1342 Proviso. For field services may be included . Designation by Sec- retary of the Treasury. Estimates of require- ment s by depa rtme nts for inclusion in pro- posed purchases . Reimbursement to general supply fund. Charge of propor- tionate cost to depart- ment. General supply fund created for payments for supplies to be pur- chased . Deposit by requisi- tioning office with the Treasurer from appro- priations applicable for reimbursement . Pro vis os . Amounts credited to supply fund, and reap- propriated thereto . Annual statement of assets and liabilities of fund, etc. Audit by Comptrol- ler General . Surplus to be covered into the Treasury . Payme nts for field service supplies may be direc t to vend ors . Reg ula ti ons to be prescribed . wareh ouse . Acquiring sites and construction of build- ing for, authorized . SEVENTIETH - C ONGRESS. SEss. IL 'Cx '3'54. 1929 . consolidated requirements of the executive departments and inde- pendent establishments of the Federal Government in Washington, District of Columbia, and of the municipal government of the District of Columbia : Provided, That the requirements of the field services of any department or establishment, when request is made by the head thereof, shall be included in such purchase or procurement and distribution of supplies . The supplies to be purchased in this manner shall be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury from those for which he is authorized under existing law to make term contracts or to include in the general schedule of supplies issued annually by the General Supply Committee . SEC. 2 . That each executive department and independent estab- lishment shall furnish from time to time, when called on to do so, estimates of its requirements for inclusion in purchases which it is proposed to have made by the Secretary of the Treasury, and there shall be reserved from proper appropriations sufficient amounts in each case to reimburse the general supply fund hereinafter created . The General Supply Committee shall charge the proportionate cost of supplies, including breakage, shrinkage, transportation, cost of handling by the Treasury Department, and inspection, and bill the same to each requisitioning department ; and each requisitioning department and independent establishment shall reimburse said gen- eral supply fund out of its appropriation upon proper vouchers . SEC. 3 . That there is hereby authorized to be set aside as a special fund in the Treasury Department, to be known as the general supply fund, such sum as may be appropriated by Congress for the making of payments for supplies to be purchased under the provisions of this Act, including the cost thereof and transportation charges, and reimbursement therefor upon presentation of proper vouchers, shall be made by each requisitioning office, out of any appropriations which may be applicable, by depositing the proper amounts directly to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States for the credit of the general supply fund herein authorized, and duplicate certificates of deposits issued therefor shall be promptly forwarded to the Gen- eral Supply Committee : Prov ided, T hat all such rei mbur seme nts shall be placed to the credit of the general supply fund, and the same are hereby reappropriated for the same purpose as the original fund : Provided further, That there shall be included in each annual report of the Treasury Department a statement of the assets and liabilities of the said general supply fund as of June 30, including as assets any supplies purchased therefrom and on hand, for which reimbursement has not been received : Provided further, That the Comptroller General of the United States shall make an annual audit of the general supply fund as of June 30, and there shall be covered into the United States Treasury as miscellaneous receipts any surplus found therein, all assets and liabilities considered, above the amount appropriated to establish the said fund : Provided, how- ev er, That payments for supplies procured for a field service may, in the discretion of the head of the department or establishment con- trolling such field service, and with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury, be made direct to the vendors by the department or establishment . SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to pre- scribe suitable regulations to give full force and effect to the purposes of sections 1, 2, and 3 of this Act . SEC. 5 . That the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, such sites and additions to sites, in the vicinity of United States Reservations 17B,
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