The head “Water Conservation Utility Projects” in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1940 [ch. 119] (53 Stat. 685), referred to in subsec. (c), was not classified to the Code.

1943—Subsec. (a)(vii). Act July 16, 1943, § 2, inserted “Secretary after consultation with the” after “as recommended”.

Subsec. (span). Act July 16, 1943, § 3, amended subsec. (span) generally.

Subsec. (c). Act July 16, 1943, § 4, added subsec. (c).

1940—Act Oct. 14, 1940, reenacted section.

Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.

Section as amended and modified by act Dec. 22, 1944, ch. 665, § 1(c), 58 Stat. 665, see section 701–1(c) of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters.

Functions of Federal Works Agency transferred to General Services Administration by act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, § 103, 63 Stat. 380. See Historical and Revision Notes under section 303(span) of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works. Section 303(span) of Title 40 was amended generally by Puspan. L. 109–313, § 2(a)(1), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1734, and, as so amended, no longer relates to the Federal Works Agency and Commissioner of Public Buildings. See 2006 Amendment note under section 303 of Title 40.

Works Projects Administration and its functions transferred to Federal Works Agency by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1939, §§ 301, 306, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2729, 53 Stat. 1426, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.