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 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CH. 401-J UNE 29, 19 37 going a ppropr iation, or d iverts, or a ttempts to di vert o r assi sts in diverting, for the benefit of any person or parsons not entitled thereto, any portion of such appropriation, or any services or real or personal property acquired thereunder, or who knowingly, by means of any fraud, force, threa t, int imidat ion, o r boyco tt, or discr iminat ion on account of race, religion, or political affiliations, deprives any person of any of the benef its to which he ma y be en titled under such appro- priation, or attempts so to do, or assists in so doing, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than $2,000 or impris- oned not more than one year, or both. SEC. 13. The Works Progress Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to liquidate and wind up the affairs of the Federal Emerg ency Relie f Ad minis trati on e stabl ished unde r th e Act of M ay 12, 1933, as amended, and funds available to said Federal Emergency Relief Administration shall be available for expenditure for such purpose until June 30 1938. SEC. 1 4 . A re port of the opera tions under the fo regoin g appr opria- tion, i ncludi ng a s tateme nt of the ex penditu res ma de and oblig ations incurre d by c lasses and a mounts, shal l be su bmitte d by t he Pre sident to Congress before the 15th day of January in each of the next two regular sessi ons of Congr ess. SEC. 15. No part of the funds made available in this joint resolu- tion shall be loaned or granted, except pursuant to an obligation incurred prior to the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, to any State, or any of its political subdivisions or agencies, for the purpose of carrying out or assisting in carrying out any program or project of constructing, rebuilding, repairing, or replanning its penal or reformatory institutions, unless the President shall find that the projects to be financed with such loan or grant will not cause or pro- mote competition of the products of convict labor with the products of free labor. SEC. 16. Title I of this joint resolution may be cited as the "Emer- gency Relief Appropriation Act of 1937". TITLE II SEC. 201 . The Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (herein called the "Administration") is hereby continued until July 1, 1939, and until such date is hereby authorized to con- tinue to perform all functions which it is authorized to perform on June 29, 1937. All provisions of law existing on June 29, 1937, and relating to the availability of funds for carrying out any of the functions of such Administration are hereby continued until July 1, 1939, except that the date specified in the Emergency Relief Appro- priation Act of 1936, prior to which, in the determination of the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public W orks (herein called the "Administrator"), a project can be substantially completed is hereby changed from "July 1, 1938" to "July 1, 1939". SEC. 202. The amount which the Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion is authorized by existing law to have invested at any one time in securities purchased from the Administration is hereby increased from $250,000,000 to $400,000,000. SEC. 203. The amount of funds which the Administrator, upon direction of the President, is authorized to use for grants from moneys realiz ed fro m the sale o f secu rities is her eby in crease d from $300,000,000 to $359,000,000; and after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution no allotment shall be made by the Administrator for any project the application for which has not been approved by the exa mining divis ions of the Admini stratio n prio r to s uch da te. Punishment for. 357 Federal Emergency Relief Administration, liquidation. 48 Stat. 55. 15U.S.C.°°721- 728 . Report of operations to Congress. Restriction on use of funds. Short title. Public Wo rks Ad- ministration Exten- sion Act of 1937. 48 Stat. 200. Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation, investment in securi- ties increased. Amount authorized for grants increased.