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53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CH. 252-JUNE 30, 1939 (f) The functions heretofore vested in the Works Progress Administration are authorized to be carried out until June 30, 1940, by the Work Projects Administration subject to the provisions of this joint resolution and such latter Administration is hereby extended until such date to carry out the purposes of this section. (g) The President may detail a commissioned officer on the active list of the United States Army to perform the functions of the office of Commissioner of Work Projects, without loss of or prejudice to his status as such officer. Any commissioned officer so detailed shall receive, in addition to his pay and allowances as such officer, an amount sufficient to make his total compensation $10,000 per annum while he is so detailed. 929 Works Progress Ad- ministration, functions transferred. Detail of Army of- fleer as Commissioner of Work Projects. Compensation. NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION SEa. 2. (a) In order to provide assistance to needy young persons, there is hereby appropriated to the National Youth Administration, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, $100,000,000, together with all balances of appropriations for such Administration which remain unobligated on June 30, 1939, and such amounts shall be available for (1) administration; (2) the prosecution of projects approved by the President for the National Youth Administration under the provisions of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1938; and (3) to provide, subject to the approval of the President, on projects, Federal and non-Federal, of the types specified under section 1 hereof for the Work Projects Administration, part-time work and training to needy young persons who are no longer in regular attendance at school and who have been unable to obtain employment, and to enable needy young persons to continue their education at schools, colleges, and universities. (b) The Administrator of the National Youth Administration shall fix the monthly earnings and hours of work for youth workers engaged on work projects of such Administration financed in whole or in part from the appropriation in this section, but such determi- nation shall not have the effect of establishing a national average labor cost per youth worker on such projects during the fiscal year 1940 substantially different from the national average labor cost per such worker on such projects prevailing at the close of the fiscal year 1939. (c) Not to exceed 5 per centum of the amount made available in this section may be used for administration. (d) The National Youth Administration is hereby extended until June 30, 1940, to carry out the purposes of this section. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SEC. 3 . (a) In order to continue to provide assistance through rural rehabilitation and relief to needy farmers and relief to other needy persons in the United States, its Territories and possessions, there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Agriculture, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, $143,000,000, together with the balance of the appropriation under subsection (3) of section 1 of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1938 which remains unobligated on June 30, 1939. (b) The funds provided in this section shall be available for (1) administration (not to exceed the amount obligated for adminis- tration in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939); (2) farm debt adjustment service and making and servicing of loans under this Appropriation to provide assistance to needy young persons. Balances reappro- priated. Availability for des- Ignated objects. Determination of monthly earnings and hoursof work for youth workers; limitation. Amount for admin- istration uses. Extension to June 30, 1940. Rural rehabilitation and relief. Appropriation for. Balance reappropri- ated. 52 tat. 810. Objects designated. Administration. Farm debt adjust- ment service.