62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 775-JUNE 30, 1948 the War Assets Administration continued as an independent agency of the Government; (6) The provisions of section 9 of the Reorganization Act of 1945 (Public Law 263, Seventy-ninth Congress) shall apply to the transfers effected by this paragraph in like manner as if such transfer were a reorganization of the agencies and functions concerned under the provisions of that Act; (7) Priorities and preferences provided for in the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, shall not continue beyond August 31, 1948, as to the disposal of personal property but shall continue as to the disposal of real estate; (8) The agencies herein authorized to dispose of surplus personal property may, after the date of enactment hereof, transfer any of such property without charge to any other agency of the Government if such property, by such transfer, can be put to public use by the trans- feree agency; (9) The agencies herein authorized to dispose of surplus property shall proceed with due diligence and use all reasonable means within the purview of this Act and the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, to accomplish such purpose at the earliest practicable date and shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives at the end of each month as to progress made; (10) The Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Air Force, or the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation may authorize the abandonment, destruction, or donation to public bodies of personal property herein transferred to their respective agencies which has no commercial value or the esti- mated cost of care and handling of which would exceed the estimated proceeds from its sale; (11) The Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, shall not apply to property of the Government which has not been declared surplus under the terms of such Act as of the date of enactment hereof and any such property determined to be surplus shall be disposed of in accord- ance with the terms of other existing law. SALARIES AND EXPENSES, WAR ASSETS ADMINISTRATION, SPECIAL FUND Salaries and expenses: There is hereby appropriated from the special fund account in the Treasury as provided for in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946, not to exceed $65,000,000, which may be apportioned for obligation during the period ending February 28, 1949, for necessary expenses of the War Assets Administration established by Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1947; for allocation or reim- bursement by the War Assets Administrator to Government agencies designated by the Administrator as disposal agencies by or pursuant to law, and for payment to Government agencies designated by the Administrator for rendering special services in connection with the disposal of surplus property, in such amounts as shall be approved by the Bureau of the Budget; and for allocation or reimbursement to owning agencies for the care and handling (including pay and allowances and subsistence of military and naval personnel) of surplus property subsequent to the filing of a declaration of surplus covering such property with a disposal agency designated by the Administrator, or, if the Administrator prescribes procedures whereby declarations of surplus are made at approximately the time of disposal or removal, subsequent to notice by the owning agency to the disposal agency that property has been determined to be surplus and is subject to such procedures, such funds to be available for personal services in the District of Columbia; fees and mileage of witnesses at rates provided 1203 59 Stat. 617. 5U.S. C.§ 133y-7. Priorities and pref- erences. 58 Stat. 765. 50U.S.C.app. §§1611-1646; Supp. I, 1612 e seq. Ante, pp. 350, 1103. Surplus personal property. Report to Congres- sional committees. Destruction, etc., of personal property. Nonapplicability. 69 Stat. 641 . 61Stat. 952. 5U.S.C., Supp.I §133y-16 note.
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