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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2 D SESS.-CHS. 12, 14-JAN. 20, 21 , 1942 subject to the laws and regulations, except as may be necessary to adapt the same hereto, applicable to the Marine Corps Reserve: Provided,That the provision of section 12 (a) of the Selective Train- ing and Service Act of 1940, that the monthly base pay of enlisted men with less than four months' service during their first enlistment shall be $21, shall not apply to members of the Limited Service Marine Corps Reserve who are veterans of the World War: Provided further, That all enlisted men of the Limited Service Marine Corps Reserve shall be entitled to allowances for quarters and subsistence and to transportation of dependents and of household effects in the same manner and under like conditions as are now or may hereafter be authorized for enlisted men of the first three pay grades of the Marine Corps Reserve. Approved, January 20, 1942. [CHAPTER 14] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provision of housing in con- nection with national defense, and for other purposes", approved October 14, 1940, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) so much of section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes", approved October 14, 1940, as amended, as precedes subsection (a), is amended to read as follows: "SECION 1. In order to provide housing for persons engaged in national-defense activities, and their families, and living quarters for single persons so engaged, in those areas or localities in which the President shall find that an acute shortage of housing exists or impends which would impede national-defense activities and that such housing would not be provided by private capital when needed, the Federal Works Administrator (hereinafter referred to as the 'Administrator') is authorized:". (b) Section 1 (b) of such Act, as amended, is amended by striking out the next to last proviso and inserting in lieu thereof the follow- ing: "Provided, That the cost per permanent family-dwelling unit shall not exceed an average of $3,750 for all types of construction for those units located within the continental United States nor an aver- age of $4,250 for those located elsewhere (exclusive of Alaska), and the cost of no family-dwelling unit shall exceed $4,500 within the continental United States or $4,750 elsewhere, except in the Territory of Alaska, where the cost shall not exceed $7,500, exclusive of expenses of administration, land acquisition, public utilities, and community facilities, and the aggregate cost of community facilities shall not exceed 3 per centum of the total cost of all projects: Providedfurther, That where the Administrator shall consider that there is no reason- able prospect of disposing of such housing to meet a need extending beyond the emergency he shall construct temporary units:". SEC. 2. Section 2 of such Act, as amended, is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end of clause (a) the following: "; (4) officers of the Army and Marine Corps not above the grade of captain, and officers of the Navy and Coast Guard, not above the grade of lieutenant, senior grade, assigned to duty at naval or military reser- vations, posts, or bases, or to duty at defense industries: Provided, That any proceedings for the recovery of possession of any property or project developed or constructed under this title shall be brought Proviss. Monthly base pay, World War veterans. 54 Stat. 895. 37U.S .C .§13a (a). Post, pp . 190, 369. Allowances, etc. January 21, 1942 [H. R. 61281 [Public Law 409] Defense housing, amendments. 54 Stat. 1125. 42U.S.C., Supp.I § 1521. Authority of Fed- eral Works Adminis- trator. 54 Stat. 1126; 66 Stat. 147. 42 U.S. 0., Supp. I i 1521 (b). Provios. Cost limitations. permanent units. Community facili- ties. Temporary units. Officers of Army, Navy, etc. 54 Stat. 112i. 42U.S .C .,Supp.I, § 1522. Proviso. Proceeding to re- cover property.

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