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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 41 -APR. 5, 1941 54 Stat. 352 . 54 Stat. 966. 54 Stat. 602. Act, 1941, including the objects and subject to the limitations and con- ditions specified in that Act as amended by the Third Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941, except as otherwise pro- vided herein, as follows: OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF WAR EXPEDITING PRODUCTION Equipment and Expediting production of equipment and supplies for national supple. defense: To enable the Secretary of War, with the approval of the U4.s. SC . § 5; 10 President, and without reference to sections 3709 and 1136, as amended, Revised Statutes, to expedite the production of equipment and supplies for the Army for emergency national defense purposes, including all of the objects and purposes specified under each of the appropriations available to the War Department during the fiscal years 1941 and 1942, for procurement or production of equipment or supplies, for erection of structures, or for acquisition of land; the furnishing of Government-owned facilities at privately owned plants; the procurement and training of civilian personnel in con- nection with the production of equipment and material and the use and operation thereof; and for any other purposes which in the discretion of the Secretary of War are desirable in expediting pro- duction for military purposes and are approved by the President, ontracts. $291,890,000, of which amount not to exceed $107,000,000 shall be for payments under contracts authorized under this head in appro- priation Acts for the fiscal year 1941; and, in addition, the Secre- tary of War, with the approval of the President, is authorized to enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1942, for the same purposes to an Use of proceeds of amount not exceeding $576,396,000: Provided, That all moneys sales, arising from authorized sales or transfers of machine tools or other manufacturing equipment originally procured or produced with 54 Stat. 1090. funds appropriated under this head, as authorized by the Act approved October 10, 1940 (Public, Numbered 829, Seventy-sixth Congress), shall remain available for the purposes named herein throughout the fiscal year in which the disposition was effected and t(onsolidation of the following fiscal year: Provided further, That the appropriations fun Is. and contract authorizations provided under this head in the First, Second, and Third Supplemental National Defense Appropriation 4tafp. 36874.970 Acts, 1941, those provided by this Act, and any that may be pro- vided for the same purposes for the fiscal year 1942, are hereby consolidated and shall constitute one fund and one contract authori- zation, respectively, and remain available until June 30, 1942: Pro- ReportstoCongress. vided further, That an account shall be kept of all expenditures made or authorized under the several appropriations herein con- solidated and reports thereon shall be submitted to Congress on or before July 1, 1941, and July 1, 1942. 54 Stat. 354. 54 Stat. 354 . National Guard. Citizenship require- ment. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT Welfare of enlisted men: Welfare of enlisted men, $902,000, to remain available until June 30. 1942. FINANCE DEPARTMENT Pay of the Army: Members of units of the National Guard which have been, or may be, called into the active military service of the United States, who may not have become citizens of the United States but have on or before November 15, 1940, declared their inten- tion to become such citizens, shall be entitled to their pay and allow- ances as such members, notwithstanding any limitations under this 124 [55 STAT.