For commissioned officer, $7,500. Contracts on costplus-a-fixed-fee basis. etc. etc. Proviso. Preparation of plans, Post, pp. 558,679,815. Temporary construction: For commissioned warrant or warrant officer, $5,000. The provisions of section 4 of the Act approved April 25, 1939 (53 Stat. 590-592), shall be applicable to all public works and public utilities projects provided in this Act, regardless of location: Provided, That the fixed fee to be paid the contractor as a result of any contract hereafter entered into under the authority of this provision shall not exceed 6 per centum of the estimated cost of the contract, exclusive of the fee, as determined by the Secretary of the Navy. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to continue the employment, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, of such employees now carried on the rolls as will be required for the preparation of plans and specifications and administrative work in connection with the public-works and public-utilities projects mentioned in this Act. BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS AVIATION, NAVY For aviation, as follows: For navigational, photographic, aerological, radio, and miscellaneous equipment, including repairs thereto, for use with aircraft built or building on June 30, 1941, $2,705,600; for maintenance, repair, and operation of aircraft factory, air stations, fleet and all other aviation activities, services of employees assigned to group IV (b) and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department, accident prevention, testing laboratories, overhauling of planes, technical periodicals, outfits for messes of aviation cadets and bachelor officers at air stations, and the purchase for aviation purposes only of special clothing, wearing apparel, and special equipment, $71,972,400, including not to exceed $100,000 for the procurement of helium, which sum of $100,000 shall be transferred to and made available to the Bureau of Mines on July 1, 1941; for continuing experiments and development work on all types of aircraft, including the payment of parttime or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed and payment of the travel expenses of such persons if they be members of the Naval New construction, Reserve ordered to active duty, $9,500,000; for new construction and Helium. 54 Stat. 283. Provisos. Transfer of funds. procurement of aircraft and equipment, spare parts and accessories, including expansions of and facilities in private plants, $350,372,000, of which amount not to exceed $350,000,000 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the contract authorization carried in the Navy Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1941; in all, $434,550,000, and the money herein specifically appropriated for "Aviation" shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law and shall constitute one fund: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed, upon the request of the Secretary of the Navy, to transfer not to exceed in the aggregate $600,000 from this appropriation to the appropriations "Pay, subsistence, and transportation, Navy" and "Pay, Marine Corps" to cover authorized traveling expenses of officers and enlisted men in connection with flying new airplanes from contractor's works to assigned station or ship, including travel to contractor's works and return of personnel to stations of duty, and the amount so transferred shall be MARINE CORPS PAY, MARINE CORPS Pay of officers, active list: For pay and allowances prescribed by law for all officers on the active list-pay and allowances, $5,577,293, including $517,611, for increased pay for making aerial flights, none of which shall be available for increased pay for making aerial flights by nonflying officers or observers at rates in excess of those prescribed by law for the Army, which shall be the legal maximum rates as to such nonflying officers or observers; subsistence allowance, $740,220; rental allowance, $1,031,907; in all, $7,349,420; and, except during war or national emergency declared by the President to exist, no part of such sum shall be available to pay active-duty pay and allowances to officers on the retired list; For pay of officers prescribed by law on the retired list, $2,621,066; Pay of enlisted men, active list: For pay and allowances of noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates, as prescribed by law, and for the expenses of clerks of the United States Marine Corps traveling under orders, including not to exceed $250 for the expenses of attendance upon meetings of technical, professional, scientific, and other organizations, when, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy, such attendance would be of benefit in the conduct of the work of the Marine Corps, and including additional compensation for enlisted men of the Marine Corps qualified as expert riflemen, sharpshooters, marksmen, or regularly detailed as gun captains, gun pointers, cooks, messmen, including interest on deposits by enlisted men, post-exchange debts of deserters, and of men discharged or sentenced to terms of imprisonment while in debt to the United States, under such rules as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, and the authorized travel allowance of discharged enlisted men, and for prizes for excellence in gunnery exercises and target practices, and communication competitions, and for pay of enlisted men designated as Navy mail clerks and assistant Navy mail clerks both afloat and ashore, and for gratuities to enlisted men discharged not under honorable conditions-pay and allowances, $24,013,710; allowance for lodging and subsistence, $1,747,192; in all, $25,760,902; For pay and allowances prescribed by law of enlisted men on the retired list, $996,886; Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged enlisted men for clothing undrawn, $264,000; For pay and allowances of the Marine Corps Reserve as follows: (a) For officers commissioned pursuant to the Act of June 13, 1939 (53 Stat. 819-821), $737,745; (b) for transferred and assigned men, $1,171,730; and (c) for all others, $9,115,441; in all, $11,024,916; Damage claims. Incurred obliga tions. 50 Stat. 111; 52 Stat. Post, pp. 558, 679. Post, p. 679. Retired officers. Enlisted men, active list. Retired enlisted men. Marine Corps Re serve. For mileage and actual and necessary expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law to officers traveling under orders without troops, $347,638; In all, $48,364,828, and the money herein specifically appropriated for pay of the Marine Corps shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law and shall constitute one fund. PAY OF CIVIL FORCE, MARINE CORPS Pay of civil force: For personal services in the District of Columbia, as follows: Óffices of the Major General Commandant and adjutant inspector, $238,320; Office of the paymaster, $73,120; Office of the quartermaster, $300,120; in all, $611,560: Provided, That the total number of enlisted men on duty at Marine Corps Headquarters on May 7, 1930, shall not be increased, and in lieu of enlisted men whose services at such headquarters shall be terminated for any cause prior to July 1, 1942, their places may be filled by civilians, for the pay of whom, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, either or both the appropriations "Pay, Marine Corps" and "General expenses, Marine Corps" shall be available. GENERAL EXPENSES, MARINE CORPS For every expenditure requisite for, and incident to, the authorized work of the Marine Corps, other than as appropriated for under the headings of pay and salaries, including services of employees assigned to group IV (b) and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department, as follows: For provisions, subsistence, board, and lodging of enlisted men, recruits and recruiting parties, and applicants for enlistment; cash allowance for lodging and subsistence to enlisted men traveling on duty; ice, ice machines and their maintenance, $6,910,721; For clothing for enlisted men, $2,268,000; For fuel, heat, light, and power, including sales to officers, $1,489,000; For military supplies and equipment, including their purchase, repair, preservation, and handling; recreational, school, educational, library, musical, amusement, field sport and gymnasium supplies, equipment, services, and incidental expenses; purchase and marking of prizes for excellence in gunnery and rifle practice, good-conduct badges, medals, and buttons awarded to officers and enlisted men by the Government for conspicuous, gallant, and special service; rental and maintenance of target ranges and entrance fees for competitions, $5,237,667; For transportation of troops and applicants for enlistment, including cash in lieu of ferriage and transfers en route; toilet kits for issue to recruits upon their first enlistment and other incidental expenses of the recruiting service; and for transportation for dependents of officers and enlisted men, $699,989; For repairs and improvements to barracks, quarters, and other public buildings at posts and stations; for the leasing and improvement of buildings at such places as the public exigencies require, and the erection of temporary buildings upon the approval of the Secretary of the Navy at a total cost of not to exceed $70,000 during the year, $1,211,000; For forage and stabling of public animals and the authorized number of officers' horses, $21,000; For miscellaneous supplies, material, equipment, personal and other services, and for other incidental expenses for the Marine Corps not otherwise provided for; purchase, repair, and exchange of typewriters and calculating machines; purchase and repair of furniture and fixtures; and purchase, exchange, and repair of passenger-carrying and other vehicles, including parts; veterinary services and medicines for public animals and the authorized number of officers' horses; purchase of mounts and horse equipment for all officers below the grade of major required to be mounted; shoeing for public animals and the authorized number of officers' horses; books, newspapers, and periodicals; printing and binding; packing and crating of officers' allowance of baggage; funeral expenses of officers and enlisted men and accepted applicants for enlistment and retired officers on active duty, including the transportation of their bodies, arms, and wearing apparel from the place of demise to the homes of the deceased in the United States; construction, operation, and maintenance of laundries; care and operation of schools at Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia, and Parris Island, South Carolina; and for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, $5,990,000: Provided, That the motorpropelled passenger-carrying vehicles to be purchased hereunder shall not exceed the following respective numbers and costs: Ten at $750 each, and motorcycles and motortruck chassis with station-wagon type bodies as required; Marine Corps Reserve: For clothing, including clothing for aviation cadets, subsistence, heat, light, transportation, and miscellaneous expenses, $92,835; In all, $23,920,212, to be accounted for as one fund. INCREASE AND REPLACEMENT OF NAVAL VESSELS Construction and machinery: On account of hulls and outfits of vessels and machinery of vessels heretofore authorized (and appropriated for in part); on account of the acquisition, conversion, alteration, and repair of vessels heretofore authorized (and appropriated for in part), including in connection therewith not to exceed $50,000,000 for defense installations on Government or privately owned merchant vessels; for necessary tools, equipment, and facilities in naval establishments or private plants for shipbuilding, and for services of employees assigned to group IV (b) and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department, $1,215,000,000, and, in addition, the unexpended balance on June 30, 1941, of the appropriation "Replacement of naval vessels, construction and machinery" is hereby reappropriated and made available for the purposes of this paragraph, all to remain available until expended: Provided, That, of the appropriations made available by this Act under the head of "Increase and replacement of naval vessels", there shall be available such sums as the Secretary of the Navy may from time to time determine to be necessary for the engagement of technical services, and the employment of personnel in the Navy Department and in the field, the purchase of plans, drafting and other supplies, telephone and telegraph expenses, and the expenses of printing and travel, in addition to those otherwise provided for, owing to the construction of vessels which have been or hereafter may be authorized. Armor, armament, and ammunition: Toward the armor, armament, and ammunition for vessels hereinbefore described under the head of "Construction and machinery", including the necessary machine tools, equipment, land, and facilities for existing or additional naval establishments or private plants for the production of armor, armament, Miscellaneous supplies, etc. Vehicles. Care, etc., of schools. Proviso. Purchase of vehicles. Marine Corps Re serve. Post, pp. 558, 680, 814, 816. Defense installations Reappropriation. 54 Stat. 286. Proviso. Sums for additional expenses. Machine tools, etc. Letters patent. Departmental use of funds, limitation. Provisos. Details to Bureau of Navigation, etc. and ammunition, and services of employees assigned to group IV (b) and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department, $442,000,000, and, in addition, the unexpended balance on June 30, 1941, of the appropriation "Replacement of naval vessels, armor, armament, and ammunition" is hereby reappropriated and made available for the purposes of this paragraph, all to remain available until expended: Provided, That the unexpended balance as of June 30, 1941, of the appropriation under the head "Alterations to naval vessels" and all outstanding obligations against such appropriation for any purpose for which it was available are transferred on July 1, 1941, to the appropriation "Increase and replacement of naval vessels", divided between the heads "Construction and machinery" and "Armor, armament, and ammunition" in such proportion as the Secretary of the Navy shall determine. Neither the appropriation "Increase and replacement of naval vessels, construction and machinery", nor the appropriation "Increase and replacement of naval vessels, armor, armament, and ammunition", shall be available for obligation for any purpose as to ships delivered or acquired prior to July 1, 1940, nor as to any ship delivered or acquired subsequently to such date after twelve months shall have elapsed from delivery or acquisition date. GENERAL PROVISIONS The appropriations made in this Act for the purchase or manufacture of equipment or material or of a particular class of equipment or material shall be available for the purchase of letters patent, applications for letters patent, licenses under letters patent, and applications for letters patent that pertain to such equipment or material for which the appropriations are made. No part of any appropriation made for the Navy shall be expended for any of the purposes herein provided for on account of the Navy Department in the District of Columbia, including personal services of civilians and of enlisted men of the Navy, except as expressly authorized by law: Provided, That there may be detailed to the Bureau of Navigation not to exceed at any one time twenty-five enlisted men of the Navy and to the Office of the Chief of Naval Details to Naval Operations, twelve enlisted men of the Navy: Provided further, That enlisted men detailed to the Naval Dispensary, the Office of Naval Intelligence, and the Radio Communication Service shall not be regarded as detailed to the Navy Department in the District of Columbia. Dispensary, etc. Restriction on use of time-measuring devices. Cash rewards. No part of the appropriations made in this Act shall be available for the salary or pay of any officer, manager, superintendent, foreman, or other person or persons having charge of the work of any employee of the United States Government while making or causing to be made with a stop watch or other time-measuring device a time study of any job of any such employee between the starting and completion thereof, or of the movements of any such employee while engaged upon such work; nor shall any part of the appropriations made in this Act be available to pay any premiums or bonus or cash reward to any employee in addition to his regular wages, except for suggestions resulting in improvements or economy in the operaRepairs, etc., by tion of any Government plant; and no part of the moneys herein appropriated for the Naval Establishment or herein made available therefor shall be used or expended under contracts hereafter made for the repair, purchase, or acquirement, by or from any private contactor, of any naval vessel, machinery, article, or articles that private contractors, restriction. |