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[70 Stat. 278]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
[70 Stat. 278]

278 60 Stat. 810.

PUBLIC LAW 678-JUNE 13, 1956

[70 S T A T.

January 24, 1953, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of the Committee; and actual transportation expenses and an allowance of not to exceed $15 per diem in lieu of subsistence while away from their homes or regular places of business, for members of the Committee and other persons serving without compensation; $57,500. F U N D S A P P R O P R I A T E D TO THE P R E S I D E N T EMERGENCY F U N D FOR THE PRESIDENT, NATIONAL DEFENSE

Restriction*

For expenses necessary to enable the President, through such officers or agencies of the Government as he may designate, and without regard to such provisions of law regarding the expenditure of Government funds or the compensation and employment of persons in the Government service as he may specify, to provide in his discretion for emergencies affecting the national interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or abi-oad during the current fiscal year, $1,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for allocation to finance a function or project for which function or project a budget estimate of appropriation was transmitted pursuant to law during the Eighty-fourth Congress, second session, and Eighty-fifth Congress, first session, and such appropriation denied after consideration thereof by the Senate or House of Representatives or by the Committee on Appropriations of either body. EXPENSES OF MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT

60 Stat. 810.

31 u#c 6 ^ ^* 65.

For expenses necessary to assist the President in improving the management of executive agencies and in obtaining greater economy and efficiency through the establishment of more efficient business methods in Government operations, including services as authorized by section 15 of ^j^e Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates for individuals not to exceed $75 per diem, by allocation to any agency or office in the executive branch for the conduct, under the general direction of the Bureau of the Budget, of examinations and appraisals of, and the development and installation of improvements in, the organization and operations of such agency or of other agencies in the executive branch, $400,000, to remain available until expended, and which shall be avail^ble without regard to the provisions of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended. AMERICA N B A T T L E MONUMENTS COMMISSION SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, as authorized by the Act of June 26, 1946 60 Stat. 317. (36 U.S.C. 121, 123-132, 138), including the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; purchase and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and its Territories and possessions at a cost not exceeding $1,500; not to exceed $69,000 for expenses of travel; rent of office and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one, at not to exceed $2,600, for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries when required by law of such countries; $1,140,000, of which $10,000 shall be immediately available for printing relating to the dedication of ^s^tation allow "y^orld W a r II memorials: Provided, That where station allowance