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55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS. - CH. 258 -JUNE 28, 1941 thereby: Provided, That all such transfers and contemplated trans- fers shall be set forth in the Budget for the fiscal year 1943. FOREIGN SERVICE BUILDINGS FUND Foreign Service Buildings Fund: For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Act of May 25, 1938, entitled "An Act to provide additional funds for buildings for the use of the diplo- matic and consular establishments of the United States" (52 Stat. 441), including the initial alterations, repair, and furnishing of buildings acquired under said Act, $450,000, to remain available until expended. Contracts entered into in foreign countries involving expenditures from any of the foregoing appropriations under the caption "Foreign Intercourse" shall not be subject to the provisions of section 3741 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 22). EMERGENCIES ARISING IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE Emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service: To enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, and to extend the commercial and other interests of the United States and to meet the necessary expenses attendant upon the execution of the Neutrality Act, to be expended pursuant to the requirement of section 291 of the Revised Statutes (31 U. S . C . 107), $500,000; of which not to exceed $25,000 shall, in the discretion of the President, be available for personal services in the District of Columbia: Provided, That whenever the President shall find that a state of emergency exists endangering the lives of American citizens in any foreign country, he may make available for expenditure for the protection of such citizens, by transfer to this appropriation, not to exceed $500,000 from the various appropriations contained herein under the heading "Foreign Intercourse"; and reimbursements by American citizens to whom relief has been extended shall be credited to any appropriation from which funds have been transferred for the purposes hereof, except that reimbursements so credited to any appropriation shall not exceed the amount transferred therefrom. CONTRIBUTIONS, QUOTAS, AND SO FORTH For payment of the annual contributions, quotas, and expenses, including loss by exchange in discharge of the obligations of the United States in connection with international commissions, con- gresses, bureaus, and other objects, in not to exceed the respective amounts, as follows: Cape Spartel and Tangier Light, Coast of Morocco, $1,176; International Bureau of Weights and Measures, $4.342.50; International Bureau of Publication of Customs Tariffs. $1,318.77; Pan American Union, $239,458.70, including not to exceed $20,000 for printing and binding; International Bureau of Perma- nent Court of Arbitration, $1,722.57; Bureau of Interparliamentary Union for Promotion of International Arbitration, $10,000; Pan American Sanitary Bureau, $58,522.75: International Office of Public Health, $3,015.63; Bureau of International Telecommunication Union, Radio Section, $5,790; Inter-American Radio Office, $6,794; Government of Panama, $430,000; International Hydrographic Bureau, $5,404; Inter-American Trade-Mark Bureau, $14,330.20; International Bureau for Protection of Industrial Property, $1,471.63; Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, $50,000: Provided, That hereafter, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of the Act of May 7, 1928 (45 Stat. 491), the report of the operation and work of 271 Proviso. 22U. . C. §295a. Post, p. 754. Neutrality Act ex- penses. 54 Stat. 4. 22 U. . C. §§441- 457. Post, p. 764. Proviso. Emergency transfer of funds. Ante, p. 267. PIost, p. 561 , 754. }'aynlents. Gorgas Memorial Laboratory. Proviso. Report to Congress 22U.S. C. i278a.