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PUBLIC LAW 85-749-AUG. 25, 1958

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"(e) Any loan heretofore or hereafter made or insured under this Act may be converted to an insured loan under this section at the discretion of the Secretary, and any expenses in connection with such conversion may be paid out of funds available for administrative expenses. " (f) The Secretary is further authorized to sell any loan heretofore or hereafter made or insured under this Act without insurance thereof upon the written consent of the borrower, or without such consent when the borrower has failed to comply with his agreement to refinance the indebtedness at the request of the Secretary. Such loan shall be sold at the full amount of the unpaid balance thereof, and upon such sale the Secretary is authorized to assign the security instrument and evidence of debt in such manner that the United States shall have no further right or obligation with respect to the loan." Approved August 25, 1958.

Public Law 85-749 AN ACT To amend section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended, to provide for the payment of travel and transportation cost for persons selected for appointment to certain positions in the continental United States and Alaska, and for other purposes.

August 25, 1958 [H.R. 11133]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 7 of ^ ^t\^r^\^li'^o^t the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 808, as amended, tfoL. 5 U.S.C. 73b-3) is further amended by inserting " (a) " after the section number and by adding at the end thereof new subsections as follows: " (b) Appropriations for the departments shall be available in tra^g o,'^gtion^"xaccordance with regulations prescribed by the President, for expenses penses. of travel of persons appointed to positions in the natural and mathematical sciences, engineering, and architectural fields, and to related technical positions in the continental United States and Alaska for which there is determined by the Civil Service Commission to be. a manpower shortage in those skills which are critical to the national security effort, and for expenses of transportation of their immediate families and their household goods and personal effects and for advances of funds to the extent authorized by section 1(a) and (b) of this Act, from their places of actual residence at time of selection to their first duty station. Such travel expenses may include per diem and mileage allowance for persons selected for appointment as provided for civilian officers and employees by the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended. Travel and transportation expenses may 63 Stat. 166. be allowed whether the person selected for appointment has been 5 USC 835note. appointed or not at the time of such travel. However, the travel and transportation expenses authorized by this subsection shall not be allowed unless the person selected for appointment shall agree in writing to remain in the Government service for twelve months following his appointment unless separated for reasons beyond his control and acceptable to the department or agency concerned. I n case of violation of such agreement, any moneys expended by the United States on account of such travel and transportation shall be recoverable from the individual concerned as a debt due the United States.

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