General of the United States shall have access to and the right to examine and audit such records. This section shall become effective on the first day after the first full calendar month following the date of approval of the Housing Act of 1961.1

APPLICANTS FOR ASSISTANCE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT SPECIFICATIONS

SEC. 815. Every contract for a loan, grant, or contribution under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, or title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, for the construction of a project shall require the submission of specifications with respect to such construction prior to the authorization for the award of the construction contract and the submission of data with respect to the acquisition of land prior to the authorization to acquire such land.

AUDITS UNDER PUBLIC HOUSING ACT OF 1937; COMPTROLLER GENERAL

SEC. 816. Every contract for loans or annual contributions under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, shall provide that the Public Housing Commissioner and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall, for the purpose of audit and examination, have access to any books, documents, papers, and records of the public housing agency entering into such contract that are pertinent to its operations with respect to financial assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended.

Approved August 2, 1954.

PRESIDENT'S FUNCTIONS DELEGATED TO HOUSING

ADMINISTRATOR

Executive Order 11196

[30 Fed. Reg. 1171]

PROVIDING FOR THE PERFORMANCE BY THE HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS VESTED IN OR SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE PRESIDENT

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows

SECTION 1. The Housing and Home Finance Administrator is hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the following:

(1) The authority vested in the President by Section 6(d) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 50 Stat. 888 (42 U.S.C. 1406 (d)), to approve the undertaking by the Public Housing Administration of any annual contribution, grant, or loan, or any contract for any annual contribution, grant, or loan, under that Act."

(2) The authority vested in the President by Section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 50 Stat. 895 (42 U.S.C. 1414), to

1 Sec. 908, Housing Act of 1961, Public Law 87-70, approved June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 149, 192, substituted "1961" for "1954."

approve the amending or superseding of any contract for annual contributions or loans, or both, so that the going Federal rate on the basis of which such annual contributions or the interest rate on the loans, or both, respectively, are fixed shall mean the going Federal rate on the date of approval of the amending or superseding contract entered into by the Public Housing Administration.

(3) The authority vested in the Housing and Home Finance Administrator by Section 103 (b) of the Housing Act of 1949, 63 Stat. 416 (42 U.S.Č. 1453 (b)), to contract, with the approval of the President, to make grants under Title I of that Act.

(4) The authority vested in the President by Title II of the Act of June 28, 1940, ch. 440, 54 Stat. 681 (42 U.S.C. 1501-1505), to determine that housing administered or assisted by the Public Housing Administration under that Title is no longer needed to assure the availability of dwellings for persons engaged in national-defense activities: Provided, That determinations under this paragraph shall require the concurrence of the Secretary of Defense.

(5) The authority vested in the President by Section 5 of the Act of June 29, 1936, ch. 860, 49 Stat. 2026, to approve the dedication by the Public Housing Commissioner of streets, alleys, and parks for public use, and the granting by the Commissioner of easements, in connection with any low-cost housing or slum-clearance project described in that Act.

(6) The authority vested in the President by Section 57 of the Alaska Omnibus Act (added by Public Law 88-451 of August 19, 1964, 78 Stat. 507), (A) to make the grants to the State of Alaska provided for in that Section, (B) to approve a plan submitted by the State of Alaska for the implementation of the purpose of that Section, (C) to specify reports to be made by the agency designated by the State of Alaska in accordance with that Section and to prescribe the form of, and information to be contained in, such reports, and (D) to demand access to the records upon which such reports are based.

SEC. 2. The following are hereby superseded:

(1) Part III of Executive Order No. 10530 of May 10, 1954. (2) Executive Order No. 10573 of October 26, 1954.

(3) Executive Order No. 10852 of November 27, 1959.

(4) So much of Executive Order No. 11184 of October 13, 1964, as added paragraph (g) to Section 4 of Executive Order No. 10530 of May 10, 1954.

SEC. 3. (a) References in this Order to any statute or to any provision of any statute shall be deemed to include (1) to the extent not inappropriate, references thereto as amended from time to time, (2) in the cases of Section 1(1), 1(2), 1(4), and 1 (5) of this Order, references to Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1947 (61 Stat. 954), and (3) in the case of Section 1(5) of this Order, a reference to Executive Order No. 7732 of October 27, 1937.

(b) Unless inappropriate, any reference in any Executive order to any Executive order which is superseded by this Order, or to any Executive order provision so superseded, shall hereafter be deemed to refer to this Order or to the provision of Section 1 hereof, if any, which corresponds to the superseded provision.

SEC. 4. All actions heretofore taken by the President or by his delegate in respect of the matters affected by Section 1 of this Ŏrder and in force at the time of the issuance of this Order shall, except as they

may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Order, remain in effect until amended, modified, or revoked pursuant to the authority conferred by this Order unless sooner terminated by operation of law. LYNDON B. JOHNSON.

(h) In the performance of, and with respect to, the functions, powers, and duties vested in him by section 213 of the National Housing Act, section 221(d) (3) of the National Housing Act, and section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (insofar as the provisions of such sections relate to cooperative housing), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, shall appoint a Special Assistant for Cooperative Housing, and provide the Special Assistant with adequate staff, whose sole responsibility will be to expedite operations under such sections and to eliminate obstacles to the full utilization of such sections under the direction and supervision of the Commissioner. The person so appointed shall be fully sympathetic with the purposes of such sections.

SEC. 612. No part of any appropriation, loan, fund, or expenditure authorized by or provided pursuant to this Act, shall be used directly or indirectly to pay the salary or wages of any officer or

1 A provision in sec. 213 (f) of the National Housing Act, as amended, authorizing the appointment of an Assistant Commissioner for cooperative housing administration was deleted by sec. 120 of the Housing Act of 1954, Public Law 560, 83d Congress, approved August 2, 1954, 68 Stat. 590, 596. The First Independent Offices Appropriation Act 1954, Public Law 176, 83d Congress, approved July 31, 1953, 67 Stat. 298, 315, had previously provided that the position was no longer authorized.

Sec. 1020 (h), Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, approved November 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1255, 1296, reenacted this section which in effect had been repealed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act. The 1966 Act also amended this section to add to the duties of the Special Assistant for Cooperative Housing, the cooperative housing programs under sec. 221(d) (3) of the National Housing Act, and cooperatives receiving rent supplements under sec. 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965.

employee of the Housing and Home Finance Agency or the Department of Agriculture who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the officer or employee making the affidavit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against the Government of the United States, is not a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or that such officer or employee does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided further, That any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts an office or employment in the Housing and Home Finance Agency or the Department of Agriculture the salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation, loan, fund, or expenditure authorized by or provided pursuant to this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law.

PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN OFFICERS MAY ACT AS SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Executive Order 11274

[31 Fed. Reg. 5243]

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 179 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 6) and Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

1. In the event of a vacancy in the Office of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or during the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Under Secretary shall act as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

2. During any period when, by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in office, neither the Secretary nor the Under Secretary is

available to exercise the powers or perform the duties of the Office of the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or the General Counsel, in such order as the Secretary may from time to time prescribe, shall act as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. If no such order of succession is in effect at that time, then they shall act in the order in which they shall have taken office as Assistant Secretaries or General Counsel. LYNDON B. JOHNSON.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

March 30, 1966.

ADVISORY COMMITTEES

EXCERPTS FROM HOUSING ACT OF 1949

[Public Law 171, 181st Congress, 63 Stat. 413, 438]

GENERAL AUTHORITY

SEC. 601. The Housing and Home Finance Administrator 2 and the head of each constituent agency of the Housing and Home Finance Agency is hereby authorized to establish such advisory committee or committees as each may deem necessary in carrying out any of his functions, powers, and duties under this or any other Act or authorization. Persons serving without compensation as members of any such committee may be paid transportation expenses and not to exceed $25 per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2).

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE-HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY EXCERPTS FROM THE HOUSING ACT OF 1956

[Public Law 1020, 84th Congress, 70 Stat. 1091, 1092]

SEC. 104. ***

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HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

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(d) The Housing and Home Finance Administrator shall establish, in accordance with the provisions of section 601 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, an advisory committee on matters relating to housing for elderly persons.

1 Sec. 601 amended to authorize the appointment of advisory committees by the constituent agencies by sec. 807 of the Housing Act of 1954, Public Law 560, 83d Congress, approved August 2, 1954, 68 Stat. 590, 645.

2 Presidential advisory committees and councils on which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development serves begin on page 649, and are listed in the Index.