42 U.S.C. § 1436b - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 42. The Public Health and Welfare § 1436b. Financial assistance in impacted areas

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall not exclude from consideration for financial assistance under federally assisted housing programs proposals for housing projects solely because the site proposed is located within an impacted area. For the purposes of this section, the term “federally assisted housing programs” means any program authorized by the United States Housing Act of 1937, sections 1715z and 1715z-1 of Title 12, section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, or section 1701q of Title 12.