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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 627, 628 -DEC. 26, 1941 No expenditures shall be made hereunder for the construction of said highway until the government of each of the above-named countries shall have given satisfactory assurance to the United States that it will assume at least one-third of the expenditures proposed to be incurred henceforth by that government and by the United States in the survey and construction of such highway within the borders of such country, or has given other assurances satisfactory to the President that it has made appropriate arrangements to complete such survey and construction within a reasonable period. All expenditures by the United States under the provisions of this Act for material, equipment, and supplies shall, whenever practicable, be made for products of the United States or of the country in which such survey or construction work is being carried on. SEC. 2. The survey and construction work authorized by this Act shall be under the administration of the Public Roads Administration, Federal Works Agency, which shall consult with the appropriate officials of the Department of State with respect to matters involving the foreign relations of this Government, and such negotiations with the governments of the American republics named in section 1 as may be required to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be conducted through, or as authorized by, the Department of State. SEC. 3. The provisions of this Act shall not create or authorize the creation of any obligations on the part of the Government of the United States with respect to any expenditures for highway construc- tion or survey heretofore or hereafter undertaken in any of the coun- tries enumerated in section 1, other than the expenditures authorized by the provisions of this Act. Approved, December 26, 1941. [CHAPTER 628] AN ACT Extending the provisions of Public Law 47, Seventy-seventh Congress, to State Directors of Selective Service and members of Alien Enemy Hearing Boards. Be it enacted by the Selnate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Uongre.s as.wnibl/ed, That Public Law 47, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved May 5, 1941 (55 Stat. 150), be amended to read as follows: "That nothing in sections 109 and 113 of the Criminal Code (U. S . C ., title 18, sees. 198 and 203) or in section 190 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 99) shall be deemed to apply to any person because of his appointment under authority of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 or the Selective Service Regulations made in pursuance thereof as a member of a local board, a board of appeal, an advisory board for registrants, as a State director, a Government appeal agent, or as an individual to conduct hearings on appeals of persons claiming exemption from combatant training and service because of conscientious objections as provided in section 5 (g) of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940; or because of his appointment as a member of an Alien Enemy Hearing Board to assist the Attorney General in the execution of any proclamations heretofore or hereafter issued by the President under the authority of the Alien Enemy Act of 1798'as amended (U. S. C., title 50, sees. 21-24)." Approved, December 26, 1941. 861 Administration. No other obligations created or authorized. December 26,1941 [8. 2082] [Public Law 3761 Counsel in ,lective service matters, etc. Inapplicability of certain laws. 35 Stat. 1107, 1109. 54 Stat. 885 . 50U.S.C., app. 1§ 301-318. 54 Stat. 889. 50 U. S. C., app. 305(g). 1 Stat. 577.

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