the event such space is not assigned in lieu of existing space, the amount so charged shall be computed at a rate not in excess of that which the Director of Procurement determines, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, would have been paid as rent for corresponding space during the current fiscal year, and if it is less the difference shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. If a Federal agency subject to this proviso disagrees with the amount the Director of Procurement so determines would have been paid as rent, the determination of the Director of Procurement shall be subject to review by the President.

SEC. 3. The Director of Procurement, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, is further authorized to procure space by lease, on such terms and for such period not in excess of five years as he may deem in the public interest, for the housing of any Federal agency or agencies outside of the District of Columbia, except the Post Office Department, and to assign and reassign space therein in the same manner as is authorized with respect to surplus real property by section 1 of this Act, and to require the Federal agencies to whom space is assigned therein to pay the total expenditures required under such lease during its entire term in the manner specified in section 2 of this Act.

SEC. 4. The Director of Procurement, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, is authorized to make such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 5. The term "Federal agency ", as used in this Act, means any executive department, independent establishment, commission, board, bureau, division, or office in the executive branch, or other agency of the United States, including corporations wholly owned by the United States.

Approved, August 27, 1935.

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 122-75TH CONGRESS]

[CHAPTER 554-3D SESSION]

[H. J. Res. 679]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Making appropriations for work relief, relief, and otherwise to increase employment by providing loans and grants for public works projects.

TITLE III-FEDERAL PUBLIC BUILDINGS

SEC. 301. Construction of Public Buildings Outside the District of Columbia: The total amount authorized to be appropriated for the three-year program for the acquisition of sites and construction of public buildings by the paragraph under the caption "Emergency Construction of Public Buildings Outside the District of Columbia", contained in the "Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937", approved August 25, 1937 (50 Stat. 773), is hereby increased from $70,000,000 to $130,000,000. All applicable provisions and authority of such paragraph shall be operative with respect to the enlarged authorization provided in this title except that the list from which projects, including the sites therefor, are to be selected by the Postmaster General and the Secretary of the Treasury acting jointly shall be the revision, dated April 25, 1938, of House Report Numbered 1879, Seventy-third Congress. Toward such increased program there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $25,000,000, of which not to exceed $500,000 may be utilized as an addition to the fund specified in such paragraph in such Act for the augmentation of the limits of cost of selected projects in amounts not exceeding 10 per centum of such limits of cost. The appropriations heretofore made under the authority of such paragraph, together with the appropriation in this title, shall be consolidated into a single fund and be available toward the consummation of the entire authorized program.

SEC. 302. This title may be cited as the "Federal Public Buildings Appropriation Act of 1938".

Approved, June 21, 1938.

[CHAPTER 382-3D SESSION]

[H. R. 9683]

AN ACT

To amend the Act of June 25, 1910, relating to the construction of public buildings, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 35 of the Act entitled "An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the enlargement, extension, remodeling, or improvement of certain public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, and for other purposes", approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 699; U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 40, sec. 265), is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 35. The Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, upon the request of the head of any other executive department, independent establishment, or other Federal agency, cause the Procurement Division, Treasury Department, to carry out the construction of any building or buildings for governmental purposes which any such executive department, establishment, or agency may be authorized to have constructed, including the preparation of plans, drawings, designs, specifications, and estimates, the acquisition of land necessary for sites, the execution of contracts, and supervision of construction: Provided, That funds appropriated to other executive departments, independent establishments, or other Federal agencies for the foregoing purposes shall be available for transfer to and expenditure by the Procurement Division, Treasury Department, in whole or in part, either in reimbursement of the proper appropriations of the Procurement Division, for the cost of such work, or as advances to special accounts for the purpose of providing for the prosecution of said work.”

Approved, June 15, 1938.

(19)

[H. R. 4688]

AN ACT

To authorize the operation of stands in Federal buildings by blind persons, to enlarge the economic opportunities of the blind, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of providing blind persons with remunerative employment, enlarging the economic opportunities of the blind, and stimulating the blind to greater efforts in striving to make themselves selfsupporting blind persons licensed under the provisions of this Act shall be authorized to operate vending stands in any Federal building where, in the discretion of the head of the department or agency in charge of the maintenance of the building, such vending stands may be properly and satisfactorily operated by blind persons.

SEC. 2. (a) The Office of Education in the Department of the Interior, subject to the direction of the Commissioner of Education and such rules and regulations as he may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, prescribe, shall

(1) Make surveys of concession-stand opportunities for blind persons in Federal and other buildings in the United States;

(2) Make surveys throughout the United States of industries with a view to obtaining information that will assist blind persons to obtain employment;

(3) Make available to the public, and especially to persons and organizations engaged in work for the blind, information obtained as a result of such surveys;

(4) Designate as provided in section 3 of this Act the State commission for the blind in each State, or, in any State in which there is no such commission some other public agency to issue licenses to blind persons who are citizens of the United States and at least twenty-one years of age for the operating of vending stands in Federal and other buildings in such State for the vending of newspapers, periodicals, confections, tobacco products, and such other articles as may be approved for each building by the custodian thereof and the State licensing agency; and

(5) Take such other steps as may be necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this Act.

(b) The State licensing agency shall, in issuing each such license. for the operation of a vending stand, give preference to blind persons who are in need of employment and have resided for at least one year in the State in which such stand is to be located. Each such license shall be issued for an indefinite period but may be terminated by the State licensing agency if it is satisfied that the stand is not being operated in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by such licensing agency. Each such license for the operation of a vending stand in a Federal building shall be subject to the approval of the Federal agency having charge of the

building in which the stand is located. Such licenses shall be issued only to applicants who are blind within the meaning of this Act but are able, in spite of such infirmity, to operate such stands.

(c) The State licensing agency designated by the Office of Education is authorized, with the approval of the custodian having charge of the building in which the vending stand is to be located, to select a location for such stand and the type of stand to be provided.

SEC. 3. (a) A State commission for the blind or other State agency desiring to be designated as the agency for licensing blind persons for the operation of vending stands as provided in this Act shall, with the approval of the governor of the State, make application to the Commissioner of Education and agree

(1) To cooperate with the Commissioner of Education and with the division of vocational rehabilitation of such State in training, placing, and supervising blind persons;

(2) To provide through loan, gift, or otherwise, for each blind person licensed to operate a stand, an adequate initial stock of suitable articles to be vended therefrom;

SEC. 4. The Commissioner is authorized to cooperate with the State boards for rehabilitation of handicapped persons, established by the several States pursuant to the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment", approved June 2, 1920, as amended and supplemented, in carrying out the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 5. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to make such expenditures out of any money appropriated therefor (including expenditures for personal services and rent at the seat of government and elsewhere, books of reference and periodicals, for printing and binding, and for traveling expenses) as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

(b) The Commissioner shall, in employing such additional personnel as may be necessary, give preference to blind persons who are capable of discharging the required duties, and at least 50 per centum of such additional personnel shall be blind persons.

SEC. 6. As used in this Act

(a) The term "United States" includes the several States, Territories, and possessions of the United States, and the District of Columbia.

(b) The term "blind person" means a person having not more than 10 per centum visual acuity in the better eye with correction. Such blindness shall be certified by a duly licensed ophthalmologist. (c) The term "State" means a State, Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia.

SEC. 7. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act. Approved, June 20, 1936.