62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 658-JUNE 25, 1948 without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C . 111); and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $18,300,000: Provided, That none of the funds herein appropriated shall be available for reim- bursement for pay and allowances or subsistence of military or naval personnel except cost-of-living allowances for military or naval per- sonnel assigned or detailed to the Department of State: Provided further, That $13,850,000 of this appropriation shall be available exclu- sively for the care and handling of surplus property located in the United States but disposed of to foreign governments. DISASTER REIJEF Disaster relief: To enable the President, through such agency or agencies as he may designate, and in such manner as he shall deter- mine, to supplement the efforts and available resources of State and local governments or other agencies, whenever he finds that any flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, or other catastrophe in any part of the United States is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant emer- gency assistance by the Federal Government in alleviating hardship, or suffering caused thereby, and if the governor of any State in which such catastrophe shall occur shall certify that such assistance is required, $500,000, to remain available until June 30, 1949, and to be expended without regard to such provisions regulating the expenditure of Government funds or the employment of persons in the Government service as he shall specify: Provided, That no expenditures shall be made with respect to any such catastrophe in any State until the gov- ernor of such State shall have entered into an agreement with such agency of the Government as the President may designate giving assurance of expenditure of a reasonable amount of the funds of the government of such State, local governments therein, or other agencies. for the same or similar purposes with respect to such catastrophe: Providedfurther, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for departmental personal services: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for permanent construction: Provided further, That within any affected area Federal agencies are authorized to participate in any such emergency assistance. DISPLACED PERSONS COMMISSION Displaced Persons Commission: For expenses necessary to enable the Commission during the fiscal year 1949 to carry out the provisions of S. 2242, Eightieth Congress, entitled "A bill to authorize for a limited period of time the admission into the United States of certain European displaced persons for permanent residence, and for other purposes", including personal services in the District of Columbia; travel expenses without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, as amended, and the rates of per diem allowances under the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, as amended; expenses of attend- ance at meetings of organizations concerned with the purposes of this appropriation; purchase (not to exceed fifteen, including one at not to exceed $3,000) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; printing and binding, including printing and binding outside the continental limits of the United States without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S . C . 111) ; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S . C. 55a); payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S . C. 921); health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S . C . 150); employment of aliens; payment of rent in foreign countries m advance; and purchases and services abroad without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes; $2,000,000: Provided, That allocations 1031 40 Stat. 1270. Limitation. Surplus property in TT1.8. Agreement require- ment. Restriction. Permanent con- struction. Ante, p. 1009; pot, p. 1290. 44 Stat. 688 . U. . C. 1821. 40 Stat. 1270. 60 Stat. 810. 60 Stat. 843. Ante, p. 1008 . 60 Stat. 03. 41 U.S.C. S . Allocations from appropriation.
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