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Public Law 75–293
Authorizing the obligation of funds for work at Government-owned establishments.
Approved June 2, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
Authorizing the obligation of funds for work at Government-owned establishments.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That nothing contained
Government-owned establishments.
Obligation of funds for work at, authorized.
in title VI, part II, of the Legislative Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1933 (47 Stat., 417), as amended by section 8 of the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936 (49 Stat., 1648), shall be construed as modifying or amending the provision in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1923 (42 Stat., 812),
which reads as follows: “That all orders or contracts for work or
Orders placed at, considered same as those placed with private contractors.
material, under authorization of law heretofore or hereafter placed with Government-owned establishments, shall be considered as obligations in the same manner as provided for similar orders or contracts
Availability of appropriations.
placed with private contractors, and appropriations for such work or material shall remain available for payment therefor as in the case of orders or contracts placed with private contractors.”
Approved, June 2, 1937.