20 U.S.C. § 802 — Fellowships for city planning, manage-

Page 119 TITLE 20—EDUCATION § 802 sional city and regional planning, management, and housing specialists, and professionally trained personnel with a general capacity in urban affairs and problems: to make grants to and contracts with institutions of higher edu- cation (or combinations of such institutions) to assist them in planning, developing, strength- ening, improving, or carrying out programs or projects for the preparation of graduate or pro- fessional students to enter the public service; and to assist and encourage the States and lo- calities, in cooperation with public and private universities and colleges and urban centers and with business firms and associations, labor unions, and other interested associations and or- ganizations, to (1) organize, initiate, develop, and expand programs which will provide special training in skills needed for economic and effi- cient community development to those tech- nical, professional, and other persons with the capacity to master and employ such skills who are, or are training to be, employed by a govern- mental or public body which has responsibility for community development, or by a private nonprofit organization which is conducting or has responsibility for housing and community development programs, and (2) support State and local research that is needed in connection with housing programs and needs, public im- provement programing, code problems, efficient land use, urban transportation, and similar com- munity development problems. (Pub. L. 88–560, title VIII, § 801, Sept. 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 802; Pub. L. 90–448, title XVII, § 1707(a), Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 605; Pub. L. 91–152, title III, § 307, Dec. 24, 1969, 83 Stat. 392; Pub. L. 93–383, title IV, § 402(a), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 691.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Pub. L. 93–383, § 402, provided for amendments to title VIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1964. The amendments of the enumerated sections of such title VIII have been executed to comparable sections of title VIII of the Housing Act of 1964 as the probable in- tent of Congress. AMENDMENTS 1974—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–383 expanded purposes of chapter to include graduate training in regional plan- ning and for training of personnel with a general capac- ity in urban affairs and problems and authorizing grants and contracts with institutions of higher edu- cation for training of graduate or professional students. 1969—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91–152 inserted a comma be- fore ‘‘and (2)’’. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91–152 inserted provision that it is the purpose of this chapter to grant fellowships for the graduate training of professional city planning and urban and housing technicians and specialists. 1968—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90–448 provided for coopera- tion with business firms and associations, labor unions, and other interested associations or organizations, in- cluded employment by a private nonprofit organization which is conducting or has responsibility for housing and community development programs, and substituted ‘‘technical, professional, and other persons with the ca- pacity to master and employ such skills’’ for ‘‘tech- nical and professional people.’’ § 802. Fellowships for city planning, manage- ment, housing specialists, and persons with general capacity in urban affairs and prob- lems (a) Criteria The Secretary is authorized to provide fellow- ships for the graduate training of professional city planning, management, and housing spe- cialists, and other persons who wish to develop a general capacity in urban affairs and problems as herein provided. Persons shall be selected for such fellowships solely on the basis of ability and upon the recommendation of the Urban Studies Fellowship Advisory Board established pursuant to subsection (b). Fellowships shall be solely for training in public and private non- profit institutions of higher education having programs of graduate study in the field of city planning or in related fields (including architec- ture, civil engineering, economics, municipal fi- nance, public administration, urban affairs, and sociology) which programs are oriented to train- ing for careers in city and regional planning, housing, urban renewal, and community devel- opment. (b) Urban Studies Fellowship Board There is hereby established the Urban Studies Fellowship Advisory Board (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Board’’), which shall consist of nine members to be appointed by the Secretary as follows: Three from public institutions of higher learning and three from private nonprofit insti- tutions of higher education, who are the heads of departments which provide academic courses appropriately related to the fields referred to in subsection (a), and three from national organi- zations which are directly concerned with prob- lems relating to urban, regional, and commu- nity development. The Board shall meet upon the request of the Secretary and shall make rec- ommendations to him with respect to persons to be selected for fellowships under this section. Members of the Board shall be entitled to re- ceive transportation expenses and a per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized for members of advisory committees created pursuant to sec- tion 1701h of title 12. (Pub. L. 88–560, title VIII, § 802, Sept. 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 802; Pub. L. 89–117, title XI, § 1103(a), Aug. 10, 1965, 79 Stat. 503; Pub. L. 90–19, § 21(d), May 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 26; Pub. L. 90–448, title XVII, § 1707(a)(2), (3), Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 606; Pub. L. 91–152, title III, § 307, Dec. 24, 1969, 83 Stat. 392; Pub. L. 93–383, title IV, § 402(b), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 691.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Pub. L. 93–383, § 402, provided for amendments to title VIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1964. The amendments of the enumerated sections of such title VIII have been executed to comparable sections of title VIII of the Housing Act of 1964 as the probable in- tent of Congress. AMENDMENTS 1974—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–383 expanded authority of Secretary to include fellowships in graduate training in city management and for persons wishing to develop a Page 120 TITLE 20—EDUCATION § 803 general capacity in urban affairs and added urban af- fairs to authorized fields of study. 1969—Pub. L. 91–152 substituted provisions author- izing the Secretary to grant fellowships solely on the basis of ability for training in city planning at public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education and establishing the Urban Studies Fellowship Advi- sory Board for provisions authorizing the Secretary to make matching grants to States to assist in programs providing special training in community development and to support local research and setting forth the pro- visions required in any plan submitted to the Secretary in order to obtain grants. The former provisions of this section are now set forth in section 803 of this title with minor amendments. 1968—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 90–448 substituted ‘‘tech- nical, professional, and other persons with the capacity to master and employ such skills’’ for ‘‘technical and professional people’’, and inserted provisions to include employment by a private nonprofit organization which is conducting or has responsibility for housing and community development programs. 1967—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 90–19 substituted ‘‘Sec- retary’’ for ‘‘Administrator’’ wherever appearing. 1965—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 89–117 substituted ‘‘$30,000,000’’ for ‘‘$10,000,000’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TERMINATION OF ADVISORY BOARDS Advisory boards in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to termi- nate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, unless, in the case of a board es- tablished by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such board is renewed by appropriate ac- tion prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a board established by the Congress, its du- ration is otherwise provided for by law. See sections 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 803. Matching grants to States (a) Purposes Subject to the provisions of this chapter and in accordance with regulations prescribed by him, the Secretary may make matching grants to States to assist in— (1) organizing, initiating, developing, or ex- panding programs to provide special training in skills needed for economic and efficient community development to those technical, professional, and other persons with the ca- pacity to master and employ such skills who are, or are training to be, employed by a gov- ernmental or public body which has respon- sibilities for community development, or by a private nonprofit organization which is con- ducting or has responsibility for housing and community development programs; and (2) supporting State and local research that is needed in connection with housing programs and needs, public improvement programing, code problems, efficient land use, urban trans- portation, and similar community develop- ment problems, and collecting, collating, and publishing statistics and information relating to such research. (b) Training in housing management Grants may be made under subsection (a) to support (1) the training of persons, especially persons of low income, in acquiring the skills needed in the management of housing for low- and moderate-income persons, and (2) research and the dissemination of information with re- spect to the problems involved in the manage- ment of housing for low- and moderate-income persons. (c) State plan; required provisions No grants may be made to a State under this section unless the Secretary has approved a plan for the State which— (1) sets forth the proposed use of the funds and the objectives to be accomplished; (2) explains the method by which the re- quired amounts from non-Federal sources will be obtained; (3) provides such fiscal control and fund ac- counting procedures as may be reasonably necessary to assure proper disbursement of, and accounting for, Federal funds paid to the State under this section; (4) designates an officer or agency of the State government who has responsibility and authority for the administration of a state- wide research and training program as the of- ficer or agency with responsibility and author- ity for the execution of the State’s program under this section; and (5) provides that such officer or agency will make such reports to the Secretary, in such form, and containing such information, as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Secretary to perform his duties under this sec- tion. (d) Matching funds from non-Federal sources No grant may be made under this section for any use unless an amount at least equal to such grant is made available from non-Federal sources for the same purpose and for concurrent use. (Pub. L. 88–560, title VIII, § 803, Sept. 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 803; Pub. L. 89–117, title XI, § 1103(b), Aug. 10, 1965, 79 Stat. 503; Pub. L. 91–152, title III, § 307, Dec. 24, 1969, 83 Stat. 393; Pub. L. 91–609, title IX, § 904, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1809.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1970—Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 91–609 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively. 1969—Pub. L. 91–152 substituted provisions author- izing the Secretary to make matching grants to States to assist in programs providing special training in com- munity development and to support State and local re- search, provisions setting forth the required contents of any plan submitted to the Secretary in order to ob- tain grants, and provisions requiring the matching from non-Federal sources of any grant made pursuant to this section, for provisions requiring not more than 10 per centum of the total amount appropriated be used for making grants to any one State. The former provi- sions of this section are now set forth in section 804 of this title with minor amendments. 1965—Pub. L. 89–117 substituted ‘‘appropriated for the purposes of this subchapter’’ for ‘‘authorized to be ap- propriated by section 802(d) of this title’’. § 803a. Project grants and contracts (a) Authorization; purposes; application The Secretary is authorized to make grants to or contracts with institutions of higher edu- cation, or combinations of such institutions, to assist them in planning, developing, strength-