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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.- CH. 601-JUNE 23, 1938 merce and the Interstate Commerce Commission in the exercise and performance of the powers and duties vested in and imposed upon them by the Air Mail Act of 1934, approved June 12, 1934, as amended, as the President shall deem necessary and specify by Executive order, are transferred to the Authority upon such date or dates as the President shall specify by Executive order, and shall be available for use in connection with the exercise and performance of the powers and duties vested in and imposed upon the Authority, the Administrator, and the Air Safety Board by this Act. AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES AND TRAVEL General Authority SEC. 204. (a) The Authority is empowered to make such expendi- tures at the seat of government and elsewhere as may be necessary for the exercise and performance of the powers and duties vested in and imposed upon the Authority, the Administrator, and the Air Safety Board by law, and as from time to time may be appropriated for by Congress, including expenditures for (1) rent and per- sonal services at the seat of government and elsewhere; (2) travel expenses; (3) office furniture, equipment and supplies, lawbooks, news- papers, periodicals, and books of reference (including the exchange thereof); (4) printing and binding; (5) membership in and coopera- tion with such organizations as are related to, or are part of, the civil-aeronautics industry or the art of aeronautics in the United States or in any foreign country; (6) attendance at meetings and conventions when in the public interest; (7) making investigations and conducting studies in matters pertaining to aeronautics; and (8) acquisition (including exchange), operation, and maintenance of passenger-carrying automobiles and aircraft, and such other prop- erty as is necessary in the exercise and performance of the powers and duties of the Authority, the Administrator, and the Air Safety Board: Provided, That no aircraft or motor vehicle, purchased under the provisions of this section, shall be used otherwise than for official business. The Authority may include, among expenditures for travel, reasonable expenditures for transportation between air- ports and centers of population whether or not such transportation is incidental to travel by aircraft. Purchase of Aircraft (b) The Authority, within the limits of appropriations made available by Congress, may purchase and exchange modern aircraft, completely equipped in such manner that such aircraft can be used in testing and checking every phase of flight operation; and may purchase and exchange for the use of the Administrator and the Air Safety Board modern aircraft similar to aircraft used or suitable for use in air transportation, completely equipped in such manner that they can be used in testing and checking every phase of flight operation encountered in air transportation. The Authority is authorized to obtain necessary space, facilities, and personnel for the storage, maintenance, operation, and navigation of such aircraft. Travel (c) Travel by personnel of the United States Government on com- mercial aircraft, domestic or foreign, including travel between air- ports and centers of population or posts of duty when incidental to travel on commercial aircraft, shall be allowed at public expense when 983 48 Stat. 933; 49 Stat. 614. 39U.S.C.§§463, 469-469s; Supp. III , ch. 13. Authorization of ex- penditures and travel. General authority. Proviso. Aircraft, etc. , use restricted. Transportation be- tween airports, etc. P'urchase of aircraft. Travel.

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