PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 259-MAY 23, 1938 Pensions, etc. Emergency officers' retirement pay, etc. Military and naval insurance. Adjusted service and dependent pay. 43 Stat. 125 . 38U.S.0. §§631- 632, 661 -670; Supp. m, § 662-664 . Hospital and domi- ciliary facilities. Pro.isos. Extending facilities. 46 Stat. 1550 , 1551 . 38U.8.C.J438j, 438k. Technical and cleri- cal assistants. Preoiso. Butter substitutes. Emergency agen- cies. Commodity Credit Corporation. Administrative ex- penses. Post, p. 1116. 49 Stat. 4. 50Stat. 5. Travel expenses. 44 Stat. 688. 5 U.S .C . 1§821-833. Printing and bind- ing. Prowio. Nonadminitratlve xpenses. Pensions: For the payment of compensation, pensions, gratuities, and allowances, now authorized under any Act of Congress, or regu- lation of the President based thereon, or which may hereafter be authorized, including emergency officers' retirement pay and annui- ties, 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, $410,000,000, 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, $40,055,000. Adjusted service and dependent pay: For payment of adjusted- service credits of not more than $50 each and the quarterly install- ments 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), $250,000, to be immediately avail- able and to remain available until expended. Hospital and domiciliary facilities: For hospital and domiciliary facilities, $4,500,000, 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 extend- ing 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): Pro- vided further, 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, $547,917,500: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of oleomargarine or butter substitutes except for cooking purposes. EMERGENCY AGENCIES COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION Not to exceed $520,288 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor- poration, established as an agency of the Government by Executive Order Numbered 6340, dated October 16, 1933, continued to April 1, 1937, as a governmental agency under section 7 of the Act approved January 31, 1935 (Public, Numbered 1, Seventy-fourth Congress), and further continued to June 30, 1939, by the Act of January 26. 1937 (Public Numbered 2, Seventy-fifth Congress), shall be available during the fscal year 1939 for administrative expenses of the Cor- poration, including 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 (5 U. S . C . 821-833); printing and binding; law books and books of reference; not to exceed $150 for periodicals, maps, and newspapers; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services; type- writers, adding machines; and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and all other necessary administrative expenses: Pro- vided, That all necessary expenses (including legal and special serv- ices performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, operation, main- tenance, improvement, or disposition of any real or personal property 430 152 STAT.
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