Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard

Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard For expenses of training, organizing and administering the Army National Guard, including maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; personal services in the National Guard Bureau and services of personnel of the National Guard employed as civilians without regard to their military rank, and the number of caretakers authorized to be employed under provisions of law (32 U.S.C. 709) may be such as is deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Army; travel expenses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army National Guard of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment (including aircraft); $151,700,000: Provided, That obligations may be incurred under this appropriation for the foregoing expenses for training of units designated for early deployment under mobilization plans and for installation, maintenance, and operation of facilities for antiaircraft defense without regard to section 107 of title 32, United States Code: Provided further, That obligations not exceeding $10,000 for each project may be incurred for extension, modification, and alteration of armory facilities, as authorized by chapter 133, title 10, United States Code, as amended, when such changes to facilities are made necessary by military requirements of the Federal Government: Provided further, That of the amounts certified pursuant to section 1311 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1955 (31 U.S.C. 200) as having been obligated under the appropriations for “Army National Guard”, 1958, and “Army National Guard”, 1959, such portions thereof as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense to have been obligated for operation and maintenance activities, may hereafter be accounted for under the headings “Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard”, 1958, and “Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard”, 1959, respectively: Provided further, That $5,700,000 of the funds provided in this appropriation shall be available only to meet the increased expenses necessary to maintain the Army National Guard at the strength provided for in this Act.