PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 40-APR. 5, 1941 National Service Life Insurance: For transfer to the National Service Life Insurance Fund, in accordance with the provisions of 54 stat. 1008. the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, on account of pay- 8138 U s .S. 801- ments of benefits in excess of the reserve of the policy in case of death, or for premiums waived in case of total disability, in cases where the death or total disability of the insured shall have been determined by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to be the result of disease or injury traceable to the extra hazards of military or naval service, and to reimburse the National Service Life Insurance Fund for payments made therefrom when recovery of such payments is waived by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs under the authority of section 609 (a) of said Act, $20,000,000, to be imme- diately available. Hospital and domiciliary facilities: For hospital and domiciliary Proienso. facilities, $3,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this amount shall be available for use by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, with the approval of the President, for extending any of the facilities under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Admin- 46 Stat. 150, 1551. istration or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 1 and 2 of 438- S-C - S 43s . j the Act approved March 4, 1931 (38 U. S. C. 438j): Providedfurther, Technical and leri- That not to exceed 3 per centum of this amount shall be available al assistants. for the employment in the District of Columbia and in the field of necessary technical and clerical assistants to aid in the preparation of plans and specifications for the projects as approved hereunder and in the supervision of the execution thereof, and for traveling expenses, field office equipment, and supplies in connection therewith. Total. Total, Veterans' Administration, $608,693,162: Provided, That no Butter substitutes, part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of oleo- etc. margarine or butter substitutes except for cooking purposes: Pro- Hospitalization, vided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available etc., r estrictions. for hospitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans unless reimbursement of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. Salary restrictions. SEC. 2 . In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations contained in this Act, for the payment of personal services in the 42 Stct.§i 61488 74. District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, Post, i.613 . as amended, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade, advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then Proviso. only to the next higher rate: Provided That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service; or (2) to require the reduction in salary of any person whose com- pensation was fixed, as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules 42stat. 149. of section 6 of such Act; (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade, in the same or different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit; (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law; or (5) to reduce the compensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated. 122 [55 STAT.
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