PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 269-JULY 1, 1941 41 Stat. 735. 43 Stat. 18. 53 Stat. 33 . 26U. S.. C 101(6). Vocational courses of less than college grade. Equipment. Transfer of funds. Short courses of college grade. Provsos. Eligibility. 2, 1920, as amended (29 U. S . C. 31-44), in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to extend the provisions of certain laws to the Territory of Hawaii", approved March 10, 1924 (29 U. S. C. 45), $5,000. EDUCATION AND TRAINING, DEFENSE WORKERS (NATIONAL DEFENSE) Payments to States, and so forth (national defense): For payment to States, subdivisions thereof, or other public agencies operating public educational facilities, and, where hereinafter authorized, to vocational schools exempt from taxation under section 101 (6) of the Internal Revenue Code, colleges and universities, for the furtherance of the education and training of defense workers, through certifica- tion from time to time, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the United States Commissioner of Education (hereinafter referred to as the "Commissioner") under the supervision and direction of the Federal Security Administrator and approved by the President, by the Commissioner to the Secretary of the Treasury. of the name of such agency or the name of such 'school, college, or university to whom payment is to be made, and the amount to be paid, such pay- ment to be made prior to audit and settlement by the General Accounting Office as follows: (1) For the cost of vocational courses of less than college grade provided by such agencies in vocational schools, including vocational schools exempt from taxation under section 101 (6) of the Internal Revenue Code, or by such vocational schools pursuant to plans sub- mitted by them and approved by the Commissioner, which plans shall include courses supplementary to employment in occupations essential to the national defense, pre-employment and refresher courses for workers preparing for such occupations and selected from the public employment office registers, including not to exceed $3,500,000 for payment to such agencies for rental of additional space found necessary by the Commissioner for carrying out the approved plans, $52,400,000. (2) For the acquisition by purchase, rental, gift, or otherwise of new or used equipment when needed by agencies in providing courses pursuant to plans approved under (1) of this heading when such acquisitions are in accord with detailed proposals submitted by such agencies and approved by the Commissioner which proposals shall include provisions governing the holding of title to and the use of the equipment to be acquired, $12,000,000, to be immediately available, and in addition thereto any unobligated balance, not exceeding $8,000,000, is hereby transferred from the appropriation for the cost of vocational courses of less than college grade made by subdivision (1) under the heading "Office of Education, education and training of defense workers" in the First Supplemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (54 Stat. 1034), to this appro- priation to be available for the acquisition of equipment to establish pre-employment courses. (3) For the cost of short courses of college grade provided by degree-granting colleges and universities pursuant to plans submitted by them and approved by the Commissioner, which plans shall be for courses designed to meet the shortage of engineers, chemists, physicists, and production supervisors in fields essential to the national defense, and such plans may provide for regional coordination of the defense training program of the participating colleges and universities, $17,500,000: Provided, That only colleges and universi- ties which operate under charters which exempt their educational property from taxation and public degree-granting educational insti- 476 [55 STAT.
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