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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1sT SESS.-CHS. 92, 94-APR. 24, 1945 under title II of this Act, a sum equal to such deficiency in the revenues of such Department is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply such deficiency in the revenues of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and the sum needed may be advanced to the Post Office Department upon requisition of the Postmaster General. This title may be cited as the "Post Office Department Appro- priation Act, 1946". TITLE III-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEc. 301. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Pro- vided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided further, That any person who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts employment, the salary or wages for which are paid from any appro- priation contained in this Act, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not, in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEO. 302. This Act may be cited as the "Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Act, 1946". Approved April 24, 1945. [CHAPTER 94] AN ACT To amend sections 4, 7, and 17 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187) for the purpose of extending the time in which amendatory contracts may be made, and for other related purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 (d) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 is hereby amended to read as follows: "(d) For each project contract unit where a repayment contract is entered into pursuant to this section, each year the percentage of the normal returns for said year by which the annual returns of said year exceed or are less than said normal returns shall be determined by the Secretary. For each unit or major fraction of a unit of said per- centage of said increase or decrease there shall be an increase or decrease, respectively, of 2 per centum in the amount or amounts of the installment or installments for said year under the organization's obligation or obligations as determined under subsections (b) and (e) of this section. Said latter amount or amounts as thus increased or decreased shall be the payment or payments of construction charges due and payable for said year, except that in no event shall the amount of the said payment or payments due and payable for any year be less than 15 per centum nor, as determined by the Secretary, more than from 150 to 200 per centum, inclusive, of the amount or 75 Citation of title. Persons advocating overthrow of U. 8. Government. Affidavit. Penalty. Short title. April 24, 194 [S. 37 [Public Law 39] Reclamation Prot- ect Act of 1939, amend- ments. 53 Stat. 1190. 43U. S.C. I48c(d). Variable repayment contracts. Determination ef amount of install ment.

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