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PUBLIC LAW 195-AUG. 5, 1953

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WEATHER BUREAU

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Weather Bureau, including maintenance and operation of aircraft; not to exceed $25,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 60 Stat. 810. August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); not to exceed $10,000 for maintenance of a printing office in the City of Washington, as authorized by law; and purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; $27,000,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the maximum amount authorized under section 3(a) of the Act of June 2, 62 Stat. 286. 1948 (15 U.S.C. 327), for extra compensation to employees of other Government agencies for taking and transmitting meteorological observations, shall be $5 per day; and the maximum base rate of pay authorized under section 3(b) of said Act, for employees conducting meteorological investigations in the Arctic region, shall be $6,000 per annum, except that not more than five of such employees at any one time may receive a base rate of $8,500 per annum, and such employees 5 ulcfibfi'kote. ^ ^ y ^^ appointed without regard to the Classification Act of 1949. GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT or COMMERCE

SEC. 302. During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations and funds available to the Department of Commerce shall be available for the activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (5 U.S.C. 596a), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by said Act. SEC. 303. Appropriations of the Department of Commerce available for salaries and expenses shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the activities for which the appropriations are made; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but, unless otherwise specified, at rates for individuals not to exceed $50 per diem. Citation of title. This title may be cited as the "Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1954". TITLE IV—CORPORATIONS

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The following corporations are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such corporation, and in accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Budget for the fiscal year 1954 for each such corporation, except as hereinafter provided: FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated: Not to exceed $377,000 of the funds of the Corporation shall be available for its administrative expenses, and not to exceed $438,000 for the expenses of vocational training of prisoners, both amounts to be computed on an accrual basis and to be determined in accordance with the Corporation's prescribed accounting system in effect on July 1, 1946, and shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment of claims, expenditures which the said accounting system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of facilities and other property belonging to the Corporation or in which it has an interest.

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