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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 313 -JUNE 11, 1940 BUREAU OF ENGINEERING ENGINEERING For an additional amount for Engineering, comprising the same objects specified under this head in title I of this Act, including the acquisition and conversion or construction and repair of machinery for boom or net tenders, $5,314,500, to be immediately available, of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for the pay of employees assigned to group IV (b) and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department and the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to exceed the statutory limit on repair and alterations to vessels commissioned or converted to meet the existing emergency. BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR For an additional amount for Construction and Repair, comprising the same objects specified under this head in title I of this Act, includ- ing the acquisition and conversion or construction and repair of boom or net tenders, $8,022,500, to be immediately available, of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for the pay of employees assigned to group IV (b) and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department and the Sec- retary of the Navy is authorized to exceed the statutory limit on repair and alterations to vessels commissioned or converted to meet the existing emergency. BUREAU OF ORDNANCE ORDNANCE AND ORDNANCE STORES, NAVY For an additional amount for Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, Navy, comprising the same objects specified under this head in title I of this Act, and for essential equipment and facilities at either private or naval establishments for the production of ordnance material, $31,527,200, to be immediately available: Provided That the sum to be paid out of this increment for employees assigned to group IV (b) and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed $1,040,000. BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS PAY, SUBSISTENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION OF NAVAL PERSONNEL For an additional amount for pay, subsistence, and transportation of naval personnel, comprising the same objects specified under this head in title I of this Act, including three additional officers above the rank of captain in a flight-pay status: Provided, That no officer of the Navy or Marine Corps who has been adjudged fitted shall be involuntarily retired during the existing limited emergency, $3,350,000. BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS PUBLIC WORKS, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS Toward the following public works and public utilities projects at a cost not to exceed the amount stated for each project, respectively, 293 Ante, p. 272. Engineering. Ante, pp. 265, 272. Group IV (b) em- ployees. Repair, etc., of ves- sels. Ante, p. 272. Construction and repair. Ante, pp. 265, 272. Group IV (b) em- ployees. Repair, etc., of ves- sels. Ante, p. 273. Procuring, preserv- ing, etc. Ante, pp. 265, 273. Provio. Group IV (b) em- ployees. Ante, p. 274. Pay, etc. Ante, pp. 265, 274. Proviso. Involuntary retire- ment of certain offi- oers, restriction. Ante, p. 279. Public works, etc. Ante, p.20.

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