transmission system of the Authority, to interconnect the Authority's system with neighboring systems, and to deliver the power produced by this project and these units to the market, and (5) the acquisition of land necessary for and the relocation of highways in connection with the accomplishment of the above project; $25,000,000, to be available for the administrative objects of expenditure and subject to the conditions specified under this heading in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1942. For an additional amount for the Tennessee Valley Authority, fiscal year 1942, (1) for a site on the south fork of the Holston River near Bristol, Tennessee, as recommended by the Tennessee Valley Authority July 7, 1941, with an installed capacity of seventyfive thousand kilowatts, $10,000,000; (2) for building a dam on the Watauga River east of Elizabethton, Tennessee, as recommended by the Tennessee Valley Authority July 7, 1941, with an installed capacity of sixty thousand kilowatts, $10,000,000; (3) for the completion of the uncompleted unit of the steam plant at or near Sheffield, Alabama, $2,000,000; in all, $22,000,000. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATOR OF RENT CONTROL Salaries and expenses: For all expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act, approved December 2, 1941, including personal services and printing and binding, fiscal year 1942, $22,570. HIGHWAY FUND, GASOLINE TAX, AND MOTOR-VEHICLE FEES 43 Stat. 106. The following sums are appropriated wholly out of the special fund created by the Act entitled "An Act to provide for a tax on motor-vehicle fuels sold within the District of Columbia, and for 1901 to 47-1916. other purposes", approved April 23, 1924, and the Act entitled "An Act to provide additional revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved August 17, 1937: STREET IMPROVEMENTS Post, p. 871. 50 Stat. 676. Grading, etc., under Federal Aid HighAnte, p. 531. For grading, paving, repaving, surfacing, and otherwise improving streets, avenues, and roads, including curbing and gutters, grade t separation and other structures, drainage structures, retaining walls, the replacement and relocation of sewers, water mains, fire-alarm boxes and police-patrol boxes, traffic-control devices and replacement of trees, when necessary, as Federal-aid highway projects under section 1-b of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 633), fiscal year 1942, $487,000, to remain available until June 30, 1944. 23 U. S. C. § 41b. Approaches to Po For grading, paving, repaving, surfacing, and otherwise improving streets, avenues, and roads, including plans and specifications, curb- tomac River bridges. ing and gutters, grade separation and other structures, drainage structures, retaining walls, the replacement and relocation of sewers, water mains, fire-alarm boxes and police-patrol boxes, traffic-control devices, replacement of trees, construction, reconstruction, and relocation of parkway roads, walkways, and such other work as may be necessary, in connection with the improvement of the approaches to the Potomac River bridges, in accordance with plans to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and the Commission of Fine Arts, fiscal year 1942, $1,424,000: Provided, That upon completion and approval of such plans the Commissioners are authorized to submit the projects as Federal-aid highway projects to the Public tion. Roads Administration under the provisions of the Federal-aid High Provisos. Roads Administra 23 U. 8. C., ch. 1. Ante, p. 765. way Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 633), and the Defense Highway Act of November 19, 1941 (Public, 295), and upon approval of such projects by the Public Roads Administration the Commissioners are authorized to proceed with the necessary construction and perform necessary incidental work thereto, and pay the cost thereof from the District of Columbia appropriations for Federal-aid and defense highway projects and the allocation of funds to the District of Columbia by the Public Roads Administration authorized by the said Federal-aid Transfers of juris and Defense Highway Acts: Provided further, That the necessary transfers of jurisdiction of public land is authorized and directed under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act of May 20, 1932 serv (47 Stat. 161): Provided further, That the Commissioners are authorized to employ necessary engineering and other professional services, by contract or otherwise, without reference to section 3709 of the U. S. C. $$ 661- Revised Statutes, the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, or civil-service requirements. diction. 40 U. S. C. § 122. Professional ices. 41 U. S. C. § 5. 42 Stat. 1488. 674. Covered reservoir, construction. WATER SERVICE WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT For an additional amount for the construction of a covered reservoir of approximately 20,000,000-gallon capacity on United States Government-owned land adjacent to the present filtered-water reservoir of the McMillan Filter Plant, fiscal year 1942, including the objects and conditions specified in the appropriation for this purpose in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1942, $130,000, payable wholly from the revenues of the Water Department, and the Limit of cost in authorized limit of cost of said reservoir, appurtenances, and auxiliaries is hereby increased from $490,000 to $620,000. Ante, p. 536. creased. Ante, p. 283. Ante, p. 284. Ante, p. 284. DIVISION OF EXPENSES The foregoing sums for the District of Columbia, unless otherwise therein specifically provided, shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and the Treasury of the United States in the manner prescribed by the District of Columbia appropriation Acts for the respective fiscal years for which such sums are provided. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Orchard rehabilitation loans: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans, under such terms and conditions as he may deem appropriate, for the purpose of enabling the borrowers to rehabilitate orchards in the States of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa which were destroyed or damaged as a result of the extremely cold weather in such States in November 1940, $1,000,000. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY Magnetic and seismological work: For an additional amount for continuing magnetic and seismological observations, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1942, $5,500. Office force: For an additional amount for personal services, Coast and Geodetic Survey, fiscal year 1942, $37,000. Office expenses: For an additional amount for office expenses of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1942, $77,000. Aeronautical charts: For an additional amount for compilation and printing of aeronautical charts, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1942, $52,000. BUREAU OF MARINE INSPECTION AND NAVIGATION Ante, p. 284 Salaries and general expenses: For an additional amount for field salaries and expenses of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1942, $125,000, and the limitation prescribed under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1942, for payment only of one, 1942. extra compensation for overtime services for which the United States receives reimbursement in accordance with the provisions of the Act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 345) is hereby increased to $80,000. The limitation prescribed in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1941, under the heading "Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, Salaries and general expenses", for payment only of extra compensation for overtime services for which the United States receives reimbursement in accordance with the provisions of the Act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 345), as increased in the "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1941", approved July 3, 1941, is hereby further increased to $73,500. OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATOR OF CIVIL AERONAUTICS Technical development: For an additional amount for technical development, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1942, and including the purchase and exchange (not to exceed $22,000) of aircraft, $223,702, to remain available until June 30, 1943. Ante, p. 285. Local inspectors, overtime pay, p. 285. 46 U. S. C. § 382b. Local inspectors, overtime pay, 1941. 54 Stat. 195. 46 U. S. C. § 382b. Ante, p. 551. Ante, p. 280. Establishment of air-navigation facilities: For an additional amount for the establishment of air-navigation facilities, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1942, and including the pur- Ante, p. 280. chase and exchange (not to exceed $240,000) of aircraft, $7,792,290, to remain available until June 30, 1943. Maintenance and operation, Washington National Airport: For an additional amount for maintenance and operation, Washington National Airport, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1942, $84,000: Provided, That the limitation of $800 for the purchase, cleaning, and repair of uniforms for the guards is hereby increased to $2,100. Washington National Airport. Ante, p. 281. Ante, p. 281. funds. Development of landing areas: For an additional amount for development of landing areas, $59,115,300, of which not to exceed $2,815,450 shall be available for administrative expenses, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1942: Provided, That this appropriation and the unobligated balances of the appropriations for this purpose contained in said appropriation Act and in the First Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942, shall continue available until June 30, 1943: Provided further, That the limitation airports, etc. upon the total number of public airports and other public landing areas in the program is hereby increased from three hundred and ninety-nine to five hundred and four. WEATHER BUREAU Observations, warnings, and general weather service: For an additional amount for observations, warnings, and general weather service, Ante. p. 684. Ante, p. 289. Ante, p. 307. Ante, p. 308. Ante, p. 308. Ante, p. 311. Sells Agency, Ariz. Ante, p. 314. Ante, p. 329. Ante, p. 323. Ante, p. 325. Ante, p. 335. fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1942, $515,300. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Printing and binding: For an additional amount for printing and binding for the Department of the Interior, fiscal year 1942, $10,000. COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS For an additional amount for expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1942, $3,000; and the limitation of $6,480 on the amount which may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia is hereby increased to $6,710. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION Construction, operation, and maintenance, Bonneville power transmission system: For an additional amount for construction, operation, and maintenance, Bonneville power transmission system, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1942, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Suppressing contagious diseases of livestock on Indian reservations: For all necessary expenses incidental to the suppression of contagious diseases among livestock of Indians under the jurisdiction of the Sells Agency, Arizona, including payment of indemnities for stock destroyed, fiscal year 1942, $100,000, to remain available until June 30, 1943. Suppressing forest fires on Indian reservations: For an additional amount for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest fires on or threatening Indian reservations, fiscal year 1942, $80,000. Construction and repair: For an additional amount for the construction, repair, or rehabilitation of school, agency, hospital, or other buildings and utilities, including the purchase of furniture, furnishings, and equipment, as follows: Colville, Washington: Garage and shop building, $25,000, to remain available until completion of the project when the unobligated balance shall revert to the general fund of the Treasury. Natives in Alaska: For an additional amount for natives in Alaska, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this heading in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1942, $50,000, to remain available until June 30, 1943. Medical relief in Alaska: For an additional amount for medical relief in Alaska, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this heading in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1942, $15,000, to remain available until June 30, 1943. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION Advances to Colorado River Dam fund, Boulder Canyon project: For an additional amount for continuation of construction of the Boulder Canyon project, fiscal year 1942, to remain available until advanced to the Colorado River Dam fund, $150,000. General fund, construction: For continuation of construction of the following projects in not to exceed the following amounts, respectively, to be expended from the general fund of the Treasury in the same manner and for the same objects as specified for projects in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1942, under the caption "Bureau of Reclamation", fiscal year 1942, to remain available until expended, and to be reimbursable under reclamation law: Central Valley project, California, $3,000,000; Boise project, Idaho (Anderson Ranch), $2,500,000. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Gaging streams: The limitation of $140,000 on the amount that may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia from the appropriation "Gaging streams" contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1942 is hereby increased to $160,000. Ante, p. 336. Ante, p. 336. Ante, p. 336. Ante, p. 340. BUREAU OF MINES Manganese beneficiation pilot plants and research: For an additional amount for manganese beneficiation pilot plants and research, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1942, $578,000. Ante, p. 344. ate and sodium carbonate. Potassium carbon Personal services, D. C. Investigations and research on processes for production of potassium carbonate and sodium carbonate from trona and wyomingite rock: For all necessary expenses for investigations, including all necessary preliminary and supplemental laboratory research and procurement of materials therefor, including maintenance and operation of subcommercial plants; construction and equipment of buildings to house testing and subcommercial plant units, including engagement by contract or otherwise, and at such rates of compensation as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, of the services of engineers, architects, or firms or corporations thereof, that are necessary to design and construct the buildings and plant units; purchase of supplies and equipment; expenses of travel and subsistence; personal services in the District of Columbia not to exceed $3,100; purchase in the District of Columbia and elsewhere of furniture and equipment; stationery and supplies; typewriting, adding, and computing machines, professional and scientific books and publications; purchase of such wearing apparel and equipment as may be required for the protection of employees while engaged in their work; fiscal year 1942, to remain available until June 30, 1943, $77,400: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the tributions. Bureau of Mines, is hereby authorized to accept buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public or private sources offering to cooperate in carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: Provided further, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5) shall not be construed to apply to this appropriation. GOVERNMENT IN THE TERRITORIES TERRITORY OF ALASKA Construction of Palmer-Richardson Road, Alaska: For an additional amount for the construction of a road and necessary bridges between Palmer and the Richardson Highway, Alaska, and all necessary expenses incident thereto, $500,000, to remain available until expended; and the limitation of $1,500,000 upon the total cost of such work is hereby increased to $1,800,000. Provisos. Ante, p. 69. |