An Act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes
PL 82-253 (H.R.5215), enacted 11/01/1951

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OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all expenses necessary for the Office of Civil Defense, including 
personal services without reference to the civil service laws as related 
to recruitment; and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; $275,000. 
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Drv'isiON OF EXPENSES 
The sums appropriated in this Act for the District of Columbia 
shall, unless otherwise specifically provided, be paid out of the general 
fund of the District of Columbia, as defined in the District of Columbia 
Appropriation Act of 1952. 
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CHAPTER I I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
Office of the Secretary: For an additional amount (effective on the mfiftiril^ efc ^^^^' 
first day of the first month following enactment of this Act) to increase 
the basic salary of parliamentarian from $8,000 to $12,500 so long as 
the position is held by the present incumbent; and for the basic salary 
of assistant parliamentarian to be selected by the parliamentarian, 
$5,940; $7,120, and the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act for the 
fiscal year 1952 hereby is amended accordingly. 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
For payment to Eleanor M. Fellows, widow of Frank Fellows, late 
a Representative from the State of Maine, $12,500. 
For payment to Winifred Gillette, widow of Wilson D. Gillette, 
late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania, $12,500. 
For payment to Ruth M, Vaughn, widow of Albert C. Vaughn, late 
a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania, $12,500. 
For payment to Ida Stefan, widow of Karl Stefan, late a Repre-
sentative from the State of Nebraska, $12,500. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
Special and select committees: For an additional amount, fiscal year 
1951, for "Special and select committees", $50,000. 
Stationery (revolving fund) : For an additional amount for sta-
tionery, first session. Eighty-second Congress, including an additional 
stationery allowance of $300 for each Representative, Delegate, and 
the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, $132,400, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
For payment to James C. Davis, contestee, for expenses incurred in 
the contested election case of Lowe versus Davis, as audited and recom-
mended by the Committee on House Administration, $1,275, 
For payment to Thomas B. Curtis, contestee, for expenses incurred 
in the contested election case of Karst versus Curtis, as audited and 
recommended by the Committee on House Administration, $1,460. 
For payment to Raymond W. Karst, contestant, for expenses 
incurred in the contested election case of Karst versus Curtis, as 
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63 Stat. 458. 
audited and recommended by the Committee on House Administra-
tion, $1,889. 
CHAPTER I I I 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
LEGAL AcnvmES AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES OF DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, AND SO IK)RTII 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1950, for "Salaries and 
expenses of district attorneys, and so forth", $27,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES OF MARSHALS, AND SO FORTH 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1950, for "Salaries and 
expenses of marshals, and so forth", $46,000. 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1951, for "Fees and expenses 
of witnesses", not to exceed $75,000, to be derived by transfer from the 
appropriation for "Salaries and expenses. United States Attorneys 
64 Stat. 616. 
and Marshals, 1951". 
PROPERTY CLAIMS OF ALIEN ENEMIES 
The unobligated balance of the appropriation for "Property claims 
63 Stat. 458. 
Qf alien enemies, 1950", shall remain available until J u n e 30,1952. 
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE 
For payment of claims for extra pay for Sunday and holiday 
|6|tat. U67. ^^^ services under the Act of March 2, 1931, as construed by the Court 
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' o f Claims in the case of Renner and Krupp versus the United States 
(106 Court of Claims 676), fiscal year 1946 and prior fiscal years, 
$34,404. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $1,000,000; 
and appropriations granted under this head shall be available for the 
purchase of not to exceed twenty-five additional passenger motor 
vehicles. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for "Buildings and facilities", $400,000, 
for construction of a complete Federal jail at Anchorage, Alaska, on 
a site to be selected by the Attorney General. 
SUPPORT OF U N I T E D STATES PRISONERS 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1950, for "Support of United 
63 Stat. 461. 
States prisoners", $120,000. 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1951, for "Support of United 
64 Stat. 619. 
si-ates prisoners", $330,000. 
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION 
CLAIMS, FEDERAL AIRPORT ACT 
For an additional amount for "Claims, Federal Airport Act", 
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$944,605, to remain available until June 30,1953, as follows: Municipal °ote. 
Airport, Santa Fe, New Mexico, $71,444; Malcolm-McKinnon Airport, 
Glynn County, Georgia, $36,340; Municipal Airport, Lakeview, 
Oregon, $16,627; Manteo Airport, Dare County, North Carolina, 
$29,458; Municipal Airport, Shreveport, Louisiana, $238,281; Hyannis 
Municipal Airport, Barnstable, Massachusetts, $45,136; Snohomish 
County Airport, Snohomish County, Washington, $38,886; New Castle 
County Airport, New Castle County, Delaware, $27,060; Municipal 
Airport, Watertown, South Dakota, $66,747; Municipal Airport, 
Klamath Falls, Oregon, $4,017; Cut Bank Municipal Airport, Cut 
Bank and Glacier County, Montana^ $32,836; Municipal Airport, Long 
Beach, California, $200,679; Municipal Airport, Lewiston and Fergus 
County, Montana, $58,558; Simmons-Nott Airport, Newborn, North 
Carolina, $78,536. 
T H E JUDICIARY 
OTHER COURTS AND SERVICES 
FEES OF COMMISSIONERS 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1951, for "Fees of commis- 
s^stat.eai. 
sioners", $70,000. 
CHAPTER IV 
TITLE 
I—TREASURY 
DEPARTMENT 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DAMAGE CLAIMS 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1951, for "Damage claims", 
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$19,500, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation to the Coast 
Guard for "Operating expenses, 1951". 
BUREAU or THE PUBLIC DEBT 
ADMINISTERING THE PUBUO DEBT 
For an additional amount for "Administering the public debt", 
$500,000: Provided, That no part of this or any other appropriation ^^^^^ 
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shall be used to pay for time and space for advertising the savings bond 
Advertising. 
program by press, radio, or television. 
BUREAU or NARCOTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses. Bureau of 
Narcotics", $400,000. 
64 Stat. 639. 
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COAST GUARD 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Operating expenses", $28,000,000: 
Provided^ That limitations under this head in the Treasury Department 
Ante, p. 185. 
Appropriation Act, 1952, are changed as follows: Amount that may be 
expended for recreation, amusement, comfort, and contentment of 
enlisted personnel of the Coast Guard, increased to "$350,000"; number 
of aircraft on hand, increased to "one hundred and thirty-seven",; and 
the number of enlisted personnel of the Coast Guard who may be 
detailed for duty at Coast Guard Headquarters, increased to 
"seventy-five". 
ACQUisrnoN, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For an additional amount for "Acquisition, construction, and 
improvements", $2,875,000, to remain available until expended; and 
appropriations granted under this head shall be available for services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
65a). 
TITLE II—POST OFFICE DEPAKTMENT 
(Out of the postal revenues) 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for "General administration", $1,000,000, 
to be derived by transfer from the appropriation "Postal operations". 
CLERKS, FIRST- AND SECOND-CLASS POST OFFICES 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1947, for "Clerks, first- and 
second-class post offices", $600,000, to be derived by transfer from the 
appropriation "Clerks, third-class post offices, 1947". 
60 Stat. 810. 
60 Stat. 582. 
Reconstruction Fi- 
TITLE III—GOVEKNMENT COKPOKATIONS 
nance Corporation 
Appropriation Act, 
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The following corporation is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to such corporation or agency, and in accord with law, and 
to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 
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Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the 
programs set forth in the budget for the fiscal year 1952 for such 
corporation, except as hereinafter provided: 
RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION 
Administrative ex- 
^^^ ^ exceed $17,750,000 (to be computed on an accrual basis) of the 
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funds of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation shall be available 
during the current fiscal year for its administrative expenses, including 
purchase (not to exceed sixteen for replacement only) and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; and use of the services and facilities of the 
Federal Reserve banks: Provided^ That as used herein the term 
"administrative expenses" shall be construed to include all salaries and 
wages, services performed on a contract or fee basis, and travel and 
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other expenses, including the purchase of equipment and supplies, of 
administrative offices: Provided further, That the limiting amount 
heretofore stated for administrative expenses shall be increased by an 
amount which does not exceed the aggregate cost of salaries, wages, 
travel, and other expenses of persons employed outside the continental 
United States; the expenses of services performed on a contract or fee 
basis in connection with termination of contracts or in the performance 
of legal services; and all administrative expenses reimbursable from 
other Government agencies: Provided further, That the distribution 
of administrative expenses to the accounts of the Corporation shall be 
made in accordance with generally recognized accounting principles 
and practices. 
SEC. 202. This title may be cited as the "Reconstruction Finance 
Corporation Appropriation Act, 1952". 
CHAPTER V 
Increase in limita-
tion. 
Citation of title. 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY 
Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for "Salaries and 
expenses", $1,287,500; and appropriations granted under this head 
shall be available for expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
to enable the Secretary to carry out the functions of the Department 
of Labor under the provisions of the Act of July 12, 1951 (Public 
Law 78). 
Farm labor supply revolving fund: For working capital for the 
"Farm labor supply revolving fund", which is hereby established to 
provide for payment of transportation, subsistence, and all other 
expenses, for which the United States is to be reimbursed pursuant to 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 502 of the Act of July 12, 1951 
(Public Law 78), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That said fund shall be credited with all amounts received 
by the United States pursuant to said paragraphs. 
Grants to States for unemployment compensation and employment 
service administration: For an additional amount for "Grants to 
States for unemployment compensation and employment service 
administration", $19,000,000. 
Ante, p. 119. 
Ante, p. 119. 
FEDERAL 
SECURITY 
AGENCY 
OFFICE OF EDUCATION 
64 Stat. 647. 
PAYMENTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1951, for "Payments to school 
districts", $5,700,000. 
CHAPTER VI 
DEPARTMENT O F T H E INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
Management of lands and resources: For an additional amount for 
"Management of lands and resources", $2,000,000, and the limitation 
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STAT. 
Ante, p. 251. 
Ante, p. 252. 
School facilities 
Ponemah, Minn. 
Land for Indians of 
Auburn Rancheria. 
Ante, p. 254. 
under this heading in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 
1952, on the amount available for personal services is increased by 
$656,000. 
BUREAU or INDIAN AFFAIRS 
Resources management: For an additional amount for "Resources 
management", $300,000, and the limitation under this head in the 
Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount avail-
able for personal services is increased by $56,980. 
Construction: For an additional amount for 
"Construction", 
$575,000, to remain available until expended; and the limitation under 
this head in the Department of the Interior Appropriation Act, 1952, 
on the amount available for personal services is increased by 
"$142,950": Provided, 
That no obligation shall be incurred under 
appropriations granted under this head for construction of school 
facilities at Ponemah, Minnesota, until school district number 45 of 
the State of Minnesota shall have deposited into the Treasury to the 
credit of this appropriation an amount equal to the proceeds of the 
insurance collected on the destroyed Ponemah school plant: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $3,000 of appropriations for the fiscal year 
1952 under this head for acquisition of land may be used for purchase 
in the name of the United States in trust twenty acres of land m Placer 
County, California, for the use of the Indians of Auburn Rancheria. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
Construction and rehabilitation: For an additional amount for 
"Construction and rehabilitation", $2,285,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $285,000 shall be derived from the reclamation 
fund, and the limitation under this head in the Department of the 
Interior Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for per-
sonal services is increased by $465,500. 
Ante, p. 258. 
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
Surveys, investigations, and research: For an additional amount 
for "Surveys, investigations, and research", $150,000, and the limita-
tion under this head in the Department of the Interior Appropriation 
Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services is increased 
by "$108,930". 
F I S H AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
Investigation of resources: For an additional amount for "Investi-
gations of Resources", $150,000, and the limitation under this head 
in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount 
available for personal services is increased by "$22,500". 
Construction: For an additional amount for 
"Construction", 
$530,000, to remain available until expended; and the limitation under 
this head in the Department of the Interior Appropriation Act, 1952, 
on the amount available for personal services is increased by "$67,425". 
UNITED STATES H I G H COMMISSIONER TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 
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^OT an additional amount, fiscal years 1946 and 1947, for "United 
States High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands", for payment 
of outstanding obligations, $1,548. 
Ante, p. 261. 
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CHAPTER VII 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
The funds provided in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, coStdeT^^'° ^°'^^'^° 
1952, shall be available to the Commission for the employment of 
personnel in foreign countries (not exceeding 450) without regard to 
the limitations on the amounts available for personal services con-
tained therein and without regard to the provisions of section 605 
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thereof. 
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 
For an additional amount for "Atomic Energy Commission", 
$265,965,000: Provided, That the limitation contained in the Independ-
ent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available to the 
Commission for personal services is hereby amended to read, "of which 
not to exceed $30,400,000 shall be available for personal services": 
Provided further, That section 605 of the Independent Offices Appro-
priation Act, 1952, shall not be applicable to the Commission. 
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DISPLACED PERSONS COMMISSION 
The limitation fixed in Public Law 137 granting $1,100,000 to the 
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Displaced Persons Commission for loans pursuant to section 14 of the 
Act, is hereby decreased to $600,000, and the limitation fixed in Public 
Law 137 granting $4,375,000 to the Displaced Persons Commission 
for the expenses of transporting to the United States displaced persons 
of German Ethnic origin, is hereby decreased to $3,400,000. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of the 
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act of July 23, 1946, 
Su!1;a^§98note 
including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 
2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $790,216,500, to remain available until 
eostat.sio. 
expended, of which $200,000,000 is for liquidation of obligations 
incurred pursuant to authority heretofore granted under this head: 
Provided, That any funds received as proceeds from sale or other 
disposition of materials on account of the rotation of stocks under 
said Act shall be deposited to the credit, and be available for expendi-
ture 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. 
RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION, EXECUTIVE MANSION 
For an additional amount for "Renovation and modernization. 
Executive Mansion", $261,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATING 
EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Operating expenses. General Services 
Administration", $2,850,000. 
60 Stat. 698. 
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EMERGENCY OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary emergency expenses of the General Services Admin-
istration not otherwise provided for, for operation, maintenance, pro-
tection, repair, alterations, and improvements of public buildings and 
grounds to the extent that such buildings and grounds are under the 
control of the General Services Administration for such purposes as 
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rental of buildings or parts thereof in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, including repairs, alterations, and improvements necessary 
for proper use by the Government without regard to section 322 of the 
47 Stat. 412. 
Act of June 30, 1932, as amended (40 U. S. C. 278a); restoration of 
leased premises; moving Government agencies in connection with the 
assignment, allocation, and transfer of building space; furnishings 
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employees employed in connection with any of the foregoing functions 
at rates approved by the Administrator of General Services or his 
designee, not exceeding current rates for similar services in places 
where such services are employed, $31,500,000: Provided, That of this 
amount, such sums as may be determined by the General Services 
Administrator to be necessary may be paid into other appropriations 
of the General Services Administration only for purposes of account-
ing: Provided further. That no part of this appropriation shall be 
available to effect the moving of Government agencies from the District 
of Columbia to accomplish the dispersal of departmental functions. 
GENERAL SUPPLY F U N D 
For an additional amount for the "General supply fund", established 
by section 109 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
63 Stat. 382. 
^ c t of 1949 (41 U. S. C. 219), for replacement of losses of inventory 
and equipment resulting from flood damage to the Federal Supply 
Center, Kansas City, Kansas, $1,100,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
EXPENSES, GENERAL SUPPLY FUND 
For an additional amount for "Expenses, general supply fund", 
$75,000; and the limitation under this head in the Independent Offices 
Antt, p. 276. 
Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services, 
is increased from "$8,201,000" to "$8,236,000". 
HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
ALASKA HOUSING 
For an additional amount for "Alaska housing", $3,875,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
MOTOR CARRIER CLAIMS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses. Motor Carrier 
Claims Commission", $100,000, of which not more than $66,500 shall be 
available for personal services. 
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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 
64stat.i49. 
award of graduate fellowships; services as authorized by section 15 of 
the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $50 
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per diem for individuals; purchase (not to exceed one) and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; expenses of attendance at meetings of 
organizations concerned with the purposes of this appropriation; and 
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security 
guard services; $3,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the 
Selective Service System, as authorized by the Universal Military 
Training and Service Act, as amended, including services as authorized 
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by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; not to exceed 
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$250 for the purchase of newspapers and periodicals; and purchase of 
one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; $30,154,000; includ-
ing not exceeding $1,856,000 for expenses of National Administration, 
Planning, Training, and 
Records Management, not 
exceeding 
$6,454,000 for expenses of State Administration, Planning, Training, 
and Records Servicing, and not exceeding $339,500 for expenses of 
special boards: Promded, That during the current fiscal year, the 
President may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 
subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, 
3i u. s. c. § ees. 
whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the interest of national 
defense. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
The appropriation under this head in the Independent Offices 
Appropriation Act, 1952, shall be available for the repair, alteration, 
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improvement, preservation, and equipment of leased premises, and the 
construction of auxiliary and appurtenant temporary structures, 
ramps, roadways, and approaches thereto, at the Chicago International 
Airport, O'Hare Field, Park Ridge, Illinois, to house the National Air 
Museum storage collections. 
TARIFF COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $19,000, and 
the limitation imposed by section 103 of the Independent Offices Appro-
priation Act, 1952, on the amount available for travel expenses under 
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this head, is increased from "$7,500" to "$26,500". 
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VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION 
NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE 
For an additional amount for "National service life insurance", 
$116,775,000, to remain available until expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
MARITIME ACTIVITIES 
SHIP CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for "Ship construction", for the payment 
of obligations incurred on or after July 1,1946, for ship construction, 
reconditioning, and betterments, $60,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided^ That appropriations and contract authorizations 
made available for the fiscal year 1951, under the head "Ship con-
64 Stat. 1225. 
struction", in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951, shall 
remain available during the fiscal year 1952: Provided further^ That 
this appropriation shall be available for the purchase of vessels as 
49 Stat. 2015. 
authorized by law (46 U. S. C. 1242). 
WAR-RISK INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND 
For the war-risk insurance revolving fund, authorized by title X I I 
of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (Public Law 763, 
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to transfer to said fund, at such times as it may become necessary in 
order to place into effect the insurance coverage authorized by said 
title, and in such amounts as he may determine, not to exceed a total 
of $10,000,000 from the "Vessel operations revolving fund". 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
Not exceeding $1,750,000 of the unobligated balance of the appro-
priation "Salaries and expenses" in the Independent Offices Appro-
64 Stat. 716. 
priation Act, 1951, is hereby reappropriated to the appropriation 
"Salaries and expenses" in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 
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1952, and the limitation under the latter appropriation on adminis-
trative expenses shall be increased by $750,000, and the limitation under 
the latter appropriation on reserve fleet expenses shall be increased by 
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reserve fleet expenses shall be available during the fiscal year 1952 for 
bottom preservation, supplies and materials, and contracts for their 
installation, and shall be in addition to funds appropriated therefor for 
the fiscal year 1952. 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. Section 404 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 
Anu, p. 290. 
1952 (Public Law 137, August 31, 1951), is hereby amended by insert-
ing the words "principal or primary" between the word "whose" and 
the word "duties" in the first sentence thereof. 
SEC. 702. Section 605 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 
1952 (Public Law 137, August 31, 1951), is hereby amended by strik-
ing out the second proviso thereof and inserting in lieu of said proviso 
the following: ": Provided further^ That when the total number of 
personnel subject to this section has been reduced to 90 per centum of 
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the total provided for in the budget estimates for 1952, this section 
shall cease to apply". 
SEC. 703. The provisions of section 1414 of this Act and the provisions 
of section 604 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952, 
shall not apply to persons employed by the General Services Adminis-
tration in the performance of functions or related assisting or sup-
porting functions in connection with the publication of the Federal 
Register. 
SEC. 704. The provisions of section 604 of the Independent Offices 
Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1952 shall not apply to those 
persons engaged in functions of the Civil Service Commission related 
to (1) the preparation and issuance of material relating to the recruit-
ment of personnel for the Federal service, and (2) the compilation of 
the Official Register of the United States. 
F e d e r a l 
personnel. 
Register 
Civil Service Com-
mission. 
Certain editorial and 
informational fa ac-
tions. 
CHAPTER V I I I 
NATIONAL SECURITY TRAINING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security Training Com-
mission, established by the Universal Military Training and Service 
Act, approved June 19, 1951, including services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates for 
individuals not in excess of $50 per diem; reimbursement of the General 
Services Administration for security guard services; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with 
the purposes of this appropriation; rental of office space in the District 
of Columbia; and purchase and installation of air-conditioning equip-
ment without regard to the provisions of the Act of October 26,19^, 
as amended (40 U. S. C. 317); $185,000: Provided, That the appropria-
tion "Emergency Fund for the President, National Defense" shall be 
reimbursed from this appropriation for allocations made therefrom 
for expenses of said Commission. 
CHAPTER I X 
FOREIGN AID 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY—CIVIL FUNCTIONS 
Ante, p. 75. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Secm-ity guard serv-
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56 Stat. 999. 
Ante, p. 286. 
GOVERNMENT AND RELIEF I N OCCUPIED AREAS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet the 
responsibilities and obligations of the United States in connection with 
the government or occupation of certain foreign areas (except Ger-
many and Austria), including, subject to such authorizations and 
limitations as may be prescribed by the head of the department or 
agency concerned, tuition, personal allowances (not to exceed $10 per 
day), travel expenses (not to exceed those authorized for like United 
States military or civilian personnel), and fees incident to instruction 
in the United States or elsewhere of such persons as may be required 
to carry out the provisions of this appropriation; travel expenses and 
transportation; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not in excess of $50 per diem 
for individuals; translation rights, photographic work, education 
Tuition. 
60 Stat. 810. 
748 
PUBLIC LAW 253—NOV. 1, 1951 
[65 
STAT. 
Minimum supplies 
for civilian popula-
tions. 
Ante, p. 444. 
33U. S. C. 5 733and 
note; 10 U.S.C. §1339; 
31 U. S. C. § 529; 40 
U.S.C. §§259,267. 
41 U. S. C. § 5. 
62 Stat. 21. 
62 Stat. 143. 
22 U. S. C. §1509. 
Procurement of 
com-
modities and techni-
cal services. 
Bilateral agreement. 
61 Stat. 934. 
22 U. S. C. § 1411 
note. 
Payment of certain 
transportation charges. 
Transportation rates 
on relief packages. 
exhibits, and dissemination of information, including preview and 
review expenses incident thereto; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; repair and maintenance of buildings, utilities, 
facilities, and appurtenances; contingencies for the United States 
commanders, commissioners, or other administrators of foreign areas, 
to be expended in their respective discretions (not exceeding amounts 
authorized or approved by the head of the department or agency 
concerned) ; such minimum supplies for the civilian populations of 
such areas as may be essential to prevent starvation, disease, or unrest, 
prejudicial to the objectives sought to be accomplished; and such sup-
plies, commodities, and equipment as may be essential to carry out the 
purposes of this appropriation; $22,500,000, of which not to exceed 
$6,250,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided, 
That the general provisions of the Appropriation Act for the fiscal 
year 1952 for the military functions of the Department of the Army 
shall apply to exj^enditures made by that Department from this appro-
priation: Provided further, That expenditures from this appropria-
tion may be made outside continental United States, when necessary 
to carry out its purposes, without regard to sections 355, 1136, 3648, 
and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, civil service or classification 
laws, or provisions of law prohibiting payment of any person not a 
citizen of the United States: Provided 
further, 
That expenditures 
from this appropriation may be made, when necessary to carry out 
its purposes, without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, as 
amended, and the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947 (41U. S. C. 
151-161) : Provided further. That expenditures may be made here-
under for the purposes of economic rehabilitation in such occupied 
areas in such manner as to be consistent with the general objectives 
of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended, and in the 
manner authorized by section 111 (b) (1) thereof: Provided 
further. 
That funds appropriated hereunder and unexpended at the time of 
the termination of occupation by the United States, of any area for 
which such funds are made available, may be expended by the Presi-
dent for the procurement of such commodities and technical services, 
and commodities procured from funds herein or heretofore appro-
priated for government and relief in occupied areas and not delivered 
to such an area prior to the time of the termination of occupation, may 
be utilized by the President, as may be necessary to assist in the main-
tenance of the political and economic stability of such areas: 
Provided 
further. That before any such assistance is made available, an agree-
ment shall be entered into between the United States and the recognized 
government or authority with respect to such area containing such 
undertakings by such government or authority as the President may 
determine to be necessary in order to assure the efficient use of such 
assistance in furtherance of such purposes: Provided further, 
That 
such agreement shall, when applicable, include requirements and 
undertakings corresponding to the requirements and undertakings 
specified in sections 5, 6, and 7 of the Foreign Aid Act of 1947 
(Public Law 389, approved December 17, 1947) : Provided 
further, 
That funds appropriated hereunder may be used, insofar as practi-
cable, and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed 
by the head of the department or agency concerned to pay ocean 
transportation charges from United States ports, including terri-
torial ports, to ports in Japan and the Ryukyus for the movement 
of supplies donated to, or purchased by, United States voluntary 
nonprofit relief agencies registered with and recommended by the 
Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid or of relief packages 
consigned to individuals residing m such countries: Provided 
fu/rther. 
That under the rules and regulations to be prescribed, the head of 
65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 253—NOV. 1, 1951 
749 
the department or agency concerned shall fix and pay a uniform rate 
per pound for the ocean transportation of all relief packages of food 
or other general classification of commodities shipped to Japan or 
the Ryukyus regardless of methods of shipment and higher rates 
charged by particular agencies of transportation, but this proviso 
shall not apply to shipments made by mdividuals to individuals: 
Provided 
further, 
That the President may transfer to any other 
department or agency any function or functions provided for 
under this appropriation, and there shall be transferred to any such 
department or agency without reimbursement and without regard to 
the appropriation from which procured, such property as the Director 
of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to relate primarily to any 
function or functions so transferred. 
Transfer of func-
tions. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
GOVERNMENT I N OCCUPIED AREAS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet the 
responsibilities and obligations of the United States in connection 
with the government, occupation, and control of occupied areas of 
Germany and Austria, and relationships with the Federal Republic of 
Germany and the Republic of Austria, under such regulations as the 
Secretary of State may prescribe, including one deputy to the United 
States High Commissioner for Germany at a salary of $17,500; tuition, 
personal allowances (not to exceed $10 per day), travel expenses (not 
to exceed those authorized for United States civilian personnel), 
health and accident insurance, fees incident to instruction in the 
United States or elsewhere, and hospitalization and medical care, 
including travel of attendants, of such persons as may be required 
to carr^ out the provisions of this appropriation; actual expenses of 
preparing and transporting to their former homes the remains of 
persons who may die away from their homes while participating in 
activities authorized under this appropriation; services as authorized 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not 
in excess of $50 per diem for individuals; payment of tort claims, in 
the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672, as 
amended, of title 28 of the United States Code when such claims arise 
in foreign countries; expenses for translation and reproduction rights; 
acquisition, maintenance, operation, and distribution of educational, 
informational, reorientation, and rehabilitation materials and equip-
ment for Germany and Austria, including grants; medical and health 
assistance for the civilian population of Germany and Austria; 
expenses incident to the operation of schools for American children 
who are dependents of Government personnel; expenses incident to 
maintaining discipline and order in occupied areas (including trial 
and punishment by courts established by or under authority of the 
President); printing and binding outside continental United States 
without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. 
I l l ) ; purcliase, rental, operation, and maintenance of printing and 
binding machines, equipment, and devices abroad; purchase (includ-
ing one at not to exceed $3,000 for replacement only) and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; transportation to occupied Germany or 
Austria of property donated for the purposes of this appropriation; 
unforeseen contingencies (not to exceed $25,000) for the United States 
High Commissioner for Germany, to be accounted for pursuant to the 
provisions of section 291 of the Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 107) ; 
and representation allowances (not to exceed $35,000) similar to those 
authorized by section 901 (3) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 
(22 U. S. C. 1131); $26,250,000: Provided, That provisions of law, 
60 Stat. 810. 
Tort claims. 
62 Stat. 983. 
40 Stat. 1270. 
60 Stat. 1025. 
750 
PUBLIC LAW 253—NOV. 1, 1951 
(65 STAT. 
including current appropriation Acts, applicable to the Department 
of State shall be available for application to expenditures made from 
this appropriation: Provided further^ That when section 601 of the 
4
7 Stat. 417. 
Economy Act of 1932, as amended (31 U. S. C. 686), is employed to 
carry out the purposes of this appropriation the requisitioned agency 
may utilize the authority contained in this appropriation: Provided 
further^ That expenditures from this appropriation may be made 
outside the continental United States, when necessary to carry out its 
nofe^i uS' \J^§52^ purposes, without regard to sections 355 and 3648, Eevised Statutes, as 
amended: Provided further^ That the Department of State is author-
ized to utilize for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation, in-
cluding unforeseen contingencies, without dollar reimbursement from 
this or any other appropriation (1) currencies deposited in Germany 
by the Federal Kepublic of Germany and in Austria by the Republic 
of Austria in accordance with section 115 (b) (6) of the Economic 
1 u
*
*
^
!
" W^i 1
5
1
3
. Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended, and which may be made avail-
able by the Economic Cooperation Administration, (2) currencies 
otherwise deposited in Germany by the Federal Republic of Germany 
and which become available for use of the Government of the United 
States, its representatives or agencies in Germany, in such quantities 
and under such terms and conditions as may be determined by the 
Secretary of State after consultation with the Administrator for 
Economic Cooperation, and (3) other currencies derived from activi-
ties carried on under this appropriation, or presently in the possession 
of or under the control of the Department of State in Germany and 
Austria: Provided further^ That the provisions of section 407 of the 
from°Army*D°part- ^^^ ^^ January 6,1951 (Public Law 910), shall not apply to property 
ment. 
transfers from the Department of the Army to the Department of 
su^t.^^a^fiVix. 
State in connection with the assumption by the Department of State 
of civilian occupation responsibilities in Germany and Austria: Pro-
vided further^ That for the purposes of this appropriation appoint-
ments may be made to the Foreign Service Reserve without regard 
to the four-year limitation contained in section 522 of the Foreign 
2
2 u*^s' c*"! 9
2
2 
Service Act of 1946: Provided further^ That in the event the President 
assigns to the Department of State responsibilities and obligations of 
the United States in connection with the government, occupation, or 
control of foreign areas in addition to Germany and Austria, the 
authorities contained in this appropriation may be utilized by the 
Department of State in connection with such government, occupa-
tion, or control of such foreign areas: Provided further^ That when 
the Department of the Army, under the authority of the Act of March 
36 Stat. 1047. 
3^ \^\\^ as amended (10 U. S. C. 1253), furnishes subsistence supplies 
to personnel of civilian agencies of the United States Government 
serving in Germany and Austria, payment therefor by such personnel 
shall be made at the same rate as is paid by civilian personnel of 
the Department of the Army serving in Germany and Austria, 
respectively. 
CHAPTER X 
EMERGENCY AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF T H E PRESIDENT 
OrricE or DEFENSE MOBIIJLZATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Defense Mobilization, 
including compensation of the Director of Defense Mobilization at 
28 Stat. 622. 
65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 253—NOV. 1, 1951 
751 
the rate of $22,500 per annum; printing and binding without regard 
to section 89 of the Act of January 12, 1895, as amended (44 U. S. C. 
213) ; hire of passenger motor vehicles; reimbursement of the General 
Services Administration for security guard service; not to exceed 
$5,000 for emergency and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
under the direction of the Director for such purposes as he deems 
proper, and his determination thereon shall be final and conclusive; 
and expenses of attendants at meetings concerned with the purposes 
of this appropriation; $1,711,250: Provided^ That contracts under 
this appropriation for temporary or intermittent services as authorized 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), may be 
renewed annually. 
60 Stat. 810. 
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Defense Production Administration, 
including employment of aliens, and expenses of attendance at meet-
ings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation, $2,800,000; 
Provided^ That transfers (not to exceed 10 per centum) between the 
appropriations "Salaries and expenses, Defense Production Adminis-
tration" and "Salaries and expenses, Defense Production Activities, 
Department of Commerce" may be made by agreement between the 
Transfers o
f funds. 
Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the Defense Pro-
duction Administration with approval of the Bureau of the Budget. 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES 
For expenses, except as hereinafter provided for, necessary to enable 
the Department of Commerce to carry out its functions under the 
Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, including purchase (not 
^ stat. 798.^ 
to exceed one) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; employment of § 2061. ' 
aliens; and expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the 
purposes of this appropriation; $39,737,500. 
DEFENSE TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Defense Transport Administration, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the 
purposes of this appropriation, $2,543,750. 
DEPARTMENT OF T H E INTERIOR 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Department of the Interior to 
carry out its functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, 
^^u*'s^^c 
as amended, including purchase (not to exceed four) and hire of §2061. 
• ' 
passenger motor vehicles; employment of aliens; and expenses of 
attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appro-
priation ; $5,000,000. 
76100 O - 52 (PT. 1) - 50 
752 
PUBLIC LAW 253—NOV. 1, 1951 
[66 STAT. 
FEDERAL 
SECURITY 
AGENCY 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the 
Federal Security Agency to carry out its functions under the Defense 
6
4 s^at. 798.^ 
Productiou Act of 1950, as amended, including expenses of attendance 
5 2061. • • • 
at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation, 
$400,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Department of Agriculture to 
6
4 Stat. 798.^ 
Carry out its functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
§2061." 
' 
' amended, $1,500,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Department of Labor to carry 
64sut.798.^ app. ^^^ ^^^ functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
5 2061. ' 
amended, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with 
the purposes of this appropriation, $2,000,000. 
HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Housing and Home Finance 
Agency to carry out its functions under the Defense Production Act of 
5o^u**'s^^c ap 
1950, as amended, including expenses of attendance at meetings 
§ 2061. 
concerned with the purposes of this appropriation, $700,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Department of Justice to carry 
6
4 Stat. 798.^ app. ^ut its functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
5 2061. 
amended, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with 
the purposes of this appropriation, $100,000. 
ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Economic Stabilization Agency, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $5,000 for 
65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 253—NOV. 1, 1951 
753 
emergency and extraordinary expenses, to be expended under the 
direction of the Administrator for such purposes as he deems proper, 
and his determination thereon shall be final and conclusive; and 
expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of 
this appropriation; $98,053,375. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
EMERGENCY OPERATING EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Emergency operating expenses", 
$9,250,000; and appropriations granted under this head for the fiscal 
year 1952 shall be available to enable the General Services Adminis- 
^'^*' P- ''^• 
tration to carry out its functions arising out of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950, as amended. 
M T S ^ ^ C app 
{ 2061. 
SMALL DEFENSE PLANTS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for organizing, and developing the program 
of, the Small Defense Plants Administration, established by section 
714 of the Defense Production Act o'f 1950, as amended, including 
^"'^PIS^-
expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this 
appropriation and purchase (not to exceed two) and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, $350,000. 
FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
64 Stat. 1245. 
50 U. S. C. app. 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying out 
the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 (Public Law 
920, 81st Congress), including purchase (not to exceed one) and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by section 15 of §
2
2
5
1 note 
the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); reimbursement of the 
Civil Service Commission for full field investigations of employees 
occupying positions of critical importance from the standpoint of 
national security; expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with j^Attendanceatmeet-
civil defense functions; reimbursement of the General Services Admin- . security guard ser\i-
istration for security guard services; and not to exceed $9,000 for the '^^' 
purchase of newspapers, periodicals, and teletype news services; not 
to exceed $6,000 for emergency and extraordinary expenses, to be 
expended under the direction of the Administrator for such purposes 
as he deems proper, and his determination thereon shall be final and 
conclusive; $11,195,000. 
FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS 
For financial contributions to the States, not otherwise provided for, 
pursuant to subsection (i) of section 201 of the Federal Civil Defense 
Act of 1950, $7,750,000, to be equally matched with State funds. 
^ T " s^* c. a
p
,
? 
§ 2281. 
EMERGENCY SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT 
For procurement of reserve stocks of emergency civil defense 
materials, as authorized by subsection (h) of section 201 of the Fed-
eral Civil Defense Act of 1950, $56,000,000: Provided, That unobli-
gated balances of funds appropriated for Federal contributions in 
754 
PUBLIC LAW 253—NOV. 1, 1951 
[65 
STAT. 
Ante, p. 61. 
Ante, p. 60. 
the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951, shall be available 
for the purchase of medical supplies and equipment. 
EMERGENCY AGENCIES—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1001. The appropriations and authority provided in chapter 
X I of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951, approved 
June 2, 1951, under the heading "Expenses of defense production" 
and "Federal Civil Defense Administration", shall be available from 
and including April 1, 1951, for the purposes respectively provided 
in such appropriations and authority. All obligations incurred during 
the period April 1 to June 1, 1951, inclusive, in anticipation of such 
appropriations and authority are hereby ratified and confirmed if 
in accordance with the terms thereof. 
63 
Stat. 768. 
61 
Stat. 387. 
61 
Stat. 388. 
62 Stat. 316. 
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 63 and House Document Numbered 218, Eighty-second Congress, 
$13,860,400, together with such amounts as may be necessary to pay 
interest (as and when specified in such judgments or in certain of the 
settlements of the General Accounting Office or provided by law) and 
such additional sums due to increases in rates of exchange as may be 
necessary to pay claims in foreign currency: Provided, That no judg-
ment herein appropriated for shall be paid until it shall have become 
final and conclusive against the United States by failure of the parties 
to appeal or otherwise: Provided 
further, 
That, unless otherwise 
specifically required by law or by the judgment, payment of interest 
wherever appropriated for herein shall not continue for more than 
thirty days after the date of approval of this Act. 
SEC. 1102. Applicable current appropriations of the agency con-
cerned shall be available for payment of claims certified by the Comp-
troller General to be otherwise due, in the amounts stated below, from 
the following appropriations: 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 
"Pay, subsistence, and transportation of naval personnel", fiscal year 
1940, $84.40. 
"Transportation of things", fiscal year 1948, $34,015.64. 
"Fuel", fiscal year 1948, $21,082.30. 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
"Salaries and expenses of district attorneys, and so forth", fiscal 
year 1949, $1,324.20. 
"Salaries and expenses of marshals, and so forth", fiscal year 1946. 
$986.54. 
65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 253—NOV. 1, 1951 
CHAPTER X I I 
755 
REDUCTIONS IN APPROPRIATIONS, CONTRACT AUTHOR-
IZATIONS, AND AUTHORIZATIONS TO BORROW FROM 
T H E TREASURY 
Appropriations, contract authorizations, and authorizations to bor-
row from the Treasury, of the departments and agencies, available in 
the fiscal year 1951, are hereby reduced in the sums and in the manner 
set forth in House Document Numbered 182, Eighty-second Congress, 
except that the rescission proposed for the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
under "Construction" shall be $4,240,000 instead of $4,340,000 as set 
forth in said document. 
CHAPTER 
XIII 
GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 1301. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
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 $1,400. 
SEC. 1302. Unless otherwise specified and during the current fiscal 
year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act 
shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of 
the Government of the United States (including any agency the 
majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the 
United States) whose post of duty is in continental United States 
unless such person (1) is a citizen of the United States, (2) is a person 
in the service of the United States on the date of enactment of this Act, 
who, being eligible for citizenship, had filed a declaration of intention 
to become a citizen of the United States prior to such date, or (3) is a 
person who owes allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for 
the purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person 
shall be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this 
section with respect to his status have been complied with: Provided 
further^ That any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a 
felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $4,000 or 
imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided 
jurther. 
That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substi-
tution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided 
further, 
That any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to the 
provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal 
Government. This section shall not apply to citizens of the Republic 
of the Philippines or to nationals of those countries allied with the 
United States in the current defense effort. 
SEC. 1303. Appropriations of the executive departments and inde-
pendent establishments for the current fiscal year, available for 
expenses of travel or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are 
hereby made available for living quarters allowances in accordance 
with the Act of June 26, 1930 (5 U. S. C. 118a), and regulations pre-
scribed thereunder, and cost-of-living allowances similar to those 
allowed under section 901 (2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, 
in accordance with and to the extent prescribed by regulations of the 
President, for all civilian officers and employees of the Government 
Motor vehicles. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Citizenship require-
ments for employ-
ment. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty clause. 
Recoupment. 
Nonapplicability. 
Allowances for living 
quarters. 
46 Stat. 818. 
60 Stat. 1026. 
22 U. 8. C. § 1131. 
756 
PUBLIC LAW 253—NOV. 1, 1951 
[65 
STAT. 
22 U. S. C. § 801 
note. 
Senate disapproval 
of nomination, effect. 
U. S. Code Anno-
tated; Lifetime Fed-
eral Digest. 
Funds for adminis-
trative expenses. 
59 Stat. 597. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Ante, p. 247. 
Use of funds for 
construction, etc. 
Persons engaging, 
etc., in strikes against 
or advocating over-
throw of U. S. Govern-
ment. 
Affidavit. 
pennanently stationed in foreign countries: Provided, That the avail-
ability of appropriations made to the Department of State for carry-
ing out the provisions of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 shall not 
be affected hereby. 
SEC. 1304. No part of any appropriation for the current fiscal year 
contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any person for 
the filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated after 
tlie Senate has voted not to approve of the nomination of said person. 
SEC. 1305. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act shall be used to pay in excess of $4 per volume for the 
current and future volumes of the United States Code Annotated, 
and such volumes shall be purchased on condition and with the under-
standing that latest published cumulative annual pocket parts issued 
prior to the date of purchase shall be furnished free of charge, or in 
excess of $4.25 per volume for the current or future volumes of the 
Lifetime Federal Digest. 
SEC. 1306. Funds made available by this or any other Act for admin-
istrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations and 
agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended (31 U. S. C. 841), shall be available, in addition to objects for 
which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District of 
Columbia; examination of budgets and estimates of appropriations in 
the field; services in accordance with section 15 of the Act of August 
2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; and the objects specified in this chapter, all 
the provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure of such 
funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they are made 
available: Provided, 
That in the event any functions budgeted as 
administrative expenses are subsequently transferred to or paid from 
other funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be cor-
respondingly reduced: Provided 
further. 
That section 409 of the 
Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952, shall not apply 
to the administrative expense limitations fixed by that Act for Federal 
intermediate credit banks and for production credit corporations, or 
to the appropriation for the Farm Credit Administration except the 
portion thereof provided by direct appropriation from the General 
Fund of the Treasury. 
SEC. 1307. No part of any funds of or available to any wholly owned 
Government corporation shall be used for the purchase or construction, 
or in making loans for the purchase or construction of any office 
building at the seat of government primarily for occupancy by any 
department or agency of the United States Government or by any 
corporation owned by the United States Government. 
SEC. 1308. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or 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 advocates, 
the overthrow of the Government of the United 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, 
65 STAT. 
PUBLIC LAW 253—NOV. 1, 1951 
757 
the overthrow of the Government of tlie 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 w ho 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 appro-
priation or fund contained in this or any other Act shall be guilty of a 
felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or 
imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided further^ That 
the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution 
for, any other provisions of existing law. 
SEC. 1309. No payment shall be made from appropriations in this 
Act or any other to any officer on the retired lists of the Regular 
Army, Regular Navy, Regular Marine Corps, Regular Air Force, Reg-
ular Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health 
Service for a period of two years after retirement who for himself 
or for others is engaged in the selling of or contracting for the sale 
of or negotiating for the sale of to any agency of the Department of 
Defense, the Coast Guard, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the 
Public Health Service any supplies or war materials. 
SEC. 1310. Immediately upon the enactment of this Act and until 
termination of the national emergency proclaimed by the President 
on December 16,1950: 
(a) The Civil Service Commission and the heads of the executive 
departments, agencies, and corporations shall make full use of their 
authority to require that initial appointments to positions in and 
outside the competitive civil service shall be made on a temporary or 
indefinite basis in order to prevent increases in the number of per-
manent personnel of the Federal Government above the total number 
of permanent employees existing on September 1,1950: Provided^ That 
any position vacated by a permanent employee called to military 
service or transferred to a national defense agency shall not be filled 
except on a temporary or indefinite basis. All reinstatements and 
promotions in the Federal civil service shall be made on a temporary 
or indefinite basis, and all permanent employees who are transferred 
from one agency to another shall retain their status as permanent 
employees in the agency to which transferred at the grade or basic 
pay level of their permanent positions in the agency from which 
transferred. All appointments, reinstatements, transfers, and promo-
tions to positions subject to the Classification Act of 1949 shall be made 
with the condition and notice to each individual appointed, reinstated, 
transferred, or promoted that the classification grade of the position 
is subject to post-audit and correction by the appropriate departmental 
or agency personnel office or the Civil Service Commission. 
All 
transfers of permanent employees made on a temporary or indefinite 
basis since September 1, 1950, shall be changed to a permanent basis 
as of the effective date of this Act: Provided^ That such employees 
shall retain their status as permanent employees in the agency to which 
transferred at the grade or basic pay level oi their permanent positions 
in the agency from which transferred. 
(b) The Civil Service Commission shall facilitate the transfer of 
Federal employees from nondefense to defense activities and encour-
age the retention of employees in defense activities, and shall pro-
vide reemployment rights for permanent employees in the activities 
from which such employees are transferred. 
Penalty clause. 
Restriction on pay-
ments to certain re-
tired officers. 
Initial 
appoint-
ments to positions. 
Reinstatements and 
promotions. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5U.S.C§1071note. 
Transfers of perma-
nent employees sin(» 
Sept. 1,1950. 
Transfers from non-
defense to defense ac-
tivities. 
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[65 STAT. 
(c) The Civil Service Commission shall make full use of its author-
ity to prevent excessively rapid promotions in the competitive civil 
service and to require correction of improper allocations to higher 
grades of positions subject to the Classihcation Act of 1949, as 
mot?ons^*'"°°^ °° ^
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^ amended. No person in any executive department or agency whose 
63 Stat. 954. 
position is subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, shall 
note^* ^' 
• * ^ 
oe promoted or transferred to a higher grade subject to such Act 
without having served at least one year in the next lower ^ r a d e : Pro-
vided^ That the Civil Service Commission for positions m the com-
petitive service and the liead of the employing agency for positions 
outside the competitive service may by regulation provide for pro-
motions of two grades in one year (1) to positions not higher than 
GS-5; (2) to positions not higher than GS-11 which are in a line 
of work properly classified under the Classification Act of 1949 at 
two-grade intervals; (3) to positions in the same line of work Avhen 
the employee has completed a training period under a training pro-
gram approved by the Civil Service Commission for positions in the 
competitive service, or approved by the head of the employing agency 
for [)Ositions outside the competitive service; and (4) of an employee 
of the agency concerned when there is no position in the normal line 
of promotion in the grade immediately below that of the position to 
be filled: Provided fuHher^ That this subsection shall not apply to any 
case involving an employee who is within reach for appointment to 
a higher grade position on a competitive civil service register, or 
being advanced up to a grade level from which he had been demoted 
or separated because of reduction in force. 
po^tklnr °
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(d) From time to time, but at least annually, each executive depart-
ment and agency shall (1) review all positions which since September 
1,1950, have been created or placed in a higher grade or level of diffi-
culty and responsibility of work or in a higher basic pay level, (2) 
abolish all such positions which are found to be unnecessary, (3) with 
respect to such positions which are found to be necessary, make such 
adjustments as may be appropriate in the classification grades of those 
63^tat^954. 
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^ positions which are subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as 
note. " " 
amended, or in the basic pay levels of those positions which are subject 
Reportstocongress. ^^ ^^^^^ pay-fixing authority. Not later than July 31 of each year 
each department and agency shall submit a report to the Post Office 
and Civil Service Committees and Appropriations Committees of the 
Senate and House of Representatives concerning the action taken 
under this paragraph, together with information comparing the total 
number of employees on the payroll on June 30 and their average 
grade and salary with similar information for the previous June 30, 
and each annual and supplemental budget estimate shall include a 
statement comparing the average grade and salary provided for in 
each item of appropriation or fund allowance therein with similar 
figures reported for the two previous periods. 
SEC. 1311. Appropriations and funds made available by this or 
any other Act for salaries, wages, or compensation, for the current 
fiscal year shall also be available for payment of any tax with respect 
thereto which is imposed on any department, agency, corporation, 
or other instrumentality of the United States, as an employer, by the 
M stet.|77^ ^ ^^ provisions of the Social Security Act Amendments of 1950. 
note. 
SEC. 1312. Personnel, and appropriations or funds available for sal-
aries and expenses to any department, agency, or corporation in the 
executive branch of the Government, shall be transferred to any 
defense activity under the jurisdiction of such department or agency 
in such numbers or amounts as may be necessary for the discharge of 
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responsibilities relating to the national defense assigned to such 
department, agency, or corporation by or pursuant to law. 
SEC. 1313. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be used to 
pay employees at a rate in excess of that paid for comparable work 
under the regular appropriations provided to the Departments con-
cerned in the regular 1952 appropriation Acts. 
SEC. 1314. Any funds provided by this Act shall not be available for 
the compensation of persons performing domestic information func-
tions or related supporting functions in excess of 50 per centum of the 
amount provided herein. 
SEC. 1315. (a) No part of the money appropriated for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1952, by this or any other Act to the Department of 
Labor or the Federal Security Agency which is in excess of 75 per 
centum of the amount required to pay the compensation of all persons 
the aggregate budget estimates for personal services submitted to the 
Congress for the fiscal year 1952 contemplated would be employed by 
such Department or such agency, respectively, during such fiscal year 
in the performance of— 
(1) functions performed by a person designated as an informa-
tion specialist, information and editorial specialist, publications 
and information coordinator, press relations officer or counsel, 
photographer, radio expert, television expert, motion-picture 
expert, or publicity expert, or designated by a similar title, or 
(2) functions performed by persons who assist persons perform-
ing the functions described in (1) in drafting, preparing, editing, 
typing, duplicating, or disseminating public information publica-
tions or releases, radio or television scripts, magazine articles, 
photographs, motion pictures, and similar material, 
shall be q-vailable to pay the compensation of persons performing the 
functions'described in (1) or (2) : Provided^ That this section shaU not 
apply to personnel engaged in the preparation or distribution of 
technical, scientific, or research publications, the reporting or dissemi-
nation of the results of research or investigations, the publishing of 
information or other work required by law to carry out the duties of 
such Department or Agency other than work intended for press, radio 
and television services, and popular publications. 
(b) No provision in any Act appropriating funds for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1952, shall be deemed to limit the amount of any 
appropriation made to any Department, agency, or corporation which 
may be used to compensate persons engaged in the performance of 
functions described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of this 
section, if the aggregate number of persons employed during such fiscal 
year by such Department, agency, or corporation in the performance 
of such functions does not exceed four at any time, nor shall any such 
provision in this or any other Act limit appropriations which may be 
used to compensate persons in the Office of Defense Mobilization who 
are engaged in informing the public about the progress and purposes 
of the defense mobilization program, or persons in the agencies as-
signed functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
amended, who are engaged in informing consumers, agriculture, busi-
ness and labor, about rules, regulations, and orders, issued by such 
agencies under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended. 
SEO. 1316. This Act may be cited as the "Supplemental Appropria-
tion Act, 1952". 
Approved November 1, 1951. 
Domestic informn-
tion functions. 
Labor Department; 
Federal S e c u r i t y 
Agency. 
informational a n d 
editorial functions. 
Nonapplicability. 
64 Stat. 798. 
50 U. S. C. app. 
I 2061. 
Short title.