CA 38 Section 21

Reduction of Appropriations.

Section 21

SEC. 21. Reduction of Appropriations. — Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as limiting the power of the President to reduce the expenditures chargeable to appropriations authorized in this Act for the Executive Departments and their respective bureaus, offices and dependencies whenever in his opinion the public interest so requires: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That in case of reduction of salaries, such reduction shall be general, and based on the rates of salaries authorized in this Act, and the percentage pf reduction shall be uniform for similar rates of salaries.

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