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PUBLIC LAW 86-372-SEPT. 23, 1959

[73 S T A T.

12 USC i748g.

(b) Section 808 of such Act is amended by striking out "The"" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Except in the case of mortgages on multifamily rental housing projects insured under section Ante, p. 683. 810, the". 12 USC 1715c. (c) Section 212(a) of such Act is amended by striking out "or under title VIII " and inserting in lieu thereof "or under section 803 or 810 of title VIII ".

TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS SURVEYS OF P U B L I C WORKS

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PLANNING

^? ^ ' ^^^- Section 702 of the Housing Act of 1954 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (f) The Administrator is authorized to use during any fiscal year not to exceed $50,000 of the moneys in the revolving fund (established under subsection (e)) to conduct surveys of the status and current volume of State and local public works planning and surveys of estimated requirements for State and local public works: Provided, That the Administrator, in conducting any such survey, may utilize or act through any Federal department or agency with its consent." DISPOSAL o r P A S S Y U N K A N D N E W P O R T WAR H O U S I N G PROJECTS

70 Stat. 1106.

so Stat. 888. 42 USC 1430, «2 us^c fsse

SEC. 802. (a) The use of projects PA.-36011 and PA-36012 (which were conveyed to the Housing Authority of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, under section 406(c) of the Housing Act of 1956) for the housing of military personnel and civilians employed in defense activities without regard to their income and the giving of a preference in respect of 700 dwelling units in such projects for such military personnel as the Secretary of Defense or his designee prescribes, for a period of five years after the date of the conveyance of such projects, IS hereby authorized; and such use and the giving of such prefer-* ences shall not deprive such projects of their status as "low-rent housing" as that term is used and defined in the United States Housing Act of 193T and within the meaning of that term as used in section 606(b) of the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes", approved October 14, 1940, as amended. The Housing and Home Finance Administrator is authorized and directed to agree to any amendments to the instruments of convey^ance which may be required to give effect to the purposes of this section. (b) Section 406(c) of the Housing Act of 1956 is amended by striking out "three years" in the first proviso and inserting in lieu thereof "five years". F A R M H O U S I N G RESEARCH

71 Stat. 304. ndte.

S E C 803. Section 603(c) of the Housing Act of 1957 is amended to read as follows: "(c) The authority of the Housing and Home Finance Administrator to make grants under subsection (b) shall expire June 30, 1961. The total amount of such grants shall not exceed $300,000 during each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1958, and June 30, 1959, and shall not exceed $100,000 during the period beginning July 1, 1959, and ending June 30, 1961."

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