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[CITE: 42USC1589d]

 
                 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. 1589d. Undisposed housing


(a) Disposal to highest bidder; rejection of bids; disposal by 
        negotiation

    Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other law, (1) any 
housing to be sold on-site determined by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development to be permanent, located on lands owned by the United 
States and under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, which is not 
relinquished, transferred, under contract of sale, sold, or otherwise 
disposed of by the Secretary under other provisions of this subchapter 
or under the provisions of other law by January 1, 1957, except housing 
which is determined by the Secretary by that date to be suitable for 
sale in accordance with section 1587(b) of this title; and (2) any 
permanent housing to be sold off-site which is not relinquished, 
transferred, under contract of sale, sold, or otherwise disposed of 
prior to August 7, 1956, shall be disposed of, as expeditiously as 
possible, on a competitive basis to the highest responsible bidder upon 
such terms and after such public advertisement as the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may deem in the public interest; except 
that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may reject any bid 
which the Secretary deems less than the fair market value of the 
property and may thereafter dispose of the property by negotiation.

(b) Contracts; time for passage of title; termination of purchaser's 
        rights

    Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other law, all 
contracts entered into after August 7, 1956, for the sale, transfer, or 
other disposal of housing (other than housing subject to the provisions 
of section 1587(b) of this title) determined by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development to be permanent, except contracts entered into 
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, shall require that if title 
does not pass to the purchaser by April 1, 1957 (or within sixty days 
thereafter if such time is necessary to cure defects in title in 
accordance with the provisions of the contract), the rights of the 
purchaser shall terminate and thereafter the housing shall be sold under 
the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. For the purposes of 
this subsection, title shall be considered to have passed upon the 
execution of a conditional sales contract.

(c) Dates

    The dates set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall 
not be subject to change by virtue of the provisions of section 1589a of 
this title.

(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 862, title VI, Sec. 614, as added Aug. 7, 1956, ch. 
1029, title IV, Sec. 407(a), 70 Stat. 1106; amended Pub. L. 89-174, 
Sec. 5(a), Sept. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 669.)

                          Transfer of Functions

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