59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 95-APR . 25 , 1945 declared by the President on May 27, 1941, but not to be available for obligation for new projects after June 30, 1945, of which amount not to exceed $800,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, including the objects specified under the head "Defense public works (community facilities)" in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1941, and the joint resolution approved December 23, 1941 (Public Law 371): Provided, That the limitation of $80,000,000 under this head in the First Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1945, on the total amount that may be allocated for contributions to public and private agencies for the maintenance and operation of public works after July 1, 1943, is hereby increased to $85,000,000: Provided further, That in making allocations out of the funds appropriated in this paragraph for con- struction projects priority shall be given to emergency projects involv- ing an estimated cost to the Federal Government of less than $250,000. 55 stat. 1647. 50 U. S. C., Supp. IV, app., note prec. 1 . 55 Stat. 546, 855. 58 Stat. 858. Construction proj- ects, priority. PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION Damage claims: For the payment of claims for damage to roads and highways under the Defense Highway Act of 1941, as amended (23 U. S. C. 110), as follows: "The Commissioner of Public Roads is authorized to reimburse the several States for the necessary rehabili- tation or repair of roads and highways of States or their subdivisions substantially damaged by the Army or the Navy, or both, by any other agency of the Government, etc.," as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 19, and House Document Numbered 75, Seventy-ninth Congress, $69,452.65 . Access roads: For an additional amount for access roads, including the purposes specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1945, $15,000,000. Strategic highway network: For an additional amount for the strategic highway network, including the purposes specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1945, $8,000,000. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE For the purpose of conducting the audit of all Government cor- porations as provided by section 5 of the Act approved February 24, 1945 (Public, Numbered 4, Seventy-ninth Congress), the Comptroller General is authorized in his discretion to employ not more than ten persons without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, only one of whom may be compensated at a rate of as much as but not more than $10,000 per annum, and to employ by contract, with- out regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, professional services of firms and organizations for temporary periods or for special purposes: Provided, That the expenses of auditing the finan- cial transactions of all Government corporations by the General Accounting Office shall be borne out of appropriations to the General Accounting Office, and appropriations in such sums as may be neces- sary are hereby authorized: Provided further, That each such cor- poration shall reimburse the General Accounting Office for the full cost of any such audit as billed therefor by the Comptroller General, and the General Accounting Office shall deposit the sums so reim- bursed into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Providedfurther, That, unless otherwise expressly provided by law, no funds of any Government corporation shall be used to pay the cost of any private audit of the financial records of the offices of such corporation except the cost of such audits contracted for and undertaken prior to the date of approval of this Act. 66347--46 -PT. I-6 55 Stat. 768. 23 U.. C ., Supp. IV, § 110. 58 Stat. 371. 58 Stat. 371. Audit of Oovern- mellt rorprations. Ante, p,. 6. 42 Stat. 1488 . 5U.S.C. 661; Supp.IV, §661 et scq. Post, p. 298, et isq. 41U. S.C .§5. Expenses of audit- ing. Appropriations au- thorized. Reimbursement. Private audit, re- striction.
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