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PUBLIC LAW 172-JULY 31, 1953 VIRGIN ISLANDS P U B L I C WORKS

For an additional amount to carry out the provisions of the Act of December 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 827), $1,100,000: Provided, That the estimated project costs specified in said Act of December 20, 1944, shall not constitute limitations on amounts that may be expended for such projects. ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT or

THE INTERIOR

SALARIES A N D E X P E N S E S

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior (referred to herein as the Secretary), including teletype rentals and service, $2,325,000. GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, aliens may be employed during the current fiscal year in the field service of the Department for periods of not more than thirty days in cases of emergency caused by fire, flood, storm, act of God, or sabotage. SEC. 102. Appropriations in this Act available for travel expenses shall be available, for expenses of attendance of officers and employees at meetings or conventions of members of societies or associations concerned with the work of the bureau or office for which the appropriation concerned is made. SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this Act shall be available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement or repair of buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made available under this authority until funds specifically made available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted. SEC. 104. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office) of any appropriation in this Act, in addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening lands under jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior: Provided, That appropriations made in this Act for fire suppression purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year. SEC. 105. Appropriations made in this Act shall be available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any other activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act of June 30, 1932 (31 U.S.C. 686): Provided, That reimbursements for cost of supplies, materials and equipment, and for services rendered may be credited to the appropriation current at the time such reimbursements are received. SEC. 106. Appropriations made in this Act shall be available for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) when authorized by the Secretary, at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals, and in total amount not to exceed $250,000; maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; examination of estimates of appropriations in the field; payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations

Employment of aliens.

Attendance at meetings.

E m e r g e n c y reconstruction.

Emergency p r ev e n t i o n of f i r e s.

Operation of warehouses, e t c.

4 7 Stat. 417. R e imbur s erne nt s.

60 Stat. 810.

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