possible, shall purchase material, supplies, including food supplies and equipment, when needed and funds are available, in accordance with the regulations and schedules of the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department or from various services of the Government of the United States possessing materials, supplies, passenger-carry- ing and other motor vehicles, and equipment no longer required. Surplus articles purchased from the Government, if the same have not been used, shall be paid for at a reasonable price, not to exceed actual cost, and if the same have been used, at a reasonable price based upon length of usage. Rental of quarters. SEC. 6. Hereafter no part of the funds appropriated for the Dis- trict of Columbia shall be available for the payment of rental of quarters for any activity at a rate in excess of 90 per centum of the per annum rate paid by the District of Columbia for such quarters Prior leases on June 30, 1933: Provided, That the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to leases made prior to the passage of this Act, except Impoundment and when renewals thereof are made hereafter: Provided further, That appropriations. the appropriations or portions of appropriations unexpended by reason of the operation of this paragraph shall not be used for any purpose, but shall be impounded and deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia. Increasesn salaries. SEC. 7 . Hereafter appropriations for the District of Columbia shall be used to pay increases in the salaries of officers and employees by reason of the reallocation of the position of any officer or employee by the Civil Service Commission, and administrative promotions Reaocation limit- within the several grades: Provided, That the total reallocation tio s mincreases under such appropriations shall not exceed $35,000 in any one fiscal year: Provded further, That such reallocation increases and administrative promotions shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Congressional tags. SEC. 8 . Hereafter no part of any District of Columbia appropria- tions shall be available for any expense for or incident to the issuance of congressional tags except to those persons set out in the Act of D.C. Code 40-iS. December 19, 1932 (47 Stat. 750), including the Speaker and the Vice President. citizenship equir SEc. 9. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or t authorized hereby to be expended shall be used to pay the compen- sation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States, or of the District of Columbia unless such person is a citizen of the United States, or a person in the service of the United States or the District of Columbia on the date of the approval of this Act who being eligible for citizenship had theretofore filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen or who owes allegiance to the XMcsPtUa. United States. This section shall not apply to citizens of the Com- monwealth of the Philippines or nationals of those countries allied with the United States m the prosecution of the war effort. Persons advocang SEC. 10. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall oovernment. be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Pro- Afdavit. vided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or Pelty. violence: Protidedfurther, That any person who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 300-JUNE 28,1944 [58 STAT. 532
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