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63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS. -CH. 662-OCT. 10 , 1949 administration," $25,000,000; the limitation of $675,000 under this head in the Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1950, for necessary expenses in connection with the operation of employment office facili- ties and services in the District of Columbia, and so forth, is hereby repealed; and the first proviso under said head is amended to read as follows: "Provided,That in addition to this appropriation, the sum of $8,000,000 is hereby made available to be used to the extent that the Federal Security Administrator, with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, finds necessary to meet increased costs of administration resulting from change in a State law or increases in the numbers of claims filed and claims paid and salary costs over those upon which the State's basic grant (or the allocation for the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico) was based, which increased costs of adminis- tration cannot be provided for by normal budgetary adjustments:". Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of Employment Security For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Employment Security, 1950", $340,000; and appropriations under this head shall be available for the temporary employment of persons, without regard to the civil service laws, for the farm placement migratory labor program and shall be available for cooperation with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Secretary of State in negotiating and carrying out agreements relat- ing to the employment of foreign agricultural workers, subject to the immigration laws and when necessary to supplement the domestic labor force. SALARIES AND EXPENSES, BUREAU OF OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE The first proviso under this head in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1950, is amended to read as follows: "Provided, That of the amount herein made available for expenditure, not more than $50,000 may be expended without regard to section 322 of the Act of June 30, 1932, as amended (40 U. S . C . 278a), for alterations, repairs, and improvements to the buildings occupied by the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance in Baltimore, Maryland, and vicin- ity, of which amount not more thaA $15,000 shall be available for alterations, repairs, and equipment for an employee cafeteria or cafe- terias, and the total amount made available in this proviso, except such part as may be necessary for incidental expenses of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, may be transferred to the Public Buildings Administration, General Services Administration, for such purposes". GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC BUILDINGS ADMINISTRATION Site for public building at Omaha, Nebraska: For an additional amount for the acquisition of a site for a public building at Omaha, Nebraska, as authorized by the Acts of March 25, 1948 (Public Laws 455, 456, and 457), $150,000, to remain available until June 30, 1950. SURPLUS PROPERTY DISPOSAL Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (Public Law 152, approved June 30, 1949), relating to excess and surplus property, including personal services in the District of Columbia; allocations to Government agencies for services rendered in connection with care and handling or disposal of property declared 741 Ante, p. 293. Additional amount for increased adminis- trative costs. Ante, p. 294. Ante, p. 294. 47 Stat. 412 . Repair, etc., of cer- tain buildings. 62 Stat. 86. Ante, pp . 377, 385.