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63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , I1T SESS.-CH. 286-JUNE 30, 1949 and the administrative expenses of the Federal National Mortgage Association; not to exceed $1,500 for periodicals and newspapers; purchase (not to exceed forty, for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); use of the services and facilities of the Federal Reserve banks: Provided, That as used herein the term "administra- tive expenses" shall be construed to include all salaries and wages, services performed on a contract or fee basis, and travel and other expenses, including the purchases of equipment and supplies, of administrative offices: Provided further, That the limiting amount heretofore stated for administrative expenses shall be increased by an amount which does not exceed the aggregate cost of salaries, wages, travel, and other expenses of persons employed outside the continental United States; the expenses of services performed on a contract or fee basis in connection with termination of contracts or in the per- formance of legal services; and all administrative expenses reim- bursable from other Government agencies: Provided further, That the distribution of administrative expenses to the accounts of the Cor- poration shall be made in accordance with generally recognized accounting principles and practices: Provided further, That, except as otherwise provided hereinafter, none of the funds of the Recon- struction Finance Corporation and its subsidiary shall be used for the custody, maintenance, or disposal of any surplus property within the continental limits of the United States, its Territories or posses- sions, except such property as may be owned by and held for disposal by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation or its subsidiary; but, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation may waive reimbursement from War Assets Administration for the administrative property transferred prior to July 1, 1946, and for expenses incurred prior thereto in the custody, maintenance, or disposal of any surplus property: Provided further, That no part of the funds of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation or of its subsidiary shall be used to make any purchase or for personal services or to enter into any contract for the use or benefit of any other agency of the Government unless such agency shall have authority in law and appropriations available to make reimbursement for such purchase, personal services, or contract. SEC. 302. This title may be cited as the "Export-Import Bank and Reconstruction Finance Corporation Appropriation Act, 1950". 375 60 Stat. 903. "Administrative ex- penses. " Increase in limita- tion. Accounting. Surplus property. Purchases, etc. Short title. TITLE IV-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of the funds 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 organiza- tion 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: Providedfurther,That any person who engages in a strike against the Persons engaging, etc., In strikes against or advocating over- throw of U. S . Oovern- ment. Affidavit. Penlty.