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PUBLIC LAW 78-JUNE 16, 1955

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exceed $13,000 per annum, shall be paid an annual salary out of said fund of more than $11,000. ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior (referred to herein as the Secretary), including teletype rentals and service, $2,065,000. GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, aiSns'!^''^™*"* "' aliens may be employed during the current fiscal year in the field service of the Department for periods of not more than thirty days in cases of emergency caused by fire, flood, storm, act of God, or sabotage. SEC. 102. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for „ ^I^S,if,lI^'^^ '^' T

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expenditure or transfer (withm each bureau or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement or repair of buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made available under this authority until funds specifically made available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted. SEC. 103. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer nr^'^^pression?* (within each bureau or office) of any appropriation in this title, in addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening lands under jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior: Provided, That appropriations made in this title for fire suppression purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year. SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for warehouses °"tcf^ operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, whereever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any other activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act of June 30, 1932 (31 U.S.C. 686): Provided, That reimbursements for 47 Stat. 4i7. cost of supplies, materials and equipment, and for services rendered may be credited to the appropriation current at the time such reimbursements are received. SEC. 105. Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in this title or in the Public Works Appropriation Act, 1956, shall be available for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), when authorized by the Secretary, at rates not 6° stat, sio. to exceed $100 per diem for individuals, and in total amount not to exceed $250,000; maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members. SEC. 106. (a) Not to exceed $200,000 of the funds appropriated to ices!^"'^^ ^ ^ ' ' " the Department of the Interior in this title or in the Public Works Appropriation Act, 1956, shall be available to pay the compensation of all persons the budget estimates for personal services heretofore submitted to the Congress for the fiscal year 1956 contemplated would

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