63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1 ST SESS.-CH. 275--JUNE 29, 1949 shall be reduced by an amount equal to the percentage increase or decrease, if any, in construction costs generally, dating from July 1, 1948, as determined by the Federal Works Administrator; For payment of obligations incurred under authority provided under this head in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1948, and the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1949, to enter into contracts for construction of a dental school building and an auditorium building, $2,953,425; For payment of obligations incurred under authority provided under this head in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948, to enter into contracts for construction of an engineering building and women's dormitory units, $1,706,000. OFFICE OF EDUCATION Further development of vocational education: For carrying out section 3 of the Vocational Educational Act of 1946 (20 U. S . C . 15h), $19,842,760: Provided, That the apportionment to the States shall be computed on the basis of not to exceed $19,842,760 for the current fiscal year. Promotion of vocational education in Hawaii: For carrying out section 4 of the Act of March 10, 1924 (20 U. S. C . 29), $30,000. Promotion of vocational education in Puerto Rico: For carrying out section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1931 (20 U. S. C. 30), $105,000. Further endowment of colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts: For carrying out section 22 of the Act of June 29, 1935 (7 U. S . C . 329), $2,480,000. Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Office of Education, including surveys, studies, investigations, and reports regarding libraries; fostering coordination of public and school library service; coordination of library service on the national level with other forms of adult education; developing library participa- tion in Federal projects; fostering Nation-wide coordination of research materials among libraries, interstate library coordination and the development of library service throughout the country; personal services in the District of Columbia; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S . C. 55a); purchase, distribu- tion, and exchange of educational documents, motion-picture films, and lantern slides; collection, exchange, and cataloging of educational apparatus and appliances, articles of school furniture and models of school buildings illustrative of foreign and domestic systems and methods of education, and repairing the same; $1,975,600, of which not less than $522,300 shall be available for the Division of Vocational Education as authorized: Provided,That all receipts from non-Fed- eral agencies representing reimbursement for expenses of travel of employees of the Office of Education performing advisory functions to said agencies shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of this appropriation. OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION Payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico): For payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico) in accordance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended (29 U. S . C . ch. 4), including payments, in accordance with regula- tions of the Administrator, for one-half of necessary expenditures for the acquisition of vending stands or other equipment in accord- ance with section 3 (a) (3) (C) of said Act for the use of blind persons, such stands or other equipment to be controlled by the State agency, $20,500,000, of which not to exceed $225,000 shall be available 287 61 Stat. 266. 62 Stat. 398. 62 Stat. 215. 60 Stat. 775. 20 U. S. C.§ 15J. 43 Stat. 18. 46 Stat. 1489. 49 Stat. 439. Post, p. 740. 60 Stat. 810. Receipts from non- Federal agencies. 41 Stat. 735 . 29U.S.C. § 31-41. 57 Stat. 376 . 29 U.S. . i33(a) (3) (C).
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