PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 106- -MAY 3, 1945 55 Stat. 767. 23 U. S. C., Supp. IV. § 109. 55 Stat. 1647. 50 U. 8. C., Supp. IV, app., note prec. §1. Vehicles. Post, p. 639. 48 Stat. 466. Poet, p. 039. 58 Stat. 394. 39 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 321d. Printing and bind- ing. Investigations, re- ports, etc, for Con- gress. 42 Stat. 26. 31U. S. C.§ 53(b). Post, p. 639. 24 Stat. 379, 386; 34 Stat. 584; 41 Stat. 474; 54 Stat. 898. 49U.S.C. chs.1,8, 12; Supp. IV, chs. 1, 8,12 ,13 . Past, p. 189 . in accordance with the provisions of section 9 of the Defense High- way Act of 1941 (23 U. S . C. 109), $3,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available during the continuance of the emergency declared by the President on May 27, 1941. Any of the foregoing appropriations for general or administrative expenses under the Federal Works Agency shall be available for the maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger- carrying vehicles in the District of Columbia and in the field. FOREIGN-SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT Foreign-service pay adjustment, appreciation of foreign currencies: For carrying into effect the provisions of the Act approved March 26, 1934 (5 U. S. C. 118c), $950,000. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $31,750,000. Miscellaneous expenses: For all expenses necessary for the work of the General Accounting Office, including travel expenses; procure- ment and exchange of lawbooks and books of reference, and not to exceed $100 for periodicals; maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, $1,894,700, of which not to exceed $40,500 shall be available for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty mail as required by section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1944 (Public Law 364). For all printing and binding for the General Accounting Office, including monthly and annual editions of selected decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, $235,000. Investigations for, and detail of assistants to, committees of Con- gress: In order to enable the Comptroller General, as authorized in section 312 (b) of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to make investigations and reports ordered by either House of Congress or by any committee of either House having jurisdiction over revenue, appropriations, or expenditures, and to furnish, through assistants from his office, to such committees, at their request, any aid or infor- mation so requested, including the employment, in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, of necessary personnel for such purposes, and including salaries, contingent expenses, and necessary travel, $67,980. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION SALARIES AND EXPENSES General administrative expenses: For salaries and expenses neces- sary in the execution of laws to regulate commerce, including one chief counsel, one director of finance, and one director of traffic, at $10,000 each per annum, field hearings, traveling expenses, and con- tract stenographic reporting services, $2,769,400, of which amount not to exceed $2,488,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, exclusive of special counsel, for which the expenditure shall not exceed $50,000; not exceeding $5,000 for pur- chase and exchange of necessary books, reports, newspapers, and periodicals. Regulating accounts: To enable the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion to enforce compliance with section 20 and other sections of the Interstate Commerce Act as amended by the Act approved June 29, 1906, the Transportation Act, 1920 (49 U. S . C . 20), and the Trans- portation Act of 1940, including the employment of necessary special [59 STAT.
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