PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 81 -MAY 22, 1947
Incurring and de-
fraying of expenses.
Allocation of funds
to agencies.
Availability.
Advance payments
by Greece or Turkey.
Allocation to agen-
cies.
Reimbursements.
Funds received for
articles not replaced.
Payment in ad-
vance required by
President.
Advancement or re-
imbursement required
by departments, etc.
Condition prece-
dent to receipt of
assistance.
(5) by incurring and defraying necessary expenses, including
administrative expenses and expenses for compensation of per-
sonnel, in connection with the carrying out of the provisions of
this Act.
SEC. 2. (a) Sums from advances by the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation under section 4 (a) and from the appropriations made
under authority of section 4 (b) may be allocated for any of the pur-
poses of this Act to any department, agency, or independent establish-
ment of the Government. Any amount so allocated shall be available
as advancement or reimbursement, and shall be credited, at the option
of the department, agency, or independent establishment concerned,
to appropriate appropriations, funds or accounts existing or estab-
lished for the purpose.
(b) Whenever the President requires payment in advance by the
Government of Greece or of Turkey for assistance to be furnished to
such countries in accordance with this Act, such payments when made
shall be credited to such countries in accounts established for the
purpose. Sums from such accounts shall be allocated to the depart-
ments, agencies, or independent establishments of the Government
which furnish the assistance for which payment is received, in' the
same manner, and shall be available and credited in the same manner,
as allocations made under subsection (a) of this section. Any portion
of such allocation not used as reimbursement shall remain available
until expended.
(c) Whenever any portion of an allocation under subsection (a)
or subsection (b) is used as reimbursement, the amount of reimburse-
ment shall be available for entering into contracts and other uses
during the fiscal year in which the reimbursement is received and the
ensuing fiscal year. Where the head of any department, agency, or
independent establishment of the Government determines that replace-
ment of any article transferred pursuant to paragraph (4) (A) of
section 1 is not necessary, any funds received in payment therefor
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
(d) (1) Payment in advance by the Government of Greece or of
Turkey shall be required by the President for any articles or services
furnished to such country under paragraph (4) (A) of section 1 if
they are not paid for from funds advanced by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation under section 4 (a) or from funds appropriated
under authority of section 4 (b).
(2) No department, agency, or independent establishment of the
Government shall furnish any articles or services under paragraph
(4) (A) of section 1 to either Greece or Turkey, unless it receives
advancements or reimbursements therefor out of allocations under
subsection (a) or (b) of this section.
SEC. 3 . As a condition precedent to the receipt of any assistance
pursuant to this Act, the government requesting such assistance shall
agree (a) to permit free access of United States Government officials
for the purpose of observing whether such assistance is utilized effec-
tively and in accordance with the undertakings of the recipient
government; (b) to permit representatives of the press and radio
of the United States to observe freely and to report fully regarding
the utilization of such assistance; (c) not to transfer, without the
consent of the President of the United States, title to or possession of
any article or information transferred pursuant to this Act nor to
permit, without such consent, the use of any such article or the use
or disclosure of any such information by or to anyone not an officer,
employee, or agent of the recipient government; (d) to make such
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