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PUBLIC LAW 137—AUG. 31, 1951

General Services Administration, issued by public authorities, States, or other public bodies, and such services in respect to such bonds or obligations as the Administrator deems necessary and in the public interest may, upon the request and at the expense of the issuing agencies, be provided from this appropriation; and (4) appropriations or funds available to other agencies, and transferred to the General Services Administration, in connection with property transferred to the General Services Administration pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1948 (50 U.S.C. 451ff), and such appropriations or funds may, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, be so transferred. During the current fiscal year, no part of any money appropriated in this or any other Act shall be used during any quarter of such fiscal year to purchase within the continental limits of the United States typewriting machines (except bookkeeping and billing machines) at a price which exceeds 90 per centum of the lowest net cash price, plus applicable Federal excise taxes, accorded the most-favored customer (other than the Government, the American National Red Cross, and the purchasers of typewriting machines for educational purposes only) of the manufacturer of such machines during the six-month period immediately preceding such quarter: Provided, That the purchase, utilization, and disposal of typewriting machines shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (Public Laws 152 and Y54, Eighty-first Congress). Renovation and improvement of federally owned buildings outside of the District of Columbia: For expenses necessary for continuing the program for the renovation and improvement of federally owned buildings outside the District of Columbia, for which funds are not otherwise available, including appurtenances and approaches thereto, that are under the control of the General Services Administration for repair and preservation, as authorized by title III of the Act of June 16, 1949 (Public Law 105), $4,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which not more than $273,150 shall be available for personal services. Repair, preservation, and equipment, outside the District of Columbia: For expenses necessary for the repair, alteration, improvement, preservation, and equipment, not otherwise provided for, of completed Federal buildings, the grounds and approaches thereof, wharves, and piers, together with the necessary dredging adjacent thereto, and care and safeguarding of sites acquired for Federal buildings; the demolition of buildings thereon; and the purchase and repair of equipment and fixtures in buildings under the administration of the General Services Administration; $9,000,000, of which not more than $1,661,400 shall be available for pergonal services. For the acquisition of land and improvements thereon adjacent to the site of the United States Post Office, Chicago, Illinois, the alteration and renovation of such improvements, and the construction of auxiliary and appurtenant structures, ramps, and roadways for the expansion of post office facilities, pursuant to the provisions of the Public Buildings Act of May 25, 1926, as amended (40 U.S.C. 341), $8,768,000, to remain available until expended. Renovation and modernization. Executive Mansion: For an additional amount for "Renovation and modernization. Executive Mansion", $100,000, to remain available until expended. Refunds under Renegotiation Act: For refunds under section 201 (f) of the Renegotiation Act of 1951, $8,500,000: Provided, That to the extent refunds are made from this appropriation of excessive profits collected under the Renegotiation Act and retained by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, the

62 Stat. 1225. Typewriting machines.

63 Stat. 377; 64 Stat. 578 41 U.S.C. § 201 note.

63 Stat. 198. 40 U.S.C. §§ 297, 297a.

44 Stat. 630.

Ante, p. 23.

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