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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 263-JULY 3, 1945 Statistics, in relation to the national security and defense, to perform the functions authorized by the Act of June 13, 1888, and other Acts (29 U. S. C. 1); to conduct studies relative to problems connected with labor likely to arise upon the termination of the existing emergent conditions in connection with defense activities throughout the United States, such expenses to include personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and other items otherwise properly charge- able to the appropriations under the Department of Labor for con- tingent expenses, traveling expenses, and printing and binding, and not to exceed $15,000 for the temporary employment of experts with- out regard to the civil-service and classification laws; $2,356,876: Pro- vided, That not to exceed $585,913 shall be used for a cost of living study and report. CHILDREN'S BUREAU Salaries and expenses: For expenses of investigating and reporting upon matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life, and especially to investigate the questions of infant mortality; personal services, including experts and temporary assistants; purchase of reports and material for the publications of the Children's Bureau and for reprints from State, city, and private publications for distribution when said reprints can be procured more cheaply than they can be printed by the Government, and other necessary expenses; $338,306, of which amount not to exceed $330,200 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Salaries and expenses, child labor provisions, Fair Labor Stand- ards Act: For all authorized and necessary expenses of the Children's Bureau in performing the duties imposed upon it by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; supplies; services; equipment; news- papers, books of reference, and periodicals; and reimbursement to State and local agencies and their employees for services rendered, as authorized by section 11 of said Act; $220,339. Salaries and expenses, maternal and child welfare: For all author- ized and necessary administrative expenses of the Children's Bureau in performing the duties imposed upon it by title V of the Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935, as amended, including personal services, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; supplies; serv- ices; equipment; newspapers, books of reference, and periodicals; $379,365: Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in this title shall be used to promulgate or carry out any instruction, order, or regulation relating to the care of obstetrical cases which discriminates between persons licensed under State law to practice obstetrics: Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not be so construed as to prevent any patient from having the services of any practitioner of her own choice, paid for out of this fund, so long as State laws are complied with: Provided further, That any State plan which provides standards for professional obstetrical serv- ices in accordance with the laws of the State shall be approved by the Chief of the Children's Bureau. Salaries and expenses, emergency maternity and infant care (national defense): For necessary expenses of the Children's Bureau in performing the duties imposed upon it in carrying out the pro- gram for emergency maternity and infant care, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and other items otherwise chargeable to the appropriations of the Department of Labor for contingent expenses, traveling expenses, and printing and binding, $38,000. 363 25 Stat. 182 . 29 U. S. C., Supp. IV,I1. Temporary employ- ment of experts. 52 Stat. 1060 . 29 U.. c.0I 201- 219; Supp. IV, 202 t seq. 49 Stat. 629. 42 U.S. c.. 701- 731. Care of obstetrlca OCIaS.

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