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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CHS. 304 , 305-JUNE 28, 1944 Providedfurther, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEC. 302. If at any time during the fiscal year 1945 the termination of the Act entitled "An Act to provide temporary additional compen- sation for employees in the Postal Service", approved April 9, 1943, or of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the payment of overtime compensation to Government employees, and for other purposes", approved May 7, 1943, shall be fixed by concurrent resolution of the Congress at a date earlier than June 30, 1945, the appropriations con- tained in this Act shall cease to be available on such earlier date for obligation for the purposes of the terminated Act and the unobligated portions of appropriations allocated for the purposes of such termi- nated Act shall not be obligated for any other purposes of the appropriation during the fiscal year 1945. SEC. 303. The President shall direct the Bureau of the Budget to maintain a continuous study of appropriations and contract author- izations granted for the national defense, war agencies, and the prosecution of the present wars for the purpose of submitting for the consideration of Congress, when the state of the wars make such action possible, a list showing the condition of the balances of each of such appropriations and contract authorizations together with his recommendations for the repeal of such of those funds or portions thereof as are deemed no longer required for the purposes for which they were granted. SEC. 304. This Act may be cited as the "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1944". Approved June 28, 1944. 623 Termination of des- ignated Acts, effect. 57 Stat. 59, 75. 39 U. S. C., Supp. III, §§ 835, 836; 50 U. S . C., Supp. III, app. , §§1401-1415 . Post, p. 758. Maintenance of con- tinuous study of war appropriations, etc. Purpose. Short title. [CHAPTER 305]. JOINT RESOLUTION Extending the period for the acquisition by the Railroad Retirement Board of data needed in carrying out the provisions of the Railroad Retirement Acts. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That effective June 30, 1943, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, each employer subject to the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, and each other com- pany, association, or person who is in possession of data required by the Railroad Retirement Board to establish service and compensation prior to January 1, 1937, shall continue after June 30, 1943, to furnish reports with respect to such data to the Railroad Retirement Board currently as completed, and be compensated therefor, under the same terms and conditions and in the same manner as provided in Public Resolution Numbered 102, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, and with the same effect as though the data were furnished under that resolution, until such time as all data required have been furnished to the Board, or until such time as the unobligated balance in the special fund established by section 6 of such Public Resolution Num- bered 102, which fund is hereby continued, has been fully obligated, but in no event later than June 30, 1945. Any unobligated balance remaining in the said special fund after all data required have been furnished to the Board or on June 30, 1945, whichever date is the earlier, shall revert to the railroad retirement account. Approved June 28, 1944. June 28, 1944 [H. J. Res. 227] [Public Law 376] Railroad Retire- ment Board. Time extension for acquisition of certain data. 50 Stat. 307. 45U. s. c. P228a- 228r; Supp. III, 228a et seq. 54 Stat. 1088. 45U.S . I. 228h note.