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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 259, 260 -JUNE 28, 1941 employees at meetings or conventions of members of societies or asso- ciations concerned with their work in not to exceed the amounts indi- cated: Office of the Secretary, $1,000; Grazing Service, $1,000; Petro- leum Conservation Division, $1,000; General Land Office, $1,000; Bureau of Indian Affairs, $7,000; Bureau of Reclamation, $6,000; Geological Survey, $3,000; Bureau of Mines, $5,000; National Park Service, $5,000; Fish and Wildlife Service, $5,750; and Soil and Moisture Conservation Operations (all bureaus), $4,000. SEC. 7. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Pro- vided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or vio- lence: Provided further, That any person who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appro- priation contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above pen- alty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEC. 8. This Act may be cited as the "Interior Department Appro- priation Act, 1942". Approved, June 28, 1941. [CHAPTER 260] AN ACT To provide for the acquisition and equipment of public works made necessary by the defense program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes", approved October 14, 1940, as amended, is amended by inserting before section 1 the following title heading: "TITLE I "D EF E NSE HOUSING" SEC. 2 . Section 1 (b) and section 3 of such Act are amended by striking out "this Act" wherever occurring therein and inserting in lieu thereof "this title". SEC. 3 . Such Act is amended by inserting after section 3 the following: "TITLE II " D EF E NSE PUBLIC WORKS "SEC. 201. It is hereby declared to be the policy of this title to provide means by which public works may be acquired, maintained, and operated in the areas described in section 202. As used in this title, the term 'public work' means any facility necessary for carrying on community life substantially expanded by the national-defense program, but the activities authorized under this title shall be devoted primarily to schools, waterworks, sewers, sewage, garbage and refuse disposal facilities, public sanitary facilities, works for the treatment 361 Persons advocating overthrow of U. S. Government. Provisos. Affidavit. Penalty. Short title. June 28, 1941 [H. R. 45451 [Public Law 1371 National defense, public works. 54 Stat. 1125 . 42 1U.S. (., ch. 9 note. Ate. p. 147. 54 Stat. 1126 . 42U.S.C.ch.9 note. Policy with respect to defense public works. "Public work" de- fined.

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