---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 1701h–1"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
number: "1701h–1"
heading: "Housing for elderly persons advisory committee"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/12/1701h-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 13 — National Housing"
---

# §1701h–1. Housing for elderly persons advisory committee


The [Secretary](/usc/12/1715z–22a.md?p=4) of Housing and Urban Development shall establish, in accordance with the provisions of [section 1701h of this title](/usc/12/1701h.md), an advisory committee on matters relating to housing for elderly [persons](/usc/12/5481.md?p=19).


## Source credit

(Aug. 7, 1956, ch. 1029, title I, § 104(d), 70 Stat. 1093; Pub. L. 90–19, § 13(a), May 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 24.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Housing Act of 1956, and not as part of the National Housing Act which comprises this chapter.

### Amendments

1967—Pub. L. 90–19 substituted “Secretary of Housing and Urban Development” for “Housing and Home Finance Administrator”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination of Advisory Committees

Advisory committees in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.