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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS. -CH. 437-JUNE 27, 1940 AMERICAN NEGRO EXPOSITION For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize an appropriation to assist in defraying the expenses of the American Negro Exposition to be held in Chicago, Illinois, dur- ing 1940", approved May 24, 1940, $75,000, to remain available until December 31, 1940. 631 American Negro Ex- position. Ante, p. 220. FEDERAL LOAN AGENCY FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION Renovation and modernization loans and insurance, Federal Hous- ofuds for p ing Administration (allocation from Reconstruction Finance Cor- increase. poration): The amount of the funds of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation made available by the Independent Offices Appropria- Anep. 121 . tion Act, 1941, to the Federal Housing Administration for the pay- ment of losses under insurance granted under sections 2 and 6, title 05.9Stat 1233; I, of the National Housing Act (48 Stat. 1246) is hereby increased 12 U. s. c. by $2,000,000. 7u06a. ay7ment losses, 53 Stat. § 1703; i 1703, FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION, HOME OWNERS' LOAN CORPORATION, AND UNITED STATES HOUSING AUTHORITY Transfer to National Bureau of Standards: Not to exceed $50,000 of the amount made available for administrative expenses, Federal Housing Administration, $50,000 of the amount made available for administrative expenses, Home Owners' Loan Corporation, and $50,000 of the amount made available for administrative expenses, United States Housing Authority, in the Independent Offices Appro- priation Act, 1941, may be transferred, upon request of the respec- tive head of such agency, to the National Bureau of Standards to carry out specific projects of the transferring agency for studies of the properties and suitability of building materials, with particular reference to their use in low-cost and low-rent housing, including the construction of such experimental structures as may be necessary therefor, and for printing, binding, and disseminating the results of such studies. FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD Selecting, testing, and placement of defense workers, Social Security Board: For all necessary expenses of the Social Security Board incurred under the supervision and direction of the Federal Security Administrator in providing special Federal assistance to and supervision of State employment services for the selection and testing for, and placement of workers in, occupations essential to the national defense, including personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, equipment and travel expenses, fiscal year 1941, $2,000,000, of which not exceeding $15,000 may be trans- ferred by the Administrator to his office for use in carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: Provided, That in case any State employment service is found unable to render adequate service in connection with the fulfillment of this program, this appropriation shall be available subject to the approval of such Administrator, for the maintenance of special employment facilities and services. Transfer of funds to National Bureau of Standards. Ante, pp. 120, 122, 130. Selecting, testing, and placement of de- fense workers. Prodso. Maintenance of spe- cial employment fa- cilities, etc.

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