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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2J SESS.-CH. 811 -JULY 2, 1948 the Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 7 hereof, to utilize, main- tain, protect, repair, restore, renovate, lease, or dispose of such prop- erty. Notwithstanding section 321 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 412; U. S. C ., title 40, sec. 303 (b)), any lease may provide for the renovation, maintenance, protection, repair, and restoration by the lessee, of the property leased, or of the entire unit or installation when a substantial part thereof is leased, as part or all of the consideration for the lease of such property. SEC. 7. The Secretary of Defense, with respect to property in the national industrial reserve, is authorized when he deems such action to be in the interest of national security- (1) to establish general policies for the care, maintenance, utili- zation, recording, and security of such property transferred to the Federal Works Agency pursuant to section 5 hereof; and (2) to direct the transfer without reimbursement by the Federal Works Agency of any of such property to other Government agen- cies with the consent of such agencies; and (3) to direct the leasing by the Federal Works Agency of any of such property to designated lessees; and (4) to authorize the disposition by the Federal Works Agency of any of such property by sale or otherwise when in the opinion of the Secretary of Defense such property may be disposed of subject to or free of the national security clause provided for in section 5 hereof; and (5) to authorize and regulate the lending of any such property by the Federal Works Agency to any nonprofit educational insti- tution or training school when (a) the Secretary shall determine that the program proposed by such institution or school for the use of such property will contribute materially to national defense, and (b) such institution or school shall by agreement make such provision as the Secretary shall deem satisfactory for the proper maintenance of such property and for its return to the Federal Works Agency without expense to the Government. SEC. 8 . As and when directed or authorized by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to the provisions of section 7 hereof, the Federal Works Agency shall after the date upon which t.ransfer is directed pur- suant to section 5 hereof provide for the transportation, handling, care, storage, protection, maintenance, utilization, repair, restoration, renovation, leasing, and disposition of excess industrial property. SEC. 9 . Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as authoriz- ing the acquisition of any property for the national industrial reserve except from excess or surplus Government-owned property. SEC. 10. The Secretary of Defense shall appoint a National Indus- trial Reserve Review Committee, which shall consist of not exceeding fifteen persons to be appointed from civilian life who are by training and experience familiar with various fields of American industry, including shipbuilding, aircraft manufacture, machine tools, and arms and armament production. The members of such Committee shall serve for such term or terms as the Secretary of Defense may specify and shall meet at such times as may be specified by the Secretary of Defense to consult with and advise the National Military Establish- ment. Each member of such Committee shall be entitled to compensa- tion in the amount of $50 for each day, or part of day, he shall be in attendance at any regular called meeting of the Committee, together with reimbursement for all travel expenses incident to such attendance: Provided, That nothing contained in sections 41, 109, and 113 of the Criminal Code (U. S. C., title 18, sees. 93 . 198, and 203); in Revised Statutes, section 190 (U. S . C ., title 5, sec. 99); in section 19 (e) of the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 (Public Law 395, Seventy-eighth 1227 Infra. 40 U.. .C. 303b. Property in national industrial reserve. Lending to nean- profit educational in- stitutions. Ante, p. 1220. Acquisition of prop- erty; restriction. National Industrial Reserve Review Com- mittee. Ante, p. 8S3 . 58sat. 6s. 41 U.S .C. U119. AWI, p. 8.