PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 271-MAY 27, 1946 59 Stat. 205. 56 Stat. 61. 56 Stat. 64. 58 Stat. 309. 57 Stat. 205. 57 Stat. 626. Settlement of ac- counts. War and Navy. Defense aid. Ante, p. 221; post, p. 603. Short title. Pay, Naval Academy, 1946, $159,000; Naval Home, 1946, $12,640; Pay, subsistence and transportation, 1943, $5,000,000; Maintenance, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, 1943, $350,000; Maintenance, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, 1945, $29,364,000; Fuel and transportation, Navy, 1944, $1,415,000; Salaries, Office of the Commandant, United States Coast Guard, 1946, $265,000; Civilian employees, Coast Guard, 1946, $395,000; Salaries, Merchant Marine Inspection, 1946, $72,000; In all, $37,976,640. NAVAL STOCK ACCOUNT AND FUND Effective April 1, 1946, the limitation, specified in the First Supple- mental National Defense Appropriation Act of 1944, on the value of stock in the "Naval Stock Account" plus outstanding obligations under the "Naval Stock Fund" shall be reduced from $2,250,000,000 to $2,000,000,000 and thereafter said stock and obligations shall not exceed at any time said latter amount. In all, title III, $3,015,379,424. GENERAL PROVISIONS The War and Navy Departments are hereby relieved from reim- bursing each other from the appropriations of the "Military Estab- lishment" and the appropriations of the "Navy Department and the Naval Service" for the amounts which on the date of this Act may be owing by either Department to the other (exclusive of working fund accounts) for materials, supplies, equipment, or services fur- nished to either of said departments by the other, prior to September 1, 1945. The department furnishing such materials, supplies, equip- ment, and services shall be responsible for the expenses arising in connection with the termination of contracts or settlement of the accounts in connection therewith. The defense aid (lend-lease) appropriations made to the President are hereby relieved from reimbursing the appropriations of the "Military Establishment" and the appropriations of the "Navv Department and the Naval Service" for any amounts owing on the date of this Act to such appropriations for materials, supplies, equip- ment, or services which, pursuant to the authorization or direction of the former Foreign Economic Administration or the State Depart- ment, were furnished by either the War or the Navy Department to any foreign government under the provisions of the Lend-Lease Act. as amended: Provided, That of the reduction of $1,080,000,000 made in the appropriation "Defense aid-lend-lease" under title I of this Act, $135,000,000 shall be transferred to the credit of the appropria- tion "United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, 1944-1946", instead of being carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury. SEC. 301. This Act may be cited as the "Second Supplemental Sur- plus Appropriation Rescission Act, 1946". Approved May 27, 1946. 228 [60 STAT.
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