53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CH. 11 -MAR. 16 , 1939 of reference, atlases and maps, periodicals and newspapers; purchase and exchange (not to exceed $400,000), operation, maintenance, repair, and overhaul of aircraft, aircraft power plants, propellers and equip- ment, and spare parts therefor; purchase and exchange (not to exceed $45,000), hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger- carrying automobiles, including two automobiles for use in the Dis- trict of Columbia; and purchase of special clothing, wearing apparel, and suitable equipment for aviation purposes (including rubber boots, snowshoes, and skis), $13,738,000, of which $557,000 shall be avail- able for the Technical Development Division: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for payments, at a rate not to exceed 3 cents per mile, to maintenance and operating personnel, as reim- bursement to such personnel of the expenses of necessary travel in their personally owned automobiles within the limits of their official posts of duty when such travel is performed in connection with the maintenance and operation of remotely controlled air navigation facilities. Salaries and expenses, Air Safety Board: For salaries and expenses of the Air Safety Board in carrying out the duties and functions devolving upon it pursuant to the provisions of sections 701 and 702 of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, except clause (5) of subsection 702 (a) thereof (52 Stat. 973), including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; rent and expenses incident to the operation of field offices; traveling expenses; contract steno- graphic reporting services; fees and mileage of witnesses; operation, maintenance, repair, and overhaul of aircraft; hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying automobiles, including one automobile for use in the District of Columbia; and purchase of special clothing, wearing apparel, and suitable equipment for aviation purposes (including rubber boots, snowshoes, and skis), $380,000, of which amount not to exceed $25,000 may be expended for temporary employment in the investigation of aircraft accidents of consultants and experts on a contract or fee basis without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes. Printing and binding: For printing and binding, $100,000. Establishment of air-navigation facilities: For the establishment of additional air navigation facilities, including the equipment of additional civil airways for day and night flying; the construction of additional necessary lighting, radio, and other signaling and com- municating structures and apparatus; the alteration and moderniza- tion of existing air navigation facilities; and for the acquisition of the necessary sites by lease or grant, $7,000,000, of which amount $2,000,000 shall be available for the payment of contractual obliga- tions authorized to be incurred prior to July 1, 1939: Provided, That in addition to the amount herein appropriated, the Administrator may, prior to July 1, 1940, enter into contracts for the purchase, con- struction, and installation of additional air navigation aids not in excess of $2,000,000: Provided further, That this construction work may be accomplished either by contract or by purchase and hire: Provided further, That not to exceed 5 per centum of the amount herein appropriated shall be available for the temporary employment and travel in the field of personnel required in the supervision of this construction work. Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U. S. C. 5) shall not be construed to apply to any purchase or service rendered for the Civil Aeronautics Authority when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $100. Total, Civil Aeronautics Authority, $21,218,000. 527 Purchase, mainte. nance, etc., of aircraft. Vehicles. Proriso. Necessary travel in personally owned au- tomobiles, reimburse- ment. Air Safety Board, salaries and expenses. Ante, p. 526. 52 Stat. 1012 . 49 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 581-582 . Aircraft, automo- biles, etc. Investigation of air- craft accidents. IR.S. § 3709. 41U.S.C.§5. Printing and bind- ing. Estahlishnicnt of air-navigal ion f a ci i- ties. Acquisition of sites. Payment of contrac- tual obligations. Provisos. Contracts for addi- tional navigation aids. Construction work. Temporary em- ployees, etc. Minor purchases. R. S. 3709. 41 U. B.C.I 5.
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