Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 63 Part 1.djvu/481

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63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 338 -JULY 15, 1949 "(2) the site and use plan for the redevelopment of the area, included in the redevelopment plan of the project area pursuant to section 6 (b) (2) of this Act, shall include the approximate extent and location of any land within the area which is proposed to be used for public housing to be undertaken under Public Law 307, Seventy-third Congress, approved June 12, 1934, as amended; "(3) notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, the Agency, pursuant to section 7 (a) of this Act, shall have power to transfer to and shall at a practicable time or times transfer by deeds to the National Capital Housing Authority those pieces of real property which, in accordance with the approved project area redevelopment plan, are to be devoted to public housing to be undertaken under Public Law 307, Seventy-third Congress, approved June 12, 1934, as amended, and, in accordance with the requirements of section 107 of the Housing Act of 1949, the National Capital Housing Authority shall pay for the same out of any of its funds available for such acquisition. "(g) It is the purpose and intent of this section to authorize the District Commissioners and the appropriate agencies operating within the District of Columbia to do any and all things necessary to secure financial aid under title I of the Housing Act of 1949. The District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency is hereby declared to be a local public agency for all of the purposes of title I of the Housing Act of 1949. As such a local public agency for all of the purposes of title I of the Housing Act of 1949, the Agency is also authorized to borrow money from the Administrator or from private sources as contemplated by title I of the Housing Act of 1949, to issue its obli- gations evidencing such loans, and to pledge as security for the pay- ment of such loans, and the interest thereon, the property, income, revenues, and other assets acquired in connection with the project or projects financed in accordance with this section with assistance under title I of the Housing Act of 1949, but such obligations or such pledge shall not constitute a debt or obligation of either the United States or of the District of Columbia. "(h) Nothing contained in this section or in any other section of this Act shall relieve the Administrator of his responsibilities and duties under section 105 (c) or any other section of the Housing Act of 1949. The Administrator shall not enter into any contract of financial assistance under title I of this Act with respect to any project of the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency for which a budget estimate of appropriation was transmitted pur- suant to law and for which no appropriation was made by the Congress." ACT CONTROLLING SEC. 610. Insofar as the provisions of any other law are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, the provisions of this Act shall be controlling. SEPARABILITY SEC. 611. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided in this Act, all powers and authorities conferred by this Act shall be cumu- lative and additional to and not in derogation of any powers and authorities otherwise existing. Notwithstanding any other evidences of the intention of Congress, it is hereby declared to be the controlling intent of Congress that if any provisions of this Act, or the applica- tion thereof to any persons or circumstances, shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this Act or its appli- cations to other persons and circumstances, but shall be confined in its 443 60 Stat. 794. D. C . Code, Supp. VII, § 5-705 (b) (2). 48 Stat. 930. D. C. Code S§5-103 to 5-116; Supp. VII, §5-103 et aeq. Transfer of real property. 60 Stat. 795. D. C . Code, Supp. VII, § 5-706 (a). 48 Stat. 930. D. C. Code §§5-103 to 5-116; Supp. VII, 5-103 et seq. Ante, p. 419. Authority of D. C. Redevelopment Land Agency. Ante, p. 414. Ante, p. 417.