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PUBLIC LAW 89-117-AUGUST10, 1965 uGRANTS

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FOR PROVISION OF O P E N - S P A C E L A N D I N B U I L T - U P U R B A N AREAS

"SEC. 705. The Administrator is further authorized to enter into contracts to make grants to States and local public bodies to help finance the acquisition of title to, or other permanent interests in, developed land in built-up portions of urban areas to be cleared and used as permanent open-space land. The Administrator shall make such grants only where the local governing body determines that adequate open-space land cannot effectively be provided through the use of existing undeveloped or predominantly undeveloped land. Grants under this section shall not exceed 50 per centum of the cost of acquiring such interests and of necessary demolition and removal of improvements. "GRANTS FOR URBAN BEAUTIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENT

"SEC. 706. The Administrator is authorized to enter into contracts to make grants, as herein provided, to States and local public bodies to assist in carrying out local programs for the greater use and enjoyment of open-space and other public land in urban areas. The Administrator shall establish criteria for such programs to assure that each program (1) represents significant and effective efforts, involving all available public and private resources, for the beautification of such land and its improvement for open-space uses; and (2) is important to the comprehensively planned development of the locality. Grants made under this section shall not exceed 50 per centum of the amount by which the cost of the activities carried on by an applicant during a fiscal year under an approved program exceeds its usual expenditures for comparable activities: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Administrator may use not to exceed $5,000,000 of the sum authorized for contracts under this section for the purpose of entering into contracts to make grants in amounts not to exceed 90 per centum of the cost of activities which he determines have special value in developing and demonstrating new and improved methods and materials for use in carrying out the purposes of this section." LABOR STANDARDS

SEC. 907. Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961 is further amended by inserting after section 706 (as added b}' section 906 of this Act) the following new section: ((LABOR

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STANDARDS

"SEC. 707. (a) The Administrator shall take such action as may be necessary to insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of construction work financed with the assistance of grants under this title shall be paid Avages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance ^^^^^ ^^^ Davis-Bacon Act, as amended. The Administrator shall not approve any such grant without first obtaining adequate assurance that these labor standards will be maintained upon the construction work. " (b) The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in subsection (a), the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. 133z-15), and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934^ as amended (48 Stat. 948; 40 U.S.C. 276c)."

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