of this Appendix], the Board shall classify such property as agricultural, grazing, forest, mineral, or otherwise, as it may deem advisable. The classification may be revised from time to time. The classification of property by the Administrator (including the determination of whether property is "real property" as defined in this section) shall be based on the highest and best use of the property at the time it is reported as surplus property regardless of its former character or use. (As amended Aug. 7, 1946, c. 790, §§ 1, 2, 60 Stat. 886.) Subsec. (a) (1) amended by act Aug. 7, 1946, cited to text, which redefined "real property" to include hotels, apartment houses, certain commercial structures, war housing, industrial plants, etc. Subsec. (c) amended by act Aug. 7, 1946, cited to text, which added second par. to clarify the basis of classification of real property. § 1641. Dispositions outside United States; use of foreign currencies; foreign scholarships; establishment of Board of Foreign Scholarships; appointment and compensation of members; selection preferences; reports. * * * * * (b) (1) The provisions of this Act [sections 1611-1614, 1615–1646 of this Appendix] shall be applicable to disposition of property within the United States and elsewhere, but the Secretary of State may exempt from some or all of the provisions hereof dispositions of property located outside of the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska (including the Aleutian Islands), Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, whenever he deems that such provisions would obstruct the efficient and economic disposition of such property in accordance with the objectives of this Act [said sections]. In addition to the authority conferred by section 15 of this Act [section 1624 of this Appendix], the Department of State may dispose of surplus property located outside the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska (including the Aleutian Islands), Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, for foreign currencies or credits, or substantial benefits or the discharge of claims resulting from the compromise, or settlement of such claims by any Government agency in accordance with the law, whenever the Secretary of State determines that it is in the interest of the United States to do so and upon such terms and conditions as he may deem proper. Any foreign currencies or credits acquired by the Department of State pursuant to this subsection shall be administered in accordance with procedures that may from time to time be established by the Secretary of the Treasury and, if and when reduced to United States currency, shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. (2) In carrying out the provisions of this section, the Secretary of State is authorized to enter into an executive agreement or agreements with any foreign government for the use of currencies, or credits for currencies, of such government acquired as a result of such surplus property disposals, for the purpose of providing, by the formation of foundations or otherwise, for (A) financing studies, research, instruction, and other educational activities of or for American citizens in schools and institutions of higher learning located in such foreign country, or of the citizens of such foreign country in American schools and institutions of higher learning located outside the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska (including the Aleutian Islands), Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, including payment for transpor tation, tuition, maintenance, and other expenses incident to scholastic activities; or (B) furnishing transportation for citizens of such foreign country who desire to attend American schools and institutions of higher learning in the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska (including the Aleutian Islands), Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, and whose attendance will not deprive citizens of the United States of an opportunity to attend such schools and institutions: Provided, however, That no such agreement or agreements shall provide for the use of an aggregate amount of the currencies, or credits for currencies, of any one country in excess of $20,000,000 or for the expenditure of the currencies, or credits for currencies, of any one foreign country in excess of $1,000,000 annually at the official rate of exchange for such currencies, unless otherwise authorized by Congress, nor shall any such agreement relate to any subject other than the use and expenditure of such currencies or credits for currencies for the purposes herein set forth; Provided further, That for the purpose of selecting students and educational institutions qualified to participate in this program, and to supervise the exchange program authorized herein, the President of the United States is authorized to appoint a Board of Foreign Scholarships, consisting of ten members, who shall serve without compensation, composed of representatives of cultural, educational, student and war veterans groups, and including representatives of the United States Office of Education, the United States Veterans' Administration, State educational institutions, and privately endowed educational institutions: And Provided further, That in the selection of American citizens for study in foreign countries under this paragraph preference shall be given to applicants who shall have served in the military or naval forces of the United States during World War I or World War II, and due consideration shall be given to applicants from all geographical areas of the United States. The Secretary of State shall transmit to the Congress not later than the 1st day of March of each year a report of operations under this paragraph during the preceding calendar year. Such report shall include the text of any agreements which have been entered into hereunder during the preceding calendar year, and shall specify the names and addresses of American citizens who are attending schools or institutions of higher learning in foreign countries pursuant to such agreements, the names and locations of such schools and institutions, and the amounts of the currencies or credits for currencies expended for any of the purposes under this paragraph in each such foreign country during the preceding calendar year. (As amended Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 723, § 2, 60 Stat. 754.) Subsec. (b) amended by act Aug. 1, 1946, cited to text, which transferred to the Secretary of State from the Surplus Property Administrator all power and responsibility with respect to foreign disposal, and provided for the establishment of a program of foreign scholarships and a Foreign Scholarship Board which will-select the students to participate in the program. Sec. TITLE 60-APPROPRIATIONS 206. Joint Resolution, making appropriation for emergency flood control work and for other purposes. 207. Joint Resolution, War Food Administration; salaries and expenses. 208. Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1945. 209. First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946. 210. First Supplemental Surplus Appropriation Rescission Act, 1946. 211. Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946. 212. Second Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946. 213. Joint Resolution, making additional appropriations for the fiscal year 1946 to pay increased compensation authorized by law to officers and employees of sundry federal and other agencies. 214. Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946. 215. Second Supplemental Surplus Appropriation Rescission Act, 1946. 216. Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946. 217. Government Corporations Appropriations Act, 1947. 218. Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1947. § 206. Joint Resolution. Making an appropriation for emergency flood-control work and for other purposes.-Sec. 2. Two million dollars of the balance of the appropriation of $15,000,000 made in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1943, for 1943 flood restoration loans, is hereby reappropriated and made available until June 30, 1946, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, to make loans and grants to farmers whose property has been or may be destroyed or damaged by floods in 1945 and to service loans made under such appropriation in connection with the 1943 and 1944 floods: Provided, That of such amount not to exceed $300,000 shall be used for grants and not to exceed 10 per centum of the aggregate amounts actually loaned or granted shall be available for administrative expenses. * (June 12, 1945. Public Law 82; 79th Cong., 1st sess.) § 207. Joint resolution.-The appropriations of the departments and agencies available in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, are hereby reduced in the sums hereinafter set forth, such sums to be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury immediately upon the approval of this Act: War Food Administration: Salaries and expenses, $2,000,000; (July 3, 1945. Public Law 127, 79th Cong., 1st sess.) § 208. Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1945.-The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in certain appropria tions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1945, and June 30, 1946, to provide appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes, namely: * DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR Office of the Solicitor: For an additional amount for the Office of the Solicitor, fiscal year 1946, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1946, $130,000. EXTENSION SERVICE For carrying into effect Public Law 76, Seventy-ninth Congress, approved June 6, 1945, for cooperative agricultural extension work, fiscal year 1946, $4,500,000. CONSERVATION AND USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND RESOURCES For an additional amount for conservation and use of agricultural land resources, fiscal year 1946, for compliance with programs under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, including the measurement of burley tobacco acreages, to be consolidated with the sum of $22,911,200 made available for salaries and other administrative expenses under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1946, $408,000. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION Salaries and, expenses: For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", Rural Electrification Administration, fiscal year 1946, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1946, and including $200 additional for newspapers, $650,000, together with the unobligated balance of the appropriation made under this head in the First Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1945. Loans: For an additional amount for "Loans", Rural Electrification Administration, fiscal year 1946, $120,000,000, which sum shall be borrowed from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in accordance with the provisions of section 3 (a) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended. EMERGENCY RUBBER PROJECT Emergency rubber project: The appropriation entitled "Emergency rubber project" in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1946, is hereby amended to read as follows: "For all expenses necessary to enable the Secretary to carry into effect the Act of March 5, 1942, as amended (7 U. Š. C. 171-175), including the harvesting and delivery of guayule shrub to the Rubber Reserve Company, a Government-owned corporation, for processing in mills to be operated by said Company; personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; printing and binding without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. 111); purchase of books of reference and periodicals; erection of necessary buildings; procurement of medical supplies or services for emergency use in the field; and the acceptance of donations of land and rubberbearing plants, and furnishing to employees daily transportation between points of assembly and work projects, there is hereby continued available, in accordance with section 3 of said Act of March 5, 1942, not to exceed $4,253,662 of the unobligated balances of appropriations made under this head for the fiscal years 1942 and 1943, which balances shall be merged with the appropriation made under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1944: Provided, That any proceeds from the sales of guayule, rubber processed from guayule, or other rubber-bearing plants, or from other sales, rentals, and fees resulting from operations under such Act of March 5, 1942, as amended, shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That guayule shrub may be sold to the Rubber Reserve Company, at a price reflecting the net realization from the sale of the rubber recovered from such shrub in mills operated by said Company after deducting the cost of milling and amortization of the cost of mills constructed for the purpose by said Company." COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION Salaries and administrative expenses: For an additional amount for "Salaries and administrative expenses", Commodity Credit Corporation, fiscal year 1946, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1946, $587,500, payable from the funds of said Corporation. (July 5, 1945. Public Law 132, 79th Cong., 1st sess.) § 209. First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946.-The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 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, namely: * * * DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Research Administration BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE Salaries and expenses (foreign plant quarantine): For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for "Salaries and expenses" (foreign plant quarantines), including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1946, $187,500. FOREST SERVICE National forest protection and management: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for national forest protection and manage |