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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 36-JAN. 27, 1948 (2) to furnish, sell, or rent, by contract or otherwise, educa- tional and information materials and equipment for dissemination to, or use by, peoples of foreign countries; Radionfacilit (3) whenever necessary in carrying out title V of this Act, to purchase, rent, construct, improve, maintain, and operate facilities for radio transmission and reception, including the leasing of real property both within and without the continental limits of the United States for periods not to exceed ten years, or for longer periods if provided for by the appropriation Act; (4) to provide for printing and binding outside the continental limits of the United States, without regard to section 11 of the 40 Stat. 7. Act of March 1,1919 (44 U. S. C . 111); (5) to employ, without regard to the civil-service and classi- fication laws, when such employment is provided for by the appropriation Act, (i) persons on a temporary basis, and (ii) aliens within the United States, but such employment of aliens shall be limited to services related to the translation or narration of colloquial speech in foreign languages when suitably qualified United States citizens are not available; and dviory commit- (6) to create, with the approval of the Commission on Infor- mation and the Commission on Educational Exchange, such advisory committees as the Secretary may decide to be of assistance in formulating his policies for carrying out the purposes of this Act. No committee member shall be allowed any salary or other compensation for services; but he may be paid his actual trans- portation expenses, and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses, while away from his home in attendance upon meetings within the United States or in consul- tation with the Department under instructions. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SEC. 802. In carrying on activities which further the purposes of this Act, subject to approval of such activities by the Secretary, the Department and the other Government agencies are authorized- (1) to place orders and make purchases and rentals of materials and equipment; (2) to make contracts, including contracts with governmental agencies, foreign or domestic, including subdivisions thereof, and intergovernmental organizations of which the United States is a member, and, with respect to contracts entered into in foreign countries, without regard to section 3741 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 22); (3) under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, to pay the transportation expenses, and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses, of citizens or subjects of other countries, without regard to the Standardized Government 44u.t .o.821 Travel Regulations and the Subsistence Act of 1926, as amended; and (4) to make grants for, and to pay expenses incident to, training and study. MAXIMCUM USE OF EXISTING GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AND FACILITIES SEC. 803. In carrying on activities under this Act which require the . utilization of Government property and facilities, maximum use shall be made of existing Government property and facilities. 12 [62 STAT.