Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering For expenses necessary for maintenance and operation of district public works offices, public works centers, construction battalion centers, defense housing projects, other civil engineering facilities, and shore activities not otherwise provided for: procurement of services, supplies and equipment for the foregoing activities; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; research and development: engineering services; industrial mobilization; and departmental salaries; $115,000,000. The appropriation to the Department of the Navy for “Public Works, Bureau of Yards and Docks”, shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 1953, or for expenditure after June 30, 1954, and any unexpended balance remaining therein on June 30, 1954, shall be disposed of pursuant to the provisions of the Surplus Fund-Certified Claims Act of 1949 (31 U. S. C. 712b).