PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 432-JUNE 26, 1940 Apportionment. Medical and hospi- tal services. Office of Govern- ment Reports. Administrative ex- penses. 63 stat. 1431 . Apportionment and distribution of funds. Restriction on use of funds. Allocation of funds to other Federal agencies. Proviso.. Limitation on ad- ministrative expenses. Employmentofnon- relief persons re- stricted. Allocations suffi- cient for completion of projects; exception. Non-Federal proj- ects, requirement. pensation and for administrative expenses: Provided further, That if the President shall determine under section 1 (a) that the appro- priation made by such section shall be apportioned for a period less than the entire fiscal year, the amount made available by this section shall be apportioned by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget for a lesser period than the fiscal year but not for less than eight months. (b) The funds made available in this section, together with the balance of funds heretofore appropriated or allocated to such Com- mission under prior emergency relief appropriation Acts, shall be available for payments to Federal agencies for medical and hospital services supplied by such departments and establishments in accord- ance with regulations of the Commission for injured persons entitled to benefits under section 23 hereof. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT SEC. 7 . There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, for all necessary administrative expenses to enable the Office of Government Reports, Executive Office of the President, to perform the functions of the National Emergency Council, trans- ferred to and consolidated in the Executive Office of the President on July 1, 1939, by Reorganization Plan Numbered II, $750,000. GENERAL AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS SEC. 8 . Funds appropriated in this joint resolution to the various Federal agencies shall be so apportioned and distributed over the period ending June 30, 1941, except where a different apportion- ment is specifically permitted by this joint resolution, and shall be so administered during such period as to constitute the total amount that will be furnished to such agencies during such period for the purposes herein set forth. SEC. 9 . The funds made available by this joint resolution shall be used only for work relief or relief for persons in need except as otherwise specifically provided herein. SEC. 10. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to allocate not to exceed $40,000,000 to other Federal agencies for the operation, under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner may prescribe, of projects of the type specified in subsection (b) of section 1 which are within the scope of the functions usually carried out by such agencies, including administrative expenses of such agencies inci- dent to such operation: Provided,That not to exceed 4 per centum of the total amount so allocated to any such agency shall be used for such administrative expenses: Provided furter, That no project shall be prosecuted under any allocation under this subsection upon which the percentage of nonrelief persons employed exceeds 10 per centum of the total number of persons employed. (b) No Federal construction project, except flood control and water conservation projects authorized under other law, shall be undertaken or prosecuted under the appropriations in this joint resolution unless and until there shall have been allocated and irrevocably set aside Federal funds sufficient for its completion. (c) No non-Federal project shall be undertaken or prosecuted under appropriations under this joint resolution (except under sec- tion 3) unless and until the sponsor has made a written agreement to finance such part of the entire cost thereof as the head of the agency, if the agency administers sponsored projects, determines under the circumstances is an adequate contribution taking into [54 STAT.
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