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ment of a performance and a payment bond and may accept materials required for any such project at such place or places as he may deem necessary to minimize insurance costs.

(d) The Secretary of War shall report annually to the Congress all contracts entered into under authority of this section, including the names of the contractors and copies of the contracts concerned, together with the amounts thereof.

SEC. 2. Whenever deemed by him to be advantageous to the national defense, and providing that in the opinion of the Secretary of War the existing facilities of the War Department are inadequate, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to employ, by contract or otherwise, outside architectural or engineering corporations, firms, or individuals for the production and delivery of the designs, plans, drawings, and specifications required for the accomplishment of any public works or utilities project of the War Department without reference to the Classification Act of 1923 (42 Stat. 1488), as amended (5 U. S. C., ch. 13), or to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U. S. C. 5). In no case shall the fee paid for any service authorized by this section exceed 6 per centum of the estimated cost, as determined by the Secretary of War, of the project to which such fee is applicable.

Approved, August 7, 1939.

[CHAPTER 604-1ST SESSION]

[H. R. 5800]

AN ACT

Authorizing advancements from the Federal Works Administrator for the provision of certain defense public works and equipment in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia (herein called the "Commissioners") are hereby authorized to accept advancements for the District of Columbia from the Federal Works Administrator (herein called the "Administrator"), and the Administrator, under and subject to the provisions of the Act of June 28, 1941 (Public, Numbered 137, Seventy-seventh Congress), is authorized to advance the sum of $2,500,000, or any part thereof, in addition to any sums heretofore advanced to the District of Columbia, out of funds authorized by law for the Administrator, for the acquisition, purchase, construction, establishment, and development of defense public works and equipment, and all sums so advanced shall be deposited in full with the Secretary of the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia.

SEC. 2. The sum authorized by section 1 hereof, or any part thereof, shall, when advanced, be available to the Commissioners for the acquisition by dedication, purchase, or condemnation of the fee-simple title to improved or unimproved land, or rights or easements in land, for the public uses authorized by this Act; for the demolition of structures, buildings, and improvements on lands or interests in land acquired under this Act; for the construction of buildings, water facilities, sewer facilities, highways, fire-alarm extensions, and other public works, including materials and labor, heating, lighting, elevators, plumbing, landscaping, and all other appurtenances, and the purchase and installation of pipe lines, machinery, furniture, equipment, apparatus, and any and all other expenditures necessary for or incident to the complete construction and equipment for use of the aforesaid buildings, plants, and facilities; and for the making of surveys and the preparation of plans, designs, estimates, models, and specifications; and for architectural, engineering, and other professional services and other technical and administrative personnel without reference to the civil-service requirements, or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and section 3709 of the Revised Statutes; for the rental of such office facilities as may in the opinion of the Commissioners be necessary.

SEC. 3. The Federal Works Administrator shall be repaid such portion as may be determined by the President of any moneys advanced under section 1 of this Act in annual installments over a period of not to exceed ten years, with interest thereon beginning July 1, 1942, for the period of amortization: Provided, That such interest shall be at such rate as would, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treas

ury, be the lowest interest rate available to the District of Columbia on the date of the approval of this Act were said District authorized by law to issue and sell obligations to the public, at the par value thereof, in a sum equal to the repayable amounts of such advances, maturing serially over a period of ten years in approximately equal annual installments, including both principal and interest, and secured by a first pledge of and lien upon all the generalfund revenues of said District: Provided further, That such sums as may be necessary for the reimbursement herein required of the District of Columbia, and for the payment of interest, shall be included in the annual estimates of the Commissioners, the first reimbursement to be made on July 1, 1943: And provided further, That whenever the District of Columbia is under obligation by virtue of the provisions of section 4 of Public Act Numbered 284, Seventyfirst Congress, and section 3 of Public Act Numbered 746, Seventyfifth Congress, reimbursement under those Acts shall be not less than $700,000 in any one fiscal year.

SEC. 4. The Commissioners are hereby authorized to make reimbursement to the Administrator under section 3 hereof for water projects and highway projects, respectively, from the water fund and the gas-tax fund of the District of Columbia.

SEC. 5. The Commissioners shall submit with their annual estimates to the Congress a report of their activities and expenditures under section 1 of this Act.

Approved, December 20, 1941.

[CHAPTER 190-2D SESSION]

[S. 2222]

AN ACT

To authorize the Federal Works Administrator to acquire title, on behalf of the United States, to not more than thirty-five acres of land subject to certain reservations in the grantors.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That not more than thirty-five acres of the land to be acquired by the Federal Works Administrator on behalf of the United States as a site for the testing laboratory and research activities of the Public Roads Administration may be acquired subject to a nonassignable and nontransferable reservation to the grantor or grantors of the right to continued occupancy during his or their natural lives of so much thereof as, in the opinion of the Federal Works Administrator, will not impair the use of such land for the purpose for which acquired. Approved, March 21, 1942.

[PUBLIC LAW 135-81ST CONGRESS]
[CHAPTER 266-1ST SESSION]
[H. R. 1771]
AN ACT

Relating to loans by Federal agencies for the construction of certain public works.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first paragraph under the subheading "Office of the Administrator" of the heading "Federal Works Agency" of title 1 of the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946 (59 Stat. 638), is amended by striking out the second colon and the following: "Provided, That no loans shall be made or participated in by any Federal agency for the construction of any public works, plans for which have been wholly or partly financed out of this appropriation, except in pursuance of a specific authorization".

Approved June 28, 1949.

[CHAPTER 504-1ST SESSION]

[S. 855]

AN ACT

To authorize a program of useful public works for the development of the Territory of Alaska.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Alaska Public Works Act".

SEC. 2. The Congress hereby declares that the purpose of this Act is to foster the settlement and increase the permanent residents of Alaska, stimulate trade and industry, encourage internal commerce and private investment, develop Alaskan resources, and provide facilities for community life, through a program of useful public works.

SEC. 3. The Administrator of General Services (hereinafter referred to as the "Administrator") is hereby authorized to accept applications for public works in the Territory of Alaska from the said Territory or from any city, town, district, or other public body in said Territory (said Territory or other public body submitting an application hereunder being hereinafter referred to as the "applicant"). Each of such applications shall include a statement by the Governor of the Territory respecting the need for the public works requested and the financial ability of the applicant to defray the cost of the public works.

SEC. 4. Whenever the Administrator, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, given after consultation with such other Federal agencies as have a substantial interest in the public works requested in any such application, concludes that such public works, as requested or as revised by him, will effectuate the purposes of this Act and should be provided hereunder, he may include them in the program of public works for the Territory of Alaska.

The Administrator is further authorized to provide, within the limits of the appropriations available therefor, any public works included in such program. The authority to provide public works hereunder shall include the power to acquire, construct, and equip public works, clear and improve sites therefor, improve, extend, alter, rehabilitate, repair, or remodel existing public works, and prepare surveys, drawings, specifications, and contract and other construction documents.

As used in this Act, the term "public works" is intended to mean public facilities, such as schools, hospitals, sewer, water and other public-utility facilities, wharf, dock and other harbor facilities, bridges, roads, sidewalks, streets, alleys, and other public thoroughfares, college and institutional buildings and facilities (including dormitories and quarters for students, inmates, and employees), libraries, firehouses and other public buildings, incinerators and garbage-disposal facilities, and other public and community facilities.

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