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 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 40 -APR. 5, 1941 when specifically authorized by the Administrator, at meetings con- cerned with the work of the Administration; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; rent in the District of Columbia; transfer of household goods and effects as provided by the Act of October 10, 1940 (Public, Numbered 839), and regulations promulgated thereunder; and all other necessary administrative expenses: Provided, That all necessary expenses of the Administration (including services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, protection, completion, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of real or personal property of the Administration acquired under authority of titles I and II of said National Housing Act, shall be considered as nonadministra- tive expenses for the purposes hereof, and such expenses with respect to title I property shall be paid from funds in the Treasury derived from premiums collected under authority of section 2 (f) title I of said Act and such expenses with respect to title II property shall be paid from the mutual mortgage insurance fund or the housing insurance fund as provided in title II of said Act: Provided further, That, except for the limitations in amounts hereinbefore specified and the restrictions in respect to travel expenses, the administrative expenses and other obligations of the Administration shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of said Act of June 27, 1934, as amended (12 U. S . C. 1701-1723): Provided further, That not exceeding $300,000 of the sum herein authorized shall be expended in the District of Columbia for pur- poses of the Public Relations and Education Division: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 of the amount made available hereby for administrative expenses may be transferred to the National Bureau of Standards to carry out specific projects of the Adminis- tration, upon the request of the Administrator, for studies of the properties and suitability of building materials with particular ref- erence to their use in low-cost and low-rent housing, including the construction of such experimental structures as may be necessary therefor, and for printing, binding, and disseminating the results of such studies. Not to exceed $7,000,000 of the funds of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, advanced or to be advanced to the Federal Housing Administration under authority of the National Housing Act of June 27, 1934 (48 Stat. 1246), as amended, shall be available for the pay- ment of losses under insurance granted under section 2 and section 6, title I, of said Act. FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION Not to exceed $389,874 of the funds of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, established by title IV of the National Housing Act of June 27, 1934 (48 Stat. 1246), shall be available dur- ing the fiscal year 1942 for administrative expenses of the Corporation, 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); expenses (not to exceed $2,500) of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Corporation when specifically author- ized by the Board of Trustees; transfer of household goods and effects as provided by the Act of October 10, 1940 (Public,Numbered 839), and regulations promulgated thereunder; printing and binding; law- books, books of reference, and not to exceed $250 for periodicals and newspapers; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services; type- writers, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including 54 Stat. 1105 . 5 U. S. C. 473c-1. Provisos. Nonadministrative expenses. 48 Stat. 1246, 1247. 12 U.S.. C. 1701- 1715c. Payment, etc. , of obligations. 48 Stat. 1246 . Public Relations and Education Divi- sion. Studies of building materials. Paynlint of losses under inlsiraine. I'os, i. .S2). 12U.S.C.4§1703, 1706a (note). Administrative ex- penses. 48 Stat. 1255 . 12 U. . c.. i1724- 1730. 44 Stat. 688 . 54 Stat. 1105 . 5U.S. C.§ 73c-1. 55 STAT.]

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