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63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 354-JULY 20, 1949 further, That no part of the sum herein appropriated shall be used to pay any witness more than one attendance fee for any one calendar day: Provided further, That whenever an employee of the United States performs travel in order to appear as a witness on behalf of the United States in any case involving the activity in connection with which such person is employed, his travel expenses in connection therewith shall be payable from the appropriation otherwise available for the travel expenses of such employee. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Salaries and expenses, detection and prosecution of crimes: For expenses necessary for the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United States; for the protection of the person of the President of the United States; the acquisition, collection, classification and preservation of identification and other records and their exchange with the duly authorized officials of the Federal Government, of States, cities, and other institutions; for such other investigations regarding official matters under the control of the Department of Justice and the Department of State as may be directed by the Attorney General; including personal services in the District of Columbia; a health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S . C. 150); purchase of five hun- dred (for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase at not to exceed $10,000, for replacement only, of one armored motor vehicle; printing and binding; firearms and ammunition; not to exceed $10,000 for taxicab hire to be used exclusively for the purposes set forth in this paragraph; traveling expenses, including expenses, in an amount not to exceed $4,500, of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of such Bureau when authorized in writing by the Attorney General; not to exceed $3,000 for membership in the Inter- national Commission of Criminal Police; payment of rewards when specifically authorized by the Attorney General for information lead- ing to the apprehension of fugitives from justice; and not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, who shall make a certificate of the amount of such expenditure as he may think it advisable not to specify, and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended; $52,585,141, of which not to exceed $750,000 shall be imme- diately available: Provided, That the compensation of the Director of the Bureau shall be $14,000 per annum so long as the position is filled by the present incumbent: Providedfurther, That of the amount herein appropriated $100,000 is to be held as a reserve for emergencies arising in connection with kidnaping, extortion, bank robbery, and to be released for expenditure in such amounts and at such times as the Attorney General may determine. None of the funds appropriated for the Federal Bureau of Investi- gation shall be used to pay the compensation of any civil-service employee. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE Salaries and expenses, Immigration and Naturalization Service: For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the admin- istration and enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, naturalization, and alien registration; personal services in the District of Columbia; a health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S . C . 150); care, detention, maintenance, transportation, and other expenses incident to the deportation, removal, and exclusion of aliens in the United States and to, through, or in foreign countries; advance of 459 Limitation on at- tendance fee. Travel expenses of Federal employees. Protection of the President. 60 Stat. 903 Travel expenses. International Com- mission of Criminal Police. Emergencies of con- fidential character. Compensation of Director. Reserve for certain emergencies. Civil-service em- ployees. 60 Stat. 903