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Applicability of subsection.

Defense Production Act, 1950; Housing and Rent Act, 1950.

64 Stat. 798, 255. 50 U.S.C. a p p. J 5 2061, 1884 note.

64 Stat. 801, 802. 50 U.S.C. a p p. §§2092, 2093, 2094 (b), (c).

PUBLIC LAW 70—JULY 1, 1951

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projects or activities which were initiated during a subsequent quarter) of the fiscal year 1951: Provided, That, with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, the amount made available hereunder may be increased, where necesesary to provide for seasonal variations, on the basis of an annual rate for operations not in excess of that consistent with the rate which obtained in the last quarter of the fiscal year 1951: Provided further. That in no case shall the amount made available under this subsection for any project or activity exceed the amount provided for by the Budget estimates for the fiscal year 1952 for the period involved and in the case of the Department of Defense that the rate for operation shall not exceed by more than 50 per centum the rate obtained during the last quarter of the fiscal year 1951: Provided further, That this subsection shall apply to the following: Legislative Branch: Senate; Architect of the Capitol (Senate items); Department of State; Department of Justice; Department of Commerce; Department of Defense; The Judiciary; National Security Council; National Security Resources Board; Reconstruction Finance Corporation; General Services Administration (emergency operating expenses); National Science Foundation; Federal Civil Defense Administration; Selective Service System; Government and Relief in Occupied Areas; Government in Occupied Areas of Germany. (c) Such amounts as may be necessary for the carrying out, at a rate for operations (except as otherwise provided for in this subsection) not in excess of that which obtained in the month of June 1951, of projects and activities, including the Office of Defense Mobilization, under the Defense Production Act of 1950, and the Housing and Rent Act of 1950: Provided, That, during the period covered by this joint resolution, obligations outstanding at any one time for expanding defense production under sections 302 and 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the total of the amounts made available and authorized to be made available by subsections 304(b) and (c) of said Act as originally enacted: Provided further, That no appropriation or authorization contained herein shall be available for the carrying out of any project or activity (except for liquidation of projects or activities being carried out on June 30, 1951) under the Defense Production Act of 1950 or the Housing and Rent Act of 1950 except those which by the terms of said Acts may be continued after June 30, 1951, or those which may be authorized to be carried out after said date by any extension of, amendment to, or supplementation of, either of said Acts. (d) Such additional amounts as may be necessary to provide for continuance of an increasing rate for operations under projects or activities for which appropriations, funds, or authorizations are made available under subsections (a), (b), or (c), and for which an increasing rate obtained during the last quarter of the fiscal year 1951 pursuant to appropriations available for that purpose: Provided, That in no event shall the rate for operations for Department of Defense permitted by this subsection exceed by more than 50 per centum the