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PUBLIC LAW 253—NOV. 1, 1951

CHAPTER X II REDUCTION S I N APPROPRIATIONS, CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION S, AND AUTHORIZATION S TO BORROW F R O M THE TREASURY Appropriations, contract authorizations, and authorizations to borrow from the Treasury, of the departments and agencies, available in the fiscal year 1951, are hereby reduced in the sums and in the manner set forth in House Document Numbered 182, Eighty-second Congress, except that the rescission proposed for the Bureau of Indian Affairs under "Construction" shall be $4,240,000 instead of $4,340,000 as set forth in said document.

CHAPTER XIII GENERAL PROVISIONS DEPARTMENTS, A G E N C I E S, A N D CORPORATIONS

SEC. 1301. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year, in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 78), for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of busses, ambulances, and station wagons), is hereby fixed at $1,400. SEC. 1302. Unless otherwise specified and during the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States (including any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States) whose post of duty is in continental United States unless such person (1) is a citizen of the United States, (2) is a person in the service of the United States on the date of enactment of this Act, who, being eligible for citizenship, had filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States prior to such date, or (3) is a person who owes allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person shall be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section with respect to his status have been complied with: Provided further, That any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided jurther. That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. This section shall not apply to citizens of the Republic of the Philippines or to nationals of those countries allied with the United States in the current defense effort. SEC. 1303. Appropriations of the executive departments and independent establishments for the current fiscal year, available for expenses of travel or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available for living quarters allowances in accordance with the Act of June 26, 1930 (5 U.S.C. 118a), and regulations prescribed thereunder, and cost-of-living allowances similar to those allowed under section 901(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, in accordance with and to the extent prescribed by regulations of the President, for all civilian officers and employees of the Government

Motor vehicles. 60 Stat. 810.

Citizenship requirements for employment.

Affidavit.

Penalty clause.

Recoupment.

Nonapplicability.

Allowances for living quarters.

46 Stat. 818. 60 Stat. 1026. 22 U. 8. C. § 1131.

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