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PUBLIC LAW 112-JUNE 30, 1955
Hospital facilities in the District of Columbia (liquidation of contract authorization): For payment of obligations incurred pursuant to authority provided under the head "Hospital Center, District of Columbia", in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, to enter into contracts for construction, $9,700,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this amount may be disbursed through the approjjriation "Hospital facilities in the District of Columbia", but shall be accounted for separately therein. Imited States Post Office and Courthouse, Nome, Alaska: For construction of a building in Nome, Alaska, for use as a United States Post Office and Courthouse, pursuant to the provisions of the Public Buildings Act of May 25, 1926, as amended (40 U.S.C. 341), $1,100,000, to remain available until expended. The appropriate foregoing appropriation to the General Services Administration shall be credited with (1) cost of maintenance, upkeep, and repair included as part of rentals received from Government corporations pursuant to law (40 U.S.C. 129); (2) reimbursements for services performed in respect to bonds and other obligations under the jurisdiction of the General Services Administration, issued by public authorities. States, or other public bodies, and such services in respect to such bonds or obligations as the Administrator deems necessary and in the public interest may, upon the request and at the expense of the issuing agencies, be provided from the appropriate foregoing appropriation; and (3) appropriations or funds available to other agencies, and transferred to the General Services Administration, in connection with property transferred to the General Services Administration pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1948 (50 TJ. S. C. 451 ff), and such appropriations or funds may, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, be so transferred. During the current fiscal year, no part of any money appropriated in this or any other Act shall be used during any quarter of such fiscal year to purchase within the continental limits of the United States typewriting machines (except bookkeeping and billing machines) at a price which exceeds 90 per centum of the lowest net cash price, plus applicable Federal excise taxes, accorded the mostfavored customer (other than the Government, the American National Red Cross, and the purchasers of typewriting machines for educational purposes only) of the manufacturer of such machines during the six-month period immediately preceding such quarter: Provided, That the purchase, utilization, and disposal of typewriting machines shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. The aggregate of annual payments for amortization of principal and interest thereon required by all purchase contracts entered into during the fiscal year 1956 pursuant to the Public Buildings Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 176), as amended by the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 518), shall not exceed the unused portion of the $5,000,000 limitation applicable prior to July 1, 1955, under section 411(a) of the said Public Buildings Act of 1949, as amended. The unobligated balances of the funds made available by section 1 (a) of the Act of June 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 257), the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1950, and the General Appropriation Act, 1951, for the acquisition of sites and the preparation of drawings and specifications for Federal public building projects outside the District of Columbia, as authorized by title I of the Act of June 16, 1949 (63 Stat. 176), as amended, and by the Act of May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 630), as amended, shall be available also for expenses of preparation of
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62 Stat. 184.
Nome, Alaska. P o s t Office and Courthouse. 44 Stat. 630.
61 Stat. 584.
62 Stat. 1225. 50 USC 451 note.
Typewriting machines.
63 Stat. 377. 40 USC 471 note.
40 USC 352 note. 40 USC 356 note. 68 Stat. 518. 40 USC 356.
63 Stat. 973; 64 Stat. 704.
40 USC 352-354. 40 USC 341-347.
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