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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 430 -JUNE 26, 1940 Contracts author- ized. Langley Field, Va. Generating power plant. Detection and prose- cution of crimes. Ant, p. 201. Post, p. 644. Salaries, Office of Commandant. Ante, p. 63. Pay and allowances. Ante, p. 64 . Post, p. 1045. General expenses. Ante, p . 64. Strategic and criti- cal materials. 53 Stat. 811. 50 U. 8. C., Supp. V, i 98-98f. Ante, p. 70. Pfrovo. Pnrehaes. nautics, of an airplane engine research laboratory, including acquisi- tion of land, rights-of-way, and connections to public utilities, installation of power lines, expenses in the District of Columbia and elsewhere for the preparation of plans and specifications, fiscal year 1941, $2,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended; and the National Advisory Committee for Aero- nautics is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for the construction and equipment of such buildings and facilities, including the purchase of land and rights-of-way, at a total cost of not to exceed $8,400,000. For construction and equipment at Langley Field, Virginia, of a generating power plant, including installation of power and fuel pipe lines, and expenses in the District of Columbia and elsewhere for the preparation of plans and specifications, fiscal year 1941, $1,200,000, to be immediately available. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEIERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Salaries and expenses, detection and prosecution of crimes (emer- gency): For an additional amount for salaries and expenses, during the limited national emergency, in the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United States, and so forth, fiscal year 1941 including the objects and for the purposes specified under this head in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1941, $3,358,800 to be available immediately, of which amount not to exceed $382,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia and $150,000 for the purchase and exchange of motor- propelled passenger-carrying vehicles. TREASURY DEPARTMENT COAST GUARD Salaries, Office of Commandant, Coast Guard: For an additional amount for personal services in the District of Columbia, fiscal year 1941, $50,000. Pay and allowances, Coast Guard: For an additional amount for pay and allowances, fiscal year 1941, including the objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1941, $2,356,000, to be immediately available; and the limitation of $32,000 under this head in such appropriation Act on the amount which may be expended for recreatction,education, and so forth, of enlisted men is hereby increased to $39,375. General expenses, Coast Guard: For an additional amount for general expenses, fiscal year 1941, including the objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1941, $8,361,040, to be immediately available. PROCUREMENT DIVISION Strategic and critical materials: For an additional amount for all necessary expenses for the acquisition of strategic and critical mate- rials in accordance with the Act of June 7, 1939, fiscal year 1941, including the objects and limitations specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1941, $47,500,000, to be immediately available: Provided,That any purchase from this appro- pration and the appropriation for this purpose in the Treasury [54 STAT.