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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 182-JULY 1, 1943 Traveling expenses. 44 Stat. 688 . 5U.S.C.§821; Supp. II, § 823. 46 Stat. 818 . Citizens of other American republics. 31U. S.C. 629. 53 Stat. 1290. 22U. .c. 02 Gratuitous assist- ance. 41U.S.0.§ . Transfer of funds. Public Health Serv- ice. Availability of funds. Inspectors or super- visors of buildins. expenses of attendance at meetings or conventions of societies and associations concerned with the furtherance of the purposes hereof; and, under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, tuition, compensation, monthly allowances and enrollment, labora- tory, insurance, and other fees incident to training, including traveling expenses in the United States and abroad in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended, of educational, professional, and artistic leaders, and professors, students, internes, and persons possessing special scientific or other technical qualifications, who are citizens of the United States or the other American republics, and the expenses of transportation and subsistence of employees, including the cost of transportation of their immediate families and household goods and effects in going to and returning from posts of assignment in foreign countries, and living quarters allowances, including heat, fuel, and light, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 26, 1930 (5 U. S . C . 118a): Provided, That the Secretary of State is author- ized under such regulations as he may adopt, to pay the actual transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses, of citizens of the other American republics while traveling in the Western Hemisphere, without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, and to make advances of funds notwithstanding section 3648 of the Revised Stat- utes; traveling expenses of members of advisory committees in accord- ance with section 2 of said Act of August 9, 1939 (22 U. S . C . 249a); purchase (not to exceed $10,950), hire, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled and animal-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles; purchase of books and periodicals; rental of halls and boats; and purchase, rental, and repair of microfilming equipment and supplies, and colored photographic enlargements, $4,500,000: and the Secretary of State is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to make contracts with, and grants of money or property to, governmental and public or private nonprofit institutions and facilities in the United States and the other American republics, including the free distribution, donation, or loan of publications, phonograph records, radio transcriptions, art works, motion-picture films, educational material, and such other material and equipment as the Secretary may deem necessary and appropriate, and such other gratuitous assistance as the Secretary deems advisable in the fields of the arts and sciences, education and travel, publications, the radio, the press, and the cinema; all without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes; and, subject to the approval of the President, to transfer from this appropriation to other departments, agencies, and independent establishments of the Government for expenditure in the United States and in the other American republics any part of this amount for direct expenditure by such department or inde- pendent establishment for the purposes of this appropriation and any such expenditures may be made under the specific authority herein contained or under the authority governing the activities of the department, agency, or independent establishment to which amounts are transferred: Provided further, That any funds herein appropri- ated which may be transferred to the Federal Security Agency for the Public Health Service shall be available for the salaries and expenses of not to exceed two additional regular active commissioned officers: Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 of this appro- priation shall be available until June 30, 1945. The President, in his discretion, may assign personnel of the Army, Navy, Treasury Department, or Federal Works Agency for duty as inspectors of buildings owned or occupied by the United States in 282 [57 STAT.

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