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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1 ST SESS.-CH. 262-JULY 3, 1945 1945, for operation and maintenance of the plants for the production of helium for military and naval purposes, including laboratory gloves, goggles, rubber boots, and aprons; purchase, not to exceed three, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passen- ger-carrying vehicles, books of reference and periodicals; the purchase in the District of Columbia and elsewhere of items otherwise properly chargeable to the appropriation "Contingent expenses, Department of the Interior" (not exceeding $5,000); and all other necessary expenses, and including $42,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia in addition to which sums the Bureau of Mines may use for helium-plant operations in the fiscal year 1946 the unobligated balance of funds transferred to it for such operations, in the fiscal year 1945: Provided, That section 3709, Revised Statutes, shall not be construed to apply to this appropriation, or to the appropriation for development and operation of helium properties (special fund) in section 3 (c) of the Act of September 1, 1937 (50 U. S . C . 164): Provided further, That funds available for the production of helium and the development of helium properties may be utilized to provide transportation between helium plants and related facilities and communities that provide adequate living accommodations of persons engaged in the operation and maintenance of helium plants; and for transportation to and from schools of pupils who are dependents of such persons which transportation shall be by methods which the Office of Defense Transportation shall find to be most advantageous and efficient: Provided further,That pursuant to agreements approved by the Secretary and the Office of Defense Transportation, the trans- portation equipment available to the Bureau of Mines may be pooled with that of school districts and other local or Federal agencies for use in transporting persons engaged in operation and maintenance of helium plants, pupils who are dependents of such persons, and other pupils, and in the interest of economy the expenses of operating such equipment may be shared. During the fiscal year 1946 the head of any department or inde- pendent establishment of the Government having funds available for scientific investigations within the scope of the functions of the Bureau of Mines may, with the approval of the Secretary, transfer to the Bureau such sums as may be necessary therefor, which sums so transferred may be expended for the same objects and in the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be expended. The Federal Security Administrator may detail medical officers of the Public Health Service for cooperative health, safety, or sanita- tion work with the Bureau of Mines, and the compensation and expenses of the officers so detailed may be paid from the applicable appropriations made herein for the Bureau of Mines. The Bureau of Mines is hereby authorized, during the fiscal year 1946, to sell directly or through any Government agency, including corporations, any metal or mineral product that may be manufac- tured in pilot plants operated from funds appropriated to the Bureau of Mines, and the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. The following appropriations herein made to the Bureau of Mines shall be available for the hire, maintenance, and operation of air- craft: "Operating rescue cars and stations and investigation of acci- dents"; "Investigation of raw-material resources for steel production (national defense)"; and "Investigations of deposits of critical and essential minerals in the United States and its possessions (national defense) ". 351 Ante, p. 319. 41U.S.C. 5. 50 Stat. 886 . Transportation. Pooling ofequiprent. Scientific investiga- tions. Details from Public Health Service. Sale of products of pilot plants. Aircraft.

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