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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 252 -JUNE 30, 1939 Loans; relief. Projects approved for Farm Secur ty Ad- ministration. 62 Stat. 810. Types of projects. Disability or death compensation and benefits. Post, p. 936. Farm Security Ad- ministration extended to June 30, 1940. section and prior law; (3) loans; (4) relief; (5) the prosecution of projects approved by the President for the Farm Security Adminis- tration under the provisions of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1938; and (6) the following types of useful public projects, Federal and non-Federal, subject to the approval of the President: (a) Projects involving provision of additional water facilities, (b) projects involving construction and operation of migratory labor camps, and (c) projects involving land development to provide work relief for homesteaders on rural rehabilitation projects. (c) In making any relief payments under this section, the Secre- tary of Agriculture is authorized to require of employable recipients of such payments the performance of work on useful public projects, Federal and non-Federal, including work on private or public land in furtherance of the conservation of natural resources, and the provi- sions of section 24 of this joint resolution, relating to disability or death compensation and benefits, shall apply to such recipients while performing such work. (d) The Farm Security Administration within the Department of Agriculture is hereby extended until June 30, 1940, to carry out the purposes of this section. PUERTO RICO RECONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION Continuation of SEO 4. (a) In order to continue rural rehabilitation for needy per- rural rehabilitation, etc.;appropriationfor. sons in Puerto Rico, and for other projects described in this section, there is hereby appropriated to the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Admin- istration, Department of the Interior, out of any money in the Treas- ury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, Balances reappro- 1940, $7,000,000, together with the balance of the appropriation under prited. subsection (4) of section 1 of the Emergency Relief Appropriation 52stat. 810; ane, Act of 1938, as supplemented by the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year P&. 1939, which remains unobligated on June 30, 1939. Obects specified. (b) The funds provided in this section shall be available for (1) Projects approved administration; (2) loans; (3) the prosecution of projects approved fo r Reconstruction Administration. by the President for the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration 52 stat. s10. under the provisions of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1938; and (4) subject to the approval of the President, for projects involving rural rehabilitation of needy persons. INDIAN SERVICE Continuation of re- lief and rural rehabili- tation; appropriation for. Objects specified. 52 Stat. 810. Administrative ex- penses of designated agencies; appropria- tion for. SEc. 5 (a) In order to continue to provide relief and rural rehabilita- tion for needy Indians in the United States, there is hereby appro- priated to the Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of the Interior, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, $1,350,000. (b) The funds provided in this section shall be available for (1) administration, not to exceed $67,500; (2) loans; (3) relief; (4) the prosecution of projects approved by the President for the Farm Security Administration for the benefit of Indians under the pro- visions of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1938; and (5) subject to the approval of the President, for projects involving rural rehabilitation of needy Indians. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES SEC. 6. In order to provide for administrative expenses incidental to carrying out the purposes of this joint resolution, there is hereby appropriated to the following agencies, out of any money in the Treas- ury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940: (1) General Accounting Office, $5,225,000; (2) Treasury Depart- 930 [53 STAT.