Post, p. 821. ing. PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION General administrative expenses: For the employment of persons and means, including rent, advertising (including advertising in the city of Washington for work to be performed in areas adjacent Printing and bind thereto), printing and binding (not to exceed $32,000), purchase (including exchange) of lawbooks, books of reference and periodicals, and the preparation, distribution, and display of exhibits, in the city of Washington and elsewhere for the purpose of conducting research and investigational studies, either independently or in cooperation with State highway departments, or other agencies, including studies of highway administration, legislation, finance, economics, transport, construction, operation, maintenance, utilization, and safety, and of Road-making ex- street and highway traffic control; investigations and experiments in the best methods of road making, especially by the use of local materials; and studies of types of mechanical plants and appliances used for road building and maintenance, and of methods of road repair and maintenance suited to the needs of different localities; for maintenance and repairs of experimental highways; for furnishing expert advice on these subjects; for collating, reporting, and illustrating the results of same; and for preparing, publishing, and distributing bulletins and reports; to be paid from any moneys available from the administrative 23 U. S. C. 12, funds provided under the Act of July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355-359), as amended, or as otherwise provided. periments, etc. 48; 16 U. S. C. § 503. Construction of rural post roads. S. 48; 16 U. S. C. § 503. 23 U. S. C., ch. 1. Provisos. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY SYSTEM For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes", approved July 11, 1916 23 U. 8. C. § 12a, (39 Stat. 355-359), and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, to be expended in accordance with the provisions of said Act, as amended, including not to exceed $1,100,000 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $100,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is composed of $95,000,000, part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1941 by section 1 of the Act approved June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 633), and $5,000,000, a partial reimbursement of the sums expended for the repair or reconstruction of highways and bridges on the system of Federal-aid highways which have been damaged or destroyed by floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, or landslides, as provided for by section 3 of the Act approved June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 994): Provided, That none of the money herein appropriated shall be paid to any State on account of any project on which convict labor shall be employed, except this provision shall not apply to convict labor performed by convicts on parole or probation: Provided further, That not to exceed $45,000 of the funds provided for carrying out the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921 (23 U. S. C. 21, 23), shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles necessary for carrying out the provisions of said Act, including the replacement of not to exceed one such vehicle for use in the administrative work of the Public Roads Administration in the District of Columbia: Depreciation of Provided further, That, during the fiscal year 1942, whenever performing authorized engineering or other services in connection with the survey, construction, and maintenance, or improvement of roads for other Government agencies the charge for such services may include depreciation on engineering and road-building equipment used, and the amounts received on account of such charges shall be credited Vehicles. 42 Stat. 217. equipment used. to the appropriation concerned: Provided further, That during the fiscal year 1942 the appropriations for the work of the Public Roads Administration shall be available for meeting the expenses of warehouse maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of supplies, materials, and equipment stored therein for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Public Roads Administration, and for sale and distribution to other Government activities, the cost of such supplies and materials or the value of such equipment (including the cost of transportation and handling) to be reimbursed to appropriations current at the time additional supplies, materials, or equipment are procured, from the appropriation chargeable with the cost or value of such supplies, materials, or equipment: Provided further, That the appropriations available to the Public Roads Administration may be used in emergency for medical supplies and services and other assistance necessary for the immediate relief of employees engaged on hazardous work under that Administration: Provided further, That the appropriations for the work of the Public Roads Administration shall be available (not exceeding $5,000) for the transfer of household goods and effects as provided by the Act of October 10, 1940 (Public, Numbered 839), and regulations promulgated thereunder; for necessary expenses (not exceeding $9,000) of attendance at meetings and conferences of highway departments, associations, organizations, and other agencies concerned, and (not exceeding $15,000) for the temporary employment, by contract or otherwise, of technical consultants and experts without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, and classifications laws. INTER-AMERICAN HIGHWAY For all necessary expenses to enable the President to utilize the services of the Public Roads Administration in fulfilling the obligations of the United States under the Convention on the PanAmerican Highway between the United States and other American Republics, signed at Buenos Aires, December 23, 1936, and proclaimed September 16, 1937 (51 Stat. 152), for the continuation of cooperation with several governments, members of the Pan American Union, in connection with the survey and construction of the Inter-American Highway as provided in Public Resolution, approved March 4, 1929 (45 Stat. 1697), as amended or supplemented, and for performing engineering service in pan-American countries for and upon the request of any agency or governmental corporation of the United States, $100,000 to be derived from the administrative funds provided under the Act of July 11, 1916, as amended or supplemented (23 U. S. C. 21), or as otherwise provided. FEDERAL-AID SECONDARY OR FEEDER ROADS For secondary or feeder roads, including farm-to-market roads, rural free delivery mail roads, and public-school bus routes, $15,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1941, by section 2 of the Act approved June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 634). ELIMINATION OF GRADE CROSSINGS For the elimination of hazards to life at railroad grade crossings, including the separation or protection of grades at crossings, the reconstruction of existing railroad grade-crossing structures, and the relocation of highways to eliminate grade crossings, $10,000,000, to 46 Stat. 805. 54 Stat. 869. Administrative ex penses. 52 Stat. 816. 44 Stat. 688. be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is composed of $5,000,000, which is the remainder of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1940 by section 3 of the Act approved June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 634), and $5,000,000, part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1941, by said section 3. PUBLIC-LANDS HIGHWAYS For the survey, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of main roads through unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations other than the forest reservations, under the provisions of the Act of June 24, 1930 (23 U. S. C. 3), $1,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is authorized for the fiscal year 1942 by section 7 of the Act of September 5, 1940 (Public, Numbered 780). Total, Public Roads Administration, $126,000,000. PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION Not to exceed $620,000 of the funds appropriated by the Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938 shall be available for administrative expenses of said Administration, which administrative expenses shall include personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses, in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended (5 U. S. C. 821-833); printing and binding; purchase including exchange of lawbooks, and books of reference, and not to exceed $500 for periodicals, and newspapers; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services; not to exceed $500 for expenses of attendance, when specifically authorized by the Commissioner, at meetings concerned with the work of the Administration; rent in the District of Columbia Payment, etc., of and elsewhere; and all other necessary administrative expenses: Pro Proviso. obligations. vided, That except for the limitations in amounts hereinbefore specified, and the restrictions in respect to travel expenses, the administrative expenses and other obligations of the Administration shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act. Title II, cited as the "Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938", of an Act entitled "Work Relief and Public Works Appropriation Act of 1938", approved June 21, 1938, as amended by the "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940", is hereby further amended as follows: Section 201 (a) is amended by changing "June 30, 1941" to "June 30, 1942"; section 201 (b) is amended by changing "June 30, 1941" to "June 30, 1942"; and section 202 is amended by changing "June 30, 1941", therein to "June 30, 1942", and "July 1, 1941", therein to “July 1, 1942”. UNITED STATES HOUSING AUTHORITY Salaries and expenses: Not to exceed $3,470,000 of the funds of the United States Housing Authority, established by the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1401) shall be available for all necessary administrative expenses of the Authority in carrying out the provisions of said Act, including personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; printing and binding; reproducing, photographing, and labor-saving devices and office appliances; not to exceed $5,000 for the purchase and exchange of lawbooks and other books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers; ice. Special services. 41 U. S. C. § 5. 42 Stat. 1488. 5 U. S. C. §§ 661-674. Post, p. 613. Provisos. Informational serv Tenant relations di vision. Construction advisers, etc., non-Fed not to exceed $2,500 for expenses of attendance, when specifically Studies of building materials. Annual contributions. 50 Stat. 891. 42 U. S. C. § 1410. Proviso. Citizenship require Annual contributions: For the payment of annual contributions to public housing agencies in accordance with section 10 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, 1410), $8,000,000, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1941: Provided, That except for payments required on contracts entered into prior to April 18, 1940, ment. no part of this appropriation shall be available for payment to any public-housing agency for expenditure in connection with any lowrent housing project, unless the public housing agency shall have adopted regulations prohibiting as a tenant of any such project by rental or occupancy any person other than a citizen of the United States. Any of the foregoing appropriations for general or administrative expenses under the Federal Works Agency shall be available for the maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passengercarrying vehicles in the District of Columbia and in the field. The Federal Works Administrator or other official designated by him may exchange motor-propelled vehicles, scientific apparatus, instruments, labor-saving office devices, and accessories in whole or in part payment for vehicles, scientific apparatus, instruments, laborsaving devices, and accessories. Vehicles. Authorization for exchanges. 48 Stat. 466. 5 U. S. C. § 118c. Post, p. 830. Provisos. Disposition of stamps. 361. FOREIGN-SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT Foreign-service pay adjustment of officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies: For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize annual appropriations to meet losses sustained by officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies in their relation to the American dollar, and for other purposes", approved March 26, 1934 (U. S. C., Supp. IV, Title 5, Sec. 118c), and for each and every object and purpose specified therein, $975,000. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Salaries: For Comptroller General, Assistant Comptroller General, and other personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $10,362,000: Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1219), the Comptroller General of the 44 U. S. C. 351- United States is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to destroy and dispose of stamps issued by the Surplus Marketing Administration of the Department of Agriculture after the said stamps have been paid by the Division of Disbursement of the Treasury Department and audited by the General Accounting Office, either in the field or at the Comptroller Gen- seat of government: Provided further, That the salary of the Comptroller General shall be at the rate of $12,000 per annum effective on the date of enactment of this Act, so long as the position is held by the present incumbent. eral, salary. Post, p. 546. 34 Stat. 584; 41 Stat. 474; 54 Stat. 898, 916. Contingent expenses: For traveling expenses, materials, supplies, equipment, and services; procurement and exchange of books, lawbooks, books of reference, and periodicals, typewriters, calculating machines, and other office appliances, including their development, repairs, and maintenance, including one motor-propelled passengercarrying vehicle; and miscellaneous items, $319,880. For all printing and binding for the General Accounting Office, INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION SALARIES AND EXPENSES General administrative expenses: For eleven Commissioners, secretary, and for all other authorized expenditures necessary in the execution of laws to regulate commerce, including one chief counsel, one director of finance, and one director of traffic, at $10,000 each per annum, field hearings, traveling expenses, and contract stenographic reporting services, $2,580,940, of which amount not to exceed $2,338,040 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, exclusive of special counsel, for which the expenditure shall not exceed $50,000; not exceeding $3,000 for purchase and exchange of necessary books, reports, and periodicals. Regulating accounts: To enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforce compliance with section 20 and other sections of 24 Stat. 379, 386; the Interstate Commerce Act as amended by the Act approved June 29, 1906, the Transportation Act, 1920 (49 U. S. C. 20), and the Transportation Act of 1940, including the employment of necessary special accounting agents or examiners, and traveling expenses, $840,000, of which amount not to exceed $190,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. |