77TH CONG., 2o SESS.-CH. 46 -FEB . 7 , 1942 construction projects now under contract or in progress: Provided further, That no part of such appropriations may be obligated for Maximum obliga- the construction of quarters, including heating and plumbing appa- it desgnate ratus, wiring and fixtures, for greater amounts per unit than follow: Permanent construction: For commissioned officer, $10,000. For commissioned warrant or warrant officer, $7,500. For enlisted man, $6,000. Temporary construction: For commissioned officer, $7,500. For commissioned warrant or warrant officer, $5,000. For enlisted man, $3,500. The fixed fee to be paid the contractor as a result of any contract Contractor's fee, re- hereafter entered into under this appropriation shall not exceed 6 per strction. centum of the estimated cost of the contract, exclusive of the fee, as determined by the Secretary of the Navy. BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS AVIATION, NAVY For aviation, as follows: For navigational, photographic, aerologi- cal, radio, and miscellaneous equipment, including repairs thereto, for use with aircraft built or building on June 30, 1942, $8,671,400; for maintenance, repair, and operation of aircraft factory, air stations, fleet and all other aviation activities, services of employees assigned to group IV (b) and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department, accident prevention, testing laboratories, overhauling of planes, technical peri- odicals, outfits for messes of aviation cadets and bachelor officers at air stations, and the purchase for aviation purposes only of special clothing, wearing apparel, and special equipment $359,279,270, includ- ing not to exceed $500,000 for the procurement of helium, which sum of $500,000 shall be transferred to and made available to the Bureau of Mines on July 1, 1942; for continuing experiments and development work on all types of aircraft, including the payment of part-time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secre- tary of the Navy, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed and payment of the travel expenses of such persons if they be members of the Naval Reserve ordered to active duty, $15,188,000; for new construction and pro- curement of aircraft and equipment, spare parts and accessories, including expansions of and facilities in public or private plants, $1,052,842,800, of which amount not to exceed $740,000,000 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the contract authorizations carried in the Naval Appropriation Acts for the fiscal years 1941 and 1942; in all, $1,435,981,470, and the money herein specifically appropriated for "Aviation" shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law and shall constitute one fund: Provided,That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed, upon the request of the Secretary of the Navy, to trans- fer not to exceed in the aggregate $400,000 from this appropriation to the appropriations "Pay, subsistence, and transportation, Navy" and "Pay, Marine Corps" to cover authorized traveling expenses of officers and enlisted men in connection with flying new airplanes from contractor's works to assigned station or ship, including travel to contractor's works and return of personnel to stations of duty, and Post, p. 992. Post, p. 232 . Helium. Post, pp . 544, 547, 992. New construction, etc. 54 Stat. 283; 55 Stat. 40,168. Post p. 388 Proviss. Transfer of funds. 56 STAT.]
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