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63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 787-OCT. 29, 1949 regard to sections 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; payment of claims under the Act of July 3, 1943 (31 U. S . C . 223b), and pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act of August 2, 1946 (28 U. S . C . 2672); $85,706,120, of which $75,000,000 is for payment of obligations incurred pursuant to authority granted under this head in the Military Functions Appropriation Act, 1949, to remain available until expended. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT ORDNANCE SERVICE AND SUPPLIES, ARY For manufacture, procurement, storage, and issue, including research, planning, design, development, inspection, test, alteration, maintenance, repair, and handling of ordnance material and aircraft, together with the machinery, supplies, and services necessary thereto; supplies and services in connection with the general work of the Ordnance Department, comprising police and office duties, rents, tolls, fuel, light, water, advertising, stationery, typewriting and computing machines, including their exchange, and furniture, tools, and instru- ments of service; instruction, training, and other incidental expenses of the ordnance service; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; ammunition for military salutes at Government establishments and institutions to which the issues of arms for salutes are authorized; services, material, tools, and appliances for operation of the testing machines and chemical laboratory in connection therewith; publica- tions for libraries of the Ordnance Department, including the Ordnance Office: Provided, That, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law not more than $22,500,000 of the amounts received by the Department of the Army during the current fiscal year as pro- ceeds from the sale of scrap or salvage material shall be available for expenses of transportation, demilitarization, and other preparation for sale or salvage of military supplies, equipment, and materiel: Provided further, That a report of receipts and disbursements under this limitation shall be made quarterly to the Appropriation Com- mittees of the Congress; $730,000,000, of which $70,000,000 is for liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority granted under this head in the Military Functions Appropriation Act, 1949: Provided further, That the sum of $5,000,000 of the appropriation "Ordnance service and supplies, Army", 1942-1946, shall remain available until June 30, 1950, for the payment of obligations incurred under contracts executed thereunder prior to July 1, 1946. CHEMICAL CORPS CHEMICAL SERVICE, ARMY For purchase, manufacture, and test of chemical agents and toxic substances, incendiary materials and munitions, gas masks, or other offensive or defensive materials or appliances required for chemical purposes, investigations, research, design, experimentation, and opera- tion, purchase of chemicals, special scientific and technical apparatus and instruments, including services connected therewith; construction, maintenance, and repair of plants, buildings, and equipment, and the machinery therefor; receiving, storing, and issuing of supplies, com- prising police and office duties, rents, tolls, fuels, gasoline, lubricants, paints and oils, rope and cordage, light, water, advertising, stationery, typewriting and computing machines including their exchange, office furniture, tools, and instruments; incidental expenses; civilian employees; libraries of the Chemical Corps; expenses incidental to the organization, training, and equipment of special gas troops not 997 10 U.. ., Supp n, §1339; 40i. B.. 259, 267. 67 Stat. 372. 60 Stat. 843; 62 Stat. 1008. 28 U. S. C., Supp. II, 2672 . Ante, pp. 62, 106. 62 Stat. 669. Instruction, etc. Publications. Sale of scrap or sal- vage material. Report of receipts and disbursements. 62 Stat. 659. Payment of obliga- tions. Chemical agents, etc. Construction of buildings, etc. Special gas troops.