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SEC. 3. [40 U.S.C. 276a-2] (a) The Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to pay directly to laborers and mechanics from any accrued payments withheld under the terms of the contract any wages found to be due laborers and mechanics pursuant to this Act; and the Comptroller General of the United States is further authorized and is directed to distribute a list to all departments of the Government giving the names of persons or firms whom he has found to have disregarded their obligations to employees and subcontractors. No contract shall be awarded to the persons or firms appearing on this list or to any firm, corporation, partnership, or association in which such persons or firms have an interest until three years have elapsed from the date of publication of the list containing the names of such persons or firms.

(b) If the accrued payments withheld under the terms of the contract, as aforesaid, are insufficient to reimburse all the laborers and mechanics with respect to whom there has been a failure to pay the wages required pursuant to this Act, such laborers and mechanics shall have the right of action and/or of intervention against the contractor and his sureties conferred by law upon persons furnishing labor or materials, and in such proceedings it shall be no defense that such laborers and mechanics accepted or agreed to accept less than the required rate of wages or voluntarily made refunds.

SEC. 4. [40 U.S.C. 276a-3] This Act shall not be construed to supersede or impair any authority otherwise granted by Federal law to provide for the establishment of specific wage rates.

SEC. 5. [40 U.S.C. 276a-4] This Act shall take effect thirty days after its passage, but shall not affect any contract then existing or any contract that may thereafter be entered into pursuant to invitations for bids that are outstanding at the time of the passage of this Act.

SEC. 6. [40 U.S.C. 276a-5] In the event of a national emergency the President is authorized to suspend the provisions of this Act.

EXCERPT FROM ACT OF MARCH 23, 1941

[Ch. 26; 55 Stat. 53; 40 U.S.C. 276a-7]

That the fact that any contract authorized by this or any other Act is entered into without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, or upon a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee basis or otherwise without advertising for proposals, shall not be construed to render inapplicable the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1931, as amended by the Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1011; U.S.C., title 40, sec. 276 (a)), if such Act would otherwise be applicable to such contract.

EXCERPT FROM ACT OF AUGUST 21, 1941

[Ch. 395; 55 Stat. 658; 40 U.S.C. 276a-7]

That the fact that any contract authorized by this or any other Act is entered into without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, or upon a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee basis or otherwise without advertising for proposals, shall not be con

structed to render inapplicable the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1931, as amended by the Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1011; U.S.C., Supp. V, title 40, sec. 276 (a)), if such Act would otherwise be applicable to such contract.

EXCERPT FROM ACT OF JUNE 13, 1934

[Ch. 482; 48 Stat. 948; 40 U.S.C. 276c]

SEC. 2. [40 U.S.C. 276c] The Secretary of Labor shall make reasonable regulations for contractors and subcontractors engaged in the construction, prosecution, completion or repair of public buildings, public works or buildings or works financed in whole or in part by loans or grants from the United States, including a provision that each contractor and subcontractor shall furnish weekly a statement with respect to the wages paid each employee during the preceding week. Section 1001 of title 18 of the United States Code (Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure) shall apply to such statements.

TRANSFER OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY

EXCERPT FROM HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL RECOVERY ACT OF 1983

[Public Law 98-181; 97 Stat. 1153, 1175; 40 U.S.C. 484b note]

REPEALERS

SEC. 126. [40 U.S.C. 484b note] (a)(1) Section 414 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 19691 hereby is repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture may dispose of Federal surplus real property pursuant to the terms of section 414 of such Act if, prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, either Secretary had requested the Administrator of General Services to transfer such property for such disposition.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), section 414(b) of such Act shall continue to apply, where applicable, to all property transferred by either Secretary pursuant to section 414 of such Act, including properties transferred pursuant to paragraph (2).

1 See 40 U.S.C. 484b.

LIMITATION ON WITHHOLDING OR CONDITIONING OF ASSISTANCE

EXCERPT FROM HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF

1974

[Public Law 93-383; 88 Stat. 633; 42 U.S.C. 5301 note]

LIMITATION ON WITHHOLDING OR CONDITIONING OF ASSISTANCE

SEC. 817. [42 U.S.C. 5301 note] Assistance provided for in this Act, the National Housing Act, the United States Housing Act of 1937, the Housing Act of 1949, the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, the Housing and Urban Development Acts of 1965, 1968, 1969, and 1970, and section 17 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 shall not be withheld or made subject to conditions or preference by reason of the tax-exempt status of bonds or other obligations issued or to be issued to provide financing for use in connection with such assistance, except where otherwise expressly provided or authorized by law.

FAIR HOUSING INITIATIVES PROGRAM

EXCERPT FROM HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF

1987

[Public Law 100-242; 101 Stat. 1942; 42 U.S.C. 3616a]

SEC. 561. [42 U.S.C. 3616a] FAIR HOUSING INITIATIVES PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in this section referred to as the "Secretary") may make grants to, or (to the extent of amounts provided in appropriation Acts) enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, State or local governments or their agencies, public or private nonprofit organizations or institutions, or other public or private entities that are formulating or carry out programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices, to develop, implement, carry out, or coordinate

(1) programs or activities designed to obtain enforcement of the rights granted by title VIII of the Act of April 11, 1968 (commonly referred to as the Civil Rights Act of 1968), or by State or local laws that provide rights and remedies for alleged discriminatory housing practices that are substantially equivalent to the rights and remedies provided in such title VIII, through such appropriate judicial or administrative proceedings (including informal methods of conference, conciliation, and persuasion) as are available therefore; and

(2) education and outreach programs designed to inform the public concerning rights and obligations under the laws referred to in paragraph (1).

(b) PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVES.

(1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary shall use funds made available under this subsection to conduct, through contracts with private nonprofit fair housing enforcement organizations, investigations of violations of the rights granted under title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, and such enforcement activities as appropriate to remedy such violations. The Secretary may enter into multiyear contracts and take such other action as is appropriate to enhance the effectiveness of such investigations and enforcement activities.

(2) ACTIVITIES.-The Secretary shall use funds made available under this subsection to conduct, through contracts with private nonprofit fair housing enforcement organizations, a range of investigative and enforcement activities designed to(A) carry out testing and other investigative activities in accordance with subsection (b)(1), including building the capacity for housing investigative activities in unserved or underserved areas;

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(B) discover and remedy discrimination in the public and private real estate markets and real estate-related

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