An Act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes
PL 83-357 (H.R.8481), enacted 05/11/1954

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RELEASE or PATIENTS 
"SEC. 347. For purposes of this Act, an individual shall be deemed 
cured of his addiction and rehabilitated if thie Surgeon General deter-
mines that he has received the maximum benefits of treatment and 
care by the Service for his addiction or if the Surgeon General deter-
mines that his further treatment and care for such purpose would be 
detrimental to the interests of the Service." 
Approved May 8, 1954. 
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Public Law 356 
CHAPTER 199 
AN ACT 
To permit review of decisions of the heads of departments, or their representa-
tives or boards, involving questions arising under Government contracts. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of AmeHca in Congress assembled^ That no provision 
of any contract entered into by the United States, relating to the 
iinality or conclusiveness of any decision of the head of any depart-
ment or agency or his duly authorized representative or board in a 
dispute involving a question arising under such contract, shall be 
pleaded in any suit noAv filed or to be filed as limiting judicial review 
of any such decision to cases where fraud by such official or his said 
representative or board is alleged: Provided^ however, That any such 
decision shall be final and conclusive unless the same is fradulent or 
capricious or arbitrary or so grossly erroneous as necessarily to imply 
bad faith, or is not supported by substantial evidence. 
SEC. 2. No Government contract shall contain a provision making 
final on a question of laAv the decision of any administrative official, 
representative, or boArd. 
Approved May 11, 1954. 
May 11, 1954 
[S. 24] 
Government con-
tracts. 
Judicial review. 
Public Law 357 
CHAPTER 200 
AN ACT 
May 11, 1954 
Making supplemental appropriations for the flscal year ending June 30, 1954, 
[H. R. 8481] 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations (this Act 
may be cited as the "Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1954") 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other ])urposes, 
namely: 
CHAPTER I 
Third Supple-
mental ^propria-
tion Act, 1954. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
COMPENSATION AND RI:TIREMENT FUND EXPENSES 
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT RETIREMENT AND RELIEF FUNDS 
For an additional amount for "District government retirement and 
relief funds", $120,000. 
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, SUPERVISION AND INSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for "General administration, supervision 
and instruction", $1,537,500. 
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, GEORGE-BARDEN PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for "Vocational education, George-
Barden program", $24,000. 
METROPOLITAN POLICE 
For an additional amount for "Metropolitan Police", $1,800,000 
of which $270,000 shall be payable from the highway fund. 
FIRE DEPARTMENT 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, Fire Depart-
ment", $700,000. 
COURTS 
UNITED STATES COURTS 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1953, for "United States 
Courts", $37,536. 
PUBLIC WELFARE 
AGENCY SERVICES 
For an additional amount for "Agency services", $60,000, to be 
derived by transfer from the appropriation for "Operating expenses, 
protective institutions. Public Welfare", fiscal year 1954. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PARKS 
For an additional amount for "National Capital Parks", $69,000. 
PERSONAL SERVICES, WAGE-SCALE EMPLOYEES 
For pay increases for wage-scale employees, to be allocated by the 
Commissioners of the District of Columbia to the appropriations and 
funds of said District for the fiscal year 1954 from which such 
employees are properly payable, $1,200,000, of which $143,700 shall be 
payable from the highway fund and $233,800 from the water fund; 
said increases in compensation to be effective during the period begin-
ning with the first day of the first pay period which began after June 
30, 1953, for per diem educational employees of the Board of Educa-
tion, and beginning with the first day of the first pay period which 
began after September 15,1953, for other wage-scale employees of the 
District of Columbia: Provided^ That no retroactive compensation or 
salary shall be payable in the case of any individual not in the service 
of the municipal government of the District of Columbia on the date of 
approval of this Act, except that such retroactive compensation or 
salary shall be paid in the case of a deceased officer or employee, or of a 
retired officer or employee, for services rendered after the effective 
date of the increase. 
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SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS AND SUITS 
For the payment of claims in excess of $250, approved by the Com-
missioners in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Februnrv 
11,1929, as amended (45 Stat. 1160; 46 Stat. 500; 65 Stat. 131), $29,625. to^i'-Se^"'** ^"^°^ 
JUDGMENTS 
For the payment of final judgments rendered against the District 
of Columbia, as set forth in House Document Numbered 353 (Eighty-
third Congress), $222,218, together with such further sums as may 
be necessary to pay the interest at not exceeding 4 per centum per 
annum on such judgments, as provided by law, from the date the 
same became due until the date of payment. 
AiTnTED CLAIMS 
For an additional amount for the paj'ment of claims, certified to be 
due by the accounting officers of the District of Columbia, under ap-
propriations the balances of which have been exhausted or credited to 
the general fund of the District of Columbia as provided by law (D. C. 
Code, title 47, sec. 130a), being for the service of the fiscal year 1951 
58 stat. 533. 
and prior fiscal years, as set forth in House Document Numbered 353 
(Eighty-third Congress), $333,370, together with such further sums 
as may be necessary to pay the interest on audited claims for refunds 
at not exceeding 4 per centum per annum as provided by law (Act of 
July 10, 1952, 66 Stat. 546, sec. 14d). 
D. C. Code 47-
2413. 
DIVISION OF EXPENSES 
The sums appropriated in this Act for the District of Columbia 
shall, unless otherwise specifically provided for, be paid out of the 
general fund of the District of Columbia, as defined in the District 
of Columbia Appropriation Acts for the fiscal years involved. 
CHAPTER I I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
For payment to Erma E. Griswold, widow of Dwight Griswold, 
late a Senator from the State of Nebraska, $12,500. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper: Effective May 1, 1954, 
the appropriation for salaries of officers and employees of the Senate 
contained in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act for the fiscal 
year 1954 is made available for the compensation of seven additional 
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pages at the basic rate of $1,800 per annum each. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
Motor vehicles: For an additional amount for 
maintaining, 
exchanging, and equipping motor vehicles for carrying the mails and 
for official use of the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms, 
$4,275 to be derived by transfer from the appropriation for "Folding 
Documents", fiscal year 1954. 
^7 stat. 320. 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
Office of the Doorkeeper 
For an additional amount for "Office of the Doorkeeper", $13,615. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
Stationery (Revolving Fund) 
For an additional amount for "Stationery (revolving fund)", 
$3,200, to remain available until expended. 
Folding Documents 
For an additional amount for "Folding documents", $15,000. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD 
For an additional amount for "Capitol Police Board", $2,855. 
EDUCATION OF SENATE AND HOUSE PAGES 
For an additional amount for "Education of Senate and House 
pages", $2,785. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
WORKING CAPITAL AND CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING 
The unexpended balances of all appropriations to the Government 
Printing Office for "Working capital and congressional printing and 
binding", for the fiscal years 1943 through 1951 shall be available, 
without regard to fiscal year limitations, for payment of claimc 
settled by the General Accounting Office in favor of employees and 
former employees of the Government Printing Office for additional 
compensation on account of service rendered during the fiscal years 
1942 through 1951. 
T H E JUDICIARY 
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER JUDICIAL SERVICES 
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For an additional amount for "Fees of jurors and commissioners", 
$115,000. 
TRAVEL AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Travel and miscellaneous expenses", 
$36,000. 
SALARIES OP REFEREES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries of referees", $7,000 to be 
derived from the referees' salary fund established in pursuance of the 
60 Stat. 326. 
Act of June 28, 1946, as amended (11 U. S. C. 68). 
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EXPENSES OF REFEREES 
For an additional amount for "Expenses of referees", $71,600, to 
be derived from the referees' expense fund established in pursuance 
of the Act of June 28,1946, as amended (11 U. S. C. 68 (c) (4)). 
CHAPTER I I I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $900,000, to 
be derived by transfer from "Government in occupied areas", fiscal 
year 1954. 
67 stat. 432. 
INTERNATIONAL CONTINGENCIES 
For an additional amount for "International 
contingencies", 
$175,000, to be derived by transfer from "Government in occupied 
areas", fiscal year 1954. 
67 stat. 432. 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, CLAIMS OF PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, claims of 
persons of Japanese ancestry", $1,560,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
The Attorney General is hereby authorized to transfer from the 
appropriation "Salaries and expenses, Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service, 1954", not to exceed $100,000 to the appropriation "Fees 
67 stat. 373. 
and expenses of witnesses, 1954", not to exceed $300,000 to the appro-
priation "Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Prisons, 1954", not to exceed 
$500,000 to the appropriation "Support of United States prisoners, 
1954", and not to exceed $165,000 to the appropriation "Salaries and 
expenses, general administration." 
DEPARTMENT O F COMMERCE 
CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION 
L A N D A C Q U I S I T I O N , ADDITIONAL WASHINGTON AIRPORT 
For an additional amount for "Land acquisition, additional Wash-
ington Airport", for payment of deficiency judgments rendered by 
United States district courts, $34,541, together with such amounts as 
may be necessary to pay interest as specified in such judgments. 
MARITIME ACTIVITIES 
OPERATING-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDIES 
For an additional amount for "Operating-differential subsidies", 
$29,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
67 Stat. 374. 
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BTTREAU or PUBLIC 
EOADS 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
For an additional amount for "Federal-aid highways", to remain 
available until expended, $55,000,000, which sum is a part of the 
amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1953. 
CHAPTER IV 
TEEASURY DEPARTMENT 
BuKEAU OF NARCOTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $67,500. 
The unobligated balance of the lapsed appropriation of the Bureau 
of Narcotics available for the payment of salaries and expenses for the 
fiscal year 1948, shall be available for payment of claims settled by the 
General Accounting Office and otherwise chargeable to appropriations 
for the fiscal year 1949. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $3,600,000. 
UNITED STATES SECRET 
SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $85,000, to 
be derived by transfer from "Salaries and expenses, Guard Force", 
67 Stat. 68. 
tiscal 
year 1954. 
CHAPTER V 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AND EMPLOYMENT 
S E R V I C E ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for "Grants to States for unemployment 
compensation and employment service administration," $12,100,000, 
which shall be available only to the extent that the Secretary finds 
necessary to meet increased costs of administration resulting from 
changes in a State law or increases in the numbers of claims filed and 
claims paid over those upon which the State's basic grant (or the 
allocation for the District of Columbia) was based, which increased 
costs of administration cannot be provided for by normal budgetary 
adjustments. 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR VETERANS 
For an additional amount for "Unemployment compensation for 
veterans", $24,400,000. 
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Unemployment compensation for veterans, next succeeding fiscal 
year: For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments 
to States, as authorized by title IV of the Veterans' Readjustment 
Assistance Act of 1952, such sums as may be necessary to pay benefits 
^6 sm. 684. 
for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, and the obliga-
tions and expenditures thereunder shall be charged to the appropria-
tion therefor for that fiscal ^ear. 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
HEALTH, 
EDUCATION, 
AND 
WELFARE 
OFFICE OF EDUCATION 
PAYMENTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS 
For an additional amount for "Payments to school districts", 
$5,850,000. 
ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for grants to local educational agencies 
in federally affected areas as authorized by section 209 (c) of Public 
Law 815, Eighty-first Congress, as amended by section 2 (e) of Public 
Law 246, Eighty-third Congress, including not to exceed $125,000 for ^^64 stat. 975, 67 
necessary expenses of technical services rendered by other agencies, 
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$55,000,000, to remain available until April 1, 1955: Provided^ That 
unpaid entitlements, reduced to the extent requests therefor are not 
filed before October 1, 1954, shall be paid on a pro rata basis if 
the amount herein appropriated for grants is not enough to cover 
all such entitlements: Provided further^ That applications which meet 
the requirements of section 205 of such Public Law 815 may be amended 
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not later than December 31, 1954, to (1) substitute a different project 
or (2) substitute a reimbursement request based upon construction 
of the original project under a contract entered into before the date 
of enactment of this Act or upon construction of other facilities under 
a contract entered into before such date and after June 30, 1952, and 
in either case the adequacy requirements in subsection (c) (1) of such 
section 205 shall not apply: Provided further, That the foregoing sub- 
20 use 275. 
stitutions herein permitted sliall not cost more than the project origi-
nally filed for. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES, BUREAU OF OLD-AQE AND 
SURVIVORS INSURANCE 
The amount authorized by the Department of Health, Education, 
and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1954, to be expended from the Fed-
eral old-age and survivors insurance trust fund for "Salaries and 
expenses, Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance", is increased 
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from "$62,750,000" to "$63,746,000". 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for "Grants to States for public assist-
ance", $58,000,000. 
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CHAPTER VI 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for "Agricultural conservation program", 
in addition to the program authorized under this head for 1954, under 
67 Stat. 215. 
the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1954, $15,000,000 
to remain available until December 31,1955, to enable the Secretary of 
Agriculture to make payments to farmers who carry out emergency 
wind erosion control measures under the 1954 agricultural conserva-
tion program after March 30, 1954, in counties designated by the 
governors of the respective States with the approval of the Secretary 
of Agriculture as subject to damages by excessive wind erosion during 
1954: Provided^ That the payments for such emergency wind erosion 
control measures shall not exceed the cost per acre of the practices or 
a total of $1.25 per acre, whichever is smaller: Provided further^ That 
this appropriation may be expended without regard to the adjustments 
required under section 8 (e) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
52 Stat. 34. 
Allotment Act, as amended (16 U. S. C. 590h (e)), and may be dis-
tributed among States and individual farmers without regard to any 
other provision of law: Provided 
further^ That this appropriation 
may be used to reimburse the emergency fund of the President au-
64 Stat. 1109. 
thorized by Public Law 875, 81st Congress (42 U. S. C. 1855) for such 
funds as have been allocated to the Secretary of Agriculture for pay-
ments for the specific purposes authorized herein. 
DISASTER LOAN REVOLVING FUND 
The limitation under this head in the Act of July 31, 1953 (Public 
67 Stat. 297. 
Law 175), ou the amount available for emergency feed and seed 
assistance, is increased from "$40,000,000" to "$50,000,000"; and such 
increased amount may be used for furnishing such assistance by means 
of advances to States or agencies thereof, or otherwise, and for reim-
bursement of advances made to the Secretary of Agriculture from 
funds appropriated for disaster relief under the Act of September 30, 
64 Stat. 1109. 
1950 (42 U. S. C. 1855). 
FOREST SERVICE 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", for fighting 
forest fires, $4,500,000. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
The limitation under this head in the Department of Agriculture 
15 usc*713a-10. Appropriation Act, 1954, on the amount available for administrative 
expenses of the Corporation, is increased from "$17,100,000" to 
"$20,000,000". 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for "Farm Credit Administration", 
$120,000, to be derived from receipts from farm credit agencies. 
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CHAPTER VII 
DEPARTMENT OF T H E INTERIOR 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for "Operation and maintenance, South-
eastern Power Administration", $138,000. 
OFFICE OF TERRITORIES 
For an additional amount for "Construction, Alaska Railroad", for 
the authorized work of the Alaska Railroad, including improvements 
and new construction, to remain available until expended, $4,594,000: 
Provided^ That funds appropriated under this head may be trans-
ferred to the Alaska Railroad Revolving Fund for purposes of 
accounting and administration. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
The limitation in section 106 of the Interior Department Appro-
priation Act, 1954, on the amount available for services as authorized 
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by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), is increased 
^o stat. gio. 
from "$250,000" to "$310,000". 
CHAPTER VIII 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF T H E PRESIDENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
REFUGEE RELIEF 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary to enable the Presi-
dent, by transfer to such officer or agency of the Government as may 
be appropriate, to carry out the provisions of the Refugee Relief Act 
of 1953 (Public Law 203, approved August 7,1953), including services 
fo usc*app?i97i 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. "°*^% 
55a), at rates not in excess of $50 per diem for individuals; printing 
and binding outside the continental United States without regard to 
section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. I l l ) ; hire of 
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passenger motor vehicles; and expenses of attendance at meetings 
concerned with the purpose of this appropriation; $250,000: Provided^ 
That funds appropriated herein shall be available in accordance with 
authority granted hereunder or under authority governing the activi-
ties of the Government agencies to which such funds are allocated. 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION 
SALARIES A N D 
EXPENSES 
The limitation under this head in the First Independent Offices 
Appropriation Act, 1954, on the amount available for expenses of 
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travel, is increased from "$210,000" to "$235,000". 
60 Stat. 810. 
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HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 
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OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
I 
Salaries and expenses: In addition to amounts appropriated under 
this head, the Administrator may transfer to this appropriation from 
any other funds available for administrative expenses, not to exceed 
$50,000, for expenses of investigations of irregularities or abuses in 
connection with the administration of programs of mortgage and loan 
insurance as authorized by the National Housing Act, as amended 
48 Stat. 1246. 
(12 U . S. C. 1701). 
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PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
Annual Contributions 
For an additional amount for "Annual contributions", $10,800,000. 
T H E TAX COURT or THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
-r< .i«p ;r 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $25,000. 
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
For an additional amount for "Compensation and pensions", $215,-
000,000, to remain available until expended. 
S E R V I C E M E N ' S INDEMNITIES 
For an additional amount for "Servicemen's indemnities", $7,000,-
000, to remain available until expended. 
CHAPTER I X 
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL FUNCTIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
RIVERS AND HARBORS AND FLOOD CONTROL 
Construction, General 
For an additional amount for "Construction, general", $800,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
U N I T E D STATES SECTION, SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER JOINT BOARD OF 
ENGINEERS 
For necessary expenses of the United States section of the Saint 
Lawrence River Joint Board of Engineers, established by Executive 
su|p.? p.^114.^ ^ ^ Order 10500, dated November 4, 1953, including purchase (not to 
exceed two) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as 
60 Stat. 810. 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), 
at rates not to exceed $100 per day for individuals; $245,000, to remain 
available until June 30, 1955: Provided^ That, subject to the pro-
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cedures prescribed by section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949, 
"ul^c^infs^.* 
but without regard to the numerical limitations contained therein, 
one position under the United States section of said Joint Board of 
Engineers may hereafter be placed in grade GS-16 in the General 
Schedule established by that Act: Provided further^ That with the 
exception of certain necessary preliminary expenses, no part of these 
funds shall be obligated until agreement has been entered into, by 
the United States Government and the United States entity author-
ized to construct the power works in the International Rapids section 
of the Saint Lawrence Eiver, providing for the reimbursement of the 
expenditures (including necessary preliminary expenses) of the 
United States section of this Board by the construction entity. 
CHAPTER X 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
OFFICE or THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
CLAIMS 
Not to exceed $2,500,000 may be transferred to the appropriation 
granted under this head for the fiscal year 1954, from the appropria- 
^7 stat. 336. 
tion "Military personnel, Marine Corps, 1954". 
67 stat. 342. 
RETIRED PAY 
Not to exceed an additional $12,000,000 may be transferred to the 
appropriation granted under this head for the fiscal year 1954, from 
the appropriation "Military personnel, Marine Corps, 1954". 
eystat. 337,342. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 
AUDITED CLAIMS 
Applicable current appropriations of the Department of the Navy 
shall be available for the payment of claims certified by the Comp-
troller General to be otherwise due, in the amounts stated below, from 
the following appropriations: 
"Maintenance, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts", fiscal year 1943, 
$7,670.41. 
"Pay, subsistence, and transportation of Naval personnel", fiscal 
year 1943, $12,051.48. 
"Transportation of things. Navy", fiscal year 1948, $6,173.70. 
CHAPTER X I 
CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES, AUDITED CLAIMS, AND JUDGMENTS 
For payment of claims for damages as settled and determined by 
departments and agencies in accord with law, audited claims certified 
to be due by the General Accounting Office, and judgments rendered 
against the United States by United States district courts and the 
United States Court of Claims, as set forth in Senate Document Num-
bered 110, Eighty-third Congress, $1,553,745, together with such 
amounts as may be necessary to pay interest (as and when specified 
in such judgments or in certain of the settlements of the General 
Accounting Office or provided by law) and such additional sums due 
to increases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in 
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foreign currency: Provided^ That no judgment herein appropriated 
for shall be paid until it shall have become final and conclusive against 
the United States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise: 
Provided further^ That, unless otherwise specifically required by law 
or by the judgment, payment of interest wherever appropriated for 
herein shall not continue for more than thirty days after the date 
of approval of this Act. 
CHAPTER X I I 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS 
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Penalty. 
SEC. 1201. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or 
of 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 advo-
cates the overthrow of the Government of the ITnited States by 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 a strike 
against the Government of the United States, is not a member of an 
organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike 
against the Government of the United States, or that such person does 
not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, 
the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or 
violence: 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 overthroAv 
of the Government of the United States by force or violence and 
accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any 
appropriation or fund contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony 
and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned 
for not more than one year, or both: Provided further^ That the above 
penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any 
other provisions of existing law. 
Approved May 11, 1954. 
May 13, 1954 
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Public Law 358 
CHAPTER 201 
AN ACT 
Providing for creation of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation 
to construct part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in United States territory in 
the interest of national security; authorizing the Corporation to consummate 
certain arrangements with the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority of Canada 
relative to construction and operation of the seaway; empowering the Corpo-
ration to finance the United States share of the seaway cost on a self-liqui-
dating basis; to establish cooperation with Canada in the control and opera-
tion of the Saint Lawrence Seaway; to authorize negotiations with Canada 
of an agreement on tolls; and for other purposes. 
St. L awr e n c e 
Seaway 
Develop-
ment Corporation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,