INCREASES AND LIMITATIONS-continued

War Assets Administration-Continued

affirmation, or affidavit, when such instrument is required in connection with the performance of the functions or activities of the War Assets Administration: Provided further, That the Administration may procure by contract or otherwise and furnish to governmental employees and employees of Government contractors at the reasonable value thereof food, meals, subsistence, and medical supplies, emergency medical services, quarters, heat, light, household equipment, laundry service, and sanitation facilities, and erect temporary structures and make alterations in existing structures necessary for these purposes, when such employees are engaged in the disposal of surplus property, or in the preparation for such disposal, at locations where such supplies, services, equipment, or facilities are otherwise unavailable, the proceeds derived therefrom to be credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That funds appropriated herein shall be subject to the general provisions of titles I and II of The Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949.

Priorities:

The committee also recommends the addition of the following provisions:

: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law to the contrary the War Assets Administrator shall establish and maintain a priority for the benefit of small business in the purchase and disposal and distribution and use of surplus real and personal property. The War Assets Administrator shall implement this small-business priority by appropriate regulation, and the relative order of this priority with respect to other priorities established by the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, shall, with respect to personal property follow disposals to veterans and States and political subdivisions and instrumentalities thereof, and with respect to real property, shall follow disposals to former owners, as provided for in the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended.

And provided further, That section 15 of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, is amended by adding the following subsection at the end thereof:

"(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law and in furtherance of rapid absorption of surplus personal property into the domestic economy, and of disposition of surplus personal property in a manner to preclude insofar as possible financial expense to the Federal Government in the care, handling, and disposition of such property the Administrator may authorize without regard to priorities or preferences disposals of such property in such manner and quantities as he deems requisite to the best interests of the economy and the Government in effecting rapid and inexpensive disposals of surplus personal property, securing the most appropriate fair value under the circumstances, and affording to the extent he deems feasible an appropriate opportunity for the acquisition of such property in accordance with the existing provisions of this Act."

INCREASES AND LIMITATIONS-continued

General provisions:

The committee recommends the addition of the following provision to Section 103:

and shall be available for examination of appropriation
estimates in the field

TOTAL INCREASES.

DECREASES AND LIMITATIONS

United States Maritime Commission:
Maritime training.............

The committee recommends a reduction from the
House allowance of $8.133.080, to provide the amount
of the estimate of $6,868,000 for training personnel for
the manning of the merchant marine.

The committee further recommends the deletion of "Pass Christian, Mississippi" from the training stations listed in the bill to be operated.

TOTAL DECREASES-

Total increase....

Total decrease.

Net increase..

Amount of bill as reported to Senate.

$61, 000, 000

1, 265, 080

1, 265, 080

61, 000, 000 1, 265, 080

59, 734, 920

5,854, 783, 851

Object

[NOTE.-Appropriations for 1948 include supplemental and deficiency appropriations]

Administration, medical, hospital, and domiciliary services.
Printing and binding.