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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 71-MAR. 25, 1940 Citation of title. Travel expenses on change of station. Proviso. Restriction. Restriction on des- ignated expenditures. Cost limitation on automobiles. Maintenance, etc., of automobiles not for official purposes. Exception. Maintenance, etc., limitation. Prerequisites to pay- ments. Citizenship, etc., provisions. Provso. Exceptions. This title may be cited as the "Post Office Department Appro- priation Act, 1941". TITLE III-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEO. 301. Appropriations for the fiscal year 1941 available for expenses of travel of civilian officers and employees of the executive departments and establishments shall be available also for expenses of travel performed by them on transfer from one official station to another when authorized by the head of the department or establish- ment concerned in the order directing such transfer: Provided, That such expenses shall not be allowed for any transfer effected for the convenience of any officer or employee. SEC. 302. No appropriation available for the executive depart- ments and independent establishments of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, whether contained in this Act or any other Act, shall be expended- (a) To purchase any motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle (exclusive of busses, ambulances, and station wagons), at a cost, completely 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- ment-owned motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle not used exclusively for official purposes; and "official purposes" shall not include the transportation of officers and employees between their 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 establishment concerned. The limitations of this subsection (b) shall not apply to any motor vehicles for official use of the President, the heads of the executive departments, ambassadors, ministers, and chargs d'affaires. (c) For the maintenance, upkeep, and repair (exclusive of garage 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. 303. No part of the money appropriated under this Act shall be paid to any person for the filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated after the Senate upon vote has failed to con- firm the nomination of such person. SEC. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or 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 shall not apply to enlisted men of the United States Coast Guard 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. 78 [54 STAT.

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