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PUBLIC LAW 157-JULY 13, 1955 AIR FORCE INDUSTRIAL

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ST A T.

FUND

The amount available in the Air Force Industrial F u n d is hereby reduced by $155,000,000, such sum to be covered into the Treasury immediately upon approval of this Act. TITLE VI GENERAL PROVISIONS Experts or consultants.

60 Stat. 810.

A d v a n c e of public sQoneys. 31 USC 529.

Noncitizens.

D e t a i l e d per^ sonnal.

A v a i l ability of appropriations.

T u i t i o n payments, etc., restriction.

63 Stat. 954. 5 USC 1071 note.

SEC. 601. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the Air Force, Army, and Navy, respectively, if they should deem it advantageous to the national defense, and if in their opinions, the existing facilities of the Department of Defense are inadequate, are authorized to procure services in accordance with section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but at rates for individuals not in excess of $50 per day, and to pay in connection therewith travel expenses of individuals, including actual transportation and per diem in lieu of subsistence while traveling from their homes or places of business to official duty station and return as may be authorized by law: Provided, That such contracts may be renewed annually. SEC. 602. Hereafter, section 3648, Revised Statutes, shall not apply in the case of payments made from appropriations to the Department of Defense, (1) to payments made in compliance with the laws of for e i ^ countries or their ministerial regulations, (2) to payments for rent m such countries for such periods as may be necessary to accord with local custom, or (3) to payments made for tuition. SEC. 603. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any person not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense. SEC. 604. Hereafter, such military and naval personnel as may be detailed for duty with agencies not a part of the Department of Defense on a reimbursement basis may oe employed in addition to the numbers otherwise authorized and appropriated for. SEC. 605. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available for insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when required by laws of such countries; payments in advance of expenses determined by the investigating officer to be necessary and in accord with local custom for conducting investigations in foreign countries incident to matters relating to the activities of the department concerned; reimbursement of General Services Administration for security guard services for protection of confidential files; and all necessary expenses, at the seat of government of the United States of America or elsewhere, in connection with (1) instruction and training, including tuition, specifically approved by the Secretary of the Department concerned and not otherwise provided for, of civilian employees, and (2) communication and other services and supplies as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act: Provided, That no appropriation contained in this Act, and no funds available from prior appropriations to component departments and agencies of the Department of Defense, shall be used to pay tuition or to make other payments to educational institutions in connection with the instruction or training of file clerks, stenographers, and typists receiving, or prospective file clerks, stenographers, and typists who will receive compensation at a rate below the minimum rate of pay for positions allocated to grade GS-5 under the Classification Act of 1949, as amended.

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