63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., IST SESS.-CHS. 85, 89-APR. 21 , 23, 1949
Whereas the quotas to which the aliens in most cases are chargeable
are oversubscribed for several years: Therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That American diplomatic
and consular officers are hereby authorized to finish processing all
cases of the alien fianc6s or fiancees of citizens of the United States
which were pending at American diplomatic and consular offices on
December 31, 1948, under Public Law 471, Seventy-ninth Congress
(60 Stat. 339), as amended and extended, in the same manner as if
that Act were still in effect: Provided, That the American citizen
concerned in each case has personally met his or her fiance or fiancee:
Providedfurther, That the processing of all such cases shall be com-
pleted and the aliens concerned, who are granted visas, as well as
those who received such visas before April 1, 1949, who arrive at a
port of entry in the United States within five months after the effec-
tive date of this Act, and who are found to be admissible under the
immigration laws, including the provisions of Public Law 471, as
amended, may be admitted into the United States within the period
of validity of the visa, as provided in Public Law 471, as amended,
the same as if it were still in effect: And provided further, That the
record of entry of aliens admitted under the provisions of this Act,
and under the provisions of Public Law 471, as amended, who within
ninety days of admission marry the fiance or fiancee to whom they
were destined at the time of entry, shall upon the submission of proof
of marriage, be amended to show admission for permanent residence.
Approved April 21, 1949.
57
Alien fiancSs or fi-
ancees.
Processing of visa
cases.
50U.S.C. app.
§§ 1851-1855; Supp. II ,
§1851.
Record of entry.
[CHAPTER 89]
AN ACT
April 23, 1949
To promote the settlement and development of the Territory of Alaska by facilitat-
[s. Sl
9
ing the construction of necessary housing therein, and for other purposes.
[Public Law 52]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may
be cited as the "Alaska Housing Act".
SEC. 2 . (a) Title II of the National Housing Act, as amended, is
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new section reading
as follows:
"SEC. 214. If the Federal Housing Commissioner finds that, because
of higher costs prevailing in the Territory of Alaska, it is not feasible
to construct dwellings on property located in Alaska without sacrifice
of sound standards of construction, design, or livability, within the
limitations as to maximum mortgage amounts provided in this Act,
the Commissioner may, by regulations or otherwise, prescribe, with
respect to dollar amount, a higher maximum for the principal obli-
gation of mortgages insured under this Act covering property located
in Alaska, in such amounts as he shall find necessary to compensate
for such higher costs but not to exceed, in any event, the maximum
otherwise applicable by more than one-third thereof. No mortgage
with respect to a project or property in Alaska shall be accepted for
insurance under this Act unless the Commissioner finds that the project
or property is an acceptable risk, giving consideration to the acute
housing shortage in Alaska: Provided,That any such mortgage may
be insured or accepted for insurance without regard to any require-
ment in any other section of this Act that the Commissioner find the
project or property to be economically sound or an acceptable risk.
Nowithstanding any of the provisions of this Act or any other law,
the Alaska Housing Authority shall be eligible as mortgagor or mort-
gagee, as the case may be, for any of the purposes of mortgage insur-
ance under the provisions of this Act. Upon application by the
Alaska Housing
Act.
48 Stat. 1247 .
12 U.S. C.C§ 1707-
1715c; Supp. 11 ,
§§ 1709-1715c.
Post, pp. 421, 576,
681, 05.
Increase in linita-
tion for insured imort-
gages.
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