59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 106-MAY 3, 1945 lWI National defense activities: For all necessary expenses of the Bureau of the Budget in the performance of activities relating to the national defense, including all the objects for which the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, Bureau of the Budget" is available, and including the temporary employment (not exceeding $12,500) of per- Temporary employ- sons or organizations by contract or otherwise, without regard to ment. section 3709 of the Revised Statutes and the Classification Act of 41 s.at .c. 6 5 1923, as amendedj and the employment of persons, including State, G Upp..sc . 661; Supp. IV, § 661 et seq. county, or municipal officers and employees, with or without com- post, p.298eCseq. pensation, $445,300: Provided,That upon the expiration of sixty days fudva limitation after the cessation of hostilities between the United States and the principal enemy powers or after the date of an armistice between the United States and the principal enemy powers, this appropriation shall cease to be available for obligations unless Congress shall other- wise provide by law. No part of the appropriations herein made to the Bureau of the OfficesoutideD. . Budget shall be used for the maintenance or establishment of more than four regional, field, or any other offices outside the District of Columbia. INDEPENDENT OFFICES AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION Post,p.3B. For all expenses necessary for the work of the American Battle Monuments Commission authorized by the Act of March 4, 1923 (36 42 Stat. 109. U. S . C . 121 -138), and by Executive Order 6614 of February 26, 1934, 5s. s C 5132 note. including the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun- abroad. oan tries for carrying out the purposes of said Act and Executive Order without submission to the Attorney General of the United States under the provisions of section 355 of the Revised Statutes (34 U. S . C. 520; 40 U. S . C . 255); employment of personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; purchase and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments in Europe at a cost not exceeding $500; travel expenses; not to exceed $15 for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty mail as required by section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1944 (Public S39U.S .C ., Supp. Law 364); rent of office and garage space in foreign countries which iv, a321d. may be paid for in advance; the maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles which may be fur- nished to the Commission by other departments of the Government or acquired by purchase; printing, binding, engraving, lithographing, photographing, and typewriting, including the publication of infor- mation concerning the American activities, battlefields, memorials, and cemeteries in Europe; transfer of household goods and effects as provided by the Act of October 10, 1940, and regulations promul- U.t.t. 73-1. gated thereunder, and, when ordered or approved by the Commission, expenses of travel of dependents of employees when transferred from one official station to another, and the temporary transfer of employ- ofTempoy transer ees by the Commission between places in foreign countries or between foreign countries and the United States, including transfers incident thereto, or, in the case of new appointments, transfer from place of appointment, may, if ordered or approved by the Commission, be regarded as a transfer from one official station to another for perma- nent duty for the purpose of authorizing the payment of travel of dependents and for the purposes of said Act of October 10, 1940, and regulations promulgated thereunder; and the purchase of maps, textbooks, newspapers and periodicals; $40,000: Provided, That not- p ~ntne withstanding the requirements of existing laws or regulations, and under such terms and conditions as the Commission may in its dis- cretion deem necessary and proper, the Commission may contract for
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