of desig. Salaries nated officials. SEC. 3. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, the salaries of the Commissioners of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Commissioners of the United States Maritime Commission with the exception of the Chairman so long as the office is held by the present incumbent, and the Commissioners of the United States Tariff Commission shall be at the rate of $10,000 each per annum: Provided, That after the date of enactment of this Act the provisions of section 3 of the Maritime Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1941, shall not apply to the salary of the Chairman of the United States Maritime Commission, so long as the office is held by the present incumbent. SEC. 4. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or authorized hereby to be expended shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States, or of any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States, whose post of duty is in continental United States unless such person is a citizen of the United States or a person in the service of the United States on the date of enactment of this Act who, being eligible for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen or who owes allegiance to the United States. Proviso. sion. 54 Stat. 141. Citizenship require ments. Persons advocating overthrow of U. S. Provisos. SEC. 5. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who advocates, or Government. who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided further, That any person who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEC. 6. This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1942". Approved, April 5, 1941. [CHAPTER 41] AN ACT Making deficiency and supplemental appropriations for the national defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiency and supplemental appropriations for the national defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for other purposes, namely: TITLE I-WAR DEPARTMENT MILITARY ACTIVITIES For additional amounts for appropriations for the Military Establishment, fiscal year 1941, to be supplemental to, and merged with, the appropriations under the same heads in the Military Appropriation Penalty. Short title. April 5, 1941 [H. R. 4124] [Public Law 29] National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941. Fifth Supplemental Title VI, Military Appropriation Act, 1941. 54 Stat. 352; ante, p. 34. 54 Stat. 352. 54 Stat. 966. 54 Stat. 602. Equipment and supplies. U. S. C. § 1339. Contracts. Act, 1941, including the objects and subject to the limitations and conditions specified in that Act as amended by the Third Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941, except as otherwise provided herein, as follows: OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF WAR EXPEDITING PRODUCTION Expediting production of equipment and supplies for national defense: To enable the Secretary of War, with the approval of the 41 U. S. C. 5; 10 President, and without reference to sections 3709 and 1136, as amended, Revised Statutes, to expedite the production of equipment and supplies for the Army for emergency national defense purposes, including all of the objects and purposes specified under each of the appropriations available to the War Department during the fiscal years 1941 and 1942, for procurement or production of equipment or supplies, for erection of structures, or for acquisition of land; the furnishing of Government-owned facilities at privately owned plants; the procurement and training of civilian personnel in connection with the production of equipment and material and the use and operation thereof; and for any other purposes which in the discretion of the Secretary of War are desirable in expediting production for military purposes and are approved by the President, $291,890,000, of which amount not to exceed $107,000,000 shall be for payments under contracts authorized under this head in appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1941; and, in addition, the Secretary of War, with the approval of the President, is authorized to enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1942, for the same purposes to an Use of proceeds of amount not exceeding $576,396,000: Provided, That all moneys arising from authorized sales or transfers of machine tools or other manufacturing equipment originally procured or produced with funds appropriated under this head, as authorized by the Act approved October 10, 1940 (Public, Numbered 829, Seventy-sixth Congress), shall remain available for the purposes named herein throughout the fiscal year in which the disposition was effected and the following fiscal year: Provided further, That the appropriations and contract authorizations provided under this head in the First, Second, and Third Supplemental National Defense Appropriation 54 Stat. 602, 874, 970. Acts, 1941, those provided by this Act, and any that may be provided for the same purposes for the fiscal year 1942, are hereby consolidated and shall constitute one fund and one contract authorization, respectively, and remain available until June 30, 1942: ProReports to Congress. vided further, That an account shall be kept of all expenditures made or authorized under the several appropriations herein consolidated and reports thereon shall be submitted to Congress on or before July 1, 1941, and July 1, 1942. Provisos. sales. 54 Stat. 1090. Consolidation funds. Post, p. 366. 54 Stat. 354. 54 Stat. 354. National Guard. ment. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT Welfare of enlisted men: Welfare of enlisted men, $902,000, to remain available until June 30, 1942. FINANCE DEPARTMENT Pay of the Army: Members of units of the National Guard which Citizenship require have been, or may be, called into the active military service of the United States, who may not have become citizens of the United States but have on or before November 15, 1940, declared their intention to become such citizens, shall be entitled to their pay and allowances as such members, notwithstanding any limitations under this head contained in the Military Appropriation Act, 1941: Provided, That the amount authorized under this head in the Third Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941, for the employment of civilian clerks at military headquarters is increased to $383,250. Transportation of dependents, and so forth: During the fiscal year 1941 the dependents and household effects of such personnel of the Military Establishment on duty at stations outside the continental limits of the United States, and in Alaska, as may be determined upon by the Secretary of War, may, prior to the issuance of orders for the relief of such personnel from their stations, be moved (including packing and unpacking of household effects) to such locations in continental United States as may be selected by the Secretary of War, by the use of either governmental or commercial means of transportation, and later from such locations to the duty stations to which such personnel may be ordered, and current appropriations of the Military Establishment available for travel and transportation may be used for this purpose. QUARTERMASTER CORPS Regular supplies of the Army: Regular supplies of the Army, $12,400,000, to remain available until June 30, 1942, of which not to exceed $3,280,000 shall be for payments under contracts authorized under this head in appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1941. 54 Stat. 355. Civilian clerks at headquarters. 54 Stat. 966. 54 Stat. 356. 54 Stat. 357. 54 Stat. 358. Clothing and equipage, Army. 54 Stat. 358. Ante, p. 7. 54 Stat. 872. Preference for U. S. Clothing and equipage, Army: For clothing and equipage, $79,418,000, to remain available until June 30, 1942, of which not to exceed $50,700,000 shall be for payments under contracts authorized under this head in the Second Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941: Provided, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for the procurement of any article of food or clothing not grown or produced in the United products. States or its possessions, except to the extent that the head of the department concerned shall determine that articles of food or clothing grown or produced in the United States or its possessions cannot be procured of satisfactory quality and in sufficient quantities and at reasonable prices as and when needed, and except procurements by vessels in foreign waters and by establishments located outside the continental United States, except the Territories of Hawaii and Alaska, for the personnel attached thereto. Army transportation: For Army transportation, $150,852,000, to remain available until June 30, 1942, of which not to exceed $364,546 shall be for payments under contracts authorized under this head in appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1941, and, in addition, the Quartermaster General, when authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1942, to an amount not in excess of $8,256,000 for the purposes authorized under this head. Army tion. transporta. 54 Stat. 359. Military posts. Military posts: For construction of buildings, utilities, and appurtenances at military posts, including the acquisition of land, rights p. 34. pertaining thereto, leasehold and other interests therein and temporary use thereof, without regard to the provisions of sections 355, 1136, and 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended (10 U. S. C. 1339; 40 U. S. C. 255; 31 U. S. C. 529), and the purchase, operation, maintenance, and repair of passenger-carrying vehicles, $193,821,000, to remain available until June 30, 1942, and, in addition, contracts may be entered into to an amount not in excess of $112,000,000, for the purposes authorized under this head: Provided, That the appropriation in this paragraph and the following appropriations, or portions of appropriations, heretofore made under the caption "Military Proviso. 54 Stat. 360. 54 Stat. 602. 54 Stat. 873. 54 Stat. 958. Ante, p. 34. Barracks and quar Posts", in the following respective Acts shall be accounted for as one fund and shall remain available until June 30, 1942: Military Appropriation Act, 1941, portion for emergency construction, $47,976,962; First Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941, $74,321,546; Second Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941, portion for emergency construction, $128,107,115; Public Resolution Numbered 99, approved September 24, 1940, $329,519,902; and Fourth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941, $660,080,534; in all, $1,433,827,059. Barracks and quarters, Army: For barracks and quarters, 54 Stat. 362; ante, $2,366,000, to remain available until June 30, 1942. ters. p. 34. 54 Stat. 363. 54 Stat. 364. 54 Stat. 366. 54 Stat. 367. Contracts. SIGNAL CORPS Signal Service of the Army: For the Signal Service of the Army, $49,807,000, to remain available until June 30, 1942, and, in addition, the Chief Signal Officer, when authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1941, to an amount not in excess of $17,049,550, for the purposes authorized under this head. AIR CORPS Air Corps, Army: For Air Corps, Army, $982,236,000, to remain available until June 30, 1942, and, in addition, the Chief of the Air Corps, when authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1941, to an amount not in excess of $524,025,000, for the purposes authorized under this head. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Medical and Hospital Department, Army: For Medical and Hospital Department, Army, $2,876,000, to remain available until June 30, 1942, and, in addition, the Surgeon General, when authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1941, to an amount not in excess of $3,601,819, for the purposes authorized under this head. Hospital care, Canal Zone garrisons: For hospital care, Canal Zone garrisons, $335,000. CORPS OF ENGINEERS Engineer Service, Army: For Engineer Service, Army, including the manufacture of engineer equipment; for expenses of railroad operation, including purchase or lease of equipment and materials and the acquisition of lands, rights-of-way thereon and other interests therein and temporary use thereof; and for the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles, $19,074,000, to remain available until June 30, 1942, of which not to exceed $14,500,000 shall be for payments under contracts authorized under this head in appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1941, and, in addition, the Chief of Engineers, when authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1941, to an amount not in excess of $12,993,500 for the purposes authorized under this head. Military construction, defense installations: For construction, installation, maintenance, and repair of facilities required for military use at locations to be approved by the President, and for each and every object and expense connected therewith, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, including housing, storage, fortifications, airdromes, piers, roads, railroads, and communication, water, sewerage, and elec Proviso. tric systems, and other utilities connected therewith, and also including the acquisition of leasehold and other interests in land, and temporary use thereof, without regard to sections 3734 (40 U. S. C., 267), 355 (40 U. S. C., 255), and 1136 (10 U. S. C., 1339), as amended, of the Revised Statutes of the United States; the purchase, hire, operation, maintenance, and repair of passenger-carrying vehicles; the employment of persons and the procurement of supplies and services, printing and binding, and communication service, at the seat of government and elsewhere; $98,250,000, to remain available until June 30, 1942: Provided, That under this appropriation the Secretary of War is authorized to effect appointments of employees in the United ployees outside U. S. States, or to effect the transfer of employees in the Federal service in the United States, for duty at any point outside the continental limits of the United States at which it may be found necessary to assign such civilian employees, and to pay the costs of transportation of such employees from place of engagement in the United States, or from present post of duty in the United States, in the case of those employees already in the service of the United States, to the post of duty outside the United States, and return upon completion of assignment or after such period of service as may be prescribed by the head of the Department to provide for the shipment of household goods and personal effects of persons so appointed or transferred from place of engagement or from present post of duty in the United States to the post of duty outside the continental United States; and to provide for the transportation of the dependents of such appointees or employees, either by commercial or Government-operated vessels, as may be found expedient. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT Ordnance service and supplies, Army: For ordnance service and supplies, Army, $82,132,100, and in addition, the Chief of Ordnance, when authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1941, to an amount not in excess of $831,065,751 for the purposes authorized under this head. CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE Chemical Warfare Service, Army: For Chemical Warfare Service, Army, $20,523,000, to remain available until June 30, 1942, of which not to exceed $17,436,910 shall be for payments under contracts authorized under this head in appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1941, and, in addition, the Chief of Chemical Warfare Service, when authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1941, to an amount not in excess of $2,845,634 for the purposes authorized under this head. CHIEF OF INFANTRY Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia: For Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, $15,000. SEACOAST DEFENSES Seacoast defenses, general: For seacoast defenses, general, $9,047,000, to remain available until June 30, 1942, of which not to exceed $1,890,000 shall be for payments under contracts authorized under this head in appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1941, and, in addition, when authorized by the Secretary of War, contracts may be entered into prior to July 1, 1942, to an amount not in excess of $5,220,000, for the purposes authorized under this head. 54 Stat. 367. Post, p. 382. 54 Stat. 368. 54 Stat. 369. 54 Stat. 369. |