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66 Stat. 335 Public Law 451 chapter 574 AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes.July 5, 1952[[H. R. 7314](/us/bill/82/hr/7314)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1953. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TITLE I— REGULAR ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT (RMA—TITLE II) To enable the Secretary to improve and develop, independently or through cooperation among Federal and State agencies, and others, a sound and efficient system for the distribution and marketing of agricultural products under the provisions of titles II and III of the Act of August 14, 1946, as amended (7 U. S. C., 1621–1629), and for[60 Stat. 1087](/us/stat/60/1087). expenses of any advisory committees established as provided in title III of said Act to assist in effectuating the research and service work of the Department, $5,250,000; *Provided*, That not less than $600,000Contracts. of this amount shall be available for contracts in accordance with the provisions of section 205 of said Act: *Provided further*, That the Secretary may make available to any bureau, office, or agency of the Department such amounts from this appropriation as may be necessary to carry out the functions for which it is made (but amounts made available to the Office of the Secretary, Office of the Solicitor, and Office of Information, shall not exceed those which the Bureau of the Budget, after a hearing thereon with representatives of the Department, shall determine), and any such amounts shall be in addition to amounts transferred or otherwise made available to other appropriation items of the Department: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be ava table for work relating to fish or shellfish or any product thereof, except for the support of equitable transportation rates before Federal agencies concerned with such rates and for development of foreign markets.
Bureau or Agricultural Economics For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of the Act establishing the Bureau of Agricultural Economics (7 U. S. C. 411)[52 Stat. 532](/us/stat/62/532). and related Acts, as follows: Economic investigations: For conducting investigations and for acquiring and diffusing useful information among the people of the United States, relative to agricultural production, distribution, land utilization, and conservation in their broadest aspects, including farm management and practice, utilization of farm and food products, purchasing of farm supplies, farm population and rural life, farm labor, farm finance, insurance and taxation, adjustments in production to probable demand for the different farm and food products; laud ownership and values, costs, prices and income in their relation to agriculture, including causes for their variations and trends, $2,370,500: *Provided*, That no part of the funds herein appropriated or made 66 Stat. 336 available to the Bureau of Agricultural Economies under the heading “Economic investigations” shall be used for State and county land-use planning, for conducting cultural surveys, or for the maintenance of regional offices.
Crop and livestock estimates: For collecting, compiling, abstracting, analyzing, summarizing, interpreting, and publishing data relating to agriculture, including crop and livestock estimates, acreage, yield, grades, staples of cotton, stocks, and value of farm crops and numbers, grades, and value of livestock and livestock products on farms, Production, distribution, and consumption of turpentine and rosin pursuant [49 Stat. 653](/us/stat/49/653).Peanut statistics.[49 Stat. 1898](/us/stat/49/1898); [52 Stat. 348](/us/stat/52/348).Cotton and apple reports.to the Act of August 15, 1935 (5 U. S. C. 556b), and for the collection and publication of statistics of peanuts as provided by the Act approved June 24, 1936, as amended May 12, 1938 (7 U. S. C. 951–957), $3,058,000: *Provided*, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available for any expense incident to ascertaining, collating, or publishing a report stating the intention of farmers as to the acreage to be planted in cotton, or for estimates of apple production for other than the commercial crop.
Agricultural Research Administration office of administrator For necessary expenses of the Office of Administrator, including travel and subsistence expenses of advisory committees authorized [60 Stat. 1091](/us/stat/60/1091).by title III of the Act of August 14, 1946 (7 U. S. C. 1628–1629), and the maintenance, operation, and furnishing of facilities and services Reimbursements.at the Agricultural Research Center, $581,000: *Provided*, That the appropriation current at the time services are rendered may be reimbursed (by advance credits or reimbursements based on estimated or actual charges) from applicable appropriations, to cover the charges, including handling and other related services, for equipment rentals (including depreciation, maintenance, and repairs); for services, supplies, equipment, and material furnished: *Provided further*, That of the several appropriations of the Agricultural Research Administration, not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706
(a)of the Organic [58 Stat. 742](/us/stat/58/742).[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810).Buildings and improvements.Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 Ü. S. C. 55a): *Provided further*, That the several appropriations of the Agricultural Research Administration shall be available for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements: *Provided, however*, That unless otherwise Provided, the cost of constructing any one building (excepting head-houses connecting greenhouses and experimental farm houses) shall not exceed $5,000, the total amount for construction of buildings costing more than $2,500 each shall be within the limits of the estimates submitted and approved therefor, and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $2,500 or 2 per centum of the cost of the building as certified by the Research Administrator, whichever is greater. research on agricultural problems of alaska For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary to conduct research into the basic agricultural needs and problems of the Territory of Alaska, through such agencies of the Department as he may designate, independently or in cooperation with appropriate agencies of the Territory of Alaska, $270,000. 66 Stat. 337 Office of Experiment Stations Payments to States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico For payments to the States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico to be paid quarterly in advance where applicable, to carry into effect the provisions of the following Acts relating to agricultural experiment stations: Hatch, Adams, Purnell, Bankhead-Jones, and related Acts: Hatch Act, the Act approved March 2, 1887 (7[24 Stat. 440](/us/stat/24/440).[34 Stat. 63](/us/stat/34/63).[43 Stat. 970](/us/stat/43/970). U. S. C. 362,363,365,368, 377–379), $720,000: Adams Act, the Act. approved March 16, 1906 (7 U. S. C. 369), $720,000; Purnell Act, the Act approved February 24, 1925 (7 U. 8. C. 361, 366, 370, 371, 373–376, 380, 382), $2,880,000; Bankhead-Jones Act, title I of the Act approved June 29, 1935 (7 U. S, C. 427–427g), sections 3 and 5, $2,863,708, and sections 9 and 11 of said Act as added by the Act. of August 14, 1946 (7 U. S. C. 427h, 427j), including administration by the Office of Experiment Stations[49 Stat. 436](/us/stat/49/436); [60 Stat. 1083](/us/stat/60/1083). in the United States Department of Agriculture, $5,000,000, no part of which latter amount shall be used for beginning construction of any building costing in excess of $15,000; Hawaii, the Act approved May 16, 1928 (7 U. S. C. 386–386b), extending the benefits of certain[45 Stat. 571](/us/stat/45/571). Acts of Congress to the Territory of Hawaii, $90,000; Alaska, the Act approved February 23, 1929 (7 U. S. C. 386c), extending the[45 Stat. 1256](/us/stat/45/1256). benefits of the Hatch Act to the Territory of Alaska, $15,000, and the provisions of section 2 of the Act approved June 20, 1936, as amended (7 U. S. C. 369a), extending the benefits of the Adams and [49 Stat. 1534](/us/stat/49/1534); [64 Stat. 563](/us/stat/64/563).Purnell Acts to the Territory of Alaska, $62,500; Puerto Rico, the Act approved March 4, 1931, as amended (7 U. S. C. 386d–386f),[46 Stat. 1320](/us/stat/46/1320). extending the benefits of certain Acts of Congress to Puerto Rico, $90,000; in all, payments to States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, $12,441,208. Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses in connection with administration of grants and coordination of research with States pursuant to the Acts approved March 2, 1887, March 16, 1906, February 24, 1925,[24 Stat. 440](/us/stat/24/440); [34 Stat. 63](/us/stat/34/63); [43 Stat. 970](/us/stat/43/970); [45 Stat. 571, 1256](/us/stat/45/571/1256); [46 Stat. 1520](/us/stat/46/1520); [49 Stat. 1553](/us/stat/49/1553); [49 Stat. 436](/us/stat/49/436); [58 Stat. 735](/us/stat/58/735). May 16, 1928, February 23, 1929, March 4, 1931, and June 20, 1936, and Acts amendatory thereto (7 U. S. C. 361–363, 365–383, 386–386!), and title I of the Act approved June 29, 1935, as amended by the Act of September 21, 1944 (7 U. S. C. 427–427g), and for the administration, operation, and maintenance of an agricultural experiment station in Puerto Rico, $380,000; and the. Secretary shall prescribe the form of the annual financial statement required under the above Acts, ascertain whether the expenditures are in accordance with their provisions, coordinate the research work of the State agricultural colleges and experiment stations in the lines authorized in said Acts with research of the Department in similar lines, and make report thereon to Congress. VIRGIN ISLANDS AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM For expenses necessary to carry out an agricultural program in the Virgin Islands in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 228, approved October 29, 1951, including the purchase of one passenger[65 Stat. 661](/us/stat/65/661).[48 USC 1409m–1409a](/us/usc/t48/s1409m–1409a). motor vehicle, $100,000. bureau of human nutrition and home economics For necessary expenses in connection with conducting investigations of the relative utility and economy of agricultural products 66 Stat. 338 for food, clothing, and other uses in the home, with special suggestions of plans and methods for the more effective utilization of such products for these purposes, and such economic investigations, including housing and household buying, as have for their purpose the improvement of the rural home, for coordinating nutrition services made available by Federal, State, and other agencies, and for disseminating useful information on these subjects, $1,400.000. bureau of animal industry Salaries and Expenses For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act, as[23 Stat. 31](/us/stat/23/31).[7 USC 391–394](/us/usc/t7/s391–394). amended, establishing a Bureau of Animal Industry, and related Acts, and for investigation concerned with the livestock and meat industries and the domestic raising of fur-bearing animals, as follows: Animal research: For animal husbandry investigations; investigations of diseases of animals and of tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, and analogous products; and cooperation in the administration of regulations for the improvement, of poultry, poultry products, and hatcheries, [58 Stat. 734](/us/stat/58/734); [64 Stat. 413](/us/stat/64/413).as authorized by law (7 U. S. C. 429), $3,756,000: *Provided*, That of tins amount $75,000 shall be available to the Bureau of Animal Industry for poultry husbandry investigations, such allocation to be in addition to other funds now appropriated or allocated to the Bureau for such purpose. Animal disease control and eradication: For the control and eradication of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis of animals, avian tuberculosis, brucellosis of domestic animals, scabies in sheep and cattle, southern cuttle ticks, hog cholera and related swine diseases, and dourine in horses, and other inspection and quarantine work authorized by law; for supervision of the transportation of livestock, including administration of the twenty-eight-hour law; for inspection of vessels; and for carrying out the provisions of the Act of March 4, 1913 (21 [37 Stat. 832](/us/stat/37/832).[49 Stat. 781](/us/stat/49/781).U. S. C. 151–158) and sections 56 to 60, inclusive, of the Act approved August 24, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 851–855), relating to veterinary biological products, $8,477,000: *Provided*, That no payment hereunder as compensation for any cattle condemned for slaughter for tuberculosis, paratuberculosis, or brucellosis shall exceed
(1)$25 for any grade animal or $50 for any pure bred animal,
(2)one-third of the difference between the appraised value and the value of salvage thereof, or
(3)the amount paid or to be paid by the State or other cooperating agency, and no payment hereunder shall be made for any animal if at the time of test or condemnation it shall belong to or be upon the premises of any person, firm, or corporation to which it has been sold, shipped, or delivered for slaughter. Meat inspection: For carrying out the provisions of laws relating to Federal inspection of meat and me at-food products, $14,160,000. bureau of dairy industry For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of the Act [43 Stat. 243](/us/stat/43/243).of May 29, 1924 (7 U. S. C, 401–404). including investigations, experiments, and demonstrations in dairy industry, the applicable provisions [32 Stat. 196](/us/stat/32/196).of the Act of May 9, 1902 (26 U. S. C. 2325, 2326 (c)), relating to process or renovated butter, as amended, and the Act of May 23, 1908 [35 Stat. 254](/us/stat/35/254).(21 U. S. C. 94 (a)), insofar as it relates to the exportation of process or renovated butter, $1,573,000. 66 Stat. 339 bureau of agricultural, and industrial chemistry For expenses necessary for investigations, experiments, and demonstrations established under the provisions of section 202
(a)to 202 (e), inclusive, of title II of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 17 U. S. C. 1292); for the development of new and extended food, feed,[52 Stat. 37](/us/stat/52/37). and industrial uses for agricultural commodities, both plant and animal, and potential replacement crops, and processing, biological, chemical, physical, pharmacological, toxicological, and technological investigation thereof, $7,500,000. bureau of plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering Plant, soil, and agricultural engineering research: For expenses necessary for investigations, experiments, and demonstrations concerning plants, soils, and agricultural engineering, including those related to the production, improvement, handling, processing, transportation, and storage of farm and other crops; control of weeds, plant diseases, and nematodes; discovery and introduction of new and useful plants, both foreign and native; soil and water management to improve soil productivity; the relation of soils to plant, animal, and human nutrition; classification and mapping of soils; fertilizers, liming materials, and soil amendments; farm machinery and processing equipment; farm buildings, and farm electrification; and for the acquisition (not to exceed one), operation, and maintenance of airplanes; $11,465,009, including not to exceed $15,060 for construction of an addition to the United States Cotton Ginning Branch LaboratoryCotton Ginning Branch Laboratory. at Mesilla Park, New Mexico. National Arboretum: For the maintenance and development of the National Arboretum established under the provisions of the Act approved March 4, 1927 (20 U. S. C. 191–194), $149,000.[44 Stat. 1422](/us/stat/44/1422). bureau of entomology and plant quarantine Salaries and Expenses For expenses necessary for investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and surveys for the promotion of economic entomology, for investigating and ascertaining the best means of destroying insects and related pests injurious to agriculture, for importing useful and beneficial insects and bacterial, fungal, and other diseases of insects and related pests, for investigating and ascertaining the best means of destroying insects affecting man and animals, and the, best ways of utilizing beneficial insects, for carrying into effect the. provisions of the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended (7 U. S. C.[37 Stat. 315](/us/stat/37/315).[42 Stat. 833](/us/stat/42/833); [33 Stat. 1269](/us/stat/33/1269); [56 Stat. 40](/us/stat/56/40). 151–167), the Honey Bee Act (7 U. S. C. 281–283), the Insect Pest Act (7 U. S. C. 141–144), the Mexican Border Act (7 U. S. C. 149), the Act of May 9, 1938, relating to grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, and chinch bugs (7 U. S. C. 148–148e), and the Organic Act of 1944[52 Stat. 344](/us/stat/52/344).[58 Stat. 735](/us/stat/58/735). (7 U. S. C. 147a), as amended, authorizing the eradication, control, and prevention of spread of injurious insects and plant pests; including the operation and maintenance of airplanes and the purchase of not to exceed two, as follows: Insect investigations: For the investigation of insects affecting fruits, grapes, nuts, trees, shrubs, forests and forest products, truck and garden crops, cereal, forage and range crops, cotton, tobacco, sugar plants, ornamental and other plants and agricultural products, household possessions, and man and animals; for bee culture and apiary management; for classifying, identifying, and collecting information to determine the distribution and abundance of insects; 66 Stat. 340 for investigations in connection with introduction of natural enemies of injurious insects and related pests and for the exchange with other countries of useful and beneficial insects and other arthropods; for developing methods, equipment, and apparatus to aid in enforcing plant quarantines and in the eradication and control of insect pests and plant diseases; and for investigations of insecticides and fungicides, including methods of their manufacture and use and the effects Oriental fruitfly.of their application, $3,869,000: *Provided*, That of the amount allotted for oriental fruitfly, not to exceed $250,000 may be used for contracts with public or private agencies for research in accordance with section [60 Stat. 1085](/us/stat/60/1085).10
(a)of the Act of August 14, 1916 (7 U. S. C. 4271), and the amounts obligated for contract research shall remain available until expended. Insect and plant-disease control: For carrying out operations or measures to eradicate, suppress, control, or to prevent or retard the spread of Japanese beetle, sweetpotato weevil, Mexican fruitflies, phony peach and pencil mosaic, cereal rusts, pink bollworm and Thurberia weevil, golden nematode, citrus blackfly, white-fringed beetle, Hall scale, and gypsy and brown-tail moths, and grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, and chinch bugs in accordance with the Act of [52 Stat. 344](/us/stat/52/344).May 9, 1938 (7 U. S. C. 148–148e), including the enforcement of quarantine regulations and cooperation with States to enforce plant quarantines as authorized by the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, [37 Stat. 315](/us/stat/37/315).Cotton-free areas.1912, as amended (7 U. S. C. 151–167), and including the establishment of such cotton-free areas as may be necessary to stamp out any infestation of the pink bollworm as authorized by the Act of February 8, 1930 (46 Stat. 67), and for cooperation with States in the compensation of growers for losses resulting from the destruction of or for not planting potatoes and tomatoes on lands infested or exposed to infestations of the golden nematode for the purpose authorized by the Golden Nematode Act (7 U. S. C. 150–150g), $5,600,000: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the cost or value of trees, farm animals, farm crops, or other property injured or destroyed, except potatoes and tomatoes as authorized under [62 Stat. 442](/us/stat/62/442).the Golden Nematode Act: *Provided further*, That, in the discretion of the Secretary, no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the control of sweetpotato weevil in any State until such State has provided cooperation necessary to accomplish this purpose, or for barberry eradication until a sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures shall have been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by States, counties, or local authorities, or by individuals or organizations for the accomplishment of this purpose, or with respect to the golden nematode except as prescribed in section 4 of the Golden Nematode Act. Plant quarantines: For operations against the introduction of insect pests or plant diseases into the United States, including the enforcement of foreign-plant quarantines and regulations promulgated under sections 5 and 7 of the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as [37 Stat. 316](/us/stat/37/316).[33 Stat. 1269](/us/stat/33/1269); [56 Stat. 40](/us/stat/56/40).amended (7 U. S. C. 151–167), the Insect Pest Act of 1905 (7 U. S. C. 141–144), and the Mexican Border Act of 1942 (7 U. S. C. 149), for enforcement of domestic-plant quarantines as they pertain to Territories and districts of the United States, for the enforcement of plant quarantines through inspection in transit, including the interception and disposition of materials found to have been transported in violation of Federal plant quarantine laws or regulations, and operations [38 Stat. 1113](/us/stat/38/1113).under the Terminal Inspection Act (7 U. S. C. 166) and enforcement of regulations governing the movement of plants into and from the District of Columbia promulgated under section 15 of the Plant [41 Stat. 726](/us/stat/41/726).[7 USC 167](/us/usc/t7/s167).Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended, and for inspection and certification of plants and plant products to meet the sanitary 66 Stat. 341 requirements of foreign countries, as authorized in section 102 of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U. S. C. 147a), $2,700,000.[58 Stat. 735](/us/stat/58/735). Control of Emergency Outbreaks of Insects and Plant Diseases For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the joint resolution approved May 9, 1938 p U. S. C. 148–148e), including the[52 Stat. 344](/us/stat/52/344). operation and maintenance of airplanes, control operations in Canada in cooperation with the Canadian Government or local Canadian authorities, and the employment of Canadian citizens, $1,000,000, which shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for the purposes of said joint resolution[31 USC 665](/us/usc/t31/s665). only to the extent that the Secretary, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, finds necessary to meet emergency conditions. Control of Forest Pests For expenses necessary for carrying out operations, measures, or surveys necessary to eradicate, suppress, control, or to prevent or retard the spread of insects or diseases which endanger forest trees on any lands in the United States, and for such quarantine measures relating thereto as may be necessary pursuant to the Plant Quarantine Act of August. 20, 1912, as amended (7 U. S. C. 151–167), including the[37 Stat. 315](/us/stat/37/315). purchase (not to exceed two) and operation and maintenance of airplanes, and construction and alteration of necessary buildings: *Provided*, That the cost of constructing or altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $2,500, as follows: Forest Pest Control Act: For carrying out the provisions of the Act approved June 25, 1947 (16U. S. C., Supp. 1,594–1–594–5), $3,350,000,[61 Stat. 177](/us/stat/61/177). of which $500,000 shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for the purposes of said[31 USC 665](/us/usc/t31/s665). Act only to the extent that the Secretary, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, finds necessary to meet emergency conditions. White pine blister rust: White pine blister rust, pursuant to the Act of April 26, 1940 (16 U. S. C. 594a), $3,300.01:0, of which $505,000[54 Stat. 168](/us/stat/54/168). shall be available to the Department of the Interior for the control of white pine blister rust on or endangering Federal lands under the jurisdiction of that Department or lands of Indian tribes which are under the jurisdiction of or retained under restrictions of the United States; $1,750,000 to the Forest Service for the control of white pine blister rust on or endangering lands under its jurisdiction; arid $1,045,000 to the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine for leadership and general coordination of the entire program, method development, and for operations conducted under its direction for such control, including, but not confined to, the control of white pine blister rust on or endangering State and privately owned lands. Forest Service salaries and expenses For expenses necessary, including not to exceed $10,000 for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706
(a)of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act[58 Stat. 742](/us/stat/58/742).[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810).Experimental investigations. of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); to experiment and make investigations and report on forestry, national forests, forest fires, and lumbering. but no part of this appropriation shall be used for any experiment or test made outside the jurisdiction of the United States; to advise the owners of woodlands as to the proper care of the same; to investigate and test American timber and timber trees and their uses, and methods, 66 Stat. 342 for the preservative treatment of timber; to seek, through investigations and the planting of native and foreign species, suitable trees forCost of buildings. the treeless regions; to erect necessary buildings: *Provided*, That the cost of any building purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of constructing a water-supply or sanitary system and of connecting the same with any such building, and exclusive of the cost of any tower upon which a lookout house may be erected, shall not exceed $15,000, ($22,500 in Alaska,) with the exception that any building erected, purchased, or acquired, the cost of which was $15,000 or more, may be improved out of the appropriations made under this Act for the Forest Service by an amount not to exceed 2 per centum of the cost of such building us certified by the Chief of the Forest Service;Protection, etc., of national forests. to protect, administer, and improve the national forests, including tree planting and other measures to prevent erosion, drift, surface wash, soil waste, and the formation of floods, and to conserve water; to ascertain the natural conditions upon and utilize the national forests, to transport and care for fish and game supplied to stock the national forests or the waters therein; to collate, digest, report, and illustrate the results of experiments and investigations made by the Forest Service, as follows: National forest protection and management: For the administration, protection, use, maintenance, improvement, and development of the national forests, including the establishment and maintenance of forest tree nurseries, including the procurement of tree seed and nursery stock by purchase, production, or otherwise, seeding and tree planting and the care of plantations and young growth; the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed three; the maintenance of roads and trails and the construction and maintenance of all other improvements necessary for the proper and economical administration, protection, development, and use of the national forests, including experimental areas under Forest Service administration,Direct purchases. except that where direct purchases will be more economical than construction, improvements may be purchased; the construction (not to exceed $15,000 for any one structure), equipment, and maintenance of sanitary and recreational facilities; timber cultural operations; development and application of fish and game management plans; propagation and transplanting of plants suitable for planting on semi arid portions of the national forests; estimating and appraising of timber and other resources and development and application of plans for their effective management, sale, and use; expenses of the National Forest Reservation Commission as [36 Stat. 963](/us/stat/36/963).authorized by section 14 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U. S. C. 514); examination, classification, surveying, and appraisal of land incident to effecting exchanges authorized by law and of lands within the boundaries of the national forests that may be opened to homestead [34 Stat. 233](/us/stat/34/233); [37 Stat. 287, 842](/us/stat/37/287/842).settlement and entry under the Act of June 11, 1906, and the Act of August 10, 1912 (16 U. S. C. 506–509), as provided by the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U. S. C. 512); investigation and establishment of water rights, including the purchase thereof or of lands or interests in lands or right-of-ways for use and protection of water rights necessary or beneficial in connection with the administration and public use of the national forests; and all expenses necessary for the use, maintenance, improvement, protection, and general administration of the national forests. $29,550,000. Fighting forest fires: For fighting and preventing forest fires on or threatening lands under Forest Service administration, including lands under contract for purchase or in process of condemnation for Forest Service purposes, and for liquidation of obligations incurred in the preceding fiscal year for such purpose, $6,000,000, of which 66 Stat. 343 $2,500,000 shall be apportioned for use, pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, only to the extent that the Secretary,[31 USC 665](/us/usc/t31/s665). with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, finds necessary to meet emergency conditions. Forest research: For forest research at forest or range experiment stations, the Forest Products Laboratory, or elsewhere, in accordance with the provisions of sections A, 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the Act approved May 22, 1928, as amended (16 U. S. C. 581, 581a, 581f–581i), including[45 Stat. 699](/us/stat/45/699). the construction and maintenance of improvements; fire, silvicultural, watershed, and other forest investigations and experiments; investigations and experiments to develop improved methods of management of forest and other ranges; experiments, investigations, and tests of forest products; a comprehensive forest survey; and investigations in forest economies; $5,400,000: *Provided*, That funds may be advanced to cooperators under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe when such action will stimulate or facilitate cooperative work. forest roads and trails For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act approved November 9, 1921, as amended (23 U. S. C. 23, 23a), relating to forest development roads[42 Stat. 218](/us/stat/42/218); [49 Stat. 1520](/us/stat/49/1520). and trails, including the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of roads and trails on experimental areas under Forest Service administration, $11,000,000, which sum is authorized to be appropriated by the Acts of June 29, 1948 (Public Law 834), and September[62 Stat. 1105](/us/stat/62/1105).[64 Stat. 785](/us/stat/64/785).[23 USC 21, 23c, 3a notes](/us/usc/t23/s21/23c/3a). 7, 1950 (Public Law 769), to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall be available for the rental, purchase, construction, or alteration of buildings necessary for the storage and repair of equipment and supplies used for road and trail construction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such building purchased, altered, or constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $15,000 ($22,500 in Alaska) with the exception that any building erected, purchased, or acquired, the cost of which was $15,000 or more, may be improved within any fiscal year by an amount not to exceed 2 per centum of the cost of such buildings certified by the Chief of the Forest Service. acquisition of lands for national forests Weeks Act For the acquisition of forest lands under the provisions of the Act approved March 1, 1911, as amended (16 U. S. C. 513–519, 521),[36 Stat. 961](/us/stat/36/961). $75,000, to be available only for payment toward the purchase price of any lands acquired, including the cost of surveys in connection with such acquisition: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for acquisition of any land which is not within the boundaries of a national forest: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the acquisition of any land over the objection of the local government concerned. Superior National Forest For the acquisition of forest land within the Superior National[62 Stat. 568](/us/stat/62/568).[16 USC 577c–577h](/us/usc/t16/s577c–577h). Forest, Minnesota, under the provisions of the Act approved June 22, 1948 (Public Law 733), $150,000, to remain available until expended. 66 Stat. 344 Special Acts For the acquisition of land to facilitate the control of soil erosion and flood damage originating within the exterior boundaries of the following national forests, in accordance with the provisions of the following Acts authorizing annual appropriations of forest receipts for such purposes, and in not to exceed the following amounts from such receipts: Uinta and Wasatch National Forests, Utah, Act of [49 Stat. 866](/us/stat/49/866).[52 Stat. 347](/us/stat/52/347).August 26, 1935 (Public Law 337), as amended, $39,830; Cache National Forest, Utah, Act of May 11, 1938 (Public Law 505), as amended, $10,000; San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forests, [52 Stat. 699](/us/stat/52/699).Riverside County, California, [52 Stat. 1205](/us/stat/52/1205).[54 Stat. 299](/us/stat/54/299).Act of June 15, 1938 (Public Law 634), as amended. $22,000; Nevada and Toiyabe National Forests, Nevada, Act of June 25, 1938 (Public Law 748), as amended, $10,000; Angeles National Forest, California, [54 Stat. 297](/us/stat/54/297).[54 Stat. 402](/us/stat/54/402).Act of June 11, 1940 (Public Law 591), $20,000; Cleveland National Forest, San Diego County, California, Act of June 11, 1940 (Public Law 589), $5,000; Sequoia National Forest, California, Act of June 17, 1940 (Public Law 637), $34,850; in all, $141,680: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for acquisition of any land which is not within the boundaries of a national forest: *Provided further*, That no part of this Appropriation shall be used for the acquisition of any land over the objection of the local government concerned. state and private forestry cooperation For expenses necessary for cooperation with the various States in forest-fire prevention and suppression, in forest tree planting, in forest, management and processing, and in farm forestry extension, [64 Stat. 473](/us/stat/64/473).pursuant to the Act of August 25, 1950 (16 U. S. C. 568c, 568d), and sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the Act of June 7, 1924 (16 U. S. C. 564–[43 Stat. 653](/us/stat/43/653).568a), and Acts supplementary thereto; advising timberland owners, associations, and other appropriate agencies in the application of forest management principles to federally owned lands leased to States and to private forest lands, and advising wood-using industries in processing of forest products, so as to attain sustained-yield management, the conservation of the timber resources, the productivity of forest lands, and the stabilization of employment and economic continuance of forest industries; $10,793,000, cooperative range improvements For artificial revegetation, construction, and maintenance of range improvements, control of rodents, and eradication of poisonous and noxious plants on national forests as authorized by section 12 of [64 Stat. 85](/us/stat/64/85).[16 USC 580h](/us/usc/t16/s580h).the Act of April 24, 1950 (Public Law 478) $310,000, to remain available until expended; and the unobligated balance of the appropriation under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation [65 Stat. 235](/us/stat/65/235).Act, 1952 (Public Law 135, Eighty-second Congress) is hereby continued available, but not subject to the provision relating to the use of such appropriation included in such Act. Flood Prevention For expenses necessary, in accordance with the Flood Control Act, approved[49 Stat. 1570](/us/stat/49/1570).[33 USC 701a–701h](/us/usc/t33/s701a–701h). June 22, 1936 (Public Law 738), as amended and supplemented, to make preliminary examinations and surveys, and to perform works of improvement, and to plan the agricultural phases of the development of the Columbia Basin area, the Arkansas-White-Red River area, the New England-New York area, the Colorado River area, 66 Stat. 345 the Missouri River area, the Sevier River area, and the Mississippi River area, in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, including not to exceed $100,000 for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706
(a)of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the[53 Stat. 742](/us/stat/53/742). Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates for individuals not to[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). exceed $100 per diem, to remain available until expended, $7,750,000, with which shall be merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated or transferred to the Department for flood-control purposes: *Provided*, That no part of such funds shall be used forYazoo and Little Tallahatchie watersheds. the purchase of lands in the Yazoo and Little Tallahatchie watersheds without specific approval of the county board of supervisors of the county in which such lands are situated, nor shall any part of such funds be used for the purchase of lands in the counties of Adair, Cherokee, and Sequoyah, in the State of Oklahoma, Neosho, Cottonwood, Verdigris, Caney, and tributaries in Kansas, without the specific approval of the Board of County Commissioner’s of the county in which such lands are situated: *Provided further*, That of the funds available herein, not in excess of $5,556,540 (with which shall be merged the unexpended balance of funds heretofore made available for these purposes) may be expended in watersheds heretofore authorized by section 13 of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944, for[58 Stat. 905](/us/stat/58/905). necessary gully control, flood water detention, and flood way structures in areas other than those over which the Department of the Army has jurisdiction and responsibility. Soil Conservation Service salaries and expenses For necessary expenses for carrying out the pro visions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U. S. C. 590a–590f), title III of the Act of July[49 Stat. 163](/us/stat/49/163).[50 Stat. 525](/us/stat/50/525).[59 Stat. 532](/us/stat/59/532). 22, 1937 (7 U. S. C. 1010–1012), and the Act of August 11, 1945 (7 U. S. C. 1011 note), including research and investigations into the character, cause, extent, history, and effects of erosion, soil and moisture depletion, and methods of soil and water conservation (including the construction and hydrologic phases of farm irrigation and land drainage, and the construction, operation, and maintenance of experimental watersheds, stations, laboratories, plots, and installations); making conservation surveys and plans and establishing measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special measures as may be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs); establishment and operation of conservation nurseries; development and management of land utilization project lands and facilities; dissemination of information; purchase and erection or alteration of permanent buildings; operation and maintenance of aircraft; and furnishing of subsistence to employees; $60,210,000: *Provided*, That the cost of any permanentCost of buildings. building purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of constructing a water supply or sanitary system and connecting the same to any such building and with the exception of buildings acquired in conjunction with land being purchased tor other purposes, shall not exceed $2,500, except for eight buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $15,000 per building and except that alterations or improvements to other existing permanent buildings costing $2,500 or more may be made in any fiscal year in an amount not to exceed $500 per building: *Provided further*, That no part ofRestrictions. this appropriation shall be available for the construction of any such building on land not owned by the Government: *Provided further*, That in the State of Missouri, where the State has established 66 Stat. 346 a central State agency authorized to enter into agreements with the United States or any of its agencies on policies and general programs for the saving of its soil by the extension of Federal aid to any soil conservation district in such State, the agreements made by or on behalf of the United States with any such soil conservation district shall have the prior approval of such central State agency before they shall become, effective as to such district: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation may be expended for soil and water conservation operations under the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U. S. C, [49 Stat. 163](/us/stat/49/163).590a–590f), in demonstration projects: *Provided further*, That not to exceed $5,0(10 may be used for employment pursuant to the second [58 Stat. 742](/us/stat/58/742).[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810).sentence of section 706
(a)of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a): *Provided further*, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perfom the technical planning work of the service: *Provided further*, That the Secretary may sell at market value any property located in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, administered under title III of the Act of July 22, 1937 (7 U. S. C. 1010–1012), and suitable for return to private ownership under such terms and conditions as would not conflict with the purposes of said Act. water conservation and utilization projects For expenses necessary to carry into effect the functions of the Department under the Acts of May 10, 1939 (53 Stat. 685, 719), [54 Stat. 1119](/us/stat/54/1119).[63 Stat. 277](/us/stat/63/277).[64 Stat. 769](/us/stat/64/769).[7 USC 1033–1039](/us/usc/t7/s1033–1039).October 14, 1940 (16 U. S. C. 590y–z–10), as amended and supplemented, June 28, 1949 (Public Law 132), and September 6, 1950 (Public Law 760), relating to water conservation and utilization projects, to remain available until expended, $235,500, which sum shall be merged with the. unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated or transferred to said Department for the purposes of said Act. Production and Marketing Administration conservation and use of agricultural land resources To enable the Secretary to carry into effect the provisions of sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment. Act, approved February 29, 1936, as amended (16 U. S. C. 590g–[49 Stat. 1148](/us/stat/49/1148).590q), including not to exceed $6,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States; $251,754,142, to remain available until December 31 of the next succeeding fiscal year for compliance with the program of soil-building practices and soil-and water-conserving practices authorized under this head in the Department of [65 Stat. 236](/us/stat/65/236)..Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952, carried out during the period July 1, 1951, to December 31, 1952, inclusive, of which amount $2,500,000 shall he available for technical assistance in formulating and carrying out agricultural conservation practices and $1,000,000 shall be available for conservation practices related directly to flood prevention work in approved watersheds: *Provided*, That not to exceed $26,754,142 of the total sum provided under this head shall be available during the current fiscal year for salaries and other administrative expenses for carrying out such program, the cost of aerial photographs, however, not to be charged to such limitation; hut not more than $4,966,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation account, [52 Stat. 69](/us/stat/52/69).[7 USC 1392](/us/usc/t7/s1392).Payments to claimants.“Administrative expenses, section 392, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938”: *Provided further*, That payments to claimants hereunder may be made upon the certificate of the claimant, which certificate shall be in such form as the Secretary may prescribe, that he has 66 Stat. 347 carried out the conservation practice or practices and has complied with all other requirements as conditions for such payments and that the statements and information contained in the application for payment are correct and true, to the best of his knowledge and belief, under the penalties of title 18, United States Code: *Provided further*,[62 Stat. 683](/us/stat/62/683). That none of the funds herein appropriated or made available for the functions assigned to the Agricultural Adjustment Agency pursuant to the Executive Order Numbered 9069, of February 23, 1942, shall[50 USC app. 601 note](/us/usc/t50/app601). be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any regional information employees or any State information employees, but this shall not preclude the answering of inquiries or supplying of information at the county level to individual farmers: *Provided further*, That suchSoil-building practices. amount shall be available for salaries and other administrative expenses in connection with the formulation and administration of the 1953 program of soil-building practices and soil-and water-conserving practices, under the Act of February 29, 1936, as amended[49 Stat. 1148](/us/stat/49/1148).[16 USC 590g–590q](/us/usc/t16/s590g–590q). (amounting to$250,000,000, including administration, and formulated on the basis of a distribution of the funds available for payments and grants among the several States in accordance with their conservation needs as determined by the Secretary, except that the proportion allocated to any State shall not be reduced more than 15 per centum from the distribution for the next preceding program year, and no participant shall receive more than $2,500); but the payments or grants under such programs shall be conditioned upon the utilization of land with respect to which such payments or grants are to be made in conformity with farming practices which will encourage and provide for soil-building and soil-and water-conserving practices in the most practical and effective manner and adapted to conditions in the several States, as determined and approved by the State committees appointed pursuant to section 8
(b)of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U. S. C. 590h (b)), for the respective[49 Stat. 1150](/us/stat/49/1150). States: *Provided further*, That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allocation for the agricultural conservation program for any county may, on the recommendation of such county committee and approval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted to the Soil Conservation Service for services of its technicians in formulating and carrying out the agricultural conservation program in the participating counties, and the funds so allotted may be placed in a single account for each State, and shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for any purpose other than technical and other assistance in such counties: *Provided further*, That not to exceed 2½ per centum of the allocation for the agricultural conservation program for any State may be utilized in determining the most needed conservation practices on individual farms for which Federal assistance shall be given: *Provided further*, That such amounts shall be available for the purchasePurchase of seeds, etc. of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other farming materials, or any soil-terracing services, and making grants thereof to agricultural producers to aid them in carrying out farming practices approved by the Secretary under programs provided for herein: *Provided further*,Salary or travel expenses, restriction. That no part of any funds available to the Department, or any bureau, office, corporation, or other agency constituting a part of such Department, shall be used in the current fiscal year for the payment of salary or travel expenses of any person who has been convicted of violating the Act entitled “An Act to prevent pernicious political activities”, approved August 2, 1939, as amended, or who has been found in[53 Stat. 1147](/us/stat/53/1147).[5 USC 118k note](/us/usc/t5/s118k). accordance with the provisions of title 18, United States Code, section 1913, to have violated or attempted to violate such section which prohibits[62 Stat. 792](/us/stat/62/792). the use of Federal appropriations for the payment of personal services or other expenses designed to influence in any manner a Mem- 66 Stat. 348ber of Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or appropriation by Congress except upon request of any Member or through the proper official channels. agricultural production programs To enable the Secretary to formulate and carry out acreage Allotment and marketing quota programs pursuant to provisions of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (7 [52 Stat. 38](/us/stat/52/38).U. S. C. 1301–1393), and to provide assistance in obtaining equipment, materials, and facilities necessary to attain needed production of agricultural commodities, $10,000,000, of which not more than $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation account [7 USC 1392](/us/usc/t7/s1392).“Administrative expenses, section 392, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938”. sugar act program To enable the Secretary to carry into effect the provisions of the [61 Stat. 922](/us/stat/61/922).Sugar Act of 1948 (7 U. S. C. 1101–1160), $65,000,000, to remain available until June 30 of the next succeeding fiscal year: *Provided*, That expenditures (including transfers) from this appropriation for other than payments to sugar producers shall not exceed $1,500,000. national school lunch program To enable the Secretary to carry out the provisions of the National [60 Stat. 230](/us/stat/60/230).School Lunch Act (42 U. S. C. 1751–1760), $83,367,491: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for nonfood assistance [42 USC 1754](/us/usc/42/1754).under section 5 of said Act. marketing services For expenses necessary for acquiring and diffusing market information on agricultural commodities, food products and byproducts, the standardization, classification, grading, handling, storage and marketing thereof, including the demonstration and promotion of the use of uniform standards of classification of American farm and food products throughout the world, the analysis of cotton fiber, the classing of cotton for producer members of cotton quality improvement groups, the establishment of classification standards and maintenance of an [44 Stat. 1372](/us/stat/44/1372); [50 Stat. 62](/us/stat/50/62); [43 Stat. 115](/us/stat/43/115); [37 Stat. 118](/us/stat/37/118); [45 Stat. 1079](/us/stat/45/1079); [49 Stat. 731](/us/stat/49/731).inspection service for tobacco (7 U. S. C. 471–476, 501–508, 511–511q); for investigating and certifying, in one or more jurisdictions, to shippers and other interested parties the class, quality, and condition of any agricultural commodity or food product, whether raw or processed, and any product containing an agricultural commodity or derivative thereof when offered for interstate shipment or when received at such important central markets as the Secretary may from time to time designate, or at points which may be conveniently reached therefrom under such rides and regulations as he may prescribe, including the collection of such fees as are reasonable and as nearly as may cover the cost of the service rendered; for performing the duties imposed upon the Secretary by chapter 14 of the Internal Revenue Code [53 Stat. 210](/us/stat/53/210).[42 Stat. 1517](/us/stat/42/1517).[39 Stat. 482](/us/stat/39/482).[42 Stat. 1435](/us/stat/42/1435).relating to cotton futures (26 U. S. C. 1920–1935): and for carrying into effect the United States Cotton Standards Act (7 U. S. C. 51–65), the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U. S. C. 71–87), the Naval Stores Act (7 U. S. C. 91–99), section 201
(a)to 201 (d), inclusive, of title II of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U. S. C. [52 Stat. 36](/us/stat/52/36).1291), including not to exceed $25,000 for employment at rates not to exceed $100 per diem, pursuant to the second sentence of section 706 [58 Stat. 742](/us/stat/58/742).(a), of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as amended by section 66 Stat. 349 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), the Acts to provide[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810).[39 Stat. 673](/us/stat/39/673).[39 Stat. 486](/us/stat/39/486).[53 Stat. 1275](/us/stat/53/1275)[42 Stat. 159](/us/stat/42/159).[61 Stat. 163](/us/stat/61/163).[54 Stat. 231](/us/stat/54/231). standards for containers for fruits and vegetables (15 U. S. C. 251–257i), the United States Warehouse Act (7 U. S. C. 241–273), the Federal Seed Act (7 U. S. C. 1551–1610), the Packers and Stockyards Act (7 U. S. C. 181–229), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U. S. C. 135–135k), and the Tobacco Plant and Seed Exportation Act (7 U. S. C. 516), $11,465,000: *Provided*, That hereafter the Secretary may contract with cooperatives furnishing classers and other facilities for classing cotton and may pay for such services an amount, some part of which may be in kind, not in excess of the value of the samples. Commodity Exchange Authority To enable the Security to carry into effect the provisions of the Commodity Exchange. Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. l–17a), $725,000.[42 Stat. 998](/us/stat/42/998); [49 Stat. 1491](/us/stat/49/1491). Federal Crop Insurance Corporation For operating and administrative expenses, $8,500,000. Rural Electrification Administration To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7U. S. C. 901–924), as follows:[49 Stat. 1363](/us/stat/49/1363). loan authorizations For loans in accordance with said Act, and for carrying out the provisions of section 7 thereof, to be borrowed from the Secretary of[49 Stat. 1365](/us/stat/49/1365).[7 USC 907](/us/usc/t7/s907).[7 USC 903](/us/usc/t7/s903). the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of section 3
(a)of said Act as follows. Rural electrification program, $50,000,000; and rural telephone program, $25,000,000; and additional amounts, not to exceed $50,000,000 for the rural electrification program and $10,000,000 for the rural telephone program, may be borrowed under the same terms and conditions to the extent that, such additional amounts are required during the fiscal year 1953, under the then existing conditions, for the expeditious and orderly development of the program. salaries and expenses For administrative expenses, including not to exceed $500 for financial and credit reports, and not to exceed $150,000 for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706
(a)of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of[58 Stat. 742](/us/stat/58/742).[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $8,290,000. Farmers’ Home Administration To carry into effect the provisions of titles I, II, and the related provisions of title IV of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. 1000–1031), the Act of August 23, 1951 (Public[50 Stat. 522](/us/stat/50/522).[65 Stat. 197](/us/stat/65/197). Law 123); the Farmers’ Home Administration Act of 1946 (7 U. S. C. 1001, note; 31 U. S. C. 82h; 12 U. S. C. 371; 35 D. C. Code 535; 60 Stat. 1062–1080); the Act of July 30, 1946 (40 U. S. C. 436–439); the[60 Stat. 711](/us/stat/60/711).[50 Stat. 869](/us/stat/50/869). Act of August 28, 1937, as amended (16 U. S. C. 590r–590x, 590z–5), for the development, of facilities for water storage and utilization in the arid and semiarid areas of the United States; the provisions of title V of the Housing Act of 1949 relating to financial assistance for farm housing (42 U. S. C. 1471–1483); the Rural Rehabilitation Corpo-[63 Stat. 432](/us/stat/63/432). 66 Stat. 350ration Trust Liquidation Act, approved May 3, 1950 [64 Stat. 98](/us/stat/64/98).(40 U. S. C. 440–444); and the Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain mineral interests, approved September 6, 1950 (7 U. S. C. [64 Stat. 769](/us/stat/64/769).1033–1039), as follows: wan authorization For loans (including payments in lieu of taxes and taxes under [50 Stat. 531](/us/stat/50/531).[7 USC 1024](/us/usc/t7/s1024).section 50 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, and advances incident to the acquisition and preservation of security of obligations under the foregoing several authorities): Title I and [50 Stat. 522](/us/stat/50/522); [63 Stat. 432](/us/stat/63/432).[7 USC 1000, 1001 note, 1017](/us/usc/t7/s1000/1001/1017); [42 USC 1471–1483](/us/usc/t42/s1471–1483).section 43 of title IV of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, and title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (except grants under 501 (a)), $38,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 of the amount available for the purposes of title I and section 43 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, may be distributed to States and Territories without regard to farm population and prevalence of tenancy, in addition to the amount otherwise distributed thereto, for loans in reclamation projects and to entrymen on unpatented public land (sums available for loans under title V of the Housing Act of [50 Stat. 524](/us/stat/50/524).[7 USC 1007–1009](/us/usc/t7/s1007–1009).1949 to remain available until expended); title II of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, $120,000,000; the Act of August [50 Stat. 869](/us/stat/50/869).[16 USC 590r–590z–5](/us/usc/t16/s590r–590z–5).28, 1937, as amended, $6,000,000: *Provided*, That not to exceed the foregoing several amounts shall be borrowed in one account from the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions set forth under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, [65 Stat. 240](/us/stat/65/240).1952. salaries and expenses For the making, servicing, and collecting of loans and insured mortgages, the servicing and collecting of loans made under prior authority, the liquidation of assets transferred to Farmers’ Home [60 Stat. 1062](/us/stat/60/1062).[7 USC 1001 note](/us/usc/t7/s1001).Administration pursuant to the Farmers’ Home Administration Act of 1946, the extension of financial assistance under the Housing Act of 1949, and the administration of assets transferred under subsection [63 Stat. 833](/us/stat/63/833).[42 USC 1441 note](/us/usc/t42/s1441).2
(f)of the Act of May 3, 1950, $29,350,000, together with a transfer to this appropriation item of not to exceed $325,000 of the fees and administrative expense charges made available by subsections
(d)and [60 Stat. 1076](/us/stat/60/1076).[7 USC 1005b](/us/usc/t7/s1005b).(e) of section 12 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended. Farm Credit Administration For necessary expenses, including library membership fees or dues in organizations which issue publications to members only or to members at a lower price than to others, payment for which may be made in advance; not to exceed $20,000 for expenditures authorized by [58 Stat. 741](/us/stat/58/741).section 602 of the Organic Act of 1944 (12 U. S. C. 833); $431,000, together with not to exceed $2,322,100 of receipts from Farm Credit agencies, to be advanced to this appropriation, to cover the cost of supervision, facilities, examinations, and other services rendered to such agencies: $2,753,100. Extension Service payments to states, hawaii, alaska, and puerto rico For payments to the States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, forCooperative agricultural extension work. cooperative agricultural extension work as follows: Capper-Ketcham, Bankhead-Jones, and related Acts: Capper-Ketcham[45 Stat. 711](/us/stat/45/711). Act, the Act approved May 22, 1928 (7 U. S. C. 343a, 343b), 66 Stat. 351 $1,480,000; Bankhead-Jones Act, section 21, title II, of the Act approved June 29, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 843c), $12,000,000; Bankhead-Jones[49 Stat. 438](/us/stat/49/438). Act, section 23, title II, of the Act approved June 29, 1935, us amended by the Act of June 6, 1945 (7 U. S. C. 343d–1), $12,500,000:[59 Stat. 231](/us/stat/59/231). additional extension work, the Act approved April 24, 1939, as amended (7 U. S. C. 343cl), $555,000; Alaska, the Act approved[53 Stat. 589](/us/stat/53/589).[45 Stat. 1256](/us/stat/45/1256). February 23, 1929 (7 U. S. C. 886c), extending the benefits of the Smith-Lever Act to the Territory of Alaska, $17,300, and the Act approved October 27, 1949 (7 U. S. C. 343tM, 5), extending to the[63 Stat. 939](/us/stat/63/939). Territory of Alaska the benefits of the Capper-Ketcham Act and sections 21 and 23 of title II of the Bankhead-Jones Act, $42.558; Puerto Rico, section 3 of the Act of March 4, 1931 (7 U. S. C. 386f), authorizing[46 Stat. 1521](/us/stat/46/1521). extension of the Capper-Ketcham Act to Puerto Rico, $32,131; the Act approved August 28, 1937 (7 U. S. C. 343f–343g), extending[50 Stat. 881](/us/stat/50/881). the benefits of section 21 of the Bankhead-Jones Act to Puerto Rico, $408,000, and the Act approved October 26, 1949 (7 U. S. C. 343d–2, 3), extending the benefits of section 23 of title II of the Bankhead-Jones[63 Stat. 926](/us/stat/63/926). Act to Puerto Rico, $101,090; and section 506a of title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U. S. C. 1476), $33,050; in all, payments[63 Stat. 435](/us/stat/63/435). to States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, $27,169,129. salaries and expenses For expenses necessary to administer the provisions of the Smith-Lever Act, approved May 8, 1914 (7 U. S. C. 341–348), and Acts[38 Stat. 372](/us/stat/38/372). amendatory or supplementary thereto, and to coordinate the extension work of the Department and the several States, Territories, and insular possessions, $905,000. Office of the Secretary For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, including I he purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement of the motor vehicle used by the Secretary with a comparable new model; travel expenses, including examination of estimates for appropriations in the field; stationery, supplies, materials, and equipment; freight, express, and dray age charges; advertising of bids, communication service, postage, washing towels, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department of Agriculture, $2,230,000, together with such amounts from other Appropriations or authorizations as are provided in the schedules in the budget for the current fiscal year for such services and expenses, which several amounts or portions thereof, as may be determined by the Secretary, not exceeding a total of $109,280, shall be transferred to and made a. part of this appropriation: *Provided, however*, That if theAdjustments in amounts. total amounts of such appropriations or authorizations for the current fiscal year shall at any time exceed or fall below the amounts estimated, respectively, therefor in the budget, for such year, the amounts transferred or to be transferred therefrom to this appropriation shall be increased or decreased in such amounts as the Bureau of the Budget, after a hearing thereon with representatives of the Department, shall determine, are appropriate to the requirements as changed by such reductions or increases in such appropriations or authorizations. Office of the Solicitor For necessary expenses, including payment of fees or dues for the use of law libraries by attorneys in the field service, $2,356,000, together with such amounts from other appropriations or authoriza- 66 Stat. 352tions as are provided in the schedules in the budget for the current fiscal year for such expenses which several amounts not exceeding a total of $225,300 shall be transferred to and made a part of this appropriation. Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations For necessary expenses for the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, $615,000. Office of Information For necessary expenses in connection with the publication, indexing, illustration, and distribution of bulletins, documents, and reports, the preparation, distribution, and display of agricultural motion and sound pictures, and exhibits, and the coordination of informational work and programs authorized by Congress in the Department, $1,259,000, together with such amounts from other appropriations or authorizations as are provided in the schedules in the budget for the current fiscal year for such expenses, which several amounts not exceeding a total of $16,014, shall be transferred to and made a part of this appropriation, of which total appropriation amounts not exceeding those specified may be used for the purposes enumerated as follows: For preparation and display of exhibits, $102,735: for preparation, distribution, and display of motion and sound pictures, $73,511; for farmers’ bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interests of the people of the different sections of the country, an equal proportion of four-fifths of which shall be delivered to or sent out. under the addressed franks furnished by the Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, as they shall direct (7 U. S. C. [34 Stat. 690](/us/stat/34/690).417) and not less than two hundred thirty thousand eight hundred and fifty copies for the use of the Senate and House of Representatives of part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture), as authorized by section 73 of the Act of [28 Stat. 612](/us/stat/28/612).Transfer of funds.January 12, 1895 (44 U. S. C. 241), $611,128: *Provided*, That additional funds for preparation and display of agricultural motion pictures and exhibits relating to the programs of the various agencies of the Department authorized by Congress, not exceeding $150,000, may be transferred to and made a part of this appropriation, from the funds applicable, and shall be available for the objects specified herein: *Provided further*, That in the preparation of motion pictures or exhibits by the Department, not exceeding a total of $10,000 may be used for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section [58 Stat. 742](/us/stat/58/742).[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810).706
(a)of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a): *Provided further*, That, no part of this appropriation shall be used for the establishment or maintenance of regional or State field offices, or for the compensation of employees in such offices. Library For necessary expenses, including dues for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members; $682,000. 66 Stat. 353 TITLE II— CORPORATIONS The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each 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 Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in[59 Stat. 598](/us/stat/59/598).[31 USC 849](/us/usc/31/849). carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the fiscal year 1953 for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. Commodity Credit Corporation: Nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent the Commodity Credit Corporation from carrying out any activity or any program authorized by law: *Provided*, That not to exceed $16,500,000 shall be available for administrative expenses of the Corporation: *Provided further*, That all necessary expenses (including legal and special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not. including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of any real or personal propery belonging to the Corporation or in which it has an interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof. Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation: Not to exceed $950,000 (to be computed on an accrual basis) of the funds of the Corporation shall be available for administrative expenses, including employment on a contract or fee basis of persons, firms, and corporations for the performance of special services, including legal services, and the use of the services and facilities of Federal land banks, national farm loan associations. Federal Reserve banks, and agencies of the Government as authorized by the Act of January 31, 1934 (12 U. S. C. 1020–1020h);[48 Stat. 334](/us/usc/48/334). and said total sum shall be exclusive of services and facilities furnished and examinations made by the Farm Credit Administration central office, interest expense, and expenses in connection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of real or personal property belonging to the Corporation or in which it has an interest: *Provided*, That promptly after June 30Dividends. of each fiscal year all cash funds in excess of the estimated operating requirements for the current fiscal year shall be declared as dividends and paid into the general fund of the Treasury: *Provided further*,Bonds. That the aggregate amount of bonds the Corporation may issue and have outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $500,000,000. Federal intermediate credit banks: Not to exceed $1,690,000 (to beAdministrative expenses. computed on an accrual basis) of the funds of the banks shall be available for administrative expenses and services performed for the banks by other Government agencies (except services and facilities furnished and examinations made by the Farm Credit Administration central office, and services performed by any Federal Reserve bank and by the United States Treasury in connection with the financial transactions of the banks); and said total sum shall be exclusive of interest expense, legal and special services performed on a contract or fee basis, and expenses in connection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of real or personal property belonging to the banks or in which they have an interest. Production credit corporations: Not to exceed $1,465,000 (to be computed on an accrual basis) of the funds of the corporations shall be available for administrative expenses and services performed for the corporations by other Government, agencies (except services and facilities furnished and examinations made by the Farm Credit 66 Stat. 354 Administration central office); and said total sum shall he exclusive of interest expense, legal and special services performed on a contract or fee basis, and expenses in connection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of real or personal property belonging to the corporations or in which they have an interest. TITLE III— SPECIAL ACTIVITIES Research on Strategic and Critical Agricultural Materials For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary to carry out his responsibilities under section 7
(b)of the Strategic and Critical [60 Stat. 599](/us/stat/60/599).Materials Stock Piling Act of July 23, 1946 (50 U. S. C. 98f), $600,000: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall be subject to applicable provisions contained in the item “Office of Administrator, Agricultural Research Administration”. Restoration of Capital Impairment, Commodity Credit Corporation To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to restore the capital impairment of the Commodity Credit Corporation determined by the appraisal of June 30, 1951, pursuant to section 1 of the Act of March S, 1938, as amended (15 U. S. C. 713a–1), $109,391,154. Eradication of Foot-and-Mouth Disease: and Other Contagious Diseases of Animals and Poultry For expenses necessary in the arrest and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other contagious or infectious diseases of animals, or European fowl pest and Payment of claims.similar diseases in poultry, including the payment of claims growing out of past and future purchases and destruction of animals (including poultry) affected by or exposed to, or of materials, contaminated by or exposed to, any such disease, wherever found and irrespective of ownership, under like or substantially similar circumstances, when such owner has complied with all lawful quarantine regulations; and for foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest programs undertaken [61 Stat. 7](/us/stat/61/7).[21 USC 114b–114d](/us/usc/t21/s114b–114d).pursuant to the provisions of the Act of February 28, 1947, and the Act of May 29, 1884, as amended (7 U. S. C. 391; 21 U. S. C. 111–122), including expenses in accordance with section 2 of said [23 Stat. 31](/us/stat/23/31).Act of February 28, 1947, the Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the bureaus, corporations, or agencies of the Department such sums as he may deem necessary, to be available only in an emergency which threatens the livestock or poultry industry of the country, and any unexpended balances of funds transferred under this head in the next preceding fiscal year Basis of appraisement.shall be merged with such transferred amounts: *Provided*, That, except for payments made pursuant to said Act of February 28, 1947, the payment for such animals hereafter purchased may be made on appraisement based on the meat, egg-production, dairy, or breeding value, but in case of appraisement based on breeding value no appraisement of any such animal shall exceed three times its meat, egg-Production, or dairy value, and, except in case of an extraordinary emergency to be determined by the Secretary, the payment by the United States Government for any such animals shall not exceed one-half of any such appraisements: *Provided further*, That poultry may be appraised in groups when the basis for appraisal is the same for each bird: *Provided further*, That this appropriation shall be subject to applicable provisions contained in the item “Office of Administrator, 66 Stat. 355 Agricultural Research Administration”: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to discharge indebtedness of the Commodity Credit Corporation to the Secretary of the Treasury by canceling notes issued By the Corporation to the Secretary of the Treasury in the amount of $11,240,532 for funds transferred and expenses incurred under this head through fiscal year 1951 pursuant to authority granted in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1951.[64 Stat. 657](/us/stat/64/657). International Wheat Agreement The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to discharge indebtedness of the Commodity Credit Corporation to the Secretary of the Treasury by cancelling notes issued by the Corporation to the Secretary of the Treasury in the amount of $182,162,250 for the net costs during the fiscal year 1951 under the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949 (7 U. S. C. 1641–1642).[63 Stat. 945](/us/stat/63/945). TITLE IV— GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 401. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, the lump-sum Passenger motor vehicles,appropriations and authorizations made for the Department under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed 400 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles, necessary in the conduct of the work of the Department outside the District of Columbia. Sec. 402. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employmentEmployment of aliens. of aliens shall not apply to
(1)the temporary employment of translators when competent citizen translators are not available;
(2)employment in cases of emergency of persons in the field service of the Department for periods of not more than sixty days; and
(3)employment under the appropriation for the Office of Foreign agricultural Relations. Sec. 403. Of appropriations herein made which are available forPurchase of lands. the purchase of lands, not to exceed $1 may be expended for each option to purchase any particular tract or tracts of land. Sec. 404. No part of the funds appropriated by this Act shallCotton price predictions. be used for the payment of any officer or employee of the Department who, as such officer or employee, or on behalf of the Department or any division, commission, or bureau thereof, issues, or causes to be issued, any prediction, oral or written, or forecast, except as to damage threatened or caused by insects and pests, with respect to future prices of cotton or the trend of same. Sec. 405. Except to provide materials required in or incident toPurchase of twine. research or experimental work where no suitable domestic product is available, no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be expended in the purchase of twine manufactured from commodities or materials produced outside of the United States. Sec. 406. Not less than $575,000 shall be available for contracts inContracts. accordance with section 10
(a)of the Act of August 14, 1946 (7 U. S. C. 427i) from appropriations herein made for the Bureau of[60 Stat. 1085](/us/stat/60/1085). Agricultural Economics; Bureau of Animal Industry; Bureau of Dairy Industry; Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering; bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine; Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry; Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics; and the Forest Service. Sec. 407. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, orStrikes or overthrow of government. of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included 66 Stat. 356 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 by force or Penalty.violence: *Provided further*, That 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 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 Emergency work.other provisions of existing law: *Provided further*, That nothing in this section shall be construed to require an affidavit from any person employed for less than sixty days for sudden emergency work involving the loss of human life or destruction of property, the payment of salary or wages may be made to such persons from applicable appropriations for services rendered in such emergency without execution of the affidavit contemplated by this section. Sec. 408. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act orPublicity or propaganda. of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency included in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress. Sec. 409. Except for the car officially assigned to the Secretary ofChauffeurs. Agriculture, no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any civilian employee of the Government whose principal duties consist of acting as chauffeur of any Government-owned passenger motor vehicle (other than a bus or ambulance), unless such appropriation is specifically authorized to be used for paying the compensation of employees performing such duties. Sec. 410. No part of any appropriation or authorization containedRestriction on appointments. in this Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any incumbent appointed to any civil office or position which may become vacant Nonapplicability.during the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1952: Provided, That this inhibition shall not apply to—
(a)not to exceed 25 per centum of all vacancies;
(b)positions filled from within the department;
(c)offices or positions required by law to be filled by appointment of the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate;
(d)seasonal and casual workers;
(e)employees in grades CPC 1, 2, and 3;
(f)employees working in field activities;
(g)to employees paid from funds for research;
(h)employees of the crop and livestock reporting service; 66 Stat. 357
(i)employees paid from funds of the Federal Intermediate Credit Banks. Production Credit Corporations, and the Farm Credit Administration except the portion thereof provided by direct appropriation from the General Fund of the Treasury;
(j)employees paid from funds for marketing services;
(k)employees of the Rural Electrification Administration;
(l)employees of the Soil Conservation Service;
(m)employees of meat inspection and other regulatory services;
(n)employees of the Forest Service: *Provided further*, That when the total number of personnel subject to this section has been reduced to 90 per centum of the total provided for in the budget estimates for 1953, such limitation may cease to apply and said 90 per centum shall become a ceiling for employment during the fiscal year 1953, and if exceeded at any time during fiscal year 1953 this provision shall again become operative. Sec. 411.
(a)No part of the money appropriated by this Act toInformational and editorial functions. any department, agency, or corporation which is in excess of 90 per centum of the amount required to pay the compensation of all persons the budget estimates for personal services heretofore submitted to the Congress for the fiscal year 1953 contemplated would be employed by such department, agency, or corporation 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 any 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), and the total amount of each appropriation, any part of which is available for such purpose, is hereby reduced by an amount equal to 10 per centum of the amount requested in such budget estimates for such purpose.
(b)This section shall not apply to personnel engaged in the preparation and distribution of technical agricultural publications and farmers bulletins, and the Agriculture Yearbook, the reporting and dissemination of the results of research and investigations, the preparation and distribution of information on the protection of natural resources against fire, insects, and disease, the preparation and broadcasting of the “Farm and Home Hour” and similar individual or network radio and television programs, and other work required to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the Department imposed by law other than work intended primarily for press, radio and television services, and popular publications. Sec. 412. Of the total amount made available in this Act for personalPersonal services, etc. services above basic rates of the civilian personnel, for transportation of things (other than mail), and for travel of civilian employees, the Secretary is authorized and directed on or before September 1, 1952, to cover into the surplus funds of the Treasury, or return to the capital funds affected, sums equal to 10 per centum of the amounts included in the Budget estimates for such purposes, less an amount representing the reduction, if any. between the amount requested for such purpose in the Budget estimates and the amount appropriated herein for such purpose; *Provided*, That this section shall not apply to— 66 Stat. 358 1. employees working in field activities; 2. employees paid from funds for research; 3. employees of the crop and livestock reporting service; 4. the administrative expense limitations for Federal intermediate credit banks and for production credit corporations, or to the Appropriation for (he Farm Credit Administration except the portion thereof provided by direct appropriation from the General Fund of the Treasury; 5. employees paid from funds for marketing services; 6. employees of the Rural Electrification Administration; 7. employees of the Soil Conservation Service; 8. employees of meat inspection and other regulatory services; 9. employees of the Forest Service. This Act may be cited as the “Department of Agriculture AppropriationShort title. Act, 1953”. Approved July 5, 1952. Public Law 452: Making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes. Public Law 452 Public Law 452 66 Stat. 575 1952-07-05 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 2026-01-16 82 2 public Public Law 452 chapter 575 AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes.July 5, 1952[[H. R. 7151](/us/bill/82/hr/7151)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1953. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, namely: TITLE I— DEPARTMENT OF LABORDepartment of Labor appropriation Act, 1953. office of the secretary Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Office of the Secretary of Labor (hereafter in this title referred to as the Secretary), including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, [60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810).1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor vehicle (at not to exceed $3,000) for replacement only; teletype news service; and payment in advance when authorized by the Secretary for dues or fees for library membership in organizations whose publications are available to members only or to members at a price lower than to the general public; $1,376,000. Salaries and expenses, Office of the Solicitor: For expenses necessary for the Office of the Solicitor, $1,764,600: *Provided*, That the compensation of the Solicitor shall lie $14,800 per annum. Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Labor Standards: For expenses necessary for the promotion of industrial safety, employment, Stabilization, and amicable industrial relations for labor and industry; performance of safety functions of the Secretary under the Federal [63 Stat. 865](/us/stat/63/865).Employees’ Compensation Act, as amended (5 U. S. C. 784 (c)); performance of the functions vested in the Secretary by title I of the [61 Stat. 136](/us/stat/61/136).Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U. S. C. 159
(f)and (g)); and not to exceed $75,000 for the work of the President’s Committee on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, as authorized by the Act of July 11, 1949 (63”Stat. 409), including purchase of reports and of material for informational exhibits; and expenses of attendance of cooperating officials and consultants at conferences concerned with the work of the Bureau of Labor Standards; $624,000. 66 Stat. 359 Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Veterans’ Reemployment Rights: For expenses necessary to render assistance in connection with the exercise of reemployment rights under section 8 of the Selective Training[54 Stat. 890, 858](/us/stat/54/890/858). and Service Act of 1940, as amended (50 U. S. C., App. 308), the Service Extension Act of 1941, as amended, the Army Reserve and[55 Stat. 626](/us/stat/55/626).[62 Stat. 618](/us/stat/62/618).[65 Stat. 75](/us/stat/65/75).[57 Stat. 162](/us/stat/57/162).[50 USC app. 362, 401–405, 459](/us/usc/t50/app/362/401–405/459). Retired Personnel Service Law of 1940, as amended, and section 9 of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, and, under the Act of June 23, 1943, as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 1472), of persons who have performed service in the Merchant Marine, $285,700. bureau of apprenticeship Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary to conduct a program of encouraging apprentice training, as authorized by the Act of August 16, 1937 (29 U. S. C. 50), $2,700,000.[50 Stat. 664](/us/stat/50/664). bureau of employment security Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the general administration of the employment service and unemployment compensation programs, including temporary employment of persons, without regard to the civil-service laws, for the farm placement migratory labor program; for cooperation with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Secretary of State in negotiating and carrying out agreements relating to the employment of foreign agricultural workers, subject to the immigration laws and when necessary to supplement the domestic labor force; and not to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); $4,983,000, of which $1,100,000 shall be for carrying[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810).[58 Stat. 293](/us/stat/58/293).38 US C 695 695f. into effect the provisions of title IV (except section 602) of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944. Grants to States for unemployment compensation and employment service administration: For grants in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended (29 U. S. C. 49–49n), for[43 Stat. 113](/us/stat/43/113). carrying into effect section 602 of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, for grants to the States as authorized in title III of the[38 USC 695b](/us/usc/t38/s695b).[49 Stat. 626](/us/stat/49/626). Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C. 501–503), including, upon the request, of any State, the purchase of equipment and the payment of rental for space made available to such State in lieu of grants for. such purpose, and for necessary expenses in connection with the operation of employment office facilities and services in the District of Columbia, $183,560,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available only to the extent that the Secretary finds necessary to meet increased costs of administration resulting from changes in a State law or increases in the numbers of claims filed and claims paid or salary costs over those upon which the States basic grant (or the allocation for the District of Columbia) was based, which increased costs of administration cannot be provided for by normal budgetary adjustments: *Provided*, That notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in section 302
(a)of the Social Security Act, as amended,[42 USC 502](/us/usc/t42/s502). the Secretary of Labor shall from time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State found to be in compliance with the requirements of the Act of June 6, 1933, and, except in the case of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, with the provisions of section 303 of the Social Security Act, as amended,[42 USC 503](/us/usc/t42/s503). such amounts as he determines to be necessary for the proper and efficient administration of its unemployment compensation law and of its public employment offices: *Provided further*, That such amounts as may be agreed upon by the Department of Labor and the Post Office Department shall be used for the payment, in such manner as 66 Stat. 360 said parties may jointly determine, of postage for the transmission of official mail matter in connection with the administration of unemployment compensation systems and employment services by States receiving grants herefrom. In carrying out the provisions of said Act of June 6, 1933, the provisionsPersonnel standards. of section 303
(1)of the Social Security Act, as amended, relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis, shall apply. None of the funds appropriated by this title to the Bureau ofGrants-in-aid of State agencies. Employment Security for grants-in-aid of State agencies to cover, in whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies including the salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, shall be withheld from the said agencies of any States which have established by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit system and classification and compensation plan covering the selection, tenure in office, and compensation of their employees, because of any disapproval of their personnel or the manner of their selection by the agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or employees. Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under title III [49 Stat. 626](/us/stat/49/626).[42 USC 501–503](/us/usc/t42/s501–503).[48 Stat. 113](/us/stat/48/113).[29 USC 49–49n](/us/usc/t29/s49–49n).of the Social Security Act, as amended, and under the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made thereunder for payments under such title and under such Act of June 6, 1933, to be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year. bureau of employees’ compensation Salaries and expenses: For necessary administrative expenses and not to exceed $87,000 for the Employees’ Compensation Board of Appeals, $2,221,100, together with not to exceed $98,500 to be derived [62 Stat. 1247](/us/stat/62/1247).[50 USC app. 2012](/us/usc/t50/app2012).from the War Claims Fund created by section 13
(a)of the War Claims Act of 1948 (50 U. S. C. 2012). Employees’ compensation fund: For the payment of compensation and other benefits and expenses (except administrative expenses) authorized by law and accruing during the current or any prior fiscal year, including payments to other Federal agencies for medical and hospital services pursuant to agreement approved by the Bureau of Employees’ Compensation; continuation of payment of benefits as provided for under the head “Civilian War Benefits” in the Federal [60 Stat. 696](/us/stat/60/696).Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the advancement of costs for enforcement, of recoveries in third-party cases; the furnishing of medical and hospital services and supplies, treatment, and funeral and burial expenses, including transportation and other expenses incidental to such services, treatment, and burial, for such enrollees of the Civilian Conservation Corps as were certified by the Director of such Corps as receiving hospital services and treatment at Government expense on June 30, 1943, and who are not otherwise entitled thereto as civilian employees of the United States, and the limitations and authority of the Act of September 7, 1916, as amended (5 U. S. C. [39 Stat. 742](/us/stat/39/742).796), shall apply in providing such services, treatment, and expenses in such cases; such amount, as may be required during the current fiscal year: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall be available for payments pursuant to sections 4(c) and 5
(f)of the War Claims Act [50 USC app. 2003, 2004](/us/usc/t50/app2003/2004/).of 1948 (50 U. S. C. 2012) and shall be credited with advances or reimbursements therefor from the War Claims Fund created by section 13
(a)of said War Claims Act of 1948. 66 Stat. 361 bureau of labor statistics Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the work of the Bureau, including advances or reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for services rendered, and not to exceed $15,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $5,495,000.[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). women’s bureau Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the work of the Women’s Bureau, as authorized by the Act of June 5, 1920 (29 U. S. C. 11–16), including purchase of reports and material for informational[41 Stat. 987](/us/stat/41/987). exhibits, $360,000. wage and hour division Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for performing the duties imposed by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended,[52 Stat. 1060](/us/stat/52/1060).[29 USC 201](/us/usc/t29/s201). and the Act to provide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the making of contracts by the United States, approved June 30, 1936 (41 U. S. C. 38), including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local[49 Stat. 2038](/us/stat/49/2038). agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered, and for expenses of attendance of cooperating officials and consultants at conferences concerned with the work of the Division, $7,639,139. general provisions Sec. 102. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and expenses shall be available for stenographic reporting services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a),[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). for examination of estimates of appropriations in the field, and for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the function or activity for which any such appropriation is made. Sec. 103. Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation in thisTransfer of funds. title may be transferred to any other such appropriation but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 5 per centum by any such transfer: *Provided*, That no such transfer shall be used for creation of new functions within the Department. This title may be cited as the “Department of Labor AppropriationCitation of title. Act, 1953”. TITLE II— FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCYFederal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1953. american printing house for the blind Education of the blind: For carrying out the Act of August 4, 1919, as amended (20 U. S. C. 101), $115,000.[41 Stat. 272](/us/stat/41/272). columbia institution for the deaf Salaries and expenses: For the partial support of Columbia Institution for the Deaf, including personal services and miscellaneous expenses, and repairs and improvements, $413,000: *Provided*, That the Columbia Institution for the Deaf shall be paid by the District of Columbia, in advance at the beginning of each quarter, at the rate of $975 per school year for each student attending said Institution pursuant to the Act of March 1, 1901 (31 D. C. Code 1008).[31 Stat. 844](/us/stat/31/844). For the construction of a building or buildings to accommodate approximately twenty-five additional children, $90,000: *Provided, however*, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia enter into contract with Columbia Institution for the Deaf for education of all resident deaf children of the District of Columbia. 66 Stat. 362 food and drug administration Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses for carrying out the [52 Stat. 1040](/us/stat/52/1040).[64 Stat. 20](/us/stat/64/20).[29 Stat. 604](/us/stat/29/604).[44 Stat. 1101, 1406](/us/stat/44/1101/1406).[42 Stat. 1486](/us/stat/42/1486).Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21U. S. C. 304–392, Public Law 459, approved March 16, 1950); the Tea Importation Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 41–50); the Import Milk Act (21 U. S. C. 141–149); the Federal Caustic Poison Act (15 U. S. C. 401–411); and the Filled Milk Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 61–64); including the purchase of not to exceed thirteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only (including three at a cost of not to exceed $1,900 each); reporting and illustrating the results of investigations; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and scientific equipment; not (o exceed $2,000 for payment in advance for special tests and analyses by contract; and payment of fees, travel, and per diem in connection with studies of new developments pertinent to food and drug enforcement operations; $5,600,000. Salaries and expenses, certification and inspection services: For expenses necessary for the certification or inspection of certain products in accordance with sections 406, 504, 506, 507, 604, 702A, and 706 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21U. S. C. [52 Stat. 1049](/us/stat/52/1049); [55 Stat. 851](/us/stat/55/851); [59 Stat. 463](/us/stat/59/463).346, 354, 356, 357, 364, 372a, and 376), the aggregate of the advance deposits during the current fiscal year to cover payment of fees by applicants for certification or inspection of such products, to remain available until expended. The total amount herein appropriated shall be available for personal services; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and scientific equipment; purchase of one passsenger motor vehicle for replacement only; and the refund of advance deposits for which no service has been rendered. freedmen’s hospital Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance, including repairs; furnishing, repairing, and cleaning of wearing apparel used by employees in the performance of their official duties; transfer of funds to the appropriation “Salaries and expenses, Howard University” for salaries of technical and professional personnel detailed to the hospital; payments to the appropriation of Howard University for actual cost of heat, light, and power furnished Salary restriction.by such university; $2,860,750: *Provided*, That no intern or resident physician receiving compensation from this appropriation on a full-time basis shall receive compensation in the form of wages or salary Payment by District of Columbia.from any other appropriation in this title: *Provided further*, That the District of Columbia shall pay by check to Freedmen’s Hospital, upon the Surgeon General’s request, in advance at the beginning of each quarter, such amount as the Surgeon General calculates will be earned on the basis of rates approved by the Bureau of the Budget for the care of patients certified by the District of Columbia. Bills rendered by the Surgeon General on the basis of such calculations shall not be subject to audit or certification in advance of payment; but proper adjustment of amounts which have been paid in advance on the basis of such calculations shall be made at the end of each quarter: *Provided further*, That the Surgeon General may delegate the responsibilities imposed upon him by the foregoing proviso. howard university Salaries and expenses: For the partial support of Howard University, including personal services and miscellaneous expenses and repairs to buildings and grounds, $2,675,000. Plans and specifications: For the preparation of plans and specifications for construction, under the supervision of the General Serv- 66 Stat. 363ices Administration, on the grounds of Howard University of a preclinical medical building, including engineering and architectural services, advertising, and travel, $30,000, to remain available until expended. Construction of buildings: For construction of buildings on the grounds of Howard University, under the supervision of the General Services Administration, to remain available until expended, as follows: For construction and equipment of a dental school building, together with alterations and installations in connection with such construction, including engineering and architectural services, and travel, $653,160, of which $372,939 is for payment of obligations incurred under authority provided under this head in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1949, to enter into contracts for construction of[62 Stat. 358](/us/stat/62/358). said building: *Provided*, That the limitation on the total cost of said dental school building, as set forth under this head in said Act, is increased from “$2,242,520” to “$2,565,221”, and such increased limitation shall not include authorized construction cost increases heretofore or hereafter determined by the Administrator of the General Services Administration pursuant to the provisions of said Act; For payment of obligations incurred under authority provided under this head in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948, as[62 Stat. 213](/us/stat/62/213).[63 Stat. 231](/us/stat/63/231). amended by the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1949, to enter into contracts for construction of an engineering building, $41,340; For payment of obligations incurred under authority provided under this head in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1950, to enter into contracts for construction of a biology-greenhouse[63 Stat. 286](/us/stat/63/286). building, $647,500. office of education Promotion and further development of vocational education: For canning out the provisions of section 3 of the Vocational Education Act of 1946 (20 U. S. C. 15), section 4 of the Act of March 10, 1924[60 Stat. 775](/us/stat/60/775).[43 Stat. 18](/us/stat/43/18).[46 Stat. 1849](/us/stat/46/1849).[64 Stat. 27](/us/stat/64/27).[20 USC 31–33](/us/usc/t20/s31–33). (20 U. S. C. 29), section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1931 (20U. S. C. 30) and the Act of March 18, 1950 (Public Law 462), $18,673,261: *Provided*, That the apportionment to the States under the Vocational Education Act of 1946 shall be computed on the basis of not to exceed $18,498,261 for the current fiscal year. Further endowment of colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts: For carrying out the provisions of section 22 of the Act of June 29, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 329), $2,480,000.[49 Stat. 439](/us/stat/49/439). Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Office of Education, including surveys, studies, investigations, and reports regarding libraries; fostering coordination of public and school library service; coordination of library service on the national level with other forms of adult education; developing library participation in Federal projects; fostering Nationwide coordination of research materials among libraries, interstate library coordination and the development of library service throughout the country; purchase, distribution, and exchange of educational documents, motion-picture films, and lantern slides; collection, exchange, and cataloging of educational apparatus and appliances, articles of school furniture and models of school buildings illustrative of foreign and domestic systems and methods of education,.and repairing the same; $2,900,000, of which not less than $500,000 shall be available for the Division of Vocational Education as authorized: *Provided*, That all receipts from non-Federal agencies representing reimbursement for expenses of travel of employees of the Office of Education performing advisory functions to the said agencies shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of this appropriation. 66 Stat. 364 Payments to school districts: For payments to local educational agencies for the maintenance and operation of schools as authorized [64 Stat. 1100](/us/stat/64/1100).[20 USC 236–244](/us/usc/t20/s236–244).by the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874), $40,000,000: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall also be available for carrying out the provisions of section 6 of such Act. School construction: For providing school facilities and for grants to local educational agencies in federally affected areas, as authorized [64 Stat. 969](/us/stat/64/969).[20 USC 271–280](/us/usc/t20/s271).by title II of the Act or September 23, 1950 (Public Law 815). including not to exceed $750,000 for necessary expenses of technical services rendered by other agencies, $135,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for salaries or other direct expenses of the Federal Security Agency. office of vocational rehabilitation Payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico): For payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico) in accordance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended [41 Stat. 735](/us/stat/41/735).(29 U. S. C., ch. 4), including payments, in accordance with regulations of the Administrator, for one-half of necessary expenditures for the acquisition of vending stands or other equipment in accordance [57 Stat. 376](/us/stat/57/376).[29 USC 36](/us/usc/t29/s36).with section 3
(C)of said Act for the use of blind persons, such stands or other equipment to be controlled by the State agency, $22,250,000, of which not to exceed $190,000 shall be available to the Federal Security Administrator for providing rehabilitation services to disabled residents of the District of Columbia, as authorized by section 6 of said Act, which latter amount shall be available for administrative expenses in connection with providing such services in the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That not to exceed 15 per centum of the appropriation shall be used for administrative purposes. Payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico), next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States in accordance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended (including the objects specified in the preceding paragraph), for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made thereunder to be. charged to the Appropriation therefor for that fiscal year: *Provided*, That the payments made pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed the amount paid to the States for the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, and of [49 Stat. 1559](/us/stat/49/1559).the Act approved June 20, 1936 (20 U. S. C., ch. 6A), including not to exceed $3,000 for production, purchase, and distribution of educational films; $700,000. public health service For necessary expenses in carrying out the Public Health Service Act,[58 Stat. 682](/us/stat/58/682). as amended (42 U. S. C., ch. 6A) (hereinafter referred to as the Act), and other Acts, including expenses for active commissioned officers in the Reserve Corps and for not to exceed one thousand five hundred commissioned officers in the Regular Corps; as follows: Venereal diseases: To carry out the purposes of sections 314
(a)[42 USC 246, 266](/us/usc/t42/s246/266).and 363 of the Act with respect to venereal diseases including the operation and maintenance of centers for the diagnosis, treatment, support, and clothing of persons afflicted with venereal diseases; transportation and subsistence of such persons and their attendants to and from the place of treatment or allowance in lieu thereof; diagnosis and 66 Stat. 365 treatment (including emergency treatment for other illnesses) of such persons through contracts with physicians and hospitals and other appropriate institutions; fees for case finding and referral to such centers of voluntary patients; reasonable expenses of preparing remains or burial of deceased patients; recreational supplies and equipment; leasing of facilities and repair and alteration of leased facilities; the purchase of not to exceed ten passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, and for grants of money, services, supplies, equipment, and use of facilities to States, as defined in the Act, and with the approval of the respective State health authorities, to counties, health districts, and other political subdivisions of the States, for the foregoing purposes, in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the Surgeon General may determine; $9,850,000. Tuberculosis: To carry out the purposes of section 314
(b)of the Act, $8,240,000.[42 USC 246](/us/usc/t42/s246). Assistance to States, general: To carry out the purposes, not otherwise specifically provided for, of section 314
(c)of the Act;[42 USC 243](/us/usc/t42/s243). to provide consultative services to States pursuant to section 311 of the Act; to make, field investigations and demonstrations pursuant to section 301 of the Act; and to provide for collecting and compiling mortality,[42 USC 241](/us/usc/t42/s241). morbidity, and vital statistics, including the purchase of not to exceed fourteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; $16,150,000. Communicable diseases: To carry out, except as otherwise provided for, those provisions of sections 301, 311, 361, and 704 of the Act[42 USC 241, 243, 264, 201 note](/us/usc/t42/s241/243/264/201). relating to the prevention and suppression of communicable and preventable diseases, and the interstate transmission and spread thereof, including the purchase, erection, and maintenance of portable buildings; purchase of not to exceed thirty-seven passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; $5,850,000. Engineering, sanitation, and industrial hygiene: For expenses, not otherwise provided, necessary to carry out those provisions of sections 301, 311, 314 (c), and 361 of the Act relating to sanitation and other aspects of environmental health, including enforcement of applicable quarantine laws and interstate quarantine regulations, and for carrying out the purposes of the Water Pollution Control Act (33 U. S. C. 466–466 (j)), including purchase of not to exceed two passenger motor[62 Stat. 1155](/us/stat/62/1155). vehicles; $3,700,000. Disease and sanitation investigations and control, Territory of Alaska: To enable the Surgeon General to conduct, in the Service, and to cooperate with and assist the Territory of Alaska in the conduct of, activities necessary in the investigation, prevention, treatment, and control of diseases, and the establishment and maintenance of health and sanitation services pursuant to and for the purposes specified in sections 301, 311, 314 (without regard to the provisions of subsections (d), (f), (n), and
(j)and the limitations set forth in subsection (c)[42 USC 241, 243, 246, 264, 266, 201 note](/us/usc/t42/s241/243/246/266/201). of such section), 361, 363, and 704 of the Act, including the hire, operation, and maintenance of aircraft, $1,100,000. Buildings and facilities, Cincinnati, Ohio: For purchase and installation of equipment and supplies for the building and facilities heretofore provided for under the head “Buildings and facilities, Cincinnati, Ohio,” General Services Administration, in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1951, $300,000, to remain available until[64 Stat. 692](/us/stat/64/692). expended. Grants for hospital construction: For payments for hospital construction under part C, title VI, of the Act, as amended, to remain[42 USC 291d–2916](/us/usc/t42/s291d–2916). available until expended, $134,700,000, of which $59,700,000 is for payment of obligations incurred under authority heretofore granted under this head: *Provided*, That allotments under such part C to the 66 Stat. 366 several States for the current fiscal year shall be made on the basis of an amount equal to that part of the appropriation granted herein which is available for new obligations. Salaries and expenses, hospital construction services: For salaries and expenses incident to carrying out title VI of the Act, as amended, including the purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, $1,200,000. Hospitals and medical care: For carrying out the functions of the Public Health Service under the Act of August 8, 1946 (5 U. S. C. [60 Stat. 903](/us/stat/60/903).150), and under sections 321, 322, 324, 326, 331, 332, 341, 343, 344, 502, 504, and 710 of the Public Health Service Act, and Executive [42 USC ch. 6A](/us/usc/t42/ch6A); [24 USC note prec. 191](/us/usc/t24/prec191).Order 9079 of February 26, 1942, including purchase and exchange of farm products and livestock; purchase of not to exceed fourteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and firearms and ammunition; $32,800,000; *Provided*, That when the Public Health Service establishes or operates a health service program for any department or agency, payment for the estimated cost shall be made in advance for deposit to the credit of this appropriation. Foreign quarantine service: For carrying out the purposes of sections 361[42 USC 264–272](/us/usc/t42/s264–272). to 369 of the Act, relating to preventing the introduction of communicable diseases from foreign countries, the medical [42 USC 252](/us/usc/t42/s252).examination of aliens in accordance with section 325 of the Act, and the care and treatment of quarantine detainees pursuant to section 322 [42 USC 249](/us/usc/t42/s249).(e) of the Act in private or other public hospitals when facilities of the Public Health Service are not available, including insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries when required by law of such countries; and the purchase of not to exceed ten passenger motor vehicles, of which five shall be for replacement only; $3,050,000. National Institutes of Health, operating expenses: For the activities of the National Institutes of Health, not otherwise provided for, including research fellowships and grants for research projects [42 USC 241](/us/usc/t42/s241).pursuant to section 301 of the Act; the regulation and preparation of biologic products; the purchase of not to exceed seven passenger motor vehicles, of which five shall be for replacement only; not to exceed $1,000 for entertainment of visiting scientists when specifically approved by the Surgeon General; erection of temporary structures; and grants of therapeutic and chemical substances for demonstrations and research; $16,550,000. National Cancer Institute: To enable the Surgeon General, upon the recommendations of the National Advisory Cancer Council, to make grants-in-aid for research and training projects relating to cancer; to cooperate with State health agencies, and other public and private nonprofit institutions, in the prevention, control, and eradication of cancer by providing consultative services, demonstrations, and [42 USC 281–284](/us/usc/t42/s281–284).grants-in-aid; and to otherwise carry out the provisions of title IV, part A, of the Act; $17,887,000. Mental health activities: For expenses necessary for carrying out [42 USC 241–244, 246](/us/usc/t42/s241–244/246).the provisions of sections 301, 302, 303, 311, 312, and 314
(c)of the Act with respect to mental diseases, $10,895,000. National Heart Institute: For expenses necessary to carry out the [62 Stat. 464](/us/stat/62/464), [42 USC 287 note](/us/stat/t42/s287).purposes of the National Heart. Act, $12,000,000. Dental health activities: For expenses not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the Surgeon General to carry out the purposes of the Act with respect to dental diseases and conditions, in chiding the purchase of not to exceed ten passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $1,650,000. Construction of research facilities: For construction of research facilities, to be transferred (except such part as may be necessary for 66 Stat. 367 incidental expenses and purchase of equipment by the Public Health Service) to the General Services Administration, and to remain available until expended, as follows: For payment of obligations incurred pursuant to authority granted to enter into contracts for construction of a combined hospital and research building as authorized under this head in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Acts of 1949 and 1950, $3,230,000.[62 Stat. 402](/us/stat/62/402); [63 Stat. 284](/us/stat/63/284). Retired pay of commissioned officers: For retired pay of commissioned officers, as authorized by law, $1,150,000, to remain available until expended. Salaries and expenses: For the divisions and offices of the Office of the Surgeon General and for miscellaneous expenses of the Public. Health Service not appropriated for elsewhere, including conducting research on technical nursing standards and furnishing consultative nursing services; preparing information, articles, and publications related to public health; conducting studies and demonstrations in public health methods; carrying on international health activities, including not to exceed $1,000 for entertainment of officials of other countries when specifically authorized by the Surgeon General; and purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; $3,150,000. Administrative provisions: During the current fiscal year, and with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, there may be transferred from any annual appropriation to the Public Health Service to any other such appropriation such additional amounts as may be required for pay and allowances of the active commissioned officers herein authorized, but any amounts so transferred shall not exceed 5 per centum of any such appropriation and no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 5 per centum as a result of any such transfers. saint elizabeths hospital Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of the hospital, including purchase of clothing for patients and cooperation with organizations or individuals in scientific research into the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment of mental illness, $2,520,000. Major repairs and preservation of buildings and grounds: For miscellaneous construction, alterations, repairs, and equipment, on the grounds of the hospital, including preparation of plans and specifications, advertising, and supervision of construction, $136,500, to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That any part of this amount may be transferred to the General Services Administration. Construction and equipment of treatment building: For an additional amount for construction and equipment, including administrative expenses, of a treatment building (providing separate male and female facilities), and demolition and removal of those buildings designated as Oaks and Toner Buildings with their appurtenances and attachments, within the grounds of Saint Elizabeths Hospital, $6,125,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $300,000 shall be used for the construction, equipment, and furnishing of a chapel: *Provided*, That any part of this appropriation may be transferred to the General Services Administration. social security administration Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Federal Credit Unions: For expenses necessary for the supervision of Federal credit unions, 66 Stat. 368 $200,000, together with the aggregate of amounts received from certificate, supervision, and examination fees collected from Federal credit unions as authorized by law. Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance: For necessary expenses, including purchase of three passenger motor vehicles j and furnishing, repairing, and cleaning of wearing apparel and equipment used by building guards; not more than $60,500,000 may be expended from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund, of which $60,000 shall be available until expended for the preparation of preliminary plans and specifications for a building for the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, and may be transferred to the General Services Administration for such purposes. Grants to States for public assistance: For grants to States for old-age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind, and aid to the permanently and totally disabled, as authorized in titles I, IV, X, and XIV of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C., ch. 7, subchs. I, IV, X, [49 Stat. 620](/us/stat/49/620).and XIV), $1,000,000,000, of which such amount as may be necessary shall be available for grants for any period in the prior fiscal year subsequent to March 31 of that year. Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Public Assistance: For expenses necessary for the Bureau of Public Assistance, $1,600,000. Salaries and expenses, Children’s Bureau: For necessary expenses [37 Stat. 79](/us/stat/37/79).in carrying out the Act of April 9, 1912, as amended (42 U. S. C., ch. 6), and title V of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C., ch. 7, subch. V), including purchase of reports and material for the publications of the Children’s Bureau and of reprints for distribution, Obstetrical cases.$1,550,000: *Provided*, That no part of any appropriation contained in this title shall be used to promulgate or carry out any instructions, order, or regulation relating to the care of obstetrical cases which discriminate between persons licensed under State law to practice obstetrics: *Provided further*, That the foregoing proviso shall not be so construed as to prevent any patient from having the services of any practitioner of her own choice, paid for out of this fund, so long as State laws are complied with: *Provided further*, That any State plan which provides standards for professional obstetrical services in accordance with the laws of the State shall be approved. Grants to States for maternal and child welfare: For grants to States for maternal and child-health services, services for crippled children, and child-welfare services as authorized in title V, parts 1, 2, and 3, of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C., ch. 7, subch. V), $28,600,000: *Provided*, That any allotment to a State pursuant to [42 USC 702, 712, 704, 714](/us/usc/t42/s702/712/704/714)..section 502
(b)or 512
(b)of such Act shall not be included in computing for the purposes of subsections
(a)and
(b)of sections 504 and 514 of such Act an amount expended or estimated to be expended by the State: *Provided further*, That, in computing allotments to States under sections 502, 512, and 521
(a)of such Act for the current fiscal year, balances in allotments previously made to States which remain available in the Federal Treasury for payment to them as of July 1, 1952, shall be taken into account by
(1)adding the total of such balances to the appropriation herein made, and
(2)subtracting from each resulting allotment to any State under section 502 (a), 512 (a), or 521
(a)any balance in any prior allotment under such section which remains available in the Federal Treasury for payment to it as of such date but with such adjustments as may be necessary to assure that this proviso does not operate to deprive any State of any balance in an allotment previously made to it under such section: *Provided further*, That no allotment for this or any succeeding fiscal year under such title V shall be available after the close of such fiscal year except as may be necessary to liquidate obligations incurred during such year. 66 Stat. 369 Salaries and expenses, Office of the Commissioner: For expenses necessary for the Office of the Commissioner for Social Security, $185,000, together with not to exceed $109,000 to be transferred from the Federal old-age. and survivors insurance trust fund. Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under titles I, IV, V, X, and XIV, respectively, of the Social Security Act,[42 USC ch. 7](/us/usc/t42/ch7). as amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made thereunder for payments under each of such titles to be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year. In the administration of titles I, IV, V, X, and XIV, respectively, of the Social Security Act, as amended, payments to a State under any of such titles for any quarter in the period beginning April 1 of the prior year, and ending June 30 of the current year, may be made with respect to a State plan approved under such title prior to or during such period, but no such payment shall be made with respect to any plan for any quarter prior to the quarter in which such plan was submitted for approval. office of the administrator Salaries and expenses, Office of the Administrator: For expenses necessary for the Office of the Administrator, $950,000, together with not to exceed $143,000 to be transferred from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund. Salaries and expenses, Division of Field Services: For expenses necessary for the Division of Field Services, $1,835,000, together with not to exceed $375,000 to be transferred from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund. Salaries and expenses, Office of the General Counsel: For expenses necessary for the Office of the General Counsel, $387,500, together with not to exceed $25,000 to be transferred from the appropriation “Salaries and expenses, certification and inspection services”, and not to exceed $387,500 to be transferred from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund. Surplus property disposal: For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of subsections 203
(j)and
(k)of the Federal Property[63 Stat. 365](/us/stat/63/365).[41 USC 233](/us/usc/t45/s233). and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, relating to disposal of real and personal excess property for educational purposes and protection of public health, $165,000. Working capital fund: For the establishment of a working capital fund, to be available without fiscal year limitation, for expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of
(1)a central reproduction service;
(2)a central tabulating service; and
(3)a central supply service for supplies and equipment for which adequate stocks may be maintained to meet in whole or in part the requirements of the Agency; $50,000: *Provided*, That any stocks of such supplies and equipment on hand or on order on June 30, 1952, under the Appropriation “Salaries and expenses, Division of Service Operations”, shall also be used to capitalize said fund: *Provided further*, That said fund shall be reimbursed in advance from available funds of bureaus, offices, and agencies for which services are performed at rates which will return in full all expenses of operation, including reserves for accrued annual leave and depreciation of equipment. REDUCTION IN CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION The contract authorization granted under the head “Construction and equipment, building for the housing, care, and treatment of 66 Stat. 370 mentally sick patients. Saint Elizabeths Hospital,” in the [62 Stat. 403](/us/stat/62/403).Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1949, is reduced by the amount of $115,000. general provisions Sec. 202. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and expenses shall be available for examination of estimates of appropriations in the field, and for payment in advance for dues or fees for library membership in organizations whose publications are available to members only or to members at a price lower than to the general public. Sec. 203. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and expenses shall be available for services as authorized by section 15 of [60 Stat. 310](/us/stat/60/310).Travel expenses.the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a). Sec. 204. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and expenses shall be available for travel expenses and for expenses of attendance at. meetings concerned with the function or activity for which any such appropriation is made. Sec. 205. None of the funds appropriated by this title to the SocialGrants-in-aid of State agencies. Security Administration for grants in aid of State agencies to cover, in whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies including the salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, shall be withheld from the said agencies of any States which have established by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit system and classification and compensation plan covering the selection, tenure in office, and compensation of their employees, because of any disapproval of their personnel or the manner of their selection by the agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or employees. This title may be cited as the “Federal Security Agency appropriationCitation of title. Act, 1953”. TITLE III— NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARDNational Labor Relations Board Appropriation Act, 1953. Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the [61 Stat. 136](/us/stat/61/136).Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U. S. C. 141–167), and other laws, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Board when specifically authorized by the Chairman or the General Counsel; and services as authorized by [60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810).section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); $9,000,000: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as referred [29 USC 152](/us/usc/t29/s152).to in section 2
(3)of the Act of July 5, 1935 (49 Stat. 450), and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as [29 USC 203](/us/usc/t29/s203).Citation of title.defined in section 3
(f)of the Act of June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1060). This title may be cited as the “National Labor Relations Board Appropriation Act, 1953”. TITLE IV— NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARDNational Mediation Board Appropriation Act. 1953. Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the National Mediation Board, including stenographic reporting services as [60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810).authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $422,000. 66 Stat. 371 Arbitration and emergency boards: For expenses necessary for arbitration boards established tinder section 7 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U. S. C. 157), and emergency boards appointed[44 Stat. 582](/us/stat/44/582). by the President pursuant to section 10 of said Act (45 U. S. C. 160), including stenographic reporting services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $138,000.[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). national railroad adjustment board Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the National Railroad Adjustment Board, including stenographic reporting services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $570,000, of which not less than $216,000 shall be available for[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). compensation (at rates not in excess of $75 per diem) and expenses of referees appointed pursuant to section 3 of the Railway Labor Act,[44 Stat. 578](/us/stat/44/578)[45 USC 153](/us/usc/t45/s153). as amended. This title may be cited as the “National Mediation BoardCitation of title. Appropriation Act, 1953”. TITLE V— RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARDRailroad Retirement Board Appropriation Act, 1953. Payment to railroad retirement account: For annual premiums after June 30, 1952, to provide for the payment of all annuities, pensions, and death benefits, in accordance with the provisions of the Railroad Retirement Acts of 1935 and 1937, as amended (45 U. S. C. 228–228s), and for expenses necessary for the Railroad Retirement[49 Stat. 967](/us/stat/49/967); [50 Stat. 307](/us/stat/50/307). Board in the administration of said Acts as may be specifically authorized annually in appropriation Acts, for crediting to the railroad retirement account, an amount equal to amounts covered into the Treasury (minus refunds) during each fiscal year under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act (28 U. S. C. 1500–1538).[60 Stat. 725](/us/stat/60/725). Salaries and expenses, Railroad Retirement Board (trust fund): For expenses necessary for the Railroad Retirement Board, including not to exceed $1,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Board when specifically authorized by the Board; and stenographic reporting services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); $6,207,000, to be derived from[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). the railroad retirement account. This title may be cited as the “Railroad Retirement Board AppropriationCitation of title. Act, 1953”. TITLE VI— FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U. S. C. 171–180, 182), including expenses of the[61 Stat. 136](/us/stat/61/136).[29 USC 175](/us/usc/t29/s175). Labor-Management Panel as provided in section 205 of said Act; temporary employment of arbitrators, conciliators, and mediators on labor relations at rates not in excess of $75 per diem; expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with labor and industrial relations; and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); $3,400,000.[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). Boards of inquiry: To enable the Service to pay necessary expenses of boards of inquiry appointed by the President pursuant to section 206 of the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U. S. C. 176–180, 182), including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), and rent in the District of Columbia, $47,500. 66 Stat. 372 This title may be cited as the “Federal Mediation and ConciliationCitation at title. Service Appropriation Act, 1953”. TITLE VII— GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 701. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shallStrikes or over-throw of Government. 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 violence:Affidavit. *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 by force or violence:Penalty. *Provided further*, That 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 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 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. 702. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shallPublicity or propaganda. be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not heretofore authorized by the Congress. Sec. 703. Information or editorial functions. No part of the money appropriated by this Act to any department, agency, or corporation or made available for expenditure by any department, agency, or corporation which is in excess of 75 per centum of the amount required to pay the compensation of all persons the budget estimates for personal services heretofore submitted to the Congress for the fiscal year 1953 contemplated would be employed by such department, agency, or corporation 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 any 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 Nonapplicability.functions described in
(1)or (2): *Provided*, That this section shall not 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 66 Stat. 373 such Department or agency other than work intended for press, radio and television services, and popular publications: *Provided further*, That of the funds lie rein appropriated for “Promotion and further development of vocational education”, not more than $450,000 shall be available for vocational education in distributive occupations. Sec. 704. In no event shall the number of passenger-carrying vehiclesPassenger vehicles. which may be operated during the current fiscal year at the seat of government under any appropriation or authorization in this Act exceed 50 per centum of the number in use as of June 30, 1951. Sec. 705. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, except Personnel work.appropriations for the Public Health Service, shall be used to pay the compensation of any employee engaged in personnel work in excess of the number that would be provided by a ratio of one such employee to one hundred and five, or a part thereof, full-time, part-time, and intermittent employees of the agency concerned: *Provided*, That for purposes of this section employees shall be considered as engaged in personnel work if they spend half time or more in personnel administration consisting of direction and administration of the personnel program; employment, placement, and separation; job evaluation and classification; employee relations and services; training; committees of expert examiners and boards of civil-service examiners; wage administration; and processing, recording, and reporting. Sec. 706. No part of any appropriation or authorization containedRestriction on appointments. in this Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any incumbent appointed to any civil office or position which may become vacant during the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1952: Provided, That this inhibition shall not apply—
(a)to not to exceed 25 per centum of all vacancies;
(b)to positions filled from within the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies provided for in this Act;
(c)to offices or positions required by law to be filled by appointment of the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate;
(d)to employees engaged in law enforcement activities;
(e)to employees of Saint Elizabeths Hospital and Freedmen’s Hospital;
(f)to employees of educational institutions;
(g)to employees of the Vocational Rehabilitation Service of the District of Columbia;
(h)to employees of the Public Health Service;
(i)to employees in grades CPC 1, 2, and 3;
(j)to employees paid wholly from trust funds, or funds derived by transfer from trust accounts, or to employees paid from appropriations of, or measured by, receipts;
(k)to employees of the National Mediation Board;
(l)to employees paid from funds appropriated for the Mexican Farm Labor Program;
(m)to employees of the Bureau of Employees’ Compensation;
(n)to employees of the Children’s Bureau; and
(o)to employees of the Bureau of Labor Statistics: *Provided further*, That when the total number of personnel subject to this section has been reduced to 90 per centum of the total provided for in the budget estimates, such limitation may cease to apply and said 90 per centum shall become a ceiling for employment during the fiscal year 1953, and if exceeded at any time during fiscal year 1953 this provision shall again become operative. This Act may be cited as the “Labor-Federal Security appropriationShort title. Act, 1953”. Approved July 5, 1952. Public Law 453: Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes. Public Law 453 Public Law 453 66 Stat. 374 1952-07-05 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 2026-01-16 82 2 public
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