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 67 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 179-AUG. 1, 1953

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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, ARMY

For necessary expenses of basic and applied scientific research, evaluation, and development, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of facilities and equipment, not otherwise provided for; $345,000,000, to remain available until expended. NATIONAL BOARD FOR THE PROMOTION or RIFLE PRACTICE, ARMY

For necessary, expenses of construction, equipment and maintenance of rifle ranges, the instruction of citizens in markmanship, and promotion of rifle practice, in accordance with the Act of August 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 643), and the provisions of law contained in 10 U.S.C. 1184-1185 and 32 U.S.C. 181-186, including travel of rifle teams, military personnel, and individuals attending regional, national, and international competitions, and not to exceed $18,000 for incidental expenses of the National Board, $100,000: Provided, That travel expenses of civilian members of the National Board shall be paid in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, as amended. ALASKA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Alaska Communication System, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $11,185,000, to remain available until the close of the fiscal year 1955, and, in addition, not to exceed 15 per centum of the current fiscal year receipts of the Alaska Communication System may be merged with and used for the purposes of this appropriation. CIVILIAN RELIEF I N KOREA

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for emergency relief for the civilian population of Korea, including the procurement, operation, maintenance, and distribution of equipment, materials and services for informational and reorientation purposes; travel; and transportation; $58,000,000: Provided, That materials and supplies available to the Department of Defense may be used for the purposes of this appropriation without reimbursement therefor: Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this head shall be used for such purposes in any territory of Korea under Communist control: Provided further, That the unexpended balances of funds previously appropriated under this head shall be merged with this appropriation. ARMY STOCK F U N D

The amount available in the Army Stock Fund is hereby reduced by $285,000,000, such sum to be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury immediately upon the approval of this Act. TITLE IV DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

For pay, allowances, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, clothing, permanent change of station travel (including expenses of temporary duty between permanent duty stations), training duty travel of midshipman paid hereunder, and transportation of dependents, household effects, and privately owned automobiles, as author-

Travel expenses,

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