PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 543-JUNE 19, 1948 Employment of SEC. 4. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employment of aliens shall not apply to (1) the temporary employment of trans- lators when competent citizen translators are not available; (2) employment in cases of emergency of persons in the field service of the Department for periods of not more than sixty days; and (3) Ant, p. 512 . employment under the appropriation for the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations. SEC. 5 . Appropriations made in this title shall be available for 60otat. 93. health service programs as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150). SEC. 6. Appropriations and other funds available to the Department during the current fiscal year (except those appropriated or authorized Pos, p . 531. in title II of this Act for such fiscal year) shall be available for the 60 tP. 843. payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C.921). Persont enging,st SEC. 7. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall or advotating over- be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a throw of U. S. Govern- ment. strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of Affidavit. the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against the Govern- ment of the United States, is not a member of an organization of Gov- ernment employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or that such person does not advo- cate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the over- throw of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Administration of Providedfurther, That such administrative or supervisory employees of the Department as may be designated for the purpose by the Secre- tary are hereby authorized to administer the oaths to persons making affidavits required by this section, and they shall charge no fee for so Penlty. doing: Provided further, That any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation contained in this title shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any Emergency work. other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to require an affidavit from any person employed for less than sixty days for sudden emergency work involv- ing the loss of human life or destruction of property, and payment of saiary or wages may be made to such persons from applicable appro- priations for services rendered in such emergency without execution of the affidavit contemplated by this section. pLn sm leave SEC.8. Limitations on amounts to be expended for personal services under appropriations in ths Act shall not apply to lump-sum leave Sho8tte. paments pursuant to the Act of December 21, 1944 (5 U. S.C . 61b-e). EC. 9 . This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1949". 530 [62 STAT.
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