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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 16-FEB. 14, 1944 Use of pableo o private facilities 57 Stat. 392; pot p. 425. Acceptance of vol- untary services. Agreements for h-n portation of workers chase, 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. (d) For the purpose of this title, 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 services of such agencies and individuals and to delegate to them func- tions under this title; and to allocate or transfer funds to (in addition to the transfers authorized by the Department of Agri- culture Appropriation Acts for the fiscal years 1944 and 1945), 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. IAT TATIONS Transportatm of SMo. 4 . (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this title shall workers, 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 occupa- tion during such period. Rerlationofwale (b) No part of the funds appropriated in this title, or heretofore hous g or appropriated or made available to any department or agency of the Government for the recruiting, transportation, or placement of agri- cultural workers, shall be used directly or indirectly to fix regulate, or impose minimum wages or housing standards, to regulate hours olotone baslto- of work, or to impose or enforce collective-bargaining requirements Ig, eor union membership, with respect to any agricultural labor, except with respect to workers imported into the United States from a foreign country and then only to the extent required to comply with agreements with the government of such foreign country: Provided, Permispwib oy That nothing herein contained shall prevent the expenditure of such er s. funds in connection with the negotiation of agreements with employers of agricultural workers which may provide that prevailing wage rates shall be paid for particular crops and areas involved and that shelter shall be provided for such workers. r ^Ona a (c) No part of the funds appropriated in this title shall be used for the establishment or maintenance of regional offices. MISOELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 41 U.S.0 .O .& Pment to ale SEO. 5 . (a) Funds appropriated by this title may be expended without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes. (b) Any, payments made by the United States or other public or private agencies or employers to aliens brought into the United [58 STAT.

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