Ante, p. 361. Use of funds. 42 Stat. 1488. 5 U. S. C. §§ 661-674. Ante, p. 613. 41 U. S. C. § 5. Repayment. Provisos. Interest rate. Inclusion in annual estimates. Reimbursement under designated Acts. 46 Stat. 485. D. C. Code § 8-106 note. 52 Stat. 1204. D. C. Code § 9-210. Repayment of water ject to the provisions of the Act of June 28, 1941 (Public, Numbered 137, Seventy-seventh Congress), is authorized to advance the sum of $2,500,000, or any part thereof, in addition to any sums heretofore advanced to the District of Columbia, out of funds authorized by law for the Administrator, for the acquisition, purchase, construction, establishment, and development of defense public works and equipment, and all sums so advanced shall be deposited in full with the Secretary of the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia. SEC. 2. The sum authorized by section 1 hereof, or any part thereof, shall, when advanced, be available to the Commissioners for the acquisition by dedication, purchase, or condemnation of the fee-simple title to improved or unimproved land, or rights or easements in land, for the public uses authorized by this Act; for the demolition of structures, buildings, and improvements on lands or interests in land acquired under this Act; for the construction of buildings, water facilities, sewer facilities, highways, fire-alarm extensions, and other public works, including materials and labor, heating, lighting, elevators, plumbing, landscaping, and all other appurtenances, and the purchase and installation of pipe lines, machinery, furniture, equipment, apparatus, and any and all other expenditures necessary for or incident to the complete construction and equipment for use of the aforesaid buildings, plants, and facilities; and for the making of surveys and the preparation of plans, designs, estimates, models, and specifications; and for architectural, engineering, and other professional services and other technical and administrative personnel without reference to the civil-service requirements, or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and section 3709 of the Revised Statutes; for the rental of such office facilities as may in the opinion of the Commissioners be necessary. SEC. 3. The Federal Works Administrator shall be repaid such portion as may be determined by the President of any moneys advanced under section 1 of this Act in annual installments over a period of not to exceed ten years, with interest thereon beginning July 1, 1942, for the period of amortization: Provided, That such interest shall be at such rate as would, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be the lowest interest rate available to the District of Columbia on the date of the approval of this Act were said District authorized by law to issue and sell obligations to the public, at the par value thereof, in a sum equal to the repayable amounts of such advances, maturing serially over a period of ten years in approximately equal annual installments, including both principal and interest, and secured by a first pledge of and lien upon all the generalfund revenues of said District: Provided further, That such sums as may be necessary for the reimbursement herein required of the District of Columbia, and for the payment of interest, shall be included in the annual estimates of the Commissioners, the first reimbursement to be made on July 1, 1943: And provided further, That whenever the District of Columbia is under obligation by virtue of the provisions of section 4 of Public Act Numbered 284, Seventyfirst Congress, and section 3 of Public Act Numbered 746, Seventyfifth Congress, reimbursement under those Acts shall be not less than $700,000 in any one fiscal year. SEC. 4. The Commissioners are hereby authorized to make reimand highway projects. bursement to the Administrator under section 3 hereof for water projects and highway projects, respectively, from the water fund and the gas-tax fund of the District of Columbia. Report to Congress. SEC. 5. The Commissioners shall submit with their annual estimates to the Congress a report of their activities and expenditures under section 1 of this Act. Approved, December 20, 1941. To amend section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Board of Public Welfare in and for the District of Columbia, to determine its functions, and for other purposes", approved March 16, 1926. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Board of Public Welfare in and for the District of Columbia, to determine its functions, and for other purposes," approved March 16, 1926, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Director of Publie Welfare. Appointment of other personnel. Proviso. 22 Stat. 403. Status of present employees. "SEC. 5. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, upon the nomination of the Board, are hereby authorized to appoint a Director of Public Welfare, which position is hereby authorized and created, who shall be the chief executive officer of the Board and shall be charged, subject to its general supervision, with the executive and administrative duties provided for in this Act. The Director shall be a person of such training, experience, and capacity as will especially qualify him or her to discharge the duties of the office. The Director of Public Welfare may be discharged by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia upon recommendation of the Board. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized, upon the nomination of the Board, to appoint such personnel as may be necessary for the efficient performance of the duties of the Board: Provided, however, That all employees of the Board, except the Director, shall visions. be appointed in accordance with and be subject to the provisions of an Act entitled 'An Act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States', approved January 16, 1883, as amended (U. S. C., title 5, secs. 638 et seq.), and the rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof in the same manner as members in the classified civil service of the United States, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, however, being authorized in their discretion to give preference to residents of the District of Columbia. The Civil Service Commission is hereby authorized and directed to confer a competitive civil-service status upon those employees performing services for the Board on the effective date of this Act who are citizens of the United States and who, within six months after the effective date of this Act, are certified by the Commissioners, upon recommendation of the Board, (a) as having been appointed from among the highest available eligibles from an appropriate register of the Civil Service Commission or (b) as having rendered active service for the Board prior to the effective date of this Act, and who qualify in such appropriate noncompetitive examinations as the Civil Service Commission may prescribe, except that as to employees engaged in work in which the Federal Government shares the expense, the Board of Public Welfare shall prescribe such conditions for eligibility to enter appropriate noncompetitive examinations prescribed by the Civil Service Commission as shall conform to the Federal Acts providing for Federal financial participation and to rules and regulations of the Federal agencies administering such Acts. Any employee of the Board who fails to meet these requirements or who fails to take or pass the noncompetitive examination prescribed by the Commission, or who is not certified by the Commissioners, may continue to serve for a period of not more than thirty days after the establishment of appropriate registers." Approved, December 20, 1941. 278941-42-PT. I- -54 December 22, 1941 [S. 2077] [Public Law 364] Department of AgriAct, 1942, amend culture Appropriation ment. Ante, p. 436. vation program payments. 49 Stat. 1148. 590q. [CHAPTER 611] AN ACT Amending the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942, so as to provide for agricultural conservation program payments to farmers whose crops have been acquired under the national-defense program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the last proviso under the head "Conservation and Use of Agricultural Land Resources, Department of Agriculture" in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942 (Public Law 144, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved July 1, 1941), is amended to read as follows: Agricultural conser "Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, persons who in 1940 and 1941 carried out farming operations as landlords, tenants, or sharecroppers on cropland owned by the United States Government and who complied with the terms and conditions of the 1940 and 1941 agricultural conservation programs, formulated 16 U. S. C. §§ 500g- pursuant to sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, shall be entitled to apply for and receive payments, or to retain payments heretofore made, for their participation in said program to the same extent as other Farms acquired un- producers, and wherever in either of such years the acquisition of title to, or lease of, any farm for use in the national-defense program caused the producers to lose their interest in the crops planted thereon, or the proceeds thereof, prior to the time of harvest, the landlord, tenants, and sharecroppers on such farm in such year shall be entitled to apply for and receive the payments which they would have received under the agricultural conservation program for such year if they had been permitted to retain their interest in such crops, or the proceeds thereof, to the extent that it does not clearly appear that in connection with such acquisition full compensation was made for the failure to receive such payments." der national-defense program. December 22, 1941 Retired war erans. 53 Stat. 1070. Approved, December 22, 1941. [CHAPTER 612] AN ACT To amend section 4, Public Law Numbered 198, Seventy-sixth Congress, July 19, 1939, to authorize hospitalization of retired officers and enlisted men who are war veterans on a parity with other war veterans. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the vet. United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of Public Law Numbered 198, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved July 19, 1939, is hereby amended to read as follows: 38 U. S. C. § 706b. Hospitalization and domiciliary care. "SEC. 4. In the administration of laws pertaining to veterans, retired officers, and enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, who served honorably during a war period as recognized by the Veterans' Administration, shall be, and are entitled to hospitalization and domiciliary care in the same manner and to the same extent as veterans of any war are now or may hereafter be furnished hospitalization or domiciliary care by the Veterans' Administration and subject to those provisions of paragraph VI (A) of 38 U. 8. C. 724, Veterans Regulation Numbered 6 (c), which provide for reduction of monetary benefits to veterans having neither wife, child, nor dependent parent while being furnished hospital treatment, institutional, or domiciliary care." Vet. Reg. 6 (c). Approved, December 22, 1941. [CHAPTER 613] AN ACT To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of June 25, 1938, as amended, by providing for the certification of batches of drugs composed wholly or partly of insulin, and for other purposes. December 22, 1941 [H. R. 6251] [Public Law 366] Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 301 (i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, of June 25, 1938, amendments. as amended, is amended by inserting "506," before the phrase "or 604." at the end thereof. in SEC. 2. Section 502 of such Act, as amended, is amended by inserta new paragraph at the end thereof, as follows: "(k) If it is, or purports to be, or is represented as a drug composed wholly or partly of insulin, unless (1) it is from a batch with respect to which a certificate or release has been issued pursuant to section 506, and (2) such certificate or release is in effect with respect to such drug." SEC. 3. Chapter V of such Act, as amended, is amended by adding a new section at the end thereof, as follows: "CERTIFICATION OF DRUGS CONTAINING INSULIN 52 Stat. 1042. 52 Stat. 1050. 21 U. S. C. § 352. Misbranded insulin. Infra. 52 Stat. 1049. of Certification drugs containing in "SEC. 506. (a) The Federal Security Administrator, pursuant to regulations promulgated by him, shall provide for the certification sulin. of batches of drugs composed wholly or partly of insulin. A batch of any such drug shall be certified if such drug has such characteristics of identity and such batch has such characteristics of strength, quality, and purity, as the Administrator prescribes in such regulations as necessary to adequately insure safety and efficacy of use, but shall not otherwise be certified. Prior to the effective date of such regulations the Administrator, in lieu of certification, shall issue a release for any batch which, in his judgment, may be released without risk as to the safety and efficacy of its use. Such release shall prescribe the date of its expiration and other conditions under which it shall cease to be effective as to such batch and as to portions thereof. Release in lieu of certification. Regulations prescribing standards, "(b) Regulations providing for such certification shall contain such provisions as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this etc. section, including provisions prescribing (1) standards of identity and of strength, quality, and purity; (2) tests and methods of assay to determine compliance with such standards; (3) effective periods for certificates, and other conditions under which they shall cease to be effective as to certified batches and as to portions thereof; (4) administration and procedure; and (5) such fees, specified in such regulations, as are necessary to provide, equip, and maintain an adequate certification service. Such regulations shall prescribe no standard of identity or of strength, quality, or purity for any drug different from the standard of identity, strength, quality, or purity set forth for such drug in an official compendium. "(c) Such regulations, insofar as they prescribe tests or methods of assay to determine strength, quality, or purity of any drug, different from the tests or methods of assay set forth for such drug in an official compendium, shall be prescribed, after notice and opportunity for revision of such compendium, in the manner provided in the second sentence of section 501 (b). The provisions of subsections (e), (f), and (g) of section 701 shall be applicable to such portion of any regulation as prescribes any such different test or method, but shall not be applicable to any other portion of any such regulation." Different tests or methods of assay. 52 Stat. 1049. 21 U. S. C. § 351 (b). 52 Stat. 1055. 21 U. 8. C. §§ 371 (e)-371 (g). Promulgation of regulations. December 22, 1941 Philippine Islands. Suspension of export Dec. 31, 1942. SEO. 4. Regulations initially prescribed under section 506 of such To suspend the export tax and the reduction of the quota prescribed by section 6 of the Act of March 24, 1934 (48 Stat. 456), as amended, for a fixed period, 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 imposition tax for period ending and collection of the export tax prescribed by section 6 of the Act of March 24, 1934, entitled "An Act to provide for the complete independence of the Philippine Islands, to provide for the adoption of a constitution and a form of government for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes" (48 Stat. 456), as amended by the Act of August 7, 1939 (53 Stat. 1226; U. S. C., Supp. V, title 48, sec. 1236), shall be suspended for a period commencing on and after the date following the approval of this Act and ending on December 48 U. S. C. § 1236. Resumption. Suspension of reduction of quotas of certain articles. 53 Stat. 1227. 48 U. S. C. § 1236 (b) (3). Resumption. Quotas for period in 1946. 31, 1942. On January 1, 1943, the imposition of such export tax shall be resumed, the tax rate effective for said calendar year to be the same as the rate in effect at the time the tax was suspended; on each succeeding January 1 thereafter the export tax shall be increased progressively by an additional 5 per centum of the United States duty, except that during the period January 1, 1946, through July 3, 1946, the export tax shall remain at 15 per centum of the United States duty. SEC. 2. That the progressive reduction of the quotas of the Philippine articles of a class or kind in respect of which a quota is established by subdivision 3, subsection b, section 6 of the said Act of March 24, 1934, as amended, shall be suspended for a period commencing on and after the date following the approval of this Act and ending on December 31, 1942; the original quotas established by that subdivision for the year 1940 shall be in effect during the suspension. On January 1, 1943, the progressive reduction of the quotas provided for in subdivision 3, subsection b, section 6 of the said Act of March 24, 1934, as amended, shall be resumed, the rate of reduction effective for said calendar year to be the same as the rate in effect at the time the said quotas were suspended; for each calendar year thereafter through the calendar year 1945, each of the said quotas shall be the same as the corresponding quota for the immediately preceding calendar year, less 5 per centum of the corresponding original quota. For the period January 1, 1946, through July 3, 1946, each of said quotas shall be one-half of the corresponding quota specified for the calendar year 1945. SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall change in any respect not herein expressly provided for the provisions of the Act of March 24, 1934, as amended. Approved, December 22, 1941. |