238 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 302, 303-MAY 18, 1948 [CHAPTER 302] May 18, 1948 [H. R. 4068] [Public Law 533] [62 STAT. AN ACT To authorize the Federal Works Administrator to construct a building for the General Accounting Office on square 518 in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Accounting United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in lieu of com- Construction of pleting the construction of the building authorized by the First Sup- building. plemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (54 Stat. 1036), for the use and occupancy of the General Accounting Office, the Fed- eral Works Administrator is hereby authorized to construct upon square 518 in the District of Columbia a building for the use and occu- Cost limitation. pancy of the General Accounting Office under a limit cost of pot,p. 1033. $22,850,000, exclusive of funds heretofore obligated or expended for the account of the building hereby superseded: Provided, That to the extent practicable, the excavations and construction work heretofore performed upon said site for the building hereby superseded may be utilized for the building herein authorized: Providedfurther,That all powers granted the Federal Works Administrator with respect to the building for the General Accounting Office in the District of Columbia by said First Supplemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941, are hereby continued and may be exercised for the purposes of this Act within the limits herein fixed. Unexpended bal- SEC. 2 . The balances of any funds heretofore appropriated under nces authority of said First Supplemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941, for the building superseded by the building herein author- ized which are unexpended and unobligated on the date of approval of this Act, are hereby made available for the purpose of, and shall be chargeable against the authorization contained in this Act; and the Federal Works Administrator is hereby authorized to enter into con- tracts for the construction of the building herein authorized as funds are appropriated or contract authorizations are provided therefor. Additional appro- SEC. 3. No appropriation of funds, in addition to those continued priations. available by section 2 of this Act, shall be made for expenditure during any fiscal year prior to 1950: Provided, That for expenditure during the fiscal year 1950 and thereafter, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act within the limit of cost of $22,850,000 herein fixed. Approved May 18, 1948. [CHAPTER 3031 AN ACT May 18,1948 [Ef. R . 1071 For the acquisition and maintenance of wildlife management and control areas in [Public Law 534] the State of California, and for other purposes. Wildlife manage- ment and control areas, Calif. Action by Secretary of Interior. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to purchase or rent not to exceed twenty thousand acres of land or interests therein in suitable locations in the State of California, for the management and control of migratory waterfowl and other wildlife in connection therewith, from moneys to be appropriated by Congress from time to time: Provided,That no sums appropriated under this authority for the acquisition of lands shall be expended for such purpose unless and until the State of Cali- fornia shall have set aside and made available for expenditure funds for the purchase of equivalent acreages as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. SEo. 2. The Secretary of the Interior may do all things and make all
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