Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 47 Part 1.djvu/1398

This page needs to be proofread.

1.374

72d C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 144. MARCH 1, 1933 . Foreign Service re-

FO REIG N S ERV ICE RET IRE MEN T AND D ISA BILI TY FUN D tire . . ." etc.., fund . Fed oral pn ribution . For financing the liability of the United States, created by the u. s. C., Supp. VI, Act approved February 23, 1931 (U. S. C.., Supp. V, title 22, sec. 21), p. 363.

$292,7 00, whic h amount shall b e placed to the c redit of the " Foreign Service retirement and disability fund ." TRANSPORTATION OF FOREIGN SERVICE OrtJ .CERs Transpor tation, etc .., To pay the traveling expenses of Diplomatic, Consular, and For- expenses . eign Servi ce off icers , and othe r empl oyees of t he For eign Servi ce, including Foreig n Service inspectors and officers and employees of the United States Court for China, and under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, of the ir f amil ies and expenses of transportation of effects, in going to and returning from their posts, including not to exceed 25,000 incurred in con- Bringing

con- Leaves of home absence . re- nection with leaves of absence, and of the -preparation and trans- mains of officers, etc . ., portation of the remains of those officers and said employees of the dying abroad. Foreign Service, who have died or may die abroad or in transit while in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in (iris country or to a place not more distant for internment and for the Proviso.

ordinary expenses of such interment, $410,000 : Provided, Tat this sure couct fore n t hin ea appropriation shall be available also for the authorized expenses of the judge and district attorney of the United States Court for China while attending sessions of the court at other cities than Shan ghai, and f or th e aut horiz ed sub siste nce e xpense s of Consular and Foreign Service officers while on temporary der ail under commission. RENT, HEAT, FUEL, AND LIGHT, FORE IGN SER VICE For rent, heat, fuel, and light for the Foreign Service and the United Stat es Onurt Uln°ted States Court for China for offices and grounds, including ft China . aaki•, ground cut . :annual ground rent of the embassy at Tokyo, Japan, . for the year u $46 p~ , ending March 15, 1934, and, as authorized by the Act approved June p. 20.

26, 1930 (U . S. C., Supp . V, title 5, sec. 118a), for living quarters and not to exceed $439,236 for allowances for living quarters, includ- Advi~ payment ing heat, fuel, and light, $1,328,000 : Provided, That payment for for rent .

rent may be made in advance : Provided further, That the Secretary Leases authorized. of State may enter into leases for such offices, grounds and living quarters for periods not exceeding ten years : Provided further, Allowance for n"8 That no part of this appropriation shall be used for allowances for Ii i n quarters, including heat, fuel, and light in an amount exceed- ing $720 for any ambassador, minister, or Foreign Service officer

Custodial, etc .., ser4_ Provided further, That under this appropriation and the appropria- Restriction on ex- tion herein for " Contingent expenses, Foreign Service ", not mo re penses; exception. than $3,000 shall be expended for custodial service, heat, fuel, and light in any Government-owned building used for residence or residence and office purposes for an ambassador or minister, and not more than $1700 for such purposes in the case of any other Foreign Service officer, except that at any post at which the expendi- tures for such purposes for the fiscal year 1933 were in excess of the limitation of $3,000 in this last proviso in the case of an ambassador or minister there may be expended during the fiscal ye ar 1934 an amount equal to the sum so authorized to be expe nded dur ing the fiscal year 1933, but in no event to exceed $5,000 ; and during the incum bency of a charg e d'a ffair es the limi tatio n on s uch e xpend i- tures shall be the same as for the occupancy of the principal officer .