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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 189-MAY 14, 1940 Supplies, etc. Equipment. Personal services. 42 Stat. 1488. 5U. S.. §§ 661-674; Supp. V, §§673, 673c. Operation and ad- ministration. Post, p. 1039. Testing, inspection, and information serv- ice. Research and devel- opment. Standards for com- merce. Cooperative work with departments, etc., on scientific in- vestigations. station and making clinical observations; compiling and dissemi- nating scientific and technical data; demonstrating the results of the Bureau's work by exhibits or otherwise as may be deemed most effective; purchases of supplies, materials, stationery, electric power, fuel for heat, light, and power, and accessories of all kinds needed in the work of the Bureau, including supplies for office, laboratory, shop, and plant, and cleaning and toilet supplies, gloves, goggles, rubber boots and aprons; contingencies of all kinds; supplies for operation, maintenance, and repair of motortrucks and a passenger automobile for official use, including their exchange; purchases of equipment of all kinds, including its repair and exchange, including apparatus, machines and tools, furniture, typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, books, periodicals, and reference books, including their exchange when not needed for per- manent use; translation of technical articles when required; salary of the Director and other personal services in the District of Colum- bia and in the field, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended: Operation and administration: For the general operation and administration of the Bureau; improvement and care of the grounds; plant equipment; necessary repairs and alterations to buildings, $305,000. Testing, inspection, and information service: For calibrating and certifying measuring instruments, apparatus, and standards in terms of the national standards; the preparation and distribution of stand- ard materials; the broadcasting of radio signals of standard fre- quency; the testing of equipment, materials, and supplies in connec- tion with Government purchases; the improvement of methods of 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; $886,000. 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 condi- tions affecting radio transmission; the development of methods of chemical analysis and synthesis, and the investigation of the prop- erties 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, $725,000. Standards for commerce: For cooperation with Government pur- chasing agencies, industries, and national organizations in developing specifications and facilitating their use; for encouraging the appli- cation of the latest developments in the utilization and standardiza- tion of building materials; for the development of engineering and safety codes, simplified-practice recommendations, and commercial standards of quality and performance, $121,500. During the fiscal year 1941 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 appro- priations, may, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, [54 STAT.

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