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[CITE: 42USC1590]

 
                 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. 1590. Definitions

    As used in this subchapter, the following terms shall have the 
meanings ascribed to them below, unless the context clearly indicates 
otherwise:
    (a) The term ``governing body of the municipality or county'' means 
the governing body of the city, village, or other municipality having 
general governmental authority over the area in which the housing 
involved is located or, if the housing is not located in such a 
municipality, the term means the governing body of the county or parish 
in which the housing is located, or if the housing is located in the 
District of Columbia the term means the Council of the District of 
Columbia.
    (b) The term ``housing'' means any housing under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (including trailers and 
other mobile or portable housing) constructed, acquired, or made 
available under subchapters II to VII of this chapter or Public Law 781, 
Seventy-sixth Congress, approved September 9, 1940, or Public Laws 9, 
73, or 353, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved, respectively, March 1, 
1941, May 24, 1941, and December 17, 1941, or any other law, and 
includes in addition to dwellings any structures, appurtenances, and 
other property, real or personal, acquired for or held in connection 
therewith.
    (c) The term ``temporary housing'' means any housing (as defined in 
(b)) which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development has determined 
to be ``of a temporary character'' pursuant to subchapters II to VII of 
this chapter and shall also include any such housing after rights 
thereto have been relinquished or transferred under this subchapter or 
section 1575 of this title.
    (d) The terms ``veteran'' and ``serviceman'' mean ``veteran'' and 
``serviceman'' as those terms are defined in the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.].
    (e) The term ``State'' means any State, Territory, dependency, or 
possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
    (f) The term ``going Federal rate of interest'' means ``going 
Federal rate'' as that term is defined in the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.].
    (g) The term ``United States Housing Act of 1937'' [42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.] means the provisions of that Act, including all amendments 
thereto, now or hereafter adopted, except provisions relating to the 
initial construction of a project or dwelling units.

(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 862, title VI, Sec. 610, as added June 28, 1948, ch. 
688, Sec. 7, as added Apr. 20, 1950, ch. 94, title II, Sec. 201, 64 
Stat. 59; amended Pub. L. 89-174, Sec. 5(a), Sept. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 
669; 1967 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Sec. 402(432), eff. Nov. 3, 1967, 32 F.R. 
11669, 81 Stat. 948; Pub. L. 93-198, title IV, Sec. 401, Dec. 24, 1973, 
87 Stat. 785.)

                       References in Text

    Subchapters III and VI of this chapter, referred to in subsecs. (b) 
and (c), were comprised of sections 1531 to 1536 and 1571 to 1576, 
respectively, of this title and have been omitted from the Code. For 
further details, see note set out under section 1522 of this title.
    The provisions of Public Law 781, and Public Laws 9, 73, or 353, 
referred to in subsec. (b), are not classified to the Code. For further 
details, see note set out under section 1524 of this title.
    The United States Housing Act of 1937, referred to in subsecs. (d), 
(f), and (g), is act Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, as revised generally by 
Pub. L. 93-383, title II, Sec. 201(a), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 653, 
which is classified generally to chapter 8 (Sec. 1437 et seq.) of this 
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title note set out under section 1437 of this title and Tables.

                          Transfer of Functions

    In subsec. (a), ``Council of the District of Columbia'' substituted 
for ``District of Columbia Council'' pursuant to section 401 of Pub. L. 
93-198. District of Columbia Council, as established by Reorg. Plan No. 
3 of 1967, abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Pub. L. 93-198, title 
VII, Sec. 711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818, classified to section 1-211 
of the District of Columbia Code, and replaced by Council of District of 
Columbia, as provided by section 401 of Pub. L. 93-198, classified to 
section 1-221 of the District of Columbia Code.
    Previously, reference to Board of Commissioners of District of 
Columbia had been changed to District of Columbia Council pursuant to 
section 402(432) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967, 32 F.R. 11669, 
eff. Nov. 3, 1967, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees, which transferred the regulatory and other 
functions of Board of Commissioners relating to functions under this 
subchapter previously vested in Board of Commissioners pursuant to this 
section to District of Columbia Council, subject to the right of the 
Commissioner as provided by section 406 of the Plan. For provisions 
establishing District of Columbia Council, see section 201 of the Reorg. 
Plan No. 3 of 1967.
    For transfer of functions to Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, see note set out under section 1581 of this title.
