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 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 267, 268- -MAY 21, 22, 1946 hearing after reasonable notice thereof. All such hearings, investi- gations, and determinations shall be made under authority of rea- sonable rules and procedures prescribed by the Apprenticeship Council, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Labor. (b) The determination of the Director shall be filed with the coun- cil. If no appeal therefrom is filed with the council within ten days after the date thereof, as herein provided, such determination shall become the order of the council. Any person aggrieved by any deter- mination or action of the Director may appeal therefrom to the coun- cil, which shall hold a hearing thereon after due notice to the inter- ested parties. Any person aggrieved or affected by any determination or order of the council may appeal therefrom to the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia at any time within thirty days after the date of such order, by service of a written notice of appeal on the Director. Upon service of said notice of appeal, said council, by its secretary, shall forthwith file, with the clerk of said district court to which said appeal is taken, a certified copy of the order appealed from, together with findings of fact on which the same is based. The person serving such notice of appeal shall, within five days after the service thereof, file a copy of the same, with proof of service, with the clerk of the court to which such appeal is taken; and thereupon said district court shall have juris- diction over said appeal, and the same shall be entered upon the records of said district court and shall be tried therein de novo according to the rules relating to the trial of civil actions, so far as the same are applicable. Any person aggrieved or affected by any determination, order, or decision of the district court may appeal therefrom to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in the same manner as provided by law for the appeal of civil action. SEC. 11. The provisions of this Act shall apply to any person, firm, corporation, or craft in the District of Columbia which has volun- tarily elected to conform with its provisions. SEC. 12. As used or referred to in this Act the term "the Secretary of Labor" shall mean the administrator of that Department or agency of the United States Government authorized to administer the pro- visions of Public Law Numbered 308. SEC. 13. Sections 13, 14, 15 17, 18, 20, and 21, chapter 2 of title 15 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia are hereby repealed. SEC. 14. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to other persons and cir- cumstances, shall not be affected thereby. Approved May 21, 1946. [CHAPTER 268] AN ACT To expedite the availability of housing for veterans of World War II by expedit- ing the production and allocation of materials for housing purposes and by curbing excessive pricing of new housing, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the 'Veterans' Emergency Housing Act of 1946". SEC. 1. (a) The long-term housing shortage and the war have combined to create an unprecedented emergency shortage of housing, particularly for veterans of World War II and their families. This requires during the next two years a house-construction program larger than ever before. The first step toward such a program is to overcome the serious shortages and bottlenecks with respect to building materials, to expedite the production of such materials, to allocate 207 Appeal. Applicability of Act. "The Secretary of Labor." 50 Stat. fi4. 29U.S. C . §§ 50-50b . 31 Stat. 1218; 58 Stat. 195. I). C. Code § 36- 103 et seq.; Supp. V, 13(1-101 el *iq. Seplarbility of pro- visions. May 22, 1946 [H. R. 4761] [Public Law 388] Veterans' Emergen- cy Housing Act of 1946. Objectives.

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