57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 182-JULY 1, 1943 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATOR OF CIVIL AERONAUTICS General administration, Office of the Administrator: For necessary expenses of the Office of Administrator of Civil Aeronautics in carry- ing out the provisions of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended (49 U. S . C. 401), including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; contract stenographic reporting services; not to exceed $4,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings of organ- izations concerned with aeronautics, when specifically authorized by the Administrator; fees and mileage of expert and other witnesses; expenses of examination of estimates of appropriations in the field; hire, operation, maintenance, and repair of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, instruments, equipment, and spare parts therefor; hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying automo- biles; $1,800,000. Establishment of air-navigation facilities: For the acquisition and establishment by contract or purchase and hire of air-navigation facilities, including the equipment of additional civil airways for day and night flying; the construction of additional necessary lighting, radio, and other signaling and communicating structures and appa- ratus; the alteration and modernization of existing air-navigation facilities; the acquisition of the necessary sites by lease or grant; and hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying auto- mobiles, $4,100,000: Provided,That this appropriation and the unex- pended balances of all appropriations heretofore made under this head for the fiscal years 1942 and 1943 are hereby consolidated and shall be disbursed and accounted for as one fund and remain available until June 30, 1944. Maintenance and operation of air-navigation facilities: For nec- essary expenses of operation and maintenance of air-navigation fa- cilities and air-traffic control, including personal services in the Dis- trict of Columbia and elsewhere; hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying automobiles; and not to exceed 3 cents per mile for travel, in privately owned automobiles within the limits of their official posts of duty, of employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of remotely controlled air-navigation facilities; $19,650,000. Technical development: For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended (49 U. S . C . 401), relative to such developmental work and service testing as tends to the creation of improved air-navigation facilities, includ- ing landing areas, aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, appliances, personnel, and operation methods, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; cleaning and repair of uniforms for guards; operation, maintenance, and repair of passenger-carry- ing automobiles; and purchase of reports, documents, plans, and specifications, $542,000. Enforcement of safety regulations: For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended (49 U. S . C. 401), and the Civilian Pilot Training Act of 1939, as amended (49 U. S . C. 751, 752), relating to safety regula- tions, except air-traffic control, including personal services in the Dis- trict of Columbia and elsewhere; contract stenographic reporting services; fees and mileage of expert and other witnesses; employment of attorneys and examiners on a fee basis (not to exceed $7,500); hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying auto- mobiles; $2,300,000. 293 62 Stat. 973. 49..c. 401 et seq.; Snpp. II, §§481, 492, 643. Post, p. 620. Consolidation of funds. Pot, p. 62L Pod, p. 621 . 52 Stat. 973 . 49U.S.C.i401et seq.; 8upp. II, II 481, 492, 643 . Post, p . 62L 52 Stat. 1007; 53 Stat. 855 . 49U.S.C.if551- 560; Supp. II, 762. Ante, p. 150.
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