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PUBLIC LAW 179—OCT. 18, 1951

[65 STAT.

icMflman tastotsT.^'" Ec. 619. Insofar as practicable, the Secretary of Defense shall assist American small business to participate equitably in the furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appropriated under this Act by making available or causing to be made available to suppliers in the United States, and particularly to small independent enterprises, information, as far in advance as possible, with respect to purchases proposed to be financed with funds appropriated under this Act, and by making available or causing to be made available to purchasing and contracting agencies of the Department of Defense information as to commodities and services produced and furnished by small independent enterprises in the United States, and by otherwise helping to give small business an opportunity to participate in the furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appropriated by this Act. for^enii™ed^personnei! ^^^' ^^^- During the current fiscal year, commuted rations for enlisted personnel of the uniformed services (as defined in the Career 63Ste,t.|02^ ^ ^^ Compensation Act of 1949) on leave, or otherwise authorized to mess note. separately, shall be equivalent to the cost of the ration as determined by the Secretary of Defense. Operation of messes. ggc. 621. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for expenses of operation of messes (other than organized messes which are financed principally from nonappropriated funds) at which meals are sold to ojmcers or civilians except under regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, which shall (except under unusual or extraordinary circumstances) establish rates for such meals sufficient to provide reimbursement of operating expenses and food costs to the Payments for meals, appropriations Concerned: Provided, That, for the purposes of this section, payments for meals at the rates established hereunder may be made in cash or by deductions from the pay of civilian employees. proprSns!^ °^ ^^' ^ ^ - ^^^- ^^ ^^^'^ °^ ^^^ appropriation contained in this Act shall be available until expended unless expressly so provided elsewhere in this or some other appropriation Act. officers^quarters!'' *" ^^^- ^^^- ^^ ^^^ °^ ^^^ appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for or on account of the supply or replacement of table linen, dishes, glassware, silver, and kitchen utensils for use in the residences or quarters of officers on shore (other than for field messes, messes temporarily set up on shore for bachelor officers and officers attached to seagoing or district defense vessels, to aviation units based on seagoing vessels, to the fleet air bases, to the submarine bases, or to landing forces and expeditions), except in accordance with regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, which shall provide for uniform practices among all of the services. SEC. 624. The provisions of the Act of February 9, 1946 (60 Stat. 31 U.S.C. J634a. 3)^ shall be applicable to the appropriations of the Army and Air Force for military pay for the current fiscal year, upon certification by the appropriate agency of the department concerned. Pro^ceeds^from sale SEC. 625. Not more than $10,000,000 of the amounts received during ' • the current fiscal year by each of the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force as proceeds from the sale of scrap or salvage materials, shall be available during the current fiscal year for expenses of transportation, demilitarization, and other preparation for sale or salvage Report to Congress. Qf military supplies, equipment, and materiel: Provided, That a report of receipts and disbursements under this limitation shall be made quarterly to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress. SEC. 626. During the current fiscal year, the President may exempt appropriations, funds, and contract authorizations, available for military functions under the Department of Defense, from the provisions 31 U.S.C. § 665. of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended,

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