PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 189-MAY 14, 1940 COOPERATION WITH THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS Salaries and ex- Salaries and expenses: For all expenses necessary to enable the p, pp. 651,1044. Secretary of State to carry out the purposes of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the President to render closer and more effec- tive the relationship between the American Republics", approved 53 Stat. 12 up. August 9, 1939, and to supplement appropriations available for carry- v, §r 249a',4. ing out other provisions of law authorizing related activities, includ- .rinting and bind- ig personal services in the District of Columbia; not to exceed $45,000 for printing and binding; stenographic reporting, translating, Post, p. 109. and other services by contract, without regard to section 3709 of the Attendanceatmeet- Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 5); expenses of attendance at meetings Ings. or conventions of societies and associations concerned with the further- Vehicles. ance of the purposes hereof; hire, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; and purchase of books Transfer ofunds. Of reference and periodicals, $120,500; and the Secretary of State is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the President, to trans- fer to other departments, agencies, and independent establishments of the Government for expenditure in the United States and in the other American Republics not exceeding the following amounts, respec- tively: Civil Aeronautics Authority, $2,500; Department of Com- merce, for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, $15,000; Federal Security Agency for the Public Health Service, including not to exceed two additional regular active commissioned officers, $25,000, and the Office of Education, $10,000; Department of the Interior, for the Office of the Secretary, $18,000, and the Bureau of Fisheries, $10,000. Minor purchases, Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C. 5) shall not apply "ost, p. 1109. to any purchase by or service rendered for the Department of State when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $100, or with respect to articles, materials, or supplies for use outside the United States, $300; or when the purchase or service relates to the packing of personal and household effects of Diplomatic, Consular, and Foreign Service officers and clerks for foreign shipment. Rent; restriction. Unless expressly authorized, no portion of the sums appropriated in this title shall be expended for rent or rental allowances in the District of Columbia or elsewhere in the United States. bn"to, etc.. of The President, in his discretion, may assign officers of the Army or Navy or officers or employees of the Treasury Department or Federal Works Agency for duty as inspectors of buildings owned or occupied by the United States in foreign countries, or as inspectors or super- visors of buildings under construction or repair by or for the United States in foreign countries, under the jurisdiction of the Department Couriers. of State, or for duty as couriers of the Department of State, and when so assigned they may receive the same traveling expenses as are author- ized for officers of the Foreign Service, payable from the applicable appropriations of the Department of State. hort titlehis title may be cited as the "Department of State Appropriation Act, 1941". Department of Commerce Appropri- ation Act, 1941. Salaries. TITLE II-DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Salaries: Secretary of Commerce, Under Secretary of Commerce, Assistant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of Columbia, including the Chief Clerk and Superintendent, who shall be chief executive officer of the Department and who may be desig- nated by the Secretary of Commerce to sign minor routine official papers and documents during the temporary absence of the Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Assistant Secretary of the Department, $384,500. [54 STAT.
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