PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 524-JULY 25, 1942 Transfer of funds. Provisos. Authority for work by other agencies. Appropriation not to be augmented. Post, p. 996. Divulging of confi- dential information. Restriction on use offunds. Disclosure of infor- mation in certain cases. Subsidy payments. Maximum prices on agricultural commodi- ties. Ante, p. 27 . work of the Office of Price Administration: (2) actual transportation and other necessary expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence of persons serving while away from their homes in an advisory capacity without other compensation from the United States, or at $1 per annum; $120,000,000, of which amount such sums as may be authorized by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget may be transferred to other departments or agencies of the Govern- ment for the performance by them of any of the functions or activities for which this appropriation is made: Provided, That no other agency of the Government shall perform work or render services for the Office of Price Administration, whether or not the performance of such work or services involves the transfer of funds or reimburse- ment of appropriations, unless authority therefor by the Bureau of the Budget shall have been obtained in advance: Provided further, That such appropriation of $120,000,000 shall be so administered during the fiscal year 1943 as to constitute the total amount that will be furnished to such Administration during such fiscal year for the purposes set forth in this paragraph and shall not be augmented by allocations or transfers of funds from any other appropriation: Pro- vided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the compensation of any officer, agent, clerk or other employee of the United States who shall divulge or make known in any manner what- ever to any person the operations, style of work, or apparatus of any manufacturer or producer visited by him in the discharge of his official duties, or the amount or source of income, profits, losses, expenditures, or any particular thereof, set forth or disclosed in any uestionnaire, report, return, or document, required or requested to be filed by order or regulation of the Administrator or to permit any questionnaire, report, return, or document or copy thereof or any book containing any abstract or particulars thereof to be seen or examined by any person except as provided by law; nor for any person who shall print or publish in any manner whatever, except as hereinafter provided, any questionnaire, report, return, or document or any part thereof or source of income, profits, losses, expenditures, or methods of doing business, appearing in any questionnaire, report, return, or document: Provided further, That the foregoing provi- sions shall not be construed to prevent or prohibit the publication or disclosure of studies, graphs, charts, or other documents of like general character wherein individual statistics or the source thereof is not disclosed or identified directly or indirectly nor to prevent the furnishing in confidence to the War Department, the Navy Depart- ment, or the United States Maritime Commission, such data and infor- mation as may be requested by them for use in the performance of their official duties: Provided further, That no part of this appro- priation shall be available for making any subsidy payments: Pro- vided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to enforce any maximum price or prices on any agricultural commodity or any commodity processed or manufactured in whole or substantial part from any agricultural commodity unless and until (1) the Sec- retary of Agriculture has determined and published for such agricul- tural commodity the prices specified in section 3 (a) of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942; (2) in case of a comparable price for such agricultural commodity, the Secretary of Agriculture has held public hearings and determined and publisled such comparable price in the manner prescribed by section 3 (b) of said Act; and (3) the Secre- tary of Agriculture has determined after investigation and proclaimed that the maximum price or prices so established on any such agricul- tural commodity will reflect to the producer of such agricultural com- 712 [56 STAT.
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