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Section 101

Citation
Section 101
Parent Document
Alexander v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development, 441 U.S. 39 (1979)
Effective Date
1979-04-17

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In arguing that Congress had a broader purpose, to provide relocation assistance outside the acquisition context, the tenants rely on language adopted by the House of Representatives after the Senate passed S. 1. When the House Committee on Public Works reorganized and shortened the bill's provisions into their final form, it also streamlined the “Declaration of Policy” by deleting the references to acquisitions of property. Consequently, § 201 of the Relocation Act simply refers to “persons displaced as a result of Federal and federally assisted programs,” 17