Chapter 182. For the relief of the Davis Construction Company
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CHAP. 182.— An Act For the relief of the Davis Construction Company.April 24, 1926.[[S. 124](/us/bill/69/s/124).][[Private, No. 17](/us/pvtl/69/17).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Davis Construction Company.Reimbursement of claims Of, for losses on construction of public building due to war conditions, etc. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed under such regulations as he may prescribe, to receive fully itemized and verified claims and reimburse the Davis Construction Company, contractor for the Post Office Department Equipment Shops Building, erected at Fifth and W Streets northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, under the supervision of the Postmaster General, for losses due directly to increased costs due either, first, to increased cost of labor and materials, or, second, to delay on account 1462 of the action of the United States Priority Board or other governmental activities, or, third, to commandeering by the United States Government of plants or materials shown to the Secretary of the Treasury to have been sustained by it in the fulfillment of such contract by reason of war conditions alone.
And the SecretarySubmission of estimates. of the Treasury is hereby directed to submit from time to time estimates for appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act: *Provided*, That no claim for such reimbursement shall be paid unless*Provisos*.Time limit. filed with the Treasury Department within three months after the passage of this Act: *And provided further*, That in no case shallRestriction. the contractor be reimbursed to an extent greater than is sufficient to cover its actual increased cost in fulfilling its contract, exclusive of any and all profits to such contractor: *And provided further*,Report to Congress.
That the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress at the beginning of each session thereof the amount of each expenditure and the facts on which the same is based. Approved, April 24, 1926.