PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 400-JUNE 3, 1948 tabulating cards and continuous form tabulating paper; and establish- ment, equipment, and maintenance of meteorological offices and sta- International Mete- tions; $21,880,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be expended for the contribution of the United States to the cost of the office of the secretariat of the International Meteorological Committee; and Printing office. not to exceed $10,000 for the maintenance of a printing office in the city of Washington for the printing of weather maps, bulletins, cir- culars, forms, and other publications: Provided That no printing shall be done by the Weather Bureau that can be done at the Govern- ment Printing Office without impairing the service of said Bureau: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this appropriation may be expended for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 60sttig in. August 2, 1946 (5 U. S . C . 55a): Provided further, That in the con- Investigations inugu r Arctic region. duct of meteorological investigations in the Arctic region, pursuant 60Stat. 4 . to the Act of February 12, 1946 (15 U. S . C . 313a), the funds herein appropriated shall be available for the appointment of employees at rates to be fixed by the Chief of the Weather Bureau without regard tS.tct.4Isa-674. to the civil-service laws and Classification Act and titles II and III 9Stat. z29-2 . of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, but the maximum base 921, 2; supp. i, 9 rsate of pay shall not be in excess of $7,500 per annum and at no time note. more than five employees shall be in a pay status at such rate of pay, and no other employees shall receive in excess of the base rate of pay of plbsistence sup- $5,000 per annum; the furnishing of food, shelter, and protective clothing and equipment, without repayment therefor, to employees of eqipment surplus the Government assigned to Arctic stations; and the Departments of the Air Force, Army and Navy, are authorized in the fiscal year 1949, subject to the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, to transfer with- out charge to the Weather Bureau materials, equipment, and supplies, surplus to their needs and necessary for the establishment, mainte- nance, and operation of Arctic weather stations. Employees of other Extra compensation at not to exceed $5 per day may be paid to employees of other Government agencies in Alaska, and in other Territorial possessions for taking and transmitting meteorological observations for the Weather Bureau. GENERAL PROVISI(NS-DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Free emergency medical services, Alaska, etc. Ante, pp. 323, 325, 327. Credit of proceeds from resales. Report to Congress. Relief of distressed persons. 60 Stat. 903. SEO. 302. The appropriations "Salaries and expenses Civil Aero- nautics Administration ; "Salaries and expenses", Civil Aeronautics Board; and "Salaries and expenses", Weather Bureau, shall be avail- able in an amount not to exceed $10.000 under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary, for furnishing to employees of the Civil Aeronautics Administration, the Civil Aeronautics Board, and the Weather Bureau in Alaska and other areas outside the United States where determined necessary by the Secretary free emergency medical services by contract or otherwise and medical supplies, and for the purchase, transportation, and storage of food and other subsistence supplies for resale to such employees, the proceeds from such resales to be credited to the appropriation from which the expenditure for such supplies was made and a report shall be made to Congress annually showing the expenditures made for such supplies and the proceeds from such resale; and appropriations of the Civil Aero- nautics Administration and the Weather Bureau shall be available in an amount not to exceed $20,000 for furnishing food, clothing, medicines, and other supplies for the temporary relief of distressed persons in remote localities, reimbursement for such relief to be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. SEC. 303 . The appropriations of the Department of Commerce available for salaries and expenses shall be available for health pro- grams as authorized by law (5 U. S . C . 150), and for the payment 328 [62 STAT.
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