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PUBLIC LAWS--H . 554-JUNE 21, 1938 Short title. Title 1I-Federal Public Buildings Ap- propriation Act of 1938. within the time limits specified in section 201 (b) of the Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938." SEC. 205. This title may be cited as the "Public Works Adminis- tration Appropriation Act of 1938". TITLE III-FEDERAL PUBLIC BUILDINGS tioe and costu SEC. 301. Construction of Public Buildings Outside the District of Authorizations in- Columbia: The total amount authorized to be appropriated for the rease. three-year program for the acquisition of sites and construction of public buildings by the paragraph under the caption "Emergency Construction of Public Buildings Outside the District of Columbia", contained in the "Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 50Stat. 773. 1937", approved August 25, 1937 (50 Stat. 773), is hereby increased Provisions appli- from $70,000,000 to $130000000. All applicable provisions and cable, operative; ex- ception. authority of such paragraph shall be operative with respect to the enlarged authorization provided in this title except that the list from which projects, including the sites therefor, are to be selected by the Postmaster General and the Secretary of the Treasury acting jointly shall be the revision, dated April 25, 1938, of House Report Appropriation. Numbered 1879, Seventy-third Congress. Toward such increased program there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $25,000,000, of which not to exceed $500,000 may be utilized as an addition to the fund specified in such paragraph in such Act for the augmentation of the limits of cost of selected projects in amounts not exceeding 10 oinsoldastin °o per centum of such limits of cost. The appropriations heretofore made under the authority of such paragraph, together with the ap- propriation in this title, shall be consolidated into a single fund and be available toward the consummation of the entire authorized program. Short title. SEC. 302. This title may be cited as the "Federal Public Buildings Appropriation Act of 1938". Title IV-Rural Electrification Act of 1938. Loans authorized. 49 Stat. 1364 . 7 U.S . C.,Supp. II, 903. Use of materials of American manufac- ture. Salaries and expen- ses. Ante, p. 424 TITLE IV-RURAL ELECTRIFICATION LOANS SEC. 401. The Act entitled "An Act to provide for rural electrifica- tion, and for other purposes", approved May 20, 1936 (49 Stat. 1363) is hereby amended as follows: (a) By inserting in subsection (a) of section 3 thereof immediately following the date "June 30, 1937" the phrase "and $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939" and (b) by striking out the date "June 30, 1937" appearing at the end of subsection (e) of such section 3 and inserting in lieu thereof the date "June 30, 1939". In making loans pursuant to this title and pursuant to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, the Administrator of the Rural Electri- fication Administration shall require that, to the extent practicable and the cost of which is not unreasonable, the borrower agree to use in connection with the expenditure of such funds only such unmanu- factured articles, materials, and supplies, as have been mined or pro- duced in the United States, and only such manufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been manufactured in the United States substantially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States. SEC. 402. For an additional amount for salaries and expenses of the Rural Electrification Administration, fiscal years 1938 and 1939 including the same objects and under the same conditions specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1939, including printing and binding, there is appropriated, out of any 818 [52 STAT.