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50 Stat. 810.

70 Stat. 743. 68 Stat. 736.

63 Stat. 166.

PUBLIC LAW 86-381-8EPT. 26, 1969

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(2) to procure temporary and intermittent services to the same extent as is authorized by section 15 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) but at rates not to exceed $50 a day for individuals. (e) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, persons in the employ of the Commission under subsections (c) and (d)(1) of this section shall be considered to be Federal employees for all purposes, including— (1) the Civil Service Retirement Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2251-2267), (2) the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2091-2103), (3) annual and sick leave, and (4) the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 835-842). (f) No individual employed in the service of the Commission shall be paid compensation tor such employment at a rate in excess of $20,000 per annum. COMPENSATION OF COMMISSION MEMBERS

63 Stat. 166. 60 Stat. 808.

SEC. 7. (a) Members of the Commission who are Members of Congress, officers of the executive branch of the Federal Government, Governors, or full-time salaried officers of city and county governments shall serve without compensation in addition to that received in their regular public employment, but shall be allowed necessary travel expenses (or, in the alternative, a per diem in lieu of subsistence and mileage not to exceed the rates prescribed in the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended), without regard to the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 835-842), the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, or section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (5 U.S.C. 73b), and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the perform,ance of duties vested in the Commission. (b) Members of the Commission, other than those to whom subsection (a) is applicable, shall receive compensation at the rate of $50 per day for each day they are engaged m the performance of their duties as members of the Commission and shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred b^r them in the performance of their duties as members of the Commission, as provided for in subsection (a) of this section. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 8. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved September 24, 1959. Public Law 86-381 September 25, 1959 [H. R. 4821]

AN ACT To amend the Act of August 12, 1955, Public Law 378, Eighty-fourth Congress (69 Stat. 707), so as to provide additional relief for losses sustained in the Texas City disaster.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the to't^he^T^xlJciry United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of Disaster Relief August 12, 1955, Public Law 378, Eighty-fourth Congress (69 Stat. ^'^^' 707), as amended, is further amended as provided herein.

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