be construed to limit or curtail in any way any powers which the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works or the Administrator is now authorized to exercise.

Any person who knowingly and with intent to defraud the United States makes any false statement in connection with any application for any project, employment, or relief aid under the foregoing appropriation, or diverts, or attempts to divert, or assists in diverting for the benefit of any person or persons not entitled thereto, any portion of the foregoing appropriation, or any services or real or personal property acquired thereunder, or who knowingly, by means of any fraud, force, threat, intimidation, or boycott, or discrimination on account of race, religion, or political affiliations, deprives any person of any of the benefits to which he may be entitled under the foregoing appropriation, or attempts so to do, or assists in so doing, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

No part of the foregoing appropriation shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any person who is a candidate for any State, District, County, or Municipal office (such office requiring full time of such person and to which office a salary attaches), in any primary, general, or special election, or who is serving as a campaign manager or assistant thereto for any such candidate.

The provisions of the Act of February 15, 1934 (48 Stat. 351), relating to disability or death compensation and benefits shall apply to persons (except administrative employees qualifying as civil employees of the United States) receiving compensation from the foregoing appropriation for services rendered as employees of the United States, and to persons receiving assistance in the form of payments from the United States for services rendered under the National Youth Administration, created by Executive order of June 26, 1935: Provided, That so much of the foregoing appropriation as the United States Employees' Compensation Commission, with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, estimates and certifies to the Secretary of the Treasury will be necessary for the payment of such compensation and administrative expenses shall be set aside in a special fund to be administered by the Commission for such purposes; and after June 30, 1937, such special fund shall be available for such purposes annually in such amounts as may be specified therefor in the annual appropriation Acts: Provided further, That this paragraph shall also apply to persons employed and paid by the United States in those States in which the Federal Relief Administrator assumed control under section 3 (b) of the Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933 but such compensation shall be limited to fatal cases and permanent partial and permanent total disability cases where claim is filed within one year from the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That this paragraph shall not apply in any case coming within the purview of the workmen's compensation law of any State or Territory, or in which the claimant has received or is entitled to receive similar benefits for injury or death.

So much of the foregoing appropriation as may be determined by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget to be necessary for administrative expenses of any department, establishment, or agency of the United States for additional work incident to carrying out of the

purposes of the foregoing appropriation shall be allotted by the President and shall remain available to such agencies until June 30, 1938; the funds so allotted shall be available for expenditure for the same purposes for which funds have been allotted for administrative expenses under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935.

The provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5) shall not apply to any purchase made or service procured in connection with the foregoing appropriation when the aggregate amount involved is less than $300.

Any Administrator or other officer named to have general supervision at the seat of Government over the program and work contemplated under the foregoing appropriation and receiving a salary of $5,000 or more per annum from such appropriation, and any State or regional administrator receiving a salary of $5,000 or more per annum from such appropriation, except persons now serving as such under other law, shall be appointed by the President, by and with. the advice and consent of the Senate: Provided, That the provisions of section 1761 of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to any such appointee and the salary of any person so appointed shall not be increased for a period of six months after confirmation.

The Federal Emergency Relief Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to liquidate and wind up the affairs of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration under the Act of May 12, 1933, as amended, and funds available to it shall be available for expenditure for such purpose until June 30, 1937.

A report of the operations under the foregoing appropriation shall be submitted by the President to Congress befce the 10th day of January in each of the next two regular sessions of Congress, which report shall include a statement of the expenditures made and obligations incurred, by classes and amounts.

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 47-75TH CONGRESS]

[CHAPTER 401-1ST SESSION]

[H. J. Res. 361]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Making appropriations for relief purposes.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE II

SEC. 201. The Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (herein called the "Administration") is hereby continued until July 1, 1939, and until such date is hereby authorized to continue to perform all functions which it is authorized to perform on June 29, 1937. All provisions of law existing on June 29, 1937, and relating to the availability of funds for carrying out any of the functions of such Administration are hereby continued until July 1, 1939, except that the date specified in the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936, prior to which, in the determination of the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works (herein called the "Administrator"), a project can be substantially completed is hereby changed from "July 1, 1938" to "July 1, 1939".

SEC. 202. The amount which the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorized by existing law to have invested at any one time in securities purchased from the Administration is hereby increased from $250,000,000 to $400,000,000.

SEC. 203. The amount of funds which the Administrator, upon direction of the President, is authorized to use for grants from moneys realized from the sale of securities is hereby increased from $300,000,000 to $359,000,000; and after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution no allotment shall be made by the Administrator for any project the application for which has not been approved by the examining divisions of the Administration prior to such date.

SEC. 204. The paragraph in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938, under the caption "Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works" is hereby amended by (a) striking out the words "in connection with the liquidation" and (b) striking out the sum of "$10,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof the sum of "$15,000,000".

SEC. 205. The funds available to the Administrator for the making of loans or grants or loans and grants may be used for projects (in addition to other purposes for which funds may be used) of the following classes, in amounts not to exceed the sums specified for each such class: (a) For school projects (other than those included in subdivisions (b) and (c) of this section) to replace, eliminate, or ameliorate existing school facilities or conditions which, in the determination of the Administrator, are hazardous to the life, safety, or health of school children, $60,000,000 for grants and $11,000,000 for loans; (b) for projects which have been authorized, or for the financing of which bonds or other obligations have been authorized, at elections held prior to the date of enactment of this joint resolution, or for projects for which an authority or board constituting an independent corporation without taxing power has been specifically created by a State legislature prior to such date, $70,000,000 for grants and $22,000,000 for loans; (c) for projects for which appropriations have been made by the legislatures of the States, $15,000,000 for grants and $2,000,000 for loans; (d) for projects to be financed, except for the grant, by the issuance to contractors of tax or assessment securities at not less than their par value: Provided, That an allotment shall not be made for any such project unless the applicant has, in the determination of the Administrator, made or incurred substantial expenditures or obligations in contemplation of receiving an allotment, $5,000,000 for grants; (e) for projects for which funds have been tentatively earmarked by the Administrator but for which formal allotments have not been made, $54,000,000 for grants and $78,000,000 for loans: Provided, That the grant for any such project shall not exceed the amount tentatively earmarked as a grant for such project: Provided further, That the amount specified for any of the foregoing classes may be increased by not to exceed 15 per centum thereof by transferring an amount or amounts from any other class or classes in order to effectuate the purposes of the title.

SEC. 206. No new applications for loans or grants for non-Federal projects shall be received or considered by the Administration after the date of enactment of this joint resolution.

SEC. 207. Title II of this joint resolution may be cited as the "Public Works Administration Extension Act of 1937".

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 122-75TH CONGRESS]

[CHAPTER 554-3D SESSION]

[H. J. Res. 679,]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Making appropriations for work relief, relief, and otherwise to increase employment by providing loans and grants for public works projects.

TITLE II-PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION PROJECTS SEC. 201. (a) In order to increase employment by providing for useful public works projects of the kind and character which the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works (herein called the "Administrator") has heretofore financed or aided in financing, pursuant to Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936, or the Public Works Administration Extension Act of 1937, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until June 30, 1940, the sum of $965,000,000, to be expended by such Administrator, subject to the approval of the President, for (1) the making of allotments to finance Federal projects, or (2) the making of loans or grants, or both, to States, Territories, possessions, political subdivisions, or other public bodies (herein called public agencies), or (3) the construction and leasing of projects, with or without the privilege of purchase, to any such public agencies: Provided, That no funds appropriated under this title shall be available for the acquisition of land to enlarge Indian Reservations.

(b) No funds appropriated under this title shall be allotted for any project which in the determination of the Administrator cannot be commenced prior to January 1, 1939, or the completion of which cannot be substantially accomplished prior to June 30, 1940: Provided, That this limitation upon time shall not apply to any project enjoined in any Federal or State court.

(c) Under subsection (a) (1) of this section not to exceed $200,000,000 shall be allotted to Federal agencies for Federal construction projects (including projects for making surveys and maps, not exceeding $2,500,000) in continental United States outside the District of Columbia, and such projects shall be selected from among the following classes: (1) Projects authorized by law and for the acquisition of land for sites for such authorized projects; (2) projects for the enlargement, extension, or remodeling of existing Federal plants, institutions, or facilities; (3) projects for hospitals and domiciliary facilities of the Veterans' Administration (including the acquisition of land for sites therefor) and any such allotments shall be available for the purposes and under the conditions specified in the appropriation for "Hospitals and domiciliary facilities" in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1939; and (4) projects for penal