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retary of the Treasury or the Commissioner of Prohibition may prescribe, and the personnel of the"; (2) by striking out, after "such duties", the following; "(other than duties in connection with the administration of the National Prohibition Act, as amended, or any other law relating to the enforcement of the eighteenth amendment),"; and (3) by striking out, preceding "may prescribe" at the end of such subsection, the words "or the Commissioner of Customs", so that such subsection will read as follows: "(c) The personnel of the Bureau of Customs shall perform such duties as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.". SEC. 10. Section 3(a) of the Act approved March 3, 1927 (ch. 348, 44 Stat. 1382) is hereby repealed. SEC. 11. Section 361 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. sec. 306) is amended by striking out, at the end of such section, the words "in the cases provided by section three hundred and sixty-three", and in lieu thereof inserting "in cases of services performed by attorneys appointed under section 503 of Title 28, United States Code, for whom compensation is provided under section 508 of that title", so that such section will read as follows: "SEC. 361. The officers of the Department of Justice, under the direction of the Attorney-General, shall give all opinions and render all services requiring the skill of persons learned in the law necessary to enable the President and heads of Departments, and the heads of Bureaus and other officers in the Departments, to discharge their respective duties; and shall, on behalf of the United States, procure the proper evidence for, and conduct, prosecute, or defend all suits and proceedings in the Supreme Court and in the Court of Claims, in which the United States, or any officer thereof, as such officer, is a party or may be interested; and no fees shall be allowed or paid to any other attorney or counselor at law for any service herein required of the officers of the Department of Justice, except in cases of services performed by attorneys appointed under section 503 of title 28, United States Code, for whom compensation is provided under section 508 of that title.". SEC. 12. Section 4 of the Act approved August 1, 1946 (ch. 727, 60 Stat. 779, 780; 5 U.S.C. sec. 475c) is amended by striking out, in the proviso of such section, "sections 41, 109, and 113 of the Criminal Code (U.S.C. Title 18, secs. 93,198, and 203); Revised Statutes, section 190 (U.S.C. title 5, sec. 99); in section 19(e) of the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 (Public Law 395, Seventy-eighth Congress);", and in lieu thereof inserting "section 281, 283, 284, or 434 of Title 18, United States Code, or section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. sec. 99),", so that such section will read as follows: "SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to establish a Naval Research Advisory Committee which shall consist of not exceeding fifteen persons to be appointed by the Secretary from those persons in civilian life who are preeminent in the fields of science, research, and development work. One member of such committee will be from the field of medicine. The members of such committee shall serve for such term or terms as the Secretary may specify, and shall meet at such times as may be specified by the Secretary to consult with and advise the Chief of Naval Operations and the Chief of the Office of Naval Research. Each member of the committee shall be entitled to compensation in the amount of $50 for each day or part of a day he shall be in attendance at any regularly called meeting of the committee, together with reimbursement for all travel expenses incident to such attendance: Provided, That nothing in section 281, 283, 284, or 434 of Title 18, United States Code, or section 190 of the Revised

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