weather bureau

weather bureau Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Weather Bureau, including maintenance and operation of aircraft; not to exceed $25, 000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); not to exceed $10, 000 for maintenance of a printing office in the City of Washington, as authorized by law; and not to exceed $10, 000 for the United States contribution to the cost of the secretariat of the International Meteorological Committee; $25, 500, 000, of which not to exceed $19, 500, 000 shall be available for personal services: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the maximum amount authorized under section 3 (a) of the Act of June 65 Stat. 594 2, 1948 (15 U. S. C. 327), for extra compensation to employees of other Government agencies for taking and transmitting meteorological observations, shall be $5 per day; and the maximum base rate of pay authorized under section 3 (b) of said Act, for employees conducting meteorological investigations in the Arctic region, shall be $5, 000 per annum, except that not more than five of such employees at any one time may receive a base rate of $7, 500 per annum, and such employees may be appointed without regard to the Classification Act of 1949: Provided further, That such sums, as may be determined by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget to be necessary, may be trartsferred from this appropriation to the appropriation to the Department of State for “Contributions to International Organizations, 1952”, for contribution to the International Civil Aviation Organization for the United States share of the costs of the meteorological installation in Iceland, when said installation is transferred for operation under the “Agreement on Air Navigation Services in Iceland”.