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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 680 - -OCT. 12, 1949 resources, production, repurification, storage, and utilization of helium, independently or in cooperation with other agencies, public or private; including purchase of items otherwise properly chargeable to the appropriation "Contingent expenses, Department of the Interior"; $97,500, of which not to exceed $10,700 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Helium production and investigations: The sums made available for the current fiscal year in the Acts making appropriations for the Departments of the Air Force, Army, and Navy for the acquisition of helium from the Bureau of Mines shall be transferred to the Bureau of Mines on July 1 of said fiscal year, for operation and maintenance of the plants for the production of helium for military and naval pur- poses, including the purchase in the District of Columbia and elsewhere of items otherwise properly chargeable to the appropriation "Contin- gent expenses, Department of the Interior" (not exceeding $5,000); printing and binding; and $61,800 for personal services in the District of Columbia: Provided, That section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended, shall not be construed to apply to this appropriation, or to the appropriation for development and operation of helium prop- erties (special fund) in section 3 (c) of the Act of September 1, 1937 (50 U. S . C . 164): Provided further, That funds available for the production of helium and the development of helium properties may be utilized to provide transportation between helium plants and related facilities and communities that provide adequate living accommoda- tions of persons engaged in the operation and maintenance of helium plants; and for transportation to and from schools of pupils who are dependents of such persons: Provided further, That pursuant to agreements approved by the Secretary, the transportation equipment available to the Bureau of Mines may be pooled with that of school districts and other local or Federal agencies for use in transporting persons engaged in operation and maintenance of helium plants, pupils who are dependents of such persons, and other pupils, and in the interest of economy the expenses of operating such equipment may be shared. During the current fiscal year the head of any department or inde- pendent establishment of the Government having funds available for scientific investigations within the scope of the functions of the Bureau of Mines may, with the approval of the Secretary, transfer to the Bureau such sums as may be necessary therefor, which sums so trans- ferred may be expended for the same objects and in the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be expended. The Federal Security Administrator may detail medical officers of the Public Health Service for cooperative health, safety, or sanita- tion work with the Bureau of Mines, and the compensation and expenses of the officers so detailed may be paid from the applicable appropriations made herein for the Bureau of Mines. The Bureau of Mines is authorized, during the current fiscal year, to sell directly or through any Government agency, including corpora- tions, any metal or mineral product that may be manufactured in pilot plants operated from funds appropriated to the Bureau of Mines, and the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Appropriations in this Act to the Bureau of Mines shall be available for the purchase (not to exceed one hundred and fifty-one, of which one hundred and thirty-seven shall be for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles. Not to exceed $50,000 of any available funds of the Bureau of Mines may be expended for reconstruction, replacement, and repair of build- ings and utilities, and equipment under the jurisdiction of the Bureau 791 Ante, p. 766. Transfer of funds. Ante, p. 766. 41U.S.. J5. Ante, p. 403. 50 Stat. 886. Transportation. Pooling of equip- ment. Scientific investiga- tions. Detail of medical officers. Sale of mineral products. Emergency recon- struction, etc.

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