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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 338 -JULY 15,1949 50 Stat. 891, 893. 42 U. S. C. §§1110 {a),1411 (a). Ante, p. 428 . Agreement provid- ing for elimination of unsafe, etc., dwelling units. Deferral. Nonapplicablity. Acquisition of pro]- ect by Authority. 50 Stat. 894. 42 U.S. C. 1413 (a). Ante, p. 424. 50 Stat. 897. 42 U.S.C. 1416(2). Payment of prevail- ing wages. 40 U. S. C. §1276a- 276a-5; Supp. II, J276a-5 note. include all amendments to said Act made by the Housing Act of 1949 or by any other law thereafter enacted."; (d) By deleting the proviso in subsection 10 (a) and the proviso in subsection 11 (a), and in each case changing the colon preceding the word "Provided" to a period; and by adding at the end of said subsection 10 (a) the following new sentence: "The Authority shall not make any contract for loans (other than preliminary loans) or for annual contributions or for capital grants pursuant to this Act with respect to any low-rent housing project initiated after March 1,1949, unless the governing body of the locality involved has entered into an agreement with the public housing agency providing that, subsequent to the initiation of the low-rent housing project and within five years after the completion thereof, there has been or will be elimi- nation, by demolition, condemnation, effective closing, or compulsory repair or improvement, of unsafe or insanitary dwelling units situ- ated in the locality or metropolitan area substantially equal in num- ber to the number of newly constructed dwelling units provided by such project: Provided, however, That where more than one family is living in an unsafe or insanitary dwelling unit the elimination of such unit shall count as the elimination of units equal to the number of families accommodated therein: Providedfurther,That such elimi- nation may, in the discretion of the Authority be deferred in any locality or metropolitan area where there is an acute shortage of decent, safe, or sanitary housing available to families of low income: And provided further, That this requirement shall not apply in the case of any low-rent housing project located in a rural nonfarm area, or to any low-rent housing project developed on the site of a slum cleared subsequent to the date of enactment of the Housing Act of 1949 and that the dwelling units which had been eliminated by the clearance of the site of such project shall not be counted as elimination for any other low-rent project." (e) By amending the second sentence of subsection 13 (a) to read as follows: "The Authority may bid for and purchase at any fore- closure by any party or at any other sale, or (pursuant to section 22 or otherwise) acquire or take possession of any project which it pre- viously owned or in connection with which it has made a loan, annual contribution, or capital grant; and in such event the Authority may complete, administer, pay the principal of and interest on any obliga- tions issued in connection with such project, dispose of, and otherwise deal with, such projects or parts thereof, subject, however, to the limitations elsewhere in this Act governing their administration and disposition."; (f) By amending subsection 16 (2) to read as follows: "(2) Any contract for loans, annual contributions, capital grants, sale, or lease pursuant to this Act shall contain a provision requiring that not less than the salaries or wages prevailing in the locality, as determined or adopted (subsequent to a determination under appli- cable State or local law) by the Authority, shall be paid to all archi- tects, technical engineers, draftsmen, and technicians, employed in the development and to all maintenance laborers and mechanics employed in the administration of the low-rent housing or slum-clear- ance project involved; and shall also contain a provision that not less than the wages prevailing in the locality, as predetermined by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to the Davis-Bacon Act (49 Stat. 1011), shall be paid to all laborers and mechanics employed in the develop- ment of the project involved; and the Authority shall require certifica- tion as to compliance with the provisions of this paragraph prior to making any payment under such contract."; 430 [63 STAT.

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