57 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 147-JUNE 26, 1943 for use with aircraft built or building on June 30, 1943, $27,027,900; for maintenance, repair, and operation of aircraft factory, air sta- tions, fleet and all other aviation activities, accident prevention, test- ing laboratories, overhauling of planes, technical books and periodi- cals for use in the Bureau of Aeronautics and field, outfits for avia- tion messes, and the purchase for aviation purposes only of special clothing, wearing apparel, and special equipment, $1,553,472,100, including not to exceed $1,800,000 for the procurement of helium, which sum of $1,800,000 shall be transferred to and made available to the Bureau of Mines on July 1, 1943; for continuing experiments and development work on all types of aircraft, including the pay- ment on a strictly part-time or intermittent employment basis m the District of Columbia or elsewhere, solely under the Bureau of Aeronautics of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceed- ing $25 per diem for any person so employed, $19,500,000; for new construction and procurement of aircraft and equipment, spare parts and accessories, including expansions of and facilities in public or private plants, $2,983,725,000, of which $40,000,000 shall be available for obligations incurred under the contract authorization in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1942; in all, $4,583,725,000, which shall constitute one fund: Provided, That in addition to the amount herein appropriated, the Secretary may, prior to July 1, 1944, enter into contracts for new construction and procurement of air- craft and equipment, spare parts and accessories, to an amount not in excess of $2,000,000,000: Provided further, That the Secretary is hereby authorized to consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, and pay out of this appropriation the amounts due on claims for damages which have occurred or may occur to private property growing out of the operations of naval aircraft where such claim does not exceed the sum of $1,000. MARINE CORPS PAY, MARINE CORPS Pay of officers: For pay and allowances prescribed by law for all officers on active duty-pay and allowances, $74,363,879, including $9,299,303 for increased pay for making aerial flights, none of which shall be available for increased pay for making aerial flights by nonflying officers or observers at rates in excess of those prescribed by law for the Army, which shall be the legal maximum rates as to such nonflying officers or observers; subsistence allowance, $10,356,403; rental allowance, $12,797,820; in all, $97,518,102; For pay of officers prescribed by law on the retired list, not on active duty, $1,225,000; Pay of enlisted personnel: For pay and allowances of all enlisted personnel and musicians on active duty as prescribed by law; expenses of clerks of the Marine Corps traveling under orders, including not to exceed $250 for expenses of attendance upon meetings of technical, professional, scientific, and other organizations, when, in the judg- ment of the Secretary, such attendance would be of benefit in the conduct of the work of the Marine Corps; additional compensation for enlisted personnel of the Marine Corps qualified as expert rifle- men, sharpshooters, marksmen, aircraft machine gunners, or regu- larly detailed as gun captains, gun pointers, messmen; interes on deposits by enlisted personnel; post-exchange debts of deserters, and of personnel discharged or sentenced to terms of imprisonment while in debt to the United States, under such rules as the Secretary may 207 Helium. Post, pp. 485, 624. New construction, etc. 56 Stat. 388. Contract authoriza- tions. Damage claims. Officers on active duty. Retired officers. Enlisted personnel on active duty.
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