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 74TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 689. JUNE 22, 1936. 160 9 The departments, ag encies, or esta blishments hav ing supervision Rest rictio n on em- of projects for which funds from the foregoing appropriation are teedalliens .egally en- made availab le shall not k nowingly employ aliens illegal ly within the limits of the continental United States on such projects and they shall make every reasonable effort consistent with prompt employment of the destitute unemployed to see that such aliens are not employed, and if employed and their status as such alien is dis- closed they shall thereupon be discharged. No Federal project shall be undertaken or prosecuted under the less Fo rk forbidden un- foregoing ap propriation un less and until an amount suffi cient for allocated for completion sum . its completion has been allocated and irrevocably set aside for its completion. Appointments to Federal positions of an administrative or advis- Federal administra- tiv e or advisory posi- ory capacity under the for egoing appropri ation in any St ate shall do ns appointments. be made from among the bona-fide resi dents of that S tate so far as not inconsistent with efficient administration. The rates of pay for persons engaged upon projects under the p Prevailing rates of foregoing appropriation shall be not less than the prevailing rates of pay for work of a similar nature as determined by the Works Progress Administration with the approval of the President. The President is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations President to pre- as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the foregoing appro- Pro scribe sdsos. piles, etc. riation : Provided however That in the em la ment of persons Ehe ibib ty for em. p 7 9 11 y p 7 ployment of needy not applicants in actual need whose names have not heretofore been heretofore listed. plac ed on relief rolls shall be giv en the same eligib ility f or emp loy- ment as applicants whose names have heretofore appeared on such rolls : Provided further, That the fact that a person is entitled to or Adjusted -service pay- has received either adjusted-service bonds or a Treasury check in me nt not a bar. payment of an adjusted- compensation c ertificate shal l not be con- sidered in determining actual need of such employmen t. In carrying out the purpose of the foregoing appropriation the utilization of Gov- ernment agencies . Pre side nt i s au thor ized to util ize agen cies wit hin the Gove rnme nt and to empower such agencies to. prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the functions delegated to such agencies by the President. In order to increase employment by providing for useful public naGrants ro laid in fl- works projects of the kind and character for which the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works (hereinafter called the Administrator) has heretofore made loans or grants pursuant to Use of designated funds. Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act or the Emergency vol. 48, p. 200. Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the Administrator may, upon the Ante, p. 115. dire ction of the Presi dent, u se not to ex ceed $3 00, 000 ,00 0 from fu nds on hand or to be received from the sale of securities, for the making of grants, to aid in the financing of such projects : Provided, That Provisos. Tim e limit for com- no part of the sum made available by this paragraph shall be granted pletion of projects. for any project unless, in the determ ination of the Administrator, the com plet ion ther eof can be s ubst anti ally acc ompl ishe d pr ior to July 1, 1938, and adequate provision has been made or is assured for financing such part of the entire cost thereof as is not to be sup- plied through the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works : Provided further, That this limitation upon time shall not Time limitation in- apply to any project en joined in any Federal or Stat e court
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applicable to project enjoined court . vided further, That in no case shall the amount of the grant exceed Maxi mum grant. forty-fi ve per centum o f the cost of the project. Nothin g herei n Reconstruction Fl- shall be construed to increase the amount of notes, bonds, debentures na nee of obligations tion, f 7 f amount and other such obligations which the Reconstruction Finance Cor- not i ncreas ed. poration is authorized and empowered under existing law to issue and to h ave outstanding at any one ti me, and nothing herein shall Powers of Federal be construed to limit or curtail in any way any powers which the Eme rge ncy Ad min is- ~' trationofPublic Works Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works or the Admin- not curtailed. is trator is now autho rized to exe rcise.