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(/us/pl/73/14).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the times forMahoning River.Time extended for bridging, at Struthers, Ohio.Vol. 47, p. 43, amended. commencing and completing the construction of an overhead viaduct authorized by Act of Congress approved February 10, 1932, to be built by the Board of County Commissioners of Mahoning County, Ohio, across the Mahoning River, at Struthers, Mahoning County, Ohio, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from the date of approval hereof.
Sec. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment.expressly reserved. Approved, May 12, 1933. To provide for cooperation by the Federal Government with the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia in relieving the hardship and suffering caused by unemployment, and for other purposes. Chapter 30 48 Stat. 55 1933-05-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 73 1 public [CHAPTER 30.] AN ACT To provide for cooperation by the Federal Government with the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia in relieving the hardship and suffering caused by unemployment, and for other purposes.May 12, 1933.[[H.R. 4606](/us/bill/73/hr/4606).][[Public, No. 15](/us/pl/73/15).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the CongressFederal Emergency Relief Act of 1933.*Post*, pp. 351, 1055. hereby declares that the present economic depression has created a serious emergency, due to widespread unemployment and increasing inadequacy of State and local relief funds, resulting in the existing or threatened deprivation of a considerable number of families and individuals of the necessities of life, and making it imperative thatCooperation with States, etc., in relieving distress, etc. the Federal Government cooperate more effectively with the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia in furnishing relief to their needy and distressed people.
Sec. 2.
(a)The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorizedReconstruction Finance Corporation.Amount from funds of, made available.To be additional to previous authorization. and directed to make available out of the funds of the Corporation not to exceed $500,000,000, in addition to the funds authorized under title I of the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932, for expenditure under the provisions of this Act upon certification byVol. 47, p. 709. the Federal Emergency Relief Administrator provided for in section 3. 56
(b)Increase of Corporation obligations, authorized.Vol. 47, p. 9, amended. The amount of notes, debentures, bonds, or other such obligations which the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorized and empowered under section 9 of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, as amended, to have outstanding at any one time is *Proviso*.Issue discretionary.increased by $500,000,000: *Provided*, That no such additional notes, debentures, bonds, or other such obligations authorized by this subsection shall be issued except at such times and in such amounts as the President shall approve.
(c)Approval of relief applications by Corporation to cease.Vol. 47, p. 709. After the expiration of ten days after the date upon which the Federal Emergency Relief Administrator has qualified and has taken office, no application shall be approved by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation under the provisions of title I of the Emergency Administrator to have access to Corporation files.Relief and Construction Act of 1932, and the Federal Emergency Relief Administrator shall have access to all files and records of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation relating to the administration of funds under title I of such Act. At the expiration of such ten-day period, the unexpended and unobligated balance of the funds authorized under title I of such Act shall be available for the purposes of this Act. Sec. 3. Federal Emergency Relief Administration created.
(a)There is hereby created a Federal Emergency Relief Administration, all the powers of which shall be exercised by a Federal Administrator; powers, salary, etc.Emergency Relief Administrator (referred to in this Act as the “Administrator”) to be appointed by the President, by and with the Travel and subsistence.advice and consent of the Senate. The Administrator shall receive a salary to be fixed by the President at not to exceed $10,000, and necessary traveling and subsistence expenses within the limitations prescribed by law for civilian employees in the executive branch of the Government. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Duration of office.the office of Federal Emergency Relief Administrator shall cease to exist upon the expiration of two years after the date of enactment Unexpended balance.of this Act, and the unexpended balance on such date of any funds made available under the provisions of this Act shall be disposed of as the Congress may by law provide.
(b)Experts and other employees. The Administrator may appoint and fix the compensation of such experts and their appointment may be made and compensation Civil service and Classification Acts not to apply.[U.S.C., p. 65; Supp. VI, p. 31](/us/usc/p65).fixed without regard to the civil service laws, or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and the Administrator may, in the same manner, appoint and fix the compensation of such other officers and employees as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, Salary restriction.but such compensation shall not exceed in any case the sum of $8,000; and may make such expenditures (including expenditures for personal services and rent at the seat of government and elsewhere and Expenses.for printing and binding), not to exceed $350,000, as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, to be paid by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation out of funds made available by this Act upon presentation of vouchers approved by the Administrator or by an officer of the Administration designated by him for that purpose. Control of State administrations.The Administrator may, under rules and regulations prescribed by the President, assume control of the administration in any State or States where, in his judgment, more effective and efficient cooperation between the State and Federal authorities may thereby be secured in carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(c)Investigations, etc. In executing any of the provisions of this Act, the Administrator, and any person duly authorized or designated by him, may conduct any investigation pertinent or material to the furtherance of the purposes of this Act and, at the request of the President, shall make such further investigations and studies as the President may deem necessary in dealing with problems of unemployment relief. 57
(d)The Administrator shall print monthly, and shall submit toMonthly reports to be submitted. the President and to the Senate and the House of Representatives (or to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, if those bodies are not in session), a report of hisPrinting, as public documents. activities and expenditures under this Act. Such reports shall, when submitted, be printed as public documents. Sec. 4.
(a)Out of the funds of the Reconstruction Finance CorporationAdministrator may make grants, to aid relief work of States. made available by this Act, the Administrator is authorized to make grants to the several States to aid in meeting the costs of furnishing relief and work relief and in relieving the hardship and suffering caused by unemployment in the form of money, service, materials, and/or commodities to provide the necessities of life to persons in need as a result of the present emergency, and/or to their dependents, whether resident, transient, or homeless.
(b)Of the amounts made available by this Act not to exceedAmount available. Proportion of grant to expenditure by State. $250,000,000 shall be granted to the several States applying therefor, in the following manner: Each State shall be entitled to receive grants equal to one third of the amount expended by such State, including the civil subdivisions thereof, out of public moneys from all sources for the purposes set forth in subsection
(a)of this section; and such grants shall be made quarterly, beginning with theTo be made quarterly. second quarter in the calendar year 1933, and shall be made during any quarter upon the basis of such expenditures certified by the States to have been made during the preceding quarter.
(c)The balance of the amounts made available by this Act, exceptFund for discretionary use when combined amounts inadequate. the amount required for administrative expenditures under section 3, shall be used for grants to be made whenever, from an application presented by a State, the Administrator finds that the combined moneys which can be made available within the State from all sources, supplemented by any moneys, available under subsection
(b)of this section, will fall below the estimated needs within the State for the purposes specified in subsection
(a)of this section: *Provided*, That the Administrator may certify out of the funds*Proviso*.Relief of persons having no legal settlement in a State, etc. made available by this subsection additional grants to States applying therefor to aid needy persons who have no legal settlement in any one State or community, and to aid in assisting cooperative and self-help associations for the barter of goods and services.
(d)After October 1, 1933, notwithstanding the provisions ofUse of balances from State grants. subsection (b), the unexpended balance of the amounts available for the purposes of subsection
(b)may, in the discretion of the Administrator and with the approval of the President, be available for grants under subsection (c).
(e)The decision of the Administrator as to the purpose of anyDecision of Administrator final. expenditure shall be final.
(f)The amount available to any one State under subsections (b)Limitation. and
(c)of this section shall not exceed 15 per centum of the total amount made available by such subsections. Sec. 5. Any State desiring to obtain funds under this Act shallGovernor of State to make application for funds. through its Governor make application therefor from time to time to the Administrator. Each application so made shall present in the manner requested by the Administrator information showing (1)Necessity to be shown. the amounts necessary to meet relief needs in the State during the period covered by such application and the amounts available from public or private sources within the State, its political subdivisions, and private agencies, to meet the relief needs of the State,
(2)theAdministrative provision.Standards of relief, use, etc. provision made to assure adequate administrative supervision,
(3)the provision made for suitable standards of relief, and
(4)the purposes for which the funds requested will be used. 58 Sec. 6. Disbursements. The Administrator upon approving a grant to any State shall so certify to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation which shall, except upon revocation of a certificate by the Administrator, make payments without delay to the State in such amounts and Monthly report required.at such times as may be prescribed in the certificate. The Governor of each State receiving grants under this Act shall file monthly with the Administrator, and in the form required by him, a report of the disbursements made under such grants. Sec. 7. Terms defined. As used in the foregoing provisions of this Act, the term “State” shall include the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico; and the term “Governor” shall include the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Sec. 8. Title. This Act may be cited as the “Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933.” Approved, May 12, 1933. To amend section 1025 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Chapter 31 48 Stat. 58 1933-05-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 73 1 public [CHAPTER 31.] AN ACT To amend section 1025 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.May 18, 1933.[[S. 1582](/us/bill/73/s/1582).][
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