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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. III. CHs. 117-119 . 1931 . 1087 to further this object there shall be ad vance planning, inclu ding preparation of detailed construction plans, of public works by the construction agencies and the board. (b) Each head of a department or independent establishment having jurisdiction over one or more construction agencies shall direct each such construction agency to prepare a six-year advance plan with estimates showing projects allotted to each year. Such estimates shall show separately the estimated cost of land, the esti- mated cost of new construction, and the estimated annual cost of operation and of repairs and alterations. (c) Each construction agency shall also prepare a program for prompt commencement and carrying out of an expanded program at any time. This program shall include organization plans. It shall also include the plans for the acquisition of sites and the prepa- ration of advance detailed construction plans for not less than one year in advance, except where in the judgment of the board this would not be practicable. (d) Such programs, plans, and estimates for the six-year period shall be submitted to the board and to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. The Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall report to the President from time to time consolidated plans and estimates. (e) Each construction agency shall keep its six-year plan up-to- date by an annual revision of the plans and estimates for the unex- pired years and by annually extending the plan and estimates for an additional year. (f) The President is requested each year, before recommending the amount of construction appropriations for the next fiscal year to take into consideration the volume of construction in the United Volume of work to be considered. States, the state of employment, and the activity of general business. (g) The board shall collect information concerning advance con- Info rmatio n as to ad- plans to be col- struction plans and estimates by States, municipalities, and other leeced, etc. public and private agencies which may indicate the probable volume of construction within the United States or which may aid the construction agencies in formulating their advance plans. Approved, February 10, 1931. CHAP. 118 .-An Act Relating to the naturalization of certain aliens. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That, notwith- standing any provisio n of law to the contrary, no alien shall be debarred from becoming a citizen of the United States on the ground that he withdrew his intention to become a citizen of the United States in order to secure discharge from the military service, if such withdrawal (and the application therefor) and discharge took place after November 11, 1918. Approved, February 11, 1931. Preparation of plans . Six y ear ad vance plan and estimates by each construction agency to be made. Details to be in- eluded. Emergency progra m to he prepared. Organization plans. Acquisition of sites, adva nce c onstru ction , etc. Plans, etc ., to be submitted. Revision and exten- sion of plans . Reco mmenda tions of the President. February 11, 1931. [H. R . 5627 .] [Public, No. 617.] Naturalization Alie n not debar red from, -if application for, withdrawn since No- vember 11, 1918, to se- cure military dis charge. Vol. 40, p. 885 , amended. February 12, 1931. CHAP. 119 .-An Act To ame nd the Act ent itled " An Act to prov ide for the 	[S . 4211 .] el iminati on of t he Mich igan Av enue gr ade cro ssing i n the D istrict of Col um- bia, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1927 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the District of C olumbia. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Act Provision for elim i- entitled "An Act to provide for the elimination of the Michigan or otcs ing i aifle a gra de Avenue grade crossing in the District of Columbia, and for other [Public, No . 618.]

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