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Purchase or s a l e of real estate.
Em p i o y e e s engaged in personnel work.
N ona pplic a b 11 it y.
PUBLIC LAW 4 5 5 - J U L Y 5, 1952
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That appropriations contained in this title shall be available for the examination of estimates of appropriations and activities in the field without regard to limitations on travel contained in such appropriations. SEC. 107. No part of any appropriations made available by the provisions of this title shall be used for the purchase or sale of real estate or for the purpose of establishing new offices outside the District of Columbia: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to programs which have been approved by the Congress and appropriations made therefor. SEC. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall be used to pay the compensation of any employee engaged in personnel work in excess of the number that would be provided by a ratio of one such employee to one hundred and thirty-five, or a part thereof, fulltime, part-time, and intermittent employees of the agency concerned: Provided, That for purposes of this section employees shall be considered as engaged in personnel work if they spend half time or more in personnel administration consisting of direction and administration of the personnel program; employment, placement, and separation; job evaluation and classification; employee relations and services; training; wage administration; and processing, recording, and reporting. SEC. 109. None of the sections under the head "Independent offices. General provisions" in this title shall apply to the Housing and Home Finance Agency or the Tennessee Valley Authority. TITLE II — DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE M A R r r i M E ACTIVITIES
65 Stat. 284.
Ship construction: For an additional amount for "Ship construction," for the payment of obligations incurred on or after July 1, 1946, for ship construction, reconditioning, and betterments, $140,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the unexpended balance of the $105,000,000 appropriated under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952, shall remain available for expenditure without fiscal year limitation. OPERATING-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDIES
49 Stat. 1985. 46 USC 1101 et seq.
46 USC 1177.
Operating-differential subsidies: For the payment of obligations incurred for operating-differential subsidies granted on or after January 1, 1947, as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, and in appropriations heretofore made to the United States Maritime Commission, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That to the extent that the operating-differential subsidy accrual ^computed on the basis of parity) is represented on the operator's books by a contingent accounts receivable item against the United States as a partial or complete offset to the recapture accrual, the operator (1) shall be excused from making deposits in the special reserve fund, and (2) as to the amount of such earnings the deposit of which is so excused shall be entitled to the same tax treatment as though it had been deposited in said special reserve fund. To the extent that any amount paid to the operator by the United States reduces the balance in the operator's contingent receivable account against the United States, such amount, unless it is forthwith deposited in the fund, shall be considered as withdrawn under section 607(h) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended: Provided further, That nothing contained in this Act, or in any prior appropriation Act,
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