57 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 147-JUNE 26, 1943 other law; pay of commissioned medical officers who are graduates of reputable schools of osteopathy; actual and necessary expenses or per diem in lieu thereof, as may be determined and approved by the Secretary, of civilian personnel in and under the Naval Establish- ment on special duty in foreign countries; and payment of rewards to civilian officers or employees and other persons in civil life for suggestions resulting in improvement or economy in manufacturing process or plant or naval material as authorized by the Act of July 1, 1918 (5 U. S. C. 416), and for suggestions resulting in efficiency or economy in the operation or administration of the Navy Department and the Naval Establishment. SEC. 115. The appropriation "Pay, Subsistence, and Transportation, Navy" shall be available, in lieu of the appropriation "Foreign Serv- ice Pay Adjustment" contained in the Independent Offices Appro- priation Act, for payments to authorized naval and civilian personnel in and under the Naval Establishment due to the appreciation of foreign currencies, as provided by the Act of March 26, 1934, as amended (5 U. S . C. 118c), and for every object and purpose specified therein. SEC. 116. Appropriations available for the fiscal year 1944, for travel expenses of civilian inspectors of the Navy Department shall be available for reimbursement, at not to exceed 3 cents per mile, for travel performed by such employees in privately owned auto- mobiles within the limits of their official stations. SEC. 117 . During the fiscal year 1944, the appropriations available to either the War Department or the Navy Department shall be available for procurement as provided for in such appropriations by any other executive department or independent establishment of the Government through administrative allotments in such amounts as may be authorized by the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy, respectively, without transfer of funds on the books of the Treasury Department: Provided, That orders placed with the procur- ing department or establishment by the allotting department or establishment shall be considered as obligations upon the appropria- tions involved in the same manner as orders or contracts placed with private contractors: Provided further, That disbursing officers of the allotting department may make disbursements chargeable to such allotments upon vouchers certified by officers of the procuring depart- ment or establishment: Provided further, That whenever vouchers are certified by an officer of the procuring department or establish- ment and are paid by a disbursing officer of the allotting department the certifying officer and not the disbursing officer shall be held responsible and accountable for the existence and correctness of the facts certified, including the correctness of computations shown on certified vouchers and on any required supporting documents. DEFENSE AID SEC. 118. The authority contained in section 103 of the Second Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1943, is hereby extended to and made applicable to the appropriations for the naval service made subsequent to such Act and contained in this Act without any increase in the amount limitation fixed in such section: Provided, That "information and services", authorized to be rendered by the Act of March 11, 1941 (Public 11), need not be connected with the procurement or disposition of any defense article. SEC. 119. The funds appropriated in the appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1944 of the services mentioned m the title of the Act of June 16, 1942 (Public Law 607, Seventy-seventh Congress), shall 217 Civilians on special duty abroad. Rewards. 40 Stat. 718. Payments due to appreciation of foreign currencies. Ante, pp . 202,181 . 48 Stat. 466 . Travel expenses of civilian inspectors. Procurement with- out transfer of funds. Orders to be consid- ered as obligations. IDisbursements. Accountability of certifying officer. Disposition of de- fense articles, etc. 56 Stat. 994 . 22 U. S. C., Supp. II, J 412 note. 55 Stat. 31 . 22 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 411-419. Ante, p. 20. Per diem rates. 56 Stat. 359. 37 U. . C., Supp. in, i 101-120. Ante, p. I;po, pp. 219 671.
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