PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 870-AUG. 8 , 1946 Ante, p . 393. Ante, p. 812. Ante, pp. 203 ,398. Ante, p. 399. Post, p. 1330. Ante, p. 25 . Ante, p. 60. Post, p. 936. Ante, p . 219. and one assistant superintendent from $1,920 to $2,100; in all, fiscal year 1947, $540; and the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1947 hereby is amended accordingly. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Salaries and expenses, Office of the Clerk: Subject to the approval of the chairman of the Committee on Accounts (Committee on House Administration, if and when elected), the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized, until February 15, 1947, to incur such expenses for personal services and for supplies and materials as may be necessary to enable him to discharge the additional duties imposed upon him by S. 2177, Seventy-ninth Congress, and to charge such expenses to the contingent fund of the House: Provided, That this authority is subject to the enactment into law of such S. 2177. Contingent expenses, folding documents: For an additional amount for folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding $1 per thousand or for the employment of personnel at a rate not to exceed $5.20 per day per person, fiscal year 1947, $15,000. JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING Biographical Congressional Directory: To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay, upon vouchers approved by the chairman or vice chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing, for compiling and preparing a revised edition of the Biographical Directory of the American Congress (1774-1948) as provided for in House Concurrent Resolution Numbered 163, adopted July 26, 1946, not to exceed $35,000; and said sum or any part thereof, in the discretion of the chairman or vice chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing, may be paid as additional compensation (at not to exceed $1,800 per annum) to any employee of the United States, and shall continue to be available until expended. JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE ECONOMIC REPORT For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report created by section 5 of Public Law Numbered 304, Sev- enty-ninth Congress, entitled "An Act to declare a national policy on employment, production, and purchasing power and for other purposes", approved February 20, 1946, fiscal year 1947, $25,000. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT ARMED FORCES LEAVE PAYMENTS Payments under the Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946: For all expenses necessary to enable the President through the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments to carry out the provisions of the Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946, including cash payments to members and former members of the armed forces, payments to the Treasurer of the United States of amounts representing the face value of bonds issued to such servicemen, and administrative expenses until June 30, 1948, including printing and binding, penalty mail costs, and personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere without regard to section 14 (a) of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1946, $2,431,708,000, to be avail- able (except as to administrative expenses) until expended and for allocation to said departments by transfer to and merger with appro- priations thereof or otherwise, in such amounts respectively as may be determined by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. 912 [60 STAT.
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