CROSS REFERENCES Availability of appropriations to military departments for payment of cost of administration, supervision and inspection of family housing, see section 174h of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. § 1594c. Services of architects and engineers; use of appropriations; acquisition of sites. Whenever the Secretary of Defense or his designee determines that it is desirable in order to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter, the Secretary is authorized, without regard to the civil service and classification laws, to procure, by negotiation or otherwise, the services of architects and engineers, or organizations thereof, under such arrangements as he deems desirable, but at an expense not in excess of that permissible under the schedule of fees allowed from time to time by the Public Housing Administration in connection with projects assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended. Such services may include the development of plans, drawings, and specifications for family housing under this subchapter and other services in connection therewith: Provided, That such plans, drawings, and specifications may include the use on any project to be constructed under this subchapter of alternate materials or alternate types of construction, including prefabrication, that provide substantially equal value and conform to standards established by the Federal Housing Commissioner: Provided further, That such plans, drawings, and specifications, when developed pursuant to arrangements made under this section after August 7, 1956, shall follow the principle of modular measure, in order that the housing may be built by conventional construction, on-site fabrication, factory precutting, factory fabrication, or any combination of these construction methods: Provided further, That the Secretary may designate certain sites or parts thereof for family housing to be furnished from prefabricated houses or housing components. Such arrangements may include provision for advance or progress payments, for payment by third parties, for payment by the Government of any such compensation as is not paid for by third parties, and shall include provision for reimbursement by third parties to the Government of any compensation or other expenses paid by the Government pursuant to this section, and may include other provisions for compensation. Any public works appropriations now or hereafter available to the Departments of the Army, Navy, or Air Force or the Coast Guard may be obligated by the respective departments or the Coast Guard for these purposes. Reimbursements to the Government on account of payments made pursuant to this section shall be made to appropriations against which such payments were charged. The Secretary is further authorized to advance or pay to the Federal Housing Administration its "Appraisal and Eligibility Statement" fees in connection with such family housing. The Secretary is further authorized to enter into arrangements by contract or otherwise for eventual acquisition by the Government, without cost to the Government of all right, title, and interest in sites on which housing is constructed pursuant to this subchapter and improvements thereon. (Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 783, title IV, § 406, 69 Stat. 653; Aug. 7, 1956, ch. 1029, title V, § 509, 70 Stat. 1110.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, referred to in the text, is classified to chapter 8 of this title. The civil-service laws, referred to in the text, are classified generally to Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. The classification laws, referred to in the text, probably has reference to the Classification Act of 1949 which is classified to chapter 21 of Title 5. AMENDMENTS 1956-Act Aug. 7, 1956, inserted second proviso requiring plans, drawings, and specifications to follow the principle of modular measure, so the housing may be built by conventional construction, on-site fabrication, factory precutting, factory fabrication, or any combination of these construction methods. § 1594d. Appropriations; use of quarters allowances. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 1594, 1594a, 1594b, and 1594c of this title. (b) Any funds heretofore or hereafter authorized to be expended by any of the military departments or the Coast Guard for the payment of allowances for quarters for military personnel may be used for the purposes specified in subsection (a) of this section. (Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 783, title IV, § 407, 69 Stat. 653.) § 1594e. Definitions. (a) Wherever the terms "Secretary of Defense" or "Secretary" or "Secretary of the Army, Navy, or Air Force" appear in this subchapter or in title VIII of the National Housing Act, as amended by the Housing Amendments of 1955, they shall be deemed to mean the Secretary of the Treasury in the case of the application of the provisions of title VIII of the National Housing Act, as amended by the Housing Amendments of 1955, for the benefit of the United States Coast Guard. (b) Wherever the term "armed services" appears in this subchapter it shall be deemed to include the United States Coast Guard. (Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 783, title IV, § 409, 69 Stat. 654.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Title VIII of the National Housing Act, as amended by the Housing Amendments of 1955, referred to in subsec. (a), refers to title VIII of Act June 27, 1934, ch. 847 as amended by act Aug. 11, 1955, which is classified to sections 1748-1748g of Title 12, Banks and Banking. DEFINITION OF "SECRETARY" The definitions apply to act Aug. 11, 1955, set out in sections 1594, 1594a to 1594f of this title and do not apply to sections 1594h to 1594k. § 1594f. Net floor area limitations. In the construction of housing under the authority of this subchapter and sections 1748-1748g and 1748h-1 to 1748h-3 of Title 12, the maximum limitations on net floor area for each unit shall be the same as the net floor area limitations prescribed by law (at the time plans and specifications for such construction are begun) for public quarters built with appropriated funds under military construction authority. (Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 783, title IV, § 410, as added Aug 7, 1956, ch. 1029, title V, § 510, 70 Stat. 1110, and amended July 12, 1957, Pub. L. 85-104, title V, § 503, 71 Stat. 303.) AMENDMENTS 1957-Pub. L. 85-104 substituted "limitations prescribed by law (at the time plans and specifications for such construction are begun) for public quarters built with appropriated funds under military construction authority" for the words "permanent limitations prescribed in the second, third, and fourth provisos of section 3 of the act of June 12, 1948 (62 Stat. 375), or section 3 of the act of June 16, 1948 (62 Stat. 459), other than the first, second, and third provisos thereof". § 1594g. Repealed. Pub. L. 85-241, title IV, § 406(b), Aug. 30, 1957, 71 Stat. 556, eff. July 1, 1958. Section, act Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 939, title IV, § 419, 70 Stat. 1018, related to conditions precedent to entering into contracts for construction or acquisition of family housing units by or for the use of military or civilian personnel of any of the military services. § 1594h. Purchase of family housing for assignment as public quarters; space and cost limitations. The Secretary of the Army is authorized to purchase out of appropriations available for military construction family housing including necessary land at, or near, military tactical installations for assignment as public quarters to military personnel and their dependents. Not more than 300 units of such housing may be purchased under this section. Space limitations per unit will be in accordance with subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 4774 of Title 10, and cost limitations as now or hereafter established for military housing constructed with appropriated funds. (Pub. L. 85-241, title I, § 103, Aug. 30, 1957, 71 Stat. 534.) CODIFICATION This section was not enacted as part of the Housing Amendments of 1955, act Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 783, 69 Stat. 635, as amended, which comprises this subchapter. DEFINITION OF "SECRETARY" See note under section 1594e of this title § 1594h-1. Improvement of family housing units; public quarters designation; cost limitations. (a) The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to accomplish alterations, additions, expansions, or extensions not otherwise authorized by law of family housing units at various locations under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense which, on July 27, 1962, have not been designated as public quarters. Units so improved shall be designated public quarters. (b) No family housing unit may be improved at a total cost of more than 50 per centum of the maximum cost of construction prescribed by this Act for an equivalent unit of new family housing. (Pub. L. 87-554, title V, § 503, July 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 239.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 87-554. Construction cost limitations are set out in note under this section. CODIFICATION This section was not enacted as part of the Housing Amendments of 1955, act Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 783, 69 Stat. 635, as amended, which comprises this subchapter. DEFINITION OF "SECRETARY See note under section 1594e of this title. CONSTRUCTION COST LIMITATIONS Section 502 of Pub. L. 88-174, title V, Nov. 7, 1963, 77 Stat. 325, provided that: "Authorizations for the construction of family housing provided in this Act shall be subject to the following limitations on cost, which shall include shades, screens, ranges, refrigerators, and all other installed equipment and fixtures: "(a) The cost per unit of family housing constructed in the United States (other than Alaska), the Canal Zone, and Puerto Rico shall not exceed "$22,000 for generals or equivalent; "$19,800 for colonels or equivalent; "$17,600 for majors and/or lieutenant colonels or equivalent; "$15,400 for all other commissioned or warrant officer personnel or equivalent; "$13,200 for enlisted personel; "(b) When family housing units are constructed in areas other than those listed in subsection (a), the average cost of all such units, in any project of 50 units or more, shall not exceed $32,000, and in no event shall the cost of any unit exceed $40,000. "(c) The cost limitations provided in subsections (a) and (b) shall be applied to the five-foot line. "(d) No project in excess of 50 units in the areas listed in subsection (a) shall be constructed at an average unit cost exceeding $17,500, including the cost of the family unit and the proportionate costs of land acquisition, site preparation, and installation of utilities. "(e) No family housing unit in the areas listed in subsection (a) shall be constructed at a total cost exceeding $26,000, including the cost of the family unit and the proportionate costs of land acquisition, site preparation, and installation of utilities." Similar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 87-554, title V, § 506, July 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 239. § 15941. Authorization of number of family housing units. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, and effective July 1, 1958, no family housing units shall be contracted for or acquired at or in support of military installations or activities, and no certificates with respect to any family housing units shall be issued by the Secretary of Defense or his designee or by any of the military departments in connection with section 1748h-2 of Title 12, unless the actual number of units involved has been specifically authorized by an annual military construction authorization Act except (1) housing units acquired pursuant to the provisions of section 1594a of this title; (2) rental guarantee family housing authorized under section 302 of the Act of July 14, 1952 (66 Stat. 606, 622): Provided, That not more than five thousand units shall be contracted for under the authority of such section prior to June 30, 1964; and (3) housing units leased for terms of one year, whether renewable or not, or for terms of not more than five years pursuant to the provisions of section 2675 of Title 10. (Pub. L. 85-241, title IV, § 406 (a) Aug. 30, 1957, 71 Stat. 556; Pub. L. 85-685, title V, § 512, Aug. 20, 1958, 72 Stat. 662; Pub. L. 86-149, title IV, § 408, Aug. 10, 1959, 73 Stat. 321; Pub. L. 86-500, title V, § 507(b), June 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 185; Pub. L. 87-70, title VI, § 611(b), June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 180; Pub. L. 88-174, title V, § 510, Nov. 7, 1963, 77 Stat. 327.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 302 of the act of July 14, 1952, referred to in the text, is section 302 of act July 14, 1952, ch. 726, title III, 66 Stat. 622, which is not classified to this Code. CODIFICATION This section was not enacted as part of the Housing Amendments of 1955, act Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 783, 69 Stat. 635, as amended, which comprises this subchapter. DEFINITION OF "SECRETARY" See note under section 1594e of this title. AMENDMENTS 1963-Pub. L. 88-174 inserted the prohibition against issuance of certificates with respect to any family housing units in connection with section 1748h-2 of Title 12. 1961-Pub. L. 87-70 eliminated provisions which related to certificates issued by the Secretary of Defense under section 1748h-2 of Title 12. 1960-Pub. L. 86-500 prohibited the issuance of certificates with respect to family housing units unless the actual number of units involved has been specifically authorized. 1959-Pub. L. 86-149 excepted rental guarantee family housing. 1958-Pub. L. 85-685 excepted housing units leased, utilizing available operation and maintenance appropriations, for terms of one year, whether renewable or not, or for terms of not more than five years pursuant to the provisions of section 1712-3 of title 5. Section 1712-3 was repealed and the substance thereof now appears in section 2675 of title 10. § 1594j. Inadequate quarters. (a) Occupancy on rental basis without loss of basic allowance for quarters. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service, with dependents, may occupy on a rental basis, without loss of basic allowance for quarters, inadequate quarters under the jurisdiction of any of the uniformed services, notwithstanding that such quarters may have been constructed or converted for assignment as public quarters. The net difference between the basic allowance for quarters and the fair rental value of such quarters shall be paid from otherwise available appropriations. (b) Administration. The provisions of this section shall be administered under regulations approved by the President. (c) Designation as rental housing. The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force for the respective military departments, the Secretary of the Treasury for the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Treasury Department, the Secretary of Commerce for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for the Public Health Service (hereafter referred to as the "Secretaries"), are each authorized, subject to standards established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, to designate as rental housing such housing as he may determine to be inadequate as public quarters. (d) Leasing of housing units. The Secretaries are each further authorized, subject to standards established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, to lease inadequate housing to personnel of any of the mentioned services for occupancy by them and their dependents. The housing facilities leased, as herein provided, shall not be required to have been constructed with funds derived from appropriations specifically made for the purpose of the construction of rental housing for personnel of the services mentioned. (e) Alteration, improvement, or disposition of housing units. All housing units determined pursuant to subsection (c) of this section to be inadequate shall, prior to July 1, 1962, either be altered or improved so as to qualify as public quarters, or be demolished or otherwise disposed of. (f) Housing financed with mortgages insured under title VIII of the National Housing Act. This section shall have no application to any housing described in clause (1) or (2) of section 1594a (a) of this title. (g) Continual surveillance and periodic surveys of quarters; exemption of quarters. The Secretaries of Defense and Health, Education, and Welfare, in order to insure as far as possible that family housing under their jurisdiction is adequate as public quarters and fully utilized, shall maintain such continual surveillance and conduct such periodic surveys of such quarters as they shall deem necessary for this purpose. Where either Secretary or his designee determines, on the basis of such surveys, that it is not in the best interest of the United States to improve, demolish, or otherwise dispose of any quarters which have been determined inadequate under this section, he may exempt such quarters from the requirements of subsection (e) of this section: Provided, That any quarters so exempted must be improved, demolished, or otherwise disposed of not later than July 1, 1965: And provided further, That the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, may exempt from this requirement any housing at any particular installation as to which he determines that (1) the housing is safe, decent, and santitary, so as to be suitable for occupancy; (2) the housing cannot be made adequate as public quarters with a reasonable expenditure of funds; (3) the rentals charged to, or the allowances forfeited by, the occupants are not less than the costs of maintaining and operating the housing; and (4) there is a continuing need which cannot appropriately be met by privately owned housing in the area. (Pub. L. 85-241, title IV, § 407, Aug. 30, 1957, 71 Stat. 556; Pub. L. 85-685, title V, § 516, Aug. 20, 1958, 72 Stat. 664; Pub. L. 86-372, title VII, § 702(c), Sept. 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 683; Pub. L. 86-500, title V, § 508, June 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 186; Pub. L. 87-57, title VI, § 610, June 27, 1961, 75 Stat. 111; Pub. L. 88-174, title V, § 506, Nov. 7, 1963, 77 Stat. 326.) CODIFICATION Section was not enacted as part of the Housing Amendments of 1955, act Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 783, 69 Stat. 635, as amended, which comprises this subchapter. DEFINITION OF "SECRETARY" See note under 1594e of this title. AMENDMENTS 1963-Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 88-174 added proviso containing standards for exemption of quarters. 1961-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 87-57 substituted "July 1, 1962" for "July 1, 1961." Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 87-57 substituted "July 1, 1965" for "July 1, 1962." 1960 Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 86-500 added subsec. (g). 1959-Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 86-372 substituted “housing described in clause (1) or (2) of section 1594a (a) of this title" for "housing financed with mortgages insured under the provisions of Title VIII of the National Housing Act as in effect prior to the enactment of the Housing Amendments of 1955." 1958 Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 85-685 substituted "July 1, 1961" for "July 1, 1960". Ex. ORD. No. 10766. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO APPROVE REGULATIONS Ex. Ord. No. 10766, May 1, 1958, 23 F. R. 2981, provided: SECTION 1. The Director of the Bureau of the Budget is hereby authorized and empowered, without the ap proval, ratification, or other action of the President, to exercise the authority vested in the President by section 407 (b) of the act of August 30, 1957, 71 Stat. 556 (42 U.S.C. 15941(b)), to approve regulations prescribed pursuant to that section, relating to the rental of substandard housing for members of the uniformed services. Any such regulations may, with the approval of the Director, be made effective on any date occurring between December 31, 1957, and the date on which section 407(b) ceases to be in force. SEC. 2. The authority delegated to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget by section 1 of this order shall be deemed to include the authority to approve the amendment, supersedure, or termination of regulations at any time approved by the President under section 407 (b) [subsec. (b) of this section]. SEC. 3. The Secretaries referred to in section 407 (c) of the said act [subsec. (c) of this section] shall furnish the Director of the Bureau of the Budget such reports with respect to matters within the scope of the said regulations as he may require and at such times as he may specify. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER § 1594k. Foreign countries; guarantee of rental return to builders; limitation on amount; period; unit limitation. For the purpose of providing military family housing in foreign countries, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into agreements guaranteeing the builders of such housing a rental return equivalent to a specified portion of the annual rental income which the builders would receive from the tenants if the housing were fully occupied: Provided, That the aggregate amount guaranteed under such agreements entered into during the fiscal years 1964 and 1965 shall not exceed such amount as may be applicable to five thousands units: Provided further, That no such agreement shall guarantee the payment of more than 97 per centum of the anticipated rentals, nor shall any guarantee extend for a period of more than ten years, nor shall the average guaranteed rental on any project exceed $150 per unit per month including the cost of maintenance and operation. (Pub. L. 88-174, title V, § 507, Nov. 7, 1963, 77 Stat. 326.) CODIFICATION Section was not enacted as part of the Housing Amendments of 1955, act Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 783, 69 Stat. 635, as amended, which comprises this subchapter. DEFINITION OF "SECRETARY" See note under 1594e of this title. Chapter 10.-FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY S$ 1601-1603. Transferred or Omitted. CODIFICATION Sections 1601 and 1602 have been transferred to sections 623d and 623e, respectively, of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. Section 1603, acts July 13, 1943, ch. 221, title II, § 1, 57 Stat. 513; June 28, 1944, ch. 302, title II, § 1, 58 Stat. 566; July 3, 1945, ch. 263, title II, 59 Stat. 376; July 26, 1946, ch. 672, title II, § 201, 60 Stat. 697; July 8, 1947, ch. 210, title II, 201, 61 Stat. 276, which authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to constituent organizations of the Federal Security Agency requested amounts from appropriations for traveling expenses and printing and binding, Federal Security Agency, and to retransfer to such appropriations, was not repeated in subsequent acts, and expired with the appropriation acts of which it was a part. Chapter 11.-COMPENSATION FOR DISABILITY OR DEATH TO PERSONS EMPLOYED AT MILITARY, AIR, AND NAVAL BASES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES Sec. 1651. Compensation authorized. (a) Places of employment. (c) Liability as exclusive. (e) Contracts within section; waiver of appli- (f) Liability to prisoners of war and protected persons. 1652. Computation of benefits; application to aliens and nonnationals. 1653. Compensation districts; judicial proceedings 1654. Persons excluded from benefits. § 1651. Compensation authorized. (a) Places of employment. Except as herein modified, the provisions of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended, shall apply in respect to the injury or death of any employee engaged in any employment (1) at any military, air, or naval base acquired after January 1, 1940, by the United States from any foreign government; or (2) upon any lands occupied or used by the United States for military or naval purposes in any Territory or possession outside the continental United States (including the United States Naval Operating Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and the Canal Zone); or (3) upon any public work in any Territory or possession outside the continental United States (including the United States Naval Operating Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and the Canal Zone), if such employee is engaged in employment at such place under the contract of a contractor (or any subcontractor or subordinate subcontractor with respect to the contract of such contractor) with the United States; but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to apply to any employee of such a contractor or subcontractor who is engaged exclusively in furnishing materials or supplies under his contract; (4) under a contract entered into with the United States or any executive department, independent establishment, or agency thereof (including any corporate instrumentality of the United States), or any subcontract, or subordinate contract with respect to such contract, where such contract is to be performed outside the continental United States and at places not within the areas described in subparagraphs (1)—(3) of this subdivision, for the purpose of engaging in public work, and every such contract shall contain provisions requiring that the contractor (and subcontractor or subordinate contractor with respect to such contract) (1) shall, before commencing performance of such contract, provide for securing to or on behalf of employees engaged in such public work under such contract the payment of compensation and other benefits under the provisions of this chapter, and (2) shall maintain in full force and effect during the term of such contract, subcontract, or subordinate contract, or while employees are engaged in work performed thereunder, the said security for the payment of such compensation and benefits, but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to apply to any employee of such contractor or subcontractor who is engaged exclusively in furnishing materials or supplies under his contract; (5) under a contract approved and financed by the United States or any executive department, independent establishment, or agency thereof (including any corporate instrumentality of the United States), or any subcontract or subordinate contract with respect to such contract, where such contract is to be performed outside the continental United States, under the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended (other than title II of chapter II thereof unless the Secretary of Labor, upon the recommendation of the head of any department or other agency of the United States, determines a contract financed under a successor provision of any successor Act should be covered by this section), and not otherwise within the coverage of this section, and every such contract shall contain provisions requiring that the contractor (and subcontractor or subordinate contractor with respect to such contract) (A) shall, before commencing performance of such contract, provide for securing to or on behalf of employees engaged in work under such contract the payment of compensation and other benefits under the provisions of this chapter and (B) shall maintain in full force and effect during the term of such contract, subcontract, or subordinate contract, or while employees are engaged in work performed thereunder, the said security for the payment of such compensation and benefits, but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to apply to any employee of such contractor or subcontractor who is engaged exclusively in furnishing materials or supplies under his contract; (6) outside the continental United States by an American employer providing welfare or similar services for the benefit of the Armed Forces pursuant to appropriate authorization by the Secretary of Defense. irrespective of the place where the injury or death occurs, and shall include any injury or death occurring to any such employee during transportation to or from his place of employment, where the employer or the United States provides the transportation or the cost thereof. (b) Definitions. As used in this section (1) the term "public work" means any fixed improvement or any project, whether or not fixed, involving construction, alteration, removal or repair for the public use of the United States or its allies, including but not limited to projects or operations under service contracts and projects in connection with the national defense or with war activities, dredging, harbor improvements, dams, roadways, and housing, as well as preparatory and ancillary work in connection therewith at the site or on the project; (2) the term "allies" means any nation with which the United States is engaged in a common military effort or with which the United States has entered into a common defensive military alliance; (3) the term "war activities" includes activities directly relating to military operations. (4) the term "continental United States" means the States and the District of Columbia. (c) Liability as exclusive. The liability of an employer, contractor (or any subcontractor or subordinate subcontractor with respect to the contract of such contractor) under this chapter shall be exclusive and in place of all other liability of such employer, contractor, subcontractor, or subordinate contractor to his employees (and their dependents) coming within the purview of this chapter, under the workmen's compensation law of any State, Territory, or other jurisdiction, irrespective of the place where the contract of hire of any such employee may have been made or entered into. (d) Definition of contractor. As used in this section, the term "contractor" means any individual, partnership, corporation, or association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, successor, or personal representative thereof, and the rights, obligations, liability, and duties of the employer under such Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act shall be applicable to such contractor. (e) Contracts within section; waiver of application of section. The liability under this chapter of a contractor, subcontractor, or subordinate contractor engaged in public work under subparagraphs (3) and (4), subdivision (a) of this section, and the conditions set forth therein, shall become applicable to contracts and subcontracts heretofore entered into but not completed at the time of the approval of this chapter, and the liability under this chapter of a contractor, subcontractor, or subordinate contractor engaged in performance of contracts, subcontracts, or subordinate contracts specified in subparagraph (5), subdivision (a) of this section, and the conditions set forth therein, shall hereafter be applicable to the remaining terms of such contracts, subcontracts, and subordinate contracts entered into prior to but not completed on the date of enactment of any successor Act to the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, and contracting officers of the United States are authorized to make such modifications and amendments of existing contracts as may be necessary to bring such contracts into conformity with the provisions of this chapter. No right shall arise in any employee or his dependent under subparagraphs (3) and (4) of subdivision (a) of this section, prior to two months after the approval of this chapter. Upon the recommendation of the head of any department or other agency of the United States, the Secretary of Labor, in the exercise of his discretion, may waive the application of this section with respect to any contract, subcontract, or subordinate contract, work location under such contracts, or classification of employees. |