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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CIi. 167. 1928 . 259 (1) The head of any executive department, independent establish- Information from rec- ords , etc ., to be af. ment, or agency in the executive branch of the Government, includ- forded by departments, in g the Alien Property Custodian and the Comptroller G ener al, etc. shall, upon request of the Arbiter, furnish such records, documents, papers, correspondence, and information in the possession of such department, independent establishment, or agency as may assist the Arbiter, furnish them statements and assistance of the s ame character as is described in section 188 of the Revised Statutes andns ., sec. lss, p. 2s. Tempo rary details of may temporarily detail any officers or employees of such department, officials, etc ., author- independent establishment, or agency to assist the Arbiter, or to act ized. a s a referee, in carrying out the provisions of this section. The Att orney General shall assign such officers and employee s of the Department of Justice as may be necessary to represent the United States in the proceedings under this section. (m) The Arbiter, with the approval of the Secretary of the Arb iter authorized 7 to appoint personnel, Treasury, is authorized to (1) appoint and fix the salaries of such make expenditures, etc. officers, referees, and employees, without regard to the civil service laws and regulations or to the Classification Act of 1923, and (2) make such expenditures (including expenditures for the salary of the Arbiter rent and personal services at the seat of government and elsewhere, iaw books, periodicals, books of reference, and printing and binding) as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this section and within the funds available therefor. Any officer or Ad ditional pay to persons detailed. employee detailed or assigned under subsection (1) shall be entitled to receive (notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary) suc h additional compensation as the Arbiter, with the ap proval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe. The Arbiter and offi- Travel and subsist allowed . expenses allowed . cers and emloyees appointed, detailed, or assigned shall be entitled to receive their necessary traveling expenses and actual expenses incurred for subsistence (without regard to any limitations imposed by law) while away from the District of Columbia on business require d by th is sect ion. (n) On the date on which the awards are certified to the Secretary etOffi o ofaserbiit er, of the Treasury under subsection (f) or the date on which the awards awards certified . are certified to the Secretary of the Treasury under subsection (e) Ante, p .258. of section 6 (patent claims of Austrian and Hungarian nationals), Po8t,p. 264, whichever date is the later, the terms of office of the Arbiter, and of the officers and employees appointed by the Arbiter, shall expire, and et Tr ansfe r of reco rds, the books, papers, records, correspondence, property, and equipment of the office shall be transferred to the Department of the Treasury. (o) No award or tentative award shall be made by the Arbiter in in, Res tri cti on n on mak- respect of any claim if (1) such claim is filed after the expiration Claim filed too late. of four months from the date on which the Arbiter takes office, or Judgm ents ren dered (2) any judgment or decree awarding compensation or damages in against united states. respect thereof has been rendered against the United States, and if such judgment or decree has become final (whether before or after the enactment of this Act), or (3) any suit or proceeding against the Suits pending. United States, or any agency thereof, is commenced or is pending in respect thereof and is not dismissed upon motion of the person by or on behalf of w hom it was co mmenced, made before the ex piration of six months from the date on which the Arbiter takes office and before any judgment or decree awarding compensation or damages becomes final. /h) There is h ereby authori zed to be app ropriated, to be imme- sum t° be .mme- l diately available . diately available and to remain available until expended, the sum of Post, p . 914. $50,000,000, and, after the date on which the awards of the Arbiter under this section are certified to the Secretary of the Treasury, such Additio 1 after swards certified . additional amounts as, when added to the amounts previously appro- priated, will be equivalent to the aggregate amount of such awards

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