54 STAT.] 7GTH CONG., 3D SESS.-CH. 107-APR . 18, 1940 Housing Act (48 Stat. 1246), as amended by the Act of June 3, 1939, in all, $13,300,000, shall be available for administrative expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, including: Personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses, in accord- ance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended (5 U. S . C. 821-833), but there may be allowed in addition to mileage at a rate not to exceed 4 cents per mile for travel by motor vehicle reimbursement for the actual cost of ferry fares and bridge and tunnel tolls, and employees engaged in the inspection of property may be paid an allowance not to exceed 3 cents per mile for all travel performed in their personally owned automobiles within the limits of their official posts of duty when such travel is performed in connection with such inspection; printing and binding; law books, books of reference, and not to exceed $1,500 for periodicals and newspapers; not to exceed $1,500 for contract actuarial services; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services; purchase (including exchange) of one (for the official use of the Administrator, not exceeding $1,500) and maintenance, repair, and operation of two motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, to be used only for official purposes; payment, when specifically authorized by the Administrator, of actual transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses to persons serving, while away from their homes, without other com- pensation from the United States, in an advisory capacity to the Administration; not to exceed $2,000 for expenses of attendance, when specifically authorized by the Administrator, at meetings con- cerned with the work of the Administration; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and all other necessary administrative expenses: Provided, That all neces- sary expenses of the Administration (including services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, protection, completion, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of real or personal prop- erty of the Administration acquired under authority of titles I and II of said National Housing Act, shall be considered as nonadmin- istrative expenses for the purposes hereof, and such expenses with respect to title I property shall be paid from funds in the Treasury derived from premiums collected under authority of section 2 (f) title I of said Act and such expenses with respect to title II prop- erty shall be paid from the mutual mortgage insurance fund or the housing insurance fund as provided in title II of said Act: Provided fwrther, That, except for the limitations in amounts hereinbefore specified and the restrictions in respect to travel expenses, the admin- istrative expenses and other obligations of the Administration shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of said Act of June 27, 1934, as amended (12 U. S. C . 1701-1723): Provided further, That not exceeding $300,000 of the sum herein authorized shall be expended in the District of Columbia for purposes of the Public Relations and Education Division. Not to exceed $2,000,000 of the funds of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, advanced or to be advanced to the Federal Housing Administration under authority of the National Housing Act of June 27, 1934 (48 Stat. 1246), as amended, and not to exceed $3,000,000 of the funds (after the allowance of said $1,200,000 for administrative expenses) in the account in the Treasury comprised of premiums collected under authority of section 2 (f) title I, of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall be available for the payment of losses under insurance granted under section 2 and section 6, title I, of said Act. 121 53 Stat. 805 . 12 U. S. C., Supp. V,§ 1703 (f). Travel expenses. 44 Stat. 688. Printing and bind- ing. Contract actuarial services. Supplies, etc. Vehicles. Transportation ex- penses. Attendance at meet- ings. Prorisos. Nonadministrative expenses. 48 Stat. 1246. 12 U.S. c. C. 1701- 1715; Supp. V, 1702- 1715c. Payments. Administrative ex- penses, etc. 48 Stat. 1246. 12 U. S. C., Supp. V, §§ 1701a-1722. Amount for Public Relations and Educa- tion Division. Insurance of finan- cial institutions. Payment of losses. Post, p. 631 . 12U. .C.§1705; Supp. V , j 1705. 12 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 1703 (f). 12U..C. 1703; Supp. V , fi 1703, 170a.
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