Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes. HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Office of the Administrator, including rent in the District of Columbia; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); not to exceed $237,500 for expenses of travel; expenses of 60 Stat. 810. attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work of the agency; and 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), for persons serving without com- 60 Stat. 903. pensation as members of any advisory committee established pursuant to title VI of the Housing Act of 1949; $4,606,000: Provided, That 63 Stat. 439. necessary expenses of inspections and of providing representatives at 12 U.S.C. the site of projects being undertaken by local public agencies pursuant 1701h. 64 Stat. 77. 12 U.S.C. to title I of the Housing Act of 1949 and of projects financed through 63 Stat. 414. loans to educational institutions authorized by title IV of the Housing 42 U.S.c. Act of 1950, shall be compensated by such agencies or institutions by 88 1451-1460. the payment of fixed fees which in the aggregate will cover the costs of rendering such services, and expenses for such purpose shall be $1749-1749c. considered nonadministrative; and for the purpose of providing such inspections, the Administrator may utilize any agency and such agency may accept reimbursement or payment for such services from such institutions or the Administrator, and shall credit such amounts to the appropriations or funds against which such charges have been made, but such nonadministrative expenses shall not exceed $455,000. Defense Community Facilities and Services: During the current fiscal year not to exceed $112,500 of the appropriation granted under this head in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952, shall 65 Stat. 760. be available for administrative expenses in connection with the construction of facilities under such appropriation. PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION Annual contributions: For the payment of annual contributions to public housing agencies in accordance with section 10 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1410), $29,880,000: 50 Stat. 891. Provided, That except for payments required on contracts entered Citizenship into prior to April 18, 1940, no part of this appropriation shall be of tenant. available for payment to any public housing agency for expenditure (453) 66 Stat. 402. 66 Stat. 403. Audit and settlement. 42 Stat. 20. 31 U.S.C. §1. 50 Stat. 891. 42 U.S.C. 1430. in connection with any low-rent housing project, unless the public housing agency shall have adopted regulations prohibiting as a tenant of any such project by rental or occupancy any person other than a citizen of the United States, but such prohibition shall not be applicable in the case of a family of any serviceman or the family of any veteran who has been discharged (other than dishonorably) from, or the family of any serviceman who died in, the Armed Forces of the United States within four years prior to the date of application for admission to such housing: Provided further, That all expenditures of this appropriation shall be subject to audit and final settlement by the Comptroller General of the United States under the provisions of the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, as amended: Provided_further, That notwithstanding the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, the Public Housing Administration shall not, with respect to projects initiated after March 1, 1949, (1) authorize during the fiscal year 1953 the commencement of construction of in excess of thirty-five thousand dwelling units, or (2) after the date of approval of this Act, enter into any agreement, contract, or other arrangement which will bind the Public Housing Administration with respect to loans, annual contributions, or authoriza: tions for commencement of construction, for dwelling units aggregating in excess of thirty-five thousand to be authorized for commencement of construction during any one fiscal year subsequent to the fiscal year 1953, unless a greater number of units is hereafter authorized by the Congress: Provided further, That the Public Housing Administration shall not, after the date of approval of this Act, authorize the construction of any projects initiated before or after March 1, 1949, in any locality in which such projects have been or may hereafter be rejected by the governing body of the locality or by public vote, unless such projects have been subsequently approved by the same procedure through which such rejection was expressed: Provided further, That no housing unit constructed under the United 50 Stat. 888. States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, shall be occupied by a per 42 U.S.C. 1430. Short title. son who is a member of an organization designated as subversive by the Attorney General: Provided further, That the foregoing prohibition shall be enforced by the local housing authority, and that such prohibition shall not impair or affect the powers or obligations of the Public Housing Administration with respect to the making of loans and annual contributions under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended. Administrative expenses: For administrative expenses of the Public Housing Administration, $8,000,000, to be merged with and expended under the authorization for such expenses contained in title III of this Act. SEC. 407. This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1953". Approved July 5, 1952. To provide for the transfer of the Jeremiah Curtin home and underlying land to the Milwaukee County Historical Society by the Public Housing Administration. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Public Jeremiah Housing Administration of the Housing and Home Finance Agency Curtin is hereby authorized to transfer the Jeremiah Curtin home and under- home. lying land, located on the south side of West Grange Avenue, between Transfer. South Eighty-fourth Street and South Ninety-second Street, in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, known as rural property numbered 77, under the jurisdiction of the Public Housing Administration, containing approximately two hundred and fifty-five one-thousandths acre, to the Milwaukee County Historical Society, for restoration and maintenance by the said society. SEC. 2. The home and underlying land authorized to be transferred by the first section of this Act shall be used by the Milwaukee County Historical Society for restoration and maintenance by said society for historical purposes, and the transfer of such home and land shall contain the express condition that if the society shall fail or cease to use such home and land for such purposes, or shall alienate or attempt to alienate such property, title thereto shall, at the option of the United States, revert to the United States. Approved July 11, 1952. Chapter 723 - 2d Session AN ACT To amend defense housing laws, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act be cited as the "Housing Act of 1952". SEC. 2. Section 217 of the National Housing Act, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: Housing Act of 1952. 65 Stat. 315. 12 U.S.C. 1715h. General mortgage 48 Stat. 1246. 12 U.S.C. 1703. "SEC. 217. Notwithstanding limitations contained in any other section of this Act on the aggregate amount of principal obligations of mortgages or loans which may be insured (or insured and outstanding insurance at any one time) and on the aggregate amount of contingent liabilities authorization. which may be outstanding at any one time under insurance contracts, or commitments to insure, pursuant to any section or title of this Act, any such aggregate amount shall, with respect to any section or title of this Act (except section 2), be prescribed by the President from time to time taking into consideration the needs of national defense and the effect of additional insurance authorizations upon conditions in the building industry and upon the national economy: Provided, That the dollar amount of the insurance authorization prescribed by the President at any time with respect to any provision of title VI shall not be greater than authorized by provisions of that title: And provided further, That, at any time, the aggregate dollar amount of the mortgage insurance authorization prescribed by the President with respect to title IX of this Act, plus the aggregate dollar amount 381750-1750g. of all increases in insurance authorizations under other titles of this Act prescribed by the President pursuant to authority contained in this section, less the aggregate dollar amount of all decreases in insurance authorizations under this Act prescribed by the President pursuant to authority contained in this section shall not exceed $1,900,000,000: And provided further, That $400,000,000 of said sum 55 Stat. 55. 12 U.S.C. 65 Stat. 295. 12 U.S.C. shall be available only for the insurance of mortgages for which no 66 Stat. 601. insurance contract or commitment to insure under this Act was out- 66 Stat. 602. standing on June 30, 1952, and which mortgages (1) cover defense housing programed by the Housing and Home Finance Agency in an area determined by the President or his designee to be a critical defense housing area, or (2) are insured under title VIII of this Act, or (3) cover housing intended to be made available primarily for families who are victims of a catastrophe which the President has determined to be a major disaster.". SEC. 3. (a) Section 301 (a) (1) of said Act, as amended, is hereby amended 63 Stat. 571. 1748g-1. 12 U.S.C. 1716. (1) by striking the words beginning with "insured after April 30, 1948" and ending with the colon at the end of the first proviso thereof and inserting the words: "insured under this Act, as amended, or insured or guaranteed under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended: Provided, That no such mort- 58 Stat. 284. gage, except defense or disaster mortgages as defined in sub- 38 U.S.C. paragraph (G) hereof, shall be purchased by the Association unless insured or guaranteed after February 29, 1952, or purchased pursuant to a commitment made by the Association:"; (2) by striking from subparagraph (E) "pursuant to authority contained herein, exceeds 50 per centum of the original principal amount of all mortgages made by such mortgagee" and inserting "after February 29, 1952, pursuant to authority contained herein, exceeds 50 per centum of the original principal amount of all mortgage loans made by such mortgagee that are insured or guaranteed after February 29, 1952"; 693 note. 12 U.S.C. $1748-1748g-1. 12 U.S.C. $1717. 65 Stat. 308. 42 U.S.C. $15921. 65 Stat. 304. 42 U.S.C. $1592a. (3) by striking the proviso in subparagraph (E) and inserting "Provided, That this clause (2) shall not apply to (nor shall any terms therein include) any defense or disaster mortgages as defined in subparagraph (G)"; and (4) by striking from the proviso in subparagraph (G) "which do not exceed $252,000,000 outstanding at any one time, if applications for such commitments were received by the Association prior to December 28, 1951, or, in the case of title VIII mortgages, if the Federal Housing Commissioner issued his commitment to insure prior to December 31, 1951, but subsequent to December 27, 1951, and if such commitments of the Association relate to" and inserting "and prior to July 1, 1953, which do not exceed $1,152,000,000 outstanding at any one time, if such commitments of the Association relate to defense or disaster mortgages. As used in this title III, 'defense or disaster mortgages' means". (b) Section 302 of said Act, as amended, is hereby amended (1) by striking "$2,750,000,000" and inserting "$3,650,000,000"; and (2) by adding before the period at the end of the first sentence of said section ": Provided, That not more than $2,750,000,000 of such total amount outstanding at any one time shall relate to mortgages other than defense or disaster mortgages as defined in section 301 (a) (1) (G)". SEC. 4. Section 313 of the Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Services Act of 1951 is hereby amended by striking out "$60,000,000" in paragraph (a) thereof and substituting "$100,000,000" and by striking out "$50,000,000" in paragraph (b) thereof and substituting "$100,000,000”. SEC. 5. The first sentence of section 302 (b) of the Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Services Act of 1951 is hereby amended by adding after the words "for reuse at other locations" the words "or existing housing built or acquired by the United States under author66 Stat. 603. \ity of other law". 65 Stat. 314. 42 U.S.C. 66 Stat. 602. $1589a. 63 Stat. 58. 48 U.S.C. $484. 12 U.S.C. $$1707 1715h. 12 U.S.C. $1743. 12 U.S.C. $1713. SEC. 6. Section 611 of the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes", approved October 14, 1940, as amended, is hereby amended by inserting "or section 313 of this Act" immediately preceding the parenthetical clause, and by striking out "to this title" at the end of the parenthetical clause and inserting in lieu thereof "thereto". SEC. 7. The first sentence of section 3 (b) and the first sentence of section 3 (d) of the Alaska Housing Act, approved April 23, 1949, as amended, are hereby amended by striking "$15,000,000" and inserting "$20,000,000". SEC. 8. Title II of the National Housing Act, as amended, is hereby amended by adding the following new section: "SEC. 218. In any case where an application for mortgage insurance under section 608 of this Act was received by the Federal Housing Commissioner on or before March 1, 1950, and a commitment to insure was issued by said Commissioner in accordance therewith any mortgagee who, prior to the expiration of such commitment, applied for insurance of a mortgage under section 207 of this Act with respect to the same property or project shall receive credit for all application fees paid in connection with the prior application: Provided, That nothing therein shall constitute a waiver of any requirements otherwise applicable to the insurance of mortgages under section 207 of this Act.". SEC. 9. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed from time to time to credit and cancel the note or notes of the Housing and Home Finance Administrator executed and delivered in connection with loans transferred from the Reconstruction Finance 38207 O 53 - 30 |