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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 506-AUG. 24, 1949 655 tration finds it necessary in the construction of any project to employ other Government agencies or persons outside the Federal service to perform such services not to exceed 10 per centum of the cost of such projects may be expended for such services: Provided further, That Portable initial not to exceed $10,000,000 of the foregoing contract authorizations shall qmen be obligated for portable initial equipment, including the purchase of one hundred and fifty-one passenger motor vehicles. National service life insurance: For the payment of benefits and for transfer to the national service life insurance fund, in accordance with the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, Sato o.§§ 801- $467,450,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until 818; Supp. II, § 802. expended: Provided, That certain premiums shall be credited to this Ante' p 74. appropriation as provided by the Act. Veterans' miscellaneous benefits: For the payment of burial awards authorized by Veterans' Administration Regulation Numbered 9 (a), 3 S. C"note foll. as amended, and for supplies, equipment, and tuition authorized by part VII and payments authorized by part IX of Veterans' Adminis- tration Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, $75,330,000, to 7Sta note foll. remain available until expended. § 739; Supp. II, note Grants to the Republic of the Philippines: For payments to the fo. § 743. Republic of the Philippines of grants in accordance with the Act of July 1, 1948 (Public Law 865), for (a) construction and equipping 62Stt.s21 supp. of hospitals, $9,400,000, to be immediately available and to remain nI, app. §§1991-1996. available until expended, and (b) expenses incident to medical care and treatment of veterans, $3,285,000. No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be available for hos- pitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimburse- ment of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. INDEPENDENT OFFICES---ENERL PROVISIONS SEC. 102. No part of any appropriation contained in this title 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: Pro- vided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not con- trary 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 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 contained in this title 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 penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. Persons engaging, etc., in strikes against or advocating over- throw of U. S. Gov- ernment. Affidavit. Penalty.

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