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PUBLIC LAW 5 1 - J U N E 1, 1955

39 USC 901 note.

[69 S T A T.

ment-owned vehicles operated by the Post Office Department shall be credited to applicable appropriations and shall be available for meeting repair cost of such damaged vehicles: Provided further, That hereafter collections from the sale of leather, metal canvas cuttings and old canvas resulting from the manufacture and repair of mail bags and locks, shall be credited to applicable appropriations and shall be available for meeting the cost of such manufacture and repair: Provided further, That the aggregate of annual payments for amortization of principal and interest thereon required by all purchase contracts entered into during the fiscal year 1956 pursuant to the Post Office Department Property Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 521), shall not exceed the unused portion of the $3,000,000 limitation applicable prior to July 1, 1955, under section 202(i) of said Act. GENERAL PROVISIONS—POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

Attendance at meetings.

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Property improvement.

SEC. 202. Hereafter, and under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Postmaster General, any funds available to the Post Office Department by appropriation shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings of technical, scientific, professional, or other similar organizations concerned with the function or activity for which the appropriation concerned is made. SEC. 203. During the current fiscal year, and under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Postmaster General, not to exceed an aggregate of $100,000 shall be available from any funds available to the Post Office Department, as may be determined by him, for expenses necessary to enable the Department to participate in Federal or nonFederal training programs and for necessary expenses of training officers and employees (both departmental and field postal services) in such subjects or courses of instruction in either Federal or nonFederal facilities as will contribute to the improved performance of their official duties: Provided., That not more than forty-five of such officers and employees may participate in any training program in a non-Federal facility which is of more than ninety days duration. SEC. 204. Not exceeding $12,000,000 of appropriations in this title shall be available for payment to the General Services Administration of such additional sums as may be necessary for the repair, alteration, preservation, renovation, improvement, and equipment of federally owned property used for postal purposes of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available for improving lighting, color, and ventilation for the specialized conditions in workroom areas. TITLE III THE T A X COURT O F THE UNITED STATES Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including contract stenographic reporting services, $1,170,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Strikes. o r ovei^ t h r o w oiF Governr ment.

SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included in this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that ad-

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