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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1701z-2. Advanced technologies, methods, and materials for housing construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance
(a) General acceptance; costs, reduction; health and safety
restrictions on expanded housing production
The Secretary shall require, to the greatest extent feasible, the
employment of new and improved technologies, methods, and materials
in housing construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance under
programs administered by him with a view to reducing costs, and
shall encourage and promote the acceptance and application of such
advanced technology, methods, and materials by all segments of the
housing industry, communities, industries engaged in urban
development activities, and the general public. To the extent
feasible, in connection with the construction, major
rehabilitation, or maintenance of any housing assisted under
section 1701z-1 of this title, the Secretary shall assure that
there is no restraint by contract, building code, zoning ordinance,
or practice against the employment of new or improved technologies,
techniques, materials, and methods or of preassembled products
which may reduce the cost or improve the quality of such
construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance, and therefore
stimulate expanded production of housing, except where such
restraint is necessary to insure safe and healthful working and
living conditions.
(b) Experimental construction under approved housing plans on
Federal or other lands with view toward ultimate mass housing
production; use of section 1701z-1 funds and authority
To encourage large-scale experimentation in the use of new
technologies, methods, and materials, with a view toward the
ultimate mass production of housing and related facilities, the
Secretary shall wherever feasible conduct programs under section
1701z-1 of this title in which qualified organizations, public and
private, will submit plans for development and production of
housing and related facilities using such new advances on Federal
land which has been made available or acquired by the Secretary for
the purpose of this subsection or on other land where (1) local
building regulations permit such experimental construction, or (2)
necessary variances from building regulations can be granted. The
Secretary may utilize the funds and authority available to him
under the provisions of section 1701z-1 of this title to assist in
the implementation of plans which he approves.
(c) Acquisition, use, and disposal of property; transfer of excess
property
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary is
authorized, in connection with projects under this title [12 U.S.C.
1701z-1 et seq.], to acquire, use and dispose of any land and other
property required for the project as he deems necessary.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949, any land which is excess
property within the meaning of such Act and which is determined by
the Secretary to be suitable in furtherance of the purposes of
subsection (b) of this section may be transferred to the Secretary
upon his request.
(d) Technical assistance; reports; general dissemination and form
of reports, data, and information
In order to effectively carry out his activities under section
1701z-1 of this title, the Secretary is authorized to provide such
advice and technical assistance as may be required and to pay for
the cost of writing and publishing reports on activities and
undertakings financed under section 1701z-1 of this title, as well
as reports on similar activities and undertakings, not so financed,
which are of significant value in furthering the purposes of that
section. He may disseminate (without regard to the provisions of
section 3204 of title 39 or section 4154 of such title with respect
to any period before the effective date of such section 3204 as
provided in section 15(a) of the Postal Reorganization Act) any
reports, data, or information acquired or held under this title [12
U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.], including related data and information
otherwise available to the Secretary through the operation of the
programs and activities of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, in such form as he determines to be most useful to
departments, establishments, and agencies of Federal, State, and
local governments, to industry, and to the general public.
(e) Contracts or grants; authority; advance and progress payments;
work limitation
The Secretary is authorized to carry out the functions authorized
in section 1701z-1 of this title either directly or, without regard
to section 5 of title 41, by contract or by grant. Advance and
progress payment may be made under such contracts or grants without
regard to the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of section 3324
of title 31 and such contracts or grants may be made for work to
continue for not more than four years from the date thereof.
(f) Utilization of facilities of other agencies; working
agreements, cooperative agreements, contract authority, receipt
of funds, and exercise of section 1701c(c) powers
In carrying out activities under section 1701z-1 of this title,
the Secretary shall utilize to the fullest extent feasible the
available facilities of other Federal departments and agencies, and
shall consult with, and make recommendations to, such departments
and agencies. The Secretary may enter into working agreements with
such departments and agencies and contract or make grants on their
behalf or have such departments and agencies contract or make
grants on his behalf and such departments and agencies are hereby
authorized to execute such contracts and grants. The Secretary is
authorized to make or accept reimbursement for the cost of such
activities. The Secretary is further authorized to undertake
activities under this title [12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.] under
cooperative agreements with industry and labor, agencies of State
or local governments, educational institutions, and other
organizations. He may enter into contracts with and receive funds
from such agencies, institutions, and organizations, and may
exercise any of the other powers vested in him by section 1701c(c)
of this title.
(g) Information and data; restriction on use or identification
The Secretary is authorized to request and receive such
information or data as he deems appropriate from private
individuals and organizations, and from public agencies. Any such
information or data shall be used only for the purposes for which
it is supplied, and no publication shall be made by the Secretary
whereby the information or data furnished by any particular person
or establishment can be identified, except with the consent of such
person or establishment.
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