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PUBLIC LAW 89-117-AUGUST10, 1965

[79 STAT.

such loan was made or such financial obligation was incurred and the date construction is begun on the public work or facility for which the land acquired was planned to be utilized. (c) No grant shall be made under this section for any project for the acquisition of land unless the Administrator determines that the public work or facility for which such land is to be utilized is planned to be constructed or initiated within a reasonable period of time (not to exceed five years after a contract to make such grant is entered into) and that construction of such public work or facility will contribute to economy, efficiency, and the comprehensively planned development of the area. (d) As a condition to providing assistance under this section, the Administrator may, under terms and conditions prescribed by him, require an applicant to agree to repay such assistance, if (1) the land purchased with such assistance is not utilized within five years after the agreement is entered into in connection with the construction of the public work or facility for which such land was acquired, or (2) such land is diverted to other uses. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Ts^stat^yu' 12 USC 1749a. 31 USC 529.

SEC. 705. (a) I n the performance of, and with respect to, the functions, powers, and duties vested in him by this title, the Administrator i*hall (in addition to any authority otherwise vested in him) have the functions, powers, and duties set forth in section 402, except subsections (a), (c)(2), and (f)_of the Housing Act of 1950. (b) The Administrator is authorized, notwithstanding the provisions ^-f section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, to make advance or progress payments on account of any grant made pursuant to this title. No part of any grant authorized to be made by the provisions of this title shall be used for the payment of ordinary goA^ernmental operating expenses. DEFINITIONS

SEC. 706. As used in this title— (a) The term "State" means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States. (b) The term "local public bodies and agencies" includes public corporate bodies or political subdivisions; public agencies or instrumentalities of one or more States, municipalities, or political subdivisions of one or more States (including public agencies and instrumentalities of one or more municipalities or other political subdivisions of one or more States); Indian tribes; and boards or commissions established under the laws of any State to finance specific capital improvement projects. (c) The term "development cost'' means the cost of constructing the facility and of acquiring the land on which it is located, including necessary site improvements to permit its use as a site for the facility. LABOR STANDARDS

49 Stat. 1011.

SEC. 707. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on projects assisted under sections 702 and 703 shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of I^abor in accordj^nce with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a—276a-5). No such project shall be approved without first obtaining adequate assurance that these labor standards will be maintained upon the

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