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59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 263-JULY 3, 1945 said Act, including payment for accrued leave to be substituted for leave without pay taken between January 1, 1942, and June 30, 1942, which payment shall not exceed in any case the amount payable for such purposes under Federal laws with respect to the maximum accu- mulation of such leave: Providedfurther, That the Chairman of the War Manpower Commission may transfer funds from this appro- priation to the Social Security Board for "grants to States for unem- ployment compensation administration" as authorized in title III of the Social Security Act, as amended, to meet costs incurred by States in making available to the War Manpower Commission premises, equipment, supplies, facilities, and services, needed by the Commission in the operation and maintenance of employment office facilities and services, any sum so transferred and not expended in accordance with this proviso to be retransferred to this appropria- tion, $54,091,363, of which $7,791,134 shall be for use in carrying into effect the provisions of title IV, section 602, of the Service- men's Readjustment Act of 1944: Provided further, That pending the return to State control after the war emergency of the Employ- ment Service facilities, property and personnel loaned by the States to the United States Employment Service, no portion of the sum herein appropriated shall be expended by any Federal agency for any salary, to any individual engaged in employment-service duties in any position within any local or field or State office, which substan- tially exceeds the salary which would apply to such position and indi- vidual if the relevant State merit system applied and if State opera- tion of such office had continued without interruption: Provided further, That the Employment Service facilities, property and per- sonnel loaned by the States to the United State Employment Service, shall be returned to the States not later than three months after the termination of hostilities in the war with Japan as determined by Presidential proclamation or by concurrent resolution of Congress: Provided further, That no portion of the sum herein appropriated shall be expended by any Federal agency for the salary of any person who is engaged for more than half of the time, as determined by the State director of unemployment compensation, in the administration of the State unemployment compensation act, including claims taking but excluding registration for work. Training Within Industry Service, War Manpower Commission (national defense): For all expenses necessary to enable the Chairman of the War Manpower Commission to promote and facilitate on-the- job training and maximum utilization of workers by industries and activities essential to the war by affording training to supervisory personnel; including the final liquidation of the service by December 31, 1945, including the temporary employment of persons by contract or otherwise without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes and the civil-service and classification laws; reimbursement, at not to exceed 3 cents per mile, for official travel performed by employees in privately owned automobiles within the limits of their official stations; printing and binding (not to exceed $3,500); and travel expenses (not to exceed $200,000); $600,000. Migration of workers: To enable the War Manpower Commission to provide, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Chair- man of said Commission for the temporary migration of workers from foreign countries within the Western Hemisphere (pursuant to agree- ments between the United States and such foreign countries), for employment in the continental United States with industries and services essential to the war effort, including the transportation of such workers from points outside the United States to points of entry 381 Transfer of funds. 49 Stat. 626. 42U. .o.Oi 501- 503. 58 Stat. 294. 38 U. S .C., Supp. IV, § 695b. Salary restriction. Return of employ- ment facilities, etc., to States. Restriction on use of funds. Liquidation of serv- ice. 41U.S.C. 5.