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PUBLIC LAW 86-372-8EPT. 23, 1969

(1) not more than such number of dwelling units as does not exceed the number of units which were covered by annual contribution contracts on the date of enactment of the Housing Act of 1959 and are not built, the contracts therefor being canceled; and (2) additional dwelling units which, together with the dwelling units covered by new contracts entered into under clause (1), do not exceed thirty-seven thousand units: Provided, That the Authority may enter into only such new contracts for preliminary loans as are consistent with the number of dwelling units for which contracts for annual contributions may be entered into hereunder". (b) The last proviso under the heading "Public Housing Administration, Annual Contributions" in title I of the First Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1954 (67 Stat. 307), is repealed.

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Partial repeal,

E X T E N S I O N o r WAIVER I N CASE OF VETERANS A N D SERVICEMEN

SEC. 506. The proviso in section 15(8)(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by striking out "March 1, 1959" and inserting in lieu thereof "October 1, 1961".

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PAYMENT FOR SERVICES

SEC. 507. Section 15 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(10) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any contract or other arrangement made pursuant thereto, any public housing agency which utilizes public services and facilities of a municipality or other local governmental agency making charges therefor separate from real and personal property taxes shall be authorized by the Authority (without any amendment to the contract for annual contributions or deductions from payments in lieu of taxes otherwise payable) to pay to such municipality or other local governmental agency the amount that would be charged private persons or dwellings similarly situated for such facilities and services."

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TITLE VI—COLLEGE HOUSING SEC. 601. Section 401(d) of the Housing Act of 1950 is amended to read as follows: " (d) To obtain funds for loans under subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator may issue and have outstanding at any one time notes and obligations for purchase by the Secretary of the Treasury in an amount not to exceed $1,175,000,000: Provided, That the amount outstanding for other educational facilities, as defined herein, shall not exceed $125,000,000: Provided further, That the amount outstanding for hospitals, referred to in clause (2) of section 404(b) of this title, shall not exceed $50,000,000." SEC. 602. Section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 is amended by adding the following new subsections at the end thereof: "(e) The provisions of section 309 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1950 (63 Stat. 662), which are applicable to corporations or agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, shall also be applicable to the activities of the Administrator under this title. " (f) The Administrator shall take such action as may be necessary to insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on any project assisted under this title, the construction or rehabilitation of which was commenced after the date of enactment of the Housing Act of 1959, (1) shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on the same type of work on similar construction

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