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 57 STAT.I 78TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 82-APR. 29, 1943 EXPENDITURE OF OTHER FUNDS SEC. 3. (a) Not more than $13,050,000 of the funds appropriated by section 1 and not apportioned by the Administrator among the several States pursuant to section 2 shall be available for expenditure by the Administrator. The purposes for which such funds may be expended shall include, among other things, (1) the recruiting and transportation of workers and their families and necessary personal property, within the United States and elsewhere; (2) furnishing, by loans or otherwise, of health and medical and burial services, training, subsistence, allowances, protection, and shelter for such workers and their families; (3) advancing to workers of sums due from employers within the United States who are under contractual obligation to reimburse the United States for such advances; (4) lease, repair, alteration, and operation of labor supply centers and other necessary facilities and services; and (5) operating personnel and expenses to carry out the above purposes. (b) Not more than 2 per centum of the funds appropriated by section 1 hereof shall be available for administrative expenses of the Administrator, including (1) the employment of persons and organi- zations, by contract or otherwise, at the seat of government and else- where; (2) purchase, exchange, operation, and -maintenance of passenger-carrying vehicles; (3) printing and binding; (4) travel expenses of persons employed in administrative, supervisory, or facilitating capacities within a foreign country or from a foreign country to the United States and return, including such expenses to first-duty stations; and (5) payment to or reimbursement of other agencies or individuals for administrative expenses incurred by them. (c) For the purpose of this joint resolution, the Administrator is authorized- (1) to utilize the facilities, services, and personnel of units and agencies within the Department of Agriculture; to enter into agreements with other public or private agencies or individuals; to utilize (pursuant to such agreements) the facilities and serv- ices of such agencies and individuals and to delegate to them functions under this joint resolution; and to allocate or transfer funds to (in addition to the transfers authorized by the Depart- ment of Agriculture Appropriation Acts for the fiscal years 1943 and 1944), or otherwise to pay or reimburse such units, agencies, and individuals for expenses in connection therewith; (2) to accept and utilize voluntary and uncompensated serv- ices; and (3) to cooperate with the Secretary of State in the negotiation or renegotiation of agreements with foreign governments relating to the importation of workers into the United States. LIMITATIONS SEC. 4. (a) No part of the funds herein appropriated shall be expended for the transportation of any worker from the county where he resides or is working to a place of employment outside of such county without the prior consent in writing of the county extension agent of such county, if such worker has resided in such county for a period of one year or more immediately prior thereto and has been engaged in agricultural labor as his principal occupation during such period. (b) No part of the funds herein appropriated, or heretofore appro- priated or made available to any department or agency of the Gov- 71 Expenditure by Ad- ministrator. Purposes. Limitation on use of funds. Use of public or private facilities. 56 Stat. 664. Post, p. 392. Acceptance of vol- untary services. Agreements for im- portation of workers. Transportation of workers. Regulationof wages, housing, or hours.

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