Public Law 248.
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65 Stat. 710 Public Law 248 chapter 655 AN ACT To amend certain titles of the United States Code, and for other purposes.October 31, 1951 [[H. R. 3899](/us/bill/82/hr/3899)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,[61 Stat. 633](/us/stat/61/633). Title 1, U. S. Code: General Provisions. That the fourth clause after the opening clause of section 1 of Title 1, United States Code, entitled “General Provisions”, is amended by striking out the word “use” appearing in such clause, and in lieu thereof inserting “used”, so that such clause will read as follows:
“words used in the present tense include the future as well as the present;” Sec. 2.
(a)The analysis of Chapter 2 of Title 1, United States Code, immediately preceding section 101 of such title, is amended by inserting, immediately underneath item 106 in such analysis, the following two items: " “106a. Promulgation of laws. “106b. Amendments to Constitution.” "
(b)Title 1, United States Code, is further amended by inserting, immediately following section 106 of such title, the following two sections: " “§ 106a. Promulgation of laws“Whenever a bill, order, resolution, or vote of the Senate and House of Representatives, having been approved by the President, or not having been returned by him with his objections, becomes a law or takes effect, it shall forthwith be received by the Administrator of General Services from the President; and whenever a bill, order, resolution, or vote is returned by the President with his objections, and, on being reconsidered, is agreed to be passed, and is approved by two-thirds of both Houses of Congress, and thereby becomes a law or takes effect, it shall be received by the Administrator of General Services from the President of the Senate, or Speaker of the House of representatives in whichsoever House it shall last have been so approved, and he shall carefully preserve the originals. “§ 106b. Amendments to Constitution“Whenever official notice is received at the General Services administration that any amendment proposed to the Constitution of the United States has been adopted, according to the provisions of the Constitution, the Administrator of General Services shall forthwith cause the amendment to be published, with his certificate, specifying the States by which the same may have been adopted, and that the same has become valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the Constitution of the United States.”. " Sec. 3. Section 112 of Title 1, United States Code, is amended by striking out, in the first sentence of the text of such section, the reference “205 of the Revised Statutes”, and in lieu thereof inserting “106b of this title”, so that such section 112 will read as follows: " “§ 112. Statutes at large; contents; admissibility in evidence“The Administrator of General Services shall cause to be compiled, edited, indexed, and published, the United States Statutes at Large, which shall contain all the laws and concurrent resolutions enacted during each regular session of Congress; all proclamations by the President in the numbered series issued since the date of the adjournment of the regular session of Congress next preceding; and also any amendments to the Constitution of the United States proposed or ratified pursuant to article V thereof since that date, together with the certificate of the Administrator of General Services issued in compliance with the provision contained in section 106b of this title. In 65 Stat. 711 the event of an extra session of Congress, the Administrator of General Services shall cause all the laws and concurrent resolutions enacted during said extra session to be consolidated with, and published as part of, the contents of the volume for the next regular session. The United States Statutes at Large shall be legal evidence of laws, concurrent resolutions, treaties, international agreements other than treaties, proclamations by the President, and proposed or ratified amendments to the Constitution of the United States therein contained, in all the courts of the United States, the several States, and the Territories and insular possessions of the United States.”. " Sec. 4. The analysis of Title 3, United States Code, entitled “The[62 Stat. 672](/us/stat/62/672). Title 3, U. S. Code: The President. President”, immediately preceding Chapter 1 of such title, is amended by inserting, immediately after and underneath item 3 in such analysis, the following new item: " “4. Delegation of Functions301”. " Sec. 5. The analysis of Chapter 1 of Title 3, United States Code, immediately preceding section 1 of such title, is amended
(1)by striking out, in item 6 of such analysis, the words “Secretary of State” and in lieu thereof inserting “Administrator of General Services”, so that such item will read “6. Credentials of electors; transmission to Administrator of General Services and to Congress; public inspection.”; and
(2)by striking out, in item 12 of such analysis, the words “Secretary of State” and in lieu thereof inserting “Administrator of General Services”, so that such item will read “12. Failure of certificates of electors to reach President of Senate or Administrator of General Services; demand on State for certificate.”. Sec. 6. Section 6 of Title 3, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " “§ 6. Credentials of electors; transmission to Administrator of General Services and to Congress; public inspection “It shall be the duty of the executive of each State, as soon as practicable after the conclusion of the appointment of the electors in such State by the final ascertainment, under and in pursuance of the laws of such State providing for such ascertainment, to communicate by registered mail under the seal of the State to the Administrator of General Services a certificate of such ascertainment of the electors appointed, setting forth the names of such electors and the canvass or other ascertainment under the laws of such State of the number of votes given or cast for each person for whose appointment any and all votes have been given or cast; and it shall also thereupon be the duty of the executive of each State to deliver to the electors of such State, on or before the day on which they are required by section 7 of this title to meet, six duplicate-originals of the same certificate under the seal of the State: and if there shall have been any final determination in a State in the manner provided for by law of a controversy or contest concerning the appointment of all or any of the electors of such State, it shall be the duty of the executive of such State, as soon as practicable after such determination, to communicate under the seal of the State to the Administrator of General Services a certificate of such determination in form and manner as the same shall have been made; and the certificate or certificates so received by the Administrator of General Services shall be preserved by him for one year and shall be a part of the public records of his office and shall be open to public inspection; and the Administrator of General Services at the first meeting of Congress thereafter shall transmit to the two Houses of Congress copies in full of each and every such certificate so received at the General Services Administration.”. " Sec. 7. Section 11 of Title 3, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 65 Stat. 712 " “§ 11. Disposition of certificates“The electors shall dispose of the certificates so made by them and the lists attached thereto in the following manner: “First. They shall forthwith forward by registered mail one of the same to the President of the Senate at the seat of government. “Second. Two of the same shall be delivered to the secretary of state of the State, one of which shall be held subject to the order of the President of the Senate, the other to be preserved by him for one year and shall be a part of the public records of his office and shall be open to public inspection. “Third. On the day thereafter they shall forward by registered mail two of such certificates and lists to the Administrator of General Services at the seat of government, one of which shall be held subject to the order of the President of the Senate. The other shall be preserved by the Administrator of General Services for one year and shall be a part of the public records of his office and shall be open to public inspection. “Fourth. They shall forthwith cause the other of the certificates and lists to be delivered to the judge of the district in which the electors shall have assembled.”. " Sec. 8. Section 12 of Title 3, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " “§ 12. Failure of certificates of electors to reach President of Senate or Administrator of General Services; demand on State for certificate“When no certificate of vote and list mentioned in sections 9 and 11 of this title from any State shall have been received by the President of the Senate or by the Administrator of General Services by the fourth Wednesday in December, after the meeting of the electors shall have been held, the President of the Senate or, if he be absent from the seat of government, the Administrator of General Services shall request, by the most expeditious method available, the secretary of state of the State to send up the certificate and list lodged with him by the electors of such State; and it shall be his duty upon receipt of such request immediately to transmit same by registered mail to the President of the Senate at the seat of government.”. " Sec. 9. Section 13 of Title 3, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " “§ 13. Same; demand on district judge for certificate“When no certificates of votes from any State shall have been received at the seat of government on the fourth Wednesday in December, after the meeting of the electors shall have been held, the President of the Senate or, if he be absent from the seat of government, the Administrator of General Services shall send a special messenger to the district judge in whose custody one certificate of votes from that State has been lodged, and such judge shall forthwith transmit that list by the hand of such messenger to the seat of government.”. " Sec. 10. Title 3 of the United States Code is further amended by inserting, immediately after section 208 of such title, the following new chapter: " “CHAPTER 4.— DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS “Sec. 301. General authorization to delegate functions; publication of delegations. 302. Scope of delegation of functions. 303. Definitions. 65 Stat. 713 “§ 301. General authorization to delegate functions; publication of delegations“The President of the United States is authorized to designate and empower the head of any department or agency in the executive branch, or any official thereof who is required to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform without approval, ratification, or other action by the President
(1)any function which is vested in the President by law, or
(2)any function which such officer is required or authorized by law to perform only with or subject to the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: *Provided*, That nothing contained herein shall relieve the President of his responsibility in office for the acts of any such head or other official designated by him to perform such functions. Such designation and authorization shall be in writing, shall be published in the Federal Register, shall be subject to such terms, conditions, and limitations as the President may deem advisable, and shall be revocable at any time by the President in whole or in part. “§ 302. Scope of delegation of functions“The authority conferred by this chapter shall apply to any function vested in the President by law if such law does not affirmatively prohibit delegation of the performance of such function as herein provided for, or specifically designate the officer or officers to whom it may be delegated. This chapter shall not be deemed to limit or derogate from any existing or inherent right of the President to delegate the performance of functions vested in him by law, and nothing herein shall be deemed to require express authorization in any case in which such an official would be presumed in law to have acted by authority or direction of the President. “§ 303. Definitions“As used in this chapter, the term ‘function’ embraces any duty, power, responsibility, authority, or discretion vested in the President or other officer concerned, and the terms ‘perform’ and ‘performance’ may be construed to mean ‘exercise’.” " Sec. 11. The analysis of Title 4, United States Code, entitled “Flag[61 Stat. 641](/us/stat/61/641). Title 4, U. S. Code: Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States. and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States”, immediately preceding Chapter 1 of such title, is amended by inserting, immediately after and underneath item 4 in such analysis, the following new item: " “5. Official Territorial Papers141”. " Sec. 12. Title 4 of the United States Code is further amended by inserting, immediately after section 111 of such title, the following new chapter: " “CHAPTER 5.— OFFICIAL TERRITORIAL PAPERS “Sec. 141. Collection, preparation and publication. 142. Appointment of experts. 143. Employment and utilization of other personnel; cost of copy reading and indexing. 144. Cooperation of departments and agencies. 145. Printing and distribution. 146. Authorization of appropriations. “§ 141. Collection, preparation and publication“The Administrator of General Services, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the ‘Administrator’, shall continue to completion the work of collecting, editing, copying, and suitably arranging for issuance as a Government publication, the official papers relating to the Territories from which States of the United States were formed, in the 65 Stat. 714 national archives, as listed in Parker’s ‘Calendar of Papers in Washington Archives Relating to the Territories of the United States (to 1873)’, being publication numbered 148 of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, together with such additional papers of like character which may be found. “§ 142. Appointment of experts“For the purpose of carrying on the work prescribed by section 141 of this title, the Administrator, without regard to the Classification [63 Stat. 954](/us/stat/63/954). [5 U. S. C. § 1071 note](/us/usc/t5/s1071).Act of 1949 and the civil service laws and regulations thereunder, may engage the services, either in or outside of the District of Columbia, of not to exceed five historical experts who are especially informed on the various phases of the territorial history of the United States and are especially qualified for the editorial work necessary in arranging such territorial papers for publication. “§ 143. Employment and utilization of other personnel; cost of copy reading and indexing “(a) In carrying out his functions under this chapter, the Administrator may employ such clerical assistants as may be necessary. “(b) The work of copy reading and index making for the publication of the papers described in section 141 of this title shall he done by the regular editorial staff of the General Services Administration, and the cost of this particular phase of the work (prorated each month according to the number of hours spent and the annual salaries of the clerks employed) shall be charged against the annual appropriations made under section 146 of this title. “§ 144. Cooperation of departments and agencies“The heads of the several executive departments and independent agencies and establishments shall cooperate with the Administrator in the work prescribed by section 141 of this title by permitting access to any records deemed by him to be necessary to the completion of such work. “§ 145. Printing and distribution “(a) The Public Printer shall print and bind each volume of the official papers relating to the Territories of the United States as provided for in this chapter, of which— “(1) four hundred and twenty copies shall be delivered to the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, for distribution, on the basis of one copy each, and as directed by the Administrator, to those historical associations, commissions, museums, or libraries and other nondepository libraries, not to exceed eight in number within each State, Territory, or Possession, which have been or may be designated by the Governor thereof to receive such copies; “(2) one hundred copies shall be delivered to the General services Administration for the use of that Administration; and “(3) one hundred copies shall be delivered to the Superintendent of Documents for distribution in such manner and number as may be authorized and directed by the Joint Committee on Printing. “(b) The historical associations, commissions, museums, or libraries and other nondepository libraries within each State, Territory, or Possession which have been or may be designated by the Governor thereof to receive the publications referred to in subsection
(a)of this section, shall, during their existence, receive the succeeding volumes, the distribution of which shall be made by the Superintendent of Documents in accordance with lists of designations transmitted to him by the Administrator. A new designation may be made to the 65 Stat. 715 Administrator by the Governor only when a designated association, commission, museum, or library shall cease to exist, or when authorized by law. “§ 146. Authorization of appropriations“For the purposes of this chapter, there are authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, sums of not more than $50,000 for any one fiscal year.”. " Sec. 13. Section 1 of Title 6, United States Code, entitled “Official[61 Stat. 646](/us/stat/61/646). Title 6, U. S. Code: Official and Penal Bonds. and Penal Bonds”, is amended by striking out the words “collectors of internal revenue,” so that such section will read as follows:" “§ 1. Custody“All bonds of the Treasurer of the United States, collectors, comptrollers of customs, surveyors, and other officers of the customs, either as such officers or as disbursing officers of the Treasury, bonds of the Secretary of the Senate, Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, shall be placed in the custody of the Secretary of the Treasury and filed as he may direct; and the duties required by law on March 2, 1895, of the Comptroller of the Treasury in regard to such bonds, as the successor of the Commissioner of Customs and First Comptroller of the Treasury, shall be performed by the Secretary of the Treasury.”. " Sec. 14. The third sentence of section 7 of Title 9, United States[61 Stat. 669](/us/stat/61/669). Title 9, U. S. Code; Arbitration. Code, entitled “Arbitration”, is amended to read as follows: “Said summons shall issue in the name of the arbitrator or arbitrators, or a majority of them, and shall be signed by the arbitrators, or a majority of them, and shall be directed to the said person and shall be served in the same manner as subpoenas to appear and testify before the court; if any person or persons so summoned to testify shall refuse or neglect to obey said summons, upon petition the United States district court for the district in which such arbitrators, or a majority of them, are sitting may compel the attendance of such person or persons before said arbitrator or arbitrators, or punish said person or persons for contempt in the same manner provided by law for securing the attendance of witnesses or their punishment for neglect or refusal to attend in the courts of the United States.”. Sec. 15. Section 760 of Title 14, United States Code, entitled “Coast[63 Stat. 495](/us/stat/63/495). Title 14, U. S. Code; Coast Guard. Guard”, is amended
(1)by striking out, in subsection
(a)of such section, the words “Bureau of Employees’ Compensation, Federal Security Agency,” and in lieu thereof inserting “Secretary of Labor”; and
(2)by striking out, in subsection
(c)of such section, the words “Bureau for benefits because of an alleged injury or death, the Bureau shall notify” and in lieu thereof inserting “Secretary of Labor for benefits because of an alleged injury or death, the Secretary of Labor, or such officer, agency or employee of the Department of Labor as he shall designate, shall notify”, so that such section will read as follows: " “§ 760. Disability or death benefits for temporary members “(a) In case of physical injury, or death resulting from physical injury, to any temporary member of the Reserve incurred incident to service while performing active Coast Guard duty, or engaged in authorized travel to or from such duty, the provisions of law authorizing compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, subject to this section, shall apply, and shall be administered by the Secretary of Labor in the same manner and to the same extent as if such person were a civil employee of the United States and were injured in the performance of his duty. For benefit computation, regardless of pay or pay status, such person shall be deemed to have had monthly pay of $150. 65 Stat. 716 “(b) This section does not apply in any case coming within the purview of the Workmen’s Compensation Law of any state, territory, or other jurisdiction because of a concurrent employment status of such temporary member; and where such temporary member or dependent would be entitled to a benefit under the provisions of law authorizing compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties and also to any concurrent benefit from the United States on account of the same disability or death, such temporary member or dependent shall elect which benefit he shall receive. “(c) Whenever, pursuant to this section a claim is filed with the Secretary of Labor for benefits because of an alleged injury or death, the Secretary of Labor, or such officer, agency, or employee of the Department of Labor as he shall designate, shall notify the Commandant who shall cause an investigation to be made into the facts surrounding such alleged injury and make certification with respect thereto, including certification as to such injured or deceased person’s temporary membership in the Reserve and his military status, and whether the injury or death occurred incident to service. “(d) Temporary members of the Reserve who incur physical disability or contract sickness or disease while performing any specific duty to which they have been assigned by competent Coast Guard authority shall be entitled to the same hospital treatment afforded officers and enlisted men of the Coast Guard.”. " Sec. 16.
(a)The first sentence of section 3 of Title 17, United[61 Stat. 652](/us/stat/61/642). Title 17, U. S. Code: Copyrights. States Code, entitled “Copyrights”, is amended by striking out “tile” appearing in such sentence, and in lieu thereof inserting “title”, so that such sentence will read as follows: " “The copyright provided by this title shall protect all the copyrightable component parts of the work copyrighted, and all matter therein in which copyright is already subsisting, but without extending the duration or scope of such copyright.”. "
(b)The first paragraph of section 8 of Title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking out the word “June” appearing near the end of such paragraph, and in lieu thereof inserting “January”, so that such paragraph will read as follows: " “No copyright shall subsist in the original text of any work which is in the public domain, or in any work which was published in this country or any foreign country prior to July 1, 1909, and has not been already copyrighted in the United States, or in any publication of the United States Government, or any reprint, in whole or in part, thereof: *Provided*, That copyright may be secured by the Postmaster General on behalf of the United States in the whole or any part of [52 Stat. 6](/us/stat/52/6).the publications authorized by section 1 of the Act of January 27, 1938 (39 U. S. C. 371).”. "
(c)Section 112 of Title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking out, near the beginning of the first sentence in such section, the words “such court”, and in lieu thereof inserting “court mentioned in section 1338 of Title 28”, so that such section will read as follows: " “§ 112. Injunctions; service and enforcement “Any court mentioned in section 1338 of Title 28 or judge thereof shall have power, upon complaint filed by any party aggrieved, to grant injunctions to prevent and restrain the violation of any right secured by this title, according to the course and principles of courts of equity, on such terms as said court or judge may deem reasonable. Any injunction that may be granted restraining and enjoining the doing of anything forbidden by this title may be served on the parties against whom such injunction may be granted anywhere in the 65 Stat. 717 United States, and shall be operative throughout the United States and be enforceable by proceedings in contempt or otherwise by any other court or judge possessing jurisdiction of the defendants.”. " Sec. 17. Section 114 of Title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking out the reference “110 of this title”, appearing in such section, and in lieu thereof inserting “1338 of Title 28”, so that such section 114 will read as follows: " “§ 114. Review of orders, judgments, or decrees “The orders, judgments, or decrees of any court mentioned in section 1338 of Title 28 arising under the copyright laws of the United States may be reviewed on appeal in the manner and to the extent now provided by law for the review of cases determined in said courts, respectively.”. " Sec. 17a. The analysis of chapter 2 of Title 17, United States Code, immediately preceding section 101 of such title, is amended by striking out the following five items: " “101.
(f)Rules of procedure. “102. Jurisdiction of courts in enforcing remedies. “103. Joinder of proceedings for different remedies. “110. Jurisdiction of actions under laws. “111. District in which actions may be brought.” " Sec. 17b. Section 2 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended to[62 Stat. 683](/us/stat/62/683). Title 18, U. S. Code: Crimes and Criminal Procedure. read as follows: " “§ 2. Principals “(a) Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal. “(b) Whoever willfully causes an act to be done which if directly performed by him or another would be an offense against the United States, is punishable as a principal.” " Sec. 18. The analysis of Chapter 23 of Title 18, United States Code, entitled “Crimes and Criminal Procedure”, immediately preceding section 431 of such title, is amended by striking out the item “431. Contracts by Members of Congress; exceptions.”, and in lieu thereof inserting “431. Contracts by Member of Congress.”. Sec. 19. The catchline to section 431 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out “; exceptions”, so that such catch-line will read as follows: “§ 431. Contracts by Member of Congress”. Sec. 20.
(a)Section 443 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " “§ 443. War contracts “Whoever willfully secretes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys— “(a) any records of a war contractor relating to the negotiation, award, performance, payment, interim financing, cancellation or other termination, or settlement of a war contract of $25,000 or more; or “(b) any records of a war contractor or purchaser relating to any disposition of termination inventory in which the consideration received by any war contractor or any government agency is $5,000 or more, before the lapse of
(1)five years after such disposition of termination inventory by such war contractor or government agency, or
(2)five years after the final settlement of such war contract, or
(3)five years after 12 o’clock noon of December 31, 1946, whichever applicable period is longer, shall, if a corporation, be fined not more than $50,000, and, if a natural person, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. 65 Stat. 718 “The Administrator of General Services, by regulation, may authorize the destruction of such records upon such terms and conditions as he deems appropriate, including the requirement for the making and retaining of photographs or microphotographs, which shall have the same force and effect as the originals thereof. “The definitions of terms in section 103 of Title 41 shall apply to similar terms used in this section.”. "
(b)Section 603 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out, after “purpose” in such section, the words “from any such person”, so that such section will read as follows: " “§ 603. Place of solicitation“Whoever, in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by any person mentioned in section 602 of this title, or in any navy yard, fort, or arsenal, solicits or receives any contribution of money or other thing of value for any political purpose, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.”. "
(c)The second paragraph of section 610 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended
(1)by inserting after “as the case may be,” in such paragraph, the words “and any person who accepts or receives any contribution,”;
(2)by inserting a comma after “section” where such word precedes “shall be fined not more than $1,000” in such paragraph; and
(3)by inserting, immediately after “both” and preceding the period at the end of such paragraph, the following: “; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both”, so that such paragraph will read as follows: " “Every corporation or labor organization which makes any contribution or expenditure in violation of this section shall be fined not more than $5,000; and every officer or director of any corporation, or officer of any labor organization, who consents to any contribution or expenditure by the corporation or labor organization, as the case may be, and any person who accepts or receives any contribution, in violation of this section, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.”. " Sec. 21. Section 658 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out the words “any production credit corporation or corporation in which a production credit corporation holds stock”, and in lieu thereof inserting “any production credit association organized under sections 1131–1134m of Title 12, or in which a Production Credit Corporation holds stock”, so that such section will read as follows: " “§ 658. Property mortgaged or pledged to farm credit agencies “Whoever, with intent to defraud, knowingly conceals, removes, disposes of, or converts to his own use or to that of another, any property mortgaged or pledged to, or held by, the Farm Credit Administration, any Federal intermediate credit bank, or the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Farmers’ Home Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture acting through the Farmers’ Home Administration, any production credit association organized under sections 1131–1134m of Title 12, or in which a Production Credit Corporation holds stock, any regional agricultural credit corporation, or any bank for cooperatives, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; but if the value of such property does not exceed $100, he shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.”. " 65 Stat. 719 Sec. 21a. Section 708 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: " “This section shall not make unlawful the use of any such design or insignia which was lawful on August 31, 1948.” " Sec. 22. The eighth paragraph of section 709 of Title 18, United States Code is amended to read as follows: " “Whoever uses as a firm or business name the words ‘Federal Housing’. ‘National Housing’ or ‘Public Housing Administration’ or any combination or variation of those words alone or with other words reasonably calculated to convey the false impression that such name or business has some connection with, or authorization from, the Federal Housing Administration, the Public Housing Administration, the Government of the United States or any agency thereof, which does not in fact exist, or falsely advertises by any device whatsoever that any project, business or product has been in any way indorsed, authorized or approved by the Federal Housing Administration, the Public Housing Administration, the Government of the United States or any agency thereof; or”. " Sec. 23. The analysis of Chapter 37 of Title 18, United States Code, immediately preceding section 791 of such title, is amended by inserting at the end of such analysis, immediately under item 797, the following new item: “798. Disclosure of classified information.”. Sec. 24.
(a)Title 18 of the United States Code is further amended by inserting in Chapter 37 of such title, immediately following section 797 of such title, the following new section: " “§ 798. Disclosure of Classified Information “(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully communicates, furnishes, transmits, or otherwise makes available to an unauthorized person, or publishes, or uses in any manner prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the detriment of the United States any classified information— “(1) concerning the nature, preparation, or use of any code, cipher, or cryptographic system of the United States or any foreign government; or “(2) concerning the design, construction, use, maintenance, or repair of any device, apparatus, or appliance used or prepared or planned for use by the United States or any foreign government for cryptographic or communication intelligence purposes; or “(3) concerning the communication intelligence activities of the United States or any foreign government; or “(4) obtained by the processes of communication intelligence from the communications of any foreign government, knowing the same to have been obtained by such processes— “Shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. “(b) As used in subsection
(a)of this section— “The term ‘classified information’ means information which, at the time of a violation of this section, is, for reasons of national security, specifically designated by a United States Government Agency for limited or restricted dissemination or distribution; “The terms ‘code,’ ‘cipher,’ and ‘cryptographic system’ include in their meanings, in addition to their usual meanings, any method of secret writing and any mechanical or electrical device or method used for the purpose of disguising or concealing the contents, significance, or meanings of communications; “The term ‘foreign government’ includes in its meaning any person or persons acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of any faction, party, department, agency, bureau, or military force of or within a 65 Stat. 720foreign country, or for or on behalf of any government or any person or persons purporting to act as a government within a foreign country, whether or not such government is recognized by the United States; “The term ‘communication intelligence’ means all procedures and methods used in the interception of communications and the obtaining of information from such communications by other than the intended recipients; “The term ‘unauthorized person’ means any person who, or agency which, is not authorized to receive information of the categories set forth in subsection
(a)of this section, by the President, or by the head of a department or agency of the United States Government which is expressly designated by the President to engage in communication intelligence activities for the United States. “(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the furnishing, upon lawful demand, of information to any regularly constituted committee of the Senate or House of Representatives of the United States of America, or joint committee thereof.”. "
(b)Section 872 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended
(1)by inserting a comma immediately after the word “such” in such section; and
(2)by striking out the comma immediately after the word “employment” in such section, so that such section will read as follows: " “§ 872. Extortion by officers or employees of the United States“Whoever, being an officer, or employee of the United States or any department or agency thereof, or representing himself to be or assuming to act as such, under color or pretense of office or employment commits or attempts an act of extortion, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; but if the amount so extorted or demanded does not exceed $100, he shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.” " Sec. 25. The analysis of chapter 47 of Title 18, United States Code, immediately preceding section 1001 of such title, is amended by striking out, in item 1012 of such analysis, the words “United States Housing Authority” and in lieu thereof inserting “Public Housing administration”, so that such item will read as follows: “1012. Public Housing Administration transactions.”. Sec. 26. Section 1012 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended
(1)by striking out in the catchline to such section, the words “United States Housing Authority” and in lieu thereof inserting “Public Housing Administration”;
(2)by striking out, in the first paragraph of such section, the words “United States Housing Authority” and in lieu thereof inserting “Public Housing Administration”; and
(3)by striking out the word “Authority”, wherever it appears in such section, and in lieu thereof inserting “Administration”, so that such section will read as follows: " “§ 1012. Public Housing Administration transactions “Whoever, with intent to defraud, makes any false entry in any book of the Public Housing Administration or makes any false report or statement to or for such Administration; or “Whoever receives any compensation, rebate, or reward, with intent to defraud such Administration or with intent unlawfully to defeat its purposes; or “Whoever induces or influences such Administration to purchase or acquire any property or to enter into any contract and willfully fails to disclose any interest which he has in such property or in the property to which such contract relates, or any special benefit which he expects to receive as a result of such contract— 65 Stat. 721 “Shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.”. " Sec. 27. Section 1020 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out “Secretary of Agriculture”, where it appears in the first and second paragraphs of such section, and in lieu thereof inserting “Secretary of Commerce”, so that the first and second paragraphs will read as follows: " “Whoever, being an officer, agent, or employee of the United States, or of any State or Territory, or whoever, whether a person, association, firm, or corporation, knowingly makes any false statement, false representation, or false report as to the character, quality, quantity, or cost of the material used or to be used, or the quantity or quality of the work performed or to be performed, or the costs thereof in connection with the submission of plans, maps, specifications, contracts, or costs of construction of any highway or related project submitted for approval to the Secretary of Commerce; or “Whoever knowingly makes any false statement, false representation, or false report or claim for work or materials for the construction of any highway or related project approved by the Secretary of Commerce; or”. " Sec. 28. Section 1114 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out the words “the field service of the Division of Grazing of the Department of the Interior”, appearing in such section, and in lieu thereof inserting “the field service of the Bureau of Land Management”, so that such section will read as follows: " “§ 1114. Protection of officers and employees of the United States“Whoever kills any judge of the United States, any United States Attorney, any Assistant United States Attorney, or any United States marshal or deputy marshal or person employed to assist such marshal or deputy marshal, any officer or employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice, any post-office inspector, any officer or employee of the secret service or of the Bureau of Narcotics, any officer or enlisted man of the Coast Guard, any officer or employee of any United States penal or correctional institution, any officer, employee or agent of the customs or of the internal revenue or any person assisting him in the execution of his duties, any immigrant inspector or any immigration patrol inspector, any officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture or of the Department of the Interior designated by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior to enforce any Act of Congress for the protection, preservation, or restoration of game and other wild birds and animals, any officer or employee of the National Park Service, any officer or employee of, or assigned to duty in, the field service of the Bureau of Land Management, any employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture, or any officer or employee of the Indian field service of the United States, while engaged in the performance of his official duties, or on account of the performance of his official duties, shall be punished as provided under sections 1111 and 1112 of this title.” " Sec. 29. Section 1302 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out the semicolon at the end of the opening clause in the text of such section, and in lieu thereof inserting a colon, so that such clause will read as follows: “Whoever knowingly deposits in the mail, or sends or delivers by mail:” Sec. 30. Section 3113 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out, in the second paragraph of such section, the words “War Department” and in lieu thereof inserting “Department of the Army”, so that such section will read as follows: 65 Stat. 722 " “§ 3113. Liquor violations in Indian country “If any superintendent of Indian affairs, or commanding officer of a military post, or special agent of the Office of Indian Affairs for the suppression of liquor traffic among Indians and in the Indian country and any authorized deputies under his supervision has probable cause to believe that any person is about to introduce or has introduced any spirituous liquor, beer, wine or other intoxicating liquors named in sections 1154 and 1156 of this title into the Indian country in violation of law, he may cause the places, conveyances, and packages of such person to be searched. If any such intoxicating liquor is found therein, the same, together with such conveyances and packages of such person, shall be seized and delivered to the proper officer, and shall be proceeded against by libel in the proper court, and forfeited, one-half to the informer and one-half to the use of the United States. If such person be a trader, his license shall be revoked and his bond put in suit. “Any person in the service of the United States authorized by this section to make searches and seizures, or any Indian may take and destroy any ardent spirits or wine found in the Indian country, except such as are kept or used for scientific, sacramental, medicinal, or mechanical purposes or such as may be introduced therein by the Department of the Army. “In all cases arising under this section and sections 1154 and 1156 of this title, Indians shall be competent witnesses,”. " Sec. 31. Section 4122 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out, in subsections
(d)and
(e)of such section, the words “National Military Establishment”, and in lieu thereof inserting, in each such place, the words “Department of Defense”, so that such section will read as follows: " “§ 4122. Administration of Federal Prison Industries “(a) Federal Prison Industries shall determine in what manner and to what extent industrial operations shall be carried on in Federal penal and correctional institutions for the production of commodities for consumption in such institutions or for sale to the departments or agencies of the United States, but not for sale to the public in competition with private enterprise. “(b) Its board of directors shall provide employment for all physically fit inmates in the United States penal and correctional institutions, diversify, so far as practicable, prison industrial operations and so operate the prison shops that no single private industry shall be forced to bear an undue burden of competition from the products of the prison workshops, and to reduce to a minimum competition with private industry or free labor. “(c) Its board of directors may provide for the vocational training of qualified inmates without regard to their industrial or other assignments. “(d) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the industrial employment and training of prisoners convicted by general courts-martial and confined in any institution under the jurisdiction of any department or agency comprising the Department of Defense, to the extent and under terms and conditions agreed upon by the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General and the Board of Directors of Federal Prison Industries. “(e) Any department or agency of the Department of Defense may, without exchange of funds, transfer to Federal Prison Industries any property or equipment suitable for use in performing the functions and duties covered by agreement entered into under subsection
(d)of this section.”. " 65 Stat. 723 Sec. 32. Section 4124 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out, in the second paragraph of such section, the words “Director of the Bureau of Federal Supply, Department of the Treasury” and in lieu thereof inserting “Administrator of General Services”, so that such section will read as follows: " “§ 4124. Purchase of prison-made products by Federal Departments “The several Federal departments and agencies and all other Government institutions of the United States shall purchase at not to exceed current market prices, such products of the industries authorized by this chapter as meet their requirements and may be available. “Disputes as to the price, quality, character, or suitability of such products shall be arbitrated by a board consisting of the Comptroller General of the United States, the Administrator of General Services, and the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, or their representatives. Their decision shall be final and binding upon all parties.”. " Sec. 33. The analysis of Chapter 313 of Title 18, United States Code, immediately preceding section 4241 of such title, is amended by striking out all of item 4243, in such analysis, and in lieu thereof inserting “4243. Delivery to state authorities on expiration of sentence.”. Sec. 34. Section 41 of Title 28, United States Code, entitled “Judiciary[62 Stat. 869](/us/stat/62/869). Title 28, U. S. Code: Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. and Judicial Procedure”, is amended by inserting, immediately preceding “Hawaii” in that part of such section relating to the composition of the Ninth judicial circuit, the following: “Guam,”, so that such part will read as follows: “Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Guam, Hawaii.”. Sec. 35. Subsection
(a)of section 45 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting, immediately after “circuit judge” in such subsection, the words “in active service who is”, so that such subsection will read as follows: " “(a) The circuit judge in active service who is senior in commission shall be the chief judge of the circuit.”. " Sec. 36. Section 46 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end of such section the following new paragraph: " “Any court of appeals may, with the consent of the Judicial Conference of the United States, pretermit any regular term or session of the court at any place for insufficient business or other good cause.”. " Sec. 36a. Subsection
(6)of section 90 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking out the word “Washington”, so that the subsection will read as follows: " “(6) The Swainsboro Division comprises the counties of Bullock, Candler, Emanuel, Jefferson, Jenkins, and Toombs. “Court for the Swainsboro Division shall be held at Swainsboro.” " Sec. 37. Subsection
(a)of section 136 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting, immediately after “district judge” in such subsection, the words “in active service who is”, so that such subsection will read as follows: " “(a) In each district having more than one judge the district judge in active service who is senior in commission shall be the chief judge of the district court.”. " Sec. 38. The first paragraph of section 333 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting, immediately after “Canal Zone,” in such paragraph, the following: “the District Court of Guam,”, so that such paragraph will read as follows: " “The chief judge of each circuit shall summon annually the circuit and district judges of the circuit, in active service to a conference at a time and place that he designates, for the purpose of considering the business of the courts and advising means of improving the adminis- 65 Stat. 724 tration of justice within such circuit. He shall preside at such conference, which shall be known as the Judicial Conference of the circuit. The judges of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam, and the District Court of the Virgin Islands shall also be summoned annually to the conferences of their respective circuits.”. " Sec. 39. Section 371 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended
(1)by inserting the subsection designation “(a)” at the beginning of the first paragraph of the section;
(2)by inserting the subsection designation “(b)” at the beginning of the second paragraph of the section;
(3)by inserting the subsection designation “(c)” at the beginning of the fourth paragraph of the section;
(4)by striking out, in the second paragraph of subsection
(c)of such section (as herein so designated) the words “who retires or”;
(5)by inserting, immediately after “precedence,” in the second paragraph of subsection
(c)of such section, the words “service as chief judge or temporary performance of the duties of that office,”; and
(6)by inserting, immediately after “junior” in the second paragraph of subsection
(c)of such section, the words “in commission”, so that such section will read as follows: " “§ 371. Resignation or retirement for age; substitute judge on failure to retire “(a) Any justice or judge of the United States appointed to hold office during good behavior who resigns after attaining the age of seventy years and after serving at least ten years continuously or otherwise shall, during the remainder of his lifetime, continue to receive the salary which he was receiving when he resigned. “(b) Any justice or judge of the United States appointed to hold office during good behavior may retain his office but retire from regular active service after attaining the age of seventy years and after serving at least ten years continuously or otherwise. He shall, during the remainder of his lifetime, continue to receive the salary of the office. “The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a successor to a justice or judge who retires. “(c) Whenever any circuit or district judge eligible to resign or retire under this section does neither, and the President finds that such judge is unable to discharge efficiently all the duties of his office by reason of permanent mental or physical disability and that the appointment of an additional judge is necessary for the efficient dispatch of business, the President may make such appointment by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. If such additional judge is appointed, the vacancy subsequently caused by the death, resignation, or retirement of the disabled judge shall not be filled. “Any circuit or district judge whose disability causes the appointment of an additional judge, shall, for purposes of precedence, service as chief judge or temporary performance of the duties of that office, be treated as junior in commission to the other judges of the circuit or district.”. " Sec. 40. The first paragraph of section 373 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting, immediately after “Canal Zone” in such paragraph, the following: “, the District Court of Guam”, so that such paragraph will read as follows: " “Any judge of the United States District Courts for the districts of Hawaii or Puerto Rico, the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam or the District Court of the Virgin 65 Stat. 725Islands and any justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii who resigns, retires, or fails of reappointment or is removed by the President of the United States upon the sole ground of mental or physical disability, after attaining the age of seventy years and after serving as judge of one or more of such courts, at least sixteen years, continuously or otherwise, shall continue to receive the salary which he received when he relinquished office.”. " Sec. 41. The second paragraph of subsection
(c)of section 411 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking out the words “Secretary of War”, and in lieu thereof inserting “Secretary of the Army”, so that such second paragraph will read as follows: " “Reports and digests printed prior to June 12, 1926, shall not be furnished to the Secretary of the Army for military headquarters.”. " Sec. 42. The analysis of Chapter 21 of Title 28, United States Code, immediately preceding section 451 of such title, is amended by inserting, immediately after “Canal Zone” in item 460 in such analysis, the following: “, Guam”, so that such item will read as follows: “460. Application to Alaska, Canal Zone, Guam and Virgin Islands.”. Sec. 43.
(a)Section 460 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended
(1)by inserting, immediately after “Canal Zone” in the catchline to such section, the following: “, Guam”; and
(2)by inserting, immediately after “Canal Zone” in the text of such section, the following: “, the District Court of Guam”; so that such section will read as follows: " “§ 460. Application to Alaska, Canal Zone, Guam and Virgin Islands“Sections 452–459 of this chapter shall also apply to the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam and the District Court of the Virgin Islands and the judges thereof.”. "
(b)The second paragraph of section 603 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking out the reference “sections 661–673 and 674 of Title 5” appearing in such paragraph, and in lieu thereof inserting “the Classification Act of 1949”, so that such paragraph will read as follows: " “The Director shall fix the compensation of Administrative Office employees according to the Classification Act of 1949.”.[63 Stat. 954](/us/stat/63/954). [5 U. S. C. § 1071 note](/us/usc/t5/s1071). " Sec. 44. Section 6i0 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting, immediately after “Canal Zone,” in such section, the following: “the District Court of Guam,”, so that such section will read as follows: " “§ 610. Courts defined“As used in this chapter the word ‘courts’ includes the courts of appeals and district courts of the United States, the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the Court of Claims, the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, and the Customs Court.”. " Sec. 45. Subsection
(b)of section 676 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting, immediately after “section 411”, and immediately after “sections 411 and 412, in such subsection, the words “of this title”, so that such subsection will read as follows: " “(b) Whenever advance pamphlet installments and bound volumes of the Court’s decisions are printed by a private printer, an adequate number of copies for distribution in accordance with the requirements of section 411 of this title and for sale to the public shall be provided and made available for these purposes in such manner and at such prices as may be determined from time to time by the Supreme Court 65 Stat. 726 or the Chief Justice of the United States, in lieu of compliance by the Public Printer and the Superintendent of Documents with the requirements of sections 411 and 412 of this title with respect to such copies. Pending distribution or sale, such copies shall be the property of the United States and shall be held in the custody of the marshal or such other person, organization, or agency, as the Supreme Court or the Chief Justice of the United States may designate.”. " Sec. 46. The first paragraph of subsection
(a)of section 753 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting, immediately after “Canal Zone,” in such paragraph, the following: “the District Court of Guam,”, so that such paragraph will read as follows: " “(a) Each district court of the United States, the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam, and the District Court of the Virgin Islands shall appoint one or more court reporters.”. " Sec. 47. The first paragraph of section 1252 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting, immediately after “Canal Zone” in such paragraph, the following: “, the District Court of Guam”, so that such paragraph will read as follows: " “Any party may appeal to the Supreme Court from an interlocutory or final judgment, decree or order of any court of the United States, the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam and the District Court of the Virgin Islands and any court of record of Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, holding an Act of Congress unconstitutional in any civil action, suit, or proceeding to which the United States or any of its agencies, or any officer or employee thereof, as such officer or employee, is a party.”. " Sec. 48. Section 1291 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately after “Canal Zone” in such section, the words “, the District Court of Guam”, so that such section will read as follows: " “The courts of appeals shall have jurisdiction of appeals from all final decisions of the district courts of the United States, the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam, and the District Court of the Virgin Islands, except where a direct review may be had in the Supreme Court.” " Sec. 49. Paragraph
(1)of section 1292 of Title 28, United States Code, being that paragraph which follows the opening clause of such section, is amended by inserting, immediately after “Canal Zone”, in such paragraph, the following: “the District Court of Guam,”, so that such section will read as follows: " “§ 1292. Interlocutory decisions “The courts of appeals shall have jurisdiction of appeals from: “(1) Interlocutory orders of the district courts of the United States, the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam, and the District Court of the Virgin Islands, or of the judges thereof, granting, continuing, modifying, refusing or dissolving injunctions, or refusing to dissolve or modify injunctions, except where a direct review may be had in the Supreme Court; “(2) Interlocutory orders appointing receivers, or refusing orders to wind up receiverships or to take steps to accomplish the purposes thereof, such as directing sales or other disposals of property; “(3) Interlocutory decrees of such district courts or the judges thereof determining the rights and liabilities of the parties to admiralty cases in which appeals from final decrees are allowed; 65 Stat. 727 “(4) Judgments in civil actions for patent infringement which are final except for accounting.”. " Sec. 50.
(a)Section 1294 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended
(1)by striking out the period at the end of clause
(6)of such section and in lieu thereof inserting a semicolon; and
(2)by adding a new clause at the end of such section, to read as follows: " “(7) From the District Court of Guam, to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit”. "
(b)Clause
(2)of subsection
(d)of section 1346 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended
(1)by inserting, immediately after “action” in such clause, the words “or claim”; and
(2)by inserting, immediately after “officers” in such clause, the words “or employees”, so that such subsection will read as follows: " “(d) The district courts shall not have jurisdiction under this section of: “(1) Any civil action or claim for a pension; “(2) Any civil action or claim to recover fees, salary, or compensation for official services of officers or employees of the United States.”. "
(c)Section 1498 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting, immediately after and underneath the first paragraph of such section, the following new paragraph: " “For the purposes of this section, the use or manufacture of an invention described in and covered by a patent of the United States by a contractor, a subcontractor, or any person, firm, or corporation for the Government and with the authorization or consent of the Government, shall be construed as use or manufacture for the United States.”. " Sec. 51.
(a)The second sentence in the first paragraph of section 1821 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking out, in that part which precedes the first proviso in such sentence, the word “residence”, and in lieu thereof inserting “residences”, so that such part will read as follows: “Witnesses who are not salaried employees of the Government and who are not in custody and who attend at points so far removed from their respective residences as to prohibit return thereto from day to day shall be entitled to an additional allowance of $5 per day for expenses of subsistence including the time necessarily occupied in going to and returning from the place of attendance:”.
(b)Subsection
(b)of section 1915 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking out the words “furnishing a stenographic transcript and”, so that such subsection will read as follows: " “(b) In any civil or criminal case the court may, upon the filing of a like affidavit, direct that the expense of printing the record on appeal, if such printing is required by the appellate court, be paid by the United States, and the same shall be paid when authorized by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.”. "
(c)Subsection
(e)of section 1915 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " “(e) Judgment may be rendered for costs at the conclusion of the suit or action as in other cases, but the United States shall not be liable for any of the costs thus incurred. If the United States has paid the cost of a stenographic transcript or printed record for the prevailing party, the same shall be taxed in favor of the United States.”. " Sec. 52. The second paragraph of section 2253 of Title 28 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " “There shall be no right of appeal from such an order in a proceeding to test the validity of a warrant to remove, to another district or 65 Stat. 728place for commitment or trial, a person charged with a criminal offense against the United States, or to test the validity of his detention pending removal proceedings.”. " Sec. 53. The second proviso in the third paragraph of section 125 of the Act of June 3, 1916 (ch. 134, 39 Stat. 216; 10 U. S. C., sec. 1393), as last amended by section 15
(b)of the Act of May 24, 1949 (ch. 39, Protection of uniform.63 Stat. 91), is amended to read as follows: “*Provided further*, That when an enlisted man is discharged for bad conduct, undesirability, unsuitability, inaptitude or otherwise than honorably, all uniform outer clothing in his possession shall be retained for military use, and, when authorized by regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Navy, a suit of civilian outer clothing, and a civilian overcoat when necessary, the total cost not to exceed $30, may be issued to such discharged enlisted man of the Army, Navy or Marine Corps:”. Sec. 53a.
(a)Upon the filing of a complaint in the United StatesPatents. District Court for the District of Columbia wherein remedy is sought under section 4915 or section 4918 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (35 U. S. C., secs. 63 and 66), without seeking other remedy, if it shall appear that there is an adverse party residing in a foreign country, or adverse parties residing in a plurality of districts not embraced within the same State, the court shall have jurisdiction thereof and process shall, unless the adverse party or parties voluntarily make appearance, be issued against all of the adverse parties and served anywhere within the United States, except that process issued against parties residing in foreign countries pursuant to this section may be served by publication or otherwise as the court may direct.
(b)The provisions of subsection
(a)of this section shall be deemed to be in effect as of September 1, 1948. Sec. 54. Section 6 of the Act approved October 31, 1942 (ch. 634, 56 Stat. 1014; 35 U. S. C., sec. 94) is amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 6. For the purposes of this Act, the manufacture, use, sale, or other disposition of an invention, whether patented or unpatented, by a contractor, a subcontractor, or any person, firm, or corporation for the Government and with the authorization or consent of the Government shall be construed as manufacture, use, sale, or other disposition for the United States.”. " Sec. 55.
(a)Section 24 of the Organic Act of Guam (Act AugustGuam. 1, 1950, ch. 512, sec. 24, 64 Stat. 390; 48 U. S. C., sec. 1424b) is amended
(1)by striking out, in the second sentence of subsection
(a)of such section, the words “and shall be entitled to the benefits of retirement provided in section 373 of title 28, United States Code” and the comma immediately preceding such words; and
(2)by striking out, in subsection
(c)of such section, the reference “21, 41, 43, 49, and 57” and in lieu thereof inserting “43 and 49”; so that such section will read as follows: " Sec. 24.
(a)The President shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a judge for the District Court of Guam who shall hold office for the term of four years and until his successor is chosen and qualified unless sooner removed by the President for cause. The judge shall receive a salary payable by the United States which shall be the same as the salary of the Governor of Guam as provided by section 26
(a)of this Act The Chief Justice of the United States may, with the consent of the judge so assigned, assign any United States circuit or district judge to serve as a judge in the District Court of Guam whenever it is made to appear that such an assignment is necessary for the proper dispatch of the business of the court. “(b) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a United States attorney and United States marshal 65 Stat. 729 for Guam to whose offices the provisions of chapters 31 and 33 of title 28, United States Code, respectively, shall apply. “(c) The provisions of chapters 43 and 49 of title 28, United States Code, shall apply to the District Court of Guam.”. "
(b)Paragraph
(f)of section 7 of the Act approved August 9, 1939 (ch. 618, 53 Stat. 1292 (1293); 49 U. S. C., sec. 787 (f)) is amended by striking out the reference “147 of the Criminal Code, as amended (U. S. C., title 18, sec. 261)” in such paragraph, and in lieu thereof inserting “8 of Title 18”, so that such paragraph will read as follows: " “(f) The words ‘obligation or other security of the United States’ are used as now or hereafter defined in section 8 of Title 18.”. " Sec. 56.
(a)The last paragraph under the subheading “GeneralRepeals. Provisions” under the heading “Navy Department” in section 101 of the Act approved December 23, 1943 (chapter 380, Title I, 57 Stat. 628 [top of page]; 34 U. S. C., sec. 197a), as amended by section 17 of the Act approved August 4, 1949 (Chapter 393, 63 Stat. 560), is hereby repealed.
(b)The second proviso in section 10 of the Act approved March 4, 1925 (chapter 536, 43 Stat. 1274; 34 U. S. C., sec. 722), is hereby repealed.
(c)The Act approved May 13, 1950 (chapter 185, P. L. 513, 81st Cong., 64 Stat. 159, 160; 50 U. S. C., secs. 46–46b) is hereby repealed.
(d)Sections 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Act approved March 8, 1902 (chapter 140, 32 Stat. 55; 19 U. S. C., former secs. 152a [including that part of such section 6 which was not classified to 19 U. S. C., former sec. 152a], 152b, 577; 48 U. S. C., former sec. 1009) are hereby repealed.
(e)Section 23 of the Organic Act of Guam (Act August 1, 1950, chapter 512, section 23, 64 Stat. 390; 48 U. S. C., sec. 1424a) is hereby repealed.
(f)Section 3051 of Title 18, United States Code, and all of item 3051 in the analysis of chapter 203 of such title (immediately preceding section 3041 of such title), are hereby repealed.
(g)The third paragraph under the heading “United States Court of Customs Appeals” in section 1 of the Act approved March 4, 1911 (chapter 237, 36 Stat. 1170), such heading and paragraph being on page 1234 of volume 36, Statutes at Large (31 U. S. C., sec. 687), is hereby repealed.
(h)Section 204 of the Revised Statutes, as amended by section 2 of the Act approved December 28, 1874 (chapter 9, 18 Stat. 294), and[5 U. S. C. §§ 159, 160](/us/usc/t5/s159/160). section 205 of the Revised Statutes, are hereby repealed.
(i)That part of section 73 of the Printing Act of January 12, 1895 (chapter 23, 28 Stat. 615) relating to the compilation, editing, indexing, and publication of the United States Statutes at Large, which part was amended by the Act approved June 20, 1936 (chapter 630, sec. 9, 49 Stat. 1551) and by the Act approved June 16, 1938 (chapter 477, sec. 1, 52 Stat. 760), and is classified to section 196 of Title 44, United States Code, is hereby repealed. This subsection shall not be construed as repealing that part of such section 73, as amended, which relates to the printing, binding, and distribution of the Statutes at Large and the United States Treaties and Other International Agreements. and is classified to section 196a of Title 44, United States Code, or any other part of such section 73, nor shall it be construed as repealing sections 112 and 112a of Title 1, United States Code, relating to the same subject matter as the subject matter in the part of such section 73 herein repealed.
(j)The Act approved August 8, 1950 (chapter 646, 64 Stat. 419)[5 U. S. C. §§ 301–303](/us/usc/t5/s301–303). is hereby repealed.
(k)There are hereby repealed the following statutes and parts of statutes: 65 Stat. 730
(1)Act approved March 3, 1925, chapter 419, sections 1 and[5 U. S. C. §§ 167, 168](/us/usc/t5/s167/168). 2, 43 Stat. 1104.
(2)Act approved February 28, 1929, chapter 385, 45 Stat.[5 U. S. C. §§ 168–168b](/us/usc/t5/s168–168b). 1412, 1413.
(3)Act approved March 22, 1935, chapter 39, section 1 (part), [5 U. S. C. § 168c](/us/usc/t5/s168c).49 Stat. 69 (only the proviso in the paragraph immediately under the heading “Collecting and Editing Official Papers of Territories of the United States”, appearing on page 69).
(4)Act approved February 14, 1936, chapter 70, 49 Stat.[5 U. S. C. § 168a](/us/usc/t5/s168a). 1139.
(5)Act approved May 15, 1936, chapter 405, section 1 (part), [5 U. S. C. § 168c](/us/usc/t5/s168c).49 Stat. 1311 (only the proviso in the paragraph immediately under the heading “Collecting and Editing Official Papers of the Territories of the United States”, appearing on page 1311).
(6)Act approved June 16, 1937, chapter 359, section 1 (part), 50 Stat. 262, 263 (only the proviso which begins near the bottom of page 262, and ends on page 263).
(7)Act approved June 28, 1937, chapter 386, 50 Stat. 323, 324.[5 U. S. C. § 168a](/us/usc/t5/s168a).
(8)Act approved April 27, 1938, chapter 180, section 1 (part), [5 U. S. C. § 168c](/us/usc/t5/s168c).52 Stat. 249 (only the proviso in the third full paragraph appearing on page 249).
(9)Act approved June 29, 1939. chapter 248, Title I (part), 53 Stat. 886 (only the proviso in the last paragraph on page 886).
(10)Act approved July 31, 1945, chapter 336, 59 Stat. 510, 511.[5 U. S. C. § 168d](/us/usc/t5/s168d).
(11)Act approved July 7, 1950, chapter 452, 64 Stat. 320.
(l)The repeal, by subsections (a)-(k) of this section, of the statutes and parts or statutes referred to in such subsections, shall not affect any rights or liabilities existing under such statutes or parts of statutes at the time this Act takes effect. Approved October 31, 1951. Public Law 249: Making appropriations for Mutual Security for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes. Public Law 249 Public Law 249 65 Stat. 730 1951-10-31 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-19 82 1 public Public Law 249 chapter 656 AN ACT Making appropriations for Mutual Security for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes.October 31, 1951 [[H. R. 5684](/us/bill/82/hr/5684)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Mutual Security Appropriation Act, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, namely: MUTUAL SECURITY For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out the provisions of the*Ante*, p. 373. Mutual Security Act of 1951 (Public Law 165, approved October 10, 1951), as follows: Military assistance, title I: For assistance authorized by section 101
(a)(1), $4,818,852,457, of which $44,476,271 is for payment of obligations incurred under authority granted in the Second [63 Stat. 973](/us/stat/63/973).Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1950, and extended in the Foreign Aid Appropriation Act, 1951, to enter into contracts under the Mutual [63 Stat. 714](/us/stat/63/714).Defense Assistance Act of 1949, as amended (22 U. S. C. 1571–1604); and, in addition, unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for carrying out the purposes of title I of the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949, as amended, shall remain available through June 30, 1952, and such unexpended balances of appropriations shall be consolidated with this appropriation; 65 Stat. 731 Economic and technical assistance, title I: For assistance authorized by section 101
(a)(2), $1,012,000,000; and, in addition, $10,000,000 to carry out the provisions of section 115
(e)of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended, except that when determined by the[62 Stat. 153](/us/stat/62/153). [22 U. S. C. § 1513](/us/usc/t22/s1513). Director such balances as cannot be effectively expended shall be merged with funds appropriated under section 101
(2)of the Mutual Security Act of 1951; and, in addition, unexpended balances*Ante*, p. 374. of appropriations heretofore made for carrying out the purposes of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended (22 U. S. C. 1501–1522), shall remain available through June 30, 1952, and be consolidated with this appropriation; Assistance to Spain: For economic, technical, and military assistance, in the discretion of the President under the general objectives set forth in the declaration of policy contained in the titles of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 and the Mutual Security Act of 1951, for Spain, $100,000,000; Military assistance, title II: For assistance authorized by section 201, $396,250,000; and. in addition, unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for assistance to Greece and Turkey, available for the fiscal year 1951, pursuant to the Act of May 22, 1947, as amended (22 U. S. C. 1401–1410), and for assistance to Iran pursuant[61 Stat. 103](/us/stat/61/103). to the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949, as amended (22 U. S. C. 1571–1604), shall remain available through June 30, 1952, and be[63 Stat. 714](/us/stat/63/714). consolidated with this appropriation; Economic and technical assistance, title II: For assistance authorized by section 203. $160,000,000; Military assistance, title III: For assistance authorized by section 301, $535,250,000; and, in addition, unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for the purposes of title III of the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949, as amended (22 U. S. C. 1602–1604),[63 Stat. 716](/us/stat/63/716). shall remain available through June 30, 1952, and be consolidated with this appropriation; Economic and technical assistance, title III: For assistance authorized by section 302, $237,155,866; and, in addition, unexpended balances of funds heretofore made available for carrying out the purposes of the China Area Aid Act of 1950 (22 U. S. C. 1547), shall remain available[64 Stat. 202](/us/stat/64/202). through June 30, 1952, and be consolidated with this appropriation; Contributions to United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency, title III: For the United States contribution to the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency as authorized by section 303, the unobligated balances of the appropriations heretofore made, and available during the fiscal year 1951, for assistance to Korea under authority of the Far Eastern Economic Assistance Act of 1950, as amended (22[64 Stat. 5](/us/stat/64/5). U. S. C. 1543, 1551, 1552), shall remain available through June 30, 1952, and be consolidated with this appropriation; Military assistance, title IV: For assistance authorized by section 401, $38,150,000; Technical assistance, title IV: For assistance authorized by section 402, $21,245,653. GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 2. Appropriations in this Act under the heading “Mutual security”Availability of appropriations. for economic and technical assistance and allocations from any appropriations under such heading to the Director for Mutual Security or the Mutual Security Agency shall be available, without limitation on any authority conferred by the Mutual Security Act of 1951 or*Ante*, p. 373. any Act continued in effect thereby, for rents in the District of Columbia; expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of such appropriations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase 65 Stat. 732 of not to exceed ten aircraft for use outside the continental limits of the United States and maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft; purchase of not to exceed fifty passenger motor vehicles for use outside the continental limits of the United States and, in addition, passenger motor vehicles abroad may be exchanged or sold and replaced for an equal number of such vehicles; transportation of privately owned automobiles; entertainment within the United States (not to exceed $20,000); exchange of funds without regard to section 3651 of the Expenditures of confidential character.Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 543); loss by exchange; expenditures (not to exceed $50,000) of a confidential character other than entertainment provided that a certificate of the amount of each such expenditure, the nature of which it is considered inadvisable to specify, shall be made by the Director or Deputy Director of Mutual Security, and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the amount therein specified; insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign Acquisition of temporary quarters.countries; acquisition of temporary quarters outside the continental limits of the United States to house employees of the United States Government by rental (without regard to section 322 of the Act of June 30, 1932, as amended (40 U. S. C. 278a)), lease, or construction and necessary repairs and alterations to such temporary quarters; health and accident insurance for foreign trainees and technicians while en route or absent from their own countries participating in activities authorized under the Mutual Security Act of 1951; actual expenses of preparing and transporting to their former homes in the United States or elsewhere the remains of persons or members of the families of persons who may die while such persons are away from their homes participating in activities under the Mutual Security Act Officers of PHS and Coast and Geodetic Survey.of 1951; and services of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service and of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and for purposes of providing such services the Public Health Service may appoint not to exceed 20 officers in the Regular Corps to grades above that of senior assistant, but not above that of director, as otherwise authorized in [62 Stat. 47](/us/stat/62/47).accordance with section 711 of the Act of July 1, 1944, as amended (42 U. S. C. 211a), and the Coast and Geodetic Survey may appoint for such purposes not to exceed 20 commissioned officers in addition to those otherwise authorized: *Provided*, That not to exceed $75,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses of the departments and agencies concerned with the administration of the programs provided for herein and no part of such amount shall be used to pay the salary of any civilian employee at a rate greater than that paid by the State Department for comparable work or services in the same area. Sec. 3. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or ofPersons engaging, etc., in strikes against or advocating overthrow of U. S. Government. the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included in this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or Affidavit.violence: *Provided*, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against the Government of the United States, is not a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or that such person does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States Penalty clause.by force or violence: *Provided further*, That any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a 65 Stat. 733 member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation or fund contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: *Provided further*, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. Sec. 4. This Act may be cited as the “Mutual Security AppropriationShort title. Act, 1952”. Approved October 31, 1951. Public Law 250: For the relief of the Fort Pierce Port District. Public Law 250 Public Law 250 65 Stat. 733 1951-10-31 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-19 82 1 public Public Law 250 chapter 660 AN ACT For the relief of the Fort Pierce Port District.October 31, 1951 [[H. R. 2176](/us/bill/82/hr/2176)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Fort Pierce Port District, Fort Pierce, Florida, the sum of $235,286.08, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States for compensation for the use by the Navy Department during the period January 3, 1943, to March 1, 1946, of the Fort Pierce harbor, port, and channel, which were developed at the expense of the taxpayers residing within the taxing jurisdiction of the Fort Pierce Port District: *Provided*, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved October 31, 1951. Public Law 251: Relating to the income-tax treatment of gain realized on an Involuntary conversion of property. Public Law 251 Public Law 251 65 Stat. 733 1951-10-31 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-19 82 1 public Public Law 251 chapter 661 AN ACT Relating to the income-tax treatment of gain realized on an Involuntary conversion of property.October 31, 1951 [[H. R. 3590](/us/bill/82/hr/3590)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Internal Revenue Code, amendments. [53 Stat. 39](/us/stat/53/39). [26 U. S. C. § 112 (f)](/us/usc/t26/s112f). That
(a)section 112
(f)of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to involuntary conversions) is hereby amended to read as follows: " “(f) Involuntary Conversion.— If property (as a result of its destruction in whole or in part, theft, seizure, or requisition or condemnation or threat or imminence thereof) is compulsorily or involuntarily converted— “(1) Conversion into similar property.— Into property similar or related in service or use to the property so converted, no gain shall be recognized. 65 Stat. 734 “(2) Conversion into money where disposition occurred prior to 1951.—Into money, and the disposition of the converted property occurred before January 1, 1951, no gain shall be recognized if such money is forthwith in good faith, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, expended in the acquisition of other property similar or related in service or use to the property so converted, or in the acquisition of control of a corporation owning such other property, or in the establishment of a replacement fund. If any part of the money is not so expended, the gain shall be recognized to the extent of the money which is not so expended (regardless of whether such money is received in one or more taxable years and regardless of whether or not the money which is not so expended constitutes gain). For the purposes of this paragraph and paragraph (3), the term ‘disposition of the converted property’ means the destruction, theft, seizure, requisition, or condemnation of the converted property, or the sale or exchange of such property under threat or imminence of requisition or condemnation. “(3) Conversion into money where disposition occurred after 1950.— Into money or into property not similar or related in service or use to the converted property, and the disposition of the converted property (as defined in paragraph (2)) occurred after December 31, 1950, the gain (if any) shall be recognized except to the extent hereinafter provided in this paragraph: “(A) Nonrecognition of Gain.— If the taxpayer during the period specified in subparagraph (B), for the purpose of replacing the property so converted, purchases other property similar or related in service or use to the property so converted, or purchases stock in the acquisition of control of a corporation owning such other property, at the election of the taxpayer the gain shall be recognized only to the extent that the amount realized upon such conversion (regardless of whether such amount is received in one or more taxable years) exceeds the cost of such other property or such stock. Such election shall be made at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe. For the purposes of this paragraph— “(i) no property or stock acquired before the disposition of the converted property shall be considered to have been acquired for the purpose of replacing such converted property unless held by the taxpayer on the date of such disposition; and “(ii) the taxpayer shall be considered to have purchased property or stock only if, but for the provisions of section 113
(a)(9), the unadjusted basis of such [53 Stat. 42](/us/stat/53/42). [26 U. S. C. § 113 (a)(9)](/us/usc/t26/s113a9).property or stock would be its cost within the meaning of section 113 (a). “(B) Period Within Which Property Must Be Replaced.— The period referred to in subparagraph
(A)shall be the period beginning with the date of the disposition of the converted property, or the earliest date of the threat or imminence of requisition or condemnation of the converted property, whichever is the earlier, and ending— “(i) one year after the close of the first taxable year in which any part of the gain upon the conversion is realized, or “(ii) subject to such terms and conditions as may be specified by the Secretary, at the close of such later date as the Secretary may designate upon application by 65 Stat. 735 the taxpayer. Such application shall be made at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe. “(C) Time for Assessment of Deficiency Attributable to Gain Upon Conversion.—If a taxpayer has made the election provided in subparagraph (A), then
(i)the statutory period for the assessment of any deficiency, for any taxable year in which any part of the gain upon such conversion is realized, attributable to such gain shall not expire prior to the expiration of three years from the date the Secretary is notified by the taxpayer (in such manner as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe) of the replacement of the converted property or of an intention not to replace, and
(ii)such deficiency may be assessed prior to the expiration of such three-year period notwithstanding the. provisions of section 272
(f)or the provisions[53 Stat. 83](/us/stat/53/83). [26 U. S. C. § 272 (f)](/us/usc/t26/s272f). of any other law or rule of law which would otherwise prevent such assessment “(D) Time for Assessment of Other Deficiencies Attributable to Election.—If the election provided in subparagraph
(A)is made by the taxpayer and such other property or such stock was purchased prior to the beginning of the last taxable year in which any part of the gain upon such conversion is realized, any deficiency, to the extent resulting from such election, for any taxable year ending before such last taxable year may be assessed (notwithstanding the provisions of section 272
(f)or 275 or the provisions of any other law or rule of law which would otherwise prevent such assessment) at any time before the expiration of the period within which a deficiency for such last taxable year may be assessed. This subsection shall not apply, in the case of property used by the taxpayer as his principal residence, if the destruction, theft, seizure, requisition, or condemnation of residence, or the sale or exchange of such residence under threat or imminence thereof, occurred after December 31, 1950.” "
(b)Section 276 of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to period of[53 Stat. 87](/us/stat/53/87). [26 U. S. C. § 276](/us/usc/t26/s276). limitation upon assessment and collection) is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: " “(f) Involuntary Conversion.—In the case of a deficiency described in section 112
(C)or (D), such deficiency may be assessed*Ante*, p. 733. at any time prior to the expiration of the time therein provided.” " Sec. 2. Paragraph
(9)of section 113
(a)of the Internal Revenue[53 Stat. 42](/us/stat/53/42). [26 U. S. C. § 113 (a)(9)](/us/usc/t26/s113a9). Code (relating to unadjusted basis of property acquired as the result of an involuntary conversion) is hereby amended by striking out “section 112 (f)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 112
(1)or (2)”, and by adding at the end of such paragraph the following new sentence: “In the case of property purchased by the taxpayer which resulted, under the provisions of section 112
(f)(3), in the nonrecognition of any part of the gain realized as the result of a compulsory or involuntary conversion, the basis shall be the cost of such property decreased in the amount of the gain not so recognized; and if the property purchased consists of more than one piece of property, the basis determined under this sentence shall be allocated to the purchased properties in proportion to their respective costs.” Sec. 3. The amendments made by the first two sections of this ActApplicability of designated sections. shall be applicable only with respect to taxable years ending after December 31, 1950, except that the provisions of section 112
(f)(3), and the provisions of section 113
(a)(9), of the Internal Revenue Code as amended by this Act shall also be applicable to any taxable year ending prior to January 1, 1951, in which
(a)any gain was real- 65 Stat. 736 ized upon the conversion of property and the disposition of such converted property occurred (within the meaning of such section 112
(f)(3)) after December 31, 1950, or
(b)the basis of property is affected by an election made under the provisions of section 112
(3)of such code. Sec. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 490 of the Revenue*Ante*, p. 537. Act of 1951, the effective date of so much of the amendment made by section 485 of such Act to section 3406
(3)of the Internal Revenue Code as relates to electric heating pads shall be April 1, 1952. Approved October 31, 1951. Public Law 252: Granting the consent of the Congress to the negotiation of a compact relating to the waters of the Sabine River by the States of Texas and Louisiana. Public Law 252 Public Law 252 65 Stat. 736 1951-11-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-19 82 1 public Public Law 252 chapter 663 AN ACT Granting the consent of the Congress to the negotiation of a compact relating to the waters of the Sabine River by the States of Texas and Louisiana.November 1, 1951 [[H. R. 4288](/us/bill/82/hr/4288)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Sabine River. Consent of Congress to interstate compact. That the consent of the Congress is hereby given to the States of Texas and Louisiana to negotiate and enter into a compact, providing for an equitable apportionment among the said States of the waters of the Sabine River and its tributaries, upon the condition that one suitable person, not a resident of, not living in, and having no interests in, either Texas, or Louisiana, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, shall participate in said negotiations as the representative of the United States and shall make a report to the Congress of the proceedings and of any compact entered into. Said compact shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of the parties thereto unless and until the same shall have been ratified by the legislature of each of the States aforesaid and approved by the Congress of the United States. Approved November 1, 1951. Public Law 253: Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes. Public Law 253 Public Law 253 65 Stat. 736 1951-11-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-19 82 1 public Public Law 253 chapter 664 AN ACT Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes.November 1, 1951 [[H. R. 5215](/us/bill/82/hr/5215)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes, namely: CHAPTER I DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (Out of revenues of the District of Columbia) Regulatory Agencies office of administrator of rent control salaries and expenses For necessary expenses for “Office of Administrator of Rent Control”, $136,650. 65 Stat. 737 Office of Civil Defense salaries and expenses For all expenses necessary for the Office of Civil Defense, including personal services without reference to the civil service laws as related to recruitment; and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); $275,000.[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). Division of Expenses The sums appropriated in this Act for the District of Columbia shall, unless otherwise specifically provided, be paid out of the general fund of the District of Columbia, as defined in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act of 1952*Ante*, p. 15S.. CHAPTER II LEGISLATIVE BRANCH Senate salaries, officers and employees Office of the Secretary: For an additional amount (effective on theSalary of parliamentarian, etc. first day of the first month following enactment of this Act) to increase the basic salary of parliamentarian from $8,000 to $12,500 so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; and for the basic salary of assistant parliamentarian to be selected by the parliamentarian, $5,940; $7,120, and the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1952 hereby is amended accordingly.*Ante*, p. 387. House of Representatives For payment to Eleanor M. Fellows, widow of Frank Fellows, late a Representative from the State of Maine, $12,500. For payment to Winifred Gillette, widow of Wilson D. Gillette, late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania, $12,500. For payment to Ruth M. Vaughn, widow of Albert C. Vaughn, late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania, $12,500. For payment to Ida Stefan, widow of Karl Stefan, late a representative from the State of Nebraska, $12,500. contingent expenses of the house Special and select committees: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1951, for “Special and select committees”, $50,000. Stationery (revolving fund): For an additional amount for stationery, first session, Eighty-second Congress, including an additional stationery allowance of $300 for each Representative, Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, $132,400, to remain available until expended. For payment to James C. Davis, contestee, for expenses incurred in the contested election case of Lowe versus Davis, as audited and recommended by the Committee on House Administration, $1,275. For payment to Thomas B. Curtis, contestee, for expenses incurred in the contested election case of Karst versus Curtis, as audited and recommended by the Committee on House Administration, $1,460. For payment to Raymond W. Karst, contestant, for expenses incurred in the contested election case of Karst versus Curtis, as 65 Stat. 738 audited and recommended by the Committee on House Administration, $1,889. CHAPTER III DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Legal Activities and General Administration salaries and expenses of district attorneys, and so forth For an additional amount, fiscal year 1950, for “Salaries and expenses of district attorneys, and so forth”, $27,000. salaries and expenses of marshals, and so forth For an additional amount, fiscal year 1950, for “Salaries and[63 Stat. 458](/us/stat/63/458). expenses of marshals, and so forth”, $46,000. fees and expenses of witnesses For an additional amount, fiscal year 1951, for “Fees and expenses of witnesses”, not to exceed $75,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation for “Salaries and expenses, United States Attorneys [64 Stat. 616](/us/stat/64/616).and Marshals, 1951”. property claims of alien enemies The unobligated balance of the appropriation for “Property claims[63 Stat. 488](/us/stat/63/488). of alien enemies, 1950”, shall remain available until June 30, 1952. Immigration and Naturalization Service For payment of claims for extra pay for Sunday and holiday services[46 Stat. 1467](/us/stat/46/1467). [8 U. S. C. §§ 109a, 109b](/us/usc/t8/s109a/109b). under the Act of March 2, 1931, as construed by the Court of Claims in the case of Renner and Krupp versus the United States (106 Court of Claims 676), fiscal year 1946 and prior fiscal years, $34,404. salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $1,000,000; and appropriations granted under this head shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed twenty-five additional passenger motor vehicles. Federal Prison System buildings and facilities For an additional amount for “Buildings and facilities”, $400,000, for construction of a complete Federal jail at Anchorage, Alaska, on a site to be selected by the Attorney General. support of united states prisoners For an additional amount, fiscal year 1950, for “Support of United [63 Stat. 461](/us/stat/63/461).States prisoners”, $120,000. For an additional amount, fiscal year 1951, for “Support of United [64 Stat. 619](/us/stat/64/619).States prisoners”, $330,000. 65 Stat. 739 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Civil Aeronautics Administration claims, federal airport act For an additional amount for “Claims, Federal Airport. Act”,[60 Stat. 170](/us/stat/60/170). [49 U. S. C. §§ 1101 note](/us/usc/t49/s1101). $944,605, to remain available until June 30, 1953, as follows: Municipal Airport, Santa Fe, New Mexico, $71,444; MalcolmMcKinnon Airport, Glynn County, Georgia, $36,340; Municipal Airport, Lakeview, Oregon, $16,627; Manteo Airport, Dare County, North Carolina, $29,458; Municipal Airport, Shreveport, Louisiana, $238,281; Hyannis Municipal Airport, Barnstable, Massachusetts, $45,136; Snohomish County Airport, Snohomish County, Washington, $38,886; New Castle County Airport, New Castle County, Delaware, $27,060; Municipal Airport, Watertown, South Dakota, $66,747; Municipal Airport, Klamath Falls, Oregon, $4,017; Cut Bank Municipal Airport, Cut Bank and Glacier County, Montana, $32,836; Municipal Airport, Long Beach, California, $200,679; Municipal Airport, Lewiston and Fergus County, Montana, $58,558; SimmonsNott Airport, Newbern, North Carolina, $78,536. THE JUDICIARY Other Courts and Services fees of commissioners For an additional amount, fiscal year 1951, for “Fees of Commissioners”,[64 Stat. 631](/us/stat/64/631). $70,000. CHAPTER IV TITLE I— TREASURY DEPARTMENT Office of the Secretary damage claims For an additional amount, fiscal year 1951, for “Damage claims”,[64 Stat. 634](/us/stat/64/634). $19,500, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation to the Coast Guard for “Operating expenses, 1951”.[64 Stat. 639](/us/stat/64/639). Bureau of the Public Debt administering the public debt For an additional amount for “Administering the public debt”, $500,000: *Provided*, That no part of this or any other appropriationSavings bond program. Advertising. shall be used to pay for time and space for advertising the savings bond program by press, radio, or television. Bureau of Narcotics salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Narcotics”, $400,000. 65 Stat. 740 Coast Guard operating expenses For an additional amount for “Operating expenses”, $28,000,000: *Provided*, That limitations under this head in the Treasury Department *Ante*, p. 185.Appropriation Act, 1952, are changed as follows: Amount that may be expended for recreation, amusement, comfort, and contentment of enlisted personnel of the Coast Guard, increased to “$350,000”; number of aircraft on hand, increased to “one hundred and thirty-seven”; and the number of enlisted personnel of the Coast Guard who may be detailed for duty at Coast Guard Headquarters, increased to “seventy-five”. acquisition, construction, and improvements For an additional amount for “Acquisition, construction, and improvements”, $2,875,000, to remain available until expended; and appropriations granted under this head shall be available for services [60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810).as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a). TITLE II— POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT (Out of the postal revenues) general administration For an additional amount for “General administration”, $1,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Postal operations”. clerks, first-and second-class post offices For an additional amount, fiscal year 1947, for “Clerks, first-and second-class post offices”, $600,000, to be derived by transfer from the [60 Stat. 582](/us/stat/60/582).appropriation “Clerks, third-class post offices, 1947”. TITLE III— GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONSReconstruction Finance Corporation Appropriation Act, 1952. The following corporation is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to such corporation or agency, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation [59 Stat. 598](/us/stat/59/598). [31 U. S. C. § 849](/us/usc/t31/s849).Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the fiscal year 1952 for such corporation, except as hereinafter provided: Reconstruction Finance Corporation Not to exceed $17,750,000 (to be computed on an accrual basis) of theAdministrative expenses. funds of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation shall be available during the current fiscal year for its administrative expenses, including purchase (not to exceed sixteen for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and use of the services and facilities of the Federal Reserve banks: *Provided*, That as used herein the term “administrative expenses” shall be construed to include all salaries and wages, services performed on a contract or fee basis, and travel and 65 Stat. 741 other expenses, including the purchase of equipment and supplies, of administrative offices: *Provided further*, That the limiting amountIncrease in limitation. heretofore stated for administrative expenses shall be increased by an amount which does not exceed the aggregate cost of salaries, wages, travel, and other expenses of persons employed outside the continental United States; the expenses of services performed on a contract or fee basis in connection with termination of contracts or in the performance of legal services; and all administrative expenses reimbursable from other Government agencies: *Provided further*, That the distribution of administrative expenses to the accounts of the Corporation shall be made in accordance with generally recognized accounting principles and practices. Sec. 202. This title may be cited as the “Reconstruction FinanceCitation of title. Corporation Appropriation Act, 1952”. CHAPTER V DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Bureau of Employment Security Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $1,287,500; and appropriations granted under this head shall be available for expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the Secretary to carry out the functions of the Department of Labor under the provisions of the Act of July 12, 1951 (Public Law 78).*Ante*, p. 119. Farm labor supply revolving fund: For working capital for the “Farm labor supply revolving fund”, which is hereby established to provide for payment of transportation, subsistence, and all other expenses, for which the United States is to be reimbursed pursuant to paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of section 502 of the Act of July 12, 1951 (Public Law 78), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended:*Ante*, p. 119. *Provided*, That said fund shall be credited with all amounts received by the United States pursuant to said paragraphs. Grants to States for unemployment compensation and employment service administration: For an additional amount for “Grants to States for unemployment compensation and employment service administration”, $19,000,000. FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY Office of Education[64 Stat. 647](/us/stat/64/647). payments to school districts For an additional amount, fiscal year 1951, for “Payments to school districts”, $5,700,000. CHAPTER VI DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management Management of lands and resources: For an additional amount for “Management of lands and resources”, $2,000,000, and the limitation 65 Stat. 742 under this heading in the Interior Department Appropriation Act,*Ante*, p. 251. 1952, on the amount available for personal services is increased by $656,000. Bureau of Indian Affairs Resources management: For an additional amount for “Resources management”, $300,000, and the limitation under this head in the *Ante*, p. 252.Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services is increased by $56,980. Construction: For an additional amount for “Construction”, $575,000, to remain available until expended; and the limitation under this head in the Department of the Interior Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services is increased by “School facilities at Ponemah, Minn.$142,950”: *Provided*, That no obligation shall be incurred under appropriations granted under this head for construction of school facilities at Ponemah, Minnesota, until school district number 45 of the State of Minnesota shall have deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation an amount equal to the proceeds of the insurance collected on the destroyed Ponemah school plant: *Provided further*,Land for Indians of Auburn Rancheria. That not to exceed $3,000 of appropriations for the fiscal year 1952 under this head for acquisition of land may be used for purchase in the name of the United States in trust twenty acres of land in Placer County, California, for the use of the Indians of Auburn Rancheria. Bureau of Reclamation Construction and rehabilitation: For an additional amount for “Construction and rehabilitation”, $2,285,000, to remain available until expended, of which $285,000 shall be derived from the reclamation fund, and the limitation under this head in the Department of the *Ante*, p. 254.Interior Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services is increased by $465,500. Geological Survey Surveys, investigations, and research: For an additional amount for “Surveys, investigations, and research”, $150,000, and the limitation under this head in the Department of the Interior Appropriation *Ante*, p. 258.Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services is increased by “$108,930”. Fish and Wildlife Service Investigation of resources: For an additional amount for “Investigations of Resources”, $150,000, and the limitation under this head *Ante*, p. 261.in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services is increased by “$22,500”. Construction: For an additional amount for “Construction”, $530,000, to remain available until expended; and the limitation under this head in the Department of the Interior Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services is increased by “$67,425”. United States High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands For an additional amount, fiscal years 1946 and 1947, for “United[59 Stat. 318](/us/stat/59/318); [60 Stat. 351](/us/stat/60/351). States High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands”, for payment of outstanding obligations, $1,548. 65 Stat. 743 CHAPTER VII INDEPENDENT OFFICES American Battle Monuments Commission The funds provided in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act,Personnel in foreign countries. 1952, shall be available to the Commission for the employment of personnel in foreign countries (not exceeding 450) without regard to the limitations on the amounts available for personal services contained therein and without regard to the provisions of section 605*Ante*, p. 292. thereof. Atomic Energy Commission For an additional amount for “Atomic Energy Commission”, $265,965,000: *Provided*, That the limitation contained in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available to the Commission for personal services is hereby amended to read, “of which not to exceed $30,400,000 shall be available for personal services”: *Provided further*, That section 605 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952, shall not be applicable to the Commission.*Ante*, p. 292. Displaced Persons Commission The limitation fixed in Public Law 137 granting $1,100,000 to the*Ante*, p. 272. Displaced Persons Commission for loans pursuant to section 14 of the Act, is hereby decreased to $600,000, and the limitation fixed in Public Law 137 granting $4,375,000 to the Displaced Persons Commission for the expenses of transporting to the United States displaced persons of German Ethnic origin, is hereby decreased to $3,400,000. General Services Administration strategic and critical materials For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act of July 23, 1946,[60 Stat. 596](/us/stat/60/596). [50 U. S. C. § 98 note](/us/usc/t50/s98). including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $790,216,500, to remain available until[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). expended, of which $200,000,000 is for liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority heretofore granted under this head: *Provided*, That any funds received as proceeds from sale or other disposition of materials on account of the rotation of stocks under said Act shall be deposited to the credit, and be available for expenditure for the purposes, of this appropriation: *Provided further*, That during the current fiscal year, there shall be no limitation on the value of surplus strategic and critical materials which, in accordance with subsection 6
(a)of the Act of July 23, 1946 (50 U. S. C. 98e (a)), may[60 Stat. 598](/us/stat/60/598). be transferred to stockpiles established in accordance with said Act. renovation and modernization, executive mansion For an additional amount for “Renovation and modernization, Executive Mansion”, $261,000, to remain available until expended. operating expenses For an additional amount for “Operating expenses, General Services Administration”, $2,850,000. 65 Stat. 744 emergency operating expenses For necessary emergency expenses of the General Services administration not otherwise provided for, for operation, maintenance, protection, repair, alterations, and improvements of public buildings and grounds to the extent that such buildings and grounds are under the control of the General Services Administration for such purposes as [63 Stat. 377](/us/stat/63/377). [41 U. S. C. § 201 note](/us/usc/t41/s201).are provided for in Public Law 152, Eighty-first Congress, as amended; rental of buildings or parts thereof in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including repairs, alterations, and improvements necessary for proper use by the Government without regard to section 322 of the[47 Stat. 412](/us/stat/47/412). Act of June 30, 1932, as amended (40 U. S. C. 278a); restoration of leased premises; moving Government agencies in connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of building space; furnishings Per diem employees.and equipment; protection of vital records; and payment of per diem employees employed in connection with any of the foregoing functions at rates approved by the Administrator of General Services or his designee, not exceeding current rates for similar services in places where such services are employed, $31,500,000: *Provided*, That of this amount, such sums as may be determined by the General Services Administrator to be necessary may be paid into other appropriations of the General Services Administration only for purposes of accounting: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be available to effect the moving of Government agencies from the District of Columbia to accomplish the dispersal of departmental functions. general supply fund For an additional amount for the “General supply fund”, established by section 109 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services [63 Stat. 382](/us/stat/63/382).Act of 1949 (41 U. S. C. 219), for replacement of losses of inventory and equipment resulting from flood damage to the Federal Supply Center, Kansas City, Kansas, $1,100,000, to remain available until expended. expenses, general supply fund For an additional amount for “Expenses, general supply fund”, $75,000; and the limitation under this head in the Independent Offices *Ante*, p. 276.Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services, is increased from “$8,201,000” to “$8,236,000”. Housing and Home Finance Agency office of the administrator alaska housing For an additional amount for “Alaska housing”, $3,875,000, to remain available until expended. Motor Carrier Claims Commission salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses, Motor Carrier Claims Commission”, $100,000, of which not more than $66,500 shall be available for personal services. 65 Stat. 745 National Science Foundation salaries and expenses For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U. S. C. 1861–1875), including[64 Stat. 149](/us/stat/64/149). award of graduate fellowships; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $50[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). per diem for individuals; purchase (not to exceed one) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the purposes of this appropriation; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services; $3,500,000, to remain available until expended. Selective Service System salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Selective Service System, as authorized by the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, including services as authorized*Ante*, p. 75. by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); not to exceed[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). $250 for the purchase of newspapers and periodicals; and purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; $30,154,000; including not exceeding $1,856,000 for expenses of National Administration, Planning, Training, and Records Management, not exceeding $6,454,000 for expenses of State Administration, Planning, Training, and Records Servicing, and not exceeding $339,500 for expenses of special boards: *Provided*, That during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of subsection
(c)of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended,[31 U. S. C. § 665](/us/usc/t31/s665). whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the interest of national defense. Smithsonian Institution salaries and expenses The appropriation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952, shall be available for the repair, alteration,*Ante*, p. 279. improvement, preservation, and equipment of leased premises, and the construction of auxiliary and appurtenant temporary structures, ramps, roadways, and approaches thereto, at the Chicago International Airport, O’Hare Field, Park Ridge, Illinois, to house the National Air Museum storage collections. Tariff Commission salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $19,000, and the limitation imposed by section 103 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for travel expenses under*Ante*, p. 283. this head, is increased from “$7,500” to “$26,500”. 65 Stat. 746 Veterans’ Administration national service life insurance For an additional amount for “National service life insurance”, $116,775,000, to remain available until expended. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Maritime Activities ship construction For an additional amount for “Ship construction”, for the payment of obligations incurred on or after July 1, 1946, for ship construction, reconditioning, and betterments, $60,000,000, to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That appropriations and contract authorizations made available for the fiscal year 1951, under the head “Ship [64 Stat. 1225](/us/stat/64/1225).construction”, in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951, shall remain available during the fiscal year 1952: *Provided further*, That this appropriation shall be available for the purchase of vessels as [49 Stat. 2015](/us/stat/49/2015).authorized by law (46 U. S. C. 1242). war-risk insurance revolving fund For the war-risk insurance revolving fund, authorized by title XII of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (Public Law 763, [64 Stat. 773](/us/stat/64/773). [46 U. S. C. §§ 1281–1294](/us/usc/t46/s1281–1294).approved September 7, 1950), the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to transfer to said fund, at such times as it may become necessary in order to place into effect the insurance coverage authorized by said title, and in such amounts as he may determine, not to exceed a total of $10,000,000 from the “Vessel operations revolving fund”. salaries and expenses Not exceeding $1,750,000 of the unobligated balance of the Appropriation “Salaries and expenses” in the Independent Offices [64 Stat. 716](/us/stat/64/716).Appropriation Act, 1951, is hereby reappropriated to the appropriation “Salaries and expenses” in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, *Ante*, p. 285.1952, and the limitation under the latter appropriation on administrative expenses shall be increased by $750,000, and the limitation under the latter appropriation on reserve fleet expenses shall be increased by Reserve fleet expenses.$1,000,000: *Provided*, That the amount herein reappropriated for reserve fleet expenses shall be available during the fiscal year 1952 for bottom preservation, supplies and materials, and contracts for their installation, and shall be in addition to funds appropriated therefor for the fiscal year 1952. Independent Offices—General Provisions Sec. 701. Section 404 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, *Ante*, p. 290.1952 (Public Law 137, August 31, 1951), is hereby amended by inserting the words “principal or primary” between the word “whose” and the word “duties” in the first sentence thereof. Sec. 702. Section 605 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952 (Public Law 137, August 31, 1951), is hereby amended by striking out the second proviso thereof and inserting in lieu of said proviso the following: “: *Provided further*, That when the total number of personnel subject to this section has been reduced to 90 per centum of 65 Stat. 747 the total provided for in the budget estimates for 1952, this section shall cease to apply”. Sec. 703. The provisions of section 1414 of this Act and the provisionsFederal Register personnel. of section 604 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952, shall not apply to persons employed by the General Services Administration in the performance of functions or related assisting or supporting functions in connection with the publication of the Federal Register. Sec. 704. The provisions of section 604 of the Independent OfficesCivil Service Commission. Certain editorial and informational functions. Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1952 shall not apply to those persons engaged in functions of the Civil Service Commission related to
(1)the preparation and issuance of material relating to the recruitment of personnel for the Federal service, and
(2)the compilation of the Official Register of the United States. CHAPTER VIII NATIONAL SECURITY TRAINING COMMISSION salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the National Security Training Commission, established by the Universal Military Training and Service Act, approved June 19, 1951, including services as authorized by*Ante*, p. 75. section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates for[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). individuals not in excess of $50 per diem; reimbursement of the GeneralSecurity guard services. Services Administration for security guard services; hire of passenger motor vehicles; expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation; rental of office space in the District of Columbia; and purchase and installation of air-conditioning equipment without regard to the provisions of the Act of October 26, 1942, as amended (40 U. S. C. 317); $185,000: *Provided*, That the Appropriation[56 Stat. 999](/us/stat/56/999). “Emergency Fund for the President, National Defense” shall be*Ante*, p. 286. reimbursed from this appropriation for allocations made therefrom for expenses of said Commission. CHAPTER IX FOREIGN AID DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army—Civil Functions government and relief in occupied areas For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet the responsibilities and obligations of the United States in connection with the government or occupation of certain foreign areas (except Germany and Austria), including, subject to such authorizations andTuition. limitations as may be prescribed by the head of the department or agency concerned, tuition, personal allowances (not to exceed $10 per day), travel expenses (not to exceed those authorized for like United States military or civilian personnel), and fees incident to instruction in the United States or elsewhere of such persons as may be required to carry out the provisions of this appropriation; travel expenses and transportation; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) , at rates not in excess of $50 per diem[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). for individuals; translation rights, photographic work, education 65 Stat. 748 exhibits, and dissemination of information, including preview and review expenses incident thereto; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; repair and maintenance of buildings, utilities, facilities, and appurtenances; contingencies for the United States commanders, commissioners, or other administrators of foreign areas, to be expended in their respective discretions (not exceeding amounts authorized or approved by the head of the department or agency Minimum supplies for civilian populations.concerned); such minimum supplies for the civilian populations of such areas as may be essential to prevent starvation, disease, or unrest, prejudicial to the objectives sought to be accomplished; and such supplies, commodities, and equipment as may be essential to carry out the purposes of this appropriation; $22,500,000, of which not to exceed $6,250,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: *Provided*, That the general provisions of the Appropriation Act for the fiscal *Ante*, p. 444.year 1952 for the military functions of the Department of the Army shall apply to expenditures made by that Department from this Appropriation: *Provided further*, That expenditures from this Appropriation may be made outside continental United States, when necessary to carry out its purposes, without regard to sections 355, 1136, 3648, [33 U. S. C. § 733 and note](/us/usc/t33/s733); [10 U. S. C. § 1339](/us/usc/t10/s1339); [31 U. S. C. § 529](/us/usc/t31/s529); [40 U. S. C. §§ 259, 267](/us/usc/t40/s259/267).and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, civil service or classification laws, or provisions of law prohibiting payment of any person not a citizen of the United States: *Provided further*, That expenditures from this appropriation may be made, when necessary to carry out [41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).its purposes, without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended, and the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947 (41 U. S. C. [62 Stat. 21](/us/stat/62/21).151–161): *Provided further*, That expenditures may be made hereunder for the purposes of economic rehabilitation in such occupied areas in such manner as to be consistent with the general objectives [62 Stat. 143](/us/stat/62/143). [22 U. S. C. § 1509](/us/usc/t22/s1509).of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended, and in the manner authorized by section 111
(1)thereof: *Provided further*, Procurement of commodities and technical services.That funds appropriated hereunder and unexpended at the time of the termination of occupation by the United States, of any area for which such funds are made available, may be expended by the President for the procurement of such commodities and technical services, and commodities procured from funds herein or heretofore appropriated for government and relief in occupied areas and not delivered to such an area prior to the time of the termination of occupation, may be utilized by the President, as may be necessary to assist in the Bilateral agreement.maintenance of the political and economic stability of such areas: *Provided further*, That before any such assistance is made available, an agreement shall be entered into between the United States and the recognized government or authority with respect to such area containing such undertakings by such government or authority as the President may determine to be necessary in order to assure the efficient use of such assistance in furtherance of such purposes: *Provided further*, That such agreement shall, when applicable, include requirements and undertakings corresponding to the requirements and undertakings specified in sections 5, 6, and 7 of the Foreign Aid Act of 1947 [61 Stat. 934](/us/stat/61/934). [22 U. S. C. § 1411 note](/us/usc/t22/s1411). Payment of certain transportation charges.(Public Law 389, approved December 17, 1947): *Provided further*, That funds appropriated hereunder may be used, insofar as practicable, and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the head of the department or agency concerned to pay ocean transportation charges from United States ports, including territorial ports, to ports in Japan and the Ryukyus for the movement of supplies donated to, or purchased by, United States voluntary nonprofit relief agencies registered with and recommended by the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid or of relief packages Transportation rates on relief packages.consigned to individuals residing in such countries: *Provided further*, That under the rules and regulations to be prescribed, the head of 65 Stat. 749 the department or agency concerned shall fix and pay a uniform rate per pound for the ocean transportation of all relief packages of food or other general classification of commodities shipped to Japan or the Ryukyus regardless of methods of shipment and higher rates charged by particular agencies of transportation, but this proviso shall not apply to shipments made by individuals to individuals: *Provided further*, That the President may transfer to any otherTransfer of functions. department or agency any function or functions provided for under this appropriation, and there shall be transferred to any such department or agency without reimbursement and without regard to the appropriation from which procured, such property as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to relate primarily to any function or functions so transferred. DEPARTMENT OF STATE government in occupied areas For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet the responsibilities and obligations of the United States in connection with the government, occupation, and control of occupied areas of Germany and Austria, and relationships with the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Austria, under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, including one deputy to the United States High Commissioner for Germany at a salary of $17,500; tuition, personal allowances (not to exceed $10 per day), travel expenses (not to exceed those authorized for United States civilian personnel), health and accident insurance, fees incident to instruction in the United States or elsewhere, and hospitalization and medical care, including travel of attendants, of such persons as may be required to carry out the provisions of this appropriation; actual expenses of preparing and transporting to their former homes the remains of persons who may die away from their homes while participating in activities authorized under this appropriation; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). in excess of $50 per diem for individuals; payment of tort claims, inTort claims. the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672, as amended, of title 28 of the United States Code when such claims arise[62 Stat. 983](/us/stat/62/983). in foreign countries; expenses for translation and reproduction rights; acquisition, maintenance, operation, and distribution of educational, informational, reorientation, and rehabilitation materials and equipment for Germany and Austria, including grants; medical and health assistance for the civilian population of Germany and Austria; expenses incident to the operation of schools for American children who are dependents of Government personnel; expenses incident to maintaining discipline and order in occupied areas (including trial and punishment by courts established by or under authority of the President); printing and binding outside continental United States without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C.[40 Stat. 1270](/us/stat/40/1270). 111); purchase, rental, operation, and maintenance of printing and binding machines, equipment, and devices abroad; purchase (including one at not to exceed $3,000 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; transportation to occupied Germany or Austria of property donated for the purposes of this appropriation; unforeseen contingencies (not to exceed $25,000) for the United States High Commissioner for Germany, to be accounted for pursuant to the provisions of section 291 of the Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 107); and representation allowances (not to exceed $35,000) similar to those authorized by section 901
(3)of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U. S. C. 1131); $26,250,000: *Provided*, That provisions of law[60 Stat. 1025](/us/stat/60/1025). 65 Stat. 750 including current appropriation Acts, applicable to the Department of State shall be available for application to expenditures made from this appropriation: *Provided further*, That when section 601 of the [47 Stat. 417](/us/stat/47/417).Economy Act of 1932, as amended (31 U. S. C. 686), is employed to carry out the purposes of this appropriation the requisitioned agency may utilize the authority contained in this appropriation: *Provided further*, That expenditures from this appropriation may be made outside the continental United States, when necessary to carry out its [33 U. S. C. § 733 and note](/us/usc/t33/s733); [31 U. S. C. § 529](/us/usc/t31/s529).purposes, without regard to sections 355 and 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended: *Provided further*, That the Department of State is authorized to utilize for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation, including unforeseen contingencies, without dollar reimbursement from this or any other appropriation
(1)currencies deposited in Germany by the Federal Republic of Germany and in Austria by the Republic of Austria in accordance with section 115
(6)of the Economic [62 Stat. 150](/us/stat/62/150). [22 U. S. C. § 1513](/us/usc/t22/s1513).Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended, and which may be made available by the Economic Cooperation Administration,
(2)currencies otherwise deposited in Germany by the Federal Republic of Germany and which become available for use of the Government of the United States, its representatives or agencies in Germany, in such quantities and under such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Secretary of State after consultation with the Administrator for Economic Cooperation, and
(3)other currencies derived from activities carried on under this appropriation, or presently in the possession of or under the control of the Department of State in Germany and Austria: *Provided further*, That the provisions of section 407 of the Property transfers from Army Department. [64 Stat. 1223](/us/stat/64/1223). [5 U. S. C. § 171x](/us/usc/t5/s171x).Act of January 6, 1951 (Public Law 910), shall not apply to property transfers from the Department of the Army to the Department of State in connection with the assumption by the Department of State of civilian occupation responsibilities in Germany and Austria: *provided further*, That for the purposes of this appropriation appointments may be made to the Foreign Service Reserve without regard to the four-year limitation contained in section 522 of the Foreign [60 Stat. 1009](/us/stat/60/1009). [22 U. S. C. § 922](/us/usc/t22/s922).Service Act of 1946: *Provided further*, That in the event the President assigns to the Department of State responsibilities and obligations of the United States in connection with the government, occupation, or control of foreign areas in addition to Germany and Austria, the authorities contained in this appropriation may be utilized by the Department of State in connection with such government, occupation, or control of such foreign areas: *Provided further*, That when the Department of the Army, under the authority of the Act of [36 Stat. 1047](/us/stat/36/1047).March 3, 1911, as amended (10 U. S. C. 1253), furnishes subsistence supplies to personnel of civilian agencies of the United States Government serving in Germany and Austria, payment therefor by such personnel shall be made at the same rate as is paid by civilian personnel of the Department of the Army serving in Germany and Austria, respectively. CHAPTER X EMERGENCY AGENCIES EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Office of Defense Mobilization salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the Office of Defense Mobilization, including compensation of the Director of Defense Mobilization at 65 Stat. 751 the rate of $22,500 per annum; printing and binding without regard to section 89 of the Act of January 12, 1895, as amended (44 U. S. C. 213); hire of passenger motor vehicles; reimbursement of the General[28 Stat. 622](/us/stat/28/622). Services Administration for security guard service; not to exceed $5,000 for emergency and extraordinary expenses, to be expended under the direction of the Director for such purposes as he deems proper, and his determination thereon shall be final and conclusive; and expenses of attendants at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation; $1,711,250: *Provided*, That contracts under this appropriation for temporary or intermittent services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), may be[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). renewed annually. DEFENSE PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATION salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the Defense Production Administration, including employment of aliens, and expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation, $2,800,000; *Provided*, That transfers (not to exceed 10 per centum) between the appropriations “Salaries and expenses, Defense Production Administration” and “Salaries and expenses, Defense Production Activities, Department of Commerce” may be made by agreement between theTransfers of funds. Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the Defense Production Administration with approval of the Bureau of the Budget. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Office of the Secretary salaries and expenses, defense production activities For expenses, except as hereinafter provided for, necessary to enable the Department of Commerce to carry out its functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, including purchase (not[64 Stat. 798](/us/stat/64/798). [60 U. S. C. app. § 2061](/us/usc/t60/s2061). to exceed one) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; employment of aliens; and expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation; $39,737,500. DEFENSE TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the Defense Transport Administration, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of tins appropriation, $2,543,750. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of the Secretary salaries and expenses, defense production activities For expenses necessary to enable the Department of the Interior to carry out its functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950,[64 Stat. 798](/us/stat/64/798). [60 U. S. C. app. § 2061](/us/usc/t60/s2061). as amended, including purchase (not to exceed four) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; employment of aliens; and expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this Appropriation; $5,000,000. 65 Stat. 752 FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY Office of the Administrator salaries and expenses, defense production activities For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the Federal Security Agency to carry out its functions under the Defense [64 Stat. 798](/us/stat/64/798). [50 U. S. C. app. § 2061](/us/usc/t50/s2061).Production Act of 1950, as amended, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation, $400,000. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Office of the Secretary salaries and expenses, defense production activities For expenses necessary to enable the Department of Agriculture to [64 Stat. 798](/us/stat/64/798). [50 U. S. C. app. § 2061](/us/usc/t50/s2061).carry out its functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, $1,500,000. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of the Secretary salaries and expenses, defense production activities For expenses necessary to enable the Department of Labor to carry [64 Stat. 798](/us/stat/64/798). [50 U. S. C. app. § 2061](/us/usc/t50/s2061).out its functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation, $2,000,000. HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY Office of the Administrator salaries and expenses, defense production activities For expenses necessary to enable the Housing and Home Finance Agency to carry out its functions under the Defense Production Act of [64 Stat. 798](/us/stat/64/798). [50 U. S. C. app. § 2061](/us/usc/t50/s2061).1950, as amended, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation, $700,000. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Legal Activities and General Administration salaries and expenses, defense production activities For expenses necessary to enable the Department of Justice to carry [64 Stat. 798](/us/stat/64/798). [50 U. S. C. app. § 2061](/us/usc/t50/s2061).out its functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation, $100,000. ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AGENCY salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the Economic Stabilization Agency, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $5,000 for 65 Stat. 753 emergency and extraordinary expenses, to be expended under the direction of the Administrator for such purposes as he deems proper, and his determination thereon shall be final and conclusive; and expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation; $98,053,375. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION emergency operating expenses For an additional amount for “Emergency operating expenses”, $9,250,000; and appropriations granted under this head for the fiscal year 1952 shall be available to enable the General Services Administration*Ante*, p. 744. to carry out its functions arising out of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended.[64 Stat. 798](/us/stat/64/798). [50 U. S. C. app. § 2061](/us/usc/t50/s2061). SMALL DEFENSE PLANTS ADMINISTRATION Salaries and Expenses For expenses necessary for organizing, and developing the program of, the Small Defense Plants Administration, established by section 714 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, including*Ante*, p. 139. expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation and purchase (not to exceed two) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $350,000. FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION Operations For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 (Public Law 920, 81st Congress), including purchase (not to exceed one) and hire[64 Stat. 1245](/us/stat/64/1245). [50 U. S. C. app. § 2251 note](/us/usc/t50/s2251). [60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); reimbursement of the Civil Service Commission for full field investigations of employees occupying positions of critical importance from the standpoint of national security; expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with civil defense functions; reimbursement of the General Services administrationAttendance at meetings. Security guard services. for security guard services; and not to exceed $9,000 for the purchase of newspapers, periodicals, and teletype news services; not to exceed $6,000 for emergency and extraordinary expenses, to be expended under the direction or the Administrator for such purposes as he deems proper, and his determination thereon shall be final and conclusive; $11,195,000. Federal Contributions For financial contributions to the States, not otherwise provided for, pursuant to subsection
(i)of section 201 of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, $7,750,000, to be equally matched with State funds.[64 Stat. 1248](/us/stat/64/1248). [50 U. S. C. app. § 2281](/us/usc/t50/s2281). Emergency Supplies and Equipment For procurement of reserve stocks of emergency civil defense materials, as authorized by subsection
(h)of section 201 of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, $56,000,000: *Provided*, That unobligated balances of funds appropriated for Federal contributions in 65 Stat. 754 the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951, shall be available*Ante*, p. 61. for the purchase of medical supplies and equipment. EMERGENCY AGENCIES—GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 1001. The appropriations and authority provided in chapter *Ante*, p. 60.XI of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951, approved June 2, 1951, under the heading “Expenses of defense production” and “Federal Civil Defense Administration”, shall be available from and including April 1, 1951, for the purposes respectively provided in such appropriations and authority. All obligations incurred during the period April 1 to June 1, 1951, inclusive, in anticipation of such appropriations and authority are hereby ratified and confirmed if in accordance with the terms thereof. CHAPTER XI CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES, AUDITED CLAIMS, AND JUDGMENTS For payment of claims for damages as settled and determined by departments and agencies in accord with law, audited claims certified to be due by the General Accounting Office, and judgments rendered against the United States by United States district courts and the United States Court of Claims, as set forth in Senate Document Numbered 63 and House Document Numbered 218, Eighty-second Congress, $13,860,400, together with such amounts as may be necessary to pay interest (as and when specified in such judgments or in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office or provided by law) and such additional sums due to increases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in foreign currency: *Provided*, That no judgment herein appropriated for shall be paid until it shall have become final and conclusive against the United States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise: *Provided further*, That, unless otherwise specifically required by law or by the judgment, payment of interest wherever appropriated for herein shall not continue for more than thirty days after the date of approval of this Act. Sec. 1102. Applicable current appropriations of the agency concerned shall be. available for payment of claims certified by the Comptroller General to be otherwise due, in the amounts stated below, from the following appropriations: Department of Defense department of the navy “Pay, subsistence, and transportation of naval personnel”, fiscal year [53 Stat. 768](/us/stat/53/768).1940, $84.40. “Transportation of things”, fiscal year 1948, $34,015.64.[61 Stat. 387](/us/stat/61/387). “Fuel”, fiscal year 1948, $21,082.30.[61 Stat. 388](/us/stat/61/388). Department of Justice legal activities and general administration “Salaries and expenses of district attorneys, and so forth”, fiscal[62 Stat. 316](/us/stat/62/316). year 1949, $1,324.20. “Salaries and expenses of marshals, and so forth”, fiscal year 1946. $986.54. 65 Stat. 755 CHAPTER XII REDUCTIONS IN APPROPRIATIONS, CONTRACT AUTHORIZATIONS, AND AUTHORIZATIONS TO BORROW FROM THE TREASURY Appropriations, contract authorizations, and authorizations to borrow from the Treasury, of the departments and agencies, available in the fiscal year 1951. are hereby reduced in the sums and in the manner set forth in House Document Numbered 182, Eighty-second Congress, except that the rescission proposed for the Bureau of Indian Affairs under “Construction” shall be $4,240,000 instead of $4,340,000 as set forth in said document. CHAPTER XIII GENERAL PROVISIONS departments, agencies, and corporations Sec. 1301. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximumMotor vehicles. amount allowable during the current fiscal year, in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 78), for the purchase[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of busses, ambulances, and station wagons), is hereby fixed at $1,400. Sec. 1302. Unless otherwise specified and during the current fiscalCitizenship requirements for employment. year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States (including any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States) whose post of duty is in continental United States unless such person
(1)is a citizen of the United States,
(2)is a person in the service of the United States on the date of enactment of this Act, who, being eligible for citizenship, had filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States prior to such date, or
(3)is a person who owes allegiance to the United States: *Provided*, That forAffidavit. the purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person shall be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section with respect to his status have been complied with: *Provided further*,Penalty clause. That any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall lie fined not more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: *Provided further*, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: *Provided further*,Recoupment. That any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. This section shall not apply to citizens of the RepublicNonapplicability. of the Philippines or to nationals of those countries allied with the United States in the current defense effort. Sec. 1303. Appropriations of the executive departments and independentAllowances for living quarters. establishments for the current fiscal year, available for expenses of travel or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available for living quarters allowances in accordance with the Act of June 26, 1930 (5 U. S. C. 118a), and regulations prescribed[46 Stat. 818](/us/stat/46/818). thereunder, and cost-of-living allowances similar to those allowed under section 901
(2)of the Foreign Service Act of 1946,[60 Stat. 1026](/us/stat/60/1026). [22 U. S. C. § 1131](/us/usc/t22/s1131). in accordance with and to the extent prescribed by regulations of the President, for all civilian officers and employees of the Government 65 Stat. 756 permanently stationed in foreign countries: *Provided*, That the availability of appropriations made to the Department of State for carrying[22 U. S. C. § 801 note](/us/usc/t22/s801). out the provisions of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 shall not be affected hereby. Sec. 1304. No part of any appropriation for the current fiscal yearSenate disapproval of nomination, effect. contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any person for the filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to approve of the nomination of said person. Sec. 1305. No part of any appropriation contained in this or anyU. S. Code Annotated: Lifetime Federal Digest. other Act shall be used to pay in excess of $4 per volume for the current and future volumes of the United States Code Annotated, and such volumes shall be purchased on condition and with the understanding that latest published cumulative annual pocket parts issued prior to the date of purchase shall be furnished free of charge, or in excess of $4.25 per volume for the current or future volumes of the Lifetime Federal Digest. Sec. 1306. Funds made available by this or any other Act for administrativeFunds for administrative expenses. expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations and agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as [59 Stat. 597](/us/stat/59/597).amended (31 U. S. C. 841), shall be available, in addition to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District of Columbia; examination of budgets and estimates of appropriations in the field; services in accordance with section 15 of the Act of [60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810).August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); and the objects specified in this chapter, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they are made available: *Provided*, That in the event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced: *Provided further*, That section 409 of the *Ante*, p. 247.Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952, shall not apply to the administrative expense limitations fixed by that Act for Federal intermediate credit banks and for production credit corporations, or to the appropriation for the Farm Credit Administration except the portion thereof provided by direct appropriation from the General Fund of the Treasury. Sec. 1307. No part of any funds of or available to any wholly ownedUse of funds for construction, etc. Government corporation shall be used for the purchase or construction, or in making loans for the purchase or construction of any office building at the seat of government primarily for occupancy by any department or agency of the United States Government or by any corporation owned by the United States Government. Sec. 1308. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or ofPersons engaging, etc., in strikes against or advocating overthrow of U. S. Government. the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included in this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or Affidavit.violence: *Provided*, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against the Government of the United States, is not a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or that such person does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, 65 Stat. 757 the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: *Provided further*, That any person who engages in a strikePenalty clause. against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any Appropriation or fund contained in this or any other Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be lined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: *Provided further*, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. Sec. 1309. No payment shall be made from appropriations in thisRestriction on payments to certain retired officers. Act or any other to any officer on the retired lists of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Marine Corps, Regular Air Force, regular Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service for a period of two years after retirement who for himself or for others is engaged in the selling of or contracting for the sale of or negotiating for the sale of to any agency of the Department of Defense, the Coast Guard, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Public Health Service any supplies or war materials. Sec. 1310. Immediately upon the enactment of this Act and until termination of the national emergency proclaimed by the President on December 16, 1950:
(a)The Civil Service Commission and the heads of the executiveInitial appointments to positions. departments, agencies, and corporations shall make full use of their authority to require that initial appointments to positions in and outside the competitive civil service shall be made on a temporary or indefinite basis in order to prevent increases in the number of permanent personnel of the Federal Government above the total number of permanent employees existing on September 1, 1950: *Provided*, That any position vacated by a permanent employee called to military service or transferred to a national defense agency shall not be filled except on a temporary or indefinite basis. All reinstatements andReinstatements and promotions. promotions in the Federal civil service shall be made on a temporary or indefinite basis, and all permanent employees who are transferred from one agency to another shall retain their status as permanent employees in the agency to which transferred at the grade or basic pay level of their permanent positions in the agency from which transferred. All appointments, reinstatements, transfers, and promotions to positions subject to the Classification Act of 1949 shall be made[63 Stat. 954](/us/stat/63/954). [5 U. S. C. § 1071 note](/us/usc/t5/s1071). with the condition and notice to each individual appointed, reinstated, transferred, or promoted that the classification grade of the position is subject to post-audit and correction by the appropriate departmental or agency personnel office or the Civil Service Commission. AllTransfers of permanent employees since Sept. 1, 1950. transfers of permanent employees made on a temporary or indefinite basis since September 1, 1950, shall be changed to a permanent basis as of the effective date of this Act: *Provided*, That such employees shall retain their status as permanent employees in the agency to which transferred at the grade or basic pay level of their permanent positions in the agency from which transferred.
(b)The Civil Service Commission shall facilitate the transfer ofTransfers from non-defense to defense activities. Federal employees from nondefense to defense activities and encourage the retention of employees in defense activities, and shall provide reemployment rights for permanent employees in the activities from which such employees are transferred. 65 Stat. 758
(c)The Civil Service Commission shall make full use of its Authority to prevent excessively rapid promotions in the competitive civil service and to require correction of improper allocations to higher grades of positions subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as Restrictions on promotions. [63 Stat. 954](/us/stat/63/954). [5 U. S. C. § 1071 note](/us/usc/t5/s1071).amended. No person in any executive department or agency whose position is subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, shall be promoted or transferred to a higher grade subject to such Act without having served at least one year in the next lower grade: *provided*, That the Civil Service Commission for positions in the competitive service and the head of the employing agency for positions outside the competitive service may by regulation provide for promotions of two grades in one year
(1)to positions not higher than GS–5;
(2)to positions not higher than GS–11 which are in a line of work properly classified under the Classification Act of 1949 at two-grade intervals;
(3)to positions in the same line of work when the employee has completed a training period under a training program approved by the Civil Service Commission for positions in the competitive service, or approved by the head of the employing agency for positions outside the competitive service; and
(4)of an employee of the agency concerned when there is no position in the normal line of promotion in the grade immediately below that of the position to be filled: *Provided further*, That this subsection shall not apply to any case involving an employee who is within reach for appointment to a higher grade position on a competitive civil service register, or being advanced up to a grade level from which he had been demoted or separated because of reduction in force.
(d)From time to time, but at least annually, each executive DepartmentReview of certain positions. and agency shall
(1)review all positions which since September 1, 1950, have been created or placed in a higher grade or level of difficulty and responsibility of work or in a higher basic pay level,
(2)abolish all such positions which are found to be unnecessary,
(3)with respect to such [63 Stat. 954](/us/stat/63/954). [5 U. S. C. § 1071 note](/us/usc/t5/s1071). Reports to Congress.positions which are found to be necessary, make such adjustments as may be appropriate in the classification grades of those positions which are subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, or in the basic pay levels of those positions which are subject to other pay-fixing authority. Not later than July 31 of each year each department and agency shall submit a report to the Post Office and Civil Service Committees and Appropriations Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives concerning the action taken under this paragraph, together with information comparing the total number of employees on the payroll on June 30 and their average grade and salary with similar information for the previous June 30, and each annual and supplemental budget estimate shall include a statement comparing the average grade and salary provided for in each item of appropriation or fund allowance therein with similar figures reported for the two previous periods. Sec. 1311. Appropriations and funds made available by this or any other Act for salaries, wages, or compensation, for the current fiscal year shall also be available for payment of any tax with respect thereto which is imposed on any department, agency, corporation, or other instrumentality of the United States, as an employer, by the [64 Stat. 477](/us/stat/64/477). [42 U. S. C. § 301 note](/us/usc/t42/s301).provisions of the Social Security Act Amendments of 1950. Sec. 1312. Personnel, and appropriations or funds available for salaries and expenses to any department, agency, or corporation in the executive branch of the Government, small lie transferred to any defense activity under the jurisdiction of such department or agency in such numbers or amounts as may be necessary for the discharge of 65 Stat. 759 responsibilities relating to the national defense assigned to such department, agency, or corporation by or pursuant to law. Sec. 1313. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be used to pay employees at a rate in excess of that paid for comparable work under the regular appropriations provided to the Departments concerned in the regular 1952 appropriation Acts. Sec. 1314. Any funds provided by this Act shall not be available forDomestic information functions. the compensation of persons performing domestic information functions or related supporting functions in excess of 50 per centum of the amount provided herein. Sec. 1315.
(a)No part of the money appropriated for the fiscal yearLabor Department; Federal Security Agency. Informational and editorial functions. ending June 30, 1952, by this or any other Act to the Department of Labor or the Federal Security Agency which is in excess of 75 per centum of the amount required to pay the compensation of all persons the aggregate budget estimates for personal services submitted to the Congress for the fiscal year 1952 contemplated would be employed by such Department or such agency, respectively, during such fiscal year in the performance of—
(1)functions performed by a person designated as an information specialist, information and editorial specialist, publications and information coordinator, press relations officer or counsel, photographer, radio expert, television expert, motion-picture expert, or publicity expert, or designated by a similar title, or
(2)functions performed by persons who assist persons performing the functions described in
(1)in drafting, preparing, editing, typing, duplicating, or disseminating public information publications or releases, radio or television scripts, magazine articles, photographs, motion pictures, and similar material, shall be available to pay the compensation of persons performing the functions described in
(1)or (2): *Provided*, That this section shall notNonapplicability. apply to personnel engaged in the preparation or distribution of technical, scientific, or research publications, the reporting or dissemination of the results of research or investigations, the publishing of information or other work required by law to carry out the duties of such Department or Agency other than work intended for press, radio and television services, and popular publications.
(b)No provision in any Act appropriating funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, shall be deemed to limit the amount of any appropriation made to any Department, agency, or corporation which may be used to compensate persons engaged in the performance of functions described in paragraph
(1)or
(2)of subsection
(a)of this section, if the aggregate number of persons employed during such fiscal year by such Department, agency, or corporation in the performance of such functions does not exceed four at any time, nor shall any such provision in this or any other Act limit appropriations which may be used to compensate persons in the Office of Defense Mobilization who are engaged in informing the public about the progress and purposes of the defense mobilization program, or persons in the agencies assigned functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, who are engaged in informing consumers, agriculture, business[64 Stat. 798](/us/stat/64/798). [50 U. S. C. app. § 2061](/us/usc/t50/s2061). and labor, about rules, regulations, and orders, issued by such agencies under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended. Sec. 1316. This Act may be cited as the “Supplemental AppropriationShort title. Act, 1952”. Approved November 1, 1951. Public Law 254: Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes. Public Law 254 Public Law 254 65 Stat. 760 1951-11-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-19 82 1 public
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