coast and geodetic survey

coast and geodetic survey Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of August 6, 1947 (33 U. S. C. 883a–883i), including purchase of not to exceed four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; lease of sites and the erection of temporary buildings for tide, magnetic or seismological observations; hire of aircraft; operation, maintenance, and repair of an airplane; extra compensation at not to exceed $15 per month to each member of the crew of a vessel when assigned duties as recorder or instrument observer, and at not to exceed $1 per day for each station to employees of other Federal agencies while making oceanographic observations or tending seismographs; not to exceed $25, 000 for services as authorized by section 65 Stat. 590 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); pay, allowances, gratuities, transportation of dependents and household effects, and payment of funeral expenses, as authorized by law, for not to exceed 185 commissioned officers on the active list; and pay of commissioned officers retired in accordance with law; $12, 200, 000, of which not to exceed $8, 399, 000 shall be available for personal services: Provided, That the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force are authorized during the current fiscal year to transfer without reimbursement to the Coast and Geodetic Survey, subject to the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, landing craft, launches; marine engines, electronic equipment, automotive vehicles, parts, equipment, and supplies, excess to the needs of such Departments, which will serve to expedite surveys in Alaska for national defense: Provided further, That during the current fiscal year, this appropriation shall be reimbursed (to the extent and in the manner required by law (44 U. S. C. 246) for charts sold to the general public) for charts published by the Coast and Geodetic Survey and furnished for the official use of the military departments of the Department of Defense.