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PUBLIC LAW 4 7 1 - J U L Y 2, 1954

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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

SEC. 302. During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations and funds available to the Department of Commerce shall Ibe available for the activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (5 63 Stat. 907. U.S.C. 596a), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by said Act. SEC. 303. Appropriations in this title 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 60 Stat. 810. 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. SEC. 304. There shall be hereafter in the Department of Commerce, in addition to the Assistant Secretaries now provided for by law, one additional Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall be subject in all respects to the provisions of the Act of July 15, 1947 (61 Stat. 326), as amended (5 U.S.C. 592a), relating to Assistant Secretaries of Commerce. Section 3 of Reorganization s^usc 133:^15 pjan Numbered 5 of 1950, as amended (64 Stat. 1263; 66 Stat. 121), is hereby repealed. M a n ag em e n t SEC. 305. No part of the appropriations made available in this title studies. Ante, p. 4 2 2. shall be available for management studies except the $100,000 authorized for transfer to the Office of the Secretary. Citation of title. This title may be cited as the "Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1955". TITLE IV—UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

67 Stat. 642. 5 USC 133Z-15 note.

67 Stat. 161.

60 Stat. 999.

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to enable the United States Information Agency, as authorized by Reorganization Plan Numbered 8 of 1953, to carry out international information activities, and to administer the informational media guarantee program authorized by section 111(b)(3) of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended and continued by section 7 of the Mutual Security Act of 1952 (22 U.S.C. 1509), including rents in the District of Columbia; employment, without regard to the civil-service and classification laws, of (1) persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $120,000), (2) aliens within the United States, and (3) aliens abroad for service in the United States relating to the translation or narration of colloquial speech in foreign languages (such aliens to be investigated for such employment in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary of State and the Attorney General): travel expenses of aliens employed abroad for service in the United States to and from the United States; salaries, expenses, and allowances of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 801-1158); expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with activities provided for under this appropriation (not to exceed $6,000); entertainment within the United States (not to exceed $1,000); hire of passenger motor vehicles; insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries when required by the law of such

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