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PUBLIC LAW 112-JUNE 30, 1955

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drawings and specifications, by contract or otherwise, acquisition of sites where not otherwise provided for, including soil investigations and tests, and administrative expenses, for carrying out the purposes 40 USC*35"note. »* ^he Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (Public Law 519, Eighty-third Congress), approved July 22, 1954. Abaca fiber program: Not to exceed $117,500 of funds available to the General Services Administration for the abaca fiber program shall be available for administrative expenses incident to the abaca fiber f program, to be computed on an accrual basis, and to be exclusive of the interest paid, depreciation, capitalized expenditures, expenses in connection with the acfjuisition, protection, operation, maintenance, .ei;?*,. improvement, or disposition of real or personal property relating to the abaca fiber program, and expenses of services performed on a contract or fee basis in connection with the performance of legal services. J.,? v.*?

HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Office of the Administrator, including rent in the District of Columbia; purchase of not to exceed twenty-three passenger motor vehicles, of which twelve shall be for replacement only; services as authorized by section 15 60 Stat. 810. of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); not to exceed $263,700 for expenses of travel; expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work of the agency; and the salary of a general counsel, but not in addition to staff otherwise authorized, which shall hereafter be at the salary rate of grade GS-18 so long ^ ^,j^.. as such position is occupied by the present incumbent; $5,000,000: Provided, That necessary expenses of inspections and of providing representatives at the site of projects being planned or undertaken by 4 2^u*s'c*Y4 5 1- ^^^^^ public agencies pursuant to title I of the Housing Act of 1949, 1460. ' as amended, projects financed through loans to educational instituW^tc^TAgtions authorized by title IV of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended, 1749c. and projects and facilities financed by loans to public agencies pursuant to section 108 of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation 67 Stat. 231. Liquidation Act, as amended (40 U. S, C. 459), shall be compensated by such agencies or institutions by the payment of fixed fees which in the aggregate will cover the costs of rendering such services, and expenses for such purpose shall be considered nonadministrative; and for the purpose of providing such inspections, the Administrator may ,»i^.;, V utilize any agency and such agency may accept reimbursement or payment for such services from such institutions or the Administrator, and shall credit such amounts to the appropriations or funds against which such charges have been made, but such nonadministrative expenses shall not exceed $700,000. Reserve of planned public works: For an additional amount for advances to public agencies and for surveys to carry out the purposes 68 sm. 64U of section 702 of the Housing Act of 1954, $3,000,000. Urban planning grants: For an additional amount for grants to State, regional, and metropolitan area planning bodies in accordance f 8 Stat. 640. -vvith the provisions of section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954, 40 USC 461.

$2,000,000.



Capital grants for slum clearance and urban renewal: For an additional amount for payment of capital grants as authorized by title I ^f the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1453, 1456), $50,000,000.

63 Stat. 416.

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