59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CH. 262-JULY 3, 1945 Lake Texoma Recreational Area, Texas and Oklahoma: For admin- istration, protection, improvement, and maintenance in cooperation with the Chief of Engineers of the War Department of recreational areas devoted to recreational use within the Denison Dam and Reser- voir projects, $40,000. Emergency reconstruction and fighting forest fires: For reconstruc- tion, replacement, and repair of roads, trails, bridges, buildings, and other physical improvements and of equipment in areas under the juris- diction of the National Park Service that are damaged or destroyed by flood, fire, storm, or other unavoidable causes, and for fighting or emergency prevention of forest fires in areas administered by the National Park Service, or fires that endanger such areas, including lands in process of condemnation for national park or monument purposes, $30,000, together with not to exceed $100,000 to be trans- ferred upon the approval of the Secretary from the various appro- priations for national parks and national monuments herein contained, any such diversions of appropriations to be reported to Congress in the annual Budget: Provided, That the allotment of these funds to the various areas administered by the National Park Service as may be required for fire-fighting purposes shall be made by the Secretary only after the obligation for the expenditure has been incurred. Forest protection and fire prevention: For control and prevention of spread of forest insects and tree diseases and for fire-prevention measures, including necessary local transportation and subsistence in kind of persons selected for employment or as cooperators, serving without other compensation while attending fire-protection training camps in connection with the fire-control programs of the National Park Service, $213,100. The total of the foreging amounts shall be available in one fund for the National Park Service: Provided, That 5 per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably and any such diversion of funds shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget: Provided further, That no part of the foregoing appropriations for the National Park Service shall be available for the payment of the salaries or expenses of any employee of the National Park Service assigned to duties, except as to inspection and audit, in connection with the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in Saint Louis, Missouri. Investigation and purchase of water rights: The unexpended bal- ance of funds available for this purpose for the fiscal year 1945 is continued available for the same purpose during the fiscal year 1946. Recreational demonstration areas: For administration, protection, operation, and maintenance of recreational demonstration areas, $115,000. Salaries and expenses, National Capital parks: For administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, George Washington Memorial Parkway, monuments and memorials, Lee Mansion, Battleground National Cemetery, Chopa- wamsic Recreational Area, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Federal parks in the District of Columbia, and other Federal lands authorized by the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), including the pay and allowances in accordance with the provisions of the Act of May 27, 1924, as amended, of the police force for the George Washington Memorial Parkway, purchase of revolvers and ammunition, purchase, cleaning, and repair of uniforms for police, guards, and elevator con- ductors, and equipment, per diem employees at rates of pay approved by the Director not exceeding current rates for similar services in the District of Columbia, stenographic reporting service, traveling expenses and carfare, and leather and rubber articles for the protec- tion of public property and employees, $400,000. 66347--46- -PT . -- 23 353 Transfer of funds. Report to Congress. Accounting. Interchange of amounts. Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, Mo. National Capital parks. D. C. Code i 8-102 note, 8 -106 note. 43 Stat. 174. D.C . Code i 4-2D1 d seq. Police force, George WashingtonMemorial Parkway.
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