PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 254 -JUNE 30, 1939
Proviso.
Limitation on
amount for salaries,
etc.. increased.
Ante, p. 660.
R. S. §3709.
41 U.S.C. §6.
5U. S. C . §§631-652,
661-674; Supp. IV , §§
673, 673c.
Electric Home and
Farm Authority, ad-
ministrative expenses.
Ante, p. 510.
Travelexpenses.
44 Stat. 688.
5U.S.C.ij821-
833.
Printing and bind-
ing.
Labor-saving de-
vices.
Rent.
Proviso.
Certain expenses
deemed nonadminis-
trative.
Export-Import Bank
of Washington.
Administrative ex-
penses.
Ante, p. 510 .
Personalservices.
Travel expenses.
44 Stat. 688.
5U. S . C. §§821-833 .
Printing and bind-
ing.
Labor-saving de-
vices.
Rent.
Proviso.
Certain expenses
deemed nonadminis-
trative.
Restriction on use of
funds.
A nte, p. 550.
Salaries and ex-
penses.
Budget, 1940": Provided, That the limitation of $5,000 on the amount
that may be expended from the appropriation "Salaries and Expenses,
Bureau of the Budget, 1940", for the temporary employment of per-
sons or organizations by contract or otherwise without regard to
section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, or the civil-service laws, or the
Classification Act of 1923, as amended, is hereby increased to $50,000.
FEDERAL LOAN AGENCY
Electric Home and Farm Authority, salaries and administrative
expenses: Not to exceed $500,000 of the funds of the Electric Home
and Farm Authority, established as an agency of the Government by
Executive Order Numbered 7139 of August 12, 1935, and continued as
such agency until June 30, 1941, by the Act of March 4, 1939 (Public
Act Numbered 2, Seventy-sixth Congress), shall be available during
the fiscal year 1940 for administrative expenses of the Authority,
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; lawbooks and books of
reference; not to exceed $200 for periodicals, newspapers, and maps;
procurement of supplies, equipment, and services; typewriters, adding
machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and
exchange; rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and all
other administrative expenses: Provided, That all necessary expenses
(including legal and special services performed on a contract or fee
basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with
the acquisition, care, repair, and disposition of any security or col-
lateral now or hereafter held or acquired by the Authority shall be
considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof.
Export-Import Bank of Washington, salaries and administrative
expenses: Not to exceed $75,000 of the funds of the Export-Import
Bank of Washington, established as an agency of the Government by
Executive Order Numbered 6581 of February 2, 1934, and continued
as such agency until June 30, 1941, by the Act approved March 4,
1939 (Public Act Numbered 3, Seventy-sixth Congress), shall be
available during the fiscal year 1940 for administrative expenses of
the bank, including personal services in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere; travel expenses, in accordance with the Standardized Gov-
ernment Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended
(5 U. S . C . 821-833); printing and binding; lawbooks and books of
reference; not to exceed $250 for periodicals, newspapers, and maps;
procurement of supplies, equipment, and services; typewriters, 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: Provided,That all necessary
expenses (including special services performed on a contract or fee
basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with
the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition
of any real or personal property belong to the bank or in which it
has an interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral,
shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes
hereof.
The funds made available herein under the caption "Federal Loan
Agency" shall be subject to section 4 of the Independent Offices
Appropriation Act, 1940.
EMPOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION
Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for salaries and
expenses of the Employees' Compensation Commission, fiscal year
1939, including the same objects and under the same limitations speci-
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