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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 221-JULY 12,1943 ing services; rent in the District of Columbia for the administration D. c. Code6 3- of the Act of May 17, 1928 (45 Stat. 600); and miscellaneous items; 01, 352. $837,000. Salaries and expenses, military bases (national defense): For all necessary expenses of the Employees' Compensation Commission in n, 2§iss 1 6.SUPP. administering the Act of August 16, 1941 (55 Stat. 622), making applicable the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation 44 Stat. 1424 . Act (33 U. S. C . 901) to military, air, and naval bases outside con- n, ch.i note. tinental United States, including personal services in the District of Columbia; lawbooks, books of reference, and periodicals; printing and binding; fees and mileage of witnesses; stenographic reporting services, by contract or otherwise; purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled or horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles for use in the field; $25,000, together with the unexpended 56 stat. 58. balance of appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1943: 41 U. s.c.. Provided, That section 3709, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to any purchase or service outside continental United States when the unit aggregate amount involved does not exceed $500. Printing and binding: For printing and binding for the Employees' Compensation Commission, $17,000. Post, p.815. Employees' compensation fund: For the payment of compensation provided by "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916 9.^ . C. a 71. (5 U. S . C. 785), including medical examinations, traveling and other 791, 793; Supp.I, expenses, and loss of wages payable to employees under sections 21 793. and 22; all services, appliances, and supplies provided by section 9 as amended, including payments to Army, Navy, and Veterans' Admin- istration hospitals; the transportation and burial expenses provided by sections 9 and 11; and advancement of costs for the enforcement of recoveries provided in sections 26 and 27 where necessary, accruing during the fiscal year 1944 or in prior fiscal years, $6,850,000. Payment of som- For the payment of compensation benefits (including the advance- pensationbenefits ment of costs for the enforcement of third party recoveries, and payments to other Federal agencies for medical and hospital services) authorized by the Act of February 15,1934 (5 U. S . C . 796), extending 748Stat.351; 39 Stat. the Act of September 7, 1916 (5 U. S. C. 751), to persons rendering 5U.S .C .8 7 5 71-791, services as employees of the United States pursuant to said Act 793a of February 15, 1934, the Act of June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1056), and the several emergency relief and National Youth Administration appro- priation Acts and to veterans and other persons included under title V Reappropriation. of the Act of June 29, 1936 (49 Stat. 2035), there is hereby reappro- priated the unexpended balance of the appropriation "Employees' at. 6 . compensation fund emergency relief, 1943", and of such special funds as have heretofore been established in the Treasury pursuant to such Acts, of which $435,820 shall be available for administrative expenses of the Employees' Compensation Commission of which latter sum not to exceed $75,000 may be added to the appropriation in this Act for edical services, salaries and expenses, United States Employees' Compensation Com- etc.,toCCCenrollees. mission: Provided, That the Commission shall furnish medical and hospital services and treatment and burial expenses, including trans- portation and other expenses incidental to such services, treatment and burial, to such enrollees of the Civilian Conservation Corps who may be certified by the Director of such corps as receiving hospital services and treatment at Government expense on June 30, 1943, and u39Tsc. 74 75-791, who are not entitled thereto under the Act of September 7, 1916, as 793; Supp. II, § 793. amended and extended, and the limitations and authority of the Act of September 7, 1916, as amended, shall apply in providing such services, treatment, and expenses. [57 STAT.

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