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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 301-303-JULY 15, 16, 1941 and distributed in per capita payments as authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 25, 1937, Public, Numbered 375, Seventy-fifth Congress. The construction, maintenance, and operation of any airport on the land covered by said lease shall conform to such requirements as may be prescribed by the Civil Aeronautics Authority. Approved, July 15, 1941. [CHAPTER 302] AN ACT To authorize the construction of Coast Guard cutters necessary in the interest of national defense and for performance of Coast Guard duties, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in the interest of national defense, and to provide necessary facilities for the Coast Guard for the performance of its prescribed duties, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to construct and equip thirteen Coast Guard cutters, three of which shall be especially designed for ice breaking in the Arctic regions. SEC. 2. The President is authorized and empowered, in the interest of the national defense, through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, to purchase, charter, requisition the use of, or the possession of, for the use of the Coast Guard in the training of Coast Guard cadets and merchant marine personnel, any foreign vessel designed as a merchant marine training ship, which is lying idle in waters within the jurisdiction of the United States: Provided, That the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 6, 1941 (Public, Numbered 101, Seventy-seventh Congress), except the third and fourth provisos of section 1 thereof, applicable to foreign merchant vessels shall be applicable to any foreign vessel acquired under this section. SEC. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amount as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved, July 15, 1941. [CHAPTER 303] JOINT RESOLUTION Making an additional appropriation for the Tennessee Valley Authority for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of $40,000,000 is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, as an additional amount for the Tennessee Valley Authority Fund, fiscal year 1942, for (1) beginning construction of two additional hydroelectric projects and two additional storage proj- ects on the Hiwassee River and its tributaries, (2) installing addi- tional electric generating units in existing hydroelectric projects owned by the Authority, and (3) building the transmission facilities needed to connect these projects and units to the existing transmis- sion system of the Authority and to deliver the power produced by these projects and units to the market; such sum to be available for the objects and subject to the conditions specified under the caption "Tennessee Valley Authority" in the Independent Offices Appropria- tion Act, 1942. SEc. 2. The third proviso clause appearing under the head of Expediting Production in the Military Appropriation Act, 1942 597 50 Stat. 811 . July 15, 1941 [H. R. 4887] [Public Law 178] Coast Guard. Construction of cut- ters. Acquisition of for- eign vessel for training cadets. Proviso. Ante, p. 242. Appropriation au- thorized. July 18,1941 [H. J. Res. 194 [Public Law 1791 Tennessee Valley Authority. Additional appro priation, fiscal year 1942. Purposes. Ate, p. 118. Military Appropri- ation Act, 1942 amendment.

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