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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CH. 440-JUNE 28, 1940 land that is needed for a project to be developed by the Authority and leased to the Navy or War Department and to execute such leases, agreements and other instruments with the Authority as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. SEC. 203. In any localities where the President determines that there is an acute shortage of housing which impedes the national defense program and that the necessary housing would not otherwise be provided when needed for persons engaged in national defense activities, the Authority may undertake the development and admin- istration of projects to assure the availability of dwellings in such localities for such persons and their families, or the Authority may extend financial assistance to public housing agencies for the develop- ment and administration of such projects. Such financial assistance to public housing agencies shall be extended (except as otherwise pro- vided herein and not inconsistent herewith) under the provisions of, and in the same manner and forms as provided in, title I of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, with respect to other housing projects. SEC. 204. Any contract made for financial assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, may be revised so as to provide that the project involved will be assisted for any of the purposes of this title. The Navy or War Department or the Authority, in the administration of any project developed for the purposes of this title, shall fix rentals for persons engaged in national defense activities and their families which will be within their financial reach, and the Authority, in any contract for financial assistance or any lease of such a project, shall require the fixing of such rentals. Projects developed by the Navy or War Department, or developed or assisted by the Authority, for the purposes of this title shall not be subject to the elimination requirements of sections 10 (a) and 11 (a) of said Act, or to any provisions of section 9 of said Act which would require any part of the development cost thereof to be met in any manner other than from funds loaned or fur- nished by the Authority. Funds expended for the purposes of this title shall be excluded in determining, for the purposes of section 21 (d) of said Act, the amounts expended within each State. Except as otherwise provided herein or as may be inconsistent herewith, all the provisions of title I of said Act shall apply to this title. During the period when the President determines that in any locality there is an acute need for housing to assure the availability of dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities, dwellings in a project developed or assisted in said locality which are devoted to the purposes of providing housing for persons engaged in national defense activities shall not be subject to sections 2 (1) and 2 (2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and during such period such projects shall be deemed projects of a low-rent character for the purposes of any of the applicable provisions in title I of said Act. SEC. 205. The Authority may use for the purposes of this title any of the funds or authorizations heretofore or hereafter made avail- able to it. The provisions of title I of this Act shall not apply to this title. Approved, June 28, 1940. 683 Development, etc., of projects to relieve acute housing short- age. Extension of finan- cial assistance. 50 Stat. 888. 42 U. S. C., Supp. V, §§ 1401-1430. Revision of financial assistance contracts. 50 Stat. 888. 42 U.S. C ., Supp.V, §§ 1401-1430. Fixing of rentals. 50 Stat. 891, 893. Exclusion of funds. 50 Stat. 898. Provisions appli- cable. Provisions inappli. cable. t5 Stat. 888 . Funds available. Provisions inappli- cable.

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