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 incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of said Act of January 31, 1934, as amended (12 U. S . C. 1016-1020 (h)). Citizenship require- SEC. 2. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or ments. authorized hereby to be expended shall be used to pay the com- pensation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States, or of any corporation the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States, whose post of duty is in the continental United States unless such person is a citizen of Eptions. the United States: Provided, That this section shall not apply to any person in the service of the United States on the date of the approval of this Act who being eligible for citizenship had thereto- fore filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen or who owes allegiance to the United States: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to employment of translators on a temporary basis where competent citizen translators are not available and it shall hot apply to the temporary employment of persons in the field service for periods of less than sixty days: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to employment by the Rural Electrification Administration of not to exceed twenty junior engineer trainees who are citizens of other American republics. This section shall not apply to citizens of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. ersons advocating SEC. 3. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall overthrow of U. S. Government. 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 PrAisos. of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Pro- Aff l dait. ided, 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 overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or Administration of violence: Provided further, That such administrative or supervisory oath employees of the Department of Agriculture as may be designated for the purpose by the Secretary of Agriculture are hereby authorized to administer the oaths to persons making affidavits required by this Penalty. section, and they shall charge no fee for so doing: Provided further, That any person who advocates, or who is a member of an organiza- tion that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation 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 Emergency work. existing law: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to require an affidavit from any person employed for less than sixty days for sudden emergency work involving the loss of human life or destruction of property, and payment of salary or wages may be made to such persons from applicable appropriations for services rendered in such emergency without execution of the affidavit contemplated by this section. Travel expenses SEC. 4. Of the total amount available under this Act for traveling expenses, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed, on or before August 1, 1942, to cover into the surplus fund of the Treasury the sum of $1,500,000, which shall be in addition to reduc- tions in amounts available for traveling expenses resulting from decreases in the appropriations made by this Act below the Budget estimates. Short title. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture Appro- priation Act, 1943". Approved, July 22, 1942. PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 516-JULY 22, 1942 [56 STAT. 702

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