That the fact that any contract authorized by this or any other Act is entered into without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, or upon a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee basis or otherwise without advertising for proposals, shall not be constructed to render inapplicable the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1931, as amended by the Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1011; U.S.C., Supp. V, title 40, sec. 276 (a)), if such Act would otherwise be applicable to such contract

Approved August 21, 1941.

EXCERPT FROM ACT OF JUNE 13, 1934

[Ch. 482; 48 Stat. 948; 40 U.S.C. 276c]

An Act to effectuate the purpose of certain statutes concerning rates of pay for labor, by making it unlawful to prevent anyone from receiving the compensation contracted for thereunder, and for other purposes.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of Labor shall make reasonable regulations for contractors and subcontractors engaged in the construction, prosecution, completion or repair of public buildings, public works or buildings or works financed in whole or in part by loans or grants from the United States, including a provision that each contractor and subcontractor shall furnish weekly a statement with respect to the wages paid each employee during the preceding week. Section 1001 of title 18 of the United States Code (Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure) shall apply to such statements.

Approved June 13, 1934.

EXCERPT FROM HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL RECOVERY ACT OF 1983

[Public Law 98-181; 97 Stat. 1153, 1175; 40 U.S.C. 484b note]

REPEALERS

SEC. 126. (a)(1) Section 414 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1969 hereby is repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture may dispose of Federal surplus real property pursuant to the terms of section 414 of such Act if, prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, either Secretary had requested the Administrator of General Services to transfer such property for such disposition.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), section 414(b) of such Act shall continue to apply, where applicable, to all property transferred by either Secretary pursuant to section 414 of such Act, including properties transferred pursuant to paragraph (2).

Approved November 30, 1983.

1 See 40 U.S.C. 484b.

EXCERPT FROM HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974

[Public Law 93-383; 88 Stat. 633; 42 U.S.C. 5301 note]

LIMITATION ON WITHHOLDING OR CONDITIONING OF ASSISTANCE

SEC. 817. Assistance provided for in this Act, the National Housing Act, the United States Housing Act of 1937, the Housing Act of 1949, the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, the Housing and Urban Development Acts of 1965, 1968, 1969, and 1970, and section 17 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 shall not be withheld or made subject to conditions or preference by reason of the tax-exempt status of bonds or other obligations issued or to be issued to provide financing for use in connection with such assistance, except where otherwise expressly provided or authorized by law.

Approved August 22, 1974.

PART X-APPROPRIATIONS

EXCERPTS FROM DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATION ACT, 1985

[Public Law 98-371; 98 Stat. 1213]

An Act making appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, 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 following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HOUSING PROGRAMS

ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING

The amount of contracts for annual contributions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by section 5 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437c), and heretofore approved in appropriations Acts, is increased by $847,524,808: Provided, That $11,215,073 of such contract authority shall be available only for contracts using contract authority released by Acts of Congress prior to 1976: Provided further, That the budget authority obligated under contracts for annual contributions shall be increased above amounts heretofore provided in appropriation Acts by $10,759,482,775: Provided further, That of the budget authority provided herein, $312,760,000 shall be for assistance in financing the development or acquisition cost of public housing for Indian families; $1,725,000,000 shall be for modernization of existing public housing projects pursuant to section 14 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 14371), of which (a) $75,000,000 shall be for the modernization of vacant uninhabitable dwelling units in vacant buildings located in public housing projects, pursuant to section 14 of such Act, other than section 14(f) of such Act and other than projects for which budget authority for this purpose was reserved or obligated during fiscal years 1983 or 1984, and (b) $100,000,000 shall be made available for modernization under such section 14, other than section 14(f) of such Act, through June 30, 1985, and any balances of such authority remaining unreserved after such date shall only be available for the section 8 existing housing program utilizing a term of one hundred and eighty months (42 U.S.C. 1437f); $774,287,500

shall be for assistance payments in the housing voucher program under section 8(0) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f); $1,709,040,000 shall be for assistance for projects developed for the elderly or handicapped under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701q); and, $2,620,687,500 shall be for the section 8 existing housing program (42 U.S.C. 1437f); $419,250,000 shall be for the section 8 moderate rehabilitation program (42 U.S.C. 1437f); and $945,000,000 shall be used other than for low-income housing for Indian families for public housing new construction, notwithstanding sections 6 (h) and (i) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, or may be used for acquisition with or without rehabilitation for use as public housing if the public housing authority certifies to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development before a reservation is made, that comparable dwelling units exist which may be used for its public housing program: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not approve the use of any of the budget authority provided herein (except such amounts as are provided for in the third proviso of this paragraph), or reserved and obligated in years prior to fiscal year 1985, for assistance under the housing voucher program authorized under section 8(0) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, That any balances of authorities made available prior to the enactment of this Act which are or become available for obligation in fiscal year 1985 shall be added to and merged with the authority approved herein, and such merged amounts shall be made subject only to terms and conditions of law applicable to authorizations becoming available in fiscal year 1985: Provided further, That none of the merged amounts available for obligation in 1985 shall be subject to the provisions of section 213(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1439): Provided further, That all amounts of budget authority equal to the amounts of such budget authority which are recaptured during fiscal year 1985 shall be rescinded.

The paragraph under the heading "ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING" in the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1984 (Public Law 98-45, 97 Stat. 219, 220), as amended by section 127 of Public Law 98-151, making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1984 (97 Stat. 964, 980), is further amended by (a) deleting "$1,550,000,000" in the second proviso and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,612,982,000"; (b) striking out in the seventh proviso thereof the second citation to section 1437f of title 42, United States Code (including the parentheses), and inserting in lieu thereof the following: $261,675,000 of budget authority shall only be made available for the section 8 voucher program (section 8(0) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as added by section 207 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983, Public Law 98-181, 97 Stat. 1153, 1155, 1181), including payment of fees to Public Housing Agencies"; (c) deleting, in the clause numbered (1) in the ninth proviso, "shall not become available until March 31, 1984, and at such time", and in that clause deleting "such heading" and inserting in lieu thereof "this heading"; (d) deleting "$2,217,150,000" in the seventh and ninth provisos and inserting in each such proviso in lieu thereof "$3,820,320,000"; and (e) deleting the period at the end