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 61 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 524 -DEC. 23, 1947 to the bureaus, corporations, or agencies of the Department of Agri- culture, for expenses necessary to carry out (a) any laws enacted subsequent to December 1, 1947, to (1) authorize the regulation of speculative trading on the commodity exchanges and (2) authorize allocation and inventory control of scarce agricultural commodities; and (b) any programs approved by the President under existing laws to encourage conservation practices in this country: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of the appropriation laws con- cerned, any funds utilized under authority of this paragraph by any bureau, corporation, or agency of such Department shall be in addition to any other funds available to such bureau, corporation, or agency: Providedfurther, That at the end of each calendar month the Secre- tary shall make a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate of obligations incurred pursuant to this paragraph. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Crva FUNCrToNs Government and relief in occupied areas: For an additional amount for "Government and relief in occupied areas", $340,000,000. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized, with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, to utilize, by transfer or otherwise, during the period between the date of approval of this Act and April 1, 1948, such amounts as may be necessary (but not to exceed a total of $750,000) from any appropriation or fund available to any bureau or office of the Department of Commerce, for expenses necessary to carry out any laws enacted subsequent to December 1, 1947, to (1) extend and strengthen export controls and (2) authorize allocation and inventory control of scarce commodities or voluntary agreements relating thereto (other than agricultural commodities): Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of the appro- priation laws concerned, any funds utilized under authority of this paragraph by any bureau or office of such Department shall be in addition to any other funds available to any such bureau or office: Provided further, That at the end of each calendar month the Secre- tary shall make a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate of obligations incurred pur- suant to this paragraph. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Welfare of Indians: For an additional amount for "Welfare of Indians," including the objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1948, $500,000. Advance to Navajo Tribe of Indians (tribal funds): For advance to the Navajo Tribe of Indians to reimburse the tribal sawmill enterprise for emergency relief expenditures, $100.000, payable from funds held by the United States in trust for said Indians. Alaska Native Service: For hospitalization of tuberculous Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts at the Seward Sanitorium operated by the Methodist church, $176,000. 943 Report to Congress. Ante, p. 625. Ante, p. 294. Utilization of funds. Report to (onngrv.s. Ante, p. 464. Ante, p. 466 . Ante, p. 465.

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