In connection with the national defense program, the Departments of the Navy, Army, and Air Force and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development are authorized to cooperate in making necessary housing available for persons engaged in national defense activities, as provided in this subchapter. “Persons engaged in national defense activities” (as that term is used in this subchapter) shall include (i) enlisted men with families, who are in the naval and military service and officers of the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps not above the grade of captain, and officers of the Navy and Coast Guard, not above the grade of lieutenant and employees of the Departments of the Navy, Army, and Air Force who are assigned to duty at naval or military reservations, posts, or bases, and (ii) workers with families, who are engaged or to be engaged in industries connected with and essential to the national defense program. No project shall be developed or assisted for the purposes of this subchapter except with the approval of the President and upon a determination by him that there is an acute shortage of housing in the locality involved which impedes the national defense program.
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In connection with the national defense program, the Departments of the Navy, Army, and Air Force and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development are authorized to cooperate in making necessary housing available for persons engaged in national defense activities, as provided in this subchapter. “Persons engaged in national defense activities” (as that term is used in this subchapter) shall include (i) enlisted men with families, who are in the naval and military service and officers of the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps not above the grade of captain, and officers of the Navy and Coast Guard, not above the grade of lieutenant and employees of the Departments of the Navy, Army, and Air Force who are assigned to duty at naval or military reservations, posts, or bases, and (ii) workers with families, who are engaged or to be engaged in industries connected with and essential to the national defense program. No project shall be developed or assisted for the purposes of this subchapter except with the approval of the President and upon a determination by him that there is an acute shortage of housing in the locality involved which impedes the national defense program.
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§ 1501. Cooperation between departments; defini-
tions; limitation of projects
In connection with the national defense pro-
gram, the Departments of the Navy, Army, and
Air Force and the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development are authorized to cooperate
in making necessary housing available for per-
sons engaged in national defense activities, as
provided in this subchapter. ‘‘Persons engaged
in national defense activities’’ (as that term is
used in this subchapter) shall include (i) enlisted
men with families, who are in the naval and
military service and officers of the Army, Air
Force, and Marine Corps not above the grade of
captain, and officers of the Navy and Coast
Guard, not above the grade of lieutenant and
employees of the Departments of the Navy,
Army, and Air Force who are assigned to duty
at naval or military reservations, posts, or
bases, and (ii) workers with families, who are
engaged or to be engaged in industries con-
nected with and essential to the national de-
fense program. No project shall be developed or
assisted for the purposes of this subchapter ex-
cept with the approval of the President and upon
a determination by him that there is an acute
shortage of housing in the locality involved
which impedes the national defense program.
(June 28, 1940, ch. 440, title II, § 201, 54 Stat. 681;
Oct. 26, 1942, ch. 626, § 1(a), 56 Stat. 988; July 26,
1947, ch. 343, title II, §§ 205(a), 207(a), (f), 61 Stat.
501–503; 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 4(a), eff. July 27,
1947, 12 F.R. 4981, 61 Stat. 955; Pub. L. 89–174,
§ 5(a), Sept. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 669.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1942—Act Oct. 26, 1942, substituted ‘‘and officers of
the Army and Marine Corps not above the grade of cap-
tain, and officers of the Navy and Coast Gu