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66 Stat. 374 Public Law 453 chapter 576 AN ACT 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.July 5, 1952[[H. R. 7216](/us/bill/82/hr/7216)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia appropriation Act, 1953. That there are appropriated for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, out of
(1)the general fund of the District of Columbia, hereinafter known as the general fund, such fund being composed of the revenues of the District of Columbia other than those applied by law to special funds, and $10,000,000, which is hereby appropriated for the purpose out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated (to be advanced July 1, 1952),
(2)highway funds, established by law (D. C. Code, title 47, ch. 19),
(3)the water fund, established by law (D. C. Code, title 43, ch. 15), and $1,000,000, which is hereby appropriated for the purpose out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated (to be advanced July 1, 1952), and
(4)the motor vehicle parking fund, established by law (D. C. Code, title 40, ch. 8), sums as follows: From the general fund: All sums appropriated under the following heads unless otherwise specifically provided: General administration, fiscal service, compensation and retirement fund expenses, District debt service, regulatory agencies, public schools, Public Library, Recreation Department, Metropolitan Police, Fire Department, Veterans’ services, courts, Health Department, Department of Corrections, public welfare, public works, National Guard, National Capital Parks, National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and National Zoological Park; From the highway fund: All sums appropriated under public works designated as payable from the highway fund; From the water fund: All sums appropriated under public works and Washington aqueduct, designated as payable from the water fund;and From the motor vehicle parking fund: AU sums appropriated under public works designated as payable from the motor vehicle parking fund; namely: GENERAL ADMINISTRATION For expenses necessary for the offices named under this general head: Executive office, plus so much as may be necessary to compensate the Engineer Commissioner at a rate equal to each civilian member of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, hereafter in this Act referred to as the Commissioners; compensation of members of the Apprenticeship Council and the Redevelopment Land Agency; aid in support, of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; general advertising in newspapers and legal periodicals in the District of Columbia but not elsewhere, unless the need for advertising outside the District of Columbia shall have been specifically approved by the Commissioners, including notices of public hearings, publication of orders and regulations, tux and school notices, and notices of changes in regulations; and expenses in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, public insanitary conditions, flood, fire, or storm, and for expenses of investigations; $321,800: *Provided*, That the certificate of the Commissioners shall be sufficient voucher for the expenditure of $1,500 of this appropriation for such purposes as they may deem necessary. For ceremony expenses, $7,500. 66 Stat. 375 Office of the corporation counsel, including extra compensation for the corporation counsel as general counsel of the Public Utilities Commission; $10,000 for the settlement of claims not in excess of Claims.$250 each, approved by the Commissioners in accordance with the Act of February 11, 1929 (45 Stat. 1160), as amended by the Act of June 5, 1930 (46 Stat. 500); and judicial expenses, including witness fees[D. C. Code 1–902](/us/dcc/1/902). and expert services, in District, of Columbia cases before the courts of the United States and of the District of Columbia; $348,000, of which $9,350 shall be payable from the highway fund. Purchasing Division, $135,400, of which $4,525 shall be payable from the highway fund. Board of Tax Appeals, $23,300. FISCAL SERVICE Salaries and expenses, Fiscal Service; For expenses necessary for the Assessor’s Office, the Collector’s Office, and the Auditor’s Office, $1,992,000, of which $28,150 shall be payable from the highway fund: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall be available for advertising, for not more than once a week for two weeks in the regular issue of one newspaper published in the District of Columbia, the list of all taxes on real property and all special assessments, together with penalties and costs, in arrears, the cost of such advertising to be reimbursed to the general fund by a charge to be fixed annually by the Commissioners for each lot or piece of property advertised: *Provided further*, That this appropriation shall be available for refunding, wholly or in part, school tuition, lost library books, building permits, and other payments which have been erroneously made during the present and past three years. COMPENSATION AND RETIREMENT FUND EXPENSES For compensation and retirement fund expenses, as follows: District government employees’ compensation, $167,000. Workmen’s compensation, administrative expenses: For transfer to the Bureau of Employees’ Compensation for administration of the law providing compensation for disability or death resulting from injury to employees in certain employments in the District of Columbia, $175,000. District government retirement and relief funds: For financing the liability of the government of the District of Columbia to the “Civil service retirement and disability fund” and the “Teachers’ retirement and annuity fund”, and to provide relief and other allowances as authorized by law for policemen and firemen, $8,262,000, of which $2,418,000 shall be placed to the credit of the “Civil service retirement and disability fund”: *Provided*, That the Treasury Department shall prepare the estimates of the annual appropriations required to be made to the teachers’ retirement fund, and shall make actuarial valuations of such fund at intervals of five years, or oftener if deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Commissioners are authorized to expend from money to the credit of the “Teachers’ retirement and annuity fund, District of Columbia” not exceeding $5,000 per annum for this purpose, including personal services. District Debt Service For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned, in compliance with section 4 of the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), as[D. C. Code 8–106 note](/us/dcc/8/106). amended, $500,000. 66 Stat. 376 REGULATORY AGENCIES For expenses necessary for agencies named under this general head: Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, including the purchase of samples, $114,100. Board of Parole, $83,600. Coroner’s office, including juror fees, and repairs to the morgue, $64,400. Department of Insurance, $86,500. Department of Weights, Measures, and Markets, including maintenance and repairs to markets, purchase of commodities and for personal services in connection with investigation and detection of sales of short weight and measure, purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $179,000. License Bureau, $86,000. Minimum Wage and Industrial Safety Board, $78,500. Office, of Recorder of Deeds, including uniforms and caps for guards, $253,000. Poundmaster’s office, including uniforms for dog catchers, $47,000. Public Utilities Commission, $147,700. Zoning Commission, $38,100. PUBLIC SCHOOLS operating expenses General administration, supervision and instruction: For expenses necessary for the administration of and supervision and instruction in the public school system of the District of Columbia including the education of foreigners of all ages in the Americanization schools; not to exceed $65,000 for the purchase, cleaning, and repair of athletic apparel and accessories; subsistence supplies for pupils enrolled in classes for crippled children; maintenance and instruction of deaf, dumb and blind children of the District of Columbia by contract entered into by the Commissioners upon recommendation by the Board of Education of the District of Columbia; transportation of children attending schools or classes established for physically handicapped pupils; for carrying out the provisions of the Act of December 16, [10 USC 914a note](/us/usc/t10/s914a).1944 (58 Stat. 811); distribution of surplus commodities and relief milk to public and charitable institutions, and for the carrying out, under regulations to be prescribed by the Board of Education, of a “penny milk” program for the school children of the District, including the purchase and distribution of milk under agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture; $19,201,600, of which $3,000 shall be available for the services of experts and consultants as [5 USC 55a](/us/usc/t5/s55a).authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 810), but at rates not exceeding $50 per diem plus travel expenses for such individuals: *Provided*, That the compensation for summer school personnel may be charged to the appropriation for the fiscal year in which the pay periods end: *Provided further*, That collections from the milk program shall be paid to the Collector of Taxes, District of Columbia, for deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District. Vocational education, George-Barden program: For expenses necessary[49 Stat. 1488](/us/stat/49/1488).[20 USC 15h–15q](/us/usc/t20/s15h–15q). for the development of vocational education in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Act of June 8, 1936, as amended, $254,600. 66 Stat. 377 Operation and maintenance of buildings, grounds and equipment: For expenses necessary for the operation, repair, maintenance and improvement of public school buildings, grounds and equipment; purchase of equipment; and operation, repair, maintenance and insurance of passenger-carrying motor vehicles, including District-owned or borrowed passenger motor vehicles; $4,880,000. capital outlay Public school construction, sites and equipment: For the acquisition of sites; for plans and specifications for a new junior high school in the vicinity of Fourth Street and Mississippi Avenue, Southeast; for preliminary design studies and surveys for the construction of a new administration building and associated facilities; and for the construction of an elementary school in the vicinity of Ninth and Barnaby Streets, Southeast, including treatment of grounds and the purchase of equipment; to remain available until expended, $1,051,000, of which $122,400 shall be available for the use of the Municipal Architect and shall be credited to the appropriation account, “Office of Municipal Architect, construction services”, and $607,000 shall not become available for expenditure until July 1, 1953; and the unexpended balances of the appropriations for the purchase of a site in the vicinity of Pomeroy Road, Douglas Place, and Stanton Road, Southeast, for a new junior nigh school and a new twenty-four-room elementary school, granted in the District of Columbia Appropriation Acts, 1947 and 1951, are hereby made available for the purchase of a site in the vicinity[60 Stat. 507](/us/stat/60/507)[64 Stat. 353](/us/stat/64/353) of Stanton and Elvans Roads, Southeast, for the construction of a new elementary-school building, and for school-playground purposes. Permanent improvement of public school buildings: For permanent improvements and alterations of public school buildings, including the purchase of equipment and the elimination of fire hazards, $400,000, to remain available until expended. Section 6 of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act, approved May 10, 1916, as amended, shall not apply from July 1Double salaries.[39 Stat. 120](/us/stat/39/120).[5 USC 58, 59](/us/usc/t5/s58/59). to August 30, 1952, to teachers of the public schools of the District of Columbia when employed by any of the executive departments or independent establishments of the United States Government. PUBLIC LIBRARY For expenses necessary for the operation of the Public Library, including extra services on Sundays and holidays; music records, sound recordings, and educational films; alterations, repairs; fitting up buildings; care of grounds; and rent of suitable quarters for branch libraries in Anacostia and Woodridge without reference to section 6 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1945,[58 Stat. 532](/us/stat/58/532).[D.C.Code 1–243](/us/dcc/1/243). $1,490,060. RECREATION DEPARTMENT Operating expenses: For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of recreation facilities in and for the District of Columbia, $1,555,000. Capital outlay: For improvement of various recreation units, including erection of recreation structures, preparation of architectural and landscape architectural plans, without regard to the Act of August 24, 1912 (40 U. S. C. 68), $125,000.[37 Stat. 444](/us/stat/37/444). 66 Stat. 378 METROPOLITAN POLICE For expenses necessary for the Metropolitan Police, including pay and allowances; one inspector who shall be property clerk; the lieutenants in command of the homicide squad, robbery squad, general assignment squad, special investigation squad, with the rank and pay of captain while so assigned; the detective sergeants in command of the automobile and bicycle squad, the check and fraud squad, and the narcotic squad with the rank and pay of lieutenant while so assigned; the detective sergeant assigned as administrative assistant to the chief of detectives with the rank and pay of lieutenant while so assigned; the present acting sergeant in charge of police automobiles with the rank and pay of sergeant; the present sergeant in charge of the police radio station with the rank and pay of lieutenant; the present sergeant in charge of purchasing and accounts with the rank and pay of lieutenant; the lieutenant assigned as harbor master with the rank and pay of captain; technicians with basic salary increase of not to exceed $361 per annum each; not to exceed one detective in the salary grade of captain; probational detectives with basic salary increase of $181 per annum each; compensation of civilian trial board members at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners; allowances for privately owned automobiles used by inspectors in the performance of official duties at $480 per annum for each automobile; meals for prisoners; rewards for fugitives; medals of award; photographs; rental and maintenance of teletype system; travel expenses incurred in prevention and detection of crime; expenses of attendance, without loss of pay or time, at specialized police training classes and pistol matches, including tuition and entrance fees; expenses of the police training school, including travel expenses of visiting lecturers or experts in Traffic school.criminology, expenses of traffic school; police equipment and repairs to same; insignia of office, uniforms, and other official equipment, including cleaning, alteration, and repair of articles transferred from one individual to another, or damaged in the performance of duty; purchase of passenger motor vehicles; expenses of harbor patrol; and the maintenance of a suitable place for the reception and detention of girls and women over seventeen years of age, arrested by the police on charge of offense against any laws in force in the District of Columbia, or held as witnesses or held pending final investigation or examination, Prevention and detection of crime.or otherwise; $10,050,000, of which amount $1,300,000 shall be payable from the highway fund and $25,000 shall be exclusively available for expenditure by the Superintendent of Police for prevention and detection of crime, under his certificate, approved by the Commissioners and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended. For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable thePublic order, etc. Commissioners of the District of Columbia to maintain public order and protect life and property in said District from January 15 to January 26, 1953, including personal services without regard to the civil-service and classification laws; travel expenses of enforcement personnel from other jurisdictions; hire of means of transportation; meals for policemen; cost of removing and relocating streetcar loading platforms; construction, rent, maintenance, and expenses incident to the operation of temporary public comfort stations, first-aid stations, and information booths; $45,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT For expenses necessary for the Fire Department, including pay and allowances; the first deputy fire marshal with the rank and pay com- 66 Stat. 379parable to battalion chief; compensation of civilian trial board members at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners; uniforms and other official equipment, including cleaning, alteration, and repair of articles transferred from one individual to another or damaged in the performance of duty; purchase of passenger motor vehicles; repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds; $5,250,000: *Provided*, That the Commissioners, in their discretion may authorize the construction, in whole or in part, of firefighting apparatus in the Fire Department repair shop. Capital outlay: For repairs and minor additions to firehouses, $70,000, to remain available until expended. VETERANS’ SERVICES For expenses necessary to provide services to veterans, $80,000. COURTS District of Columbia courts: For expenses of the Juvenile Court, the Municipal Court, and the Municipal Court of Appeals, including pay of retired judges; lodging and meals for jurors, bailiffs, and deputy United States marshals while in attendance upon jurors, when ordered by the courts; and meals for prisoners; $1,142,400, of which $20,000 shall be available for payment to the United States Public Health Service for furnishing psychiatric service to the Juvenile Court, including the detail of necessary medical and other personnel: *Provided*, That deposits made on demands for jury trials in accordance with rules prescribed by the Municipal Court under authority granted in section 11 of the Act approved March 3, 1921 (41 Stat. 1312), shall be earned unless, prior to three days before the time set[D. C. Code 11–72](/us/dcc/11/72). for such trials, including Sundays and legal holidays, a new date for trial be set by the court, cases be discontinued or settled, or demands for jury trials be waived. United States courts: For reimbursement to the United States for services rendered to the District of Columbia by the Judiciary, general Services Administration, and the Department of Justice, $1,760,000, of which $230,000 shall be available for advances on reimbursement, to the General Services Administration for one-half of the cost of operation, maintenance, and repair of the Federal Courts Building, as provided in the Act of May 14, 1948 (62 Stat. 235).[D. C. Code 11–105](/us/dcc/11/105). HEALTH DEPARTMENT General administration, Health Department: For expenses necessary for the Health Department (excluding hospitals), including services for tuberculosis, venereal disease, hygiene and sanitation work in schools, dental health, maternal and child health, housekeeping assistance in cases of authentic indigent sick, handicapped and crippled children, cancer control, control of heart disease, public health engineering, nursing, psychiatry, ambulances, laboratories, and outpatient relief of the poor, including medical and surgical supplies, artificial limbs and appliances, eyeglasses, and fees to physicians under contracts to be made by the Director of Public Health and approved by the Commissioners; such expenses to include contract investigational service; uniforms; rent; manufacture of serum in indigent cases; and allowancesAutomobile allowances. for privately owned automobiles used for the performance of official duties by dairy-farm inspectors at the rate of 7 cents per mile but not more than $840 per annum for each automobile; $2.800.000: 66 Stat. 380 *Provided*, That amounts to be determined by the Commissioners maySpecial services. be expended for special services in detecting adulteration of drugs and foods, including candy and milk and other products and services subject to inspection by the Health Department. Operating expenses, Glenn Dale Tuberculosis Sanitarium: For expenses necessary, including compensation of consulting physicians and dentists at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners; compensation of convalescent patients to be employed in essential work of the sanitorium and as an aid to their rehabilitation at rates and under conditions to be determined by the Commissioners; but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as conferring employee status on patients whose services are so utilized: classroom supplies; and repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds; $2,485,500. Operating expenses, Galiinger Municipal Hospital and the Tuberculosis Hospital: For expenses necessary including expenses of the training school for nurses and repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, $5,460,000. Medical charities: For care and treatment of indigent patients under contracts to be made by the Director of Public Health of the District of Columbia and approved by the Commissioners with institutions, as follows: Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital: Children’s Hospital; Eastern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital; Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital; Garfield Memorial Hospital; George Washington University Hospital; Georgetown University Hospital; Providence Hospital; and Washington Home for Patient rates.Incurables; $676,875: *Provided*, That the inpatient rate shall not exceed $10 per diem and the outpatient rate shall not exceed $2 per visit. Columbia Hospital and Lying-in Asylum: For general repairs including labor and material, to be expended under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, $5,000. Freedmen’s Hospital: For reimbursement to the United States for services rendered to the District of Columbia by Freedmen’s Hospital, $300,000: *Provided*, That the inpatient rate shall not exceed $9 per diem and the outpatient rate shall not exceed $2 per visit. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Operating expenses: For expenses necessary for the Department of Corrections, including subsistence of interns; compensation of consulting physicians, dentists, and other specialists at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners; attendance of guards at pistol and rifle matches; uniforms and other distinctive wearing apparel necessary for employees in the performance of their official duties; rental of motion picture films; repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds; purchase of motorbusses; support, maintenance, and transportation of prisoners transferred from the District of Columbia; interment or transporting the remains of deceased prisoners to their relatives or friends in the United States; electrocutions; identifying, pursuing, recapturing (including rewards therefor), and returning to institutions, escaped inmates and parole and conditional-release violators; and returning released prisoners to their residences, or to such other place within the United States as may be authorized by the Director, and the furnishing of suitable clothing, and in the discretion of the Director, an amount of money not to exceed $30, regardless of length of sentence, $4,062,500: *Provided*, That not to exceed $50,000 of accumulated profits from operations under the Working Capital Fund may be retained in said fund as additional working capital. 66 Stat. 381 Capital outlay: For the construction of refrigerated food storage and ice making facilities at the workhouse, including equipment; relocation of the swinery; and acquisition of a tract of land (part of Joseph Springman property); $85,000 to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That in the construction work hereby authorized and to be done by the Department of Corrections, brick used in such construction shall be furnished without charge by the Working Capital Fund: *Provided further*, That the title to said tract of land shall be taken directly to and in the name of the United States, and in case a clear title cannot be assured through conveyance the Attorney General of the United States, at the request of the Commissioners, shall institute condemnation proceedings to acquire such land in accordance with the laws of the State of Virginia, and expenses of procuring evidences of title or of condemnation, or both, shall be paid out of the appropriation made for the purchase of said land. PUBLIC WELFARE For expenses necessary for the general administration of public welfare in the District of Columbia, including contract investigational services; $100,000. Agency services: For expenses necessary for certification of persons eligible for any public benefits which are or may become available as may be approved by the Commissioners; relief and rehabilitation for purposes of employment of indigent residents of the District of Columbia, to be expended under rules and regulations prescribed by the Commissioners or their designated agent or agency; vocational rehabilitation of disabled residents; aid to dependent children; assistance against old-age want; aid for needy blind persons; services for children in their own homes; maintenance pending transportation, and transportation, of indigent persons, including veterans and their families; deportation of nonresident insane persons, including persons held in the psychopathic ward of the Gallinger Municipal Hospital; burial of indigent residents of the District of Columbia; for placing and visiting children; board and care of all children committed to the guardianship of the Board of Public Welfare by the courts of the District, including white girls committed to the National Training School for Girls and all children accepted by said Board for care as authorized by law; temporary care of children pending investigation or while being transferred from place to place, with authority to pay for the care of children in institutions under sectarian control; for continuous maintenance of foster homes for temporary or emergency board and care of non delinquent children; care and maintenance of women and children under contracts to be made by the Board of Public Welfare and approved by the Commissioners with the Florence Crittenton Home, Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum and Maternity Hospital, the House of Mercy, and other institutions caring for unmarried mothers; and for burial of children dying while beneficiaries under this appropriation; including repair and upkeep of building; $4,590,000: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the purpose of visiting any ward of the Board of Public Welfare placed outside of the District of Columbia and the States of Virginia and Maryland, and a ward placed outside said District and the States of Virginia and Maryland shall be visited not less than once a year by a voluntary agent or correspondent of said Board, and said Board shall have power to discharge from guardianship any child committed to its care: *Provided further*, That employees using privately owned automobiles for the deportation of nonresident insane, the transportation of indigent persons, or the placing66 Stat. 382 of children may be reimbursed as authorized by the Act of June 9, [5 USC 835 note](/us/usc/t5/s835).1949 (63 Stat. 166), but not to exceed $900 for any one individual. Operating expenses, protective institutions: For expenses necessary for the operation of protective institutions, including the Temporary Home for Former Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines; maintenance, under jurisdiction of the Board of Public Welfare, of a suitable place in a building entirely separate and apart from the house of detention for the reception and detention of children under eighteen years of age arrested by the police on charge of offense against any laws in force in the District of Columbia or committed to the guardianship of the Board, or held as witnesses or held temporarily, or pending hearing, or otherwise, and male witnesses eighteen years of age or over shall be held at Gallinger Hospital; subsistence of interns; compensation of consulting physicians and veterinarians at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners: repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds; securing suitable homes for paroled or discharged children; and care and maintenance of boys committed to the National Training School for Boys by the courts of the District of Columbia under a contract to be made by the Board of Public Welfare with the Attorney General at a rate of not to exceed the actual cost for each boy so committed; Restriction on use of funds.purchase of passenger motor vehicles; $3,140,000: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the maintenance of white girls in the National Training School for Girls. Capital outlay, protective institutions: For completing construction of an infirmary building and a separate laundry building at the Home for Aged and Infirm, including improvement of grounds; $810,000; and for plans and specifications for an Industrial Home School for Colored Girls to replace the National Training School for Girls, $86,000; in all, $896,000. Saint Elizabeths Hospital: For support of indigent insane, $8,687,000. PUBLIC WORKS For expenses necessary for agencies named under this general head: Office of chief clerk, including maintenance and repair of wharves; and $1,000 for affiliation with the National Safety Council, Incorporated; $80,000, of which $4,000 shall be payable from the highway fund. Office of Municipal Architect, $114,000, of which $5,000 shall be exclusively for test borings and soil investigations. All apportionments of appropriations for the use of the Office ofBasis of apportionment. Municipal Architect in payment of personal services employed on construction work provided for by said appropriations shall be based on an amount not exceeding 4 per centum of a total of not more than $2,000,000 of appropriations made for such construction projects and not exceeding 3% per centum of a total of the appropriations in excess of $2,000,000, and appropriations specifically made in this Act for the preparation of plans and specifications shall be deducted from any Reimbursements.allowances authorized under this paragraph: *Provided*, That reimbursments may be made to this fund from appropriations contained in this Act for services rendered other activities of the District government, without reference to fiscal-year limitations on such Advance planning.Appropriations: *Provided further*, That this fund shall be available for advance planning subject to subsequent reimbursment from funds loaned by the Administrator of General Services under the [40 USC 451–458](/us/usc/t40/s451–458).provisions of the Act of October 13, 1949 (63 Stat. 841). Operating expenses, Office of Superintendent of District Buildings, including rental of postage meter equipment, uniforms and caps for 66 Stat. 383 guards and elevator operators, $1,460,000, of which $8,900 shall be payable from the highway fund. Surveyors office, $150,000. Department of Inspections, including the enforcement of the ActFire escapes, etc. requiring the election of fire escapes on certain buildings and the removal of dangerous or unsafe and insanitary buildings; compensation at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners of two members of the plumbing board, two members of the board of examiners, steam engineers (the inspector of boilers to serve without additional compensation), members of board of survey, other than the inspector of buildings, while actually employed in surveys of such dangerous and unsafe buildings, three members of board of special appeal, one member of motion-picture operators examining board, two members of electrical examining board, and two members of elevator examining board; $840,000. Operating expenses, Electrical Division: For expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the District’s communication systems, including rental, purchase, installation, and maintenance of telephone, telegraph, and radio services; and street lighting, including the installation and maintenance of public lamps, lampposts, street designations, lanterns, and fixtures of all kinds on streets, avenues, roads, alleys, and public spaces, to be expended in accordance with the provisions of sections 7 and 8 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1912 (36 Stat. 1008), and with the[D.C. Code 7–701 to 7–705](/us/dcc/7/701/7/705). provisions of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1913 (37 Stat. 181), and other laws applicable thereto;[D.C. Code 7–701](/us/dcc/7/701). $1,715,000, of which $2,000 shall be payable from the highway fund. Capital outlay, Electrical Division, including placing underground, relocating, and extending the telephone, police-patrol, and fire-alarm cable and circuit distribution systems; installing and extending radio systems; and purchase of lampposts, street designations, and fixtures of all kinds: $110,500. Central garage, including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles, work cars, field wagons, ambulances, and busses, $105,000. Operating expenses, Street and Bridge Divisions (payable from highway fund), including operation, minor construction, maintenance, and repair of bridges; repairs to streets, avenues, roads, sidewalks, and alleys; reconditioning existing gravel streets and roads; refunding collections erroneously covered into the Treasury to the credit of the highway fund during the present and past three fiscal years; such expenses to include purchase of passenger motor vehicles; $2,670,009: *Provided*, That the Commissioners are hereby authorized to purchaseMunicipal asphalt plant. and install a municipal asphalt plant including all auxiliary plant equipment to be paid for from this appropriation at a cost not to exceed $150,000: *Provided further*, That this appropriation shall not[43 Stat. 108](/us/stat/43/108).[D. C. Code 47–1910](/us/dcc/47/1910). be available for refunds authorized by section 10 of the Act of April 23, 1924. Capital outlay, Street and Bridge Divisions (payable from highway fund): For expenses necessary for the grading, surfacing, paving, repaving, widening, altering, and otherwise improving streets, avenues, roads, and alleys, including curbing and gutters, directional and pedestrian islands at various intersections to permit of proper traffic-light control and channelization of traffic, drainage structures, culverts, suitable connections to storm-water sewer system, retaining walls, replacement and relocation of sewers, water mains, fire hydrants, traffic lights, street lights, fire-alarm boxes, police-patrol boxes, and curb-line trees, when necessary, Federal-aid highway projects under section 1
(b)of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1938, and highway[52 Stat. 633](/us/stat/52/633).[23 USC 41b](/us/usc/23/41b). structure projects financed wholly from the highway fund upon the 66 Stat. 384 approval of plans for such structures by the Commissioners; for carrying out the provisions of existing laws which authorize the Commissioners to open, extend, straighten, or widen streets, avenues, roads, or highways, in accordance with the plan of the permanent system of highways for the District of Columbia, and alleys and minor streets, and for the establishment of building lines in the District of Columbia, including the procurement of chains of title; and for assessment and permit work, paving of roadways under the permit system, and construction of sidewalks and curbs around public reservations and municipal and United States buildings, including purchase or condemnation of streets, roads, and alleys, and of areas less than two hundred and fifty square feet at the intersection of streets, avenues, or roads in the District of Columbia, to be selected by the Commissioners, $5,056,000, to remain available until June 30, 1954: *Provided*, That in connection with the purchase and installation of a municipal asphalt plant on District-owned property the Commissioners are authorized to make expenditures from this appropriation in an amount not exceeding $150,000 for the preparation of the site, including the construction of sea walls, dock facilities, and a railroad siding: *Provided further*, That in connection with the highway-planning survey, involving surveys, plans, engineering, and economic investigations of projects for future construction in the District of Columbia, as provided for under [52 Stat. 636](/us/stat/52/636); [53 Stat. 1066](/us/stat/53/1066).section 10 of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1938, and in connection with the construction of Federal-aid highway projects under section [52 Stat. 633](/us/stat/52/633).[23 USC 41b](/us/usc/t23/s41b).1
(b)of said Act, and highway-structure projects financed wholly from the highway fund, this appropriation shall be available for the employment of engineering or other professional services by contract [41 USC 5](/us/usc/t41/st).[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810).or otherwise, and without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes and the civil-service and classification laws, and section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), and for engineering and incidental expenses: *Provided further*, That this appropriation and the Appropriation “Operating expenses, Street and Bridge Divisions, highway fund”, shall be available for the construction and repair of pavements of street railways, in accordance with the provisions of the Merger [D.C. Code 7–604 note](/us/dcc/7/604).Act (47 Stat. 752), and the proportion of the amount thus expended which under the terms of the said Act is required to be paid by the street-railway company shall be collected, upon the neglect or the refusal of such street-railway company to make such payment, from the said street-railway company in the manner provided by section 5 [20 Stat. 106](/us/stat/20/106).[D.C. Code 7–604](/us/dcc/7/604).of the Act of June 11, 1878, and shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation for the fiscal year in which it is collected: *Provided further*, That in connection with projects to be undertaken as Federal-aid projects under the provisions of the Federal Aid Highway Act [58 Stat. 838](/us/stat/58/838).[23 USC 60–63](/us/usc/t23/s60–63).of December 20, 1944, as amended, the Commissioners are authorized to enter into contract or contracts for those projects in such amounts as shall be approved by the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce: *Provided further*, That the Commissioners are hereby authorized to construct grade-crossing elimination and other construction projects authorized under section 8 of the Act of June 16, 1936 [23 USC 24a](/us/usc/t23/s24a).(49 Stat. 1521), and section 1
(b)of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1938, as amended, in accordance with the provisions of said Acts, and this appropriation may be used for payment to contractors and other expenses in connection with the expenses of design, construction and inspection pending reimbursement to the District of Columbia by the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce, reimbursement to be credited to the appropriation from which payment was Widths of side-walks and roadways.made: *Provided further*, That the Commissioners are authorized to fix or alter the respective widths of sidewalks and roadways (including tree spaces and parking) of all highways that may be improved under 66 Stat. 385 appropriations contained in this Act: *Provided further*, That no appropriation in this Act shall be available for repairing, resurfacing, or paving any street, avenue, or roadway by private contract unless the specifications for such work shall be so prepared as to permit of fair and open competition in paving materials as well as in price: *Provided further*, That in addition to the provision of existing law requiring contractors to keep new pavements in repair for a period of one year from the date of the completion of the work, the Commissioners shall further require that where repairs are necessary during the four years following the said one-year period, due to inferior work or defective materials, such repairs shall be made at the expense of the contractor, and the bond furnished by the contractor shall be liable for such expense: *Provided further*, That this appropriation and the appropriation “Operating expenses, Street and Bridge Divisions,” shall be available for advance payments to Federal agencies for work to be performed, when ordered by the Commissioners, subject to subsequent adjustment. Department of Vehicles and Traffic (payable from highway fund),Vehicles and traffic. including purchase, installation, modification, operation, and maintenance of electric traffic lights, signals, controls, markers, and directional signs; purchase of motor-vehicle identification number plates; installation, operation, and maintenance of parking meters in the District of Columbia; $20,000 for traffic safety education without reference to any other law; $200 for membership in the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators; and uniforms for motor vehicle inspectors and permit examiners; $1,220,000: *Provided*, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act shall be expended for building, installing, and maintaining streetcar loading platforms and lights of any description employed to distinguish same, except that a permanent type of platform may be constructed from appropriations contained in this Act for street improvements when plans and locations thereof are approved by the Public Utilities Commission and the Director of Vehicles and Traffic and the street-railway company shall after construction maintain, mark, and light the same at its expense: *Provided further*, That the Commissioners are authorized and empowered to pay the purchase price and the cost of installation of new parking meters or devices from fees collected from such new meters or devices, which fees are hereby appropriated for such purpose, until such time as contracts of purchase have been paid, and thereafter such new meters or devices shall become the property of the government of the District of Columbia: *Provided, further*, That the Commissioners are authorized and directed to designate, reserve, and properly mark appropriate and sufficient parking spaces on the streets adjacent to all public buildings in the District for the use of Members of Congress engaged on public business: *Provided further*, That the incumbent on July 1, 1944, of the authorized position of Registrar of Titles and Tags, whose duties shall be as prescribed in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1945, shall hereafter be continued for[58 Stat. 527](/us/stat/58/527).[D. C. Code 40–603a](/us/dcc/40/603a). compensation purposes in grade 9 of the general schedule under the Classification Act of 1949. Division of Trees and Parking (payable from highway fund), $345,000. Motor-Vehicle Parking Agency (payable from motor-vehicle parking fund),[63 Stat. 954](/us/stat/63/954).[5 USC 1071 note](/us/usc/t5/s1071). $105,000. Operating expenses, Division of Sanitation: For expenses necessary for collection and disposal of refuse and street cleaning, including repair and maintenance of plants, buildings, and grounds; and fencing of public and private property designated by the Commissioners as public dumps; $4,507,000, of which $97,500 shall be payable from the 66 Stat. 386 highway fund for cleaning snow and ice from streets, sidewalks, crosswalks,Collection of refuse from hotels, etc. and gutters, in the discretion of the Commissioners: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall not lie available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse from hotels and places of business or from apartment houses of four or more apartments having a central heating system, or from any building or connected group of buildings operated as a rooming, boarding, or lodging house having a total of more than twenty-five rooms. Capital outlay, Division of Sanitation: For an additional amount for construction of proposed incinerator numbered 3, $300,000, of which $43,000 shall be available for the use of the Municipal Architect and shall be credited to the appropriation account, “Office of Municipal Architect, construction services”, and the limit of cost for said [60 Stat. 519](/us/stat/60/519).incinerator, specified in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1948, is increased to $2,200,000. Operating expenses, Sewer Division, including cleaning and repairing sewers and basins; operation and maintenance of the sewage pumping service and sewage-treatment plant, including repairs to equipment, machinery, and structures; control and prevention of the spread of mosquitoes in the District of Columbia; and for contribution of the District of Columbia to the expenses of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin; $1,537,000. Capital outlay, Sewer Division: For construction of sewers and receiving basins; for assessment and permit work; for purchase or condemnation of rights-of-way for construction, maintenance, and repair of public sewers; for the preparation of surveys, plans, and specifications in connection with the construction of storm-water and Sewage Treatment Plant.relief sewers, $16.000; for beginning construction on aeration plant and secondary sedimentation tanks at the Sewage Treatment Plant, including $40,000 for preparation of plans and specifications, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended; and for completing construction on sludge drying and sewage chlorination facilities at the Sewage Treatment Plant, $270,000, to remain available until expended; in all, $4,096,000, of which $1,826,000 is to remain available until June 30, 1954, and $1,270,000 shall not become available for expenditure until July 1, 1953. Operating expenses, Water Division (payable from water fund): For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of the District of Columbia water distribution system; installing and repairing water meters on services to private residences and business places as may not be required to install meters under existing regulations, said meters to remain the property of the District of Columbia; replacement of old mains, service pipes, and divide valves, and repair of reservoirs; water waste and leakage survey; such expenses to include purchase of passenger motor vehicles; purchase and replacement of uniforms for water meter inspectors; and refunding of water rents and other water charges erroneously paid in the District of Columbia, to be refunded in the manner prescribed by law for the refunding of erroneously paid taxes; $2,423,000, to be available for such refunds of payments made within the present and past three years. Capital outlay. Water Division (payable from water fund): For extension of the District of Columbia water-distribution system; laying of such service mains as may be necessary under the assessment system; laying mains in advance of paving and installing fire and public hydrants; constructing trunk water mains; and pumping facilities at the Anacostia pumping station; $1,330,000, of which not to exceed $547,000 for trunk water mains, and $150.000 for pumping facilities at the Anacostia pumping station shall remain available until expended. 66 Stat. 387 The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to sell United States securities now held for and on account of the water fund of the District of Columbia in such amounts as may be certified by the Commissioners as necessary and credit the proceeds of such sale to said water fund. WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT Operating expenses (payable from water fund): For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, repair, and protection of Washington water supply facilities and their accessories, and maintenance of MacArthur Boulevard; including replacement and maintenanceMeters on Federal services. of water meters on Federal services; purchase of two passenger motor vehicles; and fluoridation of water, $1,942,000: *Provided*, That transfer of appropriations for operating expenses and capital outlay may be made between the Water Division of the District of Columbia and the Washington Aqueduct upon mutual agreement of the Commissioners and the Secretary of the Army. Capital outlay (payable from water fund): For continuingDalecarlia pumping station, etc. construction of new Dalecarlia. pumping station and connecting pipelines; continuing construction of a thirty-million-gallon clear water basin and connecting conduits and control chamber; construction of Little Falls pumping station, dam and rising tunnel; construction of new raw-water intakes and conduits at Dalecarlia Reservoir; miscellaneous betterments, replacements, and engineering planning, including continuing raw-water conduit rehabilitation, continuing repairs to culverts and bridges, improvement to McMillan filter plant facilities, and utility relocations and plant and system rearrangements of interconnections; acquisition by gift, exchange, purchase, or condemnation of supplementary land; and for developing increased water supply for the District of Columbia and environs in accordance with House Document 480, Seventy-ninth Congress, second session; and necessary expenses incident thereto; including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), but[60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810) at rates for individual consultants not in excess of $150 per diem; to remain available until expended, $6,986,000, of which $1,138,000 shall not become available for expenditure until July 1, 1953; and of the total amount appropriated $6,900,000 is appropriated from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be advanced by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the provisions of the Act of June 2, 1950 (Public Law 533, Eighty-first Congress).[64 Stat. 195.](/us/stat/64/195) Nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the superintendence and control of the Secretary of the Army over the Washington Aqueduct, its rights, appurtenances, and fixtures connected with the same, and over appropriations and expenditures therefor as now provided by law. NATIONAL GUARD For expenses necessary for the National Guard of the District of Columbia, including attendance at meetings of associations pertaining to the National Guard; expenses of camps, and for the payment of commutation of subsistence for enlisted men who may be detailed to guard or move the United States property at home stations on days immediately preceding and immediately following the annual encampments; reimbursement to the United States for loss of property for which the District of Columbia may be held responsible; cleaning and repairing uniforms, arms, and equipment; instruction, purchase, and maintenance of athletic, gymnastic, and recreational equipment at armory or field encampments; practice marches, drills, 66 Stat. 388 and parades; rents of armories, drill halls, and storehouses; care and repair of armories, offices, storehouses, machinery, and dock, including dredging alongside of dock; alterations and additions to present structures; construction of buildings for storage and other purposes; $115,000. NATIONAL CAPITAL PARKS For expenses necessary for the National Capital Parks, including maintenance, care, and improvement of public parks, grounds, fountains, and reservations, propagating gardens and greenhouses, and the tourists’ camp on its present site in East Potomac Park under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service; placing and maintaining portions of the parks in condition for outdoor sports, erection of stands, furnishing and placing of chairs, and services incident thereto in connection with national, patriotic, civic, and recreational functions held in the parks, including the President’s Cup Regatta, and expenses incident to the conducting of band concerts in the parks; such expenses to include pay and allowances of the United States Park Police force; per diem employees at rates of pay approved by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding current rates of pay for similar employment in the District of Columbia; uniforming and equipping the United States Park Police Force; the purchase, issue, operation, maintenance, repair, exchange, and storage of revolvers, uniforms, ammunition, and radio equipment and the rental of teletype service; and the purchase of passenger motor vehicles, bicycles, motorcycles, and self-propelled machinery; the hire of draft animals with or without drivers at local rates approved by the Secretary of the Interior; the purchase and maintenance of draft animals, harness, and wagons; $2,025,000, of which $25,000 shall be payable from the highway fund: *Provided*, That not to exceed $10,000 of the amount herein appropriated may be expended for the erection of minor auxiliary structures: *Provided further*, That funds appropriated under or transferred to this head for services rendered by the National Park Service shall be expended by expenditure warrant as an advance to said service and shall be credited as a. repayment and maintained in a special account. The amounts so advanced will be available for the objects specified herein or in the appropriation from which such funds are transferred, any unexpended balance to be returned to the Appropriation concerned not later that two full fiscal years after the close of the current fiscal year. NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION For necessary expenses of the National Capital Park and Planning [43 Stat. 463.](/us/stat/43/463)Commission except the acquisition of land (40 U. S. C. 71), including stenographic reporting service as authorized by section 15 of the Act [60 Stat. 310.](/us/stat/60/310)[60 Stat. 903.](/us/stat/60/903)of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), health program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150), and expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with city planning matters; $98,000: *Provided*, That funds appropriated under this head shall be expended by expenditure warrant as an advance to the National Capital Park and planning Commission and shall be credited as a repayment and maintained 66 Stat. 389 in a special account. The amounts so advanced will lie available for the objects herein specified, any unexpended balance to be. returned to this appropriation not later than two full fiscal years after the close of the current fiscal year. NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK For expenses necessary for the National Zoological Park, including erecting and repairing buildings; care and improvement of grounds; travel, including travel for the procurement of live specimens; purchase, care, and transportation of specimens; purchase of motorcycles and passenger motor vehicles; revolvers and ammunition; purchase of uniforms and equipment for police, and uniforms for keepers and assistant keepers; $615,000: *Provided*, That funds appropriated under this head shall be expended by expenditure warrant as an advance to the National Zoological Park and shall be credited as a repayment and maintained in a special account. The amounts so advanced will be available for the objects herein specified, any unexpended balance to be returned to this appropriation not later than two full fiscal years after the close of the current fiscal year. GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 2. Except as otherwise provided herein, all vouchers coveringVouchers. expenditures of appropriations contained in this Act shall be audited before payment by or under the jurisdiction only of the Auditor for the District of Columbia and the vouchers as approved shall be paid by checks issued by the Disbursing Officer without countersignature. Sec. 3. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall beStrikes or overthrow of government. used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or the government of the District of Columbia, 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 the government of the District of Columbia, 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: *Provided*, That for the purposes hereof an affidavitAffidavit. 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 or the government of the District of Columbia, is not a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States or the government of the District of Columbia, 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: *Provided further*, That anyPenalty. person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or the government of the District of Columbia 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 the government of the District of Columbia, 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 66 Stat. 390 more than one year, or both: *Provided further*, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. Sec. 4. Whenever in this Act an amount is specified within an AppropriationMaximum amount. for particular purposes or object of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified, shall be considered as the maximum amount which may be expended for said purpose or object rather than an amount set apart exclusively therefor. Sec. 5. Work performed for repairs and improvements underRepairs and improvements. appropriations contained in this Act may be by contract or otherwise, as determined by the Commissioner’s; and the Commissioners are authorized to establish a working fund for such purposes without fiscal year limitation, said fund to be reimbursed for repairs and improvements performed under that fund from available appropriations contained in this Act, and payments are authorized to be made to said fund in advance if required by the. Director of Construction, subject to subsequent adjustment, from appropriations contained in this Act for repairs and improvements, and such working fund shall Automobile allowance.be available for necessary expenses including allowances for privately owned automobiles. Sec. 6. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when authorized or approved by the Commissioners, for allowances for privately owned automobiles used for the performance of official duties at 7 cents per mile but not to exceed $22 a month for each automobile, unless otherwise therein specifically provided: *Provided*, That the total expenditures for this purpose shall not exceed $55,000, excluding the automobile allowances for the deportation of nonresident insane; the transportation of indigent persons, and the placing of children by the Board of Public Welfare. Sec. 7. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for the paymentAttendance at meetings. of dues and expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work of the District of Columbia government, when authorized by the Commissioners: *Provided*, That the total expenditures for this purpose shall not exceed $15,000. Sec. 8. The Commissioners are hereby authorized in their discretionInvestment in U. S. securities. to invest and reinvest at any time in United States Government securities, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, any part of the general fund, highway fund, water fund, motor vehicle parking fund, or trust funds, of the District of Columbia, not needed to meet current expenses, to deposit the interest accruing from such investments to the credit of the fund from which the investment was made, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to sell or exchange such securities for other Government securities, and deposit the proceeds to the credit of the appropriate fund. Sec. 9. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for personalPersonal services; printing and binding. services when authorized by the Commissioners or by the purchasing officer and the auditor, acting for the Commissioners, printing and binding may be performed by the District of Columbia Division of Printing and Publications without reference to fiscal-year limitations, Budget Officer.and the salary of the Budget Officer of the District of Columbia shall be at the rate of Grade GS–16 in the General Schedule established by the Classification Act of 1949. Sec. 10. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when authorized by the Commissioners, for services as authorized by section 15 [60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810).of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a). 66 Stat. 391 Sec. 11. The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorizedAdvance of money. to advance to officials upon requisitions previously approved by the Auditor of the District of Columbia, not to exceed at any one time sums of money as follows: Director of Weights, Measures, and Markets, $400, to be used exclusively in connection with investigation of short weights and measures; Librarian of the Public Library, $50 at the first of each month, for the purchase of certain books, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, or other printed materials; Superintendent of recreation, $4,000, to be used for the expense of conducting activities of the Recreation Board under the trust fund created by the Act of April 29, 1942 (56 Stat. 261);[D.C. Code 8–211](/us/dcc/8/211) Superintendent of Police, $5,000, to be used in the prevention and detection of crime; Chief probation officer of the juvenile court, $50, upon requisition previously approved by the judge of the juvenile court, to be expended for travel expenses to secure the return of absconding probationers; Director, Department, of Corrections, $750, to be used only in returning escaped prisoners, conditional releasees, parolees, and for the payment of cash gratuities to prisoners on release; Director of Public Welfare, $2,000, to be used for placing and visiting children, returning parolees and wards of the Board of Public Welfare, and deportation of nonresident insane and indigent persons including maintenance pending transportation; Superintendent of Schools, $1,000, which shall be used in connection with the central food services. Sec. 12. Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for or in connectionRestrictions. with the preparation, issuance, publication, or enforcement of any regulation or order of the Public Utilities Commission requiring the installation of meters in taxicabs, or for or in connection with the licensing of any vehicle to lie operated as a taxicab except for operation in accordance with such system of uniform zones and rates and regulations applicable thereto as shall have been prescribed by the Public Utilities Commission. Sec. 13. Appropriations in this Act shall not be available for theElectric street lighting. payment of rates for electric street lighting in excess of those authorized to be paid in the fiscal year 1927, and for payment for electric current for new forms of street lighting shall not exceed 2 cents per kilowatt-hour for current consumed. Sec. 14. All motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles (includingPassenger vehicles. watercraft) owned by the District of Columbia shall be operated and utilized in conformity with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S, C. 77, 78), and shall be under the direction and control[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). of the Commissioners, who may from time to time alter or change the assignment for use thereof, or direct the alteration or interchangeable use of any of the same by officers and employees of the District, except as otherwise provided in this Act. “Official purposes” shall not apply to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or in cases of officers and employees the character of whose duties makes such transportation necessary, but only as to such latter cases when the same is approved by the Commissioners. No motor vehiclesRestriction. shall be transferred from the police or fire departments to any other branch of the government of the District of Columbia. Sec. 15. Appropriations contained in this Act for highways, sewers,Snow removal. Division or Sanitation, and the Water Division shall be available for snow removal when ordered by the Commissioners in writing. 66 Stat. 392 Sec. 16. Hereafter, any collection which otherwise would be forDeposit of funds. depositing to the credit of an appropriation made from general, highway, water, special, or other funds of the District of Columbia, where such appropriation has lapsed, shall be deposited for covering to the credit of the appropriate fund of the District of Columbia as miscellaneous receipts. Sec. 17. This Act may be cited as the “District of ColumbiaShort title. Appropriation Act, 1953”. Approved July 5, 1952. Public Law 454: To amend the Act entitled “An Act to regulate boxing contests and exhibitions in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved December 20, 1944. Public Law 454 Public Law 454 66 Stat. 392 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 454 chapter 577 AN ACT To amend the Act entitled “An Act to regulate boxing contests and exhibitions in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved December 20, 1944.July 5, 1952[[H. R. 5768](/us/bill/82/hr/5768)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, D.C. boxing contests. That section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate boxing contests and exhibitions in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved December 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 823; title 2, ch. 12, D. C. Code, 1940 edition, Supp. VII), is amended by inserting between the first and second sentences the following: “The Commission is authorized in its sole judgment and discretion to assign to licensed professional promoters dates on which boxing contests may be held, and no licensed professional promoter shall hold any boxing contest on any date unless specifically authorized so to do by the Commission. When two or more promoters make application to hold separate boxing contests on an identical date not at the time of such application assigned to either or any of the promoters making such applications, the Commission shall, at a meeting open to the public, make its determination as to whether either or any of such applications will be granted, and if so, which, and in connection with such determination shall take into consideration the public interest, local demand, and the relative ranking of the boxers engaging in the proposed contests.” Sec. 2. Section 9 of such Act is amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 9. Every person folding or conducting any boxing contestPayments to Commission. for which an admission fee is charged or received, or for which revenue is received from the sale, lease, or other exploitation of radio, television, or motion-picture rights, or from other public presentations of such contest, or for which such fee is charged or received and such revenue is received, shall pay to the Commission a sum equal to the larger of the following:
(a)An amount equal to 10 per centum of the gross receipts realized by such person as a result of holding or conducting such contest, including receipts derived from the sale of admissions to the contest, and receipts derived from the sale, leasing, or other exploitation of radio, television, or motion-picture rights and from other public presentation of such boxing contest, or
(b)an amount equal to the total actual cost of compensation of personnel assigned Amateur contests.by the Commission to supervise such contest: *Provided*, That no person holding or conducting any amateur boxing contest under the jurisdiction and with the sanction of the District of Columbia Association of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States shall be required to pay to the Commission any such sum which includes receipts derived from the sale, lease, or other exploitation of radio, television, or motion-picture rights relating to any such amateur boxing contest. Reports.Payments of money required by this section shall be accompanied by 66 Stat. 393 reports in such form as shall be prescribed by the Commission. Each ticket of admission to any such boxing contest shall bear clearly upon the face thereof the purchase price of the said ticket.” " Sec. 3. Section 10 of such Act is amended by inserting the designation “(a)” immediately before the first sentence thereof, by striking the figures “15,000” and inserting in lieu thereof the figures “25,000”. and by adding to such section a new subsection reading as follows: " “(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection
(a)of this section,Bonds. any interest-bearing bonds owned by the Boxing Commission of the District of Columbia prior to December 20, 1944, may be retained by the District of Columbia Boxing Commission, and the said Commission is authorized, when sufficient funds to defray its expenses are not otherwise available, to sell or redeem one or more of the said bonds, to reinvest the proceeds from any sale or redemption of the said bonds, and to use for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the said Commission the proceeds from the sale or redemption of the said bonds, together with the interest from the said bonds, any interest from any bonds or other securities in which such proceeds from such sale or redemption were reinvested, and the proceeds from the sale or redemption of any bonds or other securities purchased by the said Commission for reinvestment purposes, pursuant to the authority herein contained.” " Approved July 5, 1952. Public Law 455: Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 195S, and for other purposes. Public Law 455 Public Law 455 66 Stat. 393 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 455 chapter 578 AN ACT Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 195S, and for other purposes.July 5, 1952[[H. R. 7072](/us/bill/82/hr/7072)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Independent Offices appropriation Act, 1953. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, namely: TITLE I EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT compensation of the president For compensation of the President, including an expense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum, as authorized by the Act of January 19, 1949 (3 U. S. C. 102),$150,000.[63 Stat. 4.](/us/stat/63/4) the white house office Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for The White House Office, including not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at such per[60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810) diem rates for individuals as the President may specify, and other personal services without regard to the provisions of law regulating the employment and compensation of persons in the Government service; and travel and official entertainment expenses of the President, to be accounted for solely on his certificate; $1,907,643. 66 Stat. 394 Emergency Fund for the President national defense For expenses necessary to enable the President, through such officers or agencies of the Government as he may designate, and without regard to such provisions of law regarding the expenditure of government funds or the compensation and employment of persons in the Government service as he may specify, to provide in his discretion for emergencies affecting the national interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during the current fiscal year, $1,000,000 of the unexpended balance in this fund on June 30, 1952, is hereby continued available during the fiscal year 1953: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for allocation to finance a function or project for which function or project a budget estimate of appropriation was transmitted pursuant to law during the second session of the Eighty-second Congress or the first session of the Eighty-third Congress and such appropriation denied after consideration thereof by the Senate or House of Representatives or by the Committee on Appropriations of either body. executive mansion and grounds For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing, improvement, heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Mansion and the Executive Mansion grounds, and traveling expenses, to be expended as the President may determine, notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other Act, $341,200, together with not to exceed $26,000 of the unobligated balance of funds appropriated for such purpose in the “Independent Offices [65 Stat. 268.](/us/stat/65/268)appropriation Act, 1952”. bureau of the budget Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Bureau of the Budget, including newspapers and periodicals (not exceeding $200); teletype news service (not exceeding $900); not to exceed $59,250 for expenses of travel; and not to exceed $20,000 for services as authorized [60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810)by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; $3,461,200. council of economic advisers Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Council in [60 Stat. 23](/us/stat/60/23).carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U. S. C. 1021), including newspapers and periodicals (not exceeding $200); not to exceed $2,475 for expenses of travel; and press clippings (not exceeding $300): $225,000, to remain available until March 31, 1953. INDEPENDENT OFFICES american battle monuments commission Salaries and expenses; For necessary expenses, as authorized by the [60 Stat. 317.](/us/stat/60/317)Act of June 26, 1946 (36 U. S. C. 121, 123–132, 138), including the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; purchase and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and its Territories and possessions at a cost not exceeding $500; not to exceed $11,590 for expenses of travel; rent of office and garage space in foreign countries; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries when required by 66 Stat. 395 law of such countries; $400,000, and in addition, the Commission is authorized to utilize for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation, without dollar reimbursement from this or any other appropriation, foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the United States in an amount not exceeding $319,550, and the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to make such foreign currencies or credits available to the Commission in the amount stated: *Provided*, That where station allowance has been authorized by the DepartmentStation allowance. of the Army for officer’s of the Army serving the Army at certain foreign stations, the same allowance shall be authorized for officers of the Armed Forces assigned to the Commission while serving at the same foreign stations, and this appropriation is hereby made available for the payment of such allowance: *Provided further*, That whenOfficers of armed forces, expenses. traveling on business of the Commission, officers of the Armed Forces serving as members or as secretary of the Commission may be reimbursed for expenses as provided for civilian members of the Commission. Construction of memorials and cemeteries: For expenses necessary for the permanent design and construction of memorials and cemeteries in foreign countries as authorized by the Act of June 26, 1946 (36 U. S. C. 121, 123–132, 138), and the Act of August 5, 1947 (50[60 Stat. 317.](/us/stat/60/317)[61 Stat. 779.](/us/stat/61/779)[50 USC app. 1819](/us/usc/t50/app1819). U. S. C. 1819), $500,000, to remain available until expended, and, in addition, the Commission is authorized to utilize for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation, without dollar reimbursement from this or any other appropriation, foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the United States in an amount not exceeding $4,500,000, and the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to make such foreign currencies or credits available to the Commission in the amount stated, to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That foreign currencies available to the credit of the Treasury shall be used to defray expenses incurred for this purpose wherever practicable. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION Operating expenses: For necessary operating expenses of the Commission in carrying out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of[60 Stat. 775.](/us/stat/60/775)[42 USC 1801 note](/us/usc/t42/s1801).[60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810) 1946, including the employment of aliens; services authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); maintenance and operation of aircraft; publication and dissemination of atomic information; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms; purchase of newspapers and periodicals (not. to exceed $4,000); official entertainment expenses (not to exceed $5,000); not to exceed $2,509.350 for expenses of travel; reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services; and not to exceed $23,564,275 for program direction and administration personnel; $708.986,500, together with the unexpended balances, as of June 30, 1952, of prior year appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission, and such balances shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred by the Commission in connection with the construction of plants and the acquisition and installation of equipment: *Provided*, That of such amounts $100,000 may be expended for objects of a confidential nature and in any such case the certificate of the Commission as to the amount of the expenditure and that it is deemed inadvisable to specify the nature thereof shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended: *Provided further*, That from thisTransfer of funds. appropriation transfers of sums may be made to other agencies of the Government for the performance of the work for which this appro- 66 Stat. 396priation is made, and in such cases the sums so transferred may beSalary restriction. merged with the appropriation to which transferred: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee (except such officers and employees whose compensation is fixed by law, and scientific and technical personnel) whose[63 Stat. 954.](/us/stat/63/954)[5 USC 1071 note](/us/usc/t5/s1071). position would be subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, if such Act were applicable to such position, at a rate in excess of the rate payable under such Act for positions of equivalent difficultyCost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract, etc. or responsibility: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used in connection with the payment of a fixed fee to any contractor or firm of contractors engaged under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract or contracts at any installation of the Commission, where that fee for community management is at a rate in excess of $90,000 per annum, or for the operation of a transportation system where that fee is at a rate in excess of $45,000 per annum. Plant and equipment: For expenses of the Commission in connection with the purchase and construction of plant and the acquisition of equipment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary in carrying out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, including purchase of land and interests in land; purchase of aircraft; and purchase of not to exceed two hundred and twenty-five passenger motor vehicles, of which one hundred and sixty-five shall be for Unexpended balances.replacement only; $371,741,000: *Provided*, That there shall be transferred to and merged with this appropriation that portion of the unexpended balances of prior year appropriations included under the appropriation for Operating Expenses which is applicable to Plant and Equipment, and amounts so transferred together with the foregoing appropriation shall remain available until June 30, 1953: Construction projects, limitations.*Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used—
(A)to start any new construction project for which an estimate was not included in the budget for the current fiscal year;
(B)to start any new construction project the currently estimated cost of which exceeds by thirty-five per centum the estimated cost included therefor in such budget. Liquidation of contract authority: For expenditure by the Commission to liquidate obligations incurred under prior year contract authority, $57,000,000. No part of the appropriations herein made to the Atomic Energy Commission shall be available for payments under any contract hereafter negotiated without advertising by the Commission, except contracts with any foreign government or any agency thereof and contracts for source material with foreign producers, unless such contract includes a clause to the effect that the Comptroller General of the United States or any of his duly authorized representatives shall until the expiration of three years after final payment have access to and the right to examine any directly pertinent books, documents, papers, and records of the contractor or any of his subcontractors engaged in the performance of and involving transactions related to such contracts Audit by GAO.or subcontracts: *Provided*, That no part of such appropriations shall be available for payments under any such contract which includes any provision precluding an audit by the General Accounting Office of any transaction under such contract. Any appropriation available under this Act or heretofore made to the Atomic Energy Commission may initially be used during the fiscal year 1953 to finance the procurement of materials, services, or other costs which are a part of work or activities for which funds have been provided in any other appropriation available to the Transfers of funds.Commission: *Provided*, That appropriate transfers or adjustments between 66 Stat. 397 such appropriations shall subsequently be made for such costs on the basis of actual application determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation under this headRestriction. may be transferred to any other such appropriation but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 5 per centum by any such transfers. Reduction in contract authority: Contract authority available to the Commission is hereby reduced by $635,623. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to exceed $29,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); not to exceed $10,000 for medical [60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810)examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; travel expenses of examiners acting under the direction of the Commission, and expenses of examinations and investigations held in Washington and elsewhere; not to exceed $100 for the purchase of newspapers and periodicals (excluding scientific, technical, trade or traffic periodicals, for official use): payment in advance for library membership in societies whose publications are available to members only or to members at a price lower than to the general public: not to exceed $65,000 for performing the duties imposed upon the Commission by the Act of July 19, 1940 (54 Stat. 767); reimbursement of[5 USC 118, 118k–118n](/us/usc/t5/s118/118k–118n). the General Services Administration for security guard services for protection of confidential files; not to exceed $479,250 for expenses of travel; and not to exceed $5,000 for actuarial services by contract, without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended;[41 USC 5](/us/usc/t41/s5). $18,703,350: *Provided*, That no details from any executive department or independent establishment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere to the Commission’s central office in Washington or to any of its regional offices shall be made during the current fiscal year, but this shall not affect the making of details for service as members of the boards of examiners outside the immediate offices of the Commission in Washington or of the regional directors, nor shall it affect the making of details of persons qualified to serve as expert examiners on special subjects: *Provided further*, That the Civil Service CommissionEmergency transfer, etc. shall have power in case of emergency to transfer or detail any of its employees to or from its office or field force: *Provided further*,Loyalty Review Board. That members of the Loyalty Review Board in Washington and of the regional loyalty boards in the field may be paid actual transportation expenses, and per diem in lieu of subsistence authorized by the Travel Expense Act of 1949 while traveling on official business away[63 Stat. 166.](/us/stat/63/166)[5 USC 835 note](/us/usc/t5/s835). from their homes or regular places of business, and while en route to and from and at the place where their services are to be performed: *Provided further*, That nothing in section 281 or 283 of title 18, United States Code, or in section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C. 99)[62 Stat. 697.](/us/stat/62/697) shall be deemed to apply to any person because of his appointment for part-time or intermittent service as a member of the Loyalty Review Board or a regional loyalty board in the Civil Service Commission. No part of the appropriations herein made to the Civil ServiceLegal Examining Unit. Commission shall be available for the salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit in the Examining and Personnel Utilization Division of the Commission, established pursuant to Executive Order Numbered 9358 of July 1, 1943, or for the compensation or expenses[3 CFR, 1943 Supp., p. 30](/us/cfr/t3/s1943/p30). of any member of a board of examiners
(1)who has not made affidavit that he has not appeared in any agency proceeding within the precedingCompensation of certain board members. two years, and will not thereafter while a board member appear 66 Stat. 398 in any agency proceeding, as a party, or in behalf of a party to the proceeding, before an agency in which an applicant is employed who has been rated or will be rated by such member; or
(2)who, after making such affidavit, has rated an applicant who at the time of the rating is employed by an agency before which the board member has appeared as a party, or in behalf of a party, within the preceding two years: *Provided*, That the definitions of “agency”, “agency [60 Stat. 237.](/us/stat/60/237)[5 USC 1001](/us/usc/t5/s1001).proceeding”, and “party” in section 2 of the Administrative Procedure Act shall apply to these terms as used herein. No part of appropriations herein shall be used to pay the compensationCompensation of officers allocating supervisory positions. of officers and employees of the Civil Service Commission who allocate or reallocate supervisory positions in the classified civil service solely on the size of the group, section, bureau, or other organization unit, or on the number of subordinates supervised. References to size of the group, section, bureau, or other organization unit or the number of subordinates supervised may be given effect only to the extent warranted by the workload of such organization unit and then only in combination with other factor’s, such as the kind, difficulty, and complexity of work supervised, the degree and scope of responsibility delegated to the supervisor, and the kind, degree, and value of the supervision actually exercised. The Civil Service Commission shall not impose a requirement orAge limitation. limitation of maximum age with respect to the appointment of persons to positions in the competitive service, except such positions as the Civil Service Commission may publish from time to time in such form and manner as it may determine: *Provided*, That no person who has reached his seventieth birthday shall be appointed in the competitive civil service on other than a temporary basis. Annuities, Panama Canal construction employees and Lighthouse Service widows: For payment of annuities authorized by the Act of [58 Stat. 258.](/us/stat/58/258)[33 USC 771–775](/us/usc/t33/s771–775).May 29, 1944, as amended (48 U. S. C. 1373a), and the Act of August 19, 1950 (64 Stat. 465), $2,707,000. Payment to civil-service retirement and disability fund: For financing the liability of the United States, created by the Act approved May 22, 1920, and Acts amendatory thereof (5 Ü. S. C. [41 Stat. 614.](/us/stat/41/614)5 USC 691 *et seq*.ch. 14), $321,450,000, which amount shall be placed to the credit of the “civil-service retirement and disability fund”. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses in performing the [48 Stat. 1064.](/us/stat/48/1064)[47 USC 609](/us/usc/t47/s609).duties imposed by the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U. S. C. 151), the Ship Act of 1910, as amended (46 U. S. C. 484–487), the [36 Stat. 629](/us/stat/36/629).[3 CFR, 1949 Ed., p. 190 (E.O. 6779)](/us/cfr/t3/s1949/p190).International Radiotelegraphic Convention (45 Stat. pt. 2, p. 2760),executive Order 3513, dated July 9, 1921, as amended under date of June 30, 1934, relating to applications for submarine cable licenses, and the radiotelegraphy provisions of the Convention for Promoting [50 Stat. 1146.](/us/stat/50/1146)Safety of Life at Sea (50 Stat. 1121), including newspapers (not to exceed $175), land and structures (not to exceed $3,000), special counsel fees, improvement and care of grounds and repairs to buildings (not to exceed $17,500), purchase of not to exceed ten passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, 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), $6,408,460, of which not to exceed $88,525 shall be available for expenses of travel. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the work of the Commission, as authorized by law, including not to exceed $202,500 66 Stat. 399 for expenses of travel; purchase (not to exceed one for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $500 for newspapers; $4,085,700, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for special counsel and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act Of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), but at rates not60 Stat. 810. exceeding $50 per diem for individuals. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, including contract stenographic reporting services, not to exceed $500 for newspapers, and not to exceed $142,235 for expenses of travel, $4,053,800: *Provided*, That no part of the funds appropriated herein for the Federal Trade Commission shall be expended upon any investigation hereafter provided by concurrent resolution of the Congress until funds are appropriated subsequently to the enactment of such resolution to finance the cost of such investigation. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Salaries: For personal services, $30,100,000. Miscellaneous expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to exceed $1,062,500 for expenses of travel, $1,960,000. Appropriations for the General Accounting Office shall be available, for newspapers and periodicals (not exceeding $500), and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a).60 Stet. 810. The fourth paragraph under the heading “General Accounting Office” in Public Law 137, approved August 31, 1951 (65 Stat. 274), is amended by changing “two positions in grade GS–18” to “four positions in grade GS–18” and “seven positions in grade GS–16” to “thirteen positions in grade GS–16”. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Executive direction and staff operations: For necessary expenses in the performance of executive direction and staff operations for activities under the control of the General Services Administration; including not to exceed $97,385 for expenses of travel; not to exceed $250 for purchase of newspapers and periodicals; and processing and determining net renegotiation rebates; $4,140,750. Public Buildings Service: For necessary expenses of real property management, and related activities as provided by law; including theCommissioner of Public Buildings. salary of the Commissioner of Public Buildings at the rate of $16,500 per annum so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; repair and improvement of public buildings and grounds (including furnishings and equipment) under the control of the General Services Administration; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving Government agencies in connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of building space; demolition of buildings; acquisition by purchase or otherwise and disposal by sale or otherwise of real estate and interests therein; purchase of not to exceed three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and not to exceed $177,335 for expenses of travel; $101,046,030: *Provided*, That the foregoing appropriation shall not be availableDispersal of depart mental functions. to effect the moving of Government agencies from the District of Columbia into buildings acquired to accomplish the dispersal of departmental functions of the executive establishment into areas outside of but accessible to the District of Columbia. 66 Stat. 400 Federal Supply Service: For necessary expenses of personal property management and related activities as provided by law; including not to exceed $250 for the purchase of newspapers and periodicals; not to exceed $77,600 for expenses of travel; and the purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; $2,154,100. National Archives and Records Service: For necessary expensesNARS. in connection with Federal records management and related activities as provided by law; including preparation of guides and other finding aids to records of the Second World War; purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; and not to exceed $23,340 for expenses of travel; $4,868,200. The appropriate foregoing appropriation to the General ServicesAdvances and reimbursements. Administration shall be credited with
(1)advances or reimbursements for salaries and administrative expenses chargeable against other appropriations of the General Services Administration, and such salaries and expenses may be paid from such foregoing Appropriation;
(2)cost of maintenance, upkeep, and repair included as part of rentals received from Government corporations pursuant to [61 Stat. 584](/us/stat/61/584)law (40 U. S. C. 129);
(3)reimbursements for services performed in respect to bonds and other obligations under the jurisdiction of the General Services Administration, issued by public authorities, States, or other public bodies, and such services in respect to such bonds or obligations as the Administrator deems necessary and in the public interest may, upon the request and at the expense of the issuing agencies, be provided from the appropriate foregoing appropriation; and
(4)appropriations or funds available to other agencies, and transferred to the General Services Administration, in connection with property transferred to the General Services Administration [62 Stat. 1225.](/us/stat/62/1225)pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1948 (50 U. S. C. 451ff), and such appropriations or funds may, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, be so transferred. During the current fiscal year, no part of any money appropriatedType writing machines. in this or any other Act shall be used during any quarter of such fiscal year to purchase within the continental limits of the United States typewriting machines (except bookkeeping and billing machines) at a price which exceeds 90 per centum of the lowest net cash price, plus applicable Federal excise taxes, accorded the most-favored customer (other than the Government, the American National Red Cross, and the purchasers of typewriting machines for educational purposes only) of the manufacturer of such machines during the six-month period immediately preceding such quarter: *Provided*, That the purchase, utilization, and disposal of typewriting machines shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Property and [63 Stat. 377](/us/stat/63/377); [64 Stat. 578.](/us/stat/64/578)Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. For necessary emergency expenses of the General Services administration[41 USC 201 note](/us/usc/t41/s201). not otherwise provided for, for operation, maintenance, protection, repair, alterations, and improvements of public buildings and grounds (including furnishings and equipment) to the extent that such buildings and grounds are under the control of the General Services Administration for such purposes as are provided for in Public Law 152, Eighty-first Congress, as amended; rental of buildings or parts thereof in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including repairs, a Iterations, and improvements necessary for proper use by the government without regard to section 322 oi the Act of June 30, 1932, as [47 Stat. 412](/us/stat/47/412).amended (40 U. S. C. 278a); restoration of leased premises; moving Government, agencies in connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of building space; not to exceed $24,300 for expenses of travel; and payment of per diem employees employed in connection 66 Stat. 401 with any of the foregoing functions at rates approved by the Administrator of General Services or his designee, not exceeding current rates for similar services in places where such services are employed; $22,668,250: *Provided*, That of this amount, such sums as may beRestriction. determined by the General Services Administrator to be necessary may be paid into other appropriations of the General Services Administration only for purposes of accounting: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be available to effect the moving of Government agencies from the District of Columbia to accomplish the dispersal of departmental functions. Renovation and improvement, of federally owned buildings outsideBuildings out side D. C. the District of Columbia: For expenses necessary for continuing the program for the renovation and improvement of federally owned buildings outside the District of Columbia, for which funds are not otherwise available, including appurtenances and approaches thereto, that are under the control of the General Services Administration for repair and preservation, as authorized by title III of the Act of June 16, 1949 (Public Law 105), $4,750,000, to remain available until[63 Stat. 198.](/us/stat/63/198)[40 USC 297, 297a](/us/usc/t40/s297/297a). expended, of which not to exceed $37,550 shall be available for expenses of travel. Repair, preservation, and equipment, outside the District of Columbia: For expenses necessary for the repair, alteration, improvement, preservation, and equipment, not otherwise provided for, of completed Federal buildings, the grounds and approaches thereof, wharves, and piers, together with the necessary dredging adjacent thereto, and care and safeguarding of sites acquired for Federal buildings; the demolition of buildings thereon; and the purchase and repair of equipment and fixtures in buildings under the administration of the General Services Administration; $9,250,000, of which not to exceed $74,500 shall be available for expenses of travel. Refunds under Renegotiation Act: For refunds under section 201
(f)of the Renegotiation Act of 1951, $9,300,000, which, together with[65 Stat. 23.](/us/stat/65/23)[50 USC app 1231](/us/usc/t50/app1231). the unobligated balance of the appropriation granted under this head for the fiscal year 1952, shall remain available until June 30, 1954: *Provided*, That to the extent refunds are made from this appropriation of excessive profits collected under the Renegotiation Act and retained by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation or the appropriate subsidiary shall reimburse this appropriation. Expenses, general supply fund: For expenses necessary for operation of the general supply fund (except those authorized by law to lie charged to said fund), including contractual services incident to receiving, handling and shipping warehouse items, and including not to exceed $150 for purchase of newspapers and periodicals; and not to exceed $133,900 for expenses of travel; $14,536,500: *Provided*, That the general supply fund shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for replacment only for the purposes of this appropriation. For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of the strategic[60 Stat. 596.](/us/stat/60/596)[50 USC 98 note](/us/usc/t50/s98). and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act of July 23, 1946, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), not to exceed $160,425 for expenses of travel,[60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810) and the purchase of not to exceed two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $203,979,000 to remain available until expended, of which $70,000,000 is for liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority heretofore granted under this head: *Provided*, That any fluids received as proceeds from sale or other disposition of materials on account of the rotation of stocks under said Act shall be deposited to the credit, and be available for expenditure 66 Stat. 402 for the purposes, of this appropriation: *Provided further*, That during the current fiscal year, there shall be no limitation on the value of surplus strategic and critical materials which, in accordance with subsection 6
(a)of the Act of July 23, 1946 (50 U. S. C. 98e (a)), may be transferred to stockpiles established in accordance with said Act. reduction in contract authorizations Contract authorizations available to the General Services Administration under the headings hereinafter set forth are hereby reduced in the following amounts: “Construction of public buildings outside the District of Columbia”, $29,500,000. “Federal Courts Building, District of Columbia”, $3,875,000. HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY office of the administrator Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Office of the Administrator, including rent in the District of Columbia; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. [60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810)55a); not to exceed $237,500 for expenses of travel; expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work of the agency; and transportation expenses and not to exceed $25 per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of [60 Stat. 903.](/us/stat/60/903)August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 73b–2), for persons serving without compensation as members of any advisory committee established pursuant [63 Stat. 439.](/us/stat/63/439)[12 USC 1701h](/us/usc/t12/s1701h).to title VI of the Housing Act of 1949; $4,606,000: *Provided*, That necessary, expenses of inspections and of providing representatives at the site of projects being undertaken by local public agencies pursuant [63 Stat. 414.](/us/stat/63/414)[42 USC 1451–1460](/us/usc/t42/s1451–1460).to title I of the Housing Act of 1949 and of projects financed through loans to educational institutions authorized by title IV of the Housing [64 Stat. 77](/us/stat/64/77).[12 USC 1749](/us/usc/t12/s1749)–1749c.Act of 1950, shall be compensated by such agencies or institutions by the payment of fixed fees which in the aggregate will cover the costs of rendering such services, and expenses for such purpose shall be considered nonadministrative; and for the purpose of providing such inspections, the Administrator may utilize any agency and such agency may accept reimbursement or payment for such services from such institutions or the Administrator, and shall credit such amounts to the appropriations or funds against which such charges have been made, but such nonadministrative expenses shall not exceed $455,000. Defense Community Facilities and Services: During the current fiscal year not to exceed $112,500 of the appropriation granted under [65 Stat. 760.](/us/stat/65/760)this head in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952, shall be available for administrative expenses in connection with the construction of facilities under such appropriation. public housing administration Annual contributions: For the payment of annual contributions to public housing agencies in accordance with section 10 of the United [50 Stat. 891.](/us/stat/50/891)Citizenship of tenant.States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1410), $29,880,000: *Provided*, That except for payments required on contracts entered into prior to April 18, 1940, no part of this appropriation shall be available for payment to any public housing agency for expenditure in connection with any low-rent housing project, unless the public housing agency shall have adopted regulations prohibiting as a tenant of any such project by rental or occupancy any person other than a 66 Stat. 403 citizen of the United States, but such prohibition shall not be applicable in the case of a family of any serviceman or the family of any veteran who has been discharged (other than dishonorably) from, or the family of any serviceman who died in, the Armed Forces of the United States within four years prior to the date of application for admission to such housing: *Provided further*, That all expendituresAudit and settlement. of this appropriation shall be subject to audit and final settlement by the Comptroller General of the United States under the provisions of the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, as amended: *Provided further*,[42 Stat. 20.](/us/stat/42/20)[31 USC 1](/us/usc/t31/s1). That notwithstanding the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, the Public Housing Administration[50 Stat. 891.](/us/stat/50/891)[42 USC 1430](/us/usc/t42/s1430). shall not, with respect to projects initiated after March 1, 1949,
(1)authorize during the fiscal year 1953 the commencement of construction of in excess of thirty-five thousand dwelling units, or
(2)after the date of approval of this Act, enter into any agreement, contract, or other arrangement which will bind the Public Housing Administration with respect to loans, annual contributions, or authorizations for commencement of construction, for dwelling units aggregating in excess of thirty-five thousand to be authorized for commencement of construction during any one fiscal year subsequent to the fiscal year 1953, unless a greater number of units is hereafter authorized by the Congress: *Provided further*, That the Public Housing Administration shall not, after the date of approval of this Act, authorize the construction of any projects initiated before or after March 1, 1949, in any locality in which such projects have been or may hereafter be rejected by the governing body of the locality or by public vote, unless such projects have been subsequently approved by the same procedure through which such rejection was expressed: *Provided further*, That no housing unit constructed under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, shall be occupied by a person[50 Stat. 888.](/us/stat/50/888)[42 USC 1430](/us/usc/t42/s1430). who is a member of an organization designated as subversive by the Attorney General: *Provided further*, That the foregoing prohibition shall be enforced by the local housing authority, and that such prohibition shall not impair or affect the powers or obligations of the Public Housing Administration with respect to the making of loans and annual contributions under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended. Administrative expenses: For administrative expenses of the Public Housing Administration, $8,000,900, to be merged with and expended under the authorization for such expenses contained in title III of this Act. INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act of August 13, 1946 (25 U. S. C. 70), creating an[60 Stat. 1049.](/us/stat/60/1049) Indian Claims Commission, $91,400, of which not to exceed $2,275 shall be available for expenses of travel. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION General expenses: For expenses necessary in performing the functions vested by law in the Commission 09 U. S. C. 1–24, 301–327, 901–923, 1001–1022), except those, otherwise specifically provided for in this Act, and for general administration, including not to exceed $5,000 for the employment of special counsel; contract stenographic reporting services; newspapers (not to exceed $200); not to exceed $230,650 for expenses of travel; and purchase of nine passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; $9,319,500, of which $100,000 shall be 66 Stat. 404 available for valuations of pipe lines: *Provided*, That Joint BoardGovernment transportation requests. members and cooperating State commissioners may use Government transportation requests when traveling in connection with their duties as such. Railroad safety: For expenses necessary in performing functions authorized by law (45 U. S. C. 1–15,17–21,35–46,61–64; 49 U. S. C. 26) to insure a maximum of safety in the operation of railroads, including authority to investigate, test experimentally, and report on the use anti need of any appliances or systems intended to promote the safety of railway operation, including those pertaining to block-signal and train-control systems, as authorized by the joint resolution approved [34 Stat. 838.](/us/stat/34/838)[35 Stat. 325.](/us/stat/35/325)June 30, 1906, and the Sundry Civil Act of May 27, 1908 (45 U. S. C. 35–37), and to require carriers by railroad subject to the Act to install automatic train-stop or train-control devices as prescribed by the [41 Stat. 498.](/us/stat/41/498)Commission (49 U. S. C. 26), including the employment of inspectors and engineers, and including not to exceed $163,050 for expenses of travel, $974,500. Locomotive inspection: For expenses necessary in the enforcement of the Act of February 17, 1911, entitled “An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto”, as amended (45 [36 Stat. 913.](/us/stat/36/913)U, S. C. 22–34), including not to exceed $112,620 for expenses of travel, $709,500. INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN Contribution to Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay in advance to the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin the Federal contribution toward the expenses of the Commission during the current fiscal year in the administration of its business in the conservancy district [33 USC 567b](/us/usc/t33/s567b).established pursuant to the Act of July 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 748), $5,000. NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Committee, including one Director at not to exceed $17,500 per annum so long as the position is held by the present incumbent, and including contracts for the making of special investigations and reports and for engineering, drafting and computing services; equipment; not to exceed $240,050 for expenses of travel; maintenance and operation of aircraft; purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; not to exceed $100 for newspapers and periodicals; and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 [60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810)(5 U. S. C. 55a); $48,586,100. Construction and equipment: For construction and equipment at laboratories and research stations of the Committee, to remain available until expended, $17,700,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be available for payments under contracts entered into pursuant to the contract authority heretofore granted under this head. NATIONAL CAPITAL HOUSING AUTHORITY Maintenance and operation of properties: For the maintenance and operation of properties under title I of the District of Columbia Alley [52 Stat. 1186.](/us/stat/52/1186)[D.C. Code 5’103 to 5–111](/us/dcc/5/103/5/111).Dwelling Authority Act, $45,000: *Provided*, That all receipts derived 66 Stat. 405 from sales, leases, or other sources shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States monthly: *Provided further*, That so long as funds are available from appropriations for the foregoing purposes, the provisions of section 507 of the Housing Act of 1950 (Public Law 475, Eighty-first Congress) shall not be effective.[64 Stat. 81](/us/stat/64/81). NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION Land acquisition, National Capital park, parkway and playground system: For necessary expenses for the National Capital Park and Planning Commission in connection with the acquisition of land for the park, parkway, and playground system of the National Capital, as authorized by section 4 of the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482),[D.C. Code 8–102 note](/us/dcc/8/102). including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), and real estate appraisers, by contract or otherwise without regard to the civil service and classification laws, at rates of pay or fees not to exceed those usual for similar services; and purchase of options; $66,000, to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That not exceeding $24,940 of the funds available for land Limitation.acquisition purposes shall be used during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses of the Commission (other than payments for land) in connection with land acquisition. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U. S. C. 1861–1875), including award of graduate fellowships; services as[64 Stat. 149.](/us/stat/64/149)[60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810) authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U, S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $118,750 for expenses of travel; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services: $4,750,000, to remain available until expended. RENEGOTIATION BOARD salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Renegotiation Board, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $235,500 for expenses of travel; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed[60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810) $50 per diem for individuals; and rents in the District of Columbia; $5,407,800. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to exceed $500 for the purchase of newspapers; not to exceed $101,50 for expenses of travel; and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); $5,245,080.[60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810) 66 Stat. 406 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the[65 Stat. 75.](/us/stat/65/75)[50 USC app. 451–471](/us/usc/t50/app451–471). Selective Service System, as authorized by title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 604), as amended, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 [60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810)(5 U. S. C. 55a); not to exceed $250 for the purchase of newspapers and periodicals; not to exceed $78,125 for expenses of travel, National Administration, Planning, Training, and Records Management; not to exceed $408,925 for expenses of travel, State Administration, planning, Training, and Records Servicing; $92,500 for the National Selective Service Appeal Board, of which not to exceed $3,875 shall be available for expenses of travel; and $215,200 for the National Advisory Committee on the Selection of Doctors, Dentists, and Allied Specialists, of which not to exceed $45,000 shall be available for expenses of travel; $36,772,000: *Provided*, That during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt this appropriation from the [31 USC 665](/us/usc/t31/s665).provisions of subsection
(c)of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the interest of national defense. Appropriations for the Selective Service System may be used for the destruction of records accumulated under the Selective Training [54 Stat. 885.](/us/stat/54/885)[50 USC app. 318](/us/usc/t50/app318).and Service Act of 1940, as amended, which are hereby authorized to be destroyed by the Director of Selective Service after compliance with the procedures for the destruction of records prescribed pursuant to the Records Disposal Act of 1943, as amended (44 U. S. C. [57 Stat. 380.](/us/stat/57/380)366–380): *Provided*, That no records may be transferred to any other agency without the approval of the Director of Selective Service. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Salaries and expenses, Smithsonian Institution: For all necessary expenses for the preservation, exhibition, and increase of collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government and from other sources; for the system of international exchanges between the United States and foreign countries; for anthropological researches among the American Indians and the natives of lands under the jurisdiction or protection of the United States, independently or in cooperation with State, educational, and scientific organizations in the United States, and the excavation and preservation of archeological remains; for maintenance of the Astrophysical Observatory and making necessary observations in high altitudes; for the administration of the National Collection of Fine Arts; for the administration, and for the constriction and maintenance, of Laboratory and other facilities on Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, under the provisions of the Act of July 2, 1940, as amended by the [60 Stat. 1101.](/us/stat/60/1101)[5 USC 133y–16 note](/us/usc/t5/s133y–16).[60 Stat. 997.](/us/stat/60/997)provisions of Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1946; for the maintenance and administration of a national air museum as authorized by the Act of August 12, 1946 (20 U. S. C. 77); including not to exceed $35,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August [60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810)2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); not to exceed $10,225 for expenses of travel; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards and elevator conductors; repairs and alterations of buildings and approaches; and preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations for publication; $2,419,500: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall be available for the repair, alteration, improvement, preservation, and 66 Stat. 407 equipment of leased premises, and the construction of auxiliary and appurtenant temporary structures, ramps, roadways, and approaches thereto, at the Chicago International Airport, O’Hare Field, Park Ridge, Illinois, to house the National Air Museum storage collections. Salaries and expenses, National Gallery of Art: For the upkeep and operation of the National Gallery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9,[53 Stat. 577.](/us/stat/53/577)[20 USC 74](/us/usc/t20/s74). Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. 8. C. 55a); payment in advance[60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810) when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose publications or services are available to members only, or to members at a price lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards and elevator operators; purchase of rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; not to exceed $1,800 for expenses of travel; and not to exceed $15,000 for restoration and repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper; $1,240,550. SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Subversive Activities Control Board, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 194G (5 U. S. C. 55a), not to exceed $5,500[60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810) for expenses of travel, and not to exceed $100 for the purchase of newspaper and periodicals, $291,305, together with not to exceed $20,000 of the unobligated balance of funds appropriated for this purpose in the “Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952”.[65 Stat. 280.](/us/stat/65/280) TARIFF COMMISSION Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Tariff Commission, including subscriptions to newspapers (not to exceed $200), not to exceed $13,500 for expenses of travel, and contract stenographic reporting services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $1,291,375: *Provided*, That no part of this[60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810) appropriation shall be used to pay the salary of any member of the Tariff Commission who shall hereafter participate in any proceedings under sections 336, 337, and 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, wherein he[46 Stat. 701.](/us/stat/46/701)[19 USC 1336–1338](/us/usc/t19/s1336–1338). or any member of his family has any special, direct, and pecuniary interest, or in which he has acted as attorney or special representative. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended (16 U. S. C., ch. 12A),[48 Stat. 48.](/us/stat/48/48)[16 USC 831–831h–2](/us/usc/t16/s831–831h–2). including purchase (not to exceed two) and hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; the purchase (not to exceed two hundred and twenty, of which one hundred and fifty shall be for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $186,027,000, to remain available until expended, and to be available for the payment of obligations chargeable against prior appropriations: *Provided*, That noRestriction. funds appropriated for the Tennessee Valley Authority by this para- 66 Stat. 408graph shall be used for the maintenance or operation of any aircraft for passenger service that is not specifically confined to the active operation of the official business of the Tennessee Valley Authority by officers or employees of such Authority, and not to exceed $1,546,650 of funds available to the Tennessee Valley Authority shall be used for expenses of travel. THE TAX COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including contract stenographic reporting services and not to exceed $35,000 for travel expenses, $900,000: *Provided*, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. VETERANS’ ADMINISTRATION Administration, medical, hospital, and domiciliary services: For necessary expenses of the Veterans’ Administration, including maintenance and operation of medical, hospital, and domiciliary services, in carrying out the functions pursuant to all laws for which the Administration is charged with administering, including purchase of thirty-eight passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. [60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810)55a); maintenance and operation of farms; recreational articles and facilities at institutions maintained by the Veterans’ Administration; expenses incidental to securing employment for war veterans; funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto for beneficiaries of the Veterans’ Administration except burial awards authorized by Veterans’[38 USC note foll. ch. 12](/us/usc/t38/ch12). Administration Regulation Numbered 9 (a), as amended; aid to State or Territorial homes in conformity with the Act approved August [25 Stat. 450.](/us/stat/25/450)27, 1888, as amended (24 U. S. C. 134), for the support of veterans eligible for admission to Veterans’ Administration facilities for Hospital or domiciliary care; not to exceed $6,000 for newspapers and periodicals; not to exceed $3,530,700 for expenses of travel of Visual education information.employees; not to exceed $45,300 for the preparation, shipment, installation, and display of exhibits, photographic displays, moving pictures, and other visual educational information and descriptive material, including the purchase or rental of equipment; $843,382,260, together with not to exceed $12,500,000 of the unobligated balance of funds appropriated for this purpose in the “Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952”, from which allotments and transfers may be made to the Federal Security Agency (Public Health Service), the Army, Navy, and Interior Departments, for disbursements by them under the various headings of their applicable appropriations, of such amounts as are necessary for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the Public relations work.Veterans’ Administration: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay in excess of seventy persons engaged in public Construct ion. etc., restrictions.relations work: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home, or for the purchase of any hospital or home; and this appropriation may be used to repair, alter, improve, or provide facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans’ Administration, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and the purchase of materials. 66 Stat. 409 Compensation and pensions: For the payment of compensation, pensions, gratuities, and allowances (including subsistence allowances authorized by part VII of Veterans’ Regulation la, as amended),[57 Stat. 43.](/us/stat/57/43)[38 USC note foll. ch. 12](/us/usc/t38/ch12). authorized under any Act of Congress, or regulation of the President based thereon, including emergency officers’ retirement pay and annuities, the administration of which is now or may hereafter be placed in the Veterans’ Administration, and for the payment of adjusted-service credits as provided in sections 401 and 601 of the Act of May 19, 1924, as amended (38 U. S. C. 631 and 661), $2,204,351,000, to be [43 Stat. 125.](/us/stat/43/125)immediately available and to remain available until expended. Readjustment benefits: For the payment of benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by titles II, III, and V, of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, $558,907,200, to be immediately available[58 Stat. 287.](/us/stat/58/287)[38 USC 701, 694–694j, 696–696m, note foil. ch. 12](/us/usc/t38/s701/694–694j/696–696m/ch12). and to remain available until expended. Military and naval insurance: For military and naval insurance, $6,854,000, to remain available until expended. Hospital and domiciliary facilities: For hospital and domiciliary facilities, for extending, with the approval of the President, any of the facilities under the jurisdiction of the Veterans’ Administration or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 1 and 2 of the Act approved March 4, 1931 (38 U. S. C. 438j–k) or in section 101 of the[46 Stat. 1550.](/us/stat/46/1550)[58 Stat. 284](/us/stat/58/284). Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (38 U. S. C. 693a), to remain available until expended, $108,791,000, of which $59,000,000 is for payment of obligations heretofore authorized to be incurred under this head: *Provided*, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall beRestriction. used to commence any major alteration, improvement, or repair unless fluids are available for the completion of such work; and no funds shall be used for such work at any facility if the Veterans’ administration is reasonably certain that the installation will be abandoned in the near future: *Provided further*, That not to exceed 5.5 per centumTechnical and clerical personnel. of the amounts available under this head shall be available for the employment of all necessary technical and clerical personnel for the preparation of plans and specifications for the projects as approved hereunder and in the supervision of the execution thereof, and for all travel expenses, field office equipment, and supplies in connection therewith, except that whenever the Veterans’ Administration finds it necessary in the construction of any project to employ other government agencies or persons outside the Federal service to perform such services not to exceed 9 per centum of the cost of such projects may be expended for such services: *Provided further*, That amounts availablePortable Initial equipment. under this head for portable initial equipment are increased from $31,455,440 to $33,349,581 including the purchase of one hundred and ninety-eight passenger motor vehicles. Major alterations, improvements, and repairs: For all necessary expenses of major alterations, improvements, and repairs to hospital and domiciliary facilities, $8,750,000, to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be used to commence any major alteration, improvement, or repair unless funds are available for the completion of such work; and no funds shall be used for such work at any facility if the Veterans’ Administration is reasonably certain that the installation will be abandoned in the near future. National service life insurance: For the payment of benefits and for transfer to the national service life insurance fund, in accordance with the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended,[54 Stat. 1008](/us/stat/54/1008)[38 USC 818](/us/usc/t38/s818). $54,072,000, to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That certain premiums shall be credited to this appropriation as provided by the Act. 66 Stat. 410 Servicemen’s indemnities: For payment of liabilities under the [65 Stat. 33.](/us/stat/65/33)[38 USC 351 note](/us/usc/t38/s351)Servicemen’s Indemnity Act of 1951, $8,595,000, to remain available until expended. Veterans’ miscellaneous benefits: For the payment of burial awards [38 USC note foll, ch. 12](/us/usc/t38/ch12).authorized by Veterans’ Administration Regulation Numbered 9 (a), as amended, and for supplies, equipment, and tuition authorized by [57 Stat. 43.](/us/stat/57/43)[38 USC note foll, ch. 12](/us/usc/t38/ch12).part VII and payments authorized by part IX of Veterans’ Administration Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, $17,206,000, to remain available until expended. Grants to the Republic of the Philippines: For payment to the Republic of the Philippines of grants in accordance with the Act of [62 Stat. 1210.](/us/stat/62/1210)July 1, 1948 (50 U. S. C. App. 1991–1996), for expenses incident to medical care and treatment of veterans, $1,861,500. Automobiles and other conveyances for disabled veterans: To enable the Administrator to provide, or assist in providing, automobiles or other conveyances for disabled veterans as authorized by the act of [65 Stat. 574.](/us/stat/65/574)[38 USC 252a–252c](/us/usc/t38/s252a–252c).October 20, 1951 (Public Law 187), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be available for Hospitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimbursement of cost is made, to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed by the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs. WAR CLAIMS COMMISSION payment of claims For payment of claims, as authorized by the War Claims Act of 1948,[62 Stat. 1240.](/us/stat/62/1240)[50 USC app. 2001 note](/us/usc/t50/app2001). as amended, from funds deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the war claims fund created by section 13
(a)of said Act, such sums as may be necessary, to be available to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment of claims under sections 4 (a), 4
(b)(2), 5
(a)through (e), 6, and 7 of said Act to the payees named and in the amounts stated in certifications by the War Claims Commission and the Secretary of Labor or their duly authorized representatives, which certifications shall be in lieu of any vouchers which might otherwise be required: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall not be available for administrative expenses: *Provided further*, That no claims shall be allowed or paid under the provisions of said War Claims Act of 1948 from any funds other than those covered into the Treasury pursuant to the provisions of section 39 of the Trading With the Enemy [62 Stat. 1246.](/us/stat/62/1246)[50 USC app. 39](/us/usc/t50/app39).Act, of October 6, 1917. as amended, as provided by section 13
(a)of said War Claims Act of 1948. administrative expenses For expenses necessary for the War Claims Commission, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 [60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810)U. S. C. 55a): expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation; not to exceed $9,000 for expenses of travel; and advances or reimbursements to other Government agencies for use of their facilities and services in carrying out the functions of the Commission; $734,550, to be derived from the war [62 Stat. 1247.](/us/stat/62/1247)[50 USC app. 2012](/us/usc/t50/app2012).claims fund created by section 13
(a)of the War Claims Act of 1948 (Public Law 896, approved July 3, 1948). 66 Stat. 411 reduction in appropriation The unobligated balance of the funds avail able for necessary expenses of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission, as authorized by the Acts of July 18, 1947 (Public Law 203), and May 31, 1949 (Public Law 78), is hereby rescinded effective July 1, 1952, except for necessary liquidating expenses, and such sum shall be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury immediately upon the approval of this Act. INDEPENDENT OFFICES—GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 102. No part of any appropriation contained in this title for theAEC fellowships.Disloyalty restriction. Atomic Energy Commission shall be used to confer a fellowship on any person who advocates or who is a member of an organization or party that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence or with respect to whom the Commission finds, upon investigation and report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the character, associations, and loyalty of whom, that reasonable grounds exist, for belief that such person is disloyal to the government of the United States: *Provided*, That any person who advocatesPenalty. or who is a member of an organization or party that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts employment or a fellowship the salary, wages, stipend, grant, or expenses for which are paid from any appropriation contained in this title 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 penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. Sec. 103. Where appropriations in this title are expendable for travelTravel expenses. expenses of employees and no specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not exceed the amount set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for the appropriations. Sec. 104. Where appropriations in this title are expendable for thePurchase of newspapers and periodicals. purchase of newspapers and periodicals and no specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures therefor under each such Appropriation may not exceed the amount of $50: *Provided*, That this limitation shall not apply to the purchase of scientific, technical, trade, or traffic periodicals necessary in connection with the performance of the authorized functions of the agencies for which funds are herein provided. Sec. 105. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shallPositions formerly held by employees entering Armed Forces. be available to pay the salary of any person filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his period of active military or naval service and has within ninety days after his release from such service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more than one year made application for restoration to his former position and has been certified by the Civil Service Commission as still qualified to perform the duties of his former position and has not been restored thereto. Sec. 106. Appropriations contained in this title, available forAttendance at meetings. expenses of travel shall be available, when specifically authorized by the head of the activity or establishment concerned, for expenses of attendance at. meetings of organizations concerned with the function or activity for which the appropriation concerned is made: *Provided,* 66 Stat. 412 That appropriations contained in this title shall be available for the examination of estimates of appropriations and activities in the field without regard to limitations on travel contained in such appropriations. Sec. 107. No part of any appropriations made available by thePurchase or sale of real estate. provisions of this title shall be used for the purchase or sale oi real estate or for the purpose of establishing new offices outside the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That this limitation shall not apply to programs which have been approved by the Congress and appropriations made therefor. Sec. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shallEmployees engaged in personnel work. 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 thirty-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; wage administration; and processing, recording, and reporting. Sec. 109. None of the sections under the head “Independent offices,Nonapplicability. General provisions” in this title shall apply to the Housing and Home Finance Agency or the Tennessee Valley Authority. TITLE II— DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE maritime activities Ship construction: For an additional amount for “Ship construction,” for the payment of obligations incurred on or after July 1, 1946, for ship construction, reconditioning, and betterments, $140,000,000, to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That the unexpended balance of the $105,000,000 appropriated under this head [65 Stat. 284.](/us/stat/65/284)in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952, shall remain available for expenditure without fiscal year limitation. operating-differential. subsidies Operating-differential subsidies: For the payment of obligations incurred for operating-differential subsidies granted on or after [49 Stat. 1985.](/us/stat/49/1985)[46 USC 1101 *et seq*](/us/usc/t46/s1101).January 1, 1947, as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, and in appropriations heretofore made to the United States Maritime Commission, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That to the extent that the operating-differential subsidy accrual (computed on the basis of parity) is represented on the operator’s books by a contingent accounts receivable item against the United States as a partial or complete offset to the recapture accrual, the operator
(1)shall be excused from making deposits in the special reserve fund, and
(2)as to the amount of such earnings the deposit of which is so excused shall be entitled to the same tax treatment as though it had been deposited in said special reserve fund. To the extent that any amount paid to the operator by the United States reduces the balance in the operator’s contingent receivable account against the United States, such amount, unless it is forthwith deposited in the fund, shall be considered as withdrawn under section 607
(h)[46 USC 1177](/us/usc/t46/s1177).of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended: *Provided further*, That nothing contained in this Act, or in any prior appropriation Act, 66 Stat. 413 shall be construed to affect the authority provided in section 603
(a)of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended,
(1)to grant operating-differential[46 USC 1173](/us/usc/t46/s1173). subsidies on a long-term basis, and
(2)to obligate the United States to make future payments in accordance with the terms of such operating-differential subsidy contracts: *Provided further*, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be available for obligation, nor any obligation made, for the payment of an operating-differential subsidy for any number of voyages, during the current fiscal year, in excess of sixteen hundred, which number shall include the number of voyages under contracts hereafter awarded and of which one hundred shall be for operators who have not held contracts prior to July 1, 1952. Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for carrying into effect the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and other laws administered[49 Stat. 1985.](/us/stat/49/1985)[46 USC 1101 *et seq*](/us/usc/t46/s1101). by the Federal Maritime Board and the Maritime Administration, $15,617,850, within limitations as follows: Administrative expenses, including not to exceed $2,000 for newspapers and periodicals; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle, for replacement only; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); not to exceed $1,125 for entertainment[60 Stat. 810.](/us/stat/60/810) of officials of other countries when specifically authorized by the Maritime Administrator; not to exceed $145,525 for expenses of travel; and $75,000 to be available exclusively for ship structure research, testing and models: $8,655,850: *Provided*, That the Maritime Administration is authorized to dispense with the administrative audit of agents’ accounts covering voyages beginning prior to April 1, 1949: *Provided further*, That funds transferred to this appropriation from the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund established under the provisions of Public Law 45, Eighty-second Congress, shall not exceed[65 Stat. 52.](/us/stat/65/52) a sum sufficient to provide for the employment of in excess of four hundred employees at any time during the current, fiscal year; Maintenance of shipyard facilities, operation of warehouses, and maintenance and operation of terminals, including the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, and not to exceed $2,490 for expenses of travel, $1,921,000; Reserve fleet expenses, $5,041,000, of which not to exceed $7,490 shall be available for expenses of travel: *Provided*, That, in addition, not to exceed $1,200,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation made available under this head for the fiscal year 1952 shall remain available during the current fiscal year. Maritime training: For training personnel for the manning of the merchant marine (including operation of training stations at Kings Point, New York; Sheepshead Bay, New York; Alameda, California, and the United States Maritime Service Institute), including not to exceed $2,474,100 for personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere which may be used to provide pay and allowances for personnel of the United States Maritime Service comparable to those of the Coast Guard as authorized by law (46 U. S. C. 1126,14 F. R. 7707);[52 Stat. 965.](/us/stat/52/965) purchase of two passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; not to exceed $2,500 for contingencies for the Superintendent, United States Merchant Marine Academy, to be expended in his discretion; not to exceed $25,625 for expenses of travel; and not to exceed $72,500 for transfer to applicable appropriations of the Public Health Service for services rendered the Maritime Administration; $3,584,000, including uniforms and textbooks for cadet midshipmen, to be provided in kind at an average yearly cost of not to exceed $200 per cadet: *Provided*, 1’hat this appropriation shall not be used for compensation or allowances for trainees or cadets. 66 Stat. 414 State marine schools: To reimburse the State of California, $47,500; the State of Maine, $47,500; the State of Massachusetts, $47,500; and the State of New York, $47,500; for expenses incurred in the maintenance and support of marine schools in such States as provided in the [36 Stat. 1353.](/us/stat/36/1353)Act authorizing the establishment of marine schools, and so forth, approved March 4, 1911, as amended (34 U. S. C. 1121–1123); $153,000 for the maintenance and repair of vessels loaned by the United States to the said States for use in connection with such State marine schools; and $320,200 for allowances for uniforms,, textbooks, and subsistence of cadets at State marine schools, to be paid in accordance with [52 Stat. 965.](/us/stat/52/965)regulations established pursuant to law (46 U. S. C. 1126 (b)); $663,200. War Shipping Administration liquidation: The unexpended balance of the appropriation to the Secretary of the Treasury in the [61 Stat. 695.](/us/stat/61/695)Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1948, for liquidation of obligations approved by the General Accounting Office as properly incurred against funds of the War Shipping Administration prior to January 1, 1947, is hereby continued available during the current fiscal year. No additional vessels shall be allocated under charter, nor shall anyChartering of vessels. vessel be continued under charter by reason of any extension of chartering authority beyond June 30, 1949, unless the charterer shall agree that the Maritime Administration shall have no obligation upon redelivery to accept or pay for consumable stores, bunkers, and slop-chest items, except with respect to such minimum amounts of bunkers as the Maritime Administration considers advisable to be retained on the vessel and that prior to such redelivery all consumable stores, slop-chest items, and bunkers over and above such minimums shall be removed from the vessel by the charterer at his own expense. No money made available to the Department of Commerce, for maritime activities, by this or any other Act shall be used in payment for a vessel the title to which is acquired by the Government either by requisition or purchase, or the use of which is taken either by requisition or agreement, or which is insured by the Government and lost while so insured, unless the price or hire to be paid therefor (except [49 Stat. 2011.](/us/stat/49/2011)[46 USC 1212, 1242](/us/usc/t46/s1212/1242).in cases where section 802 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, is applicable) is computed in accordance with subsection 902
(a)of said Act, as that subsection is interpreted by the General Accounting Office. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the MaritimeUtilities, services, and repairs. Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government property under control of the Maritime Administration, and payments received by the Maritime Administration for utilities, services, and repairs so furnished or made shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: *Provided*, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy on account of items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. No obligations shall be incurred during the current fiscal year from[49 Stat. 1985.](/us/stat/49/1985)[46 USC 1101](/us/usc/t46/s1101) *et seq*. the construction fund established by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained in this Act, or in any prior appropriation Act, and all receipts which otherwise would be deposited to the credit of said fund shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. The general provisions applicable to appropriations contained in title I of this Act shall apply to appropriations for Maritime activities contained in this title. 66 Stat. 415 TITLE III— CORPORATIONS The following corporations and agencies, respectively, 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[59 Stat. 598.](/us/stat/59/598)[31 USC 849](/us/usc/t31/s849). necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Budget for the fiscal year 1953 for each such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided: HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY Federal National Mortgage Association: Not to exceed $3,509,500Administrative expenses. shall be available for administrative expenses, which shall be on an accrual basis, and shall be exclusive of interest paid, depreciation, properly capitalized expenditures, fees for servicing mortgages, expenses (including services performed on a force account, contract, or fee basis, but not. including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, protection, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of real or personal property belonging to said Association or in which it has an interest, cost of salaries, wages, travel, and other expenses of persons employed outside of the continental United States, expenses of services performed on a contract or fee basis in connection with the performance of legal services, and all Administrative expenses reimbursable from other Government agencies; and said Association may utilize and may make payment for services and facilities of the Federal Reserve banks and other agencies of the government: *Provided*, That the distribution of administrative expenses to the accounts of the Association shall be made in accordance with generally recognized accounting principles and practices: *Provided further*, That not to exceed $138,105 shall be available for expenses of travel: *Provided further*, That administrative expenses not under limitation for the purposes set forth in the budget schedules for the fiscal year 1953 shall not exceed $151,000. Office of the Administrator (prefabricated housing): Not to exceed $225,000 shall be available for all administrative expenses, which shall be on an accrual basis, of carrying out the functions of the Office of the Administrator under section 102 of the Housing Act of 1948, as amended (12 U. S. C. 1701g), and title V of the Defense Housing[62 Stat. 1275.](/us/stat/62/1275)[65 Stat. 311.](/us/stat/65/311)[12 USC 1701g–1701g–3](/us/usc/t12/s1701g–1701g–3). and Community Facilities and Services Act of 1951, but this amount shall be exclusive of costs of services performed on a contract or fee basis in connection with termination of contracts and legal services on a contract or fee basis: *Provided*, That no additional loan shall be made under the authority transferred to the Administrator pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 23 of 1950 for the foregoing purposes[64 Stat. 1279](/us/stat/64/1279).[5 USC 133z–15 note](/us/usc/t5/s133z–15). after the effective date of this Act unless the Administrator shall have determined that such loan is in the interest of the government in the furtherance of any existing loan or for the refinancing of any existing loan: *Provided further*, That not to exceed $6,750 shall be available for expenses of travel. Home Loan Bank Board: Not to exceed a total of $725,000 shall be available for administrative expenses of the Home Loan Bank Board, including the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, and shall be derived from funds available to the Home Loan Bank Board, including those in the Home Loan Bank Board revolving fund and receipts of the Federal Home Loan Bank Administration, 66 Stat. 416 the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, or the Home Loan Bank Board for the current fiscal year and prior fiscal years, and the Board may utilize and may make payment for services and facilities of the Federal home-loan banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, and other agencies of the Government: *Provided*, That all necessary expenses in connection with the conservatorship of institutions insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation and all necessary expenses (including services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the handling, including the purchase, sale, and exchange, of securities on behalf of Federal home-loan banks, and the sale, issuance, and retirement of, or payment of interest on, [47 Stat. 725.](/us/stat/47/725)[12 USC 1421](/us/usc/t12/s1421)debentures or bonds, under the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as amended, shall be considered as non administrative expenses for the purposes hereof: *Provided further*, That not to exceed $22,500 shall be available for expenses of travel: *Provided further*, That notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, except for the limitation in amount hereinbefore specified, the administrative expenses and other obligations of the Board shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of July 22, 1932, as amended (12 U. S. C. 1421–1449): *Provided further*,Nonadministrative expenses. That the non administrative expenses for the examination of Federal and State chartered institutions shall not exceed $1,775,000. Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation: Not to exceed $425,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, which shall be on an accrual basis and shall be exclusive of interest paid, depreciation, properly capitalized expenditures, expenses in connection with liquidation of insured institutions, liquidation or handling of assets of or derived from insured institutions, payment of insurance, and action for or toward the avoidance, termination, or minimizing of losses in the case of specific insured institutions, legal fees and expenses, and payments for administrative expenses of the Home Loan Bank Board determined by said Board to be properly allocable to said Corporation, and said Corporation may utilize and may make payment for services and facilities of the Federal home-loan banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the Home Loan Bank Board, and other agencies of the government: *Provided*, That not to exceed $4,150 shall be available for expenses of travel: *Provided further*, That notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, except tor the limitation in amount hereinbefore specified, the administrative expenses and other obligations of said Corporation shall be incurred, allowed and paid in accordance with [48 Stat. 1255.](/us/stat/48/1255)title IV of the Act of June 27, 1934, as amended (12U. S.C. 1724–1730). Home Owners’ Loan Corporation: The unobligated balance of the item of $75,000 made available under this head in the Independent [65 Stat. 288](/us/stat/65/288).Offices Appropriation Act, 1952, shall be available to the Home Loan Bank Board for expenditure as nonadministrative expenses to carry out final liquidation of the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation. Federal Housing Administration: In addition to the amounts available by or pursuant to law (which shall be transferred to this authorization) for the administrative expenses of the Federal Housing Administration in carrying out duties imposed by or pursuant to law, not to exceed $4,885,000 of the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration shall be available for expenditure, in accordance with [48 Stat. 1246.](/us/stat/48/1246)the National Housing Act, as amended (12 ü. S. C. 1701): *Provided*, That, except as herein otherwise provided, all expenses and obligations of said Administration shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of said Act: *Provided further*, That not to exceed $146,125 shall be available for expenses of travel: *Provided further*, That funds available for expenditure shall be available for 66 Stat. 417 contract actuarial services (not to exceed $1,500); and purchase of Periodicals and newspapers (not to exceed $500): *Provided further*, That expenditures for nonadministrative expenses classified by section 2 of Public Law 387, approved October 25, 1949, shall not exceed[63 Stat. 905.](/us/stat/63/905)[12 USC 1702](/us/usc/t12/s1702). $28,870,000. Public Housing Administration: Of the amounts available by or pursuant to law for the administrative expenses of the Public Housing Administration in carrying out duties imposed by or pursuant to law including funds appropriated by title I of this Act and not to exceed $205,000 of the funds appropriated for such expenses under the head “Defense Housing” in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952, not to exceed $11,534,000 shall be available for such expenses,[65 Stat. 762.](/us/stat/65/762) including purchase of not to exceed three passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; not to exceed $697,500 for expenses of travel; and expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work of the Administration: *Provided*, That necessaryNonadministrative expenses. expenses of providing representatives of the Administration at the sites of non-Federal projects in connection with the construction of such non-Federal projects by public housing agencies with the aid of the Administration, shall be compensated by such agencies by the payment of fixed fees which in the aggregate in relation to the development costs of such projects will cover the costs of rendering such services, and expenditures by the Administration for such purpose shall be considered nonadministrative expenses, and funds received from such payments may be used only for the payment of necessary expenses of providing representatives of the Administration at the sites of non-Federal projects: *Provided further*, That all expenses of the Public Housing Administration not specifically limited in this Act, in carrying out its duties imposed by or pursuant to law, shall not exceed $32,722,080: *Provided further*, That not to exceed $142,500 of funds made available by the Act of June 29; 1936 (49 Stat. 2035) shall[40 USC 431–434](/us/usc/t40/s431–434). be available for necessary expenses, including administrative expenses, of the Public Housing Administration in carrying out the provisions of the Act of May 19, 1949 (Public Law 65).[63 Stat. 68.](/us/stat/63/68) INLAND WATERWAYS CORPORATION Inland Waterways Corporation (administered under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of Commerce): Not to exceed $481,200 shall be available for administrative expenses, including not to exceed $10,755 for expenses of travel, to be determined in the manner set forth under the title “General expenses” in the Uniform System of Accounts for Carriers by Water of the Interstate Commerce Commission (effective January 1, 1947); and funds available for operating expenses shall be available for purchase (not to exceed one, for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles: *Provided*, That no funds shall be used to pay compensation of employees normally subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as[63 Stat. 954.](/us/stat/63/954)[5 USC 1071](/us/usc/t5/s1071). amended, at rates in excess of rates fixed for similar services under the provisions of said Act, nor to pay the compensation of vessel employees and such terminal and other employees as are not covered by said Act, at rates in excess of rates prevailing in the river transportation industry in the area (including prevailing leave allowances tor vessel employees, but the. granting of such allowances shall not be construed as establishing a different leave system within the meaning of that term as used in section 3 of the Act of December 21, 1944 (5U. S. C. 61d)).[58 Stat. 846](/us/stat/58/846). 66 Stat. 418 Corporations—General Provisions Sec. 302. No part of the funds of, or available for expenditure by,Personnel work. any corporation or agency included in this title 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 thirty-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 halftime 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. TITLE IV— GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 401. Hereafter no part of the funds of, or available for expenditureAnnual leave. by any corporation or agency included in this or any other Act, including the government of the District of Columbia, shall be available to pay for annual leave accumulated by any civilian officer or employee during any calendar year and unused at the close of business on June 30t h of the succeeding calendar year: *Provided*, That the head of any such corporation or agency shall afford an opportunity for officers or employees to use the annual leave accumulated under this section prior to June 30th of such succeeding calendar year: *Provided further*,Nonapplicability. That this section shall not apply to officers and employees whose post of duty is outside the continental United States: *Provided further*, That this section shall not apply with respect to the payment of compensation for accumulated annual leave in the case of officers or employees who leave their civilian positions for the purpose of entering upon active military or naval service in the Armed Forces of the United States: *Provided further*, That this section shall not be applicable to annual leave accumulated prior to January 1, 1952. Sec. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or ofStrikes or overthrow of U.S. government. the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included in this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by Affidavit.force or 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 it 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 Penalty.force or 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 66 Stat. 419 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. 403. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or ofPublicity or propaganda. the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency included in this Act, shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress. Sec. 404. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, orChauffeurs. of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included in this Act, shall be used to pay the compensation of any civilian employee of the Government, whose principal or primary duties consist of acting as chauffeur or driver of any Government-owned passenger motor vehicle (other than a bus or ambulance). This section shall not apply with respect to any person whose duties consist of acting as chauffeur for the President, of the United States or whose place of duty is in a foreign country. Sec. 405. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximumPassenger motor vehicles.[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). amount allowable during the current fiscal year, in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 78), for the purchase. of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of busses, ambulances, and station wagons), is hereby fixed at $1,600. Sec. 406.
(a)No part of the money appropriated by this Act to anyInformation and editorial functions. 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 functions described in
(1)or (2).
(b)This section shall not apply: To persons employed by theNonapplicability. General Services Administration in the performance of functions or related assisting or supporting functions in connection with the publication of the Federal Register, or to persons engaged in functions of the Civil Service Commission related to
(1)the preparation and issuance of materials relating to the recruitment of personnel for the Federal service, and
(2)the compilation of the Official Register of the United States, or to any department, agency, or corporation which does not employ more than two persons at any one time in the performance of functions described m paragraph
(1)or
(2)of subsection
(a)of this section. Sec. 407. This Act may be cited as the “Independent Offices AppropriationShort title. Act, 1953”. Approved July 5, 1952. Public Law 456: To amend the Bankruptcy Act, approved July 1, 1898, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto; and to repeal subdivision b of section 64, subdivision h of section 70, and sections 118, 354, and 643 thereof and all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent therewith. Public Law 456 Public Law 456 66 Stat. 420 1952-07-07 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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