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 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 115 -MAY 6, 1939 pletely equipped for operation, and including the value of any vehicle exchanged, in excess of $750, unless otherwise specifically provided for in the appropriation. (b) For the maintenance, operation, and repair of any Govern- Maintenance, etfc. ment-owned motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle not used officialpurposes. exclusively for official purposes; and "official purposes" shall not "Orffcial purposes" include the transportation of officers and employees between their consrue domiciles and places of employment, except in cases of medical officers on out-patient medical services and except in cases of officers and employees engaged in field work the character of whose duties makes such transportation necessary and then only as to such latter cases when the same is approved by the head of the department or estab- lishment concerned. The limitations of this subsection (b) shall not Exceptions. apply to any motor vehicles for official use of the President, or of the heads of the executive departments. (c) For the maintenance, upkeep, and repair (exclusive of garage Maintenancet up- rent, pay of operators, tires, fuel, and lubricants) on any one motor- propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, except busses and ambulances, in excess of one-third of the market price of a new vehicle of the same make and class and in no case in excess of $400. SEC. 4. No part of the money appropriated under this Act shall be mestreitiononmi pa paid to any person for the filling of any position for which he or she after Senate rejection. has been nominated after the Senate upon vote has failed to confirm the nomination of such person. SEC. 5. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or provi etns. authorized hereby to be expended shall be used to pay the compen- sation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States, or of any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States, whose post of duty is in continental United States unless such officer or employee is a citizen of the United States or a person in the service of the United States on the date of the approval of this Act who being eligible for citizen- ship has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen or who owes allegiance to the United States: Provided, That this section Proviso. shall not apply to enlisted men of the United States Coast Guard Exceptions. who are on active duty in that service on the effective date of this Act, until the expiration of the period required for such enlisted men to complete their naturalization, nor shall it apply to personnel of the Coast Guard on the retired list, and enlisted men on active duty with over twelve years' honorable service who are ineligible for United States citizenship. SEC. 6. On and after July 1, 1939, no executive department or inde- miRssionountrnols pendent establishment of the Government shall transmit through the ited offcial mail mat- mail, free of postage, any book, report, periodical, bulletin, pamphlet, tPot, p. 9 .pe list, or other article or document (except official letter correspondence, mail concerning the sale of Government securities, and all forms and blanks necessary in the administration of such departments and establishments), unless a request therefor has been previously received by such department or independent establishment or such transmis- sion is required by law. For each quarter, beginning with the quarter mearterly state- commencing July 1, 1939, the head of each independent establishment clises. and executive department (other than the Post Office Department) shall submit to the Postmaster General, within thirty days after the close of the quarter, a statement of the weight of the mail matter by classes of mail that the independent establishment or department has transmitted free of postage during such quarter, and he shall also Certificationofeom- certify to the Postmaster General at the end of each such quarter that nothing was transmitted through the mail free of postage by the independent establishment or department in violation of the pro- 98907°-- 39--PT 2 12 683

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