58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 301-JUNE 28, 1944 ment of necessary services, supplies and equipment without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes; travel expenses, including expenses outside the United States without regard to the Standardized Govern- ment Travel Regulations and the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, as amended (5 U. S . C . 821-833), and any general provision for the fiscal year 1945 to the contrary; preparation and transportation of the remains of officers and employees who die abroad or in transit, while in the dispatch of their official duties, to their former homes in this country or to a place not more distant for interment, and for the ordinary expenses of such interment; rental of news-reporting services; purchase of or subscription to commercial and trade reports; the rendering of such gratuitous services and the disposition, free or otherwise, of such materials as the Director deems advisable; purchase or rental and operation of photographic, reproduction, dupli- cating and printing machines, equipment, and devices and radio- receiving and radio-sending equipment and devices; maintenance, operation, repair, and hire of motor-propelled or horse-drawn passen- ger-carrying vehicles and vessels of all kinds; printing and binding; exchange of funds without regard to section 3651, Revised Statutes (31 U. S . C . 543); purchase and free distribution of firearms, guard uniforms, special clothing, and other personal equipment; the cost of a compartment or such other accommodations as may be authorized by the Director for security when authorized personnel are required to transport secret documents or hand baggage containing highly technical and valuable equipment; $57,000,000, of which amount such sums as may be authorized by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget may be transferred to other departments or agencies of the Government, either as advance payment or reimbursement of appro- priation, for the performance of any of the functions or activities for which this appropriation is made: Provided, That $37,000,000 of this appropriation may be expended without regard to the provisions of law and regulations relating to the expenditure of Government funds or the employment of persons in the Government service, and $35,000,000 of such $37,000,000 may be expended for objects of a confi- dential nature, such expenditures to be accounted for solely on the certificate of the Director of the Office of Strategic Services and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the amount therein certified. COMMITTEE FOR CONGESTED PRODUCTION AREAS Salaries and expenses: For all expenses necessary to enable the Committee for Congested Production Areas to carry out the functions vested in it by Executive Order 9327, including traveling expenses (not to exceed $48,000); printing and binding (not to exceed $2,550); purchase of newspapers and periodicals (not to exceed $600); the employment of State, county, or municipal officials and employees, with or without compensation; and the temporary employment of persons or organizations t by contract or otherwise, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes and the civil service and classi- fication laws (not to exceed $15,000); fiscal year 1945, $250,000, to remain available to and including December 31, 1944; and $50,000 to enable the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, in the period, January 1, 1945, to and including June 30, 1945, to liquidate such agency, including personal services in the District of Columbia, and of such sum of $50,000 the sum of $42,000 shall be exclusively for the payment of accumulated and accrued annual leave of employees of such Com- mittee; in all, $300,000. 535 41U. 8. C. 15. Travel expenses. 44 Stat. 688 . 5 U. 8. 0., Supp. III, 823. Transportation of remains of officers and employees. Vehicles and vessels. Exchange of funds. Transfer of funds Objects of a confi- dential nature. 3aFR.Cum.Spp. 41 .S.0. 5. Liquidation ex- penses.
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