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For project expenses (other than salaries): For expenses other than salaries in connection with authorized projects and at supply depots and central repair shops, $22,231,000;

For salaries, field (other than project): For personal services in the field except those connected with projects, $12,519,000;

For expenses, field (other than project): For expenses (other than salaries) in the field, except those connected with projects, $3,935,000; For salaries, departmental: For departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $2,163,000;

For expenses, departmental: For departmental expenses in the District of Columbia (other than for personal services), $577,000;

The Director of the Civilian Conservation Corps may authorize the exchange of motor-propelled and horse-drawn vehicles, tractors, road equipment, and boats, and parts, accessories, tires, or equipment thereof, in whole or in part payment for vehicles, tractors, road equipment, or boats, or parts, accessories, tires, or equipment of such vehicles, tractors, road equipment, or boats which the corps has acquired: Provided, That not to exceed 5 per centum of any of the foregoing appropriations for the Civilian Conservation Corps, except the appropriation for "Pay, subsistence, medical services, and so forth" may, subject to the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, be transferred by the Federal Security Administrator to any other of such appropriations, but no appropriation may be increased by such transfer more than 5 per centum.

In the expenditure of funds appropriated herein under the heading "Civilian Conservation Corps", the over-all cost per enrollee per year shall not exceed $1,000 on the basis of a total enrollee appropriated strength herein of two hundred and thirty-two thousand five hundred enrollees: Provided, That irrespective of the total number of enrollees either authorized or actually enrolled, in no event shall there be expended more than $1,000 per actual enrollee per year. In all, $246,960,000.

COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF

Salaries and expenses: For support of the institution, including salaries and incidental expenses, books and illustrative apparatus, and general repairs and improvements, $142,000.

OFFICE OF EDUCATION

Salaries: For the Commissioner of Education and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $301,000.

General expenses: For general expenses of the Office of Education, including lawbooks, books of reference, and periodicals; streetcar fares; for compensation, not to exceed $500, of employees in field service; for purchase, distribution, and exchange of educational documents, motion-picture films, and lantern slides; collection, exchange, and cataloging of educational apparatus and appliances, articles of school furniture and models of school buildings illustrative of foreign and domestic systems and methods of education, and repairing the same; exchange as part payment for office equipment and other expenses not herein provided for, $12,500.

The appropriation in this title for traveling expenses shall be available in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of persons attending conferences called to meet in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, which are concerned with the work of the Office of Education and not otherwise provided for in this title, when incurred on the written authority of the Federal Security Administrator.

Library service: For making surveys, studies, investigations, and reports regarding public, school, college, university, and other libra

Vehicles.

Proviso.

Transfer of funds.

Limitation on expenditures. Post, p. 683.

Proviso.

Post, p. 831.

Attendance at conferences.

Provisos.

Transfer of funds.
Ante, p. 471.

Specialists.

42 Stat. 1488.

5 U.S. C.§§661-674;

632-642.

Post, p. 613.

22 Stat. 403.

49 Stat. 439.

7 U. S. C. § 343d.

Post, p. 831.

ries; fostering coordination of public and school library service; coordinating library service on the national level with other forms of adult education; developing library participation in Federal projects; fostering Nation-wide coordination of research materials among the more scholarly libraries, inter-State library cooperation, and the development of public, school, and other library service throughout the country, and for the administrative expenses incident to performing these duties, including salaries of such assistants, experts, clerks, and other employees in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, as the Commissioner of Education may deem necessary, purchase of miscellaneous supplies, equipment, stationery, typewriters, and exchange thereof, postage on foreign mail, purchase of books of reference, lawbooks, and periodicals, and all other necessary expenses, $20,600. Study of higher education for Negroes: For all expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase and rental of equipment, purchase of supplies, traveling expenses, including attendance at meetings of educational associations, societies, and other organizations, printing and binding, and all other incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, to enable the Office of Education, at a total cost of not to exceed $40,000, to make a study of higher education for Negroes to determine first, the higher education needs of Negroes, and second, the areas of educational concentration or specialization upon which the various colleges should embark, $10,000: Provided, That $1,200 shall be transferred from this appropriation to the appropriation "Traveling expenses, Federal Security Agency" and $2,500 shall be transferred from this appropriation to the appropriation "Printing and binding, Federal Security Agency": Provided further, That specialists and experts for temporary service in this study may be employed at rates to be fixed by the Administrator of the Federal Security Agency to correspond to those established by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and without reference to the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883.

Further endowment of colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts: For carrying out the provisions of section 22 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work and the more complete endowment and support of land-grant colleges", approved June 29, 1935 (49 Stat. 436), $2,480,000.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

Salaries and expenses: For carrying out the provisions of section 7 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the promotion of voca39 Stat. 933; 40 Stat. tional education, and so forth", approved February 23, 1917, as

345.

15j.

20 U. S. C. 15k.
Proviso.
Transfer of funds.
Ante, p. 471.

amended by the Act of October 6, 1917 (20 U. S. C. 15), and of section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories", approved June 8, 1936 (49 Stat. 1488), $423,700: Provided, That $50,100 shall be transferred from this appropriation to the appropriation "Traveling expenses, Federal Security Agency", and $15,000 shall be transferred from this appropriation to the appropriation "Printing and binding, Federal Security Agency".

Further development of vocational education: For carrying out the provisions of sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the further development of vocational education in the sev20 U. S. C. § 15h-eral States and Territories", approved June 8, 1936 (49 Stat. 14881490), $13,500,000: Provided, That the apportionment to the States shall be computed on the basis of not to exceed $14,483,000 for the fiscal year 1942, as authorized by the Act approved June 8, 1936.

Proviso.

For extending to the Territory of Hawaii the benefits of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational education, and so forth", approved February 23, 1917 (20 U. S. C. 11-18), in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to extend the provisions of certain laws to the Territory of Hawaii”, approved March 10, 1924 (20 U. S. C. 29), $30,000.

For extending to Puerto Rico the benefits of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational education, and so forth", approved February 23, 1917 (20 U. S. C. 11-18), in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to extend the provisions of certain laws relating to vocational education and civilian rehabilitation to Puerto Rico", approved March 3, 1931 (20 U. S. C. 11-18; 29 U. S. C. 31-35; 20 U. S. C. 30), $105,000.

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41 Stat. 735; 43 Stat. 430; 46 Stat. 524; 47

Cooperative vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry: For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment", approved June 2, 1920 (29 U. S. C. 35), as amended by the Act of June 5, 1924 (29 U. S. Č. 31), and the Acts of June 9, 1930, Stat. 448. and June 30, 1932 (29 U. S. C. 31-40), section 531 (a) of the Act of August 14, 1935 (49 Stat. 620) and section 508 (a) of the Act approved August 10, 1939 (53 Stat. 1381), $2,650,000: Provided, That the apportionment to the States shall be computed in accordance with the Acts approved June 2, 1920, June 5, 1924, June 9, 1930, June 30, 1932, August 14, 1935, and August 10, 1939, on the basis of not to exceed $3,000,000 for the fiscal year 1942.

Salaries and expenses, vocational rehabilitation: For carrying out the provisions of section 6 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry, and so forth", approved June 2, 1920 (29 U. S. C. 35), and the Acts of June 5, 1924 (29 U. S. C. 31), June 9, 1930, and June 30, 1932 (29 U. S. C. 31, 40), August 14, 1935 (49 Stat. 620), and August 10, 1939 (53 Stat. 1381), and for carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the operation of stands in Federal buildings by blind persons, to enlarge the economic opportunities of the blind, and for other purposes", approved June 20, 1936 (49 Stat. 1559, 1560), $112,000: Provided, That $15,050 shall be transferred from this appropriation to the appropriation "Traveling expenses, Federal Security Agency" and $4,000 shall be transferred from this appropriation to the appropriation "Printing and binding, Federal Security Agency".

The appropriation in this title for traveling expenses shall be available in an amount not to exceed $2,000 for expenses of persons attending conferences concerned with vocational rehabilitation called to meet in the District of Columbia and elsewhere when incurred on the written authority of the Federal Security Administrator.

29 U. S. C. § 45b. Proviso.

Post, p. 831.

41 Stat. 737.

Blind persons.

20 U. S. C. §§ 1071071.

Proviso.

Transfer of funds.
Ante, p. 471.

Attendance at conferences.

Post, p. 831.

Cooperative vocational rehabilitation of disabled residents of the District of Columbia: For personal services, printing and binding, travel and subsistence, and payment of expenses of training, placement, and other phases of rehabilitating disabled residents of the District of Columbia under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the vocational rehabilitation of disabled residents of the District of Columbia", approved February 23, 1929 (45 Stat. to 31-507. 1260), as amended by the Act approved April 17, 1937 (50 Stat. 69), $25,000.

Promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry in Hawaii: For extending to the Territory of Hawaii the benefits of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry", approved June

D. C. Code §§ 31-501

41 Stat. 735.

43 Stat. 18.

53 Stat. 33.

2, 1920, as amended (29 U. S. C. 31-44), in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to extend the provisions of certain laws to the Territory of Hawaii", approved March 10, 1924 (29 U. S. C. 45), $5,000.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING, DEFENSE WORKERS (NATIONAL DEFENSE)

Payments to States, and so forth (national defense): For payment to States, subdivisions thereof, or other public agencies operating public educational facilities, and, where hereinafter authorized, to vocational schools exempt from taxation under section 101 (6) of the 26 U. S. C. § 101 (6). Internal Revenue Code, colleges and universities, for the furtherance of the education and training of defense workers, through certification from time to time, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the United States Commissioner of Education (hereinafter referred to as the "Commissioner") under the supervision and direction of the Federal Security Administrator and approved by the President, by the Commissioner to the Secretary of the Treasury of the name of such agency or the name of such school, college, or university to whom payment is to be made, and the amount to be paid, such payment to be made prior to audit and settlement by the General Accounting Office as follows:

Vocational courses of less than college grade.

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(1) For the cost of vocational courses of less than college grade provided by such agencies in vocational schools, including vocational schools exempt from taxation under section 101 (6) of the Internal Revenue Code, or by such vocational schools pursuant to plans submitted by them and approved by the Commissioner, which plans shall include courses supplementary to employment in occupations essential to the national defense, pre-employment and refresher courses for workers preparing for such occupations and selected from the public employment office registers, including not to exceed $3,500,000 for payment to such agencies for rental of additional space found necessary by the Commissioner for carrying out the approved plans, $52,400,000.

(2) For the acquisition by purchase, rental, gift, or otherwise of new or used equipment when needed by agencies in providing courses pursuant to plans approved under (1) of this heading when such acquisitions are in accord with detailed proposals submitted by such agencies and approved by the Commissioner, which proposals shall include provisions governing the holding of title to and the use of the equipment to be acquired, $12,000,000, to be immediately available, and in addition thereto any unobligated balance, not exceeding $8,000,000, is hereby transferred from the appropriation for the cost of vocational courses of less than college grade made by subdivision (1) under the heading "Office of Education, education and training of defense workers" in the First Supplemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (54 Stat. 1034), to this appropriation to be available for the acquisition of equipment to establish pre-employment courses.

(3) For the cost of short courses of college grade provided by degree-granting colleges and universities pursuant to plans submitted by them and approved by the Commissioner, which plans shall be for courses designed to meet the shortage of engineers, chemists, physicists, and production supervisors in fields essential to the national defense, and such plans may provide for regional coordination of the defense training program of the participating colleges and universities, $17,500,000: Provided, That only colleges and universities which operate under charters which exempt their educational property from taxation and public degree-granting educational insti

tutions shall be eligible to receive funds herefrom: Provided further, That not to exceed 20 per centum of the amount allotted to any school shall be allotted to it for expenditure for purchase and rental of additional equipment and leasing of additional space found by the Commissioner necessary to carry out its approved plan.

(4) For the cost of vocational courses of less than college grade and related instruction provided by such agencies for out-ofschool rural youth, who have attained the age of seventeen and who file a registration card with a public employment office, and for nonrural youth who otherwise meet the above requirements, and whose training is not feasible under subdivisions (1) and (3) hereof, such courses and instruction to be provided pursuant to plans submitted by such agencies and approved by the Commissioner, $15,000,000, of which not to exceed 30 per centum shall be available for payment to such agencies for purchase and rental of equipment and rental of space found necessary by the Commissioner for carrying out the approved plans.

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Young people on NYA work projects.

Provisos.
Equipment and

(5) For the cost of vocational courses and related or other necessary instruction provided by such agencies for young people employed on work projects of the National Youth Administration, such courses and instruction to be provided pursuant to plans submitted by such agencies and approved by the Commissioner, $10,000,000: Provided, That the amount allotted to any agency shall be available for expen space. diture for purchase or rental of additional equipment and rental of additional space found by the Commissioner to be necessary for carrying out the approved plan: Provided further, That not to exceed $125,000 of the above sum shall be available for administrative expenses.

Salaries and expenses (national defense): For all general administrative expenses necessary to enable the Office of Education to carry out the foregoing program of education and training of defense workers, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase and exchange of equipment, traveling expenses, printing and binding, and not to exceed $10,000 for the payment of actual transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses of persons serving, while away from their homes, without other compensation from the United States, in an advisory capacity to the Commissioner, $1,222,000, of which not to exceed $140,000 may be transferred to appropriations made available to the Office of the Federal Security Administrator for the fiscal year 1942 for the normal operations of that office: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes shall not be construed to apply to any purchase from this appropriation when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $100: Provided further, That the Commissioner shall transmit to Congress quarterly during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, a report of the defense training programs and training programs for youth employed by the National Youth Administration on work projects covering such educational programs which operate under his administration, as provided for in this Act, such reports to show the distribution of Federal funds and activities by States, types of programs and numbers of persons trained.

In the selection of trainees under the provisions of paragraph 1, no maximum age limit for trainees shall be established.

No trainee under the appropriations provided for in the foregoing paragraphs 1, 3, and 4 shall be discriminated against because of sex, race, or color, and, where separate schools are required by law for separate population groups, to the extent needed for trainees of each such group, equitable provisions shall be made for facilities and training of like quality.

Administrative ex

penses.

Transfer of funds.

Provisos.
Minor purchases.
41 U. S. C. § 5.

Quarterly reports to Congress.

Selection of trainees.

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