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STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW

1020-AUG.

7, 1956

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TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS COLLEGE H O U S I N G

SEC. 601. Section 401(d) of the Housing Act of 1950 is amended by striking out "$500,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$750,000,000".

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RESEARCH

SEC. 602, (a) The Housing and Home Finance Administrator is authorized and directed to undertake such programs of investigation, analysis, and research as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in the exercise of his responsibilities, including the formulation and carrying out of national housing policies and programs. Without limiting such authority, such programs shall develop and supply data and information on— (1) the housing inventory of the Nation and the production, use, and demolition and conversion of residential structures, and such other factors as affect the total supply of housing; (2) mortgage market problems; (3) the extent to which adequate housing is available to the low-income and middle-income families of the Nation through public and private means; (4^ housing for elderly persons; (5) residential design, assembly methods, and materials use in relation to cost, utility, and comfort; and (6) characteristics of current and prospective housing markgt demand. (b)(1) I n order to permit the Administrator to carry out the functions vested in him by subsection (a) of this section, he is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with agencies of State and local governments and educational institutions and other nonprofit organizations and into working agreements with departments and independent establishments and agencies of the Federal Government in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection: Provided, That the total amount of such contracts and working agreements shall not exceed $500,000 during the fiscal year 1957, which amount shall be increased by further amounts of $1,000,000 on July 1, 1957, and July 1, 1958, respectively. (2) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, including administrative expenses which are hereby authorized, and amounts necessary to make payments pursuant to contracts or working agreements authorized under subsection (b)(1) of this section. (3) The provisions of the third and fourth sentences of subsection (a) of section 301 of the Housing Act of 1948 and of subsection (c) of section 502 of such Act shall apply to contracts and appropriations pursuant to this section. (c) The Administrator may disseminate (without regard to the provisions of section 306 of the Penalty Mail Act of 1948 (39 U.S.C. 321n)) any data or information acquired or held under this section, including related data and information otherwise available to the Administrator through the operation of the programs and activities of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, in such form as he shall determine to be most useful to departments, establishments, and agencies of the Federal Government or State or local governments, to industry and to the general public.

63 Stat. 431. \\ ^ta?. UM'!' 12 USC i70ic. ^2 Stat. 1049.

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