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Salary restriction.
63 Stat. 954. 5 USC 1071 note. Cost-plus-afixed-fee contract, etc.
Unexpended balances.
Construction projects, l i m i t a tions.
Audit by GAO.
Transfers funds.
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priation is made, and in such cases the sums so transferred may be merjred with the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee (except such officers and employees whose compensation is fixed by law, and scientific and technical personnel) whose position would be subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, if such Act were applicable to such position, at a rate in excess of the rate payable under such Act for positions of equivalent difficulty or responsibility: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used in connection with the payment of a fixed fee to any contractor or firm of contractors engaged under a cost-plusa-fixed-fee contract or contracts at any installation of the Commission, where that fee for community management is at a rate in excess of $90,000 per annum, or for the operation of a transportation system where that fee is at a rate in excess of $45,000 per annum. Plant and equipment: For expenses of the Commission in connection with the purchase and construction of plant and the acquisition of equipment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary in carrying out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, including purchase of land and interests in land; purchase of aircraft; and purchase of not to exceed two hundred and twenty-five passenger motor vehicles, of which one hundred and sixty-five shall be for replacement only; $371,741,000: Provided, That there shall be transferred to and merged with this appropriation that portion of the unexpended balances of prior year appropriations included under the appropriation for Operating Expenses which is applicable to Plant and Equipment, and amounts so transferred together with the foregoing appropriation shall remain available until June 30, 1953: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used— (A) to start any new construction project for which an estimate was not included in the budget for the current fiscal year; (B) to start any new construction project the currently estimated cost of which exceeds by thirty-five per centum the estimated cost included therefor in such budget. Liquidation of contract authority: For expenditure by the Commission to liquidate obligations incurred under prior year contract authority, $57,000,000. No part of the appropriations herein made to the Atomic Energy Commission shall be available for payments under any contract hereafter negotiated without advertising by the Commission, except contracts with any foreign government or any agency thereof and contracts for source material with foreign producers, unless such contract includes a clause to the effect that the Comptroller General of the United States or any of his duly authorized representatives shall until the expiration of three years after final payment have access to and the right to examine any directly pertinent books, documents, papers, and records of the contractor or any of his subcontractors engaged in the performance of and involving transactions related to such contracts or subcontracts: Provided, That no part of such appropriations shall be available for payments under any such contract which includes any provision precluding an audit by the General Accounting Office of any transaction under such contract. Any appropriation available under this Act or heretofore made to the Atomic Energy Commission may initially be used during the fiscal year 1953 to finance the procurement of materials, services, or other costs which are a part of work or activities for which funds have been provided in any other appropriation available to the Commission: Provided, That appropriate transfers or adjustments between
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