and R. S. § 3709. 41 U. S. C. § 5. Salary limitation. organizations, by contract or otherwise, for special accounting, actuarial, statistical, translating and reporting, engineering, and organizational services determined necessary by the Board, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5), the provisions of other laws applicable to the employment and compensation of officers and employees of the United States: Provided further, That no salary shall be paid for personal services from the money herein appropriated under the heading "Social Security Supp. IV, $5 673, 673c. Board" in excess of the rates allowed by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, for similar services: Provided further, That this latter proviso shall not apply to the salaries of the Board members nor to the compensation of persons or organizations temporarily employed for the special services described in the second proviso of this paragraph. Exceptions. Printing and binding. Grants to States. Old-age assistance. 49 Stat. 620. 42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 301. Availability. For printing and binding for the Social Security Board, $1,000,000. Grants to States for old-age assistance: For grants to States for assistance to aged needy individuals, as authorized in title I of the Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935, $225,000,000, of which sum such amount as may be necessary shall be available for grants under such title I for any period in the fiscal year 1939 subsequent to March 31, 1939: Provided, That payments to States for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 1939 and for any quarter in the fiscal year ed 1940 under such title I may be made with respect to any State plan approved under such title I by the Social Security Board prior to or during such period, but no such payment shall be made with respect to any plan for any period prior to the quarter in which such plan was submitted to the Board for approval. Grants to States for unemployment compensation administration: For grants to States for unemployment compensation administration, as authorized in title III of the Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935, including rentals in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $49,000,000. Proviso. Payments restrict Unemployment compensation admin istration. 49 Stat. 626. 42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, 8501. Aid to dependent children. 49 Stat. 627. 42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 601. Ávailability. Proviso. Grants to States for aid to dependent children: For grants to States for the purpose of enabling each State to furnish financial assistance to needy dependent children, as authorized in title IV of the Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935, $45,000,000, of which sum such amount as may be necessary shall be available for grants under such title IV for any period in the fiscal year 1939 subsequent to March 31, 1939: Provided, That payments to States for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 1939 and for any quarter in the stricted. fiscal year 1940 under such title IV may be made with respect to any State plan approved under such title IV by the Social Security Board prior to or during such period, but no such payment shall be made with respect to any plan for any period prior to the quarter in which such plan was submitted to the Board for approval. Payments re Aid to the blind. 49 Stat. 645. 42 U. S. C., Supp. Availability. Proviso. Grants to States for aid to the blind: For grants to States for the purpose of enabling each State to furnish financial assistance to needy individuals who are blind, as authorized in title X of the IV, § 1201. Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935, $8,000,000, of which sum such amount as may be necessary shall be available for grants under such title X for any period in the fiscal year 1939 subsequent to March 31, 1939: Provided, That payments to States for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 1939 and for any quarter in the fiscal year stricted. 1940 under such title X may be made with respect to any State plan approved under such title X by the Social Security Board prior to or during such period, but no such payment shall be made with respect to any plan for any period prior to the quarter in which such plan was submitted to the Board for approval. Payments re Designated funds interchangeable. The appropriations herein made for "Grants to States for old-age assistance", "Grants to States for aid to dependent children", and "Grants to States for aid to the blind", shall be available interchangeApproval of transfer. ably for transfer of appropriations, but no such transfer shall be made except upon approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. Salaries and expenses. Contract reporting services. 46 Stat. 696. 1341; Supp. IV, 1330, 1334, 1340. Attendance at meet ings. Total, Social Security Board, $350,000,000. TARIFF COMMISSION For salaries and expenses of the Tariff Commission, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase and exchange of labor-saving devices, the purchase and exchange of professional and scientific books, law books, books of reference, gloves and other protective equipment for photostat and other machine operators, rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals, and contract stenographic reporting services, as authorized by sections 330 to 341 of the Tariff Act of 1930, approved June 17, 1930 (19 U. S. C. 13301341), $912,000, of which amount not to exceed $2,500 may be expended for expenses, except membership fees, of attendance at meetings concerned with subjects under investigation by the Commission; and not to exceed $7,500 for allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act approved June 26, 1930 (5 U. S. C. 118a), but not to exceed $1,700 for any one person: Provided, That the Commission may procure supplies and services without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5) when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $50: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used 19 U. S. C. § 1336 to pay the salary of any member of the Tariff Commission who shall hereafter participate in any proceedings under sections 336, 337, and 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, wherein he or any member of his family has any special, direct, and pecuniary interest, or in which he has acted as attorney or special representative. Living quarters. 46 Stat. 818. 5 U. S. C. § 118a. Minor purchases. 41 U. 8. C. § 5. Salary restriction. 46 Stat. 701. 1338. Printing and binding. Continuation of construction. 48 Stat. 58; 49 Stat. 16 U. S. C. ch. 12A; 1075. Supp. IV, ch. 12A. Preliminary investigations, Coulter Shoals. For all printing and binding for the Tariff Commission, $15,000. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "The Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933", approved May 18, 1933, as amended by the Act approved August 31, 1935 (16 U. S. C. ch. 12a), including the continued construction of Pickwick Landing Dam, Guntersville Dam, Chickamauga Dam, Hiwassee Dam, Gilbertsville Dam, and for construction of a dam at or near Watts Bar on the Tennessee River, Tennessee, and for preliminary investigations of a site for a dam at or near Coulter Shoals on the Tennessee River, Tennessee, and the acquisition of necessary land, the clearing of such land, relocation of highways, and the construction or purchase of transmission lines and other facilities, and all other necesPrinting and bind- sary works authorized by such Acts, and for printing and binding, law books, books of reference, newspapers, periodicals, purchase, maintenance, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles, rents in ex the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and all necessary salaries and expenses connected with the organization, operation, and investigations of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and for examination of estimates of appropriations and activities in the field, fiscal year 1940, $39,003,000: Provided, That this appropriation and any unexpended balance on June 30, 1939, in the "Tennessee Valley Authority ing. Salaries penses. Proviso. and Accounting. fund, 1939", and the receipts of the Tennessee Valley Authority from all sources during the fiscal year 1940 (except as limited by section 26 of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended), shall be covered into and accounted for as one fund to be known as the "Tennessee Valley Authority fund, 1940", to remain available until June 30, 1940, and to be available for the payment of obligations chargeable against the "Tennessee Valley Authority fund, 1939", and for contractual obligations for the procurement of equipment as authorized in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939. THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL COMMISSION For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the execution of plans for a permanent memorial to Thomas Jefferson", approved June 3, 1936 (49 Stat. 1397), including continuation of construction of such memorial, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended. UNITED STATES MARITIME COMMISSION 48 Stat. 71; 49 Stat. 1079. 16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 831y. Payment of obligations. 52 Stat. 428. Expenses, execution of plans. 49 Stat. 1397. Construction fund. 49 Stat. 1985. Travel expenses. 44 Stat. 688. 5 U. S. C. ch. 16. Printing and binding. Vehicles. Labor-saving devices. To increase the construction fund established by the "Merchant Marine Act, 1936," $100,000,000, of which not to exceed $3,990,000 shall be available for administrative expenses of the United States IV, ch. 27. Maritime Commission, including, but not limited to, the following: Personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended, including not to exceed $2,000 for expenses of attendance, when specifically authorized by the Chairman of the Commission, at meetings concerned with work of the Commission; printing and binding; law books, books of reference, and not to exceed $2,500 for periodicals and newspapers; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services, including telephone, telegraph, radio, and teletype services; purchase and exchange (including one at not to exceed $1,500), maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying automobiles for official use; typewriting and adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; rent, including heat, light, and power, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; expenses (not exceeding household effects, etc. $10,000) of packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of household effects and other personal property (not exceeding 5,000 pounds in any one case) of employees when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty, upon specific authorization by the Chairman of the Commission; expenses incurred in preparing and transporting, to their former homes in this country or to a place not more distant, the remains of employees who may die while in the discharge of their official duties abroad or in transit thereto or therefrom, and for the ordinary expenses of interment of such remains; allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act of June 26, 1930; and including not to exceed $75,000 for the employment, on a contract or fee basis, of persons, firms, or corporations for the performance of special services, including accounting, legal, actuarial, and statistical services, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes. In addition to the contract authorization in the amount of $115,000,000 contained in the "Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937", the Commission is authorized to enter into contract for further carrying out the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, in an amount not to exceed $230,000,000. Transportation of Burial, etc., penses. ex 46 Stat. 818. 5 U. S. C. § 1188. R. S. § 3709. 41 U. S. C. § 5. Contracts. 50 Stat. 759. 49 Stat. 1985. Administration, medical, hospital, and domiciliary services. Salaries and expenses. 111. 38 U. S. C. §§ 11 Provisos. ings, etc. traveling expenses, etc. Subsistence, etc. Wearing apparel. Vehicles. VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION Administration, medical, hospital, and domiciliary services: For all salaries and expenses of the Veterans' Administration, including the expenses of maintenance and operation of medical, hospital, and domiciliary services of the Veterans' Administration, in carrying out the duties, powers, and functions devolving upon it pursuant to the authority contained in the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the President to consolidate and coordinate governmental activities affect46 Stat. 1016. ing war veterans", approved July 3, 1930 (38 U. S. C. 11-11f), and any and all laws for which the Veterans' Administration is now or may hereafter be charged with administering, $97,000,000: Provided, Attendance at meet- That not to exceed $3,500 of this amount shall be available for expenses, except membership fees, of employees, detailed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to attend meetings of associations for the promotion of medical science and conventions of organServices, rentals, ized war veterans: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available also for personal services and rentals in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including traveling expenses; examination of estimates of appropriations in the field, including actual expenses of subsistence or per diem allowance in lieu thereof; for expenses incurred in packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of household effects and other property, not exceeding in any one case five thousand pounds, of employees when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty and when specifically authorized by the Administrator; furnishing and laundering of such wearing apparel as may be prescribed for employees in the performance of their official duties; purchase and exchange of law books, books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers; for passenger-carrying and other motor vehicles, including purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of same, including not more than two passenger automobiles for general administrative use of the central office in the District of Columbia, one of which may be replaced during the fiscal year 1940 at a cost, including exchange, of not to exceed $1,500; and School transporta notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the Administrator is authorized to utilize Government-owned automotive equipment in transporting children of Veterans' Administration employees located at isolated stations to and from school under such limitations as he may by regulation prescribe; and notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the Administrator is authorized to expend not to exceed $2,000 of this appropriation for actuarial services pertaining to the Government life-insurance fund, to be obtained by contract, without obtaining competition, at such rates of compensation as he may determine to be reasonable; for allotment and transfer to the Public Health Service, the War, Navy, and Interior Departments, for disbursement by them under the various headings of their applicable appropriations, of such amounts as are necessary for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans' Administration, including minor repairs and improvements of existing facilities under their jurisdiction necessary to such care and treatment; for expenses incidental to the maintenance and operation of farms; for recreational articles and facilities at institutions maintained by the Veterans' Administration; for administrative expenses incidental to securing employment for war veterans; for funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto for beneficiaries of the Veterans' Administration accruing during the year for which this Purchase of tobacco. appropriation is made or prior fiscal years: Provided further, That the appropriations herein made for the care and maintenance of veterans in hospitals or homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' tion. Actuarial services. Transfer of funds. Recreational facili ties. Burial, etc., ex penses. Administration shall be available for the purchase of tobacco to be furnished, subject to such regulations as the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall prescribe, to veterans receiving hospital treatment or domiciliary care in Veterans' Administration hospitals or homes: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for continuing aid to State or Territorial homes for the support of disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors, in conformity with the Act approved August 27, 1888 (24 U. S. C. 134), as amended, for those veterans eligible for admission to Veterans' Administration facilities for domiciliary care. No part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home, or for the purchase of any hospital or home; and not more than $2,500,000 of this appropriation may be used to repair, alter, improve, or provide facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and the purchase of materials. For printing and binding for the Veterans' Administration, including all its bureaus and functions located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $120,000. Pensions: For the payment of compensation, pensions, gratuities, and allowances, now authorized under any Act of Congress, or regulation of the President based thereon, or which may hereafter be authorized, including emergency officers' retirement pay and annuities, the administration of which is now or may hereafter be placed in the Veterans' Administration, accruing during the fiscal year for which this appropriation is made or in prior fiscal years, $432,063,000, to be immediately available. For military and naval insurance accruing during the fiscal year for which this appropriation is made or in prior fiscal years, $26,791,000. Adjusted service and dependent pay: For payment of adjustedservice credits of not more than $50 each and the quarterly installments due to dependents of deceased veterans, as provided in the Act of May 19, 1924, as amended (38 U. S. C. 631-632, 661-670; U. S. C., Supp. I, secs. 662-664), $1,104,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended. Aid to State, etc., homes. 25 Stat. 450. 24 U. S. C. § 134. Use for new construction, etc., forbidden. Repair, etc., of facilities. Printing and bind ing. Pensions. Emergency officers' retirement pay, etc. Military and naval insurance. Adjusted service and dependent pay. 43 Stat. 125. 38 U. S. C. §§ 631IV, §§ 662-664. 632, 661-670; Supp. ciliary facilities. Hospital and domi- ties. 46 Stat. 1550, 1551. 38 U. S. C. §§ 438j, Technical and clerical assistants. Hospital and domiciliary facilities: For hospital and domiciliary facilities, $4,015,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That this amount shall be available for use by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, with the approval of the President, for extending any of the facilities under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 1 and 2 of the Act approved March 4, 1931 (38 U. S. C. 438j): Provided further, 438k. That not to exceed 3 per centum of this amount shall be available for the employment in the District of Columbia and in the field of necessary technical and clerical assistants to aid in the preparation of plans and specifications for the projects as approved hereunder and in the supervision of the execution thereof, and for traveling expenses, rentals in the District of Columbia, field office equipment, and supplies in connection therewith. Total, Veterans' Administration, $561,093,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of oleomargarine or butter substitutes except for cooking purposes. Proviso. Butter substitutes. |