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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3 D SESS.-CH. 432-JUNE 26, 1940 (d) In administering the funds appropriated in this section, not to exceed three-fourths of the total cost of all non-Federal projects approved after January 1, 1940, to be undertaken within any State, Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia, with respect to which any such funds are used, shall be borne by the United States, and not less than one-fourth of such total cost shall be borne by the State and its political subdivisions, or by the Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia, as the case may be: Provided,That the pro- visions of this subsection shall not apply to projects (1) which have been certified by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, respectively, as being important for military or naval purposes, or (2) which authorize necessary temporary measures to avert danger to life, property, or health in the event of disaster or grave emergency caused by flood, storm, fire, earthquake, drought, or similar cause. The facts constituting compliance with the requirements of this sub- section shall be determined by the Commissioner, and his determina- tions, made in conformity with rules and regulations prescribed by him, shall be final and conclusive. (e) The funds appropriated in section 1 (a) hereof shall be avail- able to provide, under regulations to be prescribed by the Commis- sioner, for medical and hospital facilities for work camp project employees and burial expenses of deceased work camp project employees, including the transportation of remains to place of burial: Provided, That deductions shall be made from the earnings of all project employees quartered in such camps in an amount sufficient to offset the estimated cost to the United States for furnishing the foregoing. (f) When it is found that as a result of bad faith, fraud, or misrepresentation on the part of the sponsor, any land, building, structure, facility, or other project, or any part thereof, upon which funds appropriated in this joint resolution have been expended, is used, transferred, or disposed of without retention and control for public use, the sponsor of the project and the person or organization to which the land, building, structure, facility, or project has been sold, leased, or given, shall be liable, jointly and severally, upon demand of the Commissioner or his duly authorized representative, to pay over to the United States an amount equal to the amount of Federal funds expended on such land, building, structure, facility, or project. (g) The amount which may be obligated for administrative expenses of the Work Projects Administration in the District of Columbia and in the field shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of $41,534,000 during the fiscal year 1941, of which sum the amounts so to be obligated for the following respective purposes shall not exceed these sums: Salaries, $34,105,000; communication service, $612,750; travel, $3,610,000; and printing and binding, $437,000: Provided, That if the President shall determine under section 1 (a) that the appropriation made by such section shall be apportioned for a period less than the entire fiscal year, the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall apportion the amounts which may be obligated for administrative expenses for such period, but if the period deter- mined is an eight months' period there may be obligated for adminis- trative expenses not to exceed $30,875,000, of which sum not to exceed $25,626,250 shall be available for salaries; $418,000 for communica- tion service; $2,536,500 for travel; and $323,000 for printing and binding. (h) The Commissioner shall transmit to Congress, on the first day of each regular session thereof, a statement showing for each State the names, addresses, positions, and compensation of all employees of the Work Projects Administration whose compensation is at the 613 Non-Federal proj- ects. Allocation of cost. Proviso. Projects excepted. Medical, etc., facili- ties; burial expenses. Proviso. Costs borne by proj- ect employees. Fraud, etc., on part of sponsor. Liability of persons concerned. Administrative x- penses, maximum. Designated pur- poses. Proviso. Apportionment dur- ing 1941. Statements of per- sonnel, etc., to Con- gress.

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