42 USC § 1406a - Expenses of management and operation of transferred projects as nonadministrative; payment

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title: "42 USC § 1406a - Expenses of management and operation of transferred projects as nonadministrative; payment"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "1406a"
section_name: "Expenses of management and operation of transferred projects as nonadministrative; payment"
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "LOW-INCOME HOUSING"
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source_credit: "(May 10, 1939, ch. 119, § 1, 53 Stat. 690.)"
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# § 1406a. Expenses of management and operation of transferred projects as nonadministrative; payment

May 10, 1939October 27, 1937March 12, 1938section 712a of title 15

On and after  all necessary expenses in connection with the management and operation of projects transferred to the Authority by Executive Order Numbered 7732 of , as modified by Executive Order Numbered 7839 of , may be considered as nonadministrative expenses, notwithstanding the provisions of , and be paid from the rents received from each transferred project.

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**Source Credit**: (May 10, 1939, ch. 119, § 1, 53 Stat. 690.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the United States Housing Act of 1937 which comprises this chapter.

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries; Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

The Authority, meaning the United States Housing Authority, was consolidated with other agencies into the Housing and Home Finance Agency, and name of Authority changed to Public Housing Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1947, eff. , 12 F.R. 4981, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Functions of Public Housing Administration and Housing and Home Finance Agency (of which Public Housing Administration was a constituent agency) and of heads thereof transferred to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by , , , which is classified to . Section 9(c) of such act, set out as a note under , provided that references to Housing and Home Finance Agency or to any agency or officer therein are to be deemed to mean Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and that Housing and Home Finance Agency and Public Housing Administration have lapsed.

Executive Order No. 7732, , 2 F.R. 2324, 44 C.F.R. 201.11, effective , transferred to the United States Housing Authority all right, interest, and title held by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works in any housing or slum-clearance projects constructed or in the process of construction on .