§425. Dedications and grants in connection with projects

In connection with any low-cost housing or slum-clearance project described in section 421 of this title, the Administrator of General Services, with the approval of the President, is authorized to dedicate streets, alleys, and parks for public use, and to grant easements.

(June 29, 1936, ch. 860, §5, 49 Stat. 2026 ; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§301, 305, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2729, 53 Stat. 1426, 1428; Ex. Ord. No. 9357, eff. June 30, 1943, 8 F.R. 9041; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, §103(a), 63 Stat. 380 .)

Transfer of Functions

Functions of Federal Works Agency and of all agencies thereof, together with functions of Federal Works Administrator transferred to Administrator of General Services by section 103(a) of act June 30, 1949, which is classified to section 753(a) of this title. Federal Works Agency and office of Federal Works Administrator abolished by section 103(b) of act June 30, 1949.

Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works consolidated into Federal Works Agency to be administered as Public Works Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1939. Functions of Public Works Administration and Commissioner of Public Works Agency transferred to Federal Works Administrator by Ex. Ord. No. 9357.

Ex. Ord. No. 11196, §1(5), Feb. 2, 1965, 30 F.R. 1171, delegated authority vested in the President under this section to the Housing and Home Finance Administrator. Ex. Ord. No. 11196 was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12553, Feb. 25, 1986, 51 F.R. 7237. Functions of the Housing and Home Finance Agency and its officers were transferred to the 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 Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Effective Date of Transfer of Functions

Transfer of functions by act June 30, 1949, effective July 1, 1949, see section 605 of act June 30, 1949, set out as an Effective Date note under section 471 of this title.