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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., IST SESS.-CH. 591-DEC. 17, 1941 American republics, (2) the free distribution of publications, phono- graph records, radio transcriptions, art works, motion-picture films, educational material, and such material and equipment as the Coor- dinator may deem necessary and appropriate to carry out his pro- gram, (3) such other gratuitous assistance as he deems advisable in the fields of the arts and sciences, education and travel, the radio, the press, and the cinema, (4) employing in the District of Columbia and elsewhere in the United States and abroad, experts, special advisers, and other persons, who are not citizens of the United States, and paying their salaries or other compensation and expenses, includ- ing the expense of transporting them, their dependents, and their effects from their homes to their place of employment, and (5) caus- ing corporations to be created under the laws of the District of Columbia, any State of the United States, or any of the other Ameri- can republics, to assist in carrying out the Coordinator's program, and capitalizing such corporations: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the moneys made available to the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs from this appropriation shall be available to meet emergencies of a confidential character to be expended under the direction of the Coordinator, who shall make a certificate of the amount of such expenditure which he may think it advisable not to specify, and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the amount therein certified: Provided further, That moneys from this appropriation shall be available until June 30, 1943: Provided further, That of the sums allocated to the Office of Scientific Research and Development from the appropriation herein or heretofore made under this heading, there may be paid to the National Academy of Science a sum not exceeding $81,000 for the administrative and over- head expenses incurred by said Academy during the fiscal year 1942 in carrying out research projects for Federal agencies, and said sum shall be in addition to any reimbursement otherwise provided for. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 U. S . C . 529), in the expenditure of any funds heretofore or here- after allocated to it, contracts entered into by the Office of Scientific Research and Development may provide for payments in advance of the rendering of the service or the delivery of the article contracted for, subject to such limitations as the Director of the Office of Scien- tific Research and Development may prescribe. Where any Federal agency now or hereafter has funds available for scientific or technical research, development, testing, construction of test models, experi- mental production, or the provision of facilities therefor, it may, in its discretion, make transfers of those funds, in whole or in part, to the Office for Emergency Management for allocation to the Office of Scientific Research and Development, and the funds so transferred may be expended for all the objects and by all the methods authorized under this heading. INDEPENDENT AGENCIES BOARD OF INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH-TRANSPORTATION Board of Investigation and Research: For an additional amount for all necessary expenses of the Board of Investigation and Re- search, fiscal year 1942, to remain available until September 18, 1942, including the objects specified in the appropriation for this pur- pose in the First Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942, and including expenses incident to attendance at meetings or conventions of societies or associations concerned with the problem of the Board; contract stenographic reporting services; lawbooks and books of reference; not to exceed $500 for periodicals and newspapers, 819 Gratuitous assist- ance. Employment of alien experts, advis- ers, etc. Auxiliary corpora- tions. Emergencies of con- fidential character. Availability of moneys. National Academy of Science. Office of Scientific Research and Dcvel- oplent. Advance pay- meuts. Transfer of funds. Ant, p. 682.

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