63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., IST SESS.- CH. 354-JULY 20, 1949 replacement only; printing and binding; not to exceed $25,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S . C . 55a); not to exceed $10,000 for maintenance of a printing office in the City of Washington, as authorized by law; not to exceed $10,000 for the United States contribution to the cost of the secretariat of the International Meteorological Committee; and erection of tempo- rary living and working quarters for observers at remote localities where such quarters are not otherwise available; $24,179,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the maximum amount authorized under section 3 (a) of the Act of June 2, 1948 (Public Law 573), for extra compensation to employees of other Government agencies for taking and transmitting meteorological observations, shall be $5 per day; and the maximum base rate of pay authorized under section 3 (b) of said Act, for employees conducting meteorological investigations in the Arctic region, shall be $5,000 per annum, except that not more than five of such employees at any one time may receive a base rate of $7,500 per annum. GENERAL PROVISIONS-DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SEC. 302. The appropriations "Salaries and expenses", Civil Aero- nautics Administration; "Salaries and expenses" Civil Aeronautics Board; "Radio propagation and standards", National Bureau of Standards; and "Salaries and expenses", Weather Bureau, shall be available 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 other- wise and medical supplies in an amount not to exceed $20,000, and for the purchase, transportation, and storage of food and other subsist- ence supplies by contract or otherwise for resale to such employees, through commissaries and mess halls, 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 form 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 distressd 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 avail- able for salaries and expenses shall be available for health programs as authorized by law (5 U. S . C. 150), and for the payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S . C. 2672). SEC. 304. Appropriations of the Department of Commerce avail- able for salaries and expenses shall be available for attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the activities for which the appropriations are made. SEC. 305. During the current fiscal year officers and employees of the Department of Commerce having special scientific or other tech- nical or professional qualifications may be detailed to the Government of any foreign country under the same terms and conditions as pro- vided in the Act of May 25, 1938, as amended (5 U. S. C. 118e), for detail of employees of the United States to the foreign Governments specified in said Act. SEC. 306. This title may be cited as the "Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1950". 469 60 Stat. 810. International Mete- orological Committee. Employees of other agencies. 62 Stat. 286. 15 U. S. 0., Snpp. II, 327. Free emergency medical services, Alas- ka, etc. Ante, pp. 463, 466, 468. Credits of proceeds from resales. Report to Congress. Relief of distressed persons. 60 Stat. 90. 62 Stat. 983. 28 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 2672. Ante, pp. 62, 106. Attendance at meet- ings. Details to foreign countries. 52 Stat. 442 . 5U. .C., Supp. II i I8e note. Citan of tit.
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