Public Law 74–191

That the invitation extended by the Government of France to the United States to participate in the International Exposition of Paris—Art and Technique in Modern Life, to be held at Paris, France, in 1937, is hereby accepted.

Sec. 2.

The President is authorized to appoint a commissioner general to represent the United States in the exposition, who will serve in this capacity without compensation. The President is further authorized to designate upon the nomination of the Secretary of State a permanent Government official as commissioner, who while on this detail shall serve without additional compensation.

Expenses; duties.

The expenses of the commissioner general and the commissioner and such staff as they may require will be met out of the funds provided for the purposes of the Government participation in the exposition. Their duties shall be prescribed by the Secretary of State and shall include arrangements for providing and allotting space for exhibitors

Exhibit arrangements.

who may be willing to ship exhibits to the exposition. All arrangements with regard to such exhibit space to be provided for American exhibitors shall be made between the exposition authorities and the commissioner general, or, in the event he should delegate the authority, the commissioner. All arrangements made by exhibitors for space not provided by themselves, but made available through arrangements carried on by the commissioner general or commissioner, shall be with the latter two officials. It shall be the duty ofthe Secretary of State to indicate to the commissioner general and the commissioner appropriate methods of interesting possible American exhibitors in the exposition. The other departments of the

Cooperation of departments.

Government are authorized and directed to cooperate with these officers when requested.

Sec. 3.

The commissioner general and the commissioner may

Employees, etc.

employ such clerks, stenographers, and other assistants as may be necessary and fix their reasonable compensation without regard to

U. S. C., p. 85.

the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; purchase such material,

Purchases without advertising.

R. S., sec. 3709, p. 733; U. S. C., p. 1803.

contract for such labor and other services without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5), and exercise such powers as are delegated to them by this Act, and in order to

Delegation of powers.

facilitate the functioning of their officers may subdelegate their powers (authorized or delegated) to such officers and employees as may be deemed advisable.

Sec. 4.

In order to defray the expenses of representation of the

Appropriation authorized.

Post, p. 1633.

United States at this exposition, including personal services; transportation of things; travel and subsistence expenses; rent; printing and binding; official cards; entertainment; hire, maintenance and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; and such other expenses as may be necessary in the opinion of the Secretary of State to carry out the purposes of this Act, the sum of $50,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until expended for the purposes of this joint resolution and any unexpended balances shall be covered back into the Treasury of the United States. All expenditure shall be

Supervision of expenditures.

subject to approval by the Secretary of State and payable upon his certification, provided that he is authorized in his discretion to delegate this authority to the commissioner general or the commissioner. Such expenditures shall not be subject to the provisions of any law regulating or limiting the expenditure of public money other than this Act, but this provision shall not be construed to waive the submission of accounts and vouchers to the General Accounting Office for audit, or permit any indebtedness to be incurred in excess of the amount authorized to be appropriated.

Sec. 5.

The heads of the various executive departments and

Heads of departments, etc., to assist.

independent offices and establishments of the Government are authorized to assist the commissioner general and the commissioner in the procurement, installation, and display of exhibits; to lend to the International Exposition of Paris—Art and Technique in Modern Life, with the knowledge and consent of the commissioner general and the commissioner, such articles, specimens, and exhibits which the commissioner shall deem to be in the interest of the United States to place with the science or other exhibits to be shown under the auspices of the exposition management; to contract for such labor or

Contracts without advertising.

R. S., sec. 3709, p. 733.

U. S. C., p. 1803.

other services as shall be authorized by the commissioner general or commissioner, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5); and to designate officials or employees of their departments or branches to assist the commissioner general and the commissioner.

Sec. 6.

The commissioner general and the commissioner, with

Acceptance of contributions; expenditure, etc.

the approval of the Secretary of State, may receive from any source contributions to aid in carrying out the general purpose of this Act, but the same shall be expended and accounted for in the same manner as any appropriation which may be made under authority of this Act. The commissioner general and the commissioner are also authorized to receive contributions of material to aid in carrying out the general purpose of this Act, and at the close of the expositionor when the connection of the Government of the United States

Disposition of excess.

therewith ceases, under the direction of the Secretary of State, shall dispose of any such portion thereof as may be unused, and account therefor.

Sec. 7.

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to transmit to Congress within six months after the close of the exposition a detailed statement of all expenditures, together with the reports hereinbefore specified and such other reports as he may deem proper, which reports shall be prepared and arranged with a view to concise statement and convenient reference.