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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 210-JULY 8, 1947 60 Stat. 842 . 28U. S. C. §§921, 922, 931-934, 941-946. Post, p. 722. 58 Stat. 394. 39U.S.C.j321d. 49 Stat. 067; 50 Stat. 307. 45 U. S. C.§§ 215- 228s. 50 Stat. 316 . 45 U.S.C.§ 228o(a). 60 Stat. 903. 5 U.S.C. 150. Citation of title. Persons engaging, etc., in strikes against or advocating over- throw of U. S. Gov- ernment. Affidavit. Penalty. Short title. authorized by the Board; repairs and alterations; contract steno- graphic reporting services; and for payment in advance when authorized by the Board for library membership in organizations which issue publications to members only or to members at a price lower than to the general public; not to exceed $2,000 for claims determined and settled pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act; and purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; $1,046,000. Printing and binding: For printing and binding, $53,000. Penalty mail costs: For deposit in the general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty mail as required by section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1944, $175,000, of which $113,000 shall be derived from the railroad unemployment insurance administration fund. Railroad retirement account: For an amount sufficient as an annual premium for the payments required under the Railroad Retirement Acts of August 29, 1935, and June 24, 1937, and authorized to be appro- priated to the railroad retirement account established under section 15 (a) of the latter Act, $685,072,000, of which $203,793,000 shall be immediately available: Provided, That such total amount shall be available until expended for making payments required under said retirement Acts, and the amount not required for current payments shall be invested by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of said Railroad Retirement Act of June 24, 1937. The foregoing appropriations for salaries and miscellaneous expenses of the Board shall be available for a health-service program as authorized by the Act of August 8, 1946 (Public Law 658). This title may be cited as the "Railroad Retirement Board Appro- priation Act, 1948". TITLE VI-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or 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 affi- davit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against the Government of the United States, is not a mem- ber of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or that such person does not advocate, and is not a member of an organiza- tion that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided further, That any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or 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 penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SE. 602. Thi sAct may be cited as the "Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1948. Approved July 8, 1947. 278 [61 STAT.