by the amount actually paid for burial and funeral (including transportation) purposes by a State, county, or other political subdivision, workmen's compensation commission, State industrial accident board, employer, burial association, or Federal agency: Provided, That no claim shall be allowed for more than the difference between the entire amount of the expenses incurred, and the amount paid by any or all of the foregoing agencies or organizations: Provided further, That nothing herein shall be construed to cause the denial of or a reduction in the amount of the burial allowance otherwise payable because of a cash contribution made by a burial association to any person other than the person rendering burial and funeral services: And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to cause payment of the burial allowance or any part thereof in any case where specific provision is otherwise made for payment of expenses of funeral, transportation, and interment under any other Act. III. Where death occurs in a Veterans' Administration facility within the continental limits of the United States, the Veterans' Administration will (a) assume the actual cost (not to exceed $100) of burial and funeral, and (b) transport the body to the place of burial within the continental limits of the United States or to the place of burial in Alaska if the veteran was a resident of Alaska and had been brought to the United States as beneficiary of the Veterans' Administration for hospital or domiciliary care. Where a veteran dies while hospitalized under authority of the Veterans' Administration in a Territory or possession of the United States the Veterans' Administration will (a) assume the actual cost (not to exceed $100) of burial and funeral, and (b) transport the body to the place of burial within the Territory or possession. IV. Claims for reimbursement must be filed within two years subsequent to the date of burial of the veteran. In the event the claimant's application is not complete at the time of original submission, the Veterans' Administration will notify the claimant of the evidence necessary to complete the application and if such evidence is not received within one year from the date of the request therefor no allowance may be paid: Provided, That where the death of a veteran occurred on or after March 20, 1933, and claim for burial allowance was not filed, or was filed after the expiration of the regulatory period, or was filed within the regulatory period and disallowed, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is hereby authorized and directed to receive and adjudicate a claim filed within two years after the date of enactment of this Act and to grant burial allowance under the provisions of laws and regulations governing such allowance as amended by this Act. Veterans' Regulation No. 9(a), Executive Order No. 6158, June 6, 1933; Veterans' Regulations No. 9(b), Executive Order No. 6567, Jan. 19, 1934; Veterans' Regulation No. 9(c), Executive Order No. 6695, May 2, 1934; sec. 402, Title IV, act of June 29, 1936 (49 Stat. 2034); act of July 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 999); act of Oct. 5, 1940 (54 Stat. 963); sec. 2, act of Oct. 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 1193). * The second paragraph of this section has been amended as above. For extension of benefits to veterans of the Spanish-American War, see 1147, post. Section 1, act of November 22, 1943 (57 Stat. 590); 36 U. S. C. 183, provides for issuance of the United States flag to the nearest of kin of any person who has died in military service after May 27, 1941, if there is no person otherwise entitled to receive such flag at time of burial. 862. Death gratuity. ** * That in the event of the death of any beneficiary before payment to and collection by such beneficiary of the amount authorized herein, such gratuity shall be paid to the next living beneficiary in the order of succession above stated: And provided further, That if there be no widow, child, or previously designated dependent relative, the Secretary of War shall cause the amount herein provided to be paid to any grandchild, parent, brother or sister, or grandparent shown to have been dependent upon such officer or enlisted man prior to his death, and the determination of such fact by the Secretary of War shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government: And provided further, That the last foregoing proviso shall be effective as of August 27, 1940. Sec. 1, act of Dec. 17, 1943 (57 Stat. 599); 10 U. S. C. 903. The above provision is added as a new paragraph of this section. For saving clause relating to prior gratuity payments, see section 2, act of December 17, 1943, supra. For determination of the fact of dependency for purpose of payment of six months' death gratuity, see 2165a-10, post. The act of May 11, 1908 (35. Stat. 108), as amended by act of March 3, 1909 (35 Stat. 735), and the act of July 18, 1914 (38 Stat. 516), providing for death gratuities, were suspended by section 312, act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 408), and superseded by the act of December 17, 1919 (41 Stat. 367); 10 U. S. C. 903. For extension of this section to include Reserve components of the Army of the United States, see 1117, post. 862a. Effects of persons dying subject, to military law. For functions of consular officers and the General Accounting Office with reference to the disposition of estates of American citizens who die abroad, see act of July 12, 1940 (54 Stat. 758). 863. Estates of deceased Army personnel.-Hereafter, in the settlement of the accounts of deceased officers or enlisted men of the Army, where the amount due the decedent's estate is less than $1,000 and no demand is presented by a duly appointed legal representative of the estate, the accounting officers may allow the amount found due to the decedent's widow or legal heirs in the following order of precedence: First, to the widow; second, if decedent left no widow, or the widow be dead at the time of settlement, then to the children or their issue, per stirpes; third, if no widow or descendants, then to the father and mother in equal parts, provided the father has not abandoned the support of his family, in which case to the mother alone; fourth, if either the father or mother be dead, then to the one surviving; fifth, if there be no widow, child, father, or mother at the date of settlement, then to the brothers and sisters and children of deceased brothers and sisters, per stirpes. Where the amount due the decedent's estate is $1,000 or more and no demand is presented by a duly appointed legal representative of the estate, the accounting officers may allow $1,000 of the amount due to the estate to the widow or legal heirs in the order of precedence hereinabove set forth: Provided, That this Act shall not be so construed as to prevent payment from the amount due the decedent's estate of funeral expenses, provided a claim therefor is presented by the person or persons who actually paid the same before settlement by the accounting officers. Sec. 1, act of June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. 750); act of Dec. 7, 1944 (58 Stat. 795); 10 U. S. C. 868. The original text of this section has been amended as above. 863a. Transportation of remains, families, and effects; civilian officers and employees. That in case any civilian officer or employee of the United States dies (1) while in a travel status away from his official station in the United States or (2) while performing official duties in a Territory or possession of the United States or in a foreign country or in transit thereto or therefrom, the head of the department, independent establishment, agency, or federally owned or controlled corporation, hereinafter called department, in the service of which such officer or employee was engaged, is hereby authorized, under regulations to be prescribed by the President and except as otherwise provided by law, to pay from the appropriation available for the activity in which he was engaged— (a) In case of the death of the officer or employee in such travel status in the United States, or in the case of the death of the officer or employee while performing official duties in a Territory or possession of the United States or in a foreign country or in transit thereto or therefrom, the expenses of preparing and transporting the remains of such officer or employee to his home or official station or such other place as the head of the department concerned shall determine to be the appropriate place of interment. (b) In case of the death of the officer or employee while performing official duties in a Territory or possession of the United States or in a foreign country or in transit thereto or therefrom, the transportation expenses of his dependents, including expenses incurred in packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of household effects and other personal property to his former home or such other place as the head of the department shall determine. Sec. 1, act of July 8, 1940 (54 Stat. 743); 5 U. S. C. 103a. The benefits of section 1 of this Act shall not be denied in any case on the ground that the deceased was temporarily absent from duty when death occurred. Sec. 2, act of July 8, 1940 (54 Stat. 744); 5 U. S. C. 103b. Regulations governing the payment of expenses under this section were prescribed in Executive Order No. 8557, September 30, 1940, Assistant Central Statistical Hatch Act, political activities, 899k-3. Board, Duties in connection with procurement, 897. 865a. Executive Office of the President.-The President is authorized to appoint not to exceed six administrative assistants and to fix the compensation of each at the rate of not more $10,000 per annum. Each such administrative assistant shall perform such duties as the President may prescribe. Sec. 301, act of Apr. 3, 1939 (53 Stat. 565); 3 U. S. C. 45a. By Part 1, Reorganization Plan No. I, transmitted to Congress under authority of section 4, act of April 3, 1939, post, 888c and effective July 1, 1939, the following agencies, together with their records, property, funds, and personnel were transferred to the Executive Office of the President: Bureau of the Budget. National Resources Planning Board. The same Plan transferred the Central Statistical Board to the Bureau of the Budget; and abolished the Central Statistical Committee and transferred its functions to the Bureau of the Budget. Executive Order No. 8248, September 8, 1939, established six divisions in the Executive Office and prescribed their respective functions. National Resources Planning Board The National Defense Research Committee, established as a subordinate body of the Council of National Defense by order dated June 27, 1940 (F. R. July 2, 1940, page 2246), was abolished by order of June 28, 1941. (F. R. July 3, 1941, p. 3233). Its functions are now performed by the National Resources Planning Board in the Executive Office of the President. See Reorganization Plan No. 1, effective July 1, 1939. The National Resources Planning Board was abolished August 31, 1943 by act of June 26, 1943 (57 Stat. 170), which also provided that its records and files be transferred to the National Archives. War Refugee Board Executive Order No. 9417, January 22, 1944, established within the Executive Office of the President a War Refugee Board consisting of the Secretaries of State, Treasury and War, to render aid to war victims. Office for Emergency Management سکو IN GENERAL Administrative order of May 25, 1940, published in Federal Register of June 4, 1940, page 2109, established in the Executive Office of the President, the "Office for Emergency Management," and prescribed its functions, which were further defined in administrative order of January 7, 1941 (F. R. Jan. 9, 1941, page 192). ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN Executive Order No. 9095, March 11, 1942, as amended by Executive Order No. 9193, July 6, 1942, established the Office of Alien Property Custodian in the Office for Emergency Management of the Executive Office of the President, under the direction of an Alien Property Custodian to be appointed by the President, and prescribed its functions and duties. COMMITTEE ON FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE Executive Order No. 8802, June 25, 1941, as amended by Executive Orders No. 8823, July 18, 1941, and No. 9111, March 25, 1942, established in the Office of Production Management a Committee on Fair Employment Practice, to insure full participation in the defense program by all persons, regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin. This Committee ceased to exist upon the establishment of a new Committee on Fair Employment Practice within the Office for Emergency Management by Executive Order No. 9346, of May 27, 1943. By letter of November 5, 1943, the President advised the Attorney General that the provisions of Executive Order No. 9346, requiring the insertion in Government contracts of a provision regarding discrimination, are mandatory and should be inserted in all Government contracts and the Order should be so construed by all Government contracting agencies. (F. R. Nov. 10, 1943, page 15419). COORDINATION OF HOUSING ACTIVITIES By Executive Order No. 8632, January 11, 1941, the Office for Emergency Management of the Executive Office of the President, was charged with coordination of national defense housing under the various statutes pertaining thereto. These functions were consolidated with the various other housing agencies and transferred to the National Housing Agency by Executive Order No. 9070, February 24, 1942, post, 2255. COORDINATOR OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS By order of August 16, 1940 (F. R., August 22, 1940, page 2938), The Council of National Defense, with the approval of the President, established as a subordinate body the "Office for the Coordination of Commercial and Cultural Relations between the American Republics" and appointed a "Coordinator" at the head thereof. This order was revoked by the Council of National Defense August 14, 1941. (See Federal Register of that date, page 4063). Executive Order No. 8840, July 30, 1941, as amended by Executive Order No. 9389, October 18, 1943, established the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs in the Office for Emergency Management to provide for the further development of commercial and cultural relations between the American Republics. DIVISION OF DEFENSE AID REPORTS Executive Order No. 8751, May 2, 1941, established the Division of Defense Aid Reports in the Office for Emergency Management in the Executive Office of the President and prescribed its functions and duties. This Division was abolished by Executive Order 8926, October 28, 1941, which created the Office of Lend-Lease Administration in the Office for Emergency Management. FOREIGN ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATION The President by Executive Order No. 9380, September 25, 1943, established in the Office for Emergency Management in the Executive Office of the President the Foreign Economic Administration and transferred thereto the Office of Lend-Lease Administration, the Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations, the Office of Economic Warfare (together with the corporations, agencies and functions transferred thereto by Executive Order No. 9361 of July 15, 1943), and the Office of Foreign Economic Coordination (except such func |