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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 479-JULY 2, 1942 of $16,000,000 during the fiscal year 1943, of which sum the amounts so to be obligated for the following respective purposes shall not exceed these sums: Salaries, $14,380,000; communication service, $310,000; travel, $1,000,000; and printing and binding, $160,000: Provided,That 5 per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be avail- able interchangeably, but not more than 5 per centum shall be added to any one limitation: Provided further, That not to exceed a total of $100,000 of the foregoing sum of $16,000,000 may be expended for salaries for the Division of Information, or for equivalent services in the central office, and for like services in field offices, and for other costs of preparation of exhibits, radio-broadcasts, press releases, bul- letins, and other public informational material. (h) The Work Projects Administration is hereby extended to June 30, 1943, to carry out the purposes of this joint resolution and the Commissioner, with the approval of the Federal Works Adminis- trator, is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out its functions in connection therewith. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES SEc. 2. (a) In order to provide for administrative expenses inci- dental to carrying out the purposes of this joint resolution, the following sums are hereby appropriated to the following agencies, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943: (1) General Accounting Office, $625,000; and (2) Treasury Department: (a) Procurement Division, $1,000,000; (b) Division of Disbursement, $457,000; (c) Office of the Treasurer, $150,000; (d) Secret Service Division, $52,000; (e) Bureau of Accounts, $285,000, to remain available until December 31, 1942, and $15,000 for the period commencing January 1, 1943, and ending June 30, 1943, for administrative accounting; total, Treasury Depart- ment, $1,959,000. (b) The appropriations in this section shall not be used to pay the compensation of persons employed entirely upon the regular work (as distinguished from emergency work under appropriations in this section) of any department or agency, nor to pay the compensation of employees engaged partially upon such regular work unless, in the determination of the head of such department or agency (which determination shall be conclusive), offsetting employment upon such emergency work of such department or agency is performed by employees paid from the regular funds thereof. GENERAL AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS SEC. 3. Funds appropriated in this joint resolution to the various Federal agencies shall be so apportioned and distributed over the period ending June 30, 1943, and shall be so administered during such period as to constitute the total amount that will be furnished to such agencies during such period for the purposes herein set forth. SEC. 4. The funds made available by this joint resolution shall be used only for work relief for employable persons in need except as otherwise specifically provided herein. SEC. 5. (a) Not to exceed $100,000 of the appropriation contained in section 1 (a) hereof may be allocated, with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, for administrative expenses of Federal agencies incident to the planning and review of Work Projects Administration projects. (b) No Federal construction project, except flood-control and water-conservation projects authorized under other law, shall be undertaken or prosecuted under the appropriations in this joint reso- 637 Provieos. Interchange of amounts. Designated services, etc., restriction. Extension to June 30, 1943. Administrative ex- penses. Persons employed upon regular work. Apportionment and distribution of funds. Restriction. Allocation of funds to other Federal agen- cies. Allocation of funds before undertaking project.

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