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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 787-OCT. 29, 1949 Personnel outside U.S. Moving of depend- ents and effects. Attendance at meet- ings. Commissions on land purchase con- tracts. Persons engaging, etc., in strikes against or advocating over- throw of U. S. Gov- ernment. Affidavit. Penalty. Pay and expenses, restriction. SEC. 606. During the current fiscal year the dependents and household effects of such military and civilian personnel (without regard to rank or grade) of the Air Force or Army on duty at stations outside the continental limits of the United States, or in Alaska, as may be deter- mined upon by the Secretary concerned, may, prior or subsequent to the issuance of orders for the relief of such personnel from their sta- tions, or subsequent to the discharge or release of such personnel from active military service, be moved (including packing and unpacking of household effects) from such stations outside the continental limits of the United States, or in Alaska, to such locations as may be desig- nated by such personnel (subject to the approval of the Secretary concerned), by the use of either Government or commercial means of transportation, and later from such locations to the duty stations to which such personnel may be ordered, and current appropriations available for travel and transportation may be used for this purpose, the decision of the Secretary concerned to be final as to the dependency of any individual sought to be affected by this provision except as to travel performed subsequent to arrival in the United States. SEC. 607. Appropriations contained in this Act available for travel shall be available for all expenses incident to attendance at meetings of technical, scientific, professional, or other similar organizations. SEC. 608. No part of any money appropriated herein or included under any contract authority herein granted shall be expended for the payment of any commission on any land purchase contract in excess of 2 per centum of the purchase price. SEC. 609. 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 mem- ber of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advo- cates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or vio- lence: 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 Government of the United States, is not a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or that such person 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 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 advo- cates, 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 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: And provided fur- ther, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEC. 610. The appropriations in this Act shall not be available for the pay, allowances, or travel of any member of the Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, Army National Guard, or the Organized Reserve Corps, for periods of active duty, drills, training, instruction, or other duty for which he may be entitled to receive compensation pursuant to any provisions of law, who may be drawing a pension, retirement pay, disability allowance, disability compensation, or 1018 [63 STAT.

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