A prior section 3144, Pub. L. 89–136, title II, § 204, as added Pub. L. 94–487, title I, § 109, Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2333; amended Pub. L. 96–470, title I, § 201(d), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2241; Pub. L. 96–506, § 1(4), Dec. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 2745; Pub. L. 97–35, title XVIII, § 1821(a)(3), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 766, authorized interest free loans to carry out approved redevelopment area plans, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–393, § 102(a).

2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–373, § 202(a), added subsec. (a) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (a). Text read as follows: “Subject to section 3145 of this title, the amount of a grant for a project under this subchapter shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the project.”

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–373, § 202(b), inserted “assumptions of debt,” after “equipment,”.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–373, § 202(c), added subsec. (c).

Section effective Feb. 11, 1999, see section 105 of Pub. L. 105–393, set out as a note under section 3121 of this title.