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 438 Foreign credits. 31 USC 724.

60 Stat. 754. Estimates of appropriations.

Chaiiffeurs, etc.

N onapplicability.

66 Stat. 393.

PUBLIC LAW 207-AUG. 7, 1953

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^ SEC. 1313. Pursuant to section 1415 of the Act of Julv 15, 1952 (66 Stat. 662), foreign credits (including currencies) owed to or owned by the United States may be used by Federal agencies for any purpose for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (including the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing the use of such credits), only when reimbursement therefor is made to the Treasury from the applicable appropriations of the agency concerned: Provided, That such credits may be used until June 30, 1954, without reimbursement to the Treasury, for liquidation of obligations legally incurred against such credits prior to July 1, 1953: Provided further, That such credits received as exchange allowances or proceeds of sales of personal property may be used in whole or part payment for acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the manner authorized by law, without reimbursement to the Treasury: Provided further, That nothing in section 1415 of the Act of July 15, 1952, or in this section shall be construed to prevent the making of new or the carrying out of existing contracts, agreements, or executive agreements for periods in excess of one year, in any case where such contracts, agreements, or executive agreements for periods in excess of one year were permitted prior to the enactment of this Act under section 32(b)(2) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 1641 (b)(2)), and the performance of all such contracts, agreements, or executive agreements shall be subject to the availability of appropriations for the purchase of credits as provided by law. SEC. 1314. Funds made available in this or any other Act shall hereafter be available for examination ox estimates of appropriations in the field and the use of such funds for such purpose shall be subject only to regulations by the standing committees concerned. SEC. 1315. (a) During the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation for the executive branch contained in this or any other Act, or of any funds made available for expenditure by any corporation included in this or any other Act, shall be used to pay the compensation of any civilian employee of the Government whose principal or primary duties consist of acting as chauffeur or driver of any Government-owned passenger motor vehicle (other than a bus or ambulance), unless such appropriation is specifically authorized to be used for paying the compensation of employees performing such duties. This subsection shall not apply to— (1) Any person employed by an agency for which appropriations of funds were made available by the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1953, and whose place of duty is in a foreign country (2) Any person acting as chauffeur for— The President of the United States The Secretary of State The Secretary of the Treasury The Attorney General The Postmaster General The Secretary of the Interior The Undersecretary of the Interior The Secretary of Agriculture The Secretary of Commerce (3) Automobiles operated by— The Federal Bureau of Investigation The United States Secret Service The Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and Interior, outside the District of Columbia (4) One-half of the chauffeur-driven automobiles in operation in the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce on July 1, 1951

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