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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 931-DEC. 16, 1940 [CHAPTER 931] AN ACT December 16,1940 [S. 4370] Authorizing the President to appoint an Under Secretary of War during national [Public, No. 8911 emergencies, fixing the compensation of the Under Secretary of War, and authorizing the Secretary of War to prescribe duties. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Departmentof'War United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President UnderSecretary, ap - pointment, duties,etc. of the United States is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to appoint from civil life, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Under Secretary in the Department of War. The Under Secretary of War shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War or required by law and shall be next in succession to the Secretary of War during his absence or disability or in the event of a temporary vacancy in that office. In prescribing the duties to be performed by the Under Secretary of War, the Secretary of War may prescribe any of the duties now prescribed by law to be performed by Compensation. The Assistant Secretary of War. The compensation of the Under Secretary of War shall be at the rate of $10,000 per annum. The scei t o a Assistant ecretary, ssistant Secretary of War, next after the Under Secretary of War, succession to duties of Secretary. shall hereafter succeed to the duties of the Secretary of War during his absence or disability, or in the event of a temporary vacancy in that office. National Defense Act, amendment. SEC. 2. That the first two paragraphs of section 5a of the National 10U. B. C. C 1193- Defense Act, as amended by the Act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. L. 764), be, and the same are hereby, amended to read as follows: Supervision of pro- "SEo. 5a. Hereafter the Secretary of War, in addition to other crement of military duties imposed upon him by law, shall be charged with the supervision supplies, etc. of the procurement of all military supplies and other business of the War Department pertaining thereto and the assurance of adequate provision for the mobilization of mat6riel and industrial organizations dAssignment of essential to wartime needs, and he may assign to the Under Secretary uies of War and The Assistant Secretary of War such duties in connection Details. therewith as he may deem proper. There shall be detailed to the Offices of the Secretary of War, the Under Secretary of War, and The Assistant Secretary of War from the branches engaged in procure- ment such numbers of officers and civilian employees as may be au- thorized by regulations approved by the Secretary of War. Procurement re- "Chiefs of branches of the Army shall report regarding all matters ports. of procurement direct to the Secretary of War, the Under Secretary of War, or The Assistant Secretary of War, as the Secretary of War overnment man- shall have prescribed. The Secretary of War shall cause to be manu- partmentsupplies,etc. factured or produced at the Government arsenals or Government- owned factories of the United States all such supplies or articles needed by the War Department as said arsenals or factories are capable of manufacturing or producing upon an economical basis. Availability of des- All appropriations for manufacture of matriel pertaining to approved ignated appropria- tions. projects which are placed with arsenals, Government-owned factories, or other ordnance establishments shall remain available for such purpose until the close of the next ensuing fiscal year." condiation. The provisions of this Act shall cease to have effect on January 20, Compensation ofSAs 1945, unless continued in force by an Act of Congress. The com- sistant ecret. pensation of the Assistant Secretary of War shall be at the rate of $10,000 per annum. Approved, December 16, 1940. 1224 [54 STAT.

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