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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 475-JULY 2, 1942 49 Stat. 97; 50Stat. Act, approved August 29, 1935, and the Railroad Retirement Act, 45 U. S. C. § 215- approved June 24, 1937, and authorized to be appropriated to the An, p. 204. railroad retirement account established under section 15 (a) of the latter Act, $214,801,000, of which $23,442,000 shall be immediately Proviso. available: Provided, That such total amount shall be available until expended for making payments required under said retirement Acts. and the amount not required for current payments shall be invested by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of said Railroad Retirement Act of June 24, 1937. Citation of title. This title may be cited as the "Railroad Retirement Board Appro- priation Act, 1943". TITLE VII-GENERAL PROVISIONS Nominees not ap- proved by Senate. Citizenship require- ment. Exception. Persons advocating overthrow of U. S. Government. Pretisojs. Affidavit. Ponaty. Availability. Ratification of cer- tail obligations. Short title. SEC. 701. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be paid to any person for the filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to approve of the nomination of said person. SEC. 702. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or authorized hereby to be expended shall be used to pay the compensa- tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States, or of any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States, whose post of duty is in continental United States unless such officer or employee is a citizen of the United States or a person in the service of the United States on the date of the approval of this Act who being eligible for citizen- ship has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen or who owes allegiance to the United States. This section shall not apply to citizens of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. SEC. 703. 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: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit does not advo- cate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or vio- lence: Provided further, That 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 and accepts employlnent the salary or wages for which are paid from any appro- priation contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEC. 704. The appropriations and authority with respect to appro- priations contained herein shall be available from and including July 1, 1942, for the purposes respectively provided in such appropriations and authority. All obligations incurred during the period between June 30, 1942, and the date of the enactment of this Act in anticipa- tion of such appropriations and authority are hereby ratified and confirmed if in accordance with the terms thereof. SEC. 705. This Act may be cited as the "Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1943". Approved, July 2, 1942. [56 STAT.

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