purposes of this section the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy may utilize such other agencies of the United States as they may determine upon: Provided further, That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, at their discretion, are hereby authorized to rent such housing units, upon completion, to enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps with families, to field employees of the Military and Naval Establishments with families, and to workers with families who are engaged, or to be engaged, in industries essential to the military and naval national defense programs, including work on ships under the control of the Maritime Commission. The Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy are further authorized to use such rentals as may be collected from each housing project for the management and maintenance of the housing units therein, including utilities, roads, walks, and accessories, and to set up special reserve accounts for the amortization of the cost of the project: Provided further, That the authority of existing law for the negotiation of cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contracts shall be applicable to housing projects for which funds may be made available to the War and Navy Departments or the Maritime Commission. SEC. 202. This title may be cited as "Title IV of the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1941". * TITLE III-GENERAL PROVISIONS * * * SEC. 302. Nothing in Titles I and II hereof shall be deemed 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., title 40, sec. 276 (a)), or the provisions of the Act of June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2036; U. S. C., title 41, secs. 35-45), to any contract or contracts to which the provisions of either or both of such Acts would otherwise apply. SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the wages of every laborer and mechanic employed by any contractor or subcontractor engaged in the performance of any contract of the character specified in the Act of June 19, 1912 (37 Stat. 138; U. S. C., title 40, secs. 324, 325), shall be computed on a basic day rate of eight hours per day and work in excess of eight hours per day shall be permitted upon compensation for all hours worked in excess of eight hours per day at not less than one and one-half times the basic rate of pay. SEC. 304. This Act may be cited as the "Second Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941". Approved, September 9, 1940, 9 a. m., E. S. T. IV. EMERGENCY FUND APPROPRIATIONS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (a) WAR DEPARTMENT [Extract from 54 Stat. 350, 377] (1) [PUBLIC-No. 611-76TH CONGRESS] [H. R. 9209] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, 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 Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for other purposes, namely: EMERGENCY FUND FOR THE PRESIDENT To enable the President, through the appropriate agencies of the Government, without reference to section 3709, Revised Statutes, to provide for emergencies affecting the national security and defense and for each and every purpose connected therewith, including all of the objects and purposes specified under any appropriation available or to be made available to the War Department for the fiscal years 1940 and 1941; the furnishing of Government-owned facilities at privately owned plants; the procurement and training of civilian personnel necessary in connection with the production of critical and essential items of equipment and material and the use or operation thereof; and the procurement of strategic and critical materials in accordance with the Act of June 7, 1939, $66,000,000; to be immediately and continuously available until June 30, 1942; and, in addition, the President is authorized, through such agencies, on and after the enactment hereof, to enter into contracts for the same purposes to an amount not exceeding $66,000,000: Provided, That an account shall be kept of all expenditures made or authorized hereunder, and a report thereon shall be submitted to the Congress on or before June 30, 1942. SEC. 9. This Act may be cited as the "Military Appropriation Act, 1941". Approved, June 13, 1940. [Extract from 54 Stat. 712, 714] (2) [PUBLIC-No. 703-76TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 508-3D SESSION] [H. R. 9850] AN ACT To expedite the strengthening of the national defense. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * * * * * SEC. 5. The President is authorized, with or without advertising, through the appropriate agencies of the Government (1) to provide for emergencies affecting the national security and defense and for each and every purpose connected therewith, including all of the objects and purposes specified under any appropriation available or to be made available to the War Department for the fiscal years 1940 and 1941; (2) to provide for the furnishing of Government-owned facilities at privately owned plants; (3) to provide for the procurement and training of civilian personnel necessary in connection with the protection of critical and essential items of equipment and material and the use or operation thereof; and (4) to provide for the procurement of strategic and critical materials in accordance with the Act of June 7, 1939, but the aggregate amount to be used by the President for all such purposes shall not exceed $66,000,000. The President is further authorized, through such agencies, to enter into contracts for such purposes in an aggregate amount not exceeding $66,000,000. An account shall be kept of all expenditures made or authorized under this section, and a report thereon shall be submitted to the Congress at the beginning of each session subsequent to the third session of the Seventy-sixth Congress: Provided, That no contract entered into pursuant to the provisions of this section which would otherwise be subject to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the making of contracts by the United States, and for other purposes", approved June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2036; U. S. C., Supp. V, title 41, secs. 35-45), shall be exempt from the provisions of such Act solely because of being entered into without advertising pursuant to the provisions of this section. (b) NAVY DEPARTMENT [Extract from 54 Stat. 265, 297] [CHAPTER 313-3D SESSION] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, 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 Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, namely: To enable the President, through the appropriate agencies of the Government, without reference to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, to provide for emergencies affecting the national security and defense and for each and every purpose connected therewith, including all of the objects and purposes specified under any appropriation available or to be made available to the Navy Department for the fiscal years 1940 and 1941; the furnishing of Government-owned facilities at privately owned plants; the procurement and training of civilian personnel necessary in connection with the production of critical and essential items of equipment and material and the use or operation thereof; and the procurement of strategic and critical materials in accordance with the Act of June 7, 1939, $34,000,000; to be immediately available; and, in addition, the President is authorized, through such agencies, on and after the enactment hereof, to enter into contracts for the same purposes to an amount not exceeding $34,000,000: Provided, That an account shall be kept of all expenditures made or authorized hereunder, and a report thereon shall be submitted to the Congress on or before June 30, 1942. Approved, June 11, 1940. (c) DEFENSE HOUSING [55 Stat. 14] [PUBLIC LAW 9-77TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 9-1ST SESSION] [H. R. 3204] AN ACT Making additional appropriations for the fiscal year 1941 urgently required for the Work Projects Administration and certain other Federal agencies, 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 fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, for the following respective purposes: * EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR THE PRESIDENT Defense housing: To enable the President of the United States, through such agencies of the Government as he may designate, without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, to provide temporary shelter, either by the construction of buildings or otherwise, including appurtenances and including the acquisition of land or interests therein, in localities where by reason of national defense activities a shortage of housing exists, as determined by the President, and where it is not practicable under the Act of October 14, 1940 (Public, Numbered 849, Seventy-sixth Congress), or other Acts of Congress or through private enterprise to meet the immediate need for emergency housing, fiscal year 1941, $5,000,000, to be available until June 30, 1942, and to be available also for all necessary expenses incident to the providing of such facilities and the operation and management thereof, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, printing and binding, and purchase, operation, and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles: Provided, That all receipts derived from the rental or operation of the facilities provided for herein shall be returned to this appropriation and shall be available for expenses of operation and management of such facilities, including administrative expenses in connection therewith, and the unobligated balance of such receipts shall be covered into the Treasury at the end of each fiscal year as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That a detailed report of expenditures under this paragraph shall be made by the agency or agencies designated by the President under this provision to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives every six months from and after the passage of this Act. SEC. 2. This Act may be cited as the "Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1941". Approved, March 1, 1941. |