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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 472-JULY 2, 1942 [56 STAT. 441) including the initial alterations, repair, and furnishing of buildings acquired under said Act, $275,000, to remain available until expended. EMERGENCIES ARISING IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE Emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service: To enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, and to extend the commercial and Act ex- other interests of the United States and to meet the necessary expenses attendant upon the execution of the Neutrality Act, to be expended 441- pursuant to the requirement of section 291 of the Revised Statues (31 U. S. C. 107), $1,500,000, of which not to exceed $25,000 shall, in the discretion of the President, be available for personal services in the 'Amer- District of Columbia; and of which (without in any way restricting the use of other moneys herein appropriated) $500,000 shall be avail- able for the protection of American citizens in any foreign country whenever the President shall find that a state of emergency exists nents. endangering the lives of such citizens; and reimbursements by Amer- ican citizens to whom relief has been extended hereunder shall be credited to this appropriation. assign- During the period of the existing state of emergency proclaimed by the President on September 8, 1939, American citizens holding posi- app - ' tions in the Foreign Service of the United States and who on account of emergent conditions abroad are unable properly to serve the United States at their regular posts of duty may be assigned to the Department of State to perform temporary services in that Depart- ment or to be detailed for temporary services of comparable import- ance, difficulty, responsibility, and value in any other department or agency of the United States, in cases where there is found to be a need of services for the performance of which such persons have the salaries. requisite qualifications. The salaries of such persons shall, nothwith- standing the provisions of any other law, continue to be paid during the periods of such assignments from the appropriations under the caption "Foreign Intercourse" in the Department of State Appro- priation Act for the fiscal year 1943. interest Contracts entered into in foreign countries involving expenditures of Con-from any of the foregoing appropriations under the caption "Forein Intercourse" shall not be subject to the provisions of section 3741 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 22). Post, p. 719. Oorgas Memorial Laboratory. Proviso. Report to Congress. 22es. C0.a .278 OONTRIBUTIONS, QUOTAS, AND 80 FORTH For payment of the annual contributions, quotas, and expenses, including loss by exchange in discharge of the obligations of the United States in connection with international commissions, congresses, bureaus, and other objects, in not to exceed the respective amounts, as follows: Cape Spartel and Tangier Light, Coast of Morocco, $1,176; Pan American Union, $246,473.73, including not to exceed $20,000 for printing and binding; Bureau of Interparliamentary Union for Pro- motion of International Arbitration, $10,000; Pan American Sanitary Bureau, $60,392.99; Bureau of International Telecommunication Union, Radio Section, $5,790; Inter-American Radio Office, $6,794; Government of Panama, $430,000; International Hydrographic Bureau, $5,404; Inter-American Trade-Mark Bureau, $14,330.20; International Bureau for Protection of Industrial Property, $1,471.63; Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, $50,000: Provided,That hereafter, not- withstanding the provisions of section 3 of the Act of May 7, 1928 (45 Stat. 491), the report of the operation and work of the laborator including the statement of the receipts and expenditures, shall be made 474 Neutrality. penses. 54 Stat. 4. 22U.S.C. 457; Supp. I, 443, 446. Protection of can citizens. Reimbursen Emergency ments. 54 Stat. 2643 50U.S.C prec. §1 note. Payment of Contracts, of Members gross.

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