An Act to amend and extend the Housing and Rent Act of 1947 and for other purposes
PL 83-23 (H.R.4507), enacted 04/30/1953

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exempt from duty personal and household effects brought into the 
United States under Government orders" (U. S. C , title 50 App., 
sec. 802), is hereby amended to read as follows: "This Act shall be 
effective with respect to articles entered for consumption or with-
drawn from warehouse for consumption on or after December 8,1941, 
and before July 1, 1955." 
SEC. 2. Paragraph (18) of subsection (a) of the first section of 
the Emergency Powers Continuation Act (Public Law 450, Eighty-
second Congress) is hereby repealed. 
Approved April 4, 1953. 
56 Stat. 461. 
66 Stat. 332. 
Public Law 21 
CHAPTER 25 
AN ACT 
To amend title V of the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1953, so as 
to permit the continued use of appropriations thereunder to make payments 
to ARO, Incorporated, for operation of the Arnold Engineering Development 
Center after March 31,1953. 
>^il 13, 
tH. R. 4 
1953 
4130] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of jRepresentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That so much of 
title V of the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1953 (66 
Stat. 530), as reads: ^''Provided, That no part of such appropriation 
shall be used to make any payment to ARO, Incorporated, for opera-
tion of the Arnold Engineering Development Center after March 
31, 1953, unless Congress shall have directed otherwise", is hereby 
repealed. 
Approved April 13, 1953. 
ARC, Inc. 
Public Law 22 
CHAPTER 30 
AN ACT 
To permit the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia to establish, 
daylight-saving time in the District. 
AprU 28, 1953 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the Board of 
Commissioners of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance the 
standard time applicable to the District one hour for the period com-
mencing not earlier than the last Sunday of April of each year and 
ending not later than the last Sunday of September of each year. 
Any such time established by the Commissioners under the authority 
of this Act shall, during the period of the year for which it is 
applicable, be the standard time for the District of Columbia. 
Approved April 28, 1953. 
Daylight- saving 
time, D.C. 
Public Law 23 
CHAPTER 31 
AN ACT 
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>^ril30, 1953 
To amend and extend the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, and for other purposes. 
[H. R. 4507] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
nited States of America in Congress assemh 
be cited as the "Housing and Rent Act of 1953". 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That this Act may A^^of^wls?"*^"* 
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Veterans. 
66 Stat. 306. 
50 U S C app. 
1884. 
61 Stat. 198. 
50 
u s e 
a p p . 
1894. 
63 Stat. 22. 
Termination. 
66 Stat. 306. 
5 0 
u s e 
app. 
1894. 
66 Stat. 307. 
66 Stat. 307. 
Critical defense 
housing area. 
65 Stat. 145. 
50 u s e 
app. 
1894. 
SE€. 2. Section 4 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, 
is amended— 
(a) by striking out "1953" in subsection (e) of said section 
and inserting in lieu thereof "1954-'; and 
(b) by inserting after the words "veterans of World War I I " 
wherever they appear in said section the words "and of the Korean 
conflict". 
SEC. 3. Paragraph (5) of subsection (b) of section 204 of the 
Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is repealed. 
SEC. 4. Paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of section 204 of the Hous-
ing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is amended by striking out 
"(whether or not under Federal rent control)" in the first sentence, 
and by striking out the second sentence. 
SEC. 5. (a) Subsection (f) of section 204 of the Housing and Rent 
Act of 1947, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new paragraph: 
"(5) (A) Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph (1) of 
this subsection— 
" (i) the provisions of this title shall cease to be in effect at the 
close of July 31, 1953, in the areas described in subparagraph 
(1) (B) and (C) of this subsection in which maximum rents were 
in effect on April 30,1953; and 
"(ii) the provisions of this title shall cease to be in effect at 
the close of April 30, 1954, in any area which has been or is certi-
fied under subsection (1) of this section as a critical defense 
housing area. 
"(B) Any such area which was certified as a critical defense hous-
ing area prior to the date of enactment of the Housing and Rent Act 
of 1953 shall be reviewed by the President in the light of the new 
criteria applicable to critical defense housing areas and shall be con-
tinued under control after such review (which must be concluded by 
July 31, 1953), only if, after such review^ and prior to such date, the 
President determines that such area meets the requirements for 
certification under section 201 (1) as amended by such Act, and pub-
lishes in the Federal Register notice that such determination has been 
made." 
(b) Paragraph (3) of subsection (f) of section 204 of the Housing 
and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is amended by striking out "(1)"' 
and inserting in lieu thereof " (5)". 
(c) Paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of section 204 of the Housing 
and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is amended by striking out "(1) 
or (3)" and inserting in lieu thereof " (3) or (5)". 
SEC. 6. The second sentence of subsection (1) of section 204 of the 
Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is amended by striking out 
"without exception" and inserting in lieu thereof "except housing ac-
commodations the construction of which was completed on or after 
February 1, 1947, or which are additional housing accommodations 
created by conversion on or after February 1, 1947". The fourth 
sentence of such subsection is amended by striking out "subsection 
(e) or (j)" where it appears in the matter preceding the colon and 
inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (c), (e), or (j)". The last sentence 
of such subsection is amended to read as follows: "No area shall be 
certified as a critical defense housing area under the authority granted 
in this subsection unless all the following conditions exist in such 
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area (except that clause (2) of this sentence shall not apply in any 
area in which is located an Atomic Energy Commission installation 
and the housing accommodations in such area are owned by the 
Federal Government; however, maximum rents under this title shall 
not apply to any such housing accommodations when sold by the 
Federal Government): 
"(1) A new plant or installation of the Department of Defense or 
the Atomic Energy Commission has been or is being provided, or an 
existing plant or installation of either of such agencies has been or is 
being reactivated or its operation substantially expanded; 
"(2) Substantial in-migration of defense workers or military per-
sonnel is required to curry out activities at such plant or installation; 
and 
"(3) A substantial shortage of housing required for such defense 
workers or military personnel exists which has resulted or threatens 
to result in excessive rent increases and which impedes or threatens 
to impede activities of such plant or installation." 
SEC. T. Section 204 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, 
is amended by adding L,t the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(r) Regulations or orders under this title shall be subject to the 
same proceedings for protest and review as are provided for regulations 
or orders relating to price controls by sections 407 and 408 of the 
Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and for such purpose 
such sections are hereby continued notwithstanding the provisions 
of section 717 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended." 
SEC. 8. Subsection (a) of section 208 of the Housing and Rent Act 
of 1947, as amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The President shall administer the powers, duties, and func-
tions conferred upon him by this Act through such officer or agency 
of the Government as he may designate. In accordance with the action 
taken by him pursuant to the preceding sentence, the President shall 
provide for appropriate transfers of records, property, necessary 
personnel, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, 
and other funds heretofore under the jurisdiction of, or available to, 
the Office of Rent Stabilization. Any employees of the Office of Rent 
Stabilization not so transferred shall, unless transferred to other posi-
tions in the Government, be separated from the service. The President 
shall make such provisions as he shall deem appropriate for the 
termination and liquidation of the affairs of the Office of Rent Stabili-
zation, but such liquidation shall be accomplished no later than July 
31, 1953. For the purpose of determining the status of employees 
transferred to an agency administering functions provided for in this 
Act, they shall be deemed to be transferred in connection with a 
transfer of functions." 
SEC. 9. Nothing in this Act or in the Housing and Rent Act of 1947. 
as amended, shall be construed to require any person to offer any 
housing accommodations for rent. 
SEC. 10. The second sentence of section 203 of the Defense Production 
Act Amendments of 1952 is amended to read as follows: "Any com-
mittee so appointed shall consist, in addition to a chairman, of repre-
sentatives of the Department of Defense and the Housing and Home 
Finance Agency." 
Approved April 30, 1953. 
AEC i n s t a l l a-
tions. 
50 u s e 
app. 
1894. 
P r o t e s t of or-
ders, etc. 
64 Stat. 807. 
50 U S C app. 
2107, 2108, 2166. 
Post, p. 131. 
61 Stat. 200. 
50 u s e 
a p p . 
1898. 
O f f i c e of Rent 
Stabilization. 
Liqiiidation. 
61 Stat. 193. 
5 0 u s e 
a p p . 
1881 note. 
66 Stat. 307. 
50 u s e 
a p p . 
1894a.