78TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.- CH. 16 -FEB. 14 , 1944 (1) This title may be cited as the "Farm Labor Supply Appropri- ation Act, 1944". TITLE II-EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT- OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WAR MANPOWER COMMISSION Migration of workers: To enable the War Manpower Commission to provide, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Chairman of said Commission, for the temporary migration of workers from foreign countries within the Western Hemisphere (pursuant to agree- ments between the United States and such foreign countries) for employment in the continental United States with industries and services essential to the preservation, marketing, or distribution of agricultural products, including the timber and lumber industries, and including the transportation of such workers from points outside the United States to ports of entry of the United States and return (including transportation from place of employment in the United States to port of entry of the United States in any case of default by an employer to provide such transportation to a worker, in which event the employer shall be liable to the United States for the cost thereof), cost of temporary maintenance of workers in reception centers in foreign countries and in the United States, when necessary, reasonable subsistence and emergency medical care of such workers from the time of reporting for transportation to the United States or return to the country of origin until arrival at the destination, neces- sary assistance to meet emergency health and welfare problems while in the United States, when such assistance is not otherwise available to such persons, and guarantees of employment while in the United States to the extent agreed upon with the foreign country from which the worker is imported, fiscal year 1944, $1,359,200, of which not to exceed $97,200 shall be available for all administrative expenses neces- sary for the foregoing, including not to exceed $10,000 for temporary employment of administrative personnel outside continental United States, not to exceed $1,000 for printing and binding outside continental United States without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes and section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S . C. 111), and not to exceed $20,000 for travel expenses: Provided, That no transporta- tion of workers shall be allowed hereunder unless the employer and the worker have entered into a contract for employment approved by said Chairman or his designee, and unless said Chairman certifies that reasonably adequate use is being made of local labor supply: Provided further, That this appropriation shall remain available after June 30, 1944 for the purpose of fulfilling guarantees and other obligations theretofore incurred with respect to such foreign workers and for all other purposes connected with the protection and ultimate return of any workers theretofore transported: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the recruitment or trans- portation of workers for employment in agriculture for which pro- vision is made in title I of this Act: Provided further, That the general provisions under the caption "Executive Office of the President-Office for Emergency Management", contained in the National War Agencies Appropriation Act, 1944, and applicable to the constituent agencies of the Office for Emergency Management contained therein shall be applicable to the appropriations to the War Manpower Commission contained in this paragraph. Approved February 14, 1944. Migration of work- ers from foreign coun- tries in Western Hem- isphere. Administrative ex- penses. 41 U. . C.S5. 40 Stat. 1270. Transportation workers. of Availability of funds after June 30, 1944. Applicability of pro- visions. 57 Stat. 535 . 93650-45- -p45. -2 17 Citation of title. 58 STAT.]
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