PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 506-AUG. 24 , 1949 Use of present fur- niture. Post, p. 976. Use of present fur- niture. 47 Stat. 412 . Per diem employ- ees. Availability of funds. il Stat. 584 . 40 U. S. C., Supp. II, §§ 1 note, 129. 60 Stat. 903. 62 Stat. 1225 . 50 U. S. C., Supp. II, §§451-462. cleaning of uniforms for guards and elevator conductors; $31,140,000: Provided,That all furniture now owned by the United States in other public buildings or in buildings rented by the United States shall be used, so far as practicable, whether or not it corresponds with the present regulation plan for furniture. Salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds outside the District of Columbia: For expenses necessary for the administration, operation, protection, and maintenance of public buildings and grounds outside the District of Columbia maintained and operated by the Public Buildings Administration, including cleaning, heating, lighting, rental of buildings and equipment, supplies, materials, fur- nishings and equipment, personal services in the District of Columbia, arms, ammunition, purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards and elevator conductors, the purchase of five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, expenses incident to moving Govern- ment agencies in connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of building space, and the restoration of leased premises, $23,968,800: Provided,That all furniture now owned by the United States in other public buildings or in buildings rented by the United States shall be used, so far as practicable, whether or not it corresponds with the present regulation plan for furniture. The provisions of section 322 of the Act of June 30, 1932, as amended (40 U. S . C . 278a), shall not apply to any lease entered into by, or transferred to, the Public Buildings Administration for the housing of activities specifically exempted from the provisions of the said Act, as amended. Under the appropriations for salaries and expenses, public build- ings and grounds in and outside the District of Columbia, and for national industrial reserve, per diem employees may be paid at rates approved by the Commissioner of Public Buildings not exceeding current rates for similar services in the place where such services are employed, and such employees in emergencies may be entered on duty subject to confirmation by the Federal Works Administrator. The appropriations for salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds in and outside the District of Columbia, shall be available for communication services serving one or more governmental activities, and for services to motor vehicles, and where such services, together with quarters, maintelnance, or other services, are furnished on a reinlbursable basis to any governmental activity, such activity shall make )paymenttherefor promnptly by check upon the request of the Public Buildlings Administration, either in a(lvance or after the service has been furnished, for deposit to the credit of the applicable appropriation, of all or part of the estimated or actual cost thereof, as the case may be, proper adjustment upon the basis of actual cost to be made for services paid for in advance. Costs of maintenance, upkeep, and repair paid by Government corporations pursuant to section 306 of the Government Corporations Appropriation Act, 1948, shall be credited to the appropriations of the Public Buildings Administration bearing such costs. Funds available to the Public Buildings Administration shall also be available for health-service programs as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150). National industrial reserve: For expenses necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon the Federal Works Agency by the Act of July 2, 1948 (Public Law 883), relating to the retention and mainte- nance of a national industrial reserve. including personal services in the District of Columbia; purchase of not to exceed eight pas- senger motor vehicles for replacement only; and maintenance, pro- tection, repair, restoration, renovation, and other services by contract 640 [63 STAT.
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