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 131 79TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CIH. 106-MAY 3, 1945 TITLE II-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 201. (a) Appropriations for the fiscal year 1946 available for expenses of travel of civilian officers and employees of the executive departments and independent establishments shall be available also for expenses of travel performed by them including expenses of transportation of their immediate families in accordance with regu- lations prescribed by the President, on transfer from one official station to another for permanent duty when authorized by the head of the department or establishment concerned in the order directing such transfer: Provided, That such expenses shall not be allowed for any transfer effected for the convenience of any officer or employee. (b) Appropriations of the executive departments and independent establishments for the fiscal year 1946 available for the transporta- tion of things shall be available, in accordance with the Act of October 10, 1940 (5 U. S. C . 73c-1), for expenses incurred in the transfer of household goods and effects of civilian officers and employees of such departments and establishments when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty. (c) Appropriations contained in this Act, available for expenses of travel shall be available, when specifically authorized by the head of the activity or establishment concerned, for expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the function or activity for which the appropriation concerned is made: Provided, That there shall be available for such purpose during the fiscal year 1946 to each such agency or establishment not to exceed 50 per centum of the amount authorized for the same purpose for each such agency or establishment for the fiscal year 1945, except that in the case of the Veterans Administration the amount available for such purpose shall not exceed 75 per centum of the amount authorized for the fiscal year 1945. (d) Appropriations of the executive departments and independent establishments for the fiscal year 1946 available for expenses of travel shall be available for the payment of travel expenses while away from their homes or regular place of business, including per dienl in lieu of subsistence at place of employment, in accordance witlh the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, as amended (5 U. S . C., ch. 16), and the Act of February 14, 1931, as amended (5 U. S. C . 73a), of (1) persons employed intermittently as consultants or experts and receiving compensation on a per diem when-actually-employed basis, and (2) persons serving in an advisory capacity or employed without com- pensation or at $1 per annum; except that in case of (2) above there may be allowed not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence en route and at place of service or employment, unless a higher rate is specifically provided by law. SEC. 202. Unless otherwise specifically provided, no appropriation available for the executive departments and independent establish- ments for the fiscal year 1946 in this Act or any other Act, shall be expended- (a) To purchase any motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle (exclusive of busses, ambulances, and station wagons), at a cost, completely equipped for operation, and including the value of any vehicle exchanged, in excess of such amount as the Secretary of War, in the case of the War Department, the Secretary of the Navy, in the case of the Navy Department, the Commissioners, in the case of the government of the District of Columbia, and the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, in the case of other essential governmental needs, may determine necessary to obtain satisfactory motor-propelled Travel of civilian personnel. Transportation of household goods, etc. 54 Stat. 1105 . 5 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 73c-1 note. Attendance at meet- ings. Post, p. 642. Limitation. Part-time consult- ants, dollar-a -year men, etc. Travel expenses. 44 Stat. 68n. 5U..(.i821; Supp. IV, 823. 46 Stat. 1103 . 5 U. S. 0., Supp. IV, I 73a. Vehicles. Purchase limitation. 59 STAT.]

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