496 ECONOMY ACT OF JUNE 30, 1932 excluding Sundays and legal holidays: Provided, That the part unused in any year may be cumulative for any succeeding year: Provided further, That nothing herein shall apply to civilian officers and employees of the Panama Canal located on the Isthmus and who are American citizens or to officers and employees of the Foreign Services of the United States holding official station outside the continental United States: Provided further, That nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the period during which pay may be allowed under existing laws for so-called "sick leave of absence": Provided further, That the so-called "sick leave of absence", within the limits now authorized by law, shall be administered under such regulations as the President may prescribe so as to obtain, so far as practicable, uniformity in the various executive departments and independent establishments of the Government. RESTRICTION ON CONSTRUCTION AND RENTAL OF BUILDINGS SEC. 320. [Reduction of 10 percent in cost of public improvements.]Authorizations heretofore granted by law for the construction of public buildings and public improvements, whether an appropriation therefor has or has not been made, are hereby amended to provide for a reduction of 10 per centum of the limit of cost as fixed in such authorization, as to projects where no contract for the construction has been made. As to such projects where a contract has been made at a cost less than that upon which the authorization was based, such cost shall not, unless authorized by the President, be increased by any changes or additions not essential for the completion of the project as originally planned. (47 Stat. 412.) NOTE The section above quoted, from the so-called “Economy Act, part II", is applicable to section 3 of the Boulder Canyon project act, authorizing an advance of $165,000,000. Federal building projects already under way not affected. In opinion dated August 11, 1932, the Comptroller General held that section 320 of the economy act will not require reduction in appropriations heretofore made or authorized to be made when on June 30, 1932, the plans and specifications for a building had been completed and approved and a contract let for construction of the substructure thereof. SEC. 321. [Leases by United States not to contain provisions for alteration or repair.]-Hereafter, except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the leasing of buildings and properties of the United States shall be for a money consideration only, and there shall not be included in the lease any provision for the alteration, repair, or improvement of such buildings or properties as a part of the consideration for the rental to be paid for the use and occupation of the same. The moneys derived from such rentals shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. SEC. 322. [Lease to United States not to exceed 15% of market value.]—Hereafter no appropriation shall be obligated or expended for the rent of any building or part of a building to be occupied for Government purposes at a rental in excess of the per annum rate of ECONOMY ACT OF JUNE 30, 1932 497 15 per centum of the fair market value of the rented premises at date of the lease under which the premises are to be occupied by the Government nor for alterations, improvements, and repairs of the rented premises in excess of 25 per centum of the amount of the rent for the first year of the rental term, or for the rental term if less than one year: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to leases heretofore made, except when renewals thereof are made hereafter, nor to leases of premises in foreign countries for the foreign services of the United States. TITLE VI-INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORK SEC. 601. Section 7 of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, and for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes" approved May 21, 1920 (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 686), is amended to read as follows: SEC. 7. (a) [Interdepartmental sale of equipment and exchange of services. Any executive department or independent establishment of the Government, or any bureau or office thereof, if funds are available therefor and if it is determined by the head of such executive department, establishment, bureau, or office to be in the interest of the Government so to do, may place orders with any other such department, establishment, bureau, or office for materials, supplies, equipment, work, or services, of any kind that such requisitioned Federal agency may be in a position to supply or equipped to render, and shall pay promptly by check to such Federal agency as may be requisitioned, upon its written request, either in advance or upon the furnishing or performance thereof, all or part of the estimated or actual cost thereof as determined by such department, establishment, bureau, or office as may be requisitioned; but proper adjustments on the basis of the actual cost of the materials, supplies, or equipment furnished, or work or services performed, paid for in advance, shall be made as may be agreed upon by the departments, establishments, bureaus, or offices concerned: Provided, however, That if such work or services can be as conveniently or more cheaply performed by private agencies such work shall be let by competitive bids to such private agencies. Bills rendered, or requests for advance payments made, pursuant to any such order, shall not be subject to audit or certification in advance of payment. (b) [Method of crediting payments. Secretary of the Treasury to establish special working funds.]-Amounts paid as provided in subsection (a) shall be credited, (1) in the case of advance payments, to special working funds, or (2) in the case of payments other than advance payments, to the appropriations or funds against which charges have been made pursuant to any such order, except as hereinafter provided. The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish such special working funds as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection. Such amounts paid shall be available for expendi 498 ECONOMY ACT OF JUNE 30, 1932 ture in furnishing the materials, supplies, or equipment, or in performing the work or services, or for the objects specified in such ̄appropriations or funds. Where materials, supplies, or equipment are furnished from stocks on hand, the amounts received in payment therefor shall be credited to appropriations or funds, as may be authorized by other law, or, if not so authorized, so as to be available to replace the materials, supplies, or equipment, except that where the head of any such department, establishment, bureau, or office determines that such replacement is not necessary the amounts paid shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. (c) Orders placed as provided in subsection (a) shall be considered as obligations upon appropriations in the same manner as orders or contracts placed with private contractors. Advance payments credited to a special working fund shall remain available until expended. SEC. 602. * * * (c) The provisions of this title are in addition to and not in substitution for the provisions of any other law relating to working funds. SPECIAL PROVISIONS OF THE SECOND DEFICIENCY ACT, FISCAL YEAR 1932 [Extracts from] An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1932, and June 30, 1933, and for other purposes. (Act July 1, 1932, 47 Stat. 525) BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS [Paiute Indian lands-Payment to Truckee-Carson Irrigation District.]-Paiute Indian lands, Nevada: For payment to the TruckeeCarson irrigation district, Fallon, Nevada, the proportionate share of the benefits received by four thousand eight hundred and seventyseven and three-tenths irrigable acres of Paiute Indian lands within the Newlands irrigation project, for necessary repairs to the Truckee Canal to restore said canal to its original capacity, as authorized by the act of June 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 820), fiscal year 1931, $100; fiscal year 1932, $200; fiscal year 1933, $200; in all, $500. * BUREAU OF RECLAMATION Yakima project (Kennewick Highlands unit), Washington: The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $640,000 for construction, for the fiscal year 1931, continued available for the fiscal year 1932, shall remain available for the same purpose for the fiscal year 1933: Provided, That not to exceed $40,000 from power revenues shall be available during the fiscal year 1933 for operation and maintenance of power system. (47 Stat. 535.) Boulder Canyon project: For the continuation of construction of the Hoover (Boulder) Dam and incidental works in the main stream of the Colorado River at Black Canyon, to create a storage reservoir, and of a complete plant and incidental structures suitable for the fullest economic development of electrical energy from the water discharged from such reservoir; to acquire by proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, all lands, rights-of-way, and other property necessary for such purposes; and for incidental operations, as authorized by the Boulder Canyon Project Act, approved December 21, 1928 (U. S. C., supp. V, title 43, ch. 12A); $7,000,000, to remain available until advanced to the Colorado River Dam fund; which amount shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia and for all other objects of expenditure that are specified. for projects included in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1933 under the caption "Bureau of Reclamation" 500 SECOND DEFICIENCY ACT FOR 1932 without regard to the limitations of amounts therein set forth. (47 Stat. 535.) Palo Verde Valley, California, flood protection: For the protec tion of the Palo Verde Valley, California, from overflow and destruction by Colorado River floods, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for the purpose of repairing and reconstructing the levee system on the Colorado River in front of the said Palo Verde Valley, fiscal year 1933, $50,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary. (47 Stat. 535.) This act may be cited as the "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1932." (47 Stat. 549.) |