PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 149-MAY 25, 1939
Procurement
and
transportation.
Provisos.
Use restricted.
Determination of.
Procurement
and
maintenance of stores
as reserve.
Proviso.
Use of; reimburse
ment.
Fuel and transpor-
tation.
Prorisw.
Issue to he charged
to applicable appro-
priati on .
Use of fuel on hand.
Surgeons' neces-
saries.
Civil establishment.
Vehicles, etc.
demned stores, supplies, or other surplus public property of any
kind belonging to the Navy Department and not otherwise
reappropriated.
STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATEBIALS
For the procurement and transportation of strategic and critical
materials, $500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That materials acquired hereunder shall not be issued for current use
in time of peace without the approval of the Secretary of the Navy,
except that materials acquired under this title may be issued for
current use when replaced by materials purchased from current
appropriations: Provided further, That for the purposes of this
paragraph, the Secretary of the Navy shall determine what materials
are strategic and critical.
RESERVE MATERIAL, NAVY
For procuring and maintaining stores of materials (except ord-
nance materials) as a reserve for use in the national defense in time
of war or when, in the opinion of the President, a national emergency
exists, to be immediately available and to continue available until
expended, $7502374: Provided,however, That materials purchased with
funds appropriated by this paragraph shall be used for current naval
purposes whenever a demand exists therefor in order to avoid
deterioration or obsolescence, and when so used the cost thereof
shall be reimbursed to this appropriation from applicable naval
appropriations.
FUEL AND TRANSPORTATION, NAVY
For coal and other fuel for submarine bases and steamers' and
ships' use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and han-
dling the same and the removal of fuel refuse from ships; main-
tenance and general operation of machinery of naval fuel depots and
fuel plants; water for all purposes on board naval vessels, and ice
for the cooling of water, including the expense of transportation
and storage of both, $8,401,075, of which $1,000,000 shall be immedi-
ately available: Provided,That fuel acquired other than by purchase
shall not be issued without charging the applicable appropriation
with the cost of such fuel at the rate current at the time of issue for
fuel purchased: Provided further, That the President may direct the
use, wholly or in part, of fuel on hand, however acquired to be
charged at the last issue rate for fuel acquired by purchase, when, in
his judgment, prices quoted for supplying fuel are excessive.
BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
For surgeons' necessaries for vessels in commission, navy yards,
naval stations, and Marine Corps; and for the civil establishment at
the several naval hospitals, navy yards naval medical supply depots,
Naval Medical Center, Naval Medical School, and Naval Dispensary,
Washington, and Naval Academy; for tolls and ferriages; purchase
of books and stationery; hygienic and sanitary investigation and
illustration sanitary, hygienic, administrative, and special instruc-
tion, including the issuing of naval medical bulletins and supple-
ments; purchase and repairs of non-passenger-carrying wagons,
automobile ambulances, and harness; purchase of and feed for horses
and cows; maintenance, repair, and operation of three passenger-
carrying motor vehicles for Naval Dispensary, Washington, District
770
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