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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 474, 475-JULY 2, 1942 July 2, 1942 [H. R. 6908] [Public Law 646] Defense Highway Act of 1941, amend- ments. 55 Stat. 766. 23 U. S. C., Supp. I,§ 106. Access roads. Provisos. Certification. Contract authoriza- tion. "Strategic network of highways." Inclusion of Puerto Rico and Hawaii. July 2, 1942 [H. R. 7181] [Public Law 647] Labor-Federal Secu- rity Appropriation Act, 1943. Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1943. [CHAPTER 474] AN ACT To amend the Defense Highway Act of 1941. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 6 of the Defense Highway Act of 1941, approved November 19, 1941 (Public Law Numbered 295, Seventy-seventh Congress), is hereby amended by striking out the figure "$150,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$260,000,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be available for access roads to sources of raw materials". (b) The first sentence of section 6 of such Act is hereby amended by inserting, after the word "construction", a comma and the word "maintenance". (c) The first sentence of section 6 of such Act is hereby further amended by inserting before the period, at the end thereof, a colon and the following: "Provided, That such certification for access roads to sources of raw materials and industrial sites may be made by the Chairman of the War Production Board". (d) Section 6 of such Act is hereby further amended by inserting before the period, at the end thereof, a colon and the following: "Provided further, That during the continuance of such emergency the Commissioner of Public Roads is authorized to enter into con- tracts in amounts not exceeding the total of such authorization". SEC. 2. The term "strategic network of highways", as defined in the first section of such Act, shall include the principal highway traffic routes of military importance in Puerto Rico, approved by the War Department on December 8, 1941, and the principal highway traffic routes of military importance in the Territory of Hawaii, approved by the War Department on December 20, 1941. Approved, July 2, 1942. [CHAPTER 475] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes. Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, namely: TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Salaries: Secretary of Labor, Assistant Secretary, Second Assist- ant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $382,325. Salaries and expenses, Office of the Solicitor: For personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and for other necessary expenses in the field, including contract stenographic reporting services, $841,532. Contingent expenses: For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the offices and bureaus of the Department, for which appropria- tions for contingent and miscellaneous expenses are not specifically made, including the purchase of stationery, furniture, and repairs 562 [56 STAT.

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