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 77TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 40 -APR. 5, 1941 not to exceed $2,500 for expenses of attendance, when specifically authorized by the Administrator, at meetings or conventions con- cerned with the work of the Authority; not to exceed $15,000 for the preparation, mounting, shipping, and installation of exhibits; not to exceed $25,000 for employing persons or organizations, by contract or otherwise, for special reporting, engineering, technical, legal, and other services determined necessary by the Administrator, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended: Provided,That of the funds made available under this paragraph (a) the amount used by the Authority in con- nection with its informational service functions, including press and related activities, photographic displays, exhibits, and other educa- tional or descriptive pamphlets or materials, printing, binding, and reproduction of materials involving informational service functions, shall not exceed $90,000, and (b) the amount used by the Authority for personal services in connection with the functions and duties of the tenant relations division shall not exceed $120,000: Providedfurther, That all necessary expenses of providing construction advisers and their staffs at the sites of non-Federal projects, and of paying the accrued annual leave of such construction advisers and their staffs (including annual leave accrued prior to the enactment of this Act), in connection with the construction of such non-Federal projects by public housing agencies with the aid of the Authority, shall be reim- bursed or paid by such agencies, and expenditures by the Authority from such receipts shall be considered nonadministrative expenses, and so much of all such receipts (including such receipts prior to the enactment of this Act) as is necessary to accomplish the purposes of this proviso, shall be immediately and continuously available until June 30, 1943: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 of the amount made available for administrative expenses may be trans- ferred to the National Bureau of Standards to carry out specific projects of the Authority, upon the request of the Administrator, for studies of the properties and suitability of building materials, with particular reference 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. Annual contributions: For the payment of annual contributions to public housing agencies in accordance with section 10 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U. S . C., Supp. IV, 1410), $8,000,000, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1941: Provided, That except for payments required on contracts entered into prior to April 18, 1940, no part of this appropriation shall be available for payment to any public-housing agency for expenditure in connection with any low- rent housing project, unless the public housing agency shall have adopted regulations prohibiting as a tenant of any such project by rental or occupancy any person other than a citizen of the United States. Any of the foregoing appropriations for general or administrative expenses under the Federal Works Agency shall be available for the maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger- carrying vehicles in the District of Columbia and in the field. The Federal Works Administrator or other official designated by him may exchange motor-propelled vehicles, scientific apparatus, instruments, labor-saving office devices, and accessories in whole or in part payment for vehicles, scientific apparatus, instruments, labor- saving devices, and accessories. Special services. 41U.S.C.§5. 42 Stat. 1488. 5U.S.C. 661-674. Post, p. 613. Provisos. Informational serv- ice. Tenant relations di vision. Construction ad- visers, etc., non-Fed- eral projects. Studies of building materials. Annual contribu- tions. 50 Stat. Sil. 42U.S.C.§1410. Proviso. Citizenship require- ment. Vehicles. Authorization for exchanges. 55 STAT.] 111

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