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§1564 Definitions

Title 42 › CHAPTER 9 — HOUSING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE › SUBCHAPTER V — DEFENSE HOUSING AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA › § 1564

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Treat the words "Federal Works Administrator," "Administrator," and "Federal Works Agency" in subchapters II to VII as meaning different offices depending on the topic. If the subject is housing, those names mean the Housing and Home Finance Administrator or the Housing and Home Finance Agency; if the subject is public works or their equipment, those names mean the Federal Works Administrator or the Federal Works Agency.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1564

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As used in subchapters II to VII of this chapter the term “Federal Works Administrator” or “Administrator”, or “Federal Works Agency” shall, with respect to housing, be deemed to refer to the Housing and Home Finance Administrator or the Housing and Home Finance Agency, as the case may be. Such terms shall, with respect to public works and equipment therefor, be deemed to refer to the Federal Works Administrator or the Federal Works Agency, as the case may be.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Subchapters III and VI of this chapter, referred to in text, were comprised of sections 1531 to 1536 and 1571 to 1576, respectively, of this title and have been omitted from the Code. For further details, see note set out under section 1522 of this title.

Amendments

1950—Act Apr. 20, 1950, substituted “Housing and Home Finance Administrator” and “Housing and Home Finance Agency” for “National Housing Administrator” and “National Housing Agency”, respectively.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Functions of Housing and Home Finance Agency transferred to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by Pub. L. 89–174, § 5(a), Sept. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 669, which is classified to section 3534(a) of this title. section 9(c) of such act, set out as a note under section 3531 of this title, 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 has lapsed. Functions under sections 1531 to 1534 of this title transferred from Federal Works Administrator to Administrator of General Services by act
June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, § 103(a), 63 Stat. 380, which was classified to section 753(a) of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and subsequently transferred to Housing and Home Finance Administrator by Reorg. Plan No. 17 of 1950, § 1, eff.
May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3177, 64 Stat. 1269, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1564

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102