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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 247-APA. 28, 1942 55 Stat. 213. 55 Stat. 215. Proviso. Responsibility of certifying officers. 55 Stat. 875. 31U.S.C.,SuppI, J§ 82b-82e. Transfer of funds. 55 Stat. 399. 55 Stat. 21& 54 Stat. 968. 5 U. . c. §C216a, 469. 55 Stat. 686. Contracts in excess of $150,000. List of, to be filed with Congress. Contents. Persons advocating overthrow of U. S. Government. Provos. Affdavit. For an additional amount for salaries and expenses, foreign-owned property control, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this heading in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1942. $2,500,000. BUREAU OF ACCOUNTS Division of Disbursement: For an additional amount for the Divi- sion of Disbursement, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this heading in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1942, $200,000: Provided, That the responsibility and accountability of certifying officers under the Act of December 29, 1941 (Public Law 389), shall be deemed to include the correctness of the computations of certified vouchers and disbursing officers shall not be held account- able under section 1 of such Act for the correctness of such computa- tions. There may be transferred with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, not to exceed $75,000 from the appropria- tion for administrative expenses of the Procurement Division, Treas- ury Department, contained in section 2 (a) of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1942, to the appropriation for admin- istrative expenses of the Division of Disbursement, contained in the same section of such Act. OFFICE OF TREASURER OF UNITED STATES Salaries: For an additional amount for salaries, Office of Treasurer of United States, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this heading in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1942, $100,000. TITLE IV-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 401. The last proviso under the caption Military Posts in title IV, Military Appropriation Act, 1941 (Public, Numbered 800, Sev- enty-sixth Congress), is hereby repealed, and section 2 of the First Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942, approved August 25, 1941 (Public Law 247, Seventy-seventh Congress), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2 . It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, respectively, to file with the Congress, within sixty days after the end of each fiscal year, a complete list of all con- tracts in excess of $150,000, including contracts for the purchase of land, undertaken during such fiscal year for the expenditure of funds appropriated by this or any other Act, showing (1) a statement of the subject matter of each contract; (2) the names of the contractors; (3) the names of the persons who approved the specifications, con- summated the making or concluded the negotiation of any such con- tract on behalf of the Government, and of all persons who partici- pated in the negotiations on behalf of the contractor; (4) if any such contract was awarded without competitive bidding, a statement of the principal or controlling reason for the selection of the contractor; and (5) as to contracts for the purchase of land, also the location, area, intended use, the purchase price and assessed value thereof." SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Pro- vided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the 244 [56 STAT.

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