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PUBLIC LAW 85-52-JUNE 13, 1957
Provided, That during the current fiscal year the maximum base rate of compensation for employees appointed pursuant to the Act of July 21, 1950 (15 U.S.C. 285), shall be equivalent to the entrance rate ofGS-12. Plant and equipment: For construction of a pilot electronic dataprocessing device to be used in the performance of functions authorized by the Act of March 3, 1901, as amended (15 U.S.C. 27l-278c); repair of mechanical facilities; design and acquisition of railway scale test equipment; expenses incurred, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of July 21, 1950 (15 U.S.C. 286), in the construction or improvement of buildings, grounds, and other facilities, and, without regard to the cost limitation contained in that Act; installation of fire protection systems in field laboratories; and purchase of three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; $450,000, to remain available until expended.
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^4 Stat. 370.
^i Stat. i449. 64 Stat. 371.
WEATHER BUREAU
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Weather Bureau, including maintenance and operation of aircraft; purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; not to exceed $25,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); and not to exceed $10,000 for maintenance of a printing office in the city of Washington, as authorized by law; $37,880,100: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the maximum amount authorized under section 3(a) of the Act of June 2, 1948 (15 U.S.C. 327), for extra compensation to employees of other Government agencies for taking and transmitting meteorological observations, shall be $5 per day; and the maximum base rate of pay authorized under section 3(b) of said Act, for employees conducting meteorological investigations in the Arctic region, shall be $6,500 per annum, except that not more than five of such employees at any one time may receive a base rate of $9,000 per annum, and such employees may be appointed without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. Establishment of meteorological facilities: For an additional amount for the acquisition, establishment, and relocation of meteorological facilities and related equipment, including the alteration and modernization of existing facilities; $600,000, to remain available until June 30, 1960: Provided, That the appropriations heretofore granted under this head shall be merged with this appropriation.
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62 Stat. 286.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SEC, 102. During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations and funds available to the Department of Commerce shall be available for the activities specified in the Act of October 26^ 1949 (5 U.S.C. 596a), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by said Act. SEC. 103. Appropriations in this title available for salaries and expenses shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the activities for which the appropriations are made; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but, unless otherwise specified, at rates for individuals not to exceed $50 per diem; and uniforms,-or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131).
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