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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.- CHS. 323, 324-JUNE 29, 30, 1944 pino Rehabilitation Commission, subject to the following conditions and with the following powers and duties: (a) The members of the Commission shall be appointed not later than fifteen days after the passage of this Act. Within ten days thereafter the ranking member of the Senate appointees and the rank- ing member of the Filipino appointees shall jointly call a meeting of the Commission to be held in the Capitol of the United States for the purpose of organization. In case of death or resignation of a member, such vacancy shall be filled by the original appointing power. (b) The Commission shall investigate all matters affecting post- war economy, trade, finance, economic stability, and rehabilitation of the Philippine Islands, including the matter of damages to public and private property and to persons occasioned by enemy attack and occupation. (c) To formulate recommendations based upon such investigations and for future trade relations between the United States and the independent Philippine Republic when established and to consider the extension of the present or heretofore agreed upon trade relations or otherwise for a period of years to make adjustments for the period of occupancy by the Japanese in order to reestablish trade relations as provided for in the original Independence Act. (d) The Commission is authorized to employ expert legal and clerical assistance, to establish offices in the Philippine Islands and in the United States, and to make rules and regulations for the trans- action of its business pertinent to the provisions of this Act. (e) The Commission shall make annual reports to the President of the United States and to the Congress, and to the President and the Congress of the Philippines, and more frequently if so desired, and make such recommendations from time to time as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes and intents of this Act. (f) The Commission is authorized to fix the salary of all necessary expert and clerical assistance, to provide for travel and other expenses incident to its labor, and to do all other things pertinent to this Act. The annual compensation of the United States members of this Com- mission, other than those holding official positions under the United States Government, shall be on a per diem basis at the rate of $10,000 per annum. The compensation of the Philippine members of the Commission shall be determined by the Government of the Philippine Commonwealth. The United States, as herein provided, shall com- pensate the members of the Commission who represent it, and the Commonwealth of the Philippines, or the Filipino Republic, as the case may be, shall compensate the members of the Commission appointed by it or them. Otherwise, the expenses of the Commission shall be equally borne by the United States and the Commonwealth of the Philippines, or the Filipino Republic, as the case may be. SEC. 2.For the purpose of carrying on its duties, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary. Approved June 29, 1944. 627 Appointment; meeting; vacancies. Investigations af- fecting post-war econ- omy, etc. Recommendations. Legal and clerical assistance; offices; rules and regulations. Reports. Salaries and other expenses. Division of expenses. Appropriation au- thorized. [CHAPTER 324] AN ACT me30 1 AN ACT June 30,1944 Making appropriations for defense aid (lend-lease), for the participation by the [HR.R. 4937] United States in the work of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation [PubliLaw382] Administration, and for the Foreign Economic Administration, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following

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