APPROPRIATION OF APRIL 18, 1940 [54 Stat. 111] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for other purposes. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY SYSTEM For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes", approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355-359), and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, to be expended in accordance with the provisions of said Act, as amended, including not to exceed $1,110,000 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $99,990,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1940 by section 1 of the Act approved June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 633), less $10,000 transferred to the Federal Works Administrator for the administrative expenses of his office: 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 not to exceed $45,000 of the funds provided for carrying out the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921 (23 U. S. C. 21, 23), shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled passengercarrying vehicles necessary for carrying out the provisions of said Act, including the replacement of not to exceed one such vehicle for use in the administrative work of the Public Roads Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That, during the fiscal year 1941, whenever performing authorized engineering or other services in connection with the survey, construction, and maintenance, or improvement of roads for other Government agencies the charge for such services may include depreciation on engineering and roadbuilding 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 1941 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 supplies, 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, 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: Provided further, That of the appropriations for the work of the Public Roads Administration, not exceeding $3,500 shall be available, when specifically authorized by the Commissioner, for the necessary expenses of packing, crating, drayage, transportation, and uncrating of household and other personal effects (not to exceed 5,000 pounds in any one case), of officers or employees transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty: Provided further, That the appropriations for the work of the Public Roads Administration shall be available for necessary expenses (not exceeding $9,000) of attendance at meetings and conferences of highway departments, associations, organizations, and other agencies concerned: Provided further, That not exceeding $15,000 of the appropriations for work of the Public Roads Administration shall be available for the temporary employment, by contract or otherwise, of technical consultants and experts without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, the 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 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 (45 Stat. 1697), 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, $75,000 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. 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, $15,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1940, by section 2 of the Act approved June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 634). 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 $10,000,000, which is the remainder of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1939 by section 8 of the Act approved June 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1521), and $15,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1940, by section 3 of the Act approved June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 634). PUBLIC-LANDS HIGHWAYS For the survey, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of main roads through unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations other than the forest reservations, under the provisions of the Act of June 24, 1930 (23 U. S. C. 3), $1,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is authorized for the fiscal year 1941 by section 6 of the Act approved June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 635). Total Public Roads Administration, $140,990,000. Approved, April 18, 1940. APPROPRIATION OF JUNE 25, 1940 [54 Stat. 532] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, 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 (23 U. S. C. 23), including not to exceed $59,500 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $9,000,000, which sum consists of the balance of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1940 and $2,000,000 of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1941 by the Act approved June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 635), to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the rental, purchase, or construction of buildings necessary for the storage of equipment and supplies used for road and trail construction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such building purchased or constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $7,500. Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, and for other purposes. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY SYSTEM For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes", approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355-359), and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, to be expended in accordance with the provisions of said Act, as amended, including not to exceed $1,100,000 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $100,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is composed of $95,000,000, part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1941 by section 1 of the Act approved June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 633), and $5,000,000, a partial reimbursement of the sums expended for the repair or reconstruction of highways and bridges on the system of Federal-aid highways which have been damaged or destroyed by floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, or landslides, as provided for by section 3 of the Act approved June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 994): 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 not to exceed $45,000 of the funds provided for carrying out the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921 (23 U. S. C. 21, 23), shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles necessary for carrying out the provisions of said Act, including the replacement of not to exceed one such vehicle for use in the administrative work of the Public Roads Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That, during the fiscal year 1942, whenever performing authorized engineering or other services in connection with the survey, construction, and maintenance, or improvement of roads for other Government 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 1942 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 supplies, 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, 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: Provided further, That the appropriations for the work of the Public Roads Administration shall be available (not exceeding $5,000) for the transfer of household goods and effects as provided by the Act of October 10, 1940 (Public, Numbered 839). and regulations promulgated thereunder; for necessary expenses (not exceeding $9,000) of attend ance at meetings and conferences of highway departments, associations, organizations, and other agencies oncerned, 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 classifications 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 PanAmerican 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 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 (45 Stat. 1697), 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. 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, $15,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1941, by section 2 of the Act approved June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 634). 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, $10,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is composed of $5,000,000, which is the remainder of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1940 by section 3 of the Act approved June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 634), and $5,000,000, part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1941, by said section 3. PUBLIC-LANDS HIGHWAYS For the survey, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of main roads through unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations other than the forest reservations, under the provisions of the Act of June 24, 1930 (23 U. S. C. 3), $1,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is authorized for the fiscal year 1942 by section 7 of the Act of September 5, 1940 (Public, Numbered 780). Total, Public Roads Administration, $126,000,000. |