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00 STAT.] 79Tr CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 803 , 804 --AUG. 7, 1946 SEC. 3. In carrying out the purposes of this Act, the Federal Works Administrator shall provide a hospital center of such size and design as he shall deem feasible and economical of operation. SEo. 4 . In carrying out the provisions of this Act the Federal Works Administrator is authorized to utilize the services of or to act through the United States Public Health Service in the Federal Security Agency, the Federal Works Agency, and any other department or agency of the United States, and any funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be available for transfer to such department or agency in reimbursement thereof. SEC. 5 . Thirty per centum of the net amount expended by the Federal Works Administrator under this Act shall be charged against the District of Columbia and shall be repaid to the Government by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia at such times and in such amounts, without interest, as the Congress shall hereafter determine. The District of Columbia shall be entitled to 30 per centum of the sale price of any of the properties sold by the Federal Works Admin- istrator under section 2 of this Act, other than properties the value of which is deducted from the gross amount expended to determine the net amount upon which the 30 per centum to be charged against the District of Columbia is computed, and the District of Columbia shall also be entitled to receive 30 per centum of any rentals received from the leasing of any of the hospital facilities acquired or constructed by the Federal Works Administrator under this Act. The amounts which may be due the District hereunder shall be credited on the amount owed the Government by the District of Columbia until such obligation of the District is discharged in full. SEC. 6. For carrying out the purposes of this Act, including admin- istrative expenses, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated during the period ending June 30, 1952, the sum of $35,000,000 to be appropriated at such times and in such amounts as the Congress shall determine. Approved August 7, 1946. 897 Hospital center. Utilization of PHS services, etc. Transfer of funds. Expenditures charged against D. C. D. C. percentages of sale price and rentals. Appropriation au- thorized. [CHAPTER 804] AN ACT August 7, 194 To provide for the disposition of vessels, trophies, relics, and material of historical rs15471 interest by the Secretary of the Navy, and for other purposes. IPublil Law 649] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized, upon such terms and conditions as he may in his discretion prescribe, to transfer by gift or otherwise obsolete or condemned vessels of the United States Navy or captured vessels in the possession of the Navy to any of the several States, Territories, or possessions of the United States, and political subdivisions, or municipal corporations thereof, the District of Columbia, Canal Zone, or to corporations or associations whose charter or articles of agree- ment denies them the right to operate for profit. The transfer agree- ment for the disposition of any vessel shall include a stipulation that the transferee shall maintain the vessel in a condition satisfactory to the Navy Department and that no expense shall result to the United States as a consequence of such transfer or as a consequence of such terms and conditions prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy: Pro- vided, That the provisions of section 34 (a) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 765; 50 U. S. C. 1611) shall apply to this Act. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized, in his discretion, to loan or give to any of the several States, Territories, or possessions of the Unted States, and political subdivisions or municipal cor- porations thereof, the District of Columbia, Canal Zone, Soldiers' 80634°--47-PT . I -57 Navy. Transfer of obsolete vessels by gift, etc. Transfer agreement. 58 Stat. 783. 50 U. S. C., Supp. V, app. 1643(a). Loan, etc., of obso- lete and other ma- terial.