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 55 STAT.] 77rH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 260-JUNE 28, 1941 Administrator, unable or unwilling to maintain or operate such public works adequately with their own personnel and under loans or grants authorized by this title; "(4) public works shall be provided on the basis of need and in determining need no discrimination shall be made on account of race, creed, or color. "(b) No department or agency of the United States shall exercise any supervision or control over any school with respect to which any funds have been or may be expended pursuant to this title, nor shall any term or condition of any agreement under this title relating to, or any lease, grant, loan, or contribution made under this title to or on behalf of, any such school, prescribe or affect its administration, personnel, curriculum, instruction, methods of instruction, or materials for instruction. "(c) No department or agency of the United States shall exercise any supervision or control over any hospital or other place for the care of the sick (which is not owned and operated by the United States) with respect to which any funds have been or may be expended under this title, nor shall any term or condition of any agreement under this title relating to, or any lease, grant, loan, or contribution made under this title to, or on behalf of, any such hos- pital or place, prescribe or affect its administration, personnel, or operation. "SEc. 204. The sum of $150,000,000, to remain available until expended, is hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this title and for administrative expenses in connection therewith, including personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, printing and binding, and purchase, repair, operation, and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles. "TITLE III "GENERAL PROVISIONS" SEC. 4. (a) Section 4 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 301. When the President shall have declared that the emer- gency declared by him on September 8, 1939, has ceased to exist (a) the authority contained in sections 1 and 202 hereof shall terminate except with respect to contracts on projects previously entered into or undertaken and court proceedings then pending, and (b) property acquired or constructed under this Act (including schools and hos- pitals) shall be disposed of as promptly as may be advantageous under the circumstances and in the public interest." (b) Sections 5, 6, 7 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 of such Act are renumbered, respectively, as follows: "302", "303", "304", "305", "306", "307", "308", "309", "310", and "311", and as used in such sections the term "State" includes any Territory or possession of the United States. SEC. 5. The departments, agencies, or instrumentalities administer- ing property acquired or constructed under section 201 of the Second Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941, shall have the same powers and duties with respect to such property and with respect to the management, maintenance, operation, and administra- tion thereof as are granted to the Federal Works Administrator with respect to property acquired or constructed under title I of such Act of October 14, 1940, and with respect to the management, maintenance, operation, and administration of such property so acquired or con- structed under such title. Approved, June 28, 1941. 363 Determination of need, etc. Supervision over schools. Hospitals. Appropriation au- thorized. Post,p. 546 . 54 Stat. 1127. 42 U. S. C.,ch.9 note. Termination of au- thority. Disposition of prop- erty. Renumbering of sec- tions. 54 Stat. 1127,1128. 42U.S.C.,ch.9note. "State." Powers, duties, etc. , with respect to prop- erty. 54 Stat. 872, 883. 54 Stat. 1125 . 42 U.S. C .,ch. 9 note

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