PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 685, 686 -OCT. 13, 1949 available United States census, and 25 per centum in accordance with the needs of the States as determined by the said Administrator: Provided, That the allotments to any State shall aggregate not less than one-half of 1 per centum of the total funds available for allot- ment hereunder. Restriction. SEC. 3. No loan or advance shall be made hereunder with respect to any individual project unless it conforms to an over-all State, local, or regional plan approved by a competent State, local, or regional authority. Repayents. SEC. 4. Loans or advances under this Act to any public agency shall be repaid without interest by such agency if and when the construction of the public works is undertaken or started. If the construction of the public works is not undertaken or started within three years after the full amount of the loan or advance therefor has been made and the Administrator of General Services shall determine (which deter- mination shall be conclusive), after due notice and hearing, that the public agency has not acted in good faith either in obtaining the loan or advance or in failing to undertake or start the construction of such public works, the Administrator shall demand prompt payment of such loan or advance. In the event the loan or advance shall not have been repaid within said three-year period, such public agency shall not be eligible to apply for loans or advances on any other public works. All sums so repaid shall be covered into the Treasury as mis- cellaneous receipts. tiusles and regula- SEC. 5 . The Administrator of General Services is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Report to congress E. S 6. The Administrator of General Services shall submit quar- terly to the Congress a report of his administration of the Act, includ- ing all expenditures and repayments made thereunder. Such reports shall, when submitted, be printed as public documents. thospdp riation au- SEO. 7. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such Post, P 7. amounts, not to exceed a total of $100,000,000, as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act. Amounts so appropriated shall remain available until expended. " Bt " SEC. 8 . As used in this Act, the term "State" shall include the Dis- trict of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. Approved October 13, 1949. [CHAPTER 686] October 13, 1949 [H. R. 43811 [Public Law 363] District of Colum- bia Teachers' Leave Act of 1949. Cumulative leave With pay. Pror service credit. AN ACT To provide cumulative sick and emergency leave with pay for teachers and attendance officers in the employ of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all teachers and attendance officers in the employ of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia shall be entitled to cumulative leave with pay for personal illness, presence of contagious disease or other death in the home, or pressing personal emergency, in accordance with such rules and regulations as the said Board of Education may prescribe. Such cumulative leave with pay shall be granted at the rate of one day for each month from September through June of each year, both inclusive. The total cumulation shall not exceed sixty days for probationary and permanent teachers and attendance officers, and the total cumulation shall not exceed ten days for temporary teachers and attendance officers. SEC. 2 . In addition to the cumulative leave provided by the first section of this Act each probationary and permanent teacher shall be 842 [63 STAT.
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