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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CH. 269-JULY 1, 1941 tutions shall be eligible to receive funds herefrom: Provided further, Additional equip- That not to exceed 20 per centum of the amount allotted to any school shall be allotted to it for expenditure for purchase and rental of additional equipment and leasing of additional space found by the Commissioner necessary to carry out its approved plan. (4) For the cost of vocational courses of less than college grade Rural and nonrural and related instruction provided by such agencies for out-of- yout school rural youth, who have attained the age of seventeen and who file a registration card with a public employment office, and for nonrural youth who otherwise meet the above requirements, and whose training is not feasible under subdivisions (1) and (3) hereof, such courses and instruction to be provided pursuant to plans sub- mitted by such agencies and approved by the Commissioner, $15,000,000, of which not to exceed 30 per centum shall be available for payment to such agencies for purchase and rental of equipment and rental of space found necessary by the Commissioner for carry- ing out the approved plans. (5) For the cost of vocational courses and related or other necessary Young people on NYA work projects. instruction provided by such agencies for young people employed on work projects of the National Youth Administration, such courses and instruction to be provided pursuant to plans submitted by such agencies and approved by the Commissioner, $10,000,000: Provided, Pros.ent That the amount allotted to any agency shall be available for expen- space. t diture for purchase or rental of additional equipment and rental of additional space found by the Commissioner to be necessary for carrying out the approved plan: Provided further, That not to Administrative ex- exceed $125,000 of the above sum shall be available for administrative penses expenses. Salaries and expenses (national defense): For all general admin- istrative expenses necessary to enable the Office of Education to carry out the foregoing program of education and training of defense workers, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase and exchange of equipment, traveling expenses printing and binding, and not to exceed $10,000 for the payment of actual transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses of persons serving, while away from their homes, without other compensation from the United States, in an advisory capacity to the Commissioner, $1,222,000, of which not to Tr'nsferofi'nds. exceed $140,000 may be transferred to appropriations made available to the Office of the Federal Security Administrator for the fiscal year 1942 for the normal operations of that office: Provided, That section nor chases. 3709 of the Revised Statutes shall not be construed to apply to any 41U.s.c 5. purchase from this appropriation when the aggregate amount involved oes not exceed $100: Provided further, That the Commissioner shall coarterl' reportsto transmit to Congress quarterly during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, a report of the defense training programs and training pro- grams for youth employed by the National Youth Administration on work projects covering such educational programs which operate under his administration, as provided for in this Act, such reports to show the distribution of Federal funds and activities by States, types of programs and numbers of persons trained. In the selection of trainees under the provisions of paragraph 1, selectionoftrainees. no maximum age limit for trainees shall be established. No trainee under the appropriations provided for in the foregoing paragraphs 1, 3, and 4 shall be discriminated against because of sex, race, or color, and, where separate schools are required by law for separate population groups, to the extent needed for trainees of each such group, equitable provisions shall be made for facilities and training of like quality. 477

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