All 68 Stat. 645, 12 USC 1701J note. San Diego, Transfer of cer 65 Stat. 304. 42 USC 1592a. Sale of tem section when he determines that (1) such housing, because of design or lack of amenities, is unsuitable for family dwelling use, or (2) it is being used at the time of disposition for other than dwelling purposes, or (3) it was offered, with preferences substantially similar to those provided in the Housing Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 48), to veterans and occupants prior to enactment of said Act."; and (3) by adding the following new section at the end of title VI: "SEC. 613. Upon a certification by the Secretary of the Interior that any surplus housing, classified by the Administrator as demountable, in the area of San Diego, California, is needed to provide dwelling accommodations for members of a tribe of Indians in Riverside County or San Diego County or Imperial County, California, the Administrator is hereby authorized, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to transfer and convey such housing without consideration to such tribe, the members thereof, or the Secretary of the Interior in trust therefor, as the Secretary may prescribe: Provided, That the term housing as used in this section shall not include land." SEC. 806. Subsection 302 (b) of Public Law 139, 82d Congress, as amended, is hereby amended by striking the second sentence thereof and adding the following: "Any temporary housing constructed or acquired under this title porary housing. which the Administrator determines to be no longer needed for use under this title shall, unless transferred to the Department of Defense pursuant to section 306 hereof, or reported as excess to the Adminis trator of the General Services Administration pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, be 40 USC 471 note. sold as soon as practicable to the highest responsible bidder after 42 USC 15920. 63 Stat. 377. 12 USC 1701h. Advisory committees. 62 Stat. 697, 793. 60 Stat. 808. Transfer of school facilities. 64 Stat. 967. 20 USC 272. Fublic advertising, except that if one or more of such bidders is a veteran purchasing a dwelling unit for his own occupancy the sale of such unit shall be made to the highest responsible bidder who is a veteran so purchasing: Provided, That the Housing and Home Finance Administrator may reject any bid for less than two-thirds of the appraised value as determined by him: Provided further, That the housing may be sold at fair value (as determined by the Housing and Home Finance Administrator) to a public body for public use: And provided further, That the housing structures shall be sold for removal from the site, except that they may be sold for use on the site if the governing body of the locality has adopted a resolution approving use of such structures on the site." SEC. 807. Section 601 of the Housing Act of 1949 is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 601. The Housing and Home Finance Administrator and the head of each constituent agency of the Housing and Home Finance Agency is hereby authorized to establish such advisory committee or committees as each may deem necessary in carrying out any of his functions, powers, and duties under this or any other Act or authorization. Service as a member of any such committee shall not constitute any form of service, employment, or action within the provisions of sections 281, 283, 284, or 1914 of title 18, United States Code, or within the provisions of section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C. 99). Persons serving without compensation as members of any such committee may be paid transportation expenses and not to exceed $25 per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 73b-2)." SEO. 808. (a) Section 202 of the Act entitled "An Act relating to the construction of school facilities in areas affected by Federal activities, and for other purposes", approved September 23, 1950, as amended, is hereby amended by adding the following new sentence at the end thereof: "In any case where such facilities are or have been All 69 Stat. 646. damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty after they have become eligible for such transfer but before such transfer has been completed, the head of the Federal department or agency may assign or pay to such local educational agency, solely for use in repairing or reconstructing such facilities, all or any part of any insurance receipts in connection with such casualty which are payable or have been paid in consideration of premiums which such local educational agency has advanced for the benefit of the United States." (b) The third sentence of section 401 (a) of title IV of the Housing 12 USC 1749. Act of 1950, as amended, is hereby amended by striking out the word Educational in"made" and inserting the words "is approved by the Administrator". stitutions. SEC. 809. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, (1) the Sale of property. Housing and Home Finance Administrator is authorized and directed University of to sell to the University of California, at fair market value as deter- California. mined by him, all of the properties, including land, comprising war housing projects CAL-4041 and 4042 known as Canyon Crest Homes located in Riverside County, California; (2) the Public Housing University of Commissioner is authorized to permit the Housing Authority of the South Carolina. city of Columbia, South Carolina, to sell to the University of South Carolina, at fair market value as determined by him, all of the property, including land, comprising the seventy-four unit housing project Numbered SC-2-5 known as University Terrace, located in Columbia, South Carolina, and to use, with the approval of the said Commissioner, the proceeds of such sale as a loan for the development of other low-rent housing in the city of Columbia, South Carolina, in replacement of said project Numbered SC-2-5, under terms and conditions which will be satisfactory to the Public Housing Commissioner and which will, in his opinion, protect the interest of the United States, and the annual contributions now contracted for in respect to project Numbered SC-2-5 shall continue to be available and may be contracted for in respect to such other low-rent housing; and (3) the Saint Louis Housing and Home Finance Administrator is authorized and directed County, Mo. to convey, without monetary consideration, to the Housing Authority Conveyance. of Saint Louis County, Missouri, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the one hundred and fifty-six housing units in public housing project Numbered MO-V-23153. SEC. 810. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the Wethersfield, Housing and Home Finance Administrator is authorized to sell and Conn. convey all right, title and interest of the United States (including any off-site easements) at fair market value as determined by him, in and to war housing project CONN-6029, known as Westfield Heights, containing one hundred and thirty dwelling units on approximately twenty-three and nineteen one-hundredths acres of land in Wethersfield, Connecticut, and CONN-6125, known as Drum Hill Park, containing one hundred and twenty-five dwelling units on approximately fifty-two and thirty-three one-hundredths acres of land in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, to the housing authority of the town of Wethersfield, Connecticut, for use in providing moderate rental housing. Any sale pursuant to this section shall be on such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall determine: Provided, That full payment to Payment. the United States shall be required within a period of not to exceed thirty years with interest on unpaid balance at not to exceed 5 per centum per annum. SEC. 811. The Housing and Home Finance Agency, including its Reduction of constituent agencies, and any other departments or agencies of the vulnerability to Federal Government having powers, functions, or duties with respect enemy attack. to housing under this or any other law shall exercise such powers, functions, or duties in such manner as, consistent with the require All 68 Stat. 647. Ante, p. 320. Funds for issuance of notes, eto. 12 USC 1701J. Repeal. ments thereof, will facilitate progress in the reduction of the vulnerability of congested urban areas to enemy attack. SEC. 812. Title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, is hereby amended as follows: (a) At the end of the first sentence of section 511 strike “$8,500,000” and insert "$100,000,000". (b) In section 512, strike "$170,000" and insert "$2,000,000". (c) In section 513, strike "$850,000" and insert "$10,000,000". SEC. 813. Section 504 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended, is hereby repealed. RECORDS SEC. 814. Every contract between the Housing and Home Finance Agency (or any official or constituent thereof) and any person or local body (including any corporation or public or private agency or body) for a loan, advance, grant, or contribution under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, or the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, shall provide that such person or local body shall keep such records as the Housing and Home Finance Agency (or such official or constituent thereof) shall from time to time prescribe, including records which permit a speedy and effective audit and will fully disclose the amount and the disposition by such person or local body of the proceeds of the loan, advance, grant, or contribution, or any supplement thereto, the capital cost of any construction project for which any such loan, advance, grant, or contribution is made, and the amount of any private or other non- -Federal funds used or grants-in-aid made for or in connection with any such project. No mortgage covering new or rehabilitated multifamily housing (as defined in section 227 of the National Housing Act, as amended) shall be insured unless the mortgagor certifies that he will keep such records as are prescribed by the Federal Housing Commissioner at the time of the certification and that they will be kept in such form as to permit a speedy and effective audit. The Housing and Home Finance Agency or any official or constituent agency thereof shall have access to and the right Effective date. to examine and audit such records. This section shall become effective on the first day after the first full calendar month following the date of approval of the Housing Act of 1954. -Ante, p. 607. 42 USC 1430. 12 USC 17011706d. 40 USC 1430. APPLICANTS FOR ASSISTANCE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT SPECIFICATIONS SEC. 815. Every contract for a loan, grant, or contribution under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, or title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, for the construction of a project shall require the submission of specifications with respect to such construction prior to the authorization for the award of the construction contract and the submission of data with respect to the acquisition of land prior to the authorization to acquire such land. AUDITS UNDER PUBLIC HOUSING ACT OF 1937; COMPTROLLER GENERAL SEC. 816. Every contract for loans or annual contributions under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, shall provide that the Public Housing Commissioner and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall, for the purpose of audit and examination, have access to any books, documents, papers, and records of the public housing agency entering into such contract that are pertinent to its operations with respect to financial assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended. All 68 Stat. 648, REPORT TO CONGRESS OF INFORMATION ON HOUSING SEC. 817. The annual report made by the Housing and Home Finance Administrator to the President for submission to the Congress on all operations provided for by section 802 hereof shall contain pertinent Ante, p. 642. information with respect to all projects for which any loan, contribution, or grant has been made by the Housing and Home Finance Agency, including the amount of loans, contributions and grants contracted for, and shall also contain pertinent information with respect to all builders' cost certifications required by section 227 of the National Ante, p. 607. Housing Act, as amended, including information as to the amounts paid by mortgagors to mortgagees for application to the reduction of the principal obligations of the mortgages pursuant to that section. ACT CONTROLLING SEC. 818. Insofar as the provisions of any other law are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, the provisions of this Act shall be controlling. SEPARABILITY SEC. 819. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided in this Act, all powers and authorities conferred by this Act shall be cumulative and additional to and not in derogation of any powers and authorities otherwise existing. Notwithstanding any other evidences of the intention of Congress, it is hereby declared to be the controlling intent of Congress that if any provisions of this Act, or the application thereof to any persons or circumstances, shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this Act or its application to other persons and circumstances. Approved August 2, 1954. To provide for family quarters for personnel of the military departments of the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I Army, Navy, SEC. 101. The Secretary of the Army is authorized further to develop Army. military installations and facilities by providing family housing for personnel of the military departments and their dependents by the construction or installation of public works, which include site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, equipment and the acquisition of land, as follows: CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES (Third Army Area) Fort Campbell, Kentucky: Three hundred units of family housing, $4,093,000. (Fourth Army Area) Fort Bliss, Texas: Two hundred and fifty units of family housing, $3,213,000. Fort Hood, Texas: Six hundred units of family housing, $8,099,000. (Fifth Army Area) Camp Carson, Colorado: One thousand units of family housing, $13,427,000. Camp Crowder, Missouri: Seventy units of family housing, $952,000. (Sixth Army Area) Fort Lewis, Washington: Eight hundred units of family housing, $10,686,000. Camp Cooke (United States Disciplinary Barracks), California: Fifty units of family housing, $663,000. Yuma Test Station, Arizona: Twenty units of family housing, $267,000. (Quartermaster Corps) Belle Mead General Depot, New Jersey: Ten units of family housing, $158,000. (Chemical Corps) Dugway Proving Ground, Utah: Thirty units of family housing, $486,000. (Signal Corps) Fort Huachuca, Arizona: Two hundred units of family housing, $2,899,000. Department of the Army Transmitting Station, Virginia: Ten units of family housing, $164,000. |