79TH CONG. , 2D SESS. -CH. 756-AUG. 2 ,1946 SEC. 28. The annual appropriations for the pay of the Marine Post exchange in- Corps shall be available for the payment of post exchange indebted- ers , etc. e ness of deserters and personnel discharged or sentenced to terms of imprisonment while in debt to the United States, under such regula- tions as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe. SEC. 29. Proceeds from the sale by the Coast Guard of rations, byetct Gta. supplies, uniforms, and other clothing shall be credited to the current appropriations from which purchase of these articles are authorized. SEC. 30 . When personnel of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Trasportation of Guard are ordered to make any permanent change of station motor hides. vehicles owned by them for their personal use not to exceed one vehicle per person, may be transported to their new posts of duty on Government-owned vessels. SEC. 31. The first sentence of section 10 (a) of the Act of June 6, 1940 (54 Stat. 248; 14 U. S. C. 135), is hereby amended by inserting in the first line thereof the words "working parties in the field," after the words "enlisted men of the Coast Guard. SEC. 32. The Coast Guard may pay rewards for the apprehension coast Guard. Rewards for con- and conviction, or for information helpful therein, of persons found victions, etc. interfering in violation of law with aids to navigation maintained by the Coast Guard. SEC. 33. Existing limitations on the number of enlisted personnel Personnel detailed of the Coast Guard who may be detailed for duty in the District of Columbia or at Coast Guard headquarters shall not apply while the Coast Guard is operating as a part of the Navy. SEC. 34. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to provide, out of Prrchase of letters naval appropriations available for the purchase or manufacture of pate equipment or material, for the purchase of letters patent, applications for letters patent, and licenses under letters patent and applications for letters patent that pertain to the equipment or material for which the appropriations are made. SEC. 35. (a) The Secretary of the Navy is authorized, in his dis- Rewards to civil cretion and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to pay cash rewards to civilian personnel of the Naval Establishment or other persons in civil life when, due to a suggestion or series of sug- gestions by them, there results an improvement or economy in manu- facturing process or plant or naval material, or in efficiency or economy in the operation or administration of the Navy Department or the Naval Establishment. Such sums as may be awarded to employees in accordance with this section shall be paid them out of naval appro- priations in addition to their usual compensation. No employee or Agreement. other person in civil life shall be paid a reward under this section until he has properly executed an agreement to the effect that the use by the United States of the suggestion or series of suggestions made by him shall not form the basis of a further claim of any nature against the United States by him, his heirs, or assigns. (b) Except as provided in subsection (a) hereof, civilian personnel Premiums,at, iein of the Naval Establishment shall not be paid any premium or bonus or cash reward in addition to their regular salaries. (c) The last paragraph appearing on page 718 of volume 40 of Repeal. the Statutes at Large (5 U. S. C. 416) which is a part of the Act of July 1, 1918 (40 Stat. 704), is hereby repealed. (d) The provisions of section 12 of title 22, United States Code, einmcuyessi for- together with the provisions of regulations prescribed thereunder, are 43 Stat. 142. hereby made applicable to civilian officers and employees of the Navy v, §12. u Department who are citizens of the United States and who are perma- P P.1038. nently stationed in foreign countries. SEC. 36. The Secretary of the Navy, in requesting competitive bids tBnidofor ontveu for the construction of naval vessels, shall require each bidder to file with its bid the estimates on which the bid is based. 60 STAT.]
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