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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.--CH. 409-AUG. 25, 1941 performed under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and its orders shall be considered as emanating from him, and shall have full force and effect as such. (a) At the head of the Office of Budget and Reports there shall be a director of Budget and Reports, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of three years, from among line officers not below the grade of lieutenant com- mander on the active list of the Navy. The Director of Budget and Reports shall have the same rank and shall be entitled to the same pay, allowances, and privileges of retirement as are now or may here- after be prescribed by or in pursuance of law for chiefs of bureaus in the Navy Department. (b) An officer of the line of the Navy may be detailed as assistant to the Director of Budget and Reports, and, in case of death, resigna- tion, absence, or sickness of such Director, shall perform the duties of such Director until his successor is appointed or such absence or sickness shall cease. The assistant to the Director of Budget and Reports shall while so serving, receive the highest pay of his rank. SEC. 202. This title may be cited as "Title III, Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1942". TITLE III-UNITED STATES MARITIME COMMISSION Construction fund, United States Maritime Commission, Act of June 29, 1936, revolving fund: For an additional amount to increase the construction fund established by the "Merchant Marine Act, 1936", and for (1) the construction in the United States of merchant vessels of such type, size, and speed as the United States Maritime Commission (hereafter referred to in this title as the "Commission") may determine to be useful for carrying on the commerce of the United States and suitable for conversion into naval or military aux- iliaries; (2) the production and procurement of parts, equipment, material, and supplies for such vessels; (3) the establishment, acqui- sition, construction, enlargement, or extension of plants or facilities, on land, whether owned by the Government or otherwise owned (including the acquisition by purchase or condemnation of real prop- erty or any interest therein), to be used for the construction of vessels or for the production of parts, equipment, supplies, or material there- for, and the maintenance, repair, operation (under lease or otherwise), and management of such plants and facilities; and (4) the purchase, requisition, charter, operation, repair, reconstruction, and recondi- tioning of vessels acquired, or the use or possession of which is acquired by the Act of June 6, 1941 (Public Law 101), or otherwise; $698,650,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be available for administra- tive expenses of the Commission, including the objects specified under the heading "United States Maritime Commission" in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1942, of which $2,000,000 not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for the transfer of household goods and effects, as provided by the Act of October 10, 1940 (Public Act Num- bered 839), and regulations promulgated thereunder, including such expenses of persons employed by the Commission in furtherance of the program authorized by the Act of February 6, 1941 (Public Law 5), and $150,000 shall be available for the employment on a contract or fee basis of persons, firms, and corporations for the performance of special services, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes: Provided, That said construction fund so supplemented shall be available for the foregoing purposes: Provided further, That there may be transferred from this appropriation to the "Emergency Ship Construction Fund, United States Maritime Commission, 681 Director of Budget and Reports. Assistant to Direc. tor. Citation of title. Construction fund. 49 Stat. 1985. 46 U.8. C. §§1101- 1279. Construction merchant vessels. of Parts, material, and supplies. Plants or facilities on land. P'tirchame, rwiutsi- tion, etc., of c*'rtaln vessels. Ante, p. 242. Ante, p. 119. 54 Stat. 1105 . 5 U. S. C. 73c-1. Ante, p. 5. 41U.s. c. 5. Prorise. Availability. Transfer of funds. Ant. p.5.

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