Section 264 codified the proviso to the last paragraph of section 5 (at 37 Stat 879)[3] of the Act of 4 March 1913, chapter 147, public Act number 432, HR 28766, passed in the third session of the 62nd Congress,[4] sometimes called the Public Buildings Act of 1913,[5] the Public Building Act of 1913,[6] or the Public Building(s) Appropriation Act of 1913.[7][8]
Chapter 4: The Public Property
Chapter 5: Hours of Labor on Public Works
Chapter 6: Acquisition of Sites for and Construction of Public Buildings
Chapter 7: Acquisition of Land in District of Columbia for Use of United States by Condemnation Proceedings
Chapter 8: Emergency Public Works and Construction Projects
^United States Code, 1946 Ed, vol 3, p 4437. Public Buildings Act of 1959, Report, p 16. Compiled Statutes of the United States, 1913, vol 3, s 6918 at p 3101.
^As to the Act of 4 March 1913, see further 8 Fed Stat Ann (2nd Ed) 1123; "Shadows and Straws" (1917) 5 Journal of the American Institute of Architects 5 (No 1, January 1917)