the projected activities for succeeding fiscal years; (C) a statistical report on the conditions of Indian and Alaska Native housing; and (D) recommendations for such legislative, administrative, and other actions, as he deems appropriate. **(f) Federal Housing Administration Comptroller** There shall be in the Department a Federal Housing Administration Comptroller, designated by the Secretary, who shall be responsible for overseeing the financial operations of the Federal Housing Administration. **(g) Office of Housing Counseling** (1) **Establishment** — There is established, in the Department, the Office of Housing Counseling. (2) **Director** — There is established the position of Director of Housing Counseling. The Director shall be the head of the Office of Housing Counseling and shall be appointed by, and shall report to, the Secretary. Such position shall be a career-reserved position in the Senior Executive Service. (3) **Functions** (A) *In general* — The Director shall have primary responsibility within the Department for all activities and matters relating to homeownership counseling and rental housing counseling, including— (i) research, grant administration, public outreach, and policy development relating to such counseling; and (ii) establishment, coordination, and administration of all regulations, requirements, standards, and performance measures under programs and laws administered by the Department that relate to housing counseling, homeownership counseling (including maintenance of homes), mortgage-related counseling (including home equity conversion mortgages and credit protection options to avoid foreclosure), and rental housing counseling, including the requirements, standards, and performance measures relating to housing counseling. (B) *Specific functions* — The Director shall carry out the functions assigned to the Director and the Office under this section and any other provisions of law. Such functions shall include establishing rules necessary for— (i) the counseling procedures under [section 1701x(g)(1) of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1701x/g/1&num=0&edition=prelim); (ii) carrying out all other functions of the Secretary under [section 1701x(g) of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1701x/g&num=0&edition=prelim), including the establishment, operation, and publication of the availability of the toll-free telephone number under paragraph (2) of such section; (iii) contributing to the distribution of home buying information booklets pursuant to [section 2604 of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section2604&num=0&edition=prelim); (iv) carrying out the certification program under [section 1701x(e) of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1701x/e&num=0&edition=prelim); (v) carrying out the assistance program under [section 1701x(a)(4) of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1701x/a/4&num=0&edition=prelim), including criteria for selection of applications to receive assistance; (vi) carrying out any functions regarding abusive, deceptive, or unscrupulous lending practices relating to residential mortgage loans that the Secretary considers appropriate, which shall include conducting the study under section 6 11 See References in Text note below. of the Expand and Preserve Home Ownership Through Counseling Act; (vii) providing for operation of the advisory committee established under paragraph (4) of this subsection; (viii) collaborating with community-based organizations with expertise in the field of housing counseling; and (ix) providing for the building of capacity to provide housing counseling services in areas that lack sufficient services, including underdeveloped areas that lack basic water and sewer systems, electricity services, and safe, sanitary housing. (4) **Advisory committee** (A) *In general* — The Secretary shall appoint an advisory committee to provide advice regarding the carrying out of the functions of the Director. (B) *Members* — Such advisory committee shall consist of not more than 12 individuals, and the membership of the committee shall equally represent the mortgage and real estate industry, including consumers and housing counseling agencies certified by the Secretary. (C) *Terms* — Except as provided in subparagraph (D), each member of the advisory committee shall be appointed for a term of 3 years. Members may be reappointed at the discretion of the Secretary. (D) *Terms of initial appointees* — As designated by the Secretary at the time of appointment, of the members first appointed to the advisory committee, 4 shall be appointed for a term of 1 year and 4 shall be appointed for a term of 2 years. (E) *Prohibition of pay; travel expenses* — Members of the advisory committee shall serve without pay, but shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5. (F) *Advisory role only* — The advisory committee shall have no role in reviewing or awarding housing counseling grants. (5) **Scope of homeownership counseling** — In carrying out the responsibilities of the Director, the Director shall ensure that homeownership counseling provided by, in connection with, or pursuant to any function, activity, or program of the Department addresses the entire process of homeownership, including the decision to purchase a home, the selection and purchase of a home, issues arising during or affecting the period of ownership of a home (including refinancing, default and foreclosure, and other financial decisions), and the sale or other disposition of a home. **(h) Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs** (1) **Position** — There shall be in the Office of the Secretary a Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs, who shall report directly to the Secretary. (2) **Appointment** — The Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs shall be appointed based solely on merit and shall be covered under the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service. (3) **Responsibilities** — The Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs shall be responsible for— (A) ensuring veterans have fair access to housing and homeless assistance under each program of the Department providing either such assistance; (B) coordinating all programs and activities of the Department relating to veterans; (C) serving as a liaison for the Department with the Department of Veterans Affairs, including establishing and maintaining relationships with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; (D) serving as a liaison for the Department, and establishing and maintaining relationships with the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness and officials of State, local, regional, and nongovernmental organizations concerned with veterans; (E) providing information and advice regarding— (i) sponsoring housing projects for veterans assisted under programs administered by the Department; or (ii) assisting veterans in obtaining housing or homeless assistance under programs administered by the Department; (F) coordinating with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in carrying out section 404 of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016; (G) collaborating with the Department of Veterans Affairs on making joint recommendations to the Congress, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on how to better coordinate and improve services to veterans under both Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Veteran Affairs veterans housing programs, including ways to improve the Independent Living Program of the Department of Veteran Affairs; and (H) carrying out such other duties as may be assigned to the Special Assistant by the Secretary or by law.

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42 U.S.C. § 3531 — Congressional declaration of purpose

The Congress hereby declares that the general welfare and security of the Nation and the health and living standards of our people require, as a matter of national purpose, sound development of the Nation’s communities and metropolitan areas in which the vast majority of its people live and work.

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15 U.S.C. § 1601 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose

**(a) Informed use of credit** The Congress finds that economic stabilization would be enhanced and the competition among the various financial institutions and other firms engaged in the extension of consumer credit would be strengthened by the informed use of credit. The informed use of credit results from an awareness of the cost thereof by consumers. It is the purpose of this subchapter to assure a meaningful disclosure of credit terms so that the consumer will be able to compare more readily the various credit terms available to him and avoid the uninformed use of credit, and to protect the consumer against inaccurate and unfair credit billing and credit card practices. **(b) Terms of personal property leases** The Congress also finds that there has been a recent trend toward leasing automobiles and other durable goods for consumer use as an alternative to installment credit sales and that these leases have been offered without adequate cost disclosures. It is the purpose of this subchapter to assure a meaningful disclosure of the terms of leases of personal property for personal, family, or household purposes so as to enable the lessee to compare more readily the various lease terms available to him, limit balloon payments in consumer leasing, enable comparison of lease terms with credit terms where appropriate, and to assure meaningful and accurate disclosures of lease terms in advertisements.

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42 U.S.C. § 5301 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose

**(a) Critical social, economic, and environmental problems facing Nation’s urban communities** The Congress finds and declares that the Nation’s cities, towns, and smaller urban communities face critical social, economic, and environmental problems arising in significant measure from— (1) the growth of population in metropolitan and other urban areas, and the concentration of persons of lower income in central cities; (2) inadequate public and private investment and reinvestment in housing and other physical facilities, and related public and social services, resulting in the growth and persistence of urban slums and blight and the marked deterioration of the quality of the urban environment; and (3) increasing energy costs which have seriously undermined the quality and overall effectiveness of local community and housing development activities. **(b) Establishment and maintenance of viable urban communities; systematic and sustained action by Federal, State, and local governments; expansion of and continuity in Federal assistance; increased private investment; streamlining programs and improvement of functioning of agencies; action to address consequences of scarce fuel supplies** The Congress further finds and declares that the future welfare of the Nation and the well-being of its citizens depend on the establishment and maintenance of viable urban communities as social, economic, and political entities, and require— (1) systematic and sustained action by Federal, State, and local governments to eliminate blight, to conserve and renew older urban areas, to improve the living environment of low- and moderate-income families, and to develop new centers of population growth and economic activity; (2) substantial expansion of and greater continuity in the scope a

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6 U.S.C. § 113 — Use of appropriated funds

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any report, notification, or consultation addressing directly or indirectly the use of appropriated funds and stipulated by this chapter to be submitted to, or held with, the Congress or any Congressional committee shall also be submitted to, or held with, the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives under the same conditions and with the same restrictions as stipulated by this chapter.

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20 U.S.C. § 3404 — Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless otherwise provided or indicated by the context— (1) the term “Department” means the Department of Education or any component thereof; (2) the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Education; (3) the term “Deputy Secretary” means the Deputy Secretary of Education; (4) the term “function” includes any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program; (5) the term “State” includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; (6) the terms “private” and “private educational” refer to independent, nonpublic, and private institutions of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education; and (7) the term “office” includes any office, institute, council, unit, organizational entity, or component thereof.

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42 U.S.C. § 3536 — Annual reports

The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year, make a report to the President for submission to the Congress on the activities of the Department during the preceding calendar year. The report required under this section shall include the reports required under paragraphs (2) and (6) of [section 3608(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3608/e&num=0&edition=prelim), the reports required under subsections (a) and (b) of [section 4856 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4856&num=0&edition=prelim), the report required under section 1701o of title 12, and the report required under [section 3533(e)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3533/e/2&num=0&edition=prelim).

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42 U.S.C. § 11313 — Functions

**(a) Duties** The Council shall— (1) not later than 12 months after May 20, 2009, develop, make available for public comment, and submit to the President and to Congress a National Strategic Plan to End Homelessness, and shall update such plan annually; (2) review all Federal activities and programs to assist homeless individuals; (3) take such actions as may be necessary to reduce duplication among programs and activities by Federal agencies to assist homeless individuals; (4) monitor, evaluate, and recommend improvements in programs and activities to assist homeless individuals conducted by Federal agencies, State and local governments, and private voluntary organizations; (5) provide professional and technical assistance (by not less than 5, but in no case more than 10, regional coordinators employed by the Council, each having responsibility for interaction and coordination of the activities of the Council within the 10 standard Federal regions) to States, local governments, and other public and private nonprofit organizations, in order to enable such governments and organizations to— (A) interpret regulations and assist in the application process for Federal assistance, including grants; (B) provide assistance on the ways in which Federal programs, other than those authorized under this chapter, may best be coordinated to complement the objectives of this chapter; (C) develop recommendations and program ideas based on regional specific issues in serving the homeless population; and (D) establish a schedule for biennial regional workshops to be held by the Council in each of the 10 standard Federal regions to further carry out and provide the assistance described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) and other appropriate assistance as necessary, of w

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12 U.S.C. § 2604 — Home buying information booklets

**(a) Preparation and distribution** The Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Director”) shall prepare, at least once every 5 years, a booklet to help consumers applying for federally related mortgage loans to understand the nature and costs of real estate settlement services. The Director shall prepare the booklet in various languages and cultural styles, as the Director determines to be appropriate, so that the booklet is understandable and accessible to homebuyers of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The Director shall distribute such booklets to all lenders that make federally related mortgage loans. The Director shall also distribute to such lenders lists, organized by location, of homeownership counselors certified under [section 1701x(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1701x/e&num=0&edition=prelim) for use in complying with the requirement under subsection (c) of this section. **(b) Contents** Each booklet shall be in such form and detail as the Director shall prescribe and, in addition to such other information as the Director may provide, shall include in plain and understandable language the following information: (1) A description and explanation of the nature and purpose of the costs incident to a real estate settlement or a federally related mortgage loan. The description and explanation shall provide general information about the mortgage process as well as specific information concerning, at a minimum— (A) balloon payments; (B) prepayment penalties; (C) the advantages of prepayment; and (D) the trade-off between closing costs and the interest rate over the life of the loan. (2) An explanation and sample of th

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12 U.S.C. § 1702 — Short title

This chapter may be cited as the “National Housing Act.”

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31 U.S.C. § 501 — Office of Management and Budget

The Office of Management and Budget is an office in the Executive Office of the President.

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