Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 58 Part 1.djvu/623

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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 304-JUNE 28, 1944 available until June 30, 1945, to the Federal Works Administrator for the purpose of providing for the completion of projects hereto- fore undertaken by said Administration, the protection of the finan- cial interests of the United States in such projects, and the liquidation of obligations of the United States incurred in the exercise of the powers granted to said Administration, and the Administrator is authorized to continue to perform all functions of the Public Works Administration necessary to the accomplishment of such purposes, of which amount not exceeding $100,000 may be used during the fiscal year 1945 for administrative expenses in performing said functions. In addition to the amount above provided, such amount of the unexpended balances of the funds heretofore made available to said Administration as shall be required to liquidate obligations under the Federal Works Agency and under allocations heretofore made to other Federal agencies and outstanding on June 30, 1944, shall be continued available until June 30, 1945, and said amounts (except those allocated to other Federal agencies and the Public Roads Administration) shall be accounted for as one fund and all existing provisions of law relating to the availability of funds necessary in carrying out said functions are hereby continued and made appli- cable thereto, notwithstanding any existing time limitations hereto- fore established by the Congress: Provided, That all unobligated receipts from the sale of bonds shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That all balances in appro- priation accounts of the Public Works Administration on June 30, 1944, the availability of which is not hereby continued, together with such other balances as the Administrator may from time to time thereafter determine to be no longer required to meet obligations, shall be carried to the surplus fund of the Treasury, and refunds, repayments, and recoveries applicable thereto shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That all furniture, equipment, supplies, and money heretofore delivered, transferred, or allotted by the Public Works Administration to other Federal agencies or departments shall be accounted for by such agencies or departments. Emergency relief liquidation: The "Emergency relief liquidation fund" established by section 501 (b) of the Third Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942, as supplemented, is hereby made available for the payment, in accordance with said section 501, of claims arising under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1942: Provided,That claims certified for payment by the Comptroller General of the United States, chargeable to the "Emer- gency relief liquidation fund," shall be paid without regard to project allocations. PUBLIC BUILDI7NGS ADMINISTRATION Salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia: For an additional amount for salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia and adjacent area, fiscal year 1944, including the objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Approprition Act, 1944, $600,000. Acquisition of property: For the acquisition of the site of the Baltimore parcel-post station located in the city of Baltimore, Mary- land, together with a building located thereon, and for the acquisition of an extension to said site, $830,000, to remain available until June 30, 1946: Provided, That the Federal Works Administrator may accept title to the land subject to the reservation by the grantor of the use of the subsurface for railway purposes, including necessary light and air. 603 Liquidation of obli- gations under FWA. Accounting. Receipts from sale of bonds. Designated bal- ances, refunds, and recoveries. Accounting. Emergency relief liquidation. 55 Stat. 837. 55 Stat. 396 . 15 U. 8. C., Supp. HI, II 721-728 note. 57 Stat. 17. Ante, p. 167. Baltimore, Md.