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 consideration of the present housing shortage shall remain in force until repealed by federal legislation.

The reorganization of the territory comprising the Laender Baden Wuerttemberg-Baden and Wuerttemberg -Hohenzollern may be accomplished, by agreement between the Laender concerned, in a manner deviating from the provisions of Article 29. Should an agreement not be reached, the reorganization shall be regulated by federal legislation which must provide for a referendum.

In matters relating to refugees and expellees, in particular their distribution to the Laender, the Federal Government may, with the approval of the Bundesrat, issue orders (Verordnungen) having the force of law pending a regulation by federal legislation. In special cases the Federal Government may be empowered to issue individual instructions. The instructions shall, except in case of imminent danger, be directed to the highest Land authorities.

(1) The Federation shall bear the expenses for occupation costs and, in accordance with more detailed provisions by a federal law, the other internal and external war-induced burdens, and the grants towards the burdens of social insurance, including unemployment insurance and public assistance for the unemployed.

(2) The revenues shall pass to the Federation at the same time at which the Federation assumes the expenditure.

The majority of the members of the Bundestag and of the Federal Convention within the meaning of this Basic Law shall be the majority of their statutory number of members. Rh