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PUBLIC LAW 547-JULY 15, 1952

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F I S H AND WILDLIFE SERVICE INVESTIGATIONS OF RESOURCES

For an additional amount for "Investigations of resources", $240,000. CHAPTER VIII INDEPENDENT OFFICES AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION DEDICATION OF WORLD WAR II MEMORIALS

For expenses necessary for an appropriate dedication of World War II memorials, erected under authority of the Act of June 26, 1946 (36 U.S.C. 123), to be available for such purposes as the Commission may deem necessary and proper and without regard to the provisions of other laws or regulations relating to the expenditure of public funds (except that this exemption shall not be construed as waiving the requirement for the submission of accounts and vouchers to the General Accounting Office for audit), $30,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until June 30, 1953: Provided, That, when in the discretion of the American Battle Monuments Commission it would be in the public interest, personnel and transportation facilities of any other Government agency may be furnished by such agency, without reimbursement, to the Commission for the purposes of this appropriation.

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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

Operating expenses: For an additional amount for "Operating expenses", including the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $88,094,000, of which $50,000,000 shall be available only for the weapons program: Provided, That appropriations granted to the Commission under this head for the fiscal year 1953 shall be available in amounts not to exceed $27,909,900 for expenses of program direction and administration personnel, and not to exceed $3,183,498 for expenses of travel. Plant and equipment: For an additional amount for "Plant and equipment", including the purchase (not to exceed an additional one hundred) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $2,898,800,000: Provided.^ That in connection with the expansion of facilities provided in this appropriation, the Commission is authorized without regard to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes to enter into new contracts or modify existing contracts to provide for electric utility services for periods not exceeding twenty-five years, and such contracts shall be subject to termination by the Commission upon payment of cancellation costs of not to exceed $57,000,000, and any appropriation presently or hereafter made available to the Commission shall be available for the payment of such cancellation costs: Provided further, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be available for the construction of any office building, residence, warehouse or similar structure, utility, or other specific portion or unit of a project, unless funds are available for the completion of such building, utility, or other specific portion or unit of such project. The foregoing proviso shall not be construed to prevent the purchase of land for any project, the construction of any new building or procurement of any machinery, equipment or materials therefor, nor any utility nor any portion or unit of a specific project if the funds 93300

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