PUBLIC LAWS--C . 460 -OCT. 28 , 1941 incident to or necessary therefor, the following sums for the following respective purposes, namely: Prtocreent of de (a) For the procurement, by manufacture or otherwise, of defense tidles, etc. articles, information and services, for the government of any country Ante, p. U. whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States, and the disposition thereof, including all necessary expenses in connection therewith, as follows: (1) Ordnance and ordnance stores, supplies, spare parts, and materials, including armor and ammunition and components thereof, $1,190,000,000. (2) Aircraft and aeronautical material, including engines, spare parts, and accessories, $685,000,000. (3) Tanks, armored cars, automobiles, trucks, and other automotive vehicles, spare parts, and accessories, $385,000,000. (4) Vessels, ships, boats, and other watercraft, including the hire or other temporary use thereof, and equipage, supplies, materials, spare parts, and accessories, $850,000,000. (5) Miscellaneous military and naval equipment, supplies, and materials, $155,000,000. (6) Facilities and equipment for the manufacture, production, or operation of defense articles and for otherwise carrying out the pur- Ante, p. 31 . poses of the Act of March 11, 1941, including the acquisition of land, and the maintenance and operation of such facilities and equipment, $375,000,000. (7) Agricultural, industrial, and other commodities and articles, $1,875,000,000. eesting, utfittin, (b) For testing, inspecting, proving, repairing, outfitting, recondi- Antep. 54. tioning, or otherwise placing in good working order any defense articles for the government of any country whose defense the Presi- dent deems vital to the defense of the United States, including services and expenses in connection therewith, $175,000,000. Services and ex- penses. ade (c) For necessary services and expenses for carrying out the pur- Ante, pp. 31, 54. poses of the Act of March 11, 1941, not specified or included in the foregoing, $285,000,000. Ante, p. 54. (d) For administrative expenses, $10,000,000. (e) In all, $5,985,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 1943. funsolition o (f) Each of the foregoing appropriations shall be additional to, and consolidated with, the appropriation for the same purpose con- Antep. tained in sections 1 (a), 1 (b), 1 (d), and 1 (e), respectively of the Transfer of funds. Defense Aid Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1941: Provided,That, with the exception of the appropriation for administrative expenses, not to exceed 20 per centum of any such consolidated appropriations may be transferred by the President to any other of such consolidated appropriations, but no such consolidated appropriation shall be increased more than 30 per centum thereby. desgProreents fer SEC. 102. The President may, from time to time, when he deems ments. it in the interest of national defense, authorize the head of any depart- ment or agency of the Government, to enter into contracts for the procurement of defense articles, information, or services for the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital Paymentinfullprior to the defense of the United States, to the extent that such govern- ment agrees to pay the United States for such defense articles, infor- mation, or services prior to the receipt thereof and to make such pay- ments from time to time as the President may require to protect the interests of the United States; and, upon payment of the full cost, the President may dispose of such articles, information, or services Prmion. to such government: Provided, That the total amount of the out- standing contracts under this section, less the amounts which have been paid to the United States under such contracts, shall at no time exceed $600,000,000. 746 [55 STAT.
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