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 60 STAT.] 79TH OONG., 2D SESS. -CHS. 694, 698-JULY 29, 30, 1946 physicial limits of the dam, shall nevertheless be designed and con- structed solely by the agency having custody and jurisdiction of the dam as provided in section 1 hereof. SEC. 5. In making, reviewing, or approving the design of any bridge or approach structure to be constructed under this Act the agency shall, in matters relating to roadway design, loadings, clear- ances and widths, and traffic safeguards, give full consideration to and be guided by the standards and advice of the Public Roads Administration. SEC. 6. The authority conferred by this Act shall be in addition to and not in limitation of authority conferred upon any agency by any other law, and nothing in this Act contained shall affect or be deemed to relate to any bridge, approach structure, or highway constructed or to be constructed by any such agency in furtherance of its lawful purposes and requirements or to satisfy a legal obligation incurred independently of this Act. Approved July 29, 1946. [CHAPTER 698] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to continue administration of and ultimately liquidate Federal rural rehabilitation projects, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwith- standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture, in order to assure the maximum preferential disposition for a period not to exceed three years from the date of this Act to veterans of the present war and present project occupants to whom previous com- mitments to purchase have been made, is hereby authorized and directed to dispose of lands hereinafter described as expeditiously as possible and within such three-year period such of the lands (im- proved and unimproved) comprising or incident to those resettlement projects and rural rehabilitation projects for resettlement purposes, and other like enterprises heretofore initiated for similar purposes and financed, in whole or in part, with funds made available to the Secretary, War Food Administrator, Farm Security Administration, Resettlement Administration, or Federal Emergency Relief Adminis- tration, as he determines are suitable for ultimate disposition in economic farm units. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize retardation of the expeditious liquidation of such lands and all other lands or property comprising such projects insofar as is deemed practicable by the Secretary consistent with the purpose of this Act. SEc. 2. The Secretary, during the period specified in section 1 of this Act, shall sell or cause to be sold, units not to exceed six hundred and forty acres in any one sale, those of such lands as are suitable for disposition in economic farm units at the earning capacity value as determined by him and otherwise on such terms as he may deem advisable, to veterans, as defined in the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (Public Law 457, Seventy-eighth Congress), and present project occupants to whom previous commitments to purchase have been made or who have existing contracts to purchase and who meet the require- ments of eligibility specified in title I of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U. S.C. 1000-1006), as amended. SEC. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, including and making betterments and improvements deemed necessary to 711 Consideration by agency of designated standards. Authority. July 30, 194 [8. 704] [Public Law 563] Liquidation of re- settlement and rural rehabilitation proects. Post, p. 1067. Sale to veterans and present project occu- pants. 58 Stat. 766. 50 U.. C., Supp. V, § 1611-1646. Ante, pp. 16, 160, 599; post, pp. 754, 886 50 Stat. 522. Post, p. 1072. Appropriation au- thorized.

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