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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 219-APR. 20, 1948 to perform the duties of his former position and has not been restored thereto. SEC. 107. Appropriations contained in this Act, available for expenses of travel, shall be available, when specifically authorized by the head of the activity or establishment concerned, for expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the function or activity for which the appropriation concerned is made. SEC. 108. No part of any appropriation or fund contained in this Act shall be available for installing or maintaining systems for admin- istrative appropriation, fund, or inventory accounting except such systems as are prescribed or approved by the Comptroller General: Provided, That all agencies for whose activities provision is made in this Act shall hereafter maintain fiscal accounting control of all inven- tories of supplies, materials, or equipment which may be owned by or be in the custody of such agencies. TITLE II-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 201. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum amount allowable, in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (Public Law 600), for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of busses, ambulances, and station wagons), is hereby fixed at $1,400. SEC. 202. Unless otherwise specified and until July 1, 1949, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States (including any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States) whose post of duty is in continental United States unless such person (1) is a citizen of the United States, (2) is a person in the service of the United States on the date of enactment of this Act who, being eligible for citizenship, had filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States prior to such date, or (3) is a person who owes allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person shall be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section with respect to his status have been complied with: Provided further, That any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. This section shall not apply to citizens of the Republic of the Philip- pines or to nationals of those countries allied with the United States in the prosecution of the war. SEC. 203. Appropriations for the executive departments and inde- pendent establishments for the fiscal year 1949 available for travel expenses shall be available for the payment of per diem allowances in lieu of subsistence expenses without regard to the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, as amended (5 U. S. C . 821-833), to civilian officers and employees of such departments and establishments while traveling on official business outside the continental limits of the United States and away from their designated posts of duty: Pro- vided, That the amount of such allowances shall be determined by the head of the department or independent establishment concerned or by such official as he may designate for the purpose, but shall, in no case, notwithstanding any other provision of law, exceed the maximum established by regulations prescribed by the President for the locality in which the travel is performed. 68706--49- -' T. - 13 193 Attendance at meet- ings. Accounting sys- tems. Motor vehicles. 60 Stat. 810 . 5U.S.C.§§77,78. Citizenship require- ment. Affidavit. Penalty. Recoupment. Nonapplicability. Per diem allow- ances. 44 Stat. 688.

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