PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 412 -AUG. 10, 1949
Transfer of person-
nel.
47 Stat. 417 .
the President, be transferred to, and be available for use by, the depart-
ment or agency to which said function or activity is transferred or
assigned for any purpose for which said funds were originally avail-
able. Balances so transferred shall be credited to any applicable exist-
ing appropriation account or accounts, or to any new appropriation
account or accounts, which are hereby authorized to be established
on the books of the Treasury Department, of the department or organ-
ization to which such function or activity is transferred, and shall be
merged with funds in the applicable existing or newly established
appropriation account or accounts and thereafter accounted for as
one fund. Balances transferred to existing accounts shall be subject
only to such limitations as are specifically applicable to such accounts
and those transferred to new accounts shall be subject only to such
limitations as are applicable to the appropriations from which they
are transferred.
" (b) The number of employees which in the opinion of the Secretary
of Defense is required for such transferred functions or activities may,
with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, be
deducted from any personnel maximum or limitation of the depart-
ment or agency within the Department of Defense from which such
function or activity is transferred, and added to any such personnel
maximum or limitation of the department or agency to which such
function or activity is transferred.
"AVAILABLITr
or REIMBURSEMENTs
"SEC. 408. To carry out the purposes of this Act, reimbursements
made under the authority of the Economy Act (31 U. S. C. 686), and
sums paid by or on behalf of personnel of any department or organi-
zation for services rendered or supplies furnished, may be credited to
authorize replacing or other accounts. Funds credited to such accounts
shall remain available for obligation for the same period as the funds
in the account so credited and each such account shall constitute one
fund on the books of the Treasury Department.
"COMMON USE OF DISBURSING FACILITIES
"SEC. 409. To the extent authorized by the Secretary of Defense,
disbursing officers of the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air
Force may, out of accounts of advances available to them, make dis-
bursements covering obligations arising in connection with any func-
tion or activity of any other department or organization within the
Department of Defense and charge upon vouchers the proper appro-
priation or appropriations of the other department or organization:
Provided, That all said expenditures shall subsequently be adjusted in
settlement of disbursing officers' accounts.
"REPORTS OF PROPERTY
"SEC. 410. The Secretary of Defense shall cause property records to
be maintained in the three military departments, so far as practicable,
on both a quantitative and monetary basis. under regulations which he
shall prescribe. Such property records shall include the fixed prop-
erty, installations, and major items of equipment as well as the supplies.
materials, and equipment held in store by the armed services. The
Secretary shall report annually thereon to the President and to the
Congress.
"REPEALING AND SAVING PROVISIONS
"SEC. 411 . All laws, orders, and regulations inconsistent with the
provisions of this title are repealed insofar as they are inconsistent
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