The Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works shall be repaid 55 per centum of any moneys advanced under § 10-607 in annual instalments over a period of not to exceed 25 years with interest thereon for the period of amortization; provided, that such sums as may be necessary for the reimbursement herein required of the District of Columbia, and for the payment of interest, shall be included in the annual estimates of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the 1st reimbursement to be made on June 30, 1941; provided further, that whenever the District of Columbia is under obligation by virtue of the provisions of § 4 of Public Act No. 284, 71st Congress, reimbursement under that Act shall be not less than $300,000 in any 1 fiscal year.
(June 25, 1938, 52 Stat. 1204, ch. 704, § 3.)
1981 Ed., § 9-209.
1973 Ed., § 9-210.
The Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works was consolidated into the Federal Works Agency to be administered by the Public Works Administration by 1939 Reorganization Plan No. 1, §§ 301, 305, 4 F.R. 2729, 53 Stat. 1426. All functions of the Public Works Administration and the Commissioner of Public Works, in the Federal Works Agency, were transferred to the Federal Works Administrator by Executive Order No. 9357, June 30, 1943, 8 F.R. 9041. All functions of the Federal Works Agency and of all agencies thereof, together with all functions of the Federal Works Administrator, were transferred to the Administrator of General Services by § 103(a) of the Act of June 30, 1949, 63 Stat. 380, ch. 288. Both the Federal Works Agency and the Office of Federal Works Administrator were abolished by § 103(b) of the Act of June 30, 1949.
This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 10 - Parks, Public Buildings, Grounds, and Space
Chapter 6 - Construction of Public Buildings
§ 10–601. Municipal Center — Authorization to acquire property
§ 10–602. Municipal Center — Rental
§ 10–603. Public buildings — Loans for construction authorized; projects enumerated
§ 10–604. Public buildings — Availability of funds for acquiring lands for public uses
§ 10–605. Public buildings — Reimbursement
§ 10–606. Public buildings — Annual report submitted to Congress
§ 10–607. Authorization to borrow money from the United States for public works
§ 10–608. Purposes for which borrowed moneys may be used
§ 10–609. Repayment of borrowed moneys
§ 10–610. Annual report concerning borrowed moneys submitted to Congress
§ 10–611. Limitations on borrowing
§ 10–612. Interest on funds borrowed from Administrator of General Services
§ 10–613. Advice of Secretary of Treasury regarding interest rate
§ 10–614. Authorization for advancements for Office of Recorder of Deeds
§ 10–615. Purposes for which advancements may be used
§ 10–616. Repayment of advancements; interest
§ 10–617. Annual report submitted to Congress
§ 10–618. Preparation of plans and specifications
§ 10–619. Program of construction to meet capital needs authorized; contents