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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 681, 685-OCT. 12, 13, 1949 (20) The Act of March 26, 1947 (61 Stat. 23; 10 U. S . C. 760). (d) The Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act of 1942, as amended, is hereby repealed. AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 532. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro- priated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. EFFECTIVE DATE SEC. 533. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, this Act shall become effective on October 1, 1949, and no pay, allowances, or benefits provided herein shall accrue to any person for any period prior thereto. (b) Section 515 of this Act shall become effective on the date of enactment of this Act. (c) Subsection (c) of section 531 of this Act shall become effective on January 1, 1950. Approved October 12, 1949. [CHAPTER 6851 AN ACT To provide for the advance planning of non-Federal public works. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order (a) to encourage States and other non-Federal public agencies to main- tain a continuing and adequate reserve of fully planned public works (exclusive of housing) readily available for use so as to permit the immediate commencement of construction of such public works when the economic situation may make such action desirable, (b) to enable the United States, through reference to such reserve of fully planned public works as reflected by records maintained and reports issued by the Administrator of General Services to adapt, insofar as prac- tical and desirable, the planning and construction of needed Federal public works to the particular public works objectives of individual States and other non-Federal public agencies, and (c) thereby to attain maximum economy and efficiency in the planning and con- struction of local, State, and Federal public works, the Administrator of General Services is hereby authorized, during the period of two years immediately following the date upon which this Act becomes effective, to make loans or advances, from funds appropriated for that purpose, to the States, their agencies, and political subdivisions (hereinafter referred to as "public agencies") to aid in financing the cost of architectural, engineering, and economic investigations and studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, pro- cedures, and other action preliminary to the construction of public works (exclusive of housing): Provided, That the making of loans or advances hereunder shall not in any way commit the Congress to appropriate funds to undertake the construction of any public works so planned. SEC 2. Funds appropriated for the making of loans or advances hereunder shall be allocated by the Administrator of General Services among the several States in the following proportion: Seventy-five per centum in the proportion which the population of each State bears to the total population of all the States, as shown by the latest 841 10 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 760. 56 Stat. 381 . 37U.S.C., if 201- 221; 50 U. S. C. app. II 305, 315. Ante, p. 831. Ante, p. 840. October 13 1949 IS. 21161 [Public Law 362] Non-Federal public works. Advance planning. Loans, advances. etc. Allocation of funds.

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