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Employees engaged in personnel work.

N onappl icability.

Passenger m o to r vehicles.

PUBLIC LAW 137—AUG. 31, 1951

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of Columbia: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to programs which have been approved by the Congress and appropriations made therefor. SEC. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall be used to pay the compensation of any employee engaged in personnel work in excess of the number that would be provided by a ratio of one such employee to one hundred and fifteen, or a part thereof, fulltime, part-time, and intermittent employees of the agency concerned: Provided, That for purposes of this section employees shall be considered as engaged in personnel work if they spend half time or more in personnel administration consisting of direction and administration of the personnel program; employment, placement, and separation; job evaluation and classification; employee relations and services; training; committees of expert examiners and boards of civil-service examiners; wage administration; and processing, recording, and reporting. SEC. 109. None of the sections under the head "Independent offices, General provisions" in this title shall apply to the Housing and Home Finance Agency or the Tennessee Valley Authority. SEC. 110. No part of any appropriation made in this title or title II of this Act, except appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission and the Tennessee Valley Authority, shall be available for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle for replacement purposes unless each such passenger motor vehicle purchased replaces two passenger motor vehicles. TITLE II — DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE MARITIME

ACTIVITIES

Ship construction: For the payment of obligations incurred on or after July 1, 1946, for ship construction, reconditioning and better46 ^u^^s^^c' 1101 '^^i^ts, pursuant to the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, and et seq. the authority granted under the head "United States Maritime Commission" in the several Appropriation Acts for the fiscal years 1947, 603^6^• sfa:t!^^ m?: ^^^^' 1^*9' 1^'^^' ^"^ l ^ ^ l ' $105,000,000: Provided, That the unex63 Stat. 650; 64 Stat! pendcd balance of funds heretofore appropriated for the liquidation ^^^' of said obligations shall remain available for that purpose until expended. Operating-differential subsidies: For the payment of obligations incurred for operating-differential subsidies granted on or after January 1, 1947, as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as 49 Stat. 1986. amended, and in appropriations heretofore made to the United States 46 U.S.C. § 1101 Maritime Commission, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: et seq. Provided, That to the extent that the operating-differential subsidy accrual (computed on the basis of parity) is represented on the operator's books by a contingent accounts receivable item against the United States as a partial or complete offset to the recapture accrual, the operator (1) shall be excused from making deposits in the special reserve fund, and (2) as to the amount of such earnings the deposit of which is so excused shall be entitled to the same tax treatment as though it had been deposited in said special reserve fund. To the extent that any amount paid to the operator by the United States reduces the balance in the operator's contingent receivable account against the United States, such amount, unless it is forthwith deposited in the fund, shall be considered as withdrawn under section 607 46 U.S.C. § 1177. (h) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended: Provided further, That nothing contained in this Act, or in any prior appropriation Act, shall be construed to affect the authority provided in section 603 46 U.S.C. § 1173. (a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, (1) to grant

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