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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 31 - -JULY 17, 1945 58 Stat. 394. 39 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 321d. Research projects for Federal agencies. Indemnity provi- sions in contracts. 31 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §665 note. Transfer of funds. Disposal of articles of personalty. Temporary employ- ment. 58 Stat. 394. 39 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 321d. Free distribution of publications, educa- tional material, etc. Transportation ex- penses. for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty mail as required by section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1944 (Public Law 364); and not to exceed $6,000 for the entertainment of officials of other countries; $70,000,000: Provided, That there may be paid from this appropriation to the National Academy of Sciences a sum not exceeding $150,000 for the administrative and overhead expenses incurred by said Academy during the fiscal year 1946 in carrying out research projects for Federal agencies, and such sum shall be in addi- tion to any reimbursement otherwise provided for: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes (31 U. S . C . 665), the Office of Scientific Research and Development is authorized, in making contracts for the conduct of investigations or experiments, to agree on behalf of the United States to indemnify the contractor from such funds as may be hereafter appropriated for the purpose, against loss or damage to persons or property arising from such work: Provided further, That funds available to any agency of the Government for scientific, technical, or medical research, development, testing, construction of test models, experimental production, or the provision of facilities therefor, shall be available for transfer with the approval of the head of the agency involved, in whole or in part, to the Office of Scientific Research and Development, and funds so transferred shall be expendable in the same manner as this appropriation: Provided further,That the Office of Scientific Research and Development may sell, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of, under such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable, devices, scientific or technical equipment, models, or other articles of personalty, developed, constructed, produced in or pur- chased for the performance of its scientific or medical contracts, except articles acquired for administrative purposes, and all receipts from such dispositions shall be covered into the Treasury as miscel- laneous receipts. OFFICE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses of the Office of Inter-American Affairs, including salary of the Director at $10,000 per annum; not to exceed $15,000 for the temporary employment of persons or organizations by contract or otherwise without regard to the civil-service and classification laws; employment of aliens; travel expenses, not to exceed $101,297; printing and binding, not to exceed $12.000; not to exceed $8,000 for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty mail as required by section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1944 (Public Law 364); entertainment of officials and others of the other American republics; grants of money, property, or services to governmental and public or private nonprofit institutions and facilities in the United States and the other American republics; the free distribution, donation, or loan of publications, phonograph records, radio scripts, radio transcriptions, art works, motion-picture scripts, motion-picture films, educational material, and other material and equipment; such other gratuitous assistance as the Director may deem necessary and appropriate to carry out his program; expenses of transporting employees of the Office of Inter-American Affairs and their effects from their homes to their places of employment in the other American republics, or from their homes in the other American republics to their places of employment, and return, when specifically authorized by the Director; travel expenses of dependents and trans- portation of personal effects, from their places of employment to their homes in the United States or in the possessions of the United States or in the other American republics, of employees for whom such expenses were paid by the Government on their assignment to posts in 476 [59 STAT.

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