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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1404a. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; right to sue; expenses
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may sue and be
sued only with respect to its functions under the United States
Housing Act of 1937, as amended [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.], and title
II of Public Law 671, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved June 28,
1940, as amended [42 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.]. Funds made available for
carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development (including appropriations therefor,
which are authorized) shall be available, in such amounts as may
from year to year be authorized by the Congress, for the
administrative expenses of the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law except
provisions of law enacted after August 10, 1948 expressly in
limitation hereof, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,
or any State or local public agency administering a low-rent
housing project assisted pursuant to the United States Housing Act
of 1937 or title II of Public Law 671, Seventy-sixth Congress,
approved June 38, 1940, shall continue to have the right to
maintain an action or proceeding to recover possession of any
housing accommodations operated by it where such action is
authorized by the statute or regulations under which such housing
accommodations are administered, and, in determining net income for
the purposes of tenant eligibility with respect to low-rent housing
projects assisted pursuant to said Acts, the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development is authorized, where it finds such action
equitable and in the public interest, to exclude amounts or
portions thereof paid by the United States Government for
disability or death occurring in connection with military service.
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