62 STAT.] 80rH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 754-JUNE 29, 1948 Departments of the Air Force, Army, and Navy for the acquisition of helium from the Bureau of Mines shall be transferred to the Bureau of Mines on July 1, 1948, for operation and maintenance of the plants for the production of helium for military and naval purposes, including the purchase in the District of Columbia and elsewhere of items otherwise properly chargeable to the appropria- tion "Contingent expenses, Department of the Interior" (not exceed- ing $5,000); printing and binding of technical papers and reports; and $46,500 for personal services in the District of Columbia: Provided, That section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended, shall not be construed to apply to this appropriation, 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 com- munities that provide adequate living accommodations of persons engaged in the operation and maintenance of helium plants; and for transportation to and from schools of pupils who are dependents of such persons: Provided further, 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 equipment may be shared. During the fiscal year 1949 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 sani- tation work with the Bureau of Mines, and the compensation and expenses of the officers so detailed may be paid from the applicable appropriations made herein for the Bureau of Mines. The Bureau of Mines is authorized, during the fiscal year 1949, to sell directly or through any Government agency, including corpora- tions, 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. The following appropriations herein made to the Bureau of Mines shall be available for the maintenance, and operation of aircraft: "Operating rescue cars and stations and investigation of accidents"; "Investigation and development of domestic mineral deposits, except fuels"; and "Metallurgical research and pilot plants". Appropriations in this Act to the Bureau of Mines shall be available for the purchase (not to exceed eighty, of which thirty shall be for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles. The Department of the Army is authorized to transfer to the Department of the Interior, for the use of the Bureau of Mines, without compensation therefor, full jurisdiction, possession, and control of a parcel of ten acres, more or less, from that portion of Fort Douglas Military Reservation in the county of Salt Lake, State of Utah, which lies immediately north of the site of the Bureau of Mines Intermountain Experiment Station and is situated between a line beginning at a point four hundred feet north of the northwest corner 1139 Ante, p. 1113. 41 U.S.C. 5. 50 Stat. 886. Transportation. Pooling of equip- ment. Scientific investiga- tiols. Detail of ne-ldicai Olliers. Sale of mineral prod- nets. Aircaft. Transfer of portion of Ft. Douglas Mili- tary Reservation, Utah.
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