PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 506-AUG. 24, 1949
60 Stat. 903.
60 Stat. 843; 62 Stat.
1008.
28 U. S. C., Supp.
II, § 2672.
Ante, pp. 62,106.
Post, p. 947.
Transfer of funds.
Contract authority.
Salary restriction.
42 Stat. 1488 .
5 U.S.
. §§ 661-674;
Supp. II, §662 et seq.
Post, p. 972.
Transfer of facilities
at Arco, Idaho.
Restriction on use of
funds.
Nonapplicability of
limitations.
"Construction proj-
ect"; "budget."
Reports.
replacement only; purchase, maintenance, and operation of aircraft;
printing and binding; health-service program as authorized by law
(5 U. S. C . 150); publication and dissemination of atomic information;
payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims
Act (28 U. S . C . 2672); purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms;
purchase of newspapers and periodicals (not to exceed $8,000) and
travel expenses; official entertainment expenses (not to exceed $5,000);
and payment of obligations incurred under prior year contract author-
izations; $702,930,769, together with the unexpended balances, as of
June 30,1949, of prior year appropriations to the Atomic Energy Com-
mission, of which amounts $100,000 may be expended for objects of a
confidential nature and in any such case the certificate of the Commis-
sion as to the amount of the expenditure and that it is deemed inadvis-
able to specify the nature thereof shall be deemed a sufficient voucher
for the sum therein expressed to have been expended; from which
appropriation transfers of sums may be made to other agencies of the
Government for the performance of the work for which this appro-
priation is made, and in such cases the sums so transferred may be
merged with the appropriation to which transferred; and in addition
to the amount herein provided, the Commission is authorized to con-
tract for the purposes of this appropriation during the current fiscal
year in an amount not exceeding $387,189,628: Provided,That no part
of this appropriation shall be used to pay the salary of any officer or
employee (except such officers and employees whose compensation is
fixed by law, and scientific and technical personnel) whose position
would be subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, if such
Act were applicable to such position, at a rate in excess of the rate
payable under such Act for positions of equivalent difficulty or respon-
sibility: Providedfurther, That not to exceed $2,700,000 of the amount
herein appropriated may be transferred to the Department of the
Navy for the acquisition, construction, and installation, at a location
to be determined, of facilities (including necessary land and rights
pertaining thereto) to replace existing Navy facilities at Arco, Idaho,
which latter facilities are hereby authorized to be transferred by the
Secretary of the Navy to the Commission for its purposes: Provided
further, That no part of this appropriation or contract authorization
shall be used-
(A) to start any new construction project for which an estimate
was not included in the budget for the current fiscal year;
(B) to start any new construction project the currently esti-
mated cost of which exceeds the estimated cost included therefor
in such budget; or
(C) to continue any community facility construction project
whenever the currently estimated cost thereof exceeds the esti-
mated cost included therefor in such budget;
unless the Director of the Bureau of the Budget specifically approves
the start of such construction project or its continuation and a detailed
explanation thereof is submitted forthwith by the Director to the
Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House of Repre-
sentatives and the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy; the limitations
contained in this proviso shall not apply to any construction project
the total estimated cost of which does not exceed $500,000; and, as
used herein, the term "construction project" includes the purchase,
alteration or improvement of buildings, and the term "budget"
includes the detailed justification supporting the budget estimates:
Provided further, That whenever the current estimate to complete
any construction project (except community facilities) exceeds by
15 per centum the estimated cost included therefor in such budget or
the estimated cost of a construction project covered by clause (A) of
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