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 matter in connection with the unemployment compensation adminis- tration of States receiving grants out of the funds herein appro- priated; the Postmaster General is hereby authorized and directed to extend to the States receiving such grants the privilege of trans- mission without prepayment of postage of official mail of the class upon which the Board is hereinabove authorized to certify amounts iEmploymentoffe for payment of postage: Provided further, That such portion of this defenseprogram. appropriation as may be necessary shall be available to the Social Security Board for all necessary expenses incurred by the Board, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, in connection with the operation of employment office facilities and services essential to expediting the national-defense program. Grants to States for aid to dependent children: For grants to States for the purpose of enabling each State to furnish financial assistance to needy dependent children, as authorized in title IV 42 UStat.o. 601-Of the Social Security Act, approvedAugust 14, 1935, as amended, 606. $74,000,000, of which sum such amount as may be necessary shall be available for grants under such title IV for any period in the fiscal Payments with re year 1941 subsequent to March 31, 1941: Provided, That payments to spectto tate plans. States for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 1941 and for any quarter in the fiscal year 1942 under such title IV may be made with respect to any State plan approved under such title IV by the Social Security Board prior to or during such period, but no such payment shall be made with respect to any plan for any period prior to the quarter in which such plan was submitted to the Board for approval. Grants to States for aid to the blind: For grants to States for the purpose of enabling each State to furnish financial assistance to needy individuals who are blind, as authorized in title X of the 49Stat. 6 - 5 Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935, as amended, 26. $9,000,000, of which sum such amount as may be necessary shall be available for grants under such title X for any period in the fiscal o"ts with re- year 1941 subsequent to March 31, 1941: Provided, That payments spect to State plans. to States for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 1941 and for any quarter in the fiscal year 1942 under such title X may be made with respect to any State plan approved under such title X by the Social Security Board prior to or during such period, but no such payment shall be made with respect to any plan for any period prior to the quarter in which such plan was submitted to the Board for approval. I nte r ch s geo f The appropriations herein made for "Grants to States for old-age assistance, "Grants to States for aid to dependent children", and "Grants to States for aid to the blind", shall be available interchange- ably for transfer of appropriations, but no such transfer shall be made except upon approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. Grants to States for public employment offices: For payment to the several States in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 29 U. S.. 4949 June 6, 1933 (29 U.S . C. C49491), as amended, $3,100,000: Provided, Provieo. That apportionments for the fiscal year 1942 shall be on the basis of a total apportionment to all States of $3,000,000: Provided further, That the unused balances of amounts apportioned to the several States for the fiscal year 1940 for establishing and maintaining public employment offices shall be reapportioned among all the States, in accordance with such Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, without regard to the sufficiency therefor of the fund established under this head for 538tat. 2. payment to States by the Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1940. Attendace at meet- The appropriation in this title for traveling expenses shall be avail- able in an amount not to exceed $10,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings or conventions concerned with the work of the Social 486 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 269-JULY 1,1941 [55 STAT.

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