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53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 110, 113--MAY 3, 6 , 1939 persons covered by the Act of May 19, 1926 (44 Stat. 565), as amended by the Act of May 14, 1935 (49 Stat. 218), from time to time to detail for temporary service of not exceeding one year at a time, under such government, any such person in the employ of the Government of the United States: Provided, That the President may, in extraordinary circumstances, extend the period of such detail for one or more additional periods of not to exceed six months each: Provided further, That while so detailed, such person shall be con- sidered, for the purpose of preserving his rights and privileges as such, an officer or employee of the Government of the United States and of the department or agency from which detailed and shall con- tinue to receive therefrom compensation, and he may receive addi- tional compensation from the department or agency from which detailed not to exceed 50 per centum of the compensation he was receiving as an officer or employee of the United States at the time of detail, and shall receive from the United States reimbursement for travel expenses to and from the place of detail and monthly allow- ances determined by the President to be adequate for quarters and subsistence during the period of such detail. The additional com- pensation, travel expenses, and other allowances authorized by this Act to be paid to any such officer or employee shall be paid from any appropriations available for the payment of compensation and travel expenses of the officers and employees of the department or agency from which he is detailed: Provided, however, That if any govern- ment to which a detail is authorized by this Act shall express the desire to reimburse this Government in whole or in part for the expenses of such detail, the President is authorized, when he deems it in the public interest, to accept such reimbursement and the amount so received may be credited to (a) appropriations current at the time the expenses of such detail are to be or have been paid, (b) appro- priations current at the time such amounts are received, or (c) in part as provided under (a) and in part as provided under (b) hereof; and such amount shall be available for the purposes of the appropri- ations to which credited: And provided further, That if any such government shall express the desire to provide advances of funds to be used by this Government. in whole or in part for the expenses of such detail, the President is authorized, when he deems it in the public interest, to accept such advances of funds, and the amounts so received may be established as a trust fund, to be available for the purpose and under the provisions of this Act until the termination of the detail; any unexpended balance of the trust fund to be returned to the foreign government making the advance." Approved, May 3, 1939. [CHAPTER 113] JOINT RESOLUTION Making supplemental appropriations for printing and binding and stationery for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, namely: Printing and binding, Treasury Department: For an additional amount for printing and binding, Treasury Department, fiscal year 1939, including the same objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1939, $163,000. 44 Stat. 565; 49 Stat. 218. 34 U. S. C. §441a; Supp. IV , § 441a. Maximum period. Provisos. Extensions. Status. Additional compen- sation. Travel expenses. Monthly allow- ances. Funds available for payment of additional compensation, etc. Acceptance of reim- bursement for ex- penses. Credit of amount so received. Acceptance of ad- vallic(s of funds. May 6, 1939 [H. J. Res. 279] [Pub. Res., No. 13] Treasury Depart- ment. Supplemental ap- propriations, fiscal year 1939. Printing and bind- ing. 52 Stat. 123 .