60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 529-JULY 1, 1946 or private; including purchase of one and operation, maintenance, and repair of passenger automobiles; purchase of special wearing apparel or equipment for the protection of employees while engaged in their work; and other items otherwise properly chargeable to the appro- priation "Contingent expenses, Department of the Interior"; $100,000, including not to exceed $8,500 for personal services in the District of Columbia. Helium production and investigations: The sums made available for the fiscal year 1947 in the Acts making appropriations for the War and Navy Departments for the acquisition of helium from the Bureau of Mines shall be transferred to the Bureau of Mines on July 1, 1946, for operation and maintenance of the plants for the produc- tion of helium for military and naval purposes, including laboratory gloves, goggles, rubber boots, and aprons; maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, books of reference and periodicals; the purchase in the District of Columbia and elsewhere of items otherwise properly chargeable to the appro- priation "Contingent expenses, Department of the Interior" (not exceeding $5,000); and all other necessary expenses, and including $40,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia in addition to which sums the Bureau of Mines may use for helium-plant oper- ations in the fiscal year 1947 the unobligated balance of funds trans- ferred to it for such operations, in prior years: Provided,That section 3709, Revised Statutes, shall not be construed to apply to this appro- priation, or to the appropriation for development and operation of helium properties (special fund) in section 3 (c) of the Act of September 1, 1937 (50 U. S . C. 164): Provided further, That funds available for the production of helium and the development of helium properties may be utilized to provide transportation between helium plants and related facilities and communities that provide adequate living accommodations of persons engaged in the operation and main- tenance of helium plants; and for transportation to and from schools of pupils who are dependents of such persons: Providedfurther, That pursuant to agreements approved by the Secretary, the transportation equipment available to the Bureau of Mines may be pooled with that of school districts and other local or Federal agencies for use in transporting persons engaged in operation and maintenance of helium plants, pupils who are dependents of such persons, and other pupils, and in the interest of economy the expenses of operating such equip- ment may be shared. During the fiscal year 1947 the head of any department or inde- pendent establishment of the Government having funds available for scientific investigations within the scope of the functions of the Bureau of Mines may, with the approval of the Secretary, transfer to the Bureau such sums as may be necessary therefor which sums so transferred may be expended for the same objects and in the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be expended. The Federal Security Administrator may detail medical officers of the Public Health Service for cooperative health, safety, or sanitation work with the Bureau of Mines, and the compensation and expenses of the officers so detailed may be paid from the applicable appropria- tions made herein for the Bureau of Mines. The Bureau of Mines is hereby authorized, during the fiscal year 1947, to sell directly or through any Government agency, including corporations, any metal or mineral product that may be manufactured in pilot plants operated from funds appropriated to the Bureau of Mines, and the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the Treas- ury as miscellaneous receipts. 375 Transfer of funds. 41U. S. . §5. Post, p. 809. 50 Stat. 886. Transportation. Pooling of equip- ment. Scientific investig- tioli. Detail of medical officers. ale of mneral prod- ncts.
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