54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 107-APR. 18 , 1940 RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION Not to exceed $9,250,000 of the funds of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, established by the Act of January 22, 1932 (47 Stat. 5), shall be available during the fiscal year 1941 for administrative expenses of the Corporation and of The RFC Mortgage Company, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses, in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended (5 U. S . C. 821-833); printing and binding; lawbooks, books of refer- ence, and not to exceed $1,500 for periodicals and newspapers; pro- curement of supplies, equipment, and services; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange, rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; use of the services and facilities of the Federal Reserve banks; and all other necessary administrative expenses: Provided, That all necessary expenses in connection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of any real or personal property belong- ing to the Corporation or The RFC Mortgage Company or in which they have an interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, except for the limitations in amounts herein- before specified, and the restrictions in respect to travel expenses, the administrative expenses and other obligations of the Corporation shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of said Act of January 22, 1932, as amended (15 U. S. C. 601-617). FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the work of the Federal Power Commission as authorized by law except for the work authorized by the Act of June 28, 1938, entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control and for other purposes" (52 Stat. 1215), including traveling expenses; expenses of attendance at meetings which in the discretion of the Commission are necessary for the effi- cient discharge of its responsibilities; contract stenographic report- ing services; rent outside the District of Columbia; purchase and exchange (not to exceed $3,000), hire, maintenance, repair, and opera- tion of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, including not more than one such vehicle for general administrative use in the District of Columbia; supplies and office equipment; services; scien- tific instruments; expenses incurred in packing, crating, drayage and transportation of household effects and other property (not to exceed in any case five thousand pounds) of officers and employees when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty, when specifically authorized by the Commission; and not exceeding $6,000 for purchase and exchange of lawbooks, other books of refer- ence, newspapers, periodicals and newspaper clippings, $2,235,000; of which amount not to exceed $1,163,000 shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia, exclusive of not to exceed $25,000 which may be expended for consultants and special counsel. For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the work of the Federal Power Commission as authorized by the provisions of the Act of June 28, 1938, entitled "An Act authorizing the construc- tion of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, 123 Administrative ex- penses. 15U. S. C.§§ 601- 617; Supp. V, §§ 601- 613c. Travel expenses. 44 Stat. 688 . Printing and bind- ing. Provisos. Nonadministrative expenses. Payment. Expenses; excep- tion. 33U. S. O., Supp. V, Ii 70lb-70B . Vehicles Transfer of house- hold effects. Consultants and special counsel. Flood-control ex- penses.
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