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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 266-JULY 1, 1941 Proisos. Allocation to De- partment of Agricul- ture. Administrative ex- penses. Employment of non- relief persons re- stricted. Planning and re- view of W PA projects. Allocation of funds before undertaking project. Non-Federal proj- ects, requirement. Rules and regula- tions. Construction of buildings. Restriction on use of funds. Proniso. Projects of military or naval importance. Contributions from sponsors of non-Fed- eral projects. Federal agencies for the operation, under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner may prescribe, of projects of the type specified in subsection (b) of section 1 which are within the scope of the functions usually carried out by such agencies, including administra- tive expenses of such agencies incident to such operation: Provided, That $3,500,000 of such amount shall be allocated to the Department of Agriculture for the continuation during the calendar year 1941 of existing projects now under the jurisdiction of such Department: Providedfurther, That not to exceed 4 per centum of the total amount so allocated to any such agency shall be used for such administrative expenses: Provided further, That no project shall be prosecuted under any allocation under this subsection upon which the percentage of nonrelief persons employed exceeds 10 per centum of the total number of persons employed: Provided further, That not to exceed $576,000 of the appropriation contained in section 1 (a) hereof may be allo- cated, with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, for administrative expenses of Federal agencies incident to the plan- ning and review of Work Projects Administration projects. (b) No Federal construction project, except flood control and water conservation projects authorized under other law, shall be undertaken or prosecuted under the appropriations in this joint resolution unless and until there shall have been allocated and irrevocably set aside Federal funds sufficient for its completion. (c) No non-Federal project shall be undertaken or prosecuted under appropriations under this joint resolution unless and until the sponsor has made a written agreement to finance such part of the entire cost thereof as the Work Projects Administration determines under the circumstances is an adequate contribution taking into con- sideration the financial ability of the sponsor. The Commissioner shall prescribe rules and regulations relating to the valuation of con- tributions in kind by sponsors of projects through furnishing the use of their own facilities and equipment and the services of their own employees, which shall represent an actual cash value, and such rules and regulations shall also allow credit only to the extent that the furnishing of such contributions represents a financial burden which is undertaken by the sponsors on account of Work Projects Adminis- tration projects, or other sponsored projects. SEC. 7. None of the funds made available by this joint resolution shall be expended on the construction of any building (1) the total estimated cost of which, in the case of a Federal building, exceeds $100,000 from Federal funds, or (2) the portion of the total estimated cost of which payable from Federal funds, in the case of a non- Federal building, exceeds $100,000, unless the building is one (a) for which the project has been approved by the President on or prior to May 15, 1940, or for which an issue of bonds has been approved at an election held on or prior to such date, or for which a State legislature has made an appropriation on or prior to such date, or (b) for the completion of which funds have been allocated and irrevocably set aside under prior relief appropriation Acts: Pro- vided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to any projects which have been certified by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, respectively, as being important for military or naval purposes. SEC. 8. (a) The Work Projects Administration is authorized to receive from sponsors of non-Federal projects contributions in serv- ices, materials, or money, such money to be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States. Such contributions shall be expended or utilized as agreed upon between the sponsor and the Work Projects Administration. 400 [56 STAT.

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