extension into and through municipalities and metropolitan areas, in accordance with the provisions of section 9 of the Defense Highway Act of 1941 (23 U. S. C. 109), $3,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available during the continuance of the emergency declared by the President on May 27, 1941. Any of the foregoing appropriations for general or administrative expenses under the Federal Works Agency shall be available for the maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passengercarrying vehicles in the District of Columbia and in the field. * Approved May 3, 1945. APPROPRIATION OF MAY 5, 1945 [59 Stat. 136] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act approved November 9, 1921, as amended (23 U. S. C. 23, 23a), and for the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of roads and trails on experimental areas under Forest Service administration, (1) $4,418,778 for forest development roads and trails (including not to exceed $68,846 for personal services in the District of Columbia), and (2) $1,500,000 for maintenance and reconstruction of forest highways, which latter sum is part of the balance of the amount of $5,714,222 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1942 by the Act of September 5, 1940 (54 Stat. 867, Public Law 780-Seventy-sixth Congress), in all, $5,918,778, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the rental, purchase, construction, or alteration of buildings necessary for the storage and repair of equipment and supplies used for road and trail construction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such building purchased, altered, or constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $10,000, with the exception that any building erected, purchased, or acquired, the cost of which was $10,000 or more, may be improved within any fiscal year by an amount not to exceed 2 per centum of the cost of such building as certified by the Secretary, and that $10,200 may be expended for the installation of a heating plant in, and for other betterments to the Sellwood shop buildings in Portland, Oregon. Approved May 5, 1945. APPROPRIATION OF DECEMBER 28, 1945 [59 Stat. 632] AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes. PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION For carrying out the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921, as amended and supplemented, $25,000,000, being a part of the $100,000,000 authorized to be appropriated by section 2 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 (Public Law 521), and to become available in accordance with said section 2 and to remain available until expended. Approved December 28, 1945. APPROPRIATION OF MARCH 28, 1946 [60 Stat. 60] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes. PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION General administrative expenses: For the employment of persons and means, including rent, advertising (including advertising in the city of Washington for work to be performed in areas adjacent thereto), printing and binding (not to exceed $40,000), purchase (including exchange) of lawbooks, books of reference and periodicals, purchase of one hundred and twenty-one used or surplus passenger automobiles, and the preparation, distribution, and 'display of exhibits, in the city of Washington and elsewhere for the purpose of conducting research and investigational studies, either independently or in cooperation with State highway departments, or other agencies, including studies of highway administration, legislation, finance, economics, transport, construction, operation, maintenance, utilization, and safety, and of street and highway traffic control; investigations and experiments in the best methods of road making, especially by the use of local materials; and studies of types of mechanical plants and appliances used for road building and maintenance, and of methods of road repair and maintenance suited to the needs of different localities; for maintenance and repairs of experimental highways; for furnishing expert advice on these subjects; for collating, reporting, and illustrating the results of same; and for preparing, publishing, and distributing bulletins and reports; to be paid from any moneys available from the administrative runds provided under the Act of July 11, 1916, as amended (23 U. S. C. 21), or as otherwise provided." FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY SYSTEM For carrying out the provisions of "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes", as amended (23 U. S. C. 1-117), to be expended in accordance with the provisions of said Act, as amended, including not to exceed $1,812,500 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $50,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1943 by section 1 of the Act approved September 5, 1940 (Public Law 780): Provided, That none of the money herein appropriated shall be paid to any State on account of any project on which convict labor shall be employed, except this provision shall not apply to convict labor performed by convicts on parole or probation: Provided further, That, during the fiscal year 1947, whenever performing authorized engineering or other services in connection with the survey, construction, and maintenance, or improvement of roads for other Government and State cooperating agencies the charge for such services may include depreciation on engineering and road-building equipment used, and the amounts received on account of such charges shall be credited to the appropriation concerned: Provided further, That during the fiscal year 1947 the appropriations for the work of the Public Roads Administration shall be available for meeting the expenses of warehouse maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of sup plies, materials, and equipment stored therein for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Public Roads Administration, and for sale and distribution to other Government activities and State cooperating agencies, the cost of such supplies and materials or the value of such equipment (including the cost of transportation and handling) to be reimbursed to appropriations current at the time additional supplies, materials, or equipment are procured, from the appropriation chargeable with the cost or value of such supplies, materials, or equipment: Provided further, That the appropriations available to the Public Roads Administration may be used in emergency for medical supplies and services and other assistance necessary for the immediate relief of employees engaged on hazardous work under that Administration, and (not exceeding $15,000) for the temporary employment, by contract or otherwise, of technical consultants and experts without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, and civil-service and classification laws, INTER-AMERICAN HIGHWAY. For all necessary expenses to enable the President to utilize the services of the Public Roads Administration in fulfilling the obligations of the United States under the Convention on the Pan-American Highway Between the United States and Other American Republics, signed at Buenos Aires, December 23, 1936, and proclaimed September 16, 1937 (51 Stat. 152), for the continuation of cooperation with several 40 See similar authorization of administrative expense in acts approved Apr. 18, 1940 (54 Stat. 111), Apr. 5, 1941 (55 Stat. 92), June 27, 1942 (56 Stat. 392), June 26, 1943 (57 Stat. 169), June 27, 1944 (58 Stat. 361), and May 3, 1945 (59 Stat. 106). governments, members of the Pan American Union, in connection with the survey and construction of the Inter-American Highway as provided in public resolution, approved March 4, 1929 (Public Resolution 104), as amended or supplemented, and for performing engineering service in pan-American countries for and upon the request of any agency or governmental corporation of the United States, $100,000 to be derived from the administrative funds provided under the Act of July 11, 1916, as amended or supplemented (23 U. S. C. 21), or as otherwise provided. For surveys in connection with and the construction of the InterAmerican Highway, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved December 26, 1941 (Public Law 375), and necessary expenses incident thereto without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, $5,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended. FEDERAL-AID SECONDARY OR FEEDER ROADS For secondary or feeder roads, including farm-to-market roads, rural-free-delivery mail roads, and public-school bus routes, $20,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available untiĺ expended, which sum is composed of $5,500,000, the remainder of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1942, by section 2 of the Act approved September 5, 1940 (Public Law 780), and $14,500,000, a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1943, by said section 2. ELIMINATION OF GRADE CROSSINGS For the elimination of hazards to life at railroad grade crossings, including the separation or protection of grades at crossings, the reconstruction of existing railroad grade-crossing structures, and the relocation of highways to eliminate grade crossings, $25,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is composed of $2,300,000, the remainder of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1941, by section 3 of the Act approved June 8, 1938 (Public Law 584), $20,000,000, the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1942, by section 5 of the Act approved September 5, 1940 (Public Law 780), and $2,700,000, a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1943, by said section 5. FEDERAL-AID POSTWAR HIGHWAYS For carrying out the provisions of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 (Public Law 521), $150,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is a part of the $500,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the first postwar fiscal year by section 2 of said Act. STRATEGIC HIGHWAY NETWORK For carrying out projects to correct critical deficiencies in lines of the strategic network of highways and bridges, in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Defense Highway Act of 1941 (23 U. S. C. 104), $10,515,637, to be immediately available and to remain available during the continuance of the emergency declared by the President on May 27, 1941. ACCESS ROADS For the construction, maintenance, and improvement of access roads and for replacing existing highways and highway connections as described in, and in accordance with the provisions of, sections 6 and 9 of the Defense Highway Act of 1941, as amended by the Act approved July 2, 1942 (23 U. S. C. 106), $7,323,155, to be immediately available and to remain available during the continuance of the emergency declared by the President on May 27, 1941. Approved March 28, 1946. APPROPRIATION OF AUGUST 8, 1946 [60 Stat. 910] JOINT RESOLUTION Making additional appropriations for the fiscal year 1947, and for other purposes. PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION War and emergency damage, Territory of Hawaii: For carrying out the provisions of section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide emergency relief for the victims of the seismic waves which struck the Territory of Hawaii, and for other purposes", to be expended by the Commissioner of Public Roads in accordance with provisions applicable to its customary operations in the construction, rehabilitation, and repair of roads, highways, and bridges, by contract or otherwise, and necessary expenses incident thereto without regard, outside continental United States, to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, including personal services in the District of Columbia or elsewhere and employment of personnel outside the continental United States without regard to civil-service and classification laws, and the purchase of passenger motor vehicles, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended. Approved August 8, 1946. APPROPRIATION OF JULY 30, 1947 AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and for other purposes. |