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(d) Section 3709, as amended, of the Revised Statutes shall not
apply to any contract for services or supplies on account of any prop-
erty acquired pursuant to this title if the amount of such contract does
not exceed $1,000.
(e) Not more than 10 per centum of the funds provided for in this
title, either in the form of loans or grants, shall be expended in any one
State.
PAYMENT FOR LAND USED FOR LOW-RENT PUBLIC HOUSING
SEC. 107. If the land for a low-rent housing project assisted under
the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, is made available
from a project assisted under this title, payment equal to the fair
value of the land for the uses specified in accordance with the re-
development plan shall be made therefor by the public housing agency
undertaking the housing project, and such amount shall be included
as part of the development cost of the low-rent housing project.
SURPLUS FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY
SEC. 108. The President may at any time in his discretion, transfer,
or cause to be transferred, to the Administrator any right, title, or
interest held by the Federal Government or any department or agency
thereof in any land (including buildings thereon) which is surplus to
the needs of the Government and which a local public agency certifies
will be within the area of a project being planned by it. When such
land is sold to the local public agency by the Administrator, it shall
be sold at a price equal to its fair market value, and the proceeds from
such sale shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
PROTECTION OF LABOR STANDARDS
SEC. 109. In order to protect labor standards-
(a) Any contract for financial aid pursuant to this title shall
contain a provision requiring that not less than the salaries pre-
vailing in the locality, as determined or adopted (subsequent to a
determination under applicable State or local law) by the Admin-
istrator, shall be paid to all architects, technical engineers, drafts-
men, and technicians employed in the development of the project
involved and shall also contain a provision that not less than the
wages prevailing in the locality, as predetermined by the Secretary
of Labor pursuant to the Davis-Bacon Act (49 Stat. 1011), shall
be paid to all laborers and mechanics employed in the development
of the project involved; and the Administrator shall require cer-
tification as to compliance with the provisions of this paragraph
prior to making any payment under such contract;
(b) The provisions of title 18 U. S . C ., section 874, and of title
40 U. S. C ., section 276c, shall apply to any project financed in
whole or in part with funds made available pursuant to this title;
(c) Any contractor engaged on any project financed in whole
or in part with funds made available pursuant to this title shall
report monthly to the Secretary of Labor, and shall cause all
subcontractors to report in like manner, within five days after
the close of each month and on forms to be furnished by the
United States Department of Labor, as to the number of persons
on their respective pay rolls on the particular project, the aggre-
gate amount of such pay rolls, the total man-hours worked, and
itemized expenditures for materials. Any such contractor shall
furnish to the Department of Labor the names and addresses of all
subcontractors on the work at the earliest date practicable
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41U.S.C.§5.
Ante, p. 403.
Expenditure in any
one State.
50 Stat. 888.
42U.S.C.§§1401-
1431; Supp. II, § 1402
et seq.
Post, pp. 422-431 .
40U.8.0. §i276a-
276a-5; Supp. II,
i 270-5 note.
18 U. S. C., Supp.
II, I 874.
Ante, p . 108.
Monthly report.
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