of the Surgeon General, shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Administrator, but not exceeding $50 per diem, and shall also be entitled to receive an allowance for actual and necessary traveling and subsistence expenses while so serving away from their places of residence."

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 4. (a) Section 406 of the Public Health Service Act is amended to read as follows:

“OTHER AUTHORITY

"SEC. 406. This title shall not be construed as limiting (a) the functions or authority of the Surgeon General or the Public Health Service under any other title of this Act, or of any officer or agency of the United States, relating to the study of the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of any disease or diseases for which a separate institute is established under this Act; or (b) the expenditure of money therefor." (b) Section 208 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

"(g) The Administrator is authorized to establish and fix the compensation for, within the Public Health Service, not more than thirty positions, in the professional and scientific service, each such position being established to effectuate those research and development activities of the Public Health Service which require the services of specially qualified scientific or professional personnel: Provided, That the rates of compensation for positions established pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall not be less than $10,000 per annum nor more than $15,000 per annum, and shall be subject to the approval of the Civil Service Commission. Positions created pursuant to this subsection shall be included in the classified civil service of the United States, but appointments to such positions shall be made without competitive examination upon approval of the proposed appointee's qualifications by the Civil Service Commission or such officers or agents as it may designate for this purpose."

(c) Sections 415, 425, and 426 of the Public Health Service Act are hereby repealed.

Approved August 15, 1950.

[PUBLIC LAW 698-818T CONGRESS]

[CHAPTER 720-2D SESSION]

[H. R. 6104]

AN ACT

To authorize the establishment of an educational agency for surplus property within the government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby established in the municipal government of the District of Columbia the District of Columbia Educational Agency for Surplus Property, hereinafter referred to as the "Agency", which shall under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia carry out in the District of Columbia the State functions contemplated by sections 203 (j) and 203 (k) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, approved June 30, 1949 (Public Law 152, Eightyfirst Congress), and such other duties relating to the distribution of surplus property, or other functions, as the Commissioners may in their discretion assign to such Agency, and for the purposes of section 203 (j) of such Act, the District of Columbia shall be deemed to be a State. The Commissioners are authorized to appoint a director for such Agency and such other personnel as may be necessary with compensation to be fixed in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. The Commissioners are also authorized to appoint an advisory board for such Agency to be composed of not more than ten members: Provided, That the membership of such board shall include representatives of the tax-supported, tax-exempt, and nonprofit educational institutions in the District of Columbia: And provided further, That the members of such advisory board shall serve without compensation and at the pleasure of the Commissioners. Such advisory board may submit reports and recommendations to the Commissioners as well as to the Agency.

SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from any money in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia not exceeding $15,000 as a working capital fund for the operation of the Agency, which fund shall be used as a permanent revolving fund for all necessary expenses of such Agency. There shall be deposited to the credit of such fund such amounts as may be appropriated pursuant to this Act, together with such amounts as the respective branches of the government of the District of Columbia and the private educational institutions authorized by law to participate in the distribution of surplus property shall pay as fees for services rendered by the Agency. The Commissioners are authorized to promulgate rules and regulations governing the manner in which the Agency shall carry out its duties, including the fixing of reasonable fees to be charged for its services.

SEC. 3. The authority of the Agency and of the Advisory Board shall terminate upon direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and in any event no later than the repeal of sections 203 (j) and 203 (k) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. Upon such termination, the assets of the Agency shall be disposed of as the Commissioners may direct.

Approved August 16, 1950.

[PUBLIC LAW 739-81ST CONGRESS]
[CHAPTER 820-2D SESSION]

[H. R. 133]

AN ACT

To amend section 2 of the Act approved June 20, 1936, entitled "An Act to extend the benefits of the Adams Act, the Purnell Act, and the Capper-Ketcham Act to the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes".

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Act approved June 20, 1936, entitled "An Act to extend the benefits of the Adams Act, the Purnell Act, and the Capper-Ketcham Act to the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes" (49 Stat. 1553), is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2. To carry into effect the above provisions for extending to the Territory of Alaska the benefits of the said Adams Act and the said Purnell Act, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and each year thereafter a sum equal to that provided for each State and Territory under the said Adams Act and the said Purnell Act."

Approved August 29, 1950.

[PUBLIC LAW 815-81ST CONGRESS]

[CHAPTER 995-2D SESSION]

[S. 2317]

AN ACT

Relating to the construction of school facilities in areas affected by Federal activities, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE I-SURVEYS AND STATE PLANS FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION

SEC. 101. In order to assist the several States to inventory existing school facilities, to survey the need for the construction of additional facilities in relation to the distribution of school population, to develop State plans for school construction programs, and to study the adequacy of State and local resources available to meet school facilities requirements, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $3,000,000, to remain available until expended. The sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall be used for making payments to States whose applications for funds for carrying out such purposes have been approved: Provided, That the making of grants under this title shall not in any way commit the Congress to authorize or appropriate funds to undertake the construction of any public works so planned.

STATE APPLICATIONS

SEC. 102. The Commissioner of Education shall approve any application for funds for carrying out the purposes of section 101 if such application

(1) designates the State educational agency (as defined in paragraph (13) of section 210) as the sole agency for carrying out such purposes;

(2) provides for making an inventory and survey in accordance with section 101 containing information requested by the Commissioner, and for developing a State program in accordance with such section; and

(3) provides that the State educational agency will make such reports, in such form, and containing such information as the Commissioner may from time to time reasonably require, and, to assure verification of such reports, give the Commissioner, upon request, access to the records upon which such information is based.

ALLOTMENTS AND PAYMENTS TO STATES

SEC. 103. (a) Of the sums appropriated pursuant to section 101, $150,000 shall be allotted by the Commissioner to the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

according to their respective needs and upon the basis of agreements made with their respective State educational agencies, and the remainder shall be allotted to the other States in the same proportions as their respective school-age populations bear to the total school-age population of such other States; except that no such allotment to any State (other than the District of Columbia, Alaska. Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) shall be less than $10,000. Within its allotment each State shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to 50 per centum of its expenditures in carrying out the purposes of section 101 in accordance with its application.

(b) The Commissioner shall from time to time estimate the sum to which each State will be entitled under this section during such ensuing period as he may determine, and shall thereupon certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount so estimated, reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any sum by which the Commissioner finds that his estimate for any prior period was greater or less than the amount to which the State was entitled for such period. The Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon, prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, pay to the State, at the time or times fixed by the Commissioner, the amount so certified.

WITHHOLDING OF CERTIFICATION

SEC. 104. (a) Whenever the Commissioner, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to a State educational agency, finds (1) that such State educational agency is not complying substantially with the provisions of this title or the terms and conditions of its application approved under this title, or (2) that any funds paid to such State educational agency under this title have been diverted from the purposes for which they had been allotted or paid, the Commissioner may forthwith notify the Secretary of the Treasury and such State educational agency that no further certification will be made under this title with respect to such agency until there is no longer any failure to comply or the diversion has been corrected or, if compliance or correction is impossible, until such State educational agency repays or arranges for the repayment of Federal moneys which have been diverted or improperly expended.

(b) The final refusal of the Commissioner to approve any application made under this title, and the Commissioner's final action under subsection (a) of this section, shall be subject to judicial review on the record, in the United States Court of Appeals for the circuit in which the State is located, in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.

ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 105. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to delegate to any officer or employee of the Office of Education any of his functions under this title except the making of regulations.

(b) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for Federal administrative expenses such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.