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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 756-OCT. 8 , 1940 NATIONAL GUARD Ante, p. 371. Reduction in appro- priation for National Guard. Reappropriation. Ante, p. 354 . Ante, p. 356 . Ante, p. 358 . Ante, p. 359. Ante, p. 359. Ante, p. 364. Ante, p. 367. Ante, p. 367. Ante, p. 373. The appropriation for the National Guard contained in the Mil itary Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1941 is reduced by the following amounts, which are reappropriated and transferred for use under the following heads, subject to the same authority, limitations, and condi- tions applicable to said appropriations except as modified in this Act: Pay of the Army, $12,188,343; Travel of the Army, $38,000; Clothing and equipage, $45,000; Incidental expenses, $2,521,337; Army transportation, $127,612; Air Corps, Army, $840,000; Engineer Service, Army, $30,000; Ordnance service and supplies, $2,000,000; In all, $17,790,292. ORGANIZED RESERVES litt°t'anmg. For Organized Reserves, $86,161,608: Provided,That this appropria- tion shall be available for flight training of officers of the Officers' Reserve Corps without regard to any limitation as to such training in AnteP, p.74. the Military Appropriation Act, 1941: Providedfurther,That regard- Availability of funds. less of the limitation heretofore imposed, funds appropriated for Organized Reserves for the fiscal year 1941 shall be available for the pay and allowances of members of the Officers' Reserve Corps who may have been or may hereafter be given flight training and detailed as officer navigators, officer bombardiers, officer bombardier-observers and officer balloon observers with combat units of the Air Corps. Ante, p. 374 . Motor-transport and tank units. Ante, p. 375. Ante, p. 602. Ante, p. 874. Contracts. Operation and maintenance. Ante, pp. 885, 897. RESERVE OrFIERS' TRAINING CORPS Funds appropriated under this title may be used for the establish- ment and maintenance of additional motor-transport and tank units in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, notwithstanding any limita- tion in the Military Appropriation Act, 1941. EXPEDITING PRODUCTION For an additional amount for expediting production, including the same objects and subject to the same conditions and limitations specified under this head in the Second Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941, $88,000,000; and, in addition, the Secretary of War, upon the recommendation of the Advisory Com- mission of the Council of National Defense, and with the approval of the President, is authorized to enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1941, for the same purposes to an amount not exceeding $90,000,000. SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEMlI For the operation and maintenance of the Selective Service System as authorized by the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (Public, Numbered 783, Seventy-sixth Congress), including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, lawbooks, period- icals, and books of reference, payment of actual transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses of persons serving while away from their homes, without other compensation from the United States, in an advisory capacity to the Director of Selective Service; and purchase and [54 SrAT. 970