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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CH. 180-APR. 27, 1938 testing; advisory services to governmental agencies on scientific and technical matters; and supplying available information to the public, upon request, in the field of physics, chemistry, and engineering; $837,000. Research and development: For the maintenance and development of national standards of measurement; the development of improved methods of measurement; the determination of physical constants and the properties of materials; the investigation of mechanisms and structures, including their economy, efficiency, and safety; the study of fluid resistance and the flow of fluids and heat; the investigation of radiation, radioactive substances, and X-rays; the study of con- ditions affecting radio transmission; the development of methods of chemical analysis and synthesis, and the investigation of the proper- ties of rare substances; investigations relating to the utilization of materials, including lubricants and liquid fuels; the study of new processes and methods of fabrication; and the solutions of problems arising in connection with standards, $700,000. Standards for commerce: For cooperation with Government pur- chasing agencies, industries, and national organizations in develop- ing specifications and facilitating their use; for encouraging the application of the latest developments in the utilization and stand- ardization of building materials; for the development of engineering and safety codes, simplified-practice recommendations, and commer- cial standards of quality and performance, $110,000. Investigation of building materials: For personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere and all other necessary expenses for the second year of a three-year study of the properties and suit- ability of building materials, with particular reference to their use in low-cost housing, including the construction of such experimental structures as may be necessary for this purpose; and the publication including printing and binding and dissemination of the results thereof, $198,000: Provided, That no part of this sum shall be used to duplicate any work now being performed by the Forest Products Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture. Public works construction: For the construction of a laboratory building, including tunnel and generating room, upon the site of the National Bureau of Standards in the District of Columbia for use in testing electrical and X-ray equipment, and for the purchase and installation therein of equipment for the generation of high voltages and for the testing of X-ray and other electrical apparatus, $500 000 to be available immediately and to remain available until expended. During the fiscal year 1939 the head of any department or inde- pendent establishment of the Government having funds available for scientific investigations and requiring cooperative work by the National Bureau of Standards on scientific investigations within the scope of the functions of that Bureau, and which the National Bureau of Standards is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations, may, with the approval of the Secretary of Com- merce, transfer to the National Bureau of Standards such sums as may be necessary to carry on such investigations. The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer on the books of the Treasury Depart- ment any sums which may be authorized hereunder, and such amounts shall be placed to the credit of the National Bureau of Standards for performance of work for the department or estab- lishment from which the transfer is made, including, where neces- sary, compensation for personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field. The appropriation under title III herein for traveling expenses shall be available for the National Bureau of Standards in an amount 277 Research and de- velopment. Standards for com- merce. Investigation of building materials. Prtiso. Work restriction. Public works con- struction. Cooperative work with departments, etc., on scientific in- vestigations. Transfer of funds. Attendance at meet- ings.

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