63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1 ST SESS.-CH. 236-JUNE 23, 1949 fund of the District of Columbia, as defined in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1949. SEC. 202. The restrictions contained within appropriations or affect- ing appropriations or other funds, available during the fiscal year 1949, limiting the amounts which may be expended for personal serv- ices or for other purposes involving personal services, or amounts which may be transferred between appropriations or authorizations, are hereby waived to the extent necessary to meet increased pay costs authorized by the Act of July 3, 1948 (Public Law 900), and com- parable increases granted by administrative action pursuant to law. TITLE III-CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES, AUDITED CLAIMS, AND JUDGMENTS For payment of claims for damages as settled and determined by departments and agencies in accord with law, audited claims certified to be due by the General Accounting Office, and judgments rendered against the United States by United States district courts and the United States Court of Claims, as set forth in Senate Documents Numbered 52 and 71, and House Document Numbered 145, Eighty-first Congress, $12,205,679.48, together with such amounts as may be neces- sary to pay interest (as and when specified in such judgments or in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office or provided by law) and such additional sums due to increases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in foreign currency: Provided,That no judgment herein appropriated for shall be paid until it shall have become final and conclusive against the United States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise: Provided further, That, unless other- wise specifically required by law or by the judgment, payment of interest wherever appropriated for herein shall not continue for more than thirty days after the date of approval of this Act. TITLE IV-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of the funds made available for expenditure by any corporation included in this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided,That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against the Government of the United States, is not a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or that such person does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided further, That any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appro- priation or fund contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for 263 62 Stat. 537. Waiver of restric- tions. 62 Stat. 1267. 5U.S.C., Supp.I, § 955-958, 943, 943a. Persons engaging, etc., in strikes against or advocating over- throw of U. S. Gov- ernment. Affidavit. Penalty.
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