Regional Development Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Regional Development Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to effect a better balance of economic and population growth between urban and rural areas of the Nation by promoting, through locally initiated and regionally coordinated projects, the development of improved transportation systems, industrial development manpower training, educational and health delivery services, housing construction, environmental protection, and comprehensive planning in those areas where such public services and employment opportunities do not exist or are presently insufficient. Title I: National Development Agency and Regional Development Commissions - Establishes the National Development Agency, as an independent agency in the executive branch, to provide a set of national economic development goals, and to aid their implementation through projects provided for under this Act and funded by development commissions. Authorizes contiguous States, or otherwise closely related States, to form a Development Commission for the purpose of this Act. Provides that each such Commission shall have one Federal member, and decisions by a Commission shall require the affirmative vote of such member. Provides tha…