77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 4 --FEB . 7, 1942 of the Navy, $24,160,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- vided, That not to exceed 4 per centum shall be available for admin- istrative expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia. Emergency construction, Coast Guard vessels and shore facilities (Navy), including the objects specified under this heading in the First Supplemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941, $1,150,000. Establishing and improving aids to navigation, Coast Guard (Navy), including all expenditures directly related thereto and acquisition of sites therefor, $1,950,000. INCREASE AND REPLACEMENT OF NAVAL VESSELS Construction and machinery: On account of hulls and outfits of vessels and machinery of vessels heretofore authorized (and appro- priated for in part), including necessary tools, equipment, and facili- ties in public or private plants for shipbuilding, and in addition this appropriation shall be available for the construction of one hundred and fifty thousand tons of combatant ships, as authorized by Public Law 369, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved December 23, 1941, for the acquisition, conversion, or construction of eight hundred thousand additional tons of auxiliary vessels, as authorized by Public Law 353, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved December 17, 1941, and for the replacement of combatant vessels as authorized by the Act of March 27, 1934 (48 Stat. 503), $1,402,500,000, to remain avail- able until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for tools, equipment, and facilities in public or private plants for shipbuilding in an addi- tional amount of $500,000,000, the total amount authorized in this and prior Acts for such purposes being $1,300,000,000. Armor, armament, and ammunition: Toward the armor, armament, and ammunition for vessels hereinbefore described under the head of "Construction and machinery", including the necessary tools, equip- ment, and facilities in and land for public and private plants for the manufacture or production of ordnance material, munitions, and armor, $125,000,000, to remain available until expended: Proeided, That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to enter into contracts for tools, equipment, and facilities in and land for public and private plants for the manufacture or production of ordnance material, muni- tions, and armor in an additional amount of $70,000,000, the total amount authorized in this and prior Acts for such purposes being $495,000,000. Emergency construction: Toward the construction of one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine additional vessels, at a total cost of not to exceed $3,900,000,000, including hulls, machinery, outfits, armor, armament, ammunition, and essential tools, equipment and facilities in public or private plants for the building or equipping of such vessels or portions thereof, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,That the Secretary of the Navy is author- ized to enter into contracts in the amount of not to exceed $750,000,000 for essential tools, equipment, and facilities in public or private plants for the building or equipping of said vessels or portions thereof. 56 STAT.] 55 Stat. 171. Post, p . 232. Ante, p. 23. 55 Stat. 853 . 34U. S. C., Supp.I, §§ 498-3 , 498a-3 . 55 Stat. 816 . 34U. S. C., Supp. I, 1h498c-4 , 498c-5. 34 U.S.C. 495. Proviso. Additional contract authorizations. Ante, p. 23. Proviso. Additional contract authorizations. Ante, pp. 53,70; podt, p. 82. Proviso. Contract authoriza- tion. REPAIR FACILITIES, NAVY Repair facilities, Navy, $250,000,000. 81 Proviso. Administrative ex- penses. 54 Stat. 1046. 55 Stat. 223. Pob, p. 232 . 65714°-43 - -PT. I -
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