Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 60 Part 1.djvu/104

This page needs to be proofread.

60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS. -CH. 113-AMAR. 28 , 1946 Readjustment Act of 1944, $1,648,387,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended. Military and naval insurance: For military and naval insurance, $1,472,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended. Hospital and domiciliary facilities: For hospital and domiciliary facilities, $147,442,500, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: Provided, That this amount shall be avail- able for use by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, with the approval of the President, for extending any of the facilities under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 1 and 2 of the Act approved March 4, 1931 (38 U. S . C. 438j-k) or in section 101 of the Servicemen's Read- justment Act of 1944: Provided further, That not to exceed 3 per centum of this amount shall be available for the employment in the District of Columbia and in the field of necessary technical and clerical assistants to aid in the preparation of plans and specifications for the projects as approved hereunder and in the supervision of the execution thereof, and for traveling expenses, field office equipment, and supplies in connection therewith. National service life insurance: For transfer to the national service life insurance fund, in accordance with the provisions of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, on account of payments of benefits in excess of the reserve of the policy in case of death, or for premiums waived in case of total disability, in cases where the death or total disability of the insured shall have been determined by the Admin- istrator of Veterans' Affairs to be the result of disease or injury trace- able to the extra hazards of military or naval service, and to reimburse the national service life insurance fund for payments made therefrom when recovery of such payments is waived by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs under the authority of section 609 (a) of said Act, $169,535,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended. Total, Veterans' Administration, $4,431,142,415: Provided,That no part of this appropriation shall be available for hospitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimbursement of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed by the Admin- istrator of Veterans' Affairs. SEC. 102. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, the salaries of the Commissioners of the United States Tariff Commission shall be at the rate of $10,000 each per annum. SEC. 103. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided further, That any person who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEC. 104. No part of any appropriation or authorization in this Act shall be used to pay any part of the salary or expenses of any person 77 58 Stat. 287, 291, 295 38 U. S. C., Supp. V, §§ 701, note foll. § 735, 694-694e, 696- 695m. Post, p . 934. Post, p. 265 . Extension. 46 Stat. 1550, 1551. 58 Stat. 284. 38U.S. C., Supp.V, § 693a. 54 Stat. 1008. 38U.S.C.§§801- 818; Supp. V, § 801 et seq. Post, p. 781 et seq. 54 Stat. 1013. 38U. S. C. 809(a). Salaries of desig- nated oillcers. Persons advocating overthrow of U. 5. Government. Affidavit. Penalty. Payment of certain salaries, etc., prohibi- tion.