Joint resolution making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1954, and for other purposes.
PL 83-91 (H.J.Res.287), enacted 06/30/1953

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ing from the caption "Electrical Department" the proviso appeariiig in 
the paragraph designated "Lighting" and reading as follows: "Pr6>-
vided, That any association or corporation engaged in the manufacture 
and sale of gas for illuminating and fuel purposes in the District of 
Columbia, through its president or other duly authorized officer, shall 
make a sworn statement to Congress annually, on or before the first day 
of February in each year. 
Said report shall contain a detailed state-
ment of the condition of the business of said association or corpora-
tion for the year ending December thirty-first next preceding, and 
such statebient shall set forth the actual cost and also present value of 
the property of such association or corporation used in the conduct of 
its business, the amount of paid up capital stock, the amount and char-
acter of the indebtedness of such association or corporation, the amount 
and cost of materials used in making gas, the amount of gas manu-
factured, the amount of gas sold, the average price per thousand cubic 
feet received for gas sold, the revenue from the sale of all by-products, 
the revenues from all other sources, the extensions and improvements 
made in the plant and works, the actual cost of the same, the amount 
expended for labor, the amount set aside for depreciation, the amount 
set apart for insurance and renewals, the amount paid out of earnings 
for betterments, the amount paid for betterments from other sources, 
the amount set aside and paid in interest and dividends, the surplus 
after paying the operating expenses and fixed charges, the statement 
of the operating expenses to be itemized and classified as is done by 
other public utility corporations, in the District of Columbia, the names 
of the stockholders and the amount of the stock held in such associa-
tion or corporation by each of them on December thirty-first next 
preceding the date of such report." 
SEC. 4. That section 6 of an Act entitled "An Act making appropria-
tions to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of 
Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred 
and seventeen, and for other purposes", approved September 1, 1916 
(39 Stat. 676, 716, ch. 433) (D. C. Code, sec. 43-1207), is hereby 
repealed. 
SEC. 5. All charters, statutes. Acts and parts of Acts, laws, ordi-
nances, and regulations inconsistent with or repugnant to the provi-
sions of this Act, but only so far as inconsistent herewith or repugnant 
hereto, are hereby repealed. 
SEO. 6. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby 
expressly reserved to the Congress. 
Approved June 30, 1953. 
Rates for public 
buildings. 
Repeal of limita-
tion. 
40 u s e 23. 
Rights reserved. 
Public Law 91 
CHAPTER 167 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1954, and for other _!: 
purposes. 
June 30, 1953 
ft. J. Res. 287] 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That there are hereby appro-
priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, 
for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and other organi-
zational units in each branch of the Government— 
(a) (1) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects 
or activities (not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint 
resolution) which were conducted in the fiscal year 1953 and for which 
T e m p o r ary ap-
propriations, 1954. 
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appropriations, funds, or other authority would be made available in 
both the House and Senate versions of the following appropriation 
Acts: 
First Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1954; 
Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1954; 
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce Appropriation Act, 
1954; 
Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1954; 
Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1954. 
(2) Appropriations made by this subsection shall be available to the 
extent and in the manner which would be provided for by the perti-
nent appropriation Act: Provided^ That in any case where the amount 
which would be made available or the authority which would be 
granted under such Act as passed by the House is different from that 
which would be made available or granted under such Act as passed 
by the Senate, the pertinent project or activity shall be carried out 
under the lesser amount or the more restrictive authority. 
(b) (1) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects 
or activities (not otherwise provided for in this joint resolution) which 
were conducted in the fiscal year 1953, and for which appropriations, 
funds, or other authority would be made available in the following 
appropriation Acts: 
Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare Appro-
priation Act, 1954; 
District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1954; 
Second Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1954. 
(2) Appropriations made by this subsection shall be available to 
the extent and in the manner which would be provided for by the 
pertinent appropriation Act: Provided, That in any case where the 
amount which would be made available or the authority which would 
be granted under such Act as passed by the House is different from 
that requested in the budget estimate for 1954, the pertinent project or 
activity shall be carried out under the lesser amount or the more 
restrictive authority. 
(c) Such amounts, real property (and the use thereof), commodities 
and services, as may be necessary for continuing projects or activities 
which were conducted in the fiscal year 1953 and for which appro-
priations, funds, or other authority would be made available in the 
Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1954 (H. K. 5969), to the 
extent and in the manner which would be provided for by said H. R. 
5969 as that bill was reported to the House on June 27, 1953. 
(d^ Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or 
activities conducted in the fiscal year 1953 and listed in this subsection, 
at a rate for operations not in excess of the current rate or the rate 
permitted by the budget estimate or the amount specified herein, 
whichever is lowest: 
Economic Adviser to the President (Council of Economic Advisers); 
Committee on Retirement Policy for Federal Personnel; 
Civil Service Commission: Investigations of United States citizens 
for employment by international organizations; 
Export-Import Bank of Washington; 
Federal Civil Defense Administration; 
Reconstruction Finance Corporation; 
Department of Commerce: Export control; 
Department of Defense: 
Civil functions: Government and relief in occupied areas; 
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Defense Production Act activities: 
Executive Office of the President: Office of Defense Mobiliza-
tion; 
Independent Offices: 
Defense transport activities; 
Economic Stabilization Agency; 
General 
Services 
Administration: 
Emergency 
operating 
expenses; 
Department of Commerce: Office of the Secretary (not to exceed 
$375,000); 
Department of the Interior: Office of the Secretary. 
(e) (1) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects 
or activities which were conducted in the fiscal year 1953 and for which 
appropriations, funds, or other authority would be made available in 
the Legislative-Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1954, to the extent and 
in the manner which would be provided for in said Act as passed by 
the House. 
(2) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or 
activities of the Senate and of the Senate items under the Architect of 
the Capitol, to the extent and in the manner which would be provided 
for in the budget estimates for the fiscal year 1954. 
(f) Such amounts as are respectively set forth herein for continuing 
projects or activities which were conducted in the fiscal year 1953, as 
follows: 
Mutual Security Program, $245,000,000; 
Department of State: 
International Information Administration, $5,700,000; 
Government in Occupied Areas, $3,500,000. 
(g) Such amount as may be necessary for continuing projects or 
activities which were conducted in the fiscal year 1953 in the Trust 
Territory of the Pacific Islands and for which appropriations would 
be made available in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 
1954, to the extent and in the manner which would be provided for 
in said Act as passed bv the Senate. 
SEC. 2. Except as otnerwise herein provided, appropriations and 
funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint 
resolution shell be subject to the General Provisions of Chapter X I V 
of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953, to the same extent as 
|f ^usc^ly'i; s 
the comparable appropriations, funds, and authority were subject to use 46c. 
such provisions in the fiscal year 1953. 
SEC. 3. Appropriations and funds made available and authority 
AvaUabuity. 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall remain available until 
(a) enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity 
provided for herein, or (b) enactment of the applicable appropriation 
Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity, 
or (c) July 31,1953, whichever first occurs. 
SEC. 4. Appropriations and funds made available and authority 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be used without regard 
to the time limitations set forth in subsection (d) (2) of section 3679, 
3i use ees. 
Kevised Statutes, and expenditures therefrom shall be charged to any 
applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill 
in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is con-
tained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 5. Except as provided in subsection 1 (c) hereof, appropria-
tions made and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution, 
whether in specified or unspecified amounts, shall cover all obligations 
or expenditures incurred for the pertinent project or activity, includ-
ing foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the United States 
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which are used for such projects or activities: Provided^ That foreign 
currencies or credits owed to or owned by the United States may be 
used without regard to this section for liquidation of obligations 
legally incurred against such credits prior to July 1, 1953, 
Restriction. 
SEC. 6. No appropriation or fund made available or authority 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be used to initiate or 
resume any project or activity which was not being conducted during 
the fiscal year 1953. 
Approved June 30, 1953. 
June 30, 1953 
[S. 1839] 
Public Law 92 
CHAPTER 168 
AN ACT 
To amend section 32 of the Fire and Casualty Act, so as to provide that an agent 
or solicitor may secure a license to solicit accident and health insurance in the 
District of Columbia under that Act without taking the prescribed examina-
tion, if he is licensed under the Life Insurance Act. 
Fire and 
Casii-
alty Act, 
amend-
ment. 
54 Stat. 1078. 
48 Stat. 1139. 
" S u p e r i n tend-
e n t " . 
54 Stat. 1064. 
66 Stat. 824. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibled^ That section 32 of 
the Fire and Casualty Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 35-1336), 
is amended by inserting immediately after "prior to the effective date 
of this Act." the following new sentence: "The examination require-
ment shall be waived in the case of any applicant for a license under 
this section who holds a license under section 26 of the Life Insurance 
Act (D. C. Code, sec. 35-425), if the company desiring the appoint-
ment of such applicant certifies in writing to the Superintendent that 
such applicant will solicit only accident and health insurance on its 
behalf." 
SEC. 2. Section 3 of such Act, as amended (D. C. Code, 1951 edi-
tion, sec. 35-1303), is amended by striking therefrom the definition 
of the word "superintendent" and inserting in lieu thereof the follow-
ing : " 'Superintendent' means the Superintendent of Insurance of the 
District of Columbia, or the officer or officers, agency or agencies suc-
ceeding to his functions under Reorganization Plan Number 5 of 
1952". 
Approved June 30, 1953. 
June 30, 1953 
[H. R. 2313] 
Public Law 93 
CHAPTER 169 
AN ACT 
To continue the effectiveness of the Act of March 27, 1942, as extended, relating 
to the inspection and audit of plants, books, and records of defense contractors, 
for the duration of the national emergency proclaimed December 16, 1950, and 
six months thereafter. 
D e f e n s e 
con-
tractors, audit. 
66 Stat. 331, 
50USCapp. 643-
643c. 
64 Stat. A454. 
50 u s e app. note 
prec. 1. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assenrMed^ That the Act of 
March 27,1942 (56 Stat. 185,186, ch. 199, sees. 1301-1304), as extended 
by subsection 1 (a) (2) of the Emergency Powers Continuation Act 
(Public Law 450, Eighty-second Congress), as amended, shall remain 
in full force and effect until six months after the termination of the 
national emergency proclaimed by the President on December 16,1950 
(Proc. 2914, 3 C. F. R., 71), notwithstanding any limitation by refer-
ence to war of the time during which the powers and authorizations 
therein granted may be exercised, or until such earlier date as may be 
provided by the Congress by concurrent resolution or by the President. 
Approved June 30, 1953.