Operation and Maintenance, Army

Operation and Maintenance, Army For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Army, including administration; medical and dental care of personnel entitled thereto by law or regulation (including charges of private facilities for care of military personnel, except elective private treatment), and other measures necessary to protect the health of the Army; care of the dead; chaplains’ activities; awards and medals; welfare and recreation; recruiting expenses; transportation services; communications services; maps and similar data for military purposes; military surveys and engineering planning; repair of facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; tuition and fees incident to training of military personnel at civilian institutions; field exercises and maneuvers; expenses for the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and other units at educational institutions, as authorized by law; and not to exceed $3,453,000 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes, and his determination shall he final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government; $6,636,570,000, and in addition, $1M),000,000 which shall be derived by transfer from the Army Stock Fund, of which not less than $231,000,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities: Provided, That the budget estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974 for the appropriations “Operation and Maintenance, Army”, “Operation and Maintenance, Navy”, “Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps”, and “Operation and Maintenance, Air Force” shall be submitted on a basis providing for the appropriation of specific sums for the various budget programs and activities, generally in accord with the structure included in H.R. 16593, 92d Congress, as passed by the House of Representatives.