PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 715, 717-SEPT. 5, 9 , 1940 Priority of approval to projects important to national defense. Short title. September 9, 1940 [H. R. 10263] [Public, No. 781] Second Supplemen- tal National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941. Title IIT, Military Appropriation Act, 1941. Additional appro- priations. Ante, pp. 350, 352. Ante, p. 357. Regular supplies of the Army. Clothing and equi- page, Army. Army transporta- tion. Hores, etc. highways strategically important from the standpoint of the national defense as may be undertaken on the order of the Federal Works Admin- istrator and as the result of request of the Secretary of War, the Secre- tary of the Navy, or other authorized national defense agency. SEC. 19. In approving Federal-aid highway projects to be carried out with any unobligated funds apportioned to any State, the Commissioner of Public Roads may give priority of approval to, and expedite and con- struction of, projects that are recommended by the appropriate Federal defense agency as important to the national defense. SEC. 20. This Act may be cited as the "Federal Highway Act of 1940." Approved, September 5, 1940. [CHAPTER 717] AN ACT Making supplemental appropriations for the national defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the national defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, namely: TITLE I-WAR DEPARTMENT-MILITARY ACTIVITIES For additional amounts for appropriations for the Military Establishment, fiscal year 1941, to be supplemental, and in addition, to the appropriations under the same heads in the Military Appropria- tion Act, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, including the objects and subject to the limitations and conditions specified therein, except as otherwise provided herein, and including under each appropriation the employment of persons and the procurement of supplies and services, printing and binding, and communication service, at the seat of govern- ment and elsewhere (the amount for personal services at the seat of government, other than for field service employees, shall not exceed one- fourth of 1 per centum of the total amount of cash appropriated for the Army by this Act), as follows: QUARTERMASTER CORPS Regular supplies of the Army: For regular supplies of the Army, $4,685,122, and, in addition, the Quartermaster General, when author- ized by the Secretary of War, may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1941 to an amount not in excess of $3,280,000, for the purposes for which this appropriation is available. Clothing and equipage, Army: For clothing and equipage, Army, $150,064,813, and, in addition, the Quartermaster General, when authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1941, to an amount not in excess of $50,700,000, for the purposes for which his appropriation is available. Army transportation: For Army transportation, $87,500,610, with- out limitation as to the amount of this appropriation which may be expended for purchase or exchange of passenger-carrying vehicles; or purchase or construction, alteration, operation, and repair of boats; and, in addition, the Quartermaster General, when authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1941, to an amount not in excess of $7,150,000, for the purposes for which this appropriation is available. Horses, draft and pack animals, $241,000. [54 STAT.
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