63 STAT.]
81ST CONG. , IST SESS.-CH. 506 -AUG. 24, 1949
$104,000,000 of the funds and contract authority made available for
new ship construction, including reconditioning and betterment, in
the Supplemental Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, shall
continue to be available until December 31, 1949;
Maintenance of shipyard facilities, $425,000;
Operation of warehouses, $480,000;
Operating-differential subsidies, $18,218,382: Provided, That to the
extent that the operating-differential subsidy accrual (computed on
the basis of parity) is represented on the operator's books by a contin-
gent accounts receivable item against the Commission as a partial or
complete offset to the recapture accrual, the operator (1) shall be
excused from making deposits in the Special Reserve Fund and, (2)
as to the amount of such earnings the deposit of which is so excused,
shall be entitled to the same tax treatment as though it had been
deposited in said Special Reserve Fund. To the extent that any amount
paid to the operator by the Commission reduces the balance in the
operator's contingent receivable account against the Commission,
such amount, unless it is forthwith deposited in the fund, shall be
considered as withdrawn under section 607 (h) of the Merchant
Marine Act, 1936, as amended;
Reserve fleet expense, $7,134,800;
Maintenance and operation of terminals, $510,850;
Miscellaneous expenses, including payment of claims pursuant to
section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S . C . 2672), $420,000,
of which $250,000 shall be available exclusively for liquidation of liens
or claims which may take precedence over the Government's preferred
mortgage on vessels.
Maritime training: For training personnel for the manning of the
merchant marine (including operation of training stations at Kings
Point, New York; Sheepshead Bay, New York; Pass Christian,
Mississippi; Saint Petersburg, Florida; Alameda, California, and
the United States Maritime Service Institute), including not to
exceed $3,065,000 for personal services (exclusive of pay of cadet
midshipmen and other trainees) in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere; printing and binding; health-service program as author-
ized by law (5 U. S . C . 150); not to exceed $2,500 for contingencies
for the Superintendent, United States Merchant Marine Academy, to
be expended in his discretion; and not to exceed $100,000 for transfer
to applicable appropriations of the Public Health Service for services
rendered the Commission, $6,586,000, including the pay of cadet mid-
shipmen and other trainees.
State marine schools: To reimburse the State of California, $50,000;
the State of Maine, $50,000; the State of Massachusetts, $50,000; and
the State of New York, $50,000; for expenses incurred in the mainte-
nance and support of marine schools in such States as provided in the
Act authorizing the establishment of marine schools, and so forth,
approved March 4, 1911, as amended (34 U. S. C . 1121-1123); and
for the maintenance and repair of vessels loaned by the United States
to the said States for use in connection with such State marine schools,
$170,000; in all, $370,000.
War Shipping Administration liquidation: Not to exceed $15,000,000
of the unexpended balance of the appropriation to the Secretary of
the Treasury in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1948,
for liquidation of obligations found by the General Accounting Office
to have been properly incurred against funds of the War Shipping
Administration prior to January 1, 1947, is hereby continued available
during the current fiscal year.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Commission
is authorized to furnish utilities and services and make necessary
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62 Stat. 1198.
62 Stat. 961.
46U.S .C. 1177 (h).
60 Stat. 843; 62 Stat.
1008.
28 U. S. C., Supp.
II, 12672.
Ante, pp. 62, 106.
60 Stat. 93.
36 Stat. 1353 .
Poad, p . 978.
61 Stat. 697.
Furnishing utilities,
etc.
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