Release of project funds.
Section 16
SEC. 16. Release of project funds.—Upon request of the department head concerned, the sums appropriated for community and nation-wide selected projects authorized in section two of this Act as well as those under subsections (f) and (g) of section two of Republic Act Numbered Sixteen hundred thirteen and those for long-range projects under section one of both Acts already started and continuing in character, including those under Title I, Miscellaneous, shall be released by the Commissioner of the Budget in lump sums, partially or wholly, to the department concerned ahead of other authorized appropriations, except those for the ordinary operation of the national government: Provided, That appropriations released for subsection (f) pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be prorated to all congressional districts and made available simultaneously.