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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CH. 591-DEC. 17, 1941 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES For a special employee for the majority at the rate of $5,000 per annum, to be appointed by the Speaker, fiscal year 1942, $2,500; such position is authorized to continue only during such period as it is occupied by the first incumbent thereof. ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL To enable the Architect of the Capitol to prepare a suitable depository for the valued documents of the two Houses of Congress since the organization of the Government, fiscal year 1942, $25,000, to remain available until expended. The Architect of the Capitol is directed to prepare suitable space directly beneath the crypt in the central portion of the Capitol Building for this purpose, and without reference to sections 3709 and 3744 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to make necessary expenditures for labor, materials, equipment, and any other item necessary in connection therewith. THE JUDICIARY SUPREME COURT Preparation of rules for criminal proceedings: For all expenses of the Supreme Court of the United States to provide for expenses of such advisory committee as may be appointed by the Court to assist it in the preparation of rules of pleading, practice, and pro- cedure with respect to criminal cases, pursuant to the Act entitled "An Act to give the Supreme Court of the United States authority to prescribe rules of pleading, practice, and procedure with respect to proceedings in criminal cases prior to and including verdict, or finding or plea of guilty", approved June 29, 1940 (54 Stat. 688), including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere and printing and binding, to be expended as the Chief Justice in his discretion may direct, including such per diem allowances in lieu of actual expenses for subsistence at rates to be fixed by him not to exceed $10 per day, fiscal years 1942 and 1943, $25,000. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT FOREIGN WAR RELIEF To enable the President through such agency or agencies as he may designate to purchase exclusively in the United States and to trans- port, and to distribute as hereinafter provided, medical, agricultural, and other supplies for the relief of men, women and children, who have been rendered sick or destitute as a result of hostilities or inva- sion, fiscal year 1942, $35,000,000, including the cost of such purchases, the transportation to point of distribution, and distribution, admin- istrative and other costs, but not including any administrative expense incurred by any nongovernmental agency: Provided, That when so purchased, such materials and supplies are hereby authorized to be distributed by the President through the American Red Cross or such governmental or other agencies as he may designate: Provided further, That any governmental agency so designated to aid in the purchase, transportation, or distribution of any such materials and supplies may expend any sums allocated to it for such designated purposes without regard to the provisions of any other Act: And provided further, That on or before June 30, 1942, the President shall submit to the Congress an itemized and detailed report of the expendi- tures and activities made and conducted under the authority contained herein. 278941°-42 -Pr. I- --52 817 Special employee for the majority. Depository for val, ued documents. 41U.S. C.§§5.16. Expenses of advi. sory committee. Ante, p. 298. 18U..C.§687. Provisos. Distribution agen- cies. Expenditure of funds. Report to Congress.

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