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 52 STAT.] 7 5TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 554-JUNE 21, 1938 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, threat, intimidation, or boycott, or discrimination on account of race, religion, political affiliations, or membership in a labor organization, deprives any person of any of the benefits to which he may be entitled under any such appro- priation, or attempts so to do, or assists in so doing, shall be deemed Penalty guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. SEc. 20. The Works Progress Administrator is authorized to con- Asert~anme sider, ascertain, adjust, determine, and pay from the appropriation damage claims to the Works Progress Administration in this title any claim aris- ing out of operations thereunder accruing after the effective date of this title on account of damage to or loss of property caused by the negligence of an employee of the Works Progress Administration or of the National Youth Administration while acting within the scope of his employment: Provided, That no claim shall be considered soio . hereunder which is in excess of $500, or which is not presented in writing to the Administration within one year from the date of ac- crual thereof: Provided further, That acceptance by any claimant Acceptan of the amount allowed on account of his claim shall be deemed to be tun settlement in full settlement thereof, and the action of the Administrator upon such claim so accepted by the claimant shall be conclusive. SEc. 21. Reports of the operations under the appropriations in this tIorts of joint resolution and the appropriation contained in the Emergency 60 Stat. 35 Relief Appropriation Act of 1937 and the joint resolution of March. 8 2, 1938, including a statement of the expenditures made and obliga- tions incurred by classes, projects, and amounts shall be submitted by the President to Congress on or before the fifteenth of January in each of the next two regular sessions of Congress: Provided,That Existing r such reports shall be in lieu of the report required by section 14 of mentsupersed such Act of 1937. Stat. 37 . SEC. 22. No part of the funds made available in this joint resolu- fstriction 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 promote competition of the products of convict labor with the products of free labor. SEC. 23. The funds herein appropriated to the Works Progress Liitation Administration, exclusive of those used for administrative expenses, than labor co shall be so administered by the Works Progress Administrator that, except as hereinafter provided, expenditure authorizations for other than labor costs for all the projects financed from such funds in any State, Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia shall not exceed an average of $7 per month per worker employed after June 30, 1938, and prior to February 28, 1939, on all such projects: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000,000 of the funds herein appro- suppeme priated to the Works Progress Administration may be used by the fundsinmer Works Progress Administrator to supplement the amounts so author- ized for other than labor costs in any State, Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia where in the opinion of the Administrator an emergency makes such additional expenditures necessary to assure the operation of sound projects. SEC. 24. This title may be cited as the "Emergency Relief short title Appropriation Act of 1938". nt and certain ce of ned in opera- ress. 2; ante, require- led. on use on ex- ir other Mts. entary gency. 815

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