76TH CONG., 1 ST SESS.-CH. 1-F-EB. 4, 1939
(c) Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this
section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined
not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year,
or both. The provisions of this section shall be in addition to, not
in substitution for, any other sections of existing law, or of this
joint resolution.
SEC. 4 . (a) It shall be unlawful for any person employed in any
administrative or supervisory capacity by any agency of the Federal
Government, whose compensation or any part thereof is paid from
funds authorized or appropriated by the Emergency Relief Appro-
priation Act of 1938 or this joint resolution, to use his official author-
ity or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or
affecting the results thereof. While such persons shall retain the
right to vote as they please and to express privately their opinions
on all political subjects, they shall take no active part in political
management or in political campaigns.
(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be
immediately removed from the position or office held by him, and
thereafter no part of the funds appropriated by the Emergency
Relief Appropriation Act of 1938 or this joint resolution shall be
used to pay the compensation of such person. The provisions of this
section shall be in addition to, not in substitution for, any other
sections of existing law, or of this joint resolution.
SEC. 5. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to
solicit, or knowingly be in any manner concerned in soliciting, any
assessment, subscription, or contribution for the campaign expenses of
any individual or political party from any person entitled to or
receiving compensation or employment provided for by the Emergency
Relief Appropriation Act of 1938 or this joint resolution.
(b) Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this sec-
tion shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined
not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or
both. The provisions of this section shall be in addition to, not in
substitution for, any other sections of existing law, or of this joint
resolution.
SEC. 6. Section 21 of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of
1938 is hereby amended by striking out the word projects,".
SEC. 7. No person in need who refuses a bona fide offer of private
employment under reasonable working conditions which pays the
prevailing wage for such work in the community where he resides and
who is capable of performing such work shall be employed or retained
in employment on work projects under the funds appropriated in the
Emergency R.lief Appropriation Act of 1938 or this joint resolution
for the period such private employment would be available:
Provided, That any person who takes such private employment shall
at the expiration thereof be entitled to immediate resumption of his
previous employment status with the Works Progress Administration
if he is still in need and if he has lost the private employment through
no fault of his own.
SEC. 8 . None of the funds appropriated by the Emergency Relief
Appropriation Act of 1938 or by this joint resolution shall be used for
the manufacture, purchase, or construction of any naval vessel, any
armament, munitions, or implement of war, for military or naval
forces, and no funds herein appropriated or authorized shall be
diverted or allocated to any other department or bureau for such
purpose.
Approved, February 4, 1939.
Penalty provision.
Provisions deemed
supplementary to ex-
isting law.
Administrative offi-
cer using official au-
thority in an election.
etc.
Penalty provision.
Provisions deemed
supplementary to
existing law.
Solicitation for cam-
paign expenses.
Penalty provision.
62 Stat. 815 .
Reports to Con-
gress.
Refusal of bona flde
offer of private em-
ployment paying pre-
vailing wage, etc.
Proriso.
Status at expiration
of private employ-
ment.
Use of designated
funds for military or
naval purposes forbid-
den.
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