PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 86-MAY 6, 1941 Contracts on cost- plus-a -fixed-fee basis. Proviso. Preparationofplans, etc. Post, pp. 558,879,815. Helium. Post, p. 344. New construction, etc. 54 Stat. 283. Provisos. Transfer of funds. Temporary construction: For commissioned officer, $7,500. For commissioned warrant or warrant officer. $5,000. For enlisted man, $3,500. The provisions of section 4 of the Act approved April 25, 1939 (53 Stat. 590-592), shall be applicable to all public works and public utilities projects provided in this Act, regardless of location: Provided, That the fixed fee to be paid the contractor as a result of any contract hereafter entered into under the authority of this provision shall not exceed 6 per centum of the estimated cost of the contract, exclusive of the fee, as determined by the Secretary of the Navy. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to continue the employment, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, of such employees now carried on the rolls as will be required for the prepa- ration of plans and specifications and administrative work in connec- tion with the public-works and public-utilities projects mentioned in this Act. BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS AVIATION, NAVY For aviation, as follows: For navigational, photographic, aero- logical, radio, and miscellaneous equipment, including repairs thereto, for use with aircraft built or building on June 30, 1941, $2,705,600; for maintenance, repair, and operation of aircraft factory, air sta- tions, fleet and all other aviation activities, services of employees assigned to group IV (b) and those performing similar services car- ried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Departmenit, acci- dent prevention, testing laboratories, overhauling of planes, technical periodicals, outfits for messes of aviation cadets and bachelor officers at air stations, and the purchase for aviation purposes only of special clothing, wearing apparel, and special equipment, $71,972,400, includ- ing not to exceed $100,000 for the procurement of helium, which sum of $100,000 shall be transferred to and made available to the Bureau of Mines on July 1, 1941; for continuing experiments and develop- ment work on all types of aircraft, including the payment of part- time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed and payment of the travel expenses of such persons if they be members of the Naval Reserve ordered to active duty, $9,500,000; for new construction and procurement of aircraft and equipment, spare parts and accessories, including expansions of and facilities in private plants, $350,372,000, of which amount not to exceed $350,000,000 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the contract authorization carried in the Navy Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1941; in all, $434,550,000, and the money herein specifically appropriated for "Aviation" shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law and shall constitute one fund: Provided, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury is authorized and directed, upon the request of the Secretary of the Navy, to transfer not to exceed in the aggregate $600,000 from this appropriation to the appropriations "Pay, sub- sistence, and transportation, Navy" and "Pay, Marine Corps" to cover authorized traveling expenses of officers and enlisted men in connec- tion with flying new airplanes from contractor's works to assigned station or ship, including travel to contractor's works and return of [55 STAT.
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