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 61 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 414-JULY 31, 1947 Army, followin the caption "Horses, draft and pack animals"; $350,000: Provided, That in the event of the transfer of the Army Remount Service or its functions to the Department of Agriculture, the unobligated balance of the sum hereby appropriated shall be trans- ferred to the Department of Agriculture to be expended for the pur- poses authorized by the Act providing for such transfer. GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 2. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or 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: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against the Govern- ment of the United States, is not a member of an organization of Gov- ernment employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or that such person does not advo- cate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the over- throw of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided further, That any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organi- zation of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Gov- ernment of the United States by force or violence and accepts employ- ment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation 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: Providedfurther, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEC. 3. All obligations incurred during the period between June 30, 1947, and the date of enactment of any regular annual appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1948, the "Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1948", the "Government Corporations Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1948", or the "Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1948", in anticipation of the appropriations or authority contained in any such Act are hereby ratified and confirmed if in accordance with the pro- visions of such Act when enacted into law. SEC. 4. There are hereby authorized to be transferred from any appropriations for the War Department for the Military Establish- ment, and from any appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service, to the National Security Council, the National Security Resources Board, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense such amounts as may be determined by the President to be necessary until such time as the Congress shall have made appropriations therefor, and the amounts so transferred shall be available, without regard to the purposes of the appropriation from which such transfers shall be made, for expenses of the agencies to which such funds are trans- ferred, including personal services at the seat of government; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (Public Law 600), at rates not to exceed $35 per diem for individuals; printing and binding; and health-service programs as authorized by the Act of August 8, 1946 (Public Law 658): Provided, That the War and Navy Departments may transfer such equipment (including motor vehicles) and furniture as may be necessary to the National Security Council, 703 Ante, p. 558. Transfer of funds. Persons engaging, etc., in strikes against or advocating over- throw of U. S. Gov- ernment. Affidavit. Penalty. Ante, p. 610. Ante, p. 514. Ante, p. 695. Transfer of funds. 60 Stat. 810 . 5 U.S.C. i 6a. 60 Stat. 903. 5 U.s.. 110. Transfer of equip- ment.

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