55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., IST SESS.-CH. 290-JULY 11, 1941 SEC. 2 . Section 2 of the Act of August 16, 1937 (50 Stat. 667; U. S. Depoit C., Supp. V, title 33, sec. 721a), is hereby amended by striking out the 33 u.s.' words "Lighthouse Service" wherever they appear and substituting therefor the words "Coast Guard", and by adding a new sentence at the end thereof as follows: "In the event such payment is deposited subsequent to payment by the Coast Guard from appropriated funds to the person or persons repairing or replacing the damaged property, such payment shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation current at the time the collection is made." SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, selCtr during the national emergency declared by the President on Septem- 54 tat. ber 8, 1939, to exist, to negotiate contracts on behalf of the Coast Guard prec. si n for the acquisition, construction, repair, or alteration of complete Coast Guard vessels or aircraft, or any portion thereof, including plans, spare parts, and equipment therefor, that have been or may be authorized, and also for machine tools and other similar equipment Machin on the same basis and subject to the same limitations, and with the same privilege of priority in deliveries as is provided for similar con- tracts authorized to be negotiated by the Secretary of the Navy by 54stat. section 2 (a) of the Act of June 28, 1940 (Public, Numbered 671, 41 .aS Seventy-sixth Congress, third session). note. (b) The Act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 793; U. S . C., Supp. V, reWre title 40, sees. 270a-270d), may, in the discretion of the Secretary of 40. S . the Treasury, be waived with respect to contracts for the purposes enumerated in paragraph (a) of this section. SEC. 4. The joint resolution of May 5, 1894 (28 Stat. 582; U. S . C., Repea l title 31, sec. 542), is hereby repealed. SEc. 5. Section 1 of the Act of January 28, 1915 (38 Stat. 800; serttus U. S. C., title 14, sec. 1), is hereby amended by striking out the words "which shall constitute a part of the military forces of the United States" appearing immediately after the words "Coast Guard" in the first sentence thereof and substituting therefor the following: "which shall be a military service and constitute a branch of the land and naval forces of the United States at all times". SEC. 6. (a) Section 1 of the Act of January 28, 1915, is hereby Guardun further amended by striking out so much of the second sentence Departme thereof as precedes the proviso and substituting therefor the follow- exua ' x s ing: "Whenever the Coast Guard or any units thereof are transferred i S^t to the Navy Department, applicable appropriations of the Navy Department shall be available for the expenses thereof: Provided,That the applicable appropriations of the Coast Guard shall be available for transfer to the Navy Department for such expenses in such amount or amounts as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall deter- mine:"; and by adding the word "further" after the word "Provided" where it last appears in said section. (b) The paragraph of the Act of August 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 600; Repeal. U. S . C ., title 14, sec. 4), relating to reimbursement of naval appro- priations for expenses of the Coast Guard, is hereby repealed. SEC. 7. Section 1 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1820; U. S . C ., dictiand Supp. V, title 14, sec. 45), is hereby amended by striking out the 14.S . proviso at the end of the first sentence thereof and substituting a period for the colon immediately preceding such proviso; and section 4 of said Act (U. S . C., Supp. V, title 14, sec. 48), is hereby amended 14v-S to read as follows: "SEc. 4 . Any officer of the Coast Guard enumerated in section 1 of Captain this Act may be designated by the Commandant of the Coast Guard as captain of the port for such port or ports or adjacent navigable waters of the United States as he deems necessary to facilitate execution of the duties prescribed by this Act." of damage C. § 721a. ts for ves- ft, etc. 2643. . C., app., ote. e tools, etc. 676. C., prec. 1 of certain nts. C. i§ 270a- s a military c. r of Coast its to Navy nt. availhble for tM. c. I1. raters, juris- C. 45. c. 48. of the port, n. 585
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