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62 Stat. 825.
63 Stat. 384.
22 USC 922. 36 Stat. 1047.
60 Stat. 1026. 44 Stat. 403. 60 Stat. 999. 60 Stat. 810.
PUBLIC LAW 603-JUNE 20, 1956
[70 ST AT.
persons declared insane by any consular court, and care and tranpportation of prisoners and persons declared insane; expenses, as authorized by law (18 U.S.C. 3192), of bringing to the United States from foreign countries persons charged with crime; and procurement by contract or otherwise, of services, supplies, and facilities, as follows: (1^ translating, (2) analysis and tabulation of technical information, (3) preparation of special maps, globes, and geographic aids, (4) maintenance, improvement, and repair of diplomatic and consular properties in foreign countries, held under leaseholds of less than ten years and fuel and utilities for such properties, and (5) rental or lease, for periods less than ten years, of offices, buildings, grounds, and living quarters for the use of the Foreign Service, for which payments may be made in advance; $90,500,000, of which not less than $9,000,000 shall be used to purchase foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That j^ursuant to section 201(c) of the Act of June 30, 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481 (c)), passenger motor vehicles in possession of the Foreign Service abroad may be exchanged or sold and the exchange allowances or proceeds of such sales shall be available without fiscal year limitation for replacement of an equal number of such vehicles and the cost, including the exchange allowance, of each such replacement shall not exceed $3,000 in the case of the chief of mission automobile at each diplomatic mission (except that eleven such vehicles may be purchased at not to exceed $5,000 each) and $1,350 in the case of all other such vehicles except station wagons: Provided further, That persons heretofore appointed to the Foreign Service Reserve for service in Germany may continue during fiscal j^ear 1957 to serve as Reserve officers in Germany without regard to section 522 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended: Provided further, That when the Department of the Army, under the authority of the Act of March 3, 1911, as amended (10 U. S. Q 1253), fumishcs subsistence supplies to personnel of civilian agencies of the United States Government serving in Germany, payment therefor by such personnel shall be made at the same rate as is paid by civilian personnel of the Department of the Army serving in Germany. Representation allowances: For representation allowances as authorized by section 901(3) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 1131) ^ $800,000. Acquisition of buildings abroad: For necessary expenses of carrying into effect the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, as amended (22 U.S.C. 292-300), including personal services in the United States and abroad; salaries, expenses and allowances of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 "[J. S. C. 801-1158); expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with activities provided for under this appropriation; and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), $19,000,000, of which not less than $14,000,000 shall be used to purchase foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the United States, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses during the current fiscal year. Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service: For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, to be expended pursuant to the requirement of section 291 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 107), $1,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of State may delegate to subordinate officials the authority vested in him by section 291 of the Revised Statutes pertaining to certification of expenditures. Payment to Foreign Service retirement and disability fund: For payment to the Foreign Service retirement and disability fund as
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