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PUBLIC I^AW 455-JULY 5, 1952

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shall be construed to affect the authority provided in section 603(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, (1) to grant operating- 46 USC 1173. differential subsidies on a long-term basis, and (2) to obligate the United States to make future payments in accordance with the terms of such operating-differential subsidy contracts: Provided further, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be available for obligation, nor any obligation made, for the payment of an operatingdifferential subsidy for any number of voyages, during the current fiscal year, in excess of sixteen hundred, which number shall include the number of voyages under contracts hereafter awarded and of which one hundred shall be for operators who have not held contracts prior to July 1, 1952. Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for carrying into effect the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and other laws administered W ^ ^ - ^^^^^ ^^ by the Federal Maritime Board and the Maritime Administration, seq, $15,617,850, within limitations as follows: Administrative expenses, including not to exceed $2,000 for newspapers and periodicals; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle, for replacement only; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); not to exceed $1,125 for entertain- 6o Stat. sio. ment of officials of other countries when specifically authorized by the Maritime Administrator; not to exceed $145,525 for expenses of travel; and $75,000 to be available exclusively for ship structure research, testing and models; $8,655,850: Provided, That the Maritime Administration is authorized to dispense with the administrative audit of agents' accounts covering voyages beginning prior to April 1, 1949: Provided further, That funds transferred to this appropriation from the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund established under the provisions of Public Law 45, Eighty-second Congress, shall not exceed ^^ ^*®*- ^'^• a sum sufficient to provide for the employment of in excess of four hundred employees at any time during the current fiscal year; Maintenance of shipyard facilities, operation of warehouses, and maintenance and operation of terminals, including the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, and not to exceed $2,490 for expenses of travel, $1,921,000; Reserve fleet expenses, $5,041,000, of which not to exceed $7,490 !, shall be available for expenses of travel: Provided, That, in addition, not to exceed $1,200,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation made available under this head for the fiscal year 1952 shall remain available during the current fiscal year. Maritime training: For training personnel for the manning of the merchant marine (including operation of training stations at Kings Point, New York; Sheepshead Bay, New York; Alameda, California, and the United States Maritime Service Institute), including not to exceed $2,474,100 for personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere which may be used to provide pay and allowances for personnel of the United States Maritime Service comparable to those of the Coast Guard as authorized by law (46 U.S.C. 1126,14 F. R. 7707); 52 Stat. 965. purchase of two passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; not to exceed $2,500 for contingencies for the Superintendent, United States Merchant Marine Academy, to be expended in his discretion; not to exceed $25,625 for expenses of travel; and not to exceed $72,500 for transfer to applicable appropriations of the Public Health Service for services rendered the Maritime Administration; $3,584,000, including uniforms and textbooks for cadet midshipmen, to be provided in kind at an average yearly cost of not to exceed $200 per cadet: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be used for compensation or allowances for trainees or cadets.

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