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[CITE: 42USC1591]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
        CHAPTER 9--HOUSING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
             SUBCHAPTER VIII--CRITICAL DEFENSE HOUSING AREAS
 
Sec. 1591. Determination of critical areas by President; 
        requisite conditions
        
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, the authority 
contained in titles II or III of this Act shall not be exercised in any 
area unless the President shall have determined that such area is a 
critical defense housing area.
    (b) No area shall be determined to be a critical defense housing 
area pursuant to this section unless the President finds that in such 
area all the following conditions exist:
        (1) a new defense plant or installation has been or is to be 
    provided, or an existing defense plant or installation has been or 
    is to be reactivated or its operation substantially expanded;
        (2) substantial in-migration of defense workers or military 
    personnel is required to carry out activities at such plant or 
    installation; and
        (3) a substantial shortage of housing required for such defense 
    workers or military personnel exists or impends which impedes or 
    threatens to impede activities at such defense plant or 
    installation, or that community facilities or services required for 
    such defense workers or military personnel are not available or are 
    insufficient, or both, as the case may be.

(Sept. 1, 1951, ch. 378, title I, Sec. 101, 65 Stat. 293; June 30, 1953, 
ch. 170, Sec. 15, 67 Stat. 125.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsecs. (a), (c), and (d), means act Sept. 
1, 1951, ch. 378, 65 Stat. 293, as amended, known as the Defense Housing 
and Community Facilities and Services Act of 1951. Title II of this Act 
enacted subchapter X (Sec. 1750 et seq.) of chapter 13 of Title 12, 
Banks and Banking, and amended sections 371, 1430, 1702, 1706, 1715c, 
1715f, 1716, and 1743 of Title 12. Title III of this Act is classified 
generally to subchapter IX (Sec. 1592 et seq.) of this chapter. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1951 
Amendment note set out under section 1501 of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1953--Subsec. (a). Act June 30, 1953, substituted ``titles II or 
III'' for ``titles II, III, or IV''.


                            Inconsistent Laws

    Section 617 of act Sept. 1, 1951, provided that: ``Insofar as the 
provisions of any other law are inconsistent with the provisions of this 
Act [see Short Title of 1951 Amendment note set out under section 1501 
of this title], the provisions of this Act shall be controlling.''


                              Separability

    Second sentence of section 618 of act Sept. 1, 1951, provided that: 
``Notwithstanding any other evidence of the intention of Congress, it is 
hereby declared to be the controlling intent of Congress that if any 
provisions of this Act [see Short Title of 1951 Amendment note set out 
under section 1501 of this title], or the application thereof to any 
persons or circumstances, shall be adjudged by any court of competent 
jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or 
invalidate the remainder of this Act or its application to other persons 
and circumstances, but shall be confined in its operation to the 
provisions of this Act or the application thereof to the persons and 
circumstances directly involved in the controversy in which such 
judgment shall have been rendered.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1591a, 1591b; title 12 
section 1750b; title 50 App. section 1894a.
