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75TH CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CH . 8 9 6---SEPTEMBEIR 1, 1937 PENALTIES SEC. 22 . All general penal statutes relating to the larceny, em- bezzlement, or conversion or to the improper handling, retention, use, or disposal of public moneys or property of the United States shall apply to the moneys and property of the Authority and to moneys and properties of the United States entrusted to the Author ity . SEC. 23. Any person who, with intent to defraud the Authority or to deceive any director, officer, or employee thereof or any officer or employee of the United States, makes any false entry in any book of the Authority or make any false report or statement to or for the Authority shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both . SEc . 24. Any person who shall receive any compensation, rebate, or rewa rd, o r shal l ent er in to any cons pirac y, col lusio n, or agree ment, express or implied, with intent to defraud the Authority or with intent unlawfully to defeat its purposes, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both . SEC . 25 . Any person who induces or influences the Authority to purchase or acquire any property or to enter into any contract and willfully fails to disclose any interest, legal or equitable, which he has in such property or in the property to which such contract relates or any special benefit which he expects to receive as a result of such contract, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both . SEc . 26. No individual, association, partnership, or corporation shall use the wo rds "Unite d States Housing Au thority", or any combination of these four words, .as the name, or part thereof, under which he or it shall do business . Any such use shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000 . SEC . 2 7 . Wherever the application of the provisions of this Act conflicts with the application of the provisions of Public Numbered 837, approved June 29, 1936 (49 Stat . 20 25), Public Numbered 845, approved June 29 2 1936 (49 Stat . 2035), or any other Act of the United States dealing with housing or slum clearance, or any Execu- tive order, regulation, or other order thereunder, the provisions of this Ac t shall prev ail . SEC . 28. The President is hereby authorized to make available to The Alley Dwelling Authority, from any funds appropriated or otherwise provided to carry out the purposes of this Act, such sums as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act., approved June 12, 1934 (Public Num- bered 307, Seventy-third Congress) . Such sums shall be deposited in the Conversion of Inhabited Alleys Fund and thereafter sha ll remain immediately available for the purposes of the District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act . SEC. 29 . Notwithstanding any other evidences of the intention of Congres s, it is her eby declare d to be the controllin g intent of Congress that if any provision of this Act., or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be af fected thereby . SEc . 30. This Act may be cited as the "United States Housing Act of 1.937". Approved, September 1, 1937 . 899 Pen alty prov isloas . App lication of ge n- eral statutes . False entries, etc . Fraud, eta . Interest in contract, etc . unlawful use of name. Conflicting provi- sions; present Act to apply . 49 Stat . 202 0 2035. 11 4 §° U.S. ., Snpp_ Alley Dwelling Au- thority . Administrative ez- penes . 48 Stat . 930 . Separability provi- sion . Short title.