60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 724,725-AUG. 1 , 194 APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 19. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Act. The Acts appropriating such sums may appro- priate specified portions thereof to be accounted for upon the certifica- tion of the Commission only. Funds appropriated to the Commission shall, if obligated by contract during the fiscal year for which appro- priated, remain available for expenditure for four years following the expiration of the fiscal year for which appropriated. After such four-year period, the unexpended balances of appropriations shall be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury. SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS SEc. 20. If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act or the application of such provision to persons or circum- stances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. SHORT TITLE SEC. 21 . This Act may be cited as the "Atomic Energy Act of 1946". Approved August 1, 1946. [CHAPTER 725] AN ACT To amend the Act of June 8, 1936, relating to vocational education, so as to provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act approved June 8, 1936, entitled "An Act to provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Terri- tories" (49 Stat. 1488, ch. 541), is amended to read as follows: "SHORT TITLE "SEacIoN 1. This Act may be cited as the 'Vocational Education Act of 1946.' "D EFI N ITIONS "SEC. 2 . As used in this Act- "(1) the term 'States and Territories' means the several States, the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii, the island of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia; "(2) the terms 'State plan' and 'State board' shall have the meaning which said terms have in the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act; and "(3) the term 'Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act' means the Act approved February 23, 1917 (39 Stat. 929, ch. 114). 775 Appropriation au- thorized. Post, p. 913. August 1, 1946 [8. 619] [Public Law 586] 20U..C.. lab- 15p. Vocational Educ- tlon Act of 946. Infra. aoU.S. . i 11-i6, 16-2 . "AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Assistance to States "SEC. 3. (a) For the purpose of assisting the several States and and Territories Territories in the further development of vocational education, there is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1946, and annually thereafter- "(1) $10,000,000 for vocational education in agriculture """ including supervision by the vocational agriculture teachers of
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