48 USC § 1408c - Grants-in-aid by Federal Government

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title: "48 USC § 1408c - Grants-in-aid by Federal Government"
title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
section_number: "1408c"
section_name: "Grants-in-aid by Federal Government"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "VIRGIN ISLANDS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "PUBLIC HOUSING"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(July 18, 1950, ch. 466, title III, § 304, 64 Stat. 347; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 783, title I, § 107(6)–(9), 69 Stat. 638; Pub. L. 90–19, § 9, May 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 22.)"
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# § 1408c. Grants-in-aid by Federal Government

42 U.S.C. 1460(d)42 U.S.C. 145042 U.S.C. 1441

Notwithstanding the limitation contained in the last sentence of section 110(d) [] or in any other provision of title I [ et seq.] of the Housing Act of 1949 (Public Law 171, Eighty-first Congress), as amended, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to allow and credit to such authority as may be created for the Virgin Islands under this Act, as amended, (1) such local grants-in-aid as are otherwise approvable pursuant to the first sentence of said section 110(d) with respect to any slum clearance and urban redevelopment or urban renewal project or projects undertaken by such authority with Federal assistance made available under title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, and (2) such grants-in-aid made or assistance given to the local community by any Federal department or agency pursuant to authority of law other than the Housing Act of 1949 [ et seq.] which would, if made or given by a State or local community, be approvable pursuant to said first sentence of section 110(d) with respect to any such project or projects so undertaken.

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**Source Credit**: (July 18, 1950, ch. 466, title III, § 304, 64 Stat. 347; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 783, title I, § 107(6)–(9), 69 Stat. 638; Pub. L. 90–19, § 9, May 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 22.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Housing Act of 1949, referred to in text, is , , which is classified principally to chapter 8A (§ 1441 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Title I of the Housing Act of 1949 (Public Law 171, Eighty-first Congress) was classified generally to subchapter II (§ 1450 et seq.) of chapter 8A of Title 42, and was omitted from the Code pursuant to  which terminated the authority to make grants or loans under such title I after . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

This Act, referred to in text, means , , known as the Territorial Enabling Act of 1950, which enacted this subchapter and sections 480 to 480b, 483a, 483b, 721 to 721b, and 910 to 910b of this title, amended sections 481 to 483 and 722 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 480, 481, and 722 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

### Amendments

1967— substituted “Secretary of Housing and Urban Development” for “Housing and Home Finance Administrators.”

1955—Act , included urban renewal projects, and inserted “as amended” after (Public Law 171, Eighty-first Congress), after “this Act”, and after “Housing Act of 1949” in cl. (1).