78rH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 303-JUNE 28,1944 while in a travel status, to civilian employees and civilian witnesses before courts martial; for rental of camp sites and the local pro- curement of communication service, fuel, light, water service, and other necessary supplies and services incident to individual or troop movements, including transportation of organizational equipment and impedimenta- and for transportation of authorized baggage of military and civilian personnel, including packing and unpacking; $515,000,000: Provided, That other appropriations for the Military Establishment shall be charged with such amounts as may be required for travel in connection with development, procurement, production, maintenance, or construction activities; and, with such exception, no other appropriation in this Act shall be available for any expense for or incident to travel of personnel of the Regular Army or civilian employees under the War Department, except the appropriation "Contingencies of the Army" and the appropria- tions for Engineer Service, Army, the National Guard, the Organ- ized Reserves, the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, and except as may be provided for in the appropriations "Special Field Exercises", "Inter- American Relations, War Department", and "Air Corps, Army": Provided further, That, in addition to the authority contained in section 67, National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended, a total of not to exceed $7,500 of the appropriations available to the War Department chargeable with expenses of travel shall be avail- able for expenses incident to attendance at meetings of technical, professional, scientific, and other similar organizations, when, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, such attendance would be of benefit in the conduct of the work of the War Department: Provided further, That appropriations available .for travel of per- sonnel of the Military Establishment or employees under the War Department which are current at the date of relief from duty sta- tion of such personnel traveling under orders shall be charged with all expenses properly chargeable to such appropriations in connec- tion with the travel enjoined, including travel of dependents and transportation of authorized baggage and household effects of such personnel, regardless of the dates of arrival at destination of the persons so traveling; During the fiscal year 1945 the dependents and household effects of such military and civilian personnel in and under the Military Establishment on duty at stations outside the continental limits of the United States, or in Alaska, as may be determined upon by the Secretary of War, may, prior to the issuance of orders for the relief of such personnel from their stations, be moved (including packing and unpacking of household effects) to such locations as may be designated by such personnel, by the use of either Government or commercial means of transportation, and later from such locations to the duty stations to which such personnel may be ordered, and current appropriations of the Military Establishment available for travel and transportation may be used for this purpose, the decision of the Secretary of War to be final as to the dependency of any individual sought to be affected by this provision except as to travel performed subsequent to arrival in the United States: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head may be applied to the payment of money allowances in lieu of transportation, or trans- portation and subsistence, at the rate of 3 cents per mile to enlisted men regardless of the mode of travel: Provided further, That the Secretary of War, in prescribing per diem rates of allowance in accordance with law for officers and warrant officers of the Army of the United States traveling on official business and away from their 93850o--4--r . z--- 577 Travel charges against other appro- priations. Restriction. Attendance at meet- ings. 39 Stat. 199. 32 U.s. c. II 21.22, 49. Personnel traveling under orders. Personnel outside U.S . Moving of depend- ents and effects. Money allowance in lieu of transportation. Per diem rates of allowance. 58 STAT.]
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