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42 USC § 1552 - Powers of certain agencies designated to provide temporary shelter 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s1552"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 1552 - Powers of certain agencies designated to provide temporary shelter"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "1552"
section_name: "Powers of certain agencies designated to provide temporary shelter"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "HOUSING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS AFFECTING SUBCHAPTERS II TO VII"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 862, title III, § 312, as added Jan. 21, 1942, ch. 14, § 10, 56 Stat. 13; amended Ex. Ord. No. 9070, § 1, eff. Feb. 24, 1942, 7 F.R. 1529; Apr. 20, 1950, ch. 94, title II, § 204, 64 Stat. 73; Pub. L. 89–174, § 5(a), Sept. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 669.)"
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# § 1552. Powers of certain agencies designated to provide temporary shelter

section 1546 of this titlesection 1547 of this title

Any agency designated by the President to provide temporary shelter under the provisions of Public Law Numbered 9, Seventy-seventh Congress, Public Law Numbered 73, Seventy-seventh Congress, or the Third Supplemental National Defense Appropriations Act, 1942, shall have the same powers with respect to the management, maintenance, operation, and administration of such temporary shelter as are granted to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under section 1544 and  with respect to projects constructed hereunder, and the provisions of  shall apply to such temporary shelter projects and the occupants thereof.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 862, title III, § 312, as added Jan. 21, 1942, ch. 14, § 10, 56 Stat. 13; amended Ex. Ord. No. 9070, § 1, eff. Feb. 24, 1942, 7 F.R. 1529; Apr. 20, 1950, ch. 94, title II, § 204, 64 Stat. 73; Pub. L. 89–174, § 5(a), Sept. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 669.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The provisions of Public Laws 9 and 73, referred to in text, are not classified to the Code. The Third Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942, referred to in text, is Public Law 353, the relevant provisions of which are not classified to the Code. For further details, see note set out under .

### Amendments

1950—Act , substituted “Housing and Home Finance Administrator” for “National Housing Administrator”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, see note set out under .

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Functions of Federal Works Administrator relating to defense housing consolidated with other agencies into National Housing Agency during World War II by Ex. Ord. No. 9070.