62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 773-JUNE 30, 1948 matters of importance to the work of the Farm Credit Administra- tion are to be discussed or transacted; not to exceed $750 for periodicals and newspapers; library membership fees or dues in organizations which issue publications to members only or to members at a lower price than to others, payment for which may be made in advance; not to exceed $20,000 for expenditures authorized by section 602 of the Organic Act of 1944 (12 U. S. C. 833); purchase of one passenger motor vehicle (for replacement only) for use in the District of Colum- bia and elsewhere; garage rental in the District of Columbia; pay- ment of actual transportation and other necessary expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence of persons serving, while away from their homes, without other compensation from the United States, in an advisory capacity to the Farm Credit Administration, except that such expenditures shall not exceed $10,000; examination of corporations, banks, associations, and institutions operated, super- vised, or regulated by the Farm Credit Administration; in all, $500,000. Collections made pursuant to section 601 of the Organic Act of 1944 (12 U. S . C . 832) are hereby made available to reimburse this appropriation for the cost of examining and supervising the corpora- tions, banks, associations, and other organizations as provided in said section. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Inland Waterways Corporation: For the purchase of capital stock of the Inland Waterways Corporation authorized by section 2 of the Act of June 3, 1924, as amended (49 U. S . C . 152), $2,000,000, to remain available until expended. REDUCTION IN APPROPRIATIONS Amounts available from appropriations and other funds are hereby reduced in the sums hereinafter set forth, such sums to be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury upon the approval of this Act: HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE A(ENCY Office of the Administrator: Veterans' housing: $7,650,000 of the unobligated balances of the funds appropriated or made available for carrying out the veterans' reuse housing program under title V of the Lanham Act (Act of October 14, 1940 as amended 42 U. S . C . 1521, 1571), of which $4,650,000 shall be from the unobligated bal- ances of the funds appropriated by Public Law 256, Eightieth Congress. TITLE II The following corporations and agencies, respectively, are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments with- out regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be neces- sary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Budget for the fiscal year 1949 for each such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided: INDEPENDENT AGENCIES AND CORPORATIONS Export-Import Bank of Washington: Not to exceed $800,000 (to be on an accrual basis) of the funds of the Export-Import Bank of Wash- ington shall be available during the fiscal year 1949 for all administra- tive expenses of the bank, including not to exceed $300 for periodicals, $300 for newspapers, and $500 for maps; health-service program as 68706--49--pt. 1 -75 59 Stat. 260. 42U.S.C.§1571- 1573; Supp. I, § 1671, 1572. 61 Stat. 514 . 59 Stat. 598. 31 U. S. C., Supp. 1, 849. 1185 58 Stat. 741 . 58 Stat. 740 . 43 Stat. 360.
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