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[CITE: 42USC1589a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
        CHAPTER 9--HOUSING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
          SUBCHAPTER VII--DISPOSAL OF WAR AND VETERANS' HOUSING
 
Sec. 1589a. Extension by President of dates for disposal and 
        other actions relating to housing under this subchapter
        
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President is 
authorized to extend, for such period or periods as he shall specify, 
the time within which any action is required or permitted to be taken by 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or others under the 
provisions of this subchapter or section 1553 of this title (or any 
contract entered into pursuant thereto), upon a determination by him, 
after considering the needs of national defense and the effect of such 
extension upon the general housing situation and the national economy, 
that such extension is in the public interest.

(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 862, title VI, Sec. 611, as added Sept. 1, 1951, ch. 
378, title VI, Sec. 603(d), 65 Stat. 314; amended July 14, 1952, ch. 
723, Sec. 6, 66 Stat. 603; Pub. L. 89-174, Sec. 5(a), Sept. 9, 1965, 79 
Stat. 669.)


                               Amendments

    1952--Act July 14, 1952, inserted ``or section 1553 of this title'' 
immediately before parenthetical clause, and substituted ``thereto'' for 
``of this subchapter'' in parenthetical clause.

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of functions to Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, see note set out under section 1581 of this title.

                        Executive Order No. 10284

    Ex. Ord. No. 10284, Sept. 1, 1951, 16 F.R. 8971, was superseded by 
Ex. Ord. No. 10339, Apr. 5, 1952, 17 F.R. 3012.

                 Ex. Ord. No. 10339. Extensions of Time

    Ex. Ord. No. 10339, Apr. 7, 1952, 17 F.R. 3012, as amended by Ex. 
Ord. No. 10425, Jan. 16, 1953, 18 F.R. 405, provided:
    1. [Superseded. Ex. Ord. No. 10425, Jan. 16, 1953, 18 F.R. 405.]
    2. The time stipulated in subsection (c) of section 601 of the Act 
[section 1581(c) of this title] on or before which all conditions to 
relinquishments or transfers pursuant to requests made under subsections 
(a), (b) and (g) of that section must be complied with is extended to 
June 30, 1953.
    3. The time stipulated in section 604 of the Act [section 1584 of 
this title] after which vacancies occurring or continuing in temporary 
housing remaining under the jurisdiction of the Housing and Home Finance 
Administrator on land under his control may be filled only by transfer 
of tenants of other accommodations in the same locality being removed as 
required by the Act is extended to July 1, 1953.
    4. The time stipulated in section 604 of the Act [section 1584 of 
this title] on or before which all tenants must be notified to vacate 
the premises is extended to March 31, 1954; and the time required to be 
stipulated in such notices prior to which the premises must be vacated 
is extended to July 1, 1954.
    5. The time stipulated in section 604 of the Act [section 1584 of 
this title] promptly after which actions must be instituted to evict any 
tenants still remaining is extended to July 1, 1954.
    6. [Superseded. Ex. Ord. No. 10425, Jan. 16, 1953, 18 F.R. 405.]
    7. The time stipulated in section 606(a)(3) of the Act [section 
1586(a)(3) of this title] on or before which the governing body of the 
municipality or county must enter into an agreement with the public 
housing agency satisfactory to the Public Housing Administration 
providing for local cooperation and payments in lieu of taxes and on or 
before which the public housing agency must enter into an agreement with 
the Public Housing Administration for the administration of any project 
requested under section 606(a) of the Act [section 1586(a) of this 
title] is extended to June 30, 1953.
    This order supersedes Executive Order 10284, dated September 1, 
1951.

Ex. Ord. No. 10385. Extension of Time Relating to the Removal of Certain 
                            Temporary Housing

    Ex. Ord. No. 10385, Aug. 16, 1952, 17 F.R. 7525, provided:
    The time stipulated in section 313 of the said act approved October 
14, 1940, as amended [section 1553 of this title], within which, subject 
to the qualifications stated in the said section 313 [section 1553 of 
this title], housing of a temporary character under the jurisdiction of 
the Housing and Home Finance Administrator and constructed under certain 
laws must be removed is hereby extended from December 31, 1952, to July 
1, 1954.

                  Ex. Ord. No. 10395. Extension of Time

    Ex. Ord. No. 10395, Sept. 18, 1952, 17 F.R. 8449, as amended by Ex. 
Ord. No. 10425, Jan. 16, 1953, 18 F.R. 405, provided:
    1. [Superseded. Ex. Ord. No. 10425, Jan. 16, 1953, 18 F.R. 405.]
    2. The time stipulated in subsection (c) of section 601 of the Act 
[section 1581(c) of this title] on or before which all conditions to 
relinquishments or transfers pursuant to requests made under subsection 
(h) of that section must be complied with is extended to June 30, 1953.

                 Ex. Ord. No. 10425. Extensions of Time

    Ex. Ord. No. 10425, Jan. 16, 1953, 18 F.R. 405, provided:
    1. The time stipulated in subsection (c) of section 601 of the act 
[section 1581(c) of this title] on or before which requests must be 
filed under subsections (a), (b), (g), and (h) of that section is 
extended to June 30, 1953.
    2. The time stipulated in section 606(a)(1) of the action or before 
which conveyance of the housing projects listed in section 606(a)(3) of 
the act [section 1586(2)(1) of this title] must be requested by the 
governing body of the municipality or county and on or before which the 
need for low-rent housing must be demonstrated to the satisfaction of 
the Administrator is extended to June 30, 1953.
    This order supersedes paragraphs 1 and 6 of Executive Order No. 
10339 of April 5, 1952 [set out above], and paragraph 1 of Executive 
Order No. 10395 of September 18, 1952 [set out above].

  Ex. Ord. No. 10462. Delegation of Functions to the Housing and Home 
                          Finance Administrator

    Ex. Ord. No. 10462, June 19, 1953, 18 F.R. 3613, provided:
    1. The Housing and Home Finance Administrator is hereby designated 
and empowered to perform, without the approval, ratification, or other 
action by the President, the functions vested in the President by 
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 (42 U.S.C. 1589a).
    2. The meaning of the terms ``perform'' and ``functions'' as used in 
this order shall be the same as the meaning of those terms as used in 
chapter 4 of title 3 of the United States Code.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1589d of this title.
