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PUBLIC LAW 61-JUNE 3, 1955

Public Law 60

CHAPTER 129

AN ACT To amend the Act of April 29, 1941, to authorize the waiving of the requirement of performance and payment bonds in connection with certain Coast Guard contracts.

Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Repreffsntatives of the United States of America in Congress assemhied, That the Act of April 29, 1&41, 55 Stat. 147 (40 U.S.C. 270e), is hereby amended to read as follows: "The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air I orce, or the Secretary of the Treasury may waive the Act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 793), with respect to cost-plus-a-fixed fee and other cost-type contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work of the United States and with respect to contracts for the manufacturing, producing, furnishing, construction, alteration, repair, processing, or assembling of vessels, aircraft, munitions, materiel, or supplies of any kind or nature for the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Coast Guard, respectively, regardless of the terms of such contracts as to payment or title." Approved June 3, 1955.

June 3, 1955 [H. R. 3885]

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CHAPTER 130

Public Law 61 AN ACT

To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 so as to improve the administration of the program for the utilization of surplus property for educational and public health purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) paragraph (1) of subsection (j) of section 203 of the Federal Property and A(lministrative Services Act of 1949 is amended (1) by inserting after "other supplies" the following: "(whether or not capitalized in a working-capital or similar fund)", and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following: "In determining whether or not property is to be donated under this subsection, no distinction shall be made between property capitalized in a working-capital fund established pursuant to section 405 of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, or any similar fund, and any other property." (b) Paragraph (2) of section 203(j) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new sentence: "No property shall be transferred (except surplus property donated in conformity with paragraph (3) of this subsection), until the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare has received from an appropriate State agency or official a certification that such property is usable and needed for educational or public health purposes in the State, and no property shall be transferred pursuant to this paragraph until the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare has determined that such agency or official has conformed to minimum standards of operation prescribed by the Secretary for the disposal of surplus property." SEC. 2. (a) Subsection (j) of section 203 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(4) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may impose reasonable terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions- upon the use of any single item of property donated under paragraph (2) of this subsection which has an acquisition cost of $2,500 or more."

June 3, 1955 [H. R. 3322]

Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949( amendment. 64 Stat. 579. 40 USC 484.

63 Stat. 587. 5 USC 172d. Restriction on property transferal.

Restrictions, e t c., on u s e of property.

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