Chapter 201. Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 201.— An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes. April 19, 1930.[[H. R. 9546](/us/bill/71/hr/9546).][[Public, No. 158](/us/pl/71/158).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following Independent Offices Act, 1931.Appropriations for fiscal year ending June 30, 1931.sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, namely:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE Executive Office. compensation of the president and vice president Compensation. For compensation of the President of the United States, $75,000. President. For compensation of the Vice President of the United States, $15,000. Vice President. office of the presidentOffice of the President. Salaries: For Secretary to the President, $10,000; two additional Secretaries, and office personnel.secretaries to the President at $10,000 each; personal services in the office of the President, $96,120; in all, $126,120: *Provided*, That *Proviso*.Details of employees to the office.employees of the executive departments and other establishments of the executive branch of the Government may be detailed from time to time to the office of the President of the United States for such temporary assistance as may be deemed necessary.
Contingent expenses: For contingent expenses of the Executive Contingent expenses.Office, including stationery, record books, telegrams, telephones, books for library, furniture and carpets for offices, automobiles, 230expenses of garage, including labor, special services, and miscellaneous items, to be expended in the discretion of the President, $43,500. Printing and binding.For printing and binding, $2,700. Traveling, etc., expenses.Traveling expenses: For traveling and official entertainment expenses of the President of the United States, to be expended in his discretion and accounted for on his certificate solely, $25,000.
Executive Mansion, etc.executive mansion and grounds Care, repairs, etc.For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including electric power and fixtures of the Executive Mansion, the Executive Mansion greenhouses, including reconstruction, and the Executive Mansion grounds, and traveling expenses, to be expended as the President may determine, $135,000. Total, Executive Office, $422,320. Independent establishments.INDEPENDENT ESTABLISHMENTS American Battle Monument Commission.american battle monuments commission All expenses.For every expenditure requisite for or incident to the work of Vol. 42, p. 1509.[U.
S. C., p. 1182](/us/usc/p1182).the American Battle Monuments Commission authorized by the Act entitled “An Act for the creation of an American Battle Monuments Commission to erect suitable memorials commemorating the services of the American soldier in Europe, and for other purposes,” approved Title to land in foreign countries.March 4, 1923 (U. S. C., title 36, secs. 121–133), including the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries for carrying [R. S., sec. 355, p. 60](/us/rs/s355/p60).[U.
S. C., pp. 1122, 1302](/us/usc/p1122/1302).out the purposes of said Act without submission to the Attorney General of the United States under the provisions of section 355 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 34, sec. 520; title 40, sec. 255); the maintenance of memorials erected by the commission until the Secretary of War is advised of their completion and assumes their Services in the District.Travel expenses.maintenance; employment of personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; the transportation of, mileage of, reimbursement of actual travel expenses or per diem in lieu thereof to the personnel engaged upon the work of the commission; the reimbursement of actual travel expenses (not exceeding an average of $8 per day for subsistence) or per diem in lieu thereof (not exceeding $7 per day) to, and the transportation of the members of the commission, while engaged upon the work of the commission; the Office expenses abroad.establishment of offices and the rent of office space in foreign countries; the maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles which may be furnished to the commission by other departments of the Government or acquired by Printing, etc.purchase; printing, binding, engraving, lithographing, photographing, and typewriting, including the publication of information concerning the American activities, battle fields, memorials, and cemeteries in Europe; the purchase of maps, textbooks, newspapers, and periodicals, $1,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available *Proviso*.Contracts, etc., authorized.until expended: *Provided*, That the commission may incur obligations and enter into contracts for building materials and supplies and for construction work, which, inclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore made available, shall not exceed a total of $4,500,000:
Technical work abroad.*Provided further*, That notwithstanding the requirements of existing laws or regulations and under such terms and conditions as the commission may in its discretion deem necessary and proper, the commission may contract for work in Europe, and engage, by contract or otherwise, the services of architects, firms of architects, and 231other technical and professional personnel: *Provided further*, That Minor purchases, etc., without advertising.[R. S., sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733).[U.
S. C., p. 1309](/us/usc/p1309).Traveling expenses, etc., of Army officers.the commission may purchase materials and supplies without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5) when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $300: *Provided further*, That when traveling on business of the commission officers of the Army serving as members or as secretary of the commission may be reimbursed for expenses as provided for other members of the commission.
ARLINGTON MEMORIAL BRIDGE COMMISSIONArlington Memorial Bridge Commission For continuing the construction of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Continuing construction of Memorial Bridge.Vol. 45, p. 721.Vol. 43, p. 974.across the Potomac River at Washington, authorized in an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction of a memorial bridge across the Potomac River from a point near the Lincoln Memorial in the city of Washington to an appropriate point in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes,” approved February 24, 1925 (43 Stat., p. 974), to be expended in accordance with the provisions and conditions of the said Act, $1,000,000, including all necessary incidental and contingent expenses, the maintenance and repair of one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, printing and binding, *Proviso*.Minor purchases without advertising.[R.
S., sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733).[U. S. C., p. 1309](/us/usc/p1309).and traveling expenses, to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That the commission may procure supplies and services without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5) when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $50. BOARD OF MEDIATIONBoard of Mediation. For five members of the board, at $12,000 each, $60,000. Members of board. For other authorized expenditures of the Board of Mediation All other expenses.in performing the duties imposed by law, including not to exceed $92,840 for personal services in the District of Columbia; personal services in the field; contract stenographic reporting services without reference to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U.
S. C., title 41, Reporting.[R. S., sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733).[U. S. C., p. 1309](/us/usc/p1309).sec. 5); supplies and equipment; law books and books of reference; not to exceed $200 for newspapers, for which payment may be made in advance; periodicals; traveling expenses; rent of quarters in the District of Columbia, if space is not provided by the Public Buildings Commission, and rent of quarters outside the District Rent.of Columbia, $136,680. Arbitration boards:
To enable the Board of Mediation to pay Expenses of arbitration boards.Vol. 44, p. 582.necessary expenses of arbitration boards, including compensation of members and employees of such boards, together with their necessary traveling expenses and expenses actually incurred for subsistence while so employed, and printing of awards, together with proceedings and testimony relating thereto, as authorized by the Railway Labor Act, including also contract stenographic reporting serviceReporting.[R.
S., sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733).[U. S. C., p. 1309](/us/usc/p1309). without reference to section 3709, Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5), and rent of quarters when suitable quarters can not be supplied in any Federal building, $80,000. Emergency boards: For expenses of emergency boards appointed Emergency boards, expenses.Vol. 44, p. 586.[U. S. C., p. 2110](/us/usc/p2110).by the President to investigate and report respecting disputes between carriers and their employees, as authorized by section 10, Railway Labor Act, approved May 20, 1926 (U.
S. C., title 45, sec. 160), $50,000. For all printing and binding for the Board of Mediation, $1,700. Printing and binding. Total, Board of Mediation, $328,380. 232 Board of Tax AppealsBOARD OF TAX APPEALS All expenses.For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the work of the Board of Tax Appeals as authorized under Title IX, section 900, Vol. 43, p. 336.Vol. 44, p. 105.Vol. 45, p. 871.of the Revenue Act of 1924, approved June 2, 1924, as amended by Title X of the Revenue Act of 1926, approved February 26, 1926, and Title IV of the Revenue Act of 1928, approved May 29, 1928, including personal services and contract stenographic reporting services to be obtained by renewal of existing contract, or otherwise, rent outside the District of Columbia, traveling expenses, car fare, stationery, furniture, office equipment, purchase and exchange of typewriters, law books and books of reference, periodicals, and all other necessary supplies, $595,000, of which amount not to exceed $533,370 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
Printing and binding.For all printing and binding for the Board of Tax Appeals, $45,000. Total, Board of Tax Appeals, $640,000. Efficiency Bureau.BUREAU OF EFFICIENCY Chief, and office personnel.For chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia; contract stenographic reporting services; contingent expenses, including traveling expenses; supplies, stationery; purchase and exchange of equipment; not to exceed $100 for law books, books of reference, newspapers, and periodicals; and not to exceed $150 for street-car fare; in all, $223,830, of which amount not to exceed Services in the District.$217,780 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
Printing and binding.For all printing and binding for the Bureau of Efficiency, $500. Total, Bureau of Efficiency, $224,330. Civil Service Commission.CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Commissioners, and office personnel.Salaries: For three commissioners and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $700,000. Field force.Field force: For salaries of the field force, $447,000. Details from departments, etc., in the District forbidden.No details from any executive department or independent establishment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere to the commission’s central office in Washington or to any of its district offices shall be made during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931; but this shall not affect the making of details for service as members of boards of Interchangeable assignments.examiners outside the immediate offices of the district secretaries.
Emergency transfers of office or field force.The Civil Service Commission shall have power in case of emergency to transfer or detail any of its employees herein provided for to or from its office or field force. Expert examiners.For employment of expert examiners not in the Federal service to prepare questions and rate papers in examinations on special subjects for which examiners within the service are not available, $2,000. Examination of Presidential postmasters.For examination of presidential postmasters, including travel, stationery, contingent expenses, additional examiners, and investigators. and other necessary expenses of examinations, $27,360, of which amount not to exceed $23,360 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
Traveling expenses, etc. For necessary traveling expenses, including those of examiners acting under the direction of the commission, and for expenses of examinations and investigations held elsewhere than at Washington and including not exceeding $1,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings of public officials when specifically directed by the commission, $68,000. 233 For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the Civil Service Contingent expenses.Commission, including furniture and other equipment and repairs thereto; supplies; advertising; telegraph, telephone, and laundry service; freight and express charges; street-car fares not to exceed $300; stationery; purchase and exchange of law books, books of reference, directories, payment in advance for subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals, not to exceed $1,000; charts; purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of motor trucks, motor cycles, and bicycles; maintenance and repair of a motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for official purposes; garage rent; postage stamps to prepay postage on matter addressed to Postal Union countries; special-delivery stamps; and other like miscellaneous necessary expenses not hereinbefore provided for; in all, $40,000.
For rent of building for the Civil Service Commission, $24,592, Rent.if space can not be assigned by the Public Buildings Commission in other buildings under the control of that commission. For all printing and binding for the Civil Service Commission, Printing and binding.including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $54,000. Total, Civil Service Commission, $1,362,952. COMMISSION OF FINE ARTSCommission of Fine Arts.
For expenses made necessary by the Act entitled “An Act establishing Expenses.>Vol. 36, p. 371.[U. S. C., p. 1295](/us/usc/p1295).a Commission of Fine Arts,” approved May 17, 1910 (U. S. C., title 40, sec. 104), including the purchase of periodicals, maps, and books of reference, and payment of actual traveling expenses of the members and secretary of the commission in attending meetings of the commission either within or outside of the District of Columbia, to be disbursed on vouchers approved by the commission, $8,820, of which amount not to exceed $5,720 may be expended for personalServices in the District. services in the District of Columbia.
For all printing and binding for the Commission of Fine Arts,Printing and binding. $260. Total, Commission of Fine Arts, $9,080. EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION COMMISSIONEmployees’ Compensation Commission. For three commissioners and other personal services in the District Commissioners, and office personnel.of Columbia, including not to exceed $1,000 for temporary experts and assistants in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, to be paid at a rate not exceeding $8 per day. and for personal services in the Contingent expenses.field; for furniture and other equipment and repairs thereto; law books, books of reference, periodicals; stationery and supplies; traveling expenses; fees and mileage of witnesses; contract stenographic reporting services; rent at the seat of government and elsewhere; and miscellaneous items, $501,000.
For all printing and binding for the Employees’ Compensation Printing and binding.Commission, $9,000. Employees’ compensation fund: For the payment of compensation Employees’ compensation fund.Vol. 39, pp. 743, 745.[U. S. C., p. 80](/us/usc/p80).provided by “An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes,” approved September 7, 1916 (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 785), including medical examinations, traveling and other expenses, and loss of wages payable to employees under sections 21 and 22; all services, appliances, and supplies provided by section 9 as amended, including payments to Army and Navy Hospitals; the transportation and burial expenses provided by sections Burial expenses.9 and 11; and advancement of costs for the enforcement of recoveriesRecoveries.234Vol. 39, p. 747. provided in sections 26 and 27 where necessary, accruing during the *Proviso*.Payments in certain eases from the fund.Vol. 45, pp. 2329, 2343, 2348. fiscal year 1931 or in prior fiscal years, $3,700,000: *Provided*, That the permanent appropriations made in private Acts numbered 411, 451, and 467, Seventieth Congress, are repealed after June 30, 1930, and the payments authorized by such Acts shall thereafter be made from the “Employees’ compensation fund.
” Total, Employees’ Compensation Commission, $4,210,000. Vocational Education Board.FEDERAL BOARD FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Salaries and expenses.Additional amount.Vol. 39, p. 933; Vol. 40, p. 345.[U. S. C., p. 610](/us/usc/p610).Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for salaries and expenses of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, including the same objects specified in section 7 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational education, and so forth.” approved February 23, 1917, as amended (U.
S. C., title 20, sec. 15), $13,400. HawaiiVocational education extended to.Vol. 39, p. 929.[U. S. C., p. 609](/us/usc/p609).For extending to the Territory of Hawaii the benefits of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational education; to provide for cooperation with the States in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the trades and industries; to provide for cooperation with the States in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects; and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditure,” approved February 23, 1917 (U.
S. C., title 20, Vol. 43, p. 18.[U. S. C., p. 612](/us/usc/p612).secs. 11–18), in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to extend the provisions of certain laws to the Territory of Hawaii,” approved March 10, 1924 (U. S. C., title 20, sec. 29), $30 000. Cooperative education in agriculture and home economics.Vol. 45, p. 1151.Cooperative vocational education in agriculture and home economics: For carrying out the provisions of section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories,” approved February 5, 1929 (U.
S. C., Supp. III, title 20, secs. 15a, 15c), [U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 295](/us/usc/p295).*Proviso*.Basis of apportionment.$900,000: *Provided*, That the apportionment to the States shall be computed on the basis of not to exceed $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 1931, as authorized by the Act approved February 5, 1929 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 20, secs. 15a, 15c). Salaries and expenses.Vol. 45, p. 1151.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 295](/us/usc/p295).Salaries and expenses: For carrying out the provisions of section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories,” approved February 5, 1929 (U.
S. C., Supp. III, title 20, secs. 15b, 15c), for the fiscal year 1931, $95,000, of which amount not to exceed $68,500 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Cooperative rehabilitation of disabled residents of the District of Columbia.Cooperative vocational rehabilitation of disabled residents of the District of Columbia: For personal services, printing and binding, travel and subsistence, and payment of expenses of training, placement, and other phases of rehabilitating disabled residents of the Vol. 45, p. 1260.[U.
S. C., Supp. IV, p. 448](/us/usc/p448).District of Columbia under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the vocational rehabilitation of disabled residents of the District of Columbia,” approved February 23, 1929 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 29, secs. 47–47e), $15,000. Attendance at meetings, allowed from expenses of the Board.Appropriations available to the Federal Board for Vocational Education, for salaries and expenses shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings of educational associations and other organizations which in the discretion of the board are necessary for the efficient discharge of its responsibilities. 235 FEDERAL FARM BOARDFederal Farm Board.
For salaries and expenses in accordance with the provisions of Salaries and expenses, in accordance with “Agricultural Marketing Act.”*Ante*, p. 11.Vol. 44, p. 802.the “Agricultural Marketing Act,” approved June 15, 1929, and the Act creating a Division of Cooperative Marketing in the Department of Agriculture, approved July 2, 1926, including stenographic reporting services to be obtained by the board through the civil service, by contract or otherwise; not to exceed $750 for newspapers and clippings, payment for which may be made in advance; membership fees or dues in organizations which issue publications to members only or to members at a lower price than to others, payment for which may be made in advance; procuring of manuscripts, data, and special reports by purchase or by personal services without regard to the provisions of any other Act; purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and garage rental in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; traveling expenses; payment of actual transportation expenses and Transportation, etc., expenses.not to exceed $10 per diem to cover subsistence and other expenses while in conference and en route from and to his home to any person other than an employee or a member of an advisory commodity committee whom the board may from time to time invite to the city of Washington and elsewhere for conference and advisory purposes in furthering the work of the board; the payment in lieu of actual operating expenses of not to exceed 3 cents per mile for motor cycle or 7 cents per mile for an automobile used for necessary travel on official business whenever the board shall find that the expenses of travel can be reduced thereby; the employment of persons, firms, and others for the performance of special services, including legal services and other miscellaneous expenses: *Provided*, That during*Provisos*.Transfers of funds for cooperative work by departments, etc. the fiscal year 1931, when the Federal Farm Board requires cooperative work by any department or independent establishment or the Government within the scope of the functions of such department or establishment and which such department or establishment is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations, the Federal Farm Board may transfer from this appropriation to such department or establishment, with the approval of the head thereof, such sum or sums for direct expenditure as may be necessary for the performance of such additional work: *Provided further*, That the Application of former appropriation.objects of expenditure specified herein shall apply also to the appropriation for administrative expenses of the Federal Farm Board *Ante*, p. 28.for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, contained in the Act approved June 18, 1929, entitled “An Act making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of the ‘Agricultural Marketing Act,’ approved June 15, 1929,” $1,900,000.
FEDERAL OIL CONSERVATION BOARDFederal Oil Conservation Board. For the expenses of the Federal Oil Conservation Board convened All expenses.by the President on December 19, 1924, and for each purpose connected therewith, to be expended by the secretary of the board under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, under general regulations to be approved by the board, $17,220. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSIONFederal Power Commission. For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the work All expenses.Vol. 41, p. 1063.of the Federal Power Commission as authorized by law, including traveling expenses; contract stenographic reporting services, and not exceeding $750 for press-clipping service, law books, books of reference, and periodicals, $171,500, of which amount not to exceed 236Personal services. $137,700 shall be available for personal services, and of this amount not to exceed $133,100 shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia.
Printing and binding.For all printing and binding for the Federal Power Commission, $4,500. Total, Federal Power Commission, $176,000. Federal Radio Commission.FEDERAL RADIO COMMISSION Commissioners.*Ante*, pp. 50, 63.For five commissioners, at $10,000 each per annum, $50,000. All other expenses.Vol. 44, p. 1162.*Post*, p. 864.For all other authorized expenditures of the Federal Radio Commission in performing the duties imposed by the Radio Act of 1927, as amended, including personal services, contract stenographic Reporting.[R.
S., sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733).[U. S. C., p. 1309](/us/usc/p1309).reporting services without reference to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5), printing and binding, rental of Miscellaneous supplies.[R. S., sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733).[U. S. C., p. 1309](/us/usc/p1309).quarters, newspapers, for which payment may be made in advance, and periodicals, reference books, law books, special counsel fees, supplies and equipment, which may be purchased without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, (U.
S. C., title 41, sec. 5) when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $25, travel and other Services in the District.necessary expenses, $400,000, of which amount not to exceed $295,000 may be expended tor personal services in the District of Columbia. Total, Federal Radio Commission, $450,000. Federal Trade Commission.FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Commissioners.For five commissioners at $10,000 each per annum, $50,000. All other expenses.Vol. 38, p. 717.*Post*, p. 1554.For all other authorized expenditures of the Federal Trade Commission in performing the duties imposed by law or in pursuance of law, including secretary to the commission and other personal services, contract stenographic reporting services to be obtained on and after the approval of this Act by the commission, in its discretion, through the civil service or by contract, or renewal of existing contract, or otherwise, supplies and equipment, law books, books of reference, periodicals, garage rental, traveling expenses, including not to exceed $900 for expenses of attendance, when specifically authorized by the commission, at meetings concerned with the work of the Federal Trade Commission, not to exceed $300 for newspapers, payments for which may be made in advance, not to exceed $200 for newspaper clippings, foreign postage, and witness fees and mileage Vol. 38, p, 22.[U.
S. C., p. 356](/us/usc/p356).Services in the District.in accordance with section 9 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, $1,500,000, of which amount not to exceed $1,160,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, including witness fees. Printing and binding.For all printing and binding for the Federal Trade Commission, $30,000. Total, Federal Trade Commission, $1,580,000. General Accounting Office.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Comptroller General, Assistant, and office personnel.Salaries:
Comptroller General, $10,000; for Assistant Comptroller General and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $3,940,000; in all, $3,950,000. Contingent expenses.Contingent expenses: For traveling expenses, including stenographic reporting service outside of the District of Columbia not exceeding $2,500, by contract or otherwise: materials, supplies, equipment, and services; rent of buildings and equipment; purchase and exchange of books, law books, books of reference, and periodicals, which may be paid for in advance, typewriters, calculating machines, and other office appliances, including their development, repairs and 237maintenance, including motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; and miscellaneous items, $138,000.
For all printing and binding for the General Accounting Office, Printing and binding.including monthly and annual editions of selected decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, $93,000. Total, General Accounting Office, $4,181,000. HOUSING CORPORATIONHousing Corporation. Salaries: For officers, clerks, and other employees in the District Salaries in the District for specified services.of Columbia necessary to collect and account for the receipts from the sale of properties and the receipts from the operation of unsold properties of the United States Housing Corporation, the Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportation, property commandeered by the United States through the Secretary of Labor, and to collect the amounts advanced to transportation facilities and others, $31,250: *Provided*, That no person shall be employed hereunder at a rate of *Proviso*.Pay restriction.compensation exceeding $5,000 per annum, and only one person may be employed at that rate.
Contingent expenses: For contingent and miscellaneous expenses Contingent expenses.of the offices at Washington, District of Columbia, including purchase of blank books, maps, stationery, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, freight and express charges; telegraph and telephone service; and all other miscellaneous items and necessary expenses not included in the foregoing, and necessary to collect moneys and loans due the corporation, $4.000. For all printing and binding for the United States Housing Corporation, Printing and binding.including all its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $600.
Collections: For the collection of money due from the sale of realCollections from sales, etc.and other property under the provisions of the Act approved July 19, 1919, the collection of rentals from unsold properties, including necessary office and travel expenses outside of the District of Columbia, $11,000. Maintenance, unsold property: To maintain and repair houses, Maintenance of unsold property.buildings, and improvements which are unsold, $100. Miscellaneous expenses account of property sold:
To pay taxes, Miscellaneous expenses of sold property.special assessments, and other utility, municipal, State, and county charges or assessments unpaid by purchasers, and which have been assessed against property in which the United States Housing Corporation has an interest, and to defray expenses incident to foreclosing mortgages, conducting sales under deeds of trust, or reacquiring title or possession of real property under default proceeding, including attorney fees, witness fees, court costs, charges, and other miscellaneous expenses, $2,000.
No part of the appropriations heretofore made and available for Use of former appropriations restricted.expenditure by the United States Housing Corporation shall be expended for the purposes for which appropriations are made herein. Total, Housing Corporation, $48,950. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSIONInterstate Commerce Commission. For eleven commissioners, at $12,000 each; secretary, $9,000; in Commissioners, secretary.all, $141,000. For all other authorized expenditures necessary in the execution All other expenses.Personal services.of laws to regulate commerce, including one chief counsel, one director of finance, and one director of traffic at $10,000 each per Stenographic reporting.annum, traveling expenses, and stenographic reporting services to be obtained on and after the approval of this Act by the commission, in its discretion, through the civil service or by contract or renewal 238of existing contract, or otherwise, $2,887,000, of which amount not Services in the District.to exceed $2,350,000 may be expended for personal services in the Special counsel, etc.District of Columbia, exclusive of special counsel, for which the expenditure shall not exceed $50,000; not exceeding $3,000 for necessary books, reports, and periodicals; not exceeding $100 in the open market for the purchase of office furniture similar in class or kind Rent, D.
C.to that listed in the general supply schedule; and not exceeding *Provisos*.Rent restriction.$139,000 for rent of buildings in the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall not be available for rent of buildings in the District of Columbia if suitable space is provided by the Amount for personal services, 1930, increased.Public Buildings Commission: *Provided further*, That the amount of $2,250,000 named in the Act making appropriations for this Vol. 45, p. 1238, amended.purpose for the fiscal year 1930 as the amount which may not be exceeded as expenditure for personal services in the District of Columbia is hereby increased to $2,287,675.
Enforcing accounting by railroads.Vol. 34, p. 593; Vol. 26, p. 556; Vol. 41, p. 493.[U. S. C., pp. 1668–1670](/us/usc/pp1668–1670).Regulating commerce: To enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforce compliance with section 20 and other sections of the Act to regulate commerce as amended by the Act approved June 29, 1906 (U. S. C., title 49, sec. 20), and as amended by the Transportation Act, 1920 (U. S. C., title 49, sec. 20), including the employment or necessary special accounting agents or examiners, and Services in the District.traveling expenses, $1,494,445, of which amount not to exceed $250,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
Safety of employees.Safety appliances.Vol. 27, p. 531; Vol. 29, p. 85; Vol. 32, p. 943; Vol. 36, p. 298.*Post*, p. 1555.Accidents.Vol. 36, p. 350.Safety signals.Vol. 34, p. 838; Vol. 35, p. 324; Vol. 38, p. 212[U. S. C., p. 1441](/us/usc/p1441).Safety of employees: To enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to keep informed regarding and to enforce compliance with Acts to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads; the Act requiring common carriers to make reports of accidents and authorizing investigations thereof; and to enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate and test appliances intended to promote the safety of railway operation, as authorized by the joint resolution approved June 30, 1906 (U.
S. C., title 45, sec. 35), and the provision of the Sundry Civil Act approved May 27, 1908 (U. S. C., title 45, secs. 36, 37), to investigate, test experimentally, and report on the use and need of any appliances or systems intended to Inspectors.promote the safety of railway operation, inspectors, and for traveling Services in the District. expenses, $532,860, of which amount not to exceed $85,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Signal safety systems.Signal safety systems:
For all authorized expenditures under section 26 of the Act to regulate commerce as amended by the Transportation Act, 1920 (U. S. C., title 49, sec. 26), with respect to the provision thereof under which carriers by railroad subject Automatic train control devices, etc.Vol. 41, p. 498.[U. S. C., p. 1673](/us/usc/p1673).to the Act may be required to install automatic train-stop or train-control devices which comply with specifications and requirements prescribed by the commission, including investigations and tests pertaining to block-signal and train-control systems, as authorized by the joint Vol. 34, p. 838.[U.
S. C., p. 1441](/us/usc/p1441).resolution approved June 30, 1906 (U. S. C., title 45, sec. 35), and including the employment of the necessary engineers, and for traveling Services in the District.expenses, $48,000, of which amount not to exceed $35,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Locomotive inspection.Expenses of.Vol. 36, p. 913; Vol. 38, p. 1192; Vol. 40, p. 616.[U. S. C., p. 1439](/us/usc/p1439).Vol. 43, p. 659.[U. S. C., p. 1440](/us/usc/p1440).Locomotive inspection:
For all authorized expenditures under the provisions of the Act of February 17, 1911, “To promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto” (U. S. C., title 45, sec. 22), as amended by the Act of March 4, 1915, extending “the same powers and duties with respect to all parts and appurtenances of the locomotive and tender” (U.
S. C., title 45, sec. 30), and amendment of June 7, 1924 (U. S. C., title 45, sec. 27), providing for the appointment from time to time by the Interstate Com-239merce Commission of not more than fifteen inspectors in addition Additional inspectors.Vol. 36, p. 914; Vol. 43, p. 659.[U. S. C., pp. 1439, 1441](/us/usc/pp1439/1441).*Post*, pp. 822, 1555.to the number authorized in the first paragraph of section 4 of the Act of 1911 (U. S. C., title 45, sec. 26), including such legal, technical, stenographic, and clerical help as the business of the offices of the chief inspector and his two assistants may require, and for traveling expenses, $504,345 of which amount not to exceed $72,500 Services in the District.may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
Valuation of property of carriers: To enable the Interstate Commerce Physical valuation of railroads.Vol. 37, p. 701; Vol. 40, p. 271; Vol. 42, p. 624.Commission to carry out the objects of the Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to regulate commerce,’ approved February 4, 1887, and all Acts amendatory thereof,” by providing for a valuation of the several classes of property of carriers subject thereto and securing information concerning their stocks, Issue of stocks, etc.[U.
S. C., p. 1667](/us/usc/p1667).bonds, and other securities, approved March 1, 1913 (U. S. C., title 49, sec. 19a), including one director of valuation at $10,000 per annum, one supervisor of land appraisals, one supervising engineer, one supervisor of accounts, and one principal valuation examiner, at $9,000 each per annum, and traveling expenses, $3,547,313: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Rent restriction in the District.That this appropriation shall not be available for rent of buildings in the District of Columbia if suitable space is provided by the Public Buildings Commission.
For all printing and binding for the Interstate Commerce Printing and binding.Commission, including reports in all cases proposing general changes in transportation rates and not to exceed $10,000 to print and furnish to the States at cost report form blanks, and the receipts from such reports and blanks shall be credited to this appropriation, $175,000, Balance, fiscal year 1929, available immediately.Vol. 45, p. 582.*Provisos*.Balance for 1930 continued through 1931.together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1929, which unexpended balance shall be immediately available:*Provided*, That the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1930 shall continue available for the same purpose for the fiscal year 1931:Vol. 45, p. 1240.Schedule of sailings excluded.Vol. 41, p. 497. *Provided further*, That no part of this sum shall be expended for printing the Schedule of Sailings required by section 25 of the Interstate Commerce Act.
Not to exceed $5,000 of the Attendance at meetings. appropriations herein made for the Interstate Commerce Commission shall be available for expenses, except membership fees, for attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the commission. Total, Interstate Commerce Commission, $9,329,963. MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL COMMISSIONMount Rushmore National Memorial Commission. Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission: For additional Additional amount for expenses.Vol. 45, pp. 1300, 1627.amount required for carrying into effect the provisions of the Act creating the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission, approved February 25, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 1300), $60,000.
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICSNational Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. For scientific research, technical investigations, and special reports All expenses, scientific research, etc.in the field of aeronautics, including the necessary laboratory and technical assistants; contracts for personal services in the making *Post*, p. 1555.of special investigations and in the preparation of special reports; traveling expenses of members and employees; including not to exceed $500 for expenses, except membership fees, of attendance Attendance at meetings.upon meetings of technical and professional societies; office supplies and other. miscellaneous expenses, including technical periodicals and books of reference; equipment, maintenance, and operation of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory; not to exceed Langley Laboratory.240Wind tunnel and hangar.$375,000 for the completion of the wind tunnel suitable for research on full-sized airplanes, and not to exceed $60,000 for the construction of a hangar; purchase, maintenance, operation, and exchange of Services in the field and in the District.motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; personal services in the field and in the District of Columbia; in all, $1,306,000, of which amount not to exceed $115,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
Printing and binding.For all printing and binding for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, including all of its offices, laboratories, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $15,000. Total, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, $1,321,000. Porto Rican Hurricane Relief Commission.PORTO RICAN HURRICANE RELIEF COMMISSION Loans to planters, etc., by.*Ante*, p. 57.*Post*, p. 1367.For the purpose of making loans to any individual coffee planter, coconut planter, fruit grower, or other agriculturist in the island of Porto Rico, $1,000,000, to become available January 1, 1931, and Vol. 45, p. 1067.remain available until expended, as authorized by Public Resolution Numbered 74, approved December 21, 1928 (45 Stat., p. 1067).
Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital.PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC PARKS OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Personal services.For personal services in the District of Columbia, $2,422,250, including not to exceed $25,000 for intermittent and seasonal employees at per diem rates of compensation to be fixed by the director. Maintenance, care, etc., of designated buildings, grounds, etc.*Post*, p. 1555.For general expenses in connection with the maintenance, care, improvement, protection, operation, repair, cleaning, heating, and lighting of the Washington Monument and grounds; the Lincoln Memorial and reflecting pool; the house where Abraham Lincoln died; grounds surrounding executive departments; and public buildings in the District of Columbia under the jurisdiction of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, including per diem employees at rates of pay approved by the director, not exceeding current rates for similar employment in the Rent, etc.District of Columbia; rent of buildings in the District of Columbia, and salaries for maintenance and operation of the buildings when such maintenance and operation is not furnished by the owner under *Provisos*.Funds for rent, etc., for departments may be transferred to the Director.terms of the lease: *Provided*, That any funds for the fiscal year 1931 appropriated for rents and maintenance of buildings in the District of Columbia for any of the executive departments and independent establishments may be transferred, with the approval of the Public Buildings Commission, to the Director of Public Buildings Contingent expenses.and Public Parks of the National Capital; city directories; contingent expenses; traveling expenses and car fare not exceeding $300; communication service; professional, scientific, technical, and law books; periodicals and reference books; blank books and forms; photographs; maps, leather and rubber articles and gas masks for the protection of public property and employees; not exceeding Uniforms for employees, etc.$10,000 for uniforms for employees; the maintenance, repair, exchange, storage, and operation of not to exceed one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle; the purchase, maintenance, and repair of equipment and fixtures, $1,165,940: *Provided further*, Plans for improving Monument grounds.That not to exceed in all a total of $30,000 of the funds appropriated under this title for the fiscal year 1930 and herein appropriated shall be available for preparing plans and estimates for the improvement of the Washington Monument Grounds to conform to the Lincoln Memorial Grounds and the approved plans for the Mall, includ-241ing printing and binding, and including special technical personal Personal services. services, by contract or otherwise, at rates of pay as may be fixed by the director, not exceeding those usual for similar services, without Vol. 45, p. 776.[U.
S. C., p. 65](/us/usc/p65).reference to civil-service rules and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. For all printing and binding for the Office of Public Buildings Printing and binding.and Public Parks of the National Capital, $3,450. Total, Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, $3,591,640. PUBLIC BUILDINGS COMMISSIONPublic Buildings Commission. For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Commission Salaries and expenses.Vol. 40, p. 1260.authorized in the Act approved March 1, 1919, and for other purposes, including the purchase, maintenance, repair, exchange, and operation of one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle to be used for official purposes only, to be immediately available, and to remain available until expended, to be paid out on vouchers signed by the chairman of the commission, $10,000.
For all necessary expenses incident to moving various Government Expenses of transferring offices, etc.departments, bureaus, divisions, and independent establishments and parts thereof from one building to another or moves within a building in the District of Columbia in connection with the assignment, allocation, transfer, and survey of space, including the removal and erection of building partitions, including personal services, without reference to civil-service rules, at rates of pay fixed and determined by the commission and without reference to the Classification Act of 1923: *Provided*, That the money herein appropriated may be *Proviso*.Reimbursing departments for expenses incurred.used for reimbursing the Government departments, bureaus, divisions, independent establishments, and offices for actual expenses incurred by them in complying with the orders of the commission; to be expended on vouchers signed by the chairman of the commission; to be available immediately, and to remain available until expended, $90,000.
Total, Public Buildings Commission, $100,000. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONSmithsonian Institution. For expenses of the general administrative office, Smithsonian Administrative expenses.Institution, including an additional assistant secretary at $9,000 per annum during the present incumbency, compensation of necessary employees, traveling expenses, purchase of books and periodicals, supplies and equipment, and any other necessary expenses, $38,264. International exchanges: For the system of international exchanges International exchanges.between the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including necessary employees, and purchase of necessary books and periodicals, and traveling expenses, $52,650.
American ethnology: For continuing ethnological researches American ethnology.among the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, the excavation and preservation of archaeologic remains under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including necessary employees, the preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations, the purchase of books and periodicals, and traveling expenses, $70,280. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature: For the cooperation International Catalogue of Scientific Literature.of the United States in the work of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, including the preparation of a classified index catalogue of American scientific publications for incorporation in the International Catalogue, clerk hire, purchase of books and periodicals, traveling expenses, and other necessary incidental 242Balance available.Vol. 45, p. 584.expenses, $5,746, together with $2,399 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1929.
Astrophysical Observatory.Astrophysical Observatory: For maintenance of the Astrophysical Observatory, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including assistants, purchase of books, periodicals, and apparatus, making necessary observations in high altitudes, repairs and alterations of buildings, preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations, traveling expenses, and miscellaneous expenses, $37,560. National Museum.NATIONAL MUSEUM Furniture, etc.For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhibition and safe-keeping of collections, including necessary employees, $33,740.
Heating, lighting, etc.For heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and telephonic service, and traveling expenses, $93,120. Preserving collections, employees, etc.For continuing preservation, exhibition, and increase of collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and from other sources, including necessary employees, travel, purchasing and supplying uniforms to guards and elevator conductors, and all other necessary expenses and not exceeding $5,500 for preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations for publications, $593,048.
Repairs, etc.For repairs and alterations of buildings, shops, and sheds, including approaches and all necessary labor and material, $53,440.Books, etc.For purchase of books, pamphlets, and periodicals for reference, $3,000.Postage, etc.For postage stamps and foreign postal cards, $450. National Gallery of Art.national gallery of art Administration expenses.For the administration of the National Gallery of Art by the Smithsonian Institution, including compensation of necessary employees, purchase of books of reference and periodicals, traveling expenses, uniforms for guards, and necessary incidental expenses, $44,873.
Gellatly art collection, New York City.*Ante*, p. 5.For administration, maintenance, and exhibition in New York City of the Gellatly art collection, including rental, services, travel, and all other necessary incidental expenses, $20,000. printing and binding Printing and binding.For all printing and binding for the Smithsonian Institution, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $99,000, of which American Historical Association.*Proviso*.No pro rata restriction.not to exceed $7,000 shall be available for printing the report of the American Historical Association: *Provided*, That the expenditure of this sum shall not be restricted to a pro rata amount in any period of the fiscal year.
Total, Smithsonian Institution, $1,145,171, of which amount not to Services in the District.exceed $881,851 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Tariff Commission.TARIFF COMMISSION Salaries and expenses.For salaries and expenses of the United States Tariff Commission, including purchase and exchange of labor-saving devices, the purchase of professional and scientific books, law books, books of reference, gloves and other protective equipment for photostat and other machine operators, payment in advance for subscriptions to news-243papers and periodicals, and contract stenographic reporting services Reporting.[R.
S., sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733).[U. S. C., p. 1309](/us/usc/p1309).Vol. 39, p. 790.[U. S. C., pp. 941–947, 575–580](/us/usc/pp941–947/575–580).*Post*, p. 696.without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5), as authorized under Title VII of the Revenue Act of September 8, 1916 (U. S. C., title 19, secs. 91–106), and under sections 315, 316, 317, and 318 of the Tariff Act of 1922 (U. S. C., title 19, secs. 154–158; title 19, secs. 174–180, 182–190), $760,000, together with $40,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation Balance available.Vol. 45, p. 584.for this purpose for the fiscal year 1929, of which amount not to exceed $690,000 may be expended for personal services in theServices in the District.
District of Columbia and not to exceed $2,000 for expenses, except membership fees, of attendance at meetings concerned with subjects under investigation by the commission: *Provided*, That the commission *Provisos*.Minor purchases.[R. S., sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733).[U. S. C., p. 1309](/us/usc/p1309).may procure supplies and services without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5) when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $20: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the salary Salary restriction.of any member of the United States Tariff Commission who shall hereafter participate in any proceedings under said sections 315, 316, 317, and 318 of said Act, approved September 21, 1922, wherein he or any member of his family has any special, direct, and pecuniary interest, or in which he has acted as attorney or special representative.
For all printing and binding for the Tariff Commission, $25,000. Printing and binding. Total, Tariff Commission, $785,000. UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHIC BOARD Geographic Board. For salaries and expenses of the United States Geographic Board, Salaries and expenses.including personal services in the District of Columbia, and for stationery and office supplies, $9,760. For printing and Binding, $6,000, of which $1,100 shall be immediately Printing and binding.available. Total, United States Geographic Board, $15,760.
UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARDShipping Board. For seven commissioners at $12,000 each per annum, $84,000. Commissioners. For all other expenditures authorized by law, including the compensation All other expenses.Personnel included.of a secretary to the board, attorneys, officers, naval architects, special experts, examiners, and clerks, including one admiralty counsel at $10,000 per annum, one technical expert in connection with construction loan fund, at $10,000 per annum, and other employees in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and for all other expenses of the board, including the rental of quarters outside Outside rent, etc.the District of Columbia, law books, books of reference, periodicals and traveling expenses of members of the board, its special experts, and other employees, while upon official business away from their designated posts of duty and for the employment by contract or otherwise of expert stenographic reporters for its official reporting Investigating discriminations against American vessels, etc.work and including the investigation of foreign discrimination against vessels and shippers of the United States and for the investigation of transportation of immigrants in vessels of the United States Shipping Board, $300,000, of which amount not to exceed $263,574 may be expended for personal services in the District of Services in the District.Columbia: *Provided*, That the annual estimates of the Shipping *Provisos*.Estimates to assignments from Fleet Corporation.No reduction in salary of employees allocated from Fleet Corporation.Board for the fiscal year 1932 shall be accompanied by a statement showing the number and compensation of employees of the Fleet Corporation assigned to the Shipping Board: *Provided further*, That employees of the Merchant Fleet Corporation assigned to and serving with the Shipping Board whose compensation is within the 244range of salary prescribed for the appropriate grade to which the position has been allocated under the classification Act of 1923, as amended, shall not be subject to reduction in salary by reason of their transfer during the fiscal years 1930 and 1931 to the pay roll of the Shipping Board.
Printing and binding.For all printing and binding for the United States Shipping Board, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $12,000. Shipping fund.united states shipping board shipping fund Merchant Fleet Corporation expenses payable from.For expenses of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, for administrative purposes, miscellaneous adjustments, losses due to the maintenance and operation of ships, including operation through an agreement to pay a lump-sum compensation, for the repair of ships, for the purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor vehicles for official purposes only; for the payment of premiums for liability, fire, theft, property damage, and collision insurance and for other forms of insurance, including schedule and fidelity bonds, commonly carried by commercial corporations engaged in the same or a similar business, and for carrying out the provisions Sources of.of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, and amendments thereto,
(a)the Amount on hand July 1, 1930.For employees.From sales of ships and surplus property.amount of operating funds on hand July 1, 1930, not to exceed $50,000,000;
(b)$5,950,000, including the salaries of employees of the Fleet Corporation assigned to the Shipping Board;
(c)all amounts received during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, other Liquidation expenses.than the proceeds of sales of ships and surplus property;
(d)so much of the total proceeds of sales of ships and surplus property received during the fiscal year 1931, but not exceeding $2,000,000, as is necessary to meet the expenses of liquidation, including the costs incident to the delivery of vessels to purchasers, the cost of *Provisos*.Experimental, etc., work.Vol. 45, p. 1244.maintaining the laid-up fleet and the salaries and expenses of the personnel engaged in liquidation: *Provided*, That the unexpended balance of $500,000 made available for experimental and research work in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1930 is hereby reappropriated and made available until June 30, 1931, for the same purposes and under the same terms, including supervision and inspection of construction of vessels on which loans Claims not payable therefrom.have been made from the construction loan fund: *Provided further*, That no part of these sums, (a), (b), (c), and (d), shall be used for the payment of claims arising out of the construction and Earned interest.requisitioning of vessels;
(e)all interest earned on the funds, excepting the construction loan fund, of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation is to accrue to these funds and is made available for the purposes hereinbefore set forth subject to the Operating ships for carrying coal to foreign ports.Balance available.Vol. 45, p. 1244.limitations herein established: *Provided further*, That the unexpended balances of the sums made available by the Independent Offices Act, 1930, for reconditioning and operating ships for carrying coal to foreign ports shall continue available for the same purposes for the fiscal year 1931. Unexpended balance for special claims continued.Vol. 45, p. 1244.That portion of the special claims appropriation, contained in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1923, committed prior to July 1, 1923, and remaining unexpended on June 30, 1930, shall continue available until June 30, 1931, for the same purposes and under the same conditions. Operation of ships taken back from purchasers.To enable the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation to operate ships or lines of ships which have been or may be taken back from purchasers by reason of competition or other methods employed by foreign shipowners or operators, there is 245hereby reappropriated the unexpended balance of the appropriationReappropriation of balance.Vol. 44, p. 318.of $10,000,000 made for similar purposes in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927: *Provided*, That no *Proviso*.President’s approval required.expenditure shall be made for the purposes of this paragraph from this sum without the prior approval of the President of the United States. No part of the sums appropriated in this Act shall be used to pay Attorneys subject to approval of Attorney General.the compensation of any attorney, regular or special, for the United States Shipping Board or the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation unless the contract of employment has been approved by the Attorney General of the United States. No officer or employee of the United States Shipping Board or the Pay restriction.United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation shall be paid a salary or compensation at a rate per annum in excess of $10,000 except the following: One at not to exceed $18,000, and three at not to exceed $15,000 each. No part of the funds of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Rent restriction in the District.Fleet Corporation shall be available for the rent of buildings in the District of Columbia during the fiscal year 1931 if suitable space is provided for said corporation by the Public Buildings Commission. Total, United States Shipping Board, $6,346,000: *Provided*, That *Proviso*.Compensation of attorneys.of the sums herein made available under the United States Shipping Board, not to exceed an aggregate of $250,000 shall be expended for compensation of regular attorneys employed on a yearly salary basis and for fees and expenses of attorneys employed in special cases. UNITED STATES VETERANS’ BUREAUVeterans’ Bureau. For carrying out the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to Salaries and expenses.Vol. 42, p. 147.Vol. 43, pp. 607, 1302; Vol. 44, p. 826; Vol. 45, 964.[U. S. C., pp. 1214, 2073; Supp. IV, p. 526](/us/usc/pp1214/2073).establish a Veterans’ Bureau and to improve the facilities and services of such bureau and to further amend and modify the War Risk Insurance Act approved August 9, 1921,” and to carry out the provisions of the Act entitled “World War Veterans’ Act, 1924,” approved June 7, 1924 (U. S. C., title 38, secs. 421–576; U. S. C., Supp. III, title 38, secs. 422–537), as amended, and for administrative expenses Adjusted Compensation Act.Vol. 43, p. 121; Vol. 44, p. 826; Vol. 45, p. 947.[U. S. C., pp. 1229, 2082; Supp. IV, p. 538](/us/usc/pp1229/2082).Emergency officers’ retired list.in carrying out the provisions of the World War Adjusted Compensation Act of May 19, 1924 (U. S. C., title 38, secs. 591–683; U. S. C., Supp. III, title 38, secs. 612–682), as amended, for administrative expenses in carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act making eligible for retirement, under certain conditions, officers and former officers of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps of the United States, other than officers of the Regular Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, who incurred physical disability in line of duty while in the service of the United States during the World Vol. 45, p. 735.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 537](/us/usc/p537).Salaries, supplies, etc.War,” of May 24, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 38, secs. 581–582), including salaries of personnel in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and expenses of the central office at Washington, District of Columbia, and regional offices and suboffices, and including salaries, stationery, and minor office supplies, furniture, equipment and supplies, rentals and alterations, heat, light, and water, miscellaneous expenses, including telephones, telegrams, freight, express, law books, books of reference, periodicals, ambulance service, towel service, laundry service, repairs to equipment, storage, ice, taxi service, car fare, stamps and box rent, traveling and subsistence, including not to exceed $4,000 for the expenses, except membership fees, of Attendance at meetings, etc.employees detailed by the director to attend meetings of associations for the promotion of medical science and annual national conventions of such organizations as may be recognized by the director in the presentation and adjudication of claims under authority of section 246Vol. 43, p. 1311.[U. S. C. p. 1228](/us/usc/p1228).500 of the World War Veterans’ Act as amended (U. S. C., title 38, sec. 551), and traveling expenses of employees transferred from one official station to another when incurred on the written order of the director, salaries and expenses of employees engaged in field investigation and supervision, passenger-carrying and other motor vehicles, including purchase, maintenance, repairs, and operation of same, Arlington Building.salaries and operating expenses of the Arlington Building and annex, including repairs and mechanical equipment, fuel, electric current, ice, ash removal, and miscellaneous items; and including the salaries and allowances, where applicable, wages, travel and subsistence of civil employees of the United States veterans’ hospitals, supply depots, dispensaries, and clinics, including the furnishing and laundering of white duck suits, and white canvas shoes to employees whose duties make necessary the wearing of same, $45,500,000: *Proviso*.Allowance for transferring household effects of medical employees on change of station.*Provided*, That physicians, dentists, and nurses of the medical service of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, in addition to their compensation, when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty, may be allowed, within the discretion and under written order of the director, the expenses incurred for packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of their household effects and other personal property not exceeding in all five thousand pounds. Allotment to Public Health Service details.Such portion of this appropriation as may be necessary shall be allotted from time to time by the United States Veterans’ Bureau to the Public Health Service and shall be available for expenditure by the Public Health Service for necessary personnel, the pay, allowances, and travel of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service detailed to the United States Veterans’ Bureau for duty. Printing and binding.For printing and binding for the United States Veterans’ Bureau, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $125,000. Military and naval compensation.Vol. 41, p. 371; Vol. 43, pp. 615, 1304; Vol. 44, p. 793; Vol. 45, p. 965.Compensation: For the payment of military and naval compensation accruing during the fiscal year 1931 or in prior fiscal years for death or disability provided by the Act approved October 6, 1917, as amended, and the World War Veterans’ Act 1924, approved [U. S. C., pp. 1214, 2073; Supp. IV, p. 526](/us/usc/pp1214/2073).June 7, 1924, as amended (U. S. C., title 38, secs. 421–576; U. S. C., Supp. III, title 38, secs. 422–537), and the Act entitled “An Act *Post*, pp. 1016, 1067.making eligible for retirement, under certain conditions, officers and former officers of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps of the United States, other than officers of the Regular Army, Navy, or Marine Vol. 45, p. 735.Corps, who incurred physical disability in line of duty while in the [U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 538](/us/usc/p538).service of the United States during the World War,” of May 24, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 38, secs. 581–582), $196,000,000. Medical, hospital, etc., services to beneficiaries.Medical and hospital services: For medical, surgical, dental, dispensary, and hospital services and facilities, convalescent care, necessary and reasonable after care, welfare of, nursing, prosthetic appliances (including special clothing made necessary by the wearing of prosthetic appliances prescribed by the bureau), medical examinations, funeral, burial, and other incidental expenses (including preparation for shipment and transportation of remains) accruing during the fiscal year 1931, or in prior fiscal years, traveling expenses, and Books, magazines, etc.supplies, and not exceeding $100,000 for library books, magazines, and papers for beneficiaries of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, court or other expenses incident to any investigation or court Court expenses for guardians, etc.proceeding for the appointment or removal of any guardian, curator, conservator, or other person legally vested with the care of the claimant, or his estate, or in connection with the administration of such estate by such fiduciaries, including court costs and other expenses incident to proceedings heretofore or hereafter taken for commitment of mentally incompetent persons to hospitals for the care and treatment of the insane, $35,600,000. 247 This appropriation shall be disbursed by the United States Veterans’ Disbursement of allotted appropriations.Bureau, and such portion thereof as may be necessary shall be allotted from time to time to the Public Health Service, and the War, Navy, and Interior Departments, and transferred to their credit for disbursement by them for the purposes set forth in the foregoing paragraph. No part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase Use for new hospital sites, hospitals, etc., forbidden.of any site for a new hospital, for or toward the construction of any new hospital, or for the purchase of any hospital; and not more than $3,500,000 of this appropriation may be used to alter, improve, orImproving facilities allowed. provide facilities in the several hospitals under the jurisdiction of the United States Veterans’ Bureau so as to furnish adequate accommodations for its beneficiaries either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and the purchase of materials. The allotments made to the Public Health Service, War, Navy, and Expenditures from allotments to other agencies.Interior Departments shall be available for expenditure for care and treatment of beneficiaries of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, and for necessary minor repairs and improvements of existing facilities, under the various headings of appropriations made to said departments as may be necessary. Adjusted service certificate fund: For an amount necessary under Adjusted service certificate fund.Payment of.Vol. 43, p. 128; Vol. 44, p. 826.[U. S. C. p. 1232; Supp. IV, p. 540](/us/usc/p1232).section 505 of the World War Adjusted Compensation Act of May 19, 1924 (U. S. C., title 38, secs. 645–647), to provide for the payment of the face value of each adjusted service certificate in twenty years from its date or on the prior death of the veteran, $112,000,000, to remain available until expended. For military and naval insurance accruing during the fiscal year Military and naval insurance.1931 or in prior fiscal years, $120,000,000. Hospital facilities and services: For carrying out the provisions Additional hospital, dispensary facilities and service.Executing provisions of Act for.Vol. 45, p. 715.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 527](/us/usc/p527).*Ante*, p. 53.*Post*, p. 1550.Immediately available.of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize an appropriation to provide additional hospital, domiciliary, and out-patient dispensary facilities for persons entitled to hospitalization under the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, as amended, and for other purposes,” approved May 23, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 38, secs. 438a–438e), $2,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended. Total, United States Veterans’ Bureau, $511,225,000. Sec. 2. In expending appropriations Personal services in the District of Columbia.Restriction on exceeding average salaries.Vol. 42, p. 1488; Vol. 45, p. 776.[U. S. C., p. 65, Supp. IV, p. 25](/us/usc/p65).*Post*, p. 1003.or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended (U. S. C., title 5, secs. 661–673; U. S. C., Supp. III, sec. 673), the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act as amended, and in grades in If only one position in a grade.which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade except Allowance in unusually meritorious cases.that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Restriction not applicable to clerical-mechanical service.That this restriction shall not apply
(1)to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or
(2)to require the reduction in No reduction in fixed salary.Vol. 42, p. 1490.[U. S. C., p. 66](/us/usc/p66).Transfers to another position without reduction.salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act,
(3)to require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, or
(4)to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate Higher salary rates allowed.higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is, 248permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law. Sec. 3. Transfers allowed between appropriations for bureaus, etc., to meet reallocation of positions. When specifically approved by the head of any independent bureau or establishment provided for herein, transfers may be made between the appropriations in this Act under the respective jurisdiction of any bureau, office, institution, or service, in order to meet increases in compensation resulting from the reallocation by the Personnel Classification Board of positions under any such organization unit. Any such transfers shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. Sec. 4. Allowance to motor vehicles for traveling, etc. Whenever, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, the executive head of any independent bureau, office, or establishment appropriated for in this Act shall find that the expenses of travel, including travel at official stations, can be reduced thereby, he may authorize, in lieu of actual operating expenses, under such regulations as he may prescribe, the payment of not to exceed 3 cents per mile for motor cycles or 7 cents per mile for an automobile used for necessary travel on official business. Sec. 5. Title of Act. This Act hereafter may be referred to as the “Independent Offices Act, 1931.” Total appropriated by this Act, $553,523,166. Approved, April 19, 1930.