PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 219-APR. 20, 1948 Allowances for liv- ing quarters. 46 Stat. 818. 60 Stat. 1026. 22U.S. . § 1131 (2). Senate disapproval of nomination, effect. U. S. Code An- notated; Lifetime Fed- eral Digest. Employment out- side continental U. S . Post, p. 1205 . 42 Stat. 1488 . 5U.S. C.1 661-674. 58 Stat. 791 . 50U.S.C.app. §1671. 60 Stat. 948. Short title. SEC. 204. Appropriations of the executive departments and inde- pendent establishments for the fiscal year 1949, available for expenses of travel or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available for living quarters allowances in accordance with the Act of June 26, 1930 (5 U. S . C . 118a), and regulations prescribed there- under, and cost of living allowances similar to those allowed under section 901 (2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, in accordance with and to the extent prescribed by regulations of the President, for all civilian officers and employees of the Government permanently stationed in foreign countries: Provided, That the availability of appropriations of the Department of State under the caption "Foreign Service" shall not be affected hereby. SEC. 205. No part of any appropriation for the fiscal year 1949 con- tained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any person for the filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to approve of the nomination of said person. SEC. 206. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay in excess of $4 per volume for the current and future volumes of the United States Code Annotated and such volumes shall be purchased on condition and with the understanding that cumulative annual pocket parts shall be furnished free of charge, or in excess of $4.25 per volume for the current or future volumes of the Lifetime Federal Digest. SEC. 207. Except as otherwise provided by law, any appropriations or funds available to the executive departments, independent establish- ments, and corporations for the payment of salaries and compensation to persons employed outside the continental United States or in Alaska shall be available for the payment of such salaries and compensation only in accordance with regulations prescribed by the President at rates of pay equal to those paid for the same or similar services of persons employed by the Government in continental United States, plus not to exceed 25 per centum: Provided, That no such salary or compensa- tion shall exceed the maximum provided by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. TITLE III-REDUCTIONS IN APPROPRIATIONS Amounts available to the Federal Works Agency from appropria- tions and other funds are hereby reduced in the sums hereinafter set forth, such sums to be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury immediately upon the approval of this Act: FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY Office of the Administrator: Public works advance planning, under title V of the War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944, $1,036,000. Office of the Administrator: Public Works Administration liquida- tion: $387,647 of the unexpended balances of the funds heretofore made available to said Administration required to liquidate obligations incurred prior to June 30,1944. Public Roads Administration: Access roads (national defense), $1,569,111. Bureau of Community Facilities: Emergency relief for the Territory of Hawaii, under section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide emergency relief for the victims of the seismic waves which struck the Territory of Hawaii, and for other purposes", $100,000. This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949". Approved April 20, 1948. 194 [62 STAT.
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