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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 107-APR. 18, 1940 chase of one passenger-carrying automobile at $1,800 for the use of the Administrator and the rental of garage therefor, and the mainte- nance, operation, or repair thereof; not to exceed $15,000 for the tem- porary employment of persons or organizations for special services by contract or otherwise without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes or civil-service law and regulations; payment when specifi- cally authorized by the Administrator of actual transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses to persons serving, while away from their home, without other compensation from the United States, in an advisory capacity to the Agency: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes shall not be construed as applying to any purchase by or service rendered to the Agency when the aggregate amount involved in any such case does not exceed $100: Providedfurther, That none of the funds made available by this Act for administrative expenses of the Federal Loan Agency and the agencies under its supervision named herein shall be obligated or expended unless and until an appropriate appropriation account shall have been established therefor pursuant to an appropriation war- rant or a covering warrant, and all such expenditures shall be accounted for and audited in accordance with the Budget and Accounting Act, as amended. ELECTRIC HOME AND FARM AUTHORITY Electric Home and Farm Authority, salaries and administrative expenses: Not to exceed $600,000 of the funds of the Electric Home and Farm Authority, established as an agency of the Government by Executive Order Numbered 7139 of August 12, 1935, and continued as such agency until June 30, 1941, by the Act of March 4, 1939 (Public Act Numbered 2, Seventy-sixth Congress), shall be available during the fiscal year 1941 for administrative expenses of the Authority, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses, in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended (5 U. S . C . 821-833) ; not exceeding $3,000 for expenses incurred in packing, crat- ing, and transporting household effects (not exceeding five thousand pounds in any one case) of personnel when transferred in the interest of the service from one official station to another for permanent duty when specifically authorized in the order directing the transfer; print- ing and binding; lawbooks and books of reference; not to exceed $200 for periodicals, newspapers, and maps; procurement of supplies, equip- ment, and services; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor- saving devices, including their repair and exchange; rent in the Dis- trict of Columbia and elsewhere; and all other administrative expenses: Provided That all necessary expenses (including legal and special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, care, repair, and disposition of any security or collateral now held or acquired on or before June 30, 1941, by the Authority shall be considered as nonad- ministrative expenses for the purposes hereof. Special services. Post, p. 1109. Transportation, etc. , expenses. Provisos. Minor purchases. 41U.S.C.§5. Post, p. 1109. Obligation or ex- penditure of funds. Accounting. Salaries penses. and ex- 53 Stat. 510 . 15 U. S. C., Supp. V, §5701-712 (note). Travel expenses. 44 Stat. 688. Printing and bind- ing. Provio. NonadministrativS expenses. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF WASHINGTON Export-Import Bank of Washington, salaries and administrative peses expenses: Not to exceed $125,000 of the funds of the Export-Import Bank of Washington, established as an agency of the Government by Executive Order Numbered 6581 of February 2, 1934, and continued as such agency until June 30, 1941, by the Act approved March 4, 1939 (Public Act Numbered 3, Seventy-sixth Congress), shall be - stat available during the fiscal year 1941 for administrative expenses of s13b. the bank, including personal services in the District of Columbia and ex- 510. J., supp. V,

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