An Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for other purposes
PL 86-166 (H.R.7454), enacted 08/18/1959

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Public Law 86-166 
August 18, 1959 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 7454] 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for tlie fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1960, and for other puri)Oses. 
D ep a r t m e n t of 
D e f e n s e 
Appro' 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
ru- ^'^'^^^^ States of Atnerica in Congress assembled^ That the following 
^r i Vtlon'^Ttl sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
is so. 
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, for mili-
tary functions administered by the Department of Defense, and for 
other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), expenses of tempo-
rary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of the 
Army on active duty (except those undergoing reserve training), 
expenses of apprehension and delivery of deserters, prisoners, and 
members absent without leave, including payment of rewards of not 
to exceed $25 in any one case, $3,233,063,000, and, in addition, 
$281,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the Army Stock Fund. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), expenses of tempo-
rary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of the 
Navy on active duty (except those undergoing reserve training), 
midshipmen and aviation cadets, and expenses of apprehension and 
delivery of deserters, prisoners, and members absent without leave, 
including payment of rewards of not to exceed $25 in any one case, 
$2,476,700,000, and, in addition, $75,000,000, to be derived by transfer 
from the Navy stock fund. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including 
all expenses thereof for organizational movements), expenses oi 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members 
of the Marine Corps on active duty (except those undergoing reserve 
training), and expenses of apprehension and delivery of deserters, 
prisoners, and members absent without leave, including payment oi 
rewards of not to exceed $25 in any one case, $620,600,000, and, in 
addition, $24,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the Marine Corps 
stock fund; Provided, That $32,700,000 of the funds provided in this 
appropriation shall be available only to meet the increased expenses 
necessary to maintain the Regular Marine Corps at the strength pro-
vided for in this Act. 
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
•"f 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), expenses of tempo-
rary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of the 
Air Force on active duty (except those undergoing reserve training), 
cadets and aviation cadets, and expenses of apprehension and delivery 
of deserters, prisoners, and members absent without leave, including 
payment of rewards of not to exceed $25 in any one case, $3,912,000,000, 
and, in addition, $50,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the Air 
Force stock fund. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active duty 
Avhile undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or 
equivalent duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps, as authorized by law, $231,700,000: Provided, That $29,700,000 
of the funds provided in this appropriation shall be available only 
to meet the increased expenses necessary to maintain the Army Reserve 
at the strength provided for in this Act. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Naval Reserve on active duty 
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or 
equivalent duty, regular and contract enroUees in the Naval Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps, and retainer pay, as authorized by law, 
$88,000,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve and the 
Marine Corps platoon leaders class on active duty while undergoing 
reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, as 
authorized by law, $24,300,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on active 
duty while undergoing reserve training or while performing drills 
or equivalent duty, and for members of the Air Reserve Officers' Train-
ing Corps, as authorized by law, $54,000,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard while 
on duty under section 265 of title 10, United States Code, or while 
undergoing training or while performing drills or equivalent duty, 
as authorized by law, $234,961,000: Provided, That obligations may 
be incurred under this appropriation for the foregoing expenses for 
training of units designated for early deployment under mobilization 
plans or for antiaircraft defense of the United States and Hawaii 
without regard to section 107 of title 32, United States Code: Pro-
vided further. That the Army National Guard shall be maintained 
at an average strength of not less than four hundred thousand for 
the fiscal year 1960: Provided further, That $43,000,000 of the funds 
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provided in this appropriation shall be available only to meet the 
increased expenses necessary to maintain the Army National Guard 
at the strength provided for in this Act. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on duty 
5/4^A Stat. 11.491. under sections 265, 8033, and 8496 of title 10, United States Code, or 
while undergoing training or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty, as authorized by law, $48,000,000: ProvMed^ That obligations 
may be incurred under this appropriation without regard to section 
70A Stat. 599. 
107 of title 32, United States Code. 
RETIRED PAY, DEPARTMENT or DEFENSE 
For retired pay and retirement pay, as authorized by law, of mili-
tary personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 
and the Air Force, including the reserve components thereof, retainer 
pay for personnel of the inactive Fleet Reserve, and payments under 
^7^T1*O ^,^",«, the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953, $715,000,000. 
not e s. 
TITLE II 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion and maintenance of the Army, including administration; medical 
and dental care of personnel entitled thereto by law or regulation 
(including charges of private facilities for care of military personnel 
on duty or leave, except elective private treatment), and other meas-
ures necessary to protect the health of the Army; care of the dead; 
chaplains' activities; awards and medals; welfare and recreation; 
information and educational services for the Armed Forces; recruit-
ing expenses; meals furnished under contract for selective service 
registrants called for induction and applicants for enlistment while 
held under observation; subsistence of prisoners at disciplinary bar-
racks, and of civilian employees as authorized by law; expenses of 
apprehension and delivery of prisoners escaped from disciplinary 
barracks, including payment of rewards not exceeding $25 in any one 
case, and expenses of confinement of such prisoners in nonmilitary 
facilities; donations of not to exceed $25 to each prisoner upon each 
release from confinement in a disciplinary barracks; military courts, 
boards, and commissions; authorized issues of articles for use of 
applicants for enlistment and persons in military custody; civilian 
clothing, not to exceed $40 in cost, to be issued each person upon each 
release from confinement in an Army or contract prison and to each 
soldier discharged for unsuitability, inaptitude, or otherwise than 
honorably, or sentenced by a civil court to confinement in a civil 
prison, or interned or discharged as an alien enemy; transportation 
services; communications services, including construction of communi-
cation systems; maps and similar data for military purposes; military 
surveys and engineering planning; contracts for maintenance of 
reserve tools and facilities for twelve months beginning at any time 
during the current fiscal year; repair of facilities; utility services for 
buildings erected at private cost, as authorized by law (10 U.S.C. 
70Astat. 270. 
4778), and buildings on military reservations authorized by Army 
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regulations to be used for a similar purpose; purchase of ambulances; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; tuition and fees incident to training 
of military personnel at civilian institutions; field exercises and 
maneuvers, including payments in advance for rentals or options to 
rent land; expenses for the Keserve Officers' Training Corps and 
other units at educational institutions, as authorized by law; exchange 
fees, and losses in the accounts of disbursing officers or agents m 
accordance with law; expenses of inter-American cooperation, as 
authorized for the Navy by law (10 U.S.C. 7208) for Latin-American 
7OA stat. 443. 
cooperation; not to exceed $5,855,000 for emergencies and extraor-
dinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the 
Secretary of the Army, and payments may be made on his certificate 
of necessity for confidential military purposes, and his determination 
shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the 
Government; $3,075,390,000: Pwv^</e<^, That $24,300,000 of the funds 
provided in this appropriation shall be available only to meet the 
increased expenses necessary to maintain the Army National Guard 
at the strength provided for in this Act: Provided further^ That $24,-
500,000 of the funds p'rovided in this appropriation shall be available 
only to meet the increased expenses necessary to maintain the Army 
Eeserve at the strength provided for in this Act. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, including 
aircraft and vessels; modification of aircraft; design and alteration 
of vessels; training and education of members of the Navy; adminis-
tration; procurement of military personnel; purchase (not to exceed 
one thousand one hundred and seventeen for replacement only, includ-
ing ten at not to exceed $2,900 each) and hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; not to exceed $40 per person for civilian clothing, including 
an overcoat when necessary, for enlisted personnel discharged for in-
aptitude, unsuitability, or otherwise than honorably; welfare and rec-
reation ; medals, awards, emblems and other insignia; transportation 
of things (including transportation of household effects of civilian 
employees) ; industrial mobilization; medical and dental care; care 
of the dead; lease of facilities; Latin-American cooperation; charter 
and hire of vessels; relief of vessels in distress; maritime salvage serv-
ices ; military communications facilities on merchant vessels; dissemi-
nation of scientific information; administration of patents, trade-
marks, copyrights; losses in exchange and in accounts of disbursing 
officers, as authorized by law; annuity premiums and retirement bene-
fits for civilian members of teaching services; tuition, allowances, and 
fees incident to training of military personnel at civilian institutions; 
repair of facilities; departmental salaries; utility services for build-
ings erected at private cost as authorized by law (10 U.S.C. 7580), 
7OA stat. 470. 
and buildings on military reservations authorized by Navy regula-
tions to be used for welfare and recreational purposes; conduct of 
schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, and other instructional, entertain-
ment and welfare expenses for the enlisted men;' cryptographic equip-
ment; procurement and production of services, special clothing, sup-
plies, and equipment; procurement of plant equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools, and installation thereof in public or private plants; 
exploration, prospecting, conservation, development, use, and opera-
tion of the naval petroleum reserves, as authorized by law; not to ex-
ceed $12,325,000 for emergency and extraordinary expenses, as au-
thorized by section 7202 of title 10, United States Code, to be ex- 
'^^ ^*'**' '*'*2. 
pended on the approval and authority of the Secretary and his de-
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termination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers 
of the Government; and support of the town of Olongapo, as author-
ized by law; $2,611,220,000, of which $975,000 shall be transferred 
to the appropriation "Salaries and expenses," Weather Bureau, 
Department of Commerce, fiscal year 1960, and $16,885,000 shall be 
transferred to the appropriation "Operating exj)enses". Coast Guard, 
fiscal year 1960, for the operation of ocean stations: Provided^ That 
$5,900,000 of the funds provided in this appropriation shall be avail-
able only to meet the increased expenses necessary to maintain the 
Regular Marine Corps at the strength provided for in this Act. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses, necessary for the operation and maintenance of 
the Marine Corps including equipment and facilities; procurement 
of military personnel; training and education of regular and reserve 
personnel, including tuition and other costs incurred at civilian 
schools; welfare and recreation; utility services for buildings erected 
at private cost as authorized by law, and buildings on military reser-
vations authorized by Navy regulations to be used for welfare and 
recreational purposes; conduct of schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, 
and other instructional, entertainment and welfare expenses for the 
enlisted men; not to exceed $40 per person for civilian clothing, 
including an overcoat when necessary, for enlisted personnel dis-
charged for inaptitude or unsuitability or otherwise than honorably; 
procurement and manufacture of military supplies, equipment and 
clothing; hire of passenger motor vehicles; transportation of things; 
medals, awards, emblems and other insignia; losses in exchange and 
in accounts of disbursing officers, as authorized by law; and depart-
mental salaries; $175,850,000: Provided, That $4,500,000 of the funds 
provided in this appropriation shall be available only to meet the 
increased expenses necessary to maintain the Regular Marine Corps 
at the strength provided for in this Act. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion, maintenance, and administration of the Air Force, including 
the Air Force Reserve and the Air Reserve Officers' Training Corps; 
operation, maintenance, and modification of aircraft and missiles; 
transportation of things; repair and maintenance of facilities; field 
printing plants; hire of passenger motor vehicles; recruiting adver-
tising expenses; training and instruction of military personnel of 
the Air Force, including tuition and related expenses; pay, allow-
ances, and travel expenses of contract surgeons; utility services for 
buildings erected at private cost as authorized by law (10 U.S.C. 
70A Stat. 591. 
9778), aiid buildings on military reservations authorized by Air 
Force regulations to be used for welfare and recreational purposes: 
rental of land or purchase of options to rent land without reference 
31 use 529. 
^
Q section 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended, use or repair of private 
property, and other necessary expenses of combat maneuvers; civilian 
clothing not to exceed $40 in cost for each person upon each release 
from a military prison, each enlisted man discharged for unsuit-
ability, inaptitude, or otherwise than honorably, each enlisted man 
sentenced by a civil court to confinement in a civil prison, and each 
enlisted man interned, or discharged without internment as a alien 
enemy; authorized issues of articles for use of applicants for enlist-
ment and persons in military custody; exchange fees, and losses or 
deficiencies in the accounts of disbursing officers and their agents, as 
authorized by law; care of the dead; chaplain and other welfare and 
70A Stat. 443. 
70A Stat. 614. 
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morale supplies and equipment; conduct of schoolrooms, service clubs, 
chapels, and other instructional, entertainment, and welfare expenses 
for enlisted men and patients not otherwise provided for; awards and 
decorations; expenses of courts, boards, and commissions; expenses 
for inter-American cooperation as authorized for the Navy by sec-
tion 7208 of title 10, United States Code, for Latin-American coopera-
tion ; industrial mobilization, including maintenance of reserve plants 
and equipment and procurement planning; special services by con-
tract or otherwise; rations (including commutation thereof) 
for 
applicants for enlistment; and not to exceed $6^,200,000 for emergen-
cies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or 
authority of the Secretary of the the Air Force, and payments may 
be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military pur-
poses, and his determination shall be final and conclusive upon the 
accounting officers of the Government; $4,195,006,000, of which not 
to exceed $16,000,000 shall be available for the operation and main-
tenance of the Air Force Academy. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AKMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing and administering the Army 
National Guard, including maintenance, operation, and repairs to 
structures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; personal 
services in the National Guard Bureau and services of personnel of 
the National Guard employed as civilians without regard to their mili-
tary rank, and the number of caretakers authorized to be employed 
under provisions of law (32 U.S.C. 709) may be such as is deemed 
necessary by the Secretary of the Army; travel expenses (other than 
mileage), as authorized by law for Army personnel on active duty, 
for Army National Guard division, regimental, and battalion com-
manders while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 
regulations when specifically authorized oy the Chief, National Guard 
Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army National Guard of the 
several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, as authorized 
by law; and expenses of repair, modification, maintenance, and issue 
or supplies and equipment (including aircraft); $151,700,000: Pro-
vided^ That obligations may be incurred under this appropriation 
for the foregoing expenses for training of units designated for early 
deployment under mobilization plans and for installation, mainte-
nance, and operation of facilities for antiaircraft defense without 
regard to section 107 of title 32, United States Code: Provided further, 
^OA stat. S99. 
That obligations not exceeding $10,000 for each project may be incurred 
for extension, modification, and alteration of armory facilities, as 
authorized by chapter 133, title 10, United States Code, as amended, 
lo^^fs^c 2 2°3i-
when such changes to facilities are made necessary by military require- 2238. 
ments of the Federal Government: Provided 
further^ That of the 
amounts certified pursuant to section 1311 of the Supplemental Appro-
priation Act, 1955 (31 U.S.C. 200) as having been obligated under 
^s stat. 830. 
the appropriations for "Army National Guard", 1958, and "Army 
National Guard", 1959, such portions thereof as may be determined 
by the Secretary of Defense to have been obligated dFor operation and 
maintenance activities, may hereafter be accounted for under the head-
ings "Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard", 1958, and 
"Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard", 1959, respec-
tively: Provided 
further^ That $5,700,000 of the funds provided in 
this appropriation shall be available only to meet the increased 
expenses necessary to maintain the Army National Guard at the 
strength provided for in this Act. 
70A Stat. 614. 
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For operation and maintenance of the Air National Guard, in-
cluding medical and hospital treatment and related expenses; estab-
lishment, maintenance, operation, repair, and other necessary expenses 
of facilities for the training and administration of the Air National 
Guard, including repair of facilities, maintenance, operation and 
modification of aircraft; transportation of things; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; supplies, materials, and equipment, as authorized by 
law for the Air National Guard of the several States, Territories, and 
the District of Columbia; and expenses incident to the maintenance 
and use of supplies, materials, and equipment, including such as may 
be furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on the same 
basis as authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on active 
Federal duty, of Air National Guard commanders while inspecting 
units in compliance with National Guard regulations when specifically 
authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; $169,000,000: Pro-
vided^ That the number of caretakers authorized to be employed under 
the provisions of law (32 U.S.C. 709) may be such as is deemed neces-
sary by the Secretary of the Air Force and such caretakers may be 
employed Without regard to their military rank as members of the 
Air National Guard: Provided further^ That obligations may be in-
curred under this appropriation without regard to section 107 of title 
70A Stat. 599. 
32^ United States Code: Provided further^ That of the amounts cer-
tified pursuant to section 1311 of the Supplemental Appropriation 
68 Stat. 830. 
^^^^ ^955 (3^ xj.S.C. 200), as having been obligated under the appro-
priations for "Air National Guard", 1958, and "Air National Guard", 
1959, such portions thereof as may be determined by the Secretary of 
Defense to have been obligated for operation and maintenance activi-
ties, may hereafter be accounted for under the heading "Operation 
and maintenance. Air National Guard", 1958, and "Operation and 
maintenance. Air National Guard", 1959, respectively. 
NATIONAL BOARD FOR THE PROMOTION or RIFLE PRACTICE, ARMY 
For the necessary expenses of construction, equipment and main-
tenance of rifle ranges, the instruction of citizens in marksmanship, 
and promotion of rifle practice, in accordance with law, including 
travel of rifle teams, military personnel, and individuals attending 
regional, national, and international competitions, and not to exceed 
$21,000 for incidental expenses of the National Board, $300,000: 
Provided^ That travel expenses of civilian members of the National 
Board shall be paid in accordance with the Standardized Government 
Travel Regulations, as amended. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ALASKA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, 
ARMY 
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improve-
ment of the Alaska Communication System, $5,676,000, and, in addi-
tion, not to exceed 15 per centum of the current fiscal year receipts 
of the Alaska Communication System may be merged with and used 
for the purposes of this appropriation and charges for station agent 
agreements may be paid from receipts of the Alaska Communication 
System. 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 
including purchase (not to exceed five for replacement only) and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $60,000 for 
emergency and extraordinary expenses, to be expended under the 
direction of the Secretary of Defense for such purposes as he deems 
proper, and his determination thereon shall be final and conclusive; 
$20,500,000. 
CLAIMS, DEPARTMENT or DEFENSE 
For payment of claims by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 
the Army (except as provided in appropriations for civil functions 
administered by the Department of "the Army), Navy, Marine Corps, 
and Air Force, as authorized by law; claims (not to exceed $1,000 in 
any one case) for damages to or loss of private property incident to 
the operation of Army and Air National Guard camps of instruction, 
either during the stay of units of said organizations at such camps or 
while en route thereto or therefrom; claims for damages arising under 
training contracts with carriers; and repayment of amounts deter-
mined by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the 
Secretary of the Air Force, or officers designated by them, to have 
been erroneously collected from military and civilian personnel of the 
Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force or from States, Terri-
tories, or the District of Columbia, or members of National Guard 
units thereof; $16,500,000. 
CONTINGENCIES, DEPARTMENT OF^ DEFENSE 
For emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising in the Depart-
ment of Defense, to be expended on the approval or authority of the 
Secretary of Defense and such expenses may be accounted for solely 
on his certificate that the expenditures were necessary for confidential 
military purposes, $15,000,000: Provided, That a report of disburse-
ments under this item of appropriation shall be made quarterly to the 
Appropriations Committees of the Congress, 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
For necessary expenses in connection with the VIII Olympic Win-
ter Games, 1960, as authorized by section 1 of the Act of April 3, 
1958 (Public Law 85-365), $800,000, of which $400,000 shall not be 
available unless H.R. 5674 or similar authorization is enacted into 
law: Provided, That funds in this paragraph shall not be available for 
support of any international games or events in which participation 
is denied any of the free countries of the world. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COURT OF MILITARY APPEALS, DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the Court of Military 
Appeals, $425,000. 
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g r e s s i o n a l 
Com-
mittees. 
72 Stat. 78. 
Ante, 
p. 302. 
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TITLE I I I 
PROCUREMENT 
PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND MISSILES, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of missiles, armament, ammunition, equipment, vehicles, 
vessels, and aircraft for the Army and the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps; purchase of not to exceed one thousand three hundred and 
fifty-nine passenger motor vehicles for replacement only (including 
twenty at not to exceed $2,900 each); expenses which in the discre-
tion of the Secretary of the Army are necessary in providing facilities 
for production of equipment and supplies for national defense pur-
poses, including construction, and the furnishing of Government-
owned facilities and equipment at privately owned plants; and ammu-
nition for military salutes at institutions to which issue of weapons 
for salutes is authorized; $1,407,300,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
AIRCRAFT AND RELATED PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, and modernization of 
aircraft, 
missiles, and equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and 
accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public 
and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, with-
40USC259,267. Qut regard to section 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, and such 
lands, and interest therein, may be acquired, and construction prose-
cuted thereon prior to approval of title by the Attorney General as 
so use 175. 
required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; procurement 
and installation of equipment in public or private plants; and depart-
mental salaries necessary for the purposes of this appropriation; 
$1,961,644,000, to remain available until expended. 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or conver-
sion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and armament 
therefor, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installa-
tion thereof in public or private plants; procurement, production, and 
modernization of electronic equipment and material for ships; pro-
curement of critical long lead time components and designs for vessels 
to be constructed or converted in the future; expansion of public and 
private plants, including land necessary therefor, without regard to 
40 use 259,267. ggction 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, and such land, and inter-
ests therein, may be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon 
prior to approval of title by the Attorney General as required by 
50 use 175. 
section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and departmental salaries 
necessary for the purposes of this appropriation; $1,330,700,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
PROCUREMENT OF ORDNANCE AND AMMUNITION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the production and procurement of 
Navy ordnance and ammunition, including missiles (except ordnance 
for new aircraft, new ships, and ships authorized for conversion); 
expansion of public and private plants, including land necessary there-
40 use 259,267. ^^j.^ without regard to section 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, and 
such land, and interests therein, may be acquired and construction 
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title by the Attorney General 
50 use 175. 
^g required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procure-
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ment of plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installa-
tion thereof in public or private plants; $567,719,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of missiles, armament, ammunition, military equipment, 
and vehicles for the Marine Corps, including purchase of not to exceed 
twenty passenger motor vehicles which shall oe for replacement only, 
$133,850,000, to remain available until expended. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft, and 
equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground han-
dling equipment, and training devices, spare parts, and accessories 
therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public and private 
plants. Government-owned equipment and installation thereof m such 
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land without regard 
to section 9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing 
7OA stat. 590. 
purposes, and such land, and interests therein may be acquired and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title by the 
Attorney General as required by section 355, Eevised Statutes, as 
so use 175. 
amended; reserve plant and equipment layaway; and other expenses 
necessary for the foregoing purposes, including rents and transporta-
tion of things; $4,284,600,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $2,900,000 shall be available solely for procurement for the Air 
National Guard: Provided^ That during the current fiscal year there 
may be merged with this appropriation such amounts of the unobli-
gated balances of appropriations previously granted for "Aircraft, 
missiles, and related procurement , and "Procurement other than 
aircraft and missiles", as the Secretary of Defense may determine to 
be necessary for the accomplishment of the programs for which this 
appropriation is made. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles, rockets, 
and related equipment, including spare parts and 
accessories 
therefor, ground handling equipment, and training devices; expansion 
of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and 
installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisi-
tion of land without regard to section 9774 of title 10, United States 
7OA stat. S90. 
Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such land, and interests therein 
may be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to the 
approval of title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, 
Revised Statutes, as amended; reserve plant and equipment layaway; 
^o use 175. 
and other expenses necessary for the loregoing purposes, including 
rents and transportation of things; $2,540,550,0^), to remain available 
until expended: Provided^ That during the current fiscal year there 
may be merged with this appropriation such amounts of unobligated 
balances of appropriations previously granted for "Aircraft, missiles, 
and related procurement. Air Force", and "Procurement other than 
aircraft and missiles. Air Force", as the Secretary of Defense may 
determine to be necessary for the accomplishment of the programs for 
which this appropriation is made. 
376 
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[73 STAT. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For procurement and modification of equipment (including ground 
guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground electronic and 
communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and spare parts 
therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of not to exceed 
two thousand five hundred and seventy-seven passenger motor vehicles, 
of which two thousand three hundred and thirty-three (including one 
at not to exceed $2,900) shall be for replacement only; and expansion 
of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and in-
stallation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition 
70A Stat. 590. 
of land, without regard to section 9774 of title 10, United States Code, 
for the foregoing purposes, and such land, and interests therein may 
be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval 
50 use 175. 
Q
-
f ^jj-jg ^y ^]^g Attorney General as required by section 355, Eevised 
Statutes, as amended; $1,109,650,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $16,100,000 shall be available solely for procure-
ment for the Air National Guard: Provided^ That during the current 
fiscal year there may be merged with this appropriation such amounts 
of unobligated balances of appropriations previously granted for 
"Procurement other than aircraft and missiles", as the Secretary of 
Defense may determine to be necessary for the accomplishment of 
the programs for which this appropriation is made: Provided 
fur-
ther^ That such amounts of unexpended balances of the amounts cer-
tified pursuant to section 1311 of the Supplemental Appropriation 
68 Stat. 830. 
^ct, 1955 (31 U.S.C. 200) of the appropriations "Air National 
Guard", 1958, and "Air National Guard", 1959, as mav be determined 
by the Secretary of Defense to have been made available for procure-
ment activities shall be merged with this appropriation. 
CONSTRUCTION or SHIPS, MILITARY SEA TRANSPORTATION SERVICE, 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
The appropriation to the Department of Defense for "Construction 
of ships, Militai-y Sea Transportation Service", shall not be available 
for obligation after June 30,1959. 
T I T L E IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
RKSEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, de-
velopment, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, 
lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law% 
$1,035,715,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That 
during the current fiscal year there may be merged with this appro-
E
riation such amounts of the unexpended balances of appropriations 
eretofore made available for research, development, test, and evalu-
ation, as the Secretary of Defense may determine to be necessary for 
the accomplishment of the programs ior which this appropriation is 
made. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by 
law, $1,015,920,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ 
73 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 86-166-AUG. 18, 1959 
That during the current fiscal year there may be merged with this 
appropriation such amounts of the unexpended balances of appropria-
tions heretofore made available for research, development, test, and 
evaluation, as the Secretary of Defense may determine to be necessary 
for the accomplishment of the programs for which this appropriation 
is made. 
EESEAKCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabili-
tation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized 
by law, $1,159,900,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ 
That during the current fiscal year there may be merged with this 
appropriation 
such amounts of the unexpended balances of appro-
priations heretofore made available for research, development, test, 
and evaluation, as the Secretary of Defense may determine to be 
necessary for the accomplishment of the programs for which this 
appropriation is made: Provided further^ That no part of this appro-
priation shall be used for construction, maintenance, or rental of mis-
sile testing facilities until the fullest practical use is made of testing 
facilities and equipment at existing installations or those now 
under construction. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES. ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY, 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
For expenses necessary for such advanced research projects as may 
be designated and determined by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant 
to law, $455,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ 
That such amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense 
to have been made available for related programs in other appropria-
tions available to the Department of Defense during the current fiscal 
year may be transferred to and merged with this appropriation to be 
available for the same purposes and time period: Provided 
further. 
That such amounts of this appropriation as may be determined by the 
Secretary of Defense may be transferred to carry out the purposes 
of advanced research to those appropriations for military functions 
under the Department of Defense which are being utilized for related 
programs, to be merged with and to be available for the same time 
period as the appropriation to which transferred. 
EMERGENCY FUND, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
For transfer by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the 
Bureau of the Budget, to any appropriation for military functions 
under the Department of Defense available for research, development, 
test, and evaluation, or procurement or production related thereto, 
to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and for 
the same time period, as the appropriation to which transferred, 
$150,000,000, and in addition not to exceed $150,000,000 to be used 
upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such funds can 
be wisely, profitably, and practically used in the interest of national 
defense and to be derived by transfer from such appropriations avail-
able to the Department of Defense for obligation during the current 
fiscal year as the Secretary of Defense may designate: Provided, That 
any appropriations transferred shall not exceed 7 per centum of the 
appropriation from w^hich transferred. 
377 
878 
PUBLIC LAW 86-166-AUG. 18, 1959 
[T3ST A T . 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Experts or con-
sultants. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Noncitizens. 
A v a i l a b i l i t y of 
^propii ations. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
Prisoners of war, 
etc. 
Ac qui sition of 
land. 
50 u s e 171b. 
Schooling for de-
pendents. 
64 Stat. 1100. 
SEO. 601. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, 
if they should deem it advantageous to the national defense, and if in 
their opinions, the existing facilities of the Department of Defense 
are inadequate, are authorized to procure services in accordance witli 
section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), under regula-
tions prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, and to pay in connection 
therewith travel expenses of individuals, including actual transporta-
tion and per diem in lieu of subsistence while traveling from their 
homes or places of business to official duty station and return as may 
be authorized by law: Provided^ That such contracts may be renewed 
annually. 
SEC. 602. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law prohibit-
ing the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any person 
not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel of the 
Department of Defense. 
SEC. 603. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
for insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when 
required by laws of such countries; payments in advance of expenses 
determined by the investigating officer to be necessary and in accord 
with local custom for conducting investigations in foreign countries 
incident to matters relating to the activities of the department con-
cerned; reimbursement of General Services Administration for 
security guard services for protection of confidential files; reimburse-
ment of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses in connec-
tion with investigation of defense contractor personnel; and all 
necessary expenses, at the seat of Government of the United States 
of America or elsewhere, in connection with communication and other 
services and supplies as may be necessary to carry out the purposes 
of this Act: Provided^ That no appropriation contained in this Act, 
and no funds available from prior appropriations to component depart-
ments and agencies of the Department of Defense, shall oe used to pay 
tuition or to make other payments to educational institutions in con-
nection with the instruction or training of file clerks, stenographers, 
and typists receiving, or prospective file clerks, stenographers, and 
typists who will receive compensation at a rate below the minimum 
rate of pay for positions allocated to grade GS-5 under the Classifica-
tion Act of 1949, as amended. 
SEC. 604. Any appropriation available to the Army, Navy, or the 
Air Force may, under such regulations as the Secretary concerned 
may prescribe, be used for expenses incident to the maintenance, pay, 
and allowances of prisoners of war, other persons in Army, Navy, or 
Air Force custody whose status is determined by the Secretary con-
cerned to be similar to prisoners of war, and persons detained in such 
custody pursuant to Presidential proclamation. 
SEC. 605. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense 
for the current fiscal year for maintenance or construction shall be 
available for acquisition of land as authorized by section 406 of the 
Act of August 3,1956 (70 Stat. 1015), as amended. 
SEC. 606. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
current fiscal year shall be available, (a) except as authorized by the 
Act of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 236-244), for primary and 
secondary schooling for minor dependents of military and civilian 
personnel of the Department of Defense residing on military or naval 
mstallations or stationed in foreign countries, as authorized for the 
73 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 86-166-AUG. 18, 1959 
379 
Navy by section 7204 of title 10, United States Code, in amounts not 
exceeding an average of $265 per student, when the Secretary of the 
Department concerned finds that schools, if any, available in the local-
ity, are unable to provide adequately for the education of such depend-
ents; (b) for expenses in connection with administration of occupied 
areas; (c) for payment of rewards as authorized for the Navy by 
section 7209(a) of title 10, United States Code, for information lead-
ing to the discovery of missing naval property or the recovery thereof; 
(d) for payment of deficiency judgments and interests thereon arising 
out of condemnation proceedings; (e) for payment of rentals at the 
seat of government or elsewhere, and, in administering the provisions 
of 43 U.S.C. 315q, rentals may be paid in advance. 
SEC. 607. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
current fiscal year shall be available for: (a) donations^ of not to 
exceed $25 to each prisoner upon each release from confinement in 
military or contract prison (except disciplinary barracks) and to 
each person discharged for fraudulent enlistment; (b) authorized 
issues of articles to prisoners (except those in disciplinary barracks); 
(c) subsistence of selective service registrants called for induction, 
applicants for enlistment while held under observation, prisoners 
(excej)t those in disciplinary barracks), and supernumeraries when 
necessitated by emergent military circumstances; (d) reimbursement 
for subsistence of enlisted personnel while sick in hospitals; and (e) 
expenses of prisoners confined in nonmilitary facilities: Provided^ 
That section 212 of the Act of June 30,1932 (5 U.S.C. 59a), shall not 
apply to retired military personnel on duty at the United States 
Soldiers' Home. 
SEC. 608. Insofar as practicable, the Secretary of Defense shall 
assist American small business to participate equitably in the furnish-
ing of commodities and services financed with funds appropriated 
under this Act by making available or causing to be made available 
to suppliers in the United States, and particularly to small inde-
pendent enterprises, information, as far in advance as possible, with 
respect to purchases proposed to be financed with funds appropriated 
under this Act, and by making available or causing to be made avail-
able to purchasing and contracting agencies of the Department of 
Defense information as to commodities and services produced and 
furnished by small independent enterprises in the United States, and 
by otherwise helping to give small business an opportunity to partici-
pate in the furnishing of commodities and services financed with 
funds appropriated by this Act. 
SEC. 609. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
for expenses of operation of messes (other than organized messes the 
operating expenses of which are financed principally from non-appro-
priated funds) at which meals are sold to officers or civilians except 
under regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, which shall 
(except under unusual or extraordinary circumstances) establish rates 
for such meals sufficient to provide reimbursement of operating ex-
penses and food costs to the appropriations concerned: Provided^ 
That officers and civilians in a travel status receiving a per diem allow-
ance in lieu of subsistence shall be charged at the rate of not less than 
$2.25 per day: Provided further^ That for the purposes of this section 
payments for meals at the rates established hereunder may be made in 
cash or by deductions from the pay of civilian employees. 
SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available until expended unless expressly so provided elsewhere in 
this or some other ap-propriation Act. 
SEC. 611. Appropriations of the Department of Defense available 
for operation and maintenance, may be reimbursed during the cur-
70A Stat. 442. 
Occupied areas. 
70A Stat. 444. 
Payment of de-
f i c i e n c y 
j u d g -
ments. 
56 Stat. (554. 
A r t i c l e ^ s 
f o r 
prisoners. 
47 Stat. 406. 
A s s i s t ance to 
Am e r i c a n small 
business. 
Mess operations. 
T r a v e l - s tatus 
rate. 
A V a i l ability of 
appropriations. 
E xp e n s e s for 
m i l i t a r y 
equip-
ment. 
32716 O-60—27 
380 
PUBLIC LAW 86-166-AUG. 18, 1959 
[73 STAT. 
R e p o r t to Con-
g r e s s i o n a l 
Com-
mittees. 
31 u s e 665. 
34 Stat. 255. 
C o m m i s s E 
stores. 
Restriction. 
Proficiency 
ing. 
ny 
Fli g h t pay for 
certain officers. 
rent fiscal year for all expenses involved in the preparation for dis-
posal and for the disposal of military supplies, equipment, and ma-
teriel, from amounts received as proceeds from the sale of any such 
property: Provided, That a report of receipts and disbursements un-
der this limitation shall be made quarterly to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Congress: Provided further, That no funds avail-
able to agencies of the Department of Defense shall be used for the 
operation, acquisition, or construction of new facilities or equipment 
for new facilities in the continental limits of the United States for 
metal scrap baling or shearing or for melting or sweating aluminum 
scrap unless the Secretary of Defense or an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense designated by him determines, with respect to each facility 
involved, that the operation of such facility is in the national interest. 
SEC. 612. (a) During the current fiscal year, the President may ex-
empt appropriations, funds, and contract authorizations, available 
for military functions under the Department of Defense, from the 
provisions of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Eevised Statutes, 
as amended, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the 
interest of national defense. 
(b) Upon determination by the President that such action is neces-
sary, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to provide for the cost of 
an airborne alert as an excepted expense in accordance with the pro-
visions of E.S. 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). 
SEC. 613. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
in connection with the operation of commissary stores of the agencies 
of the Department of Defense for the cost of purchase (including com-
mercial transportation in the United States to the place of sale but 
excluding all transportation outside the United States) and mainte-
nance of operating equipment and supplies, and for the actual or esti-
mated cost of utilities as may be furnished by the Government and of 
shrinkage, spoilage, and pilferage of merchandise under the control of 
such commissary stores, except as authorized under regulations promul-
gated by the Secretaries of the military departments concerned, with 
the approval of the Secretary of Defense, which regulations shall pro-
vide for reimbursement therefor to the appropriations concerned and, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall provide for the 
adjustment of the sales prices in such commissary stores to the extent 
necessary to furnish sufficient gross revenue from sales of commissary 
stores to make such reimbursement: Provided, That under such regula-
tions as may be issued pursuant to this section all utilities may be 
furnished without cost to the commissary stores outside the continental 
United States and in Alaska: Provided further, That no appropriation 
contained in this Act shall be available in connection with the operation 
of commissary stores within the continental United States unless the 
Secretary of Defense has certified that items normally procured from 
commissary stores are not otherwise available at a reasonable distance 
and a reasonable price in satisfactory quality and quantity to the mili-
tary and civilian employees of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 614. Notwithstanding any other provision of law. Executive 
order, or regulation, no part of the appropriations in this Act shall 
be available for any expenses of operating aircraft under the jurisdic-
tion of the Armed Forces for the purpose of proficiency flying except 
in accordance with the regulations issued by the Secretaries of the 
Departments concerned and approved by the Secretary of Defense 
which shall establish proficiency standards and maximum and mini-
mum flying hours for this purpose: Provided, That without regard 
to any provision of law or Executive order prescribing minimum flight 
requirements, such regulations may provide for the payment of flight 
pay at the rates prescribed in section 204(b) of the Career Compensa-
73 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LA.W 86-166-AUG. 18, 1959 
381 
tion Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 802) as amended, to certain members of the 
Armed Forces otherwise entitled to receive flight pay during the fiscal 
year 1960 {!) who have held aeronautical ratings or desi^ations 
for not less tnan twenty years, or (2) whose particular assignment 
outside the United States or in Alaska makes it impractical to par-
ticipate in regular aerial flights. 
SEC. 615. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for expense of transportation, packing, crating, tempo-
rary storage, drayage, and unpacking of household goods and personal 
effects in excess of eleven thousand pounds net in any one shipment: 
Provided, That the limitations imposed herein shall not be applicable 
in the case of members transferred to or serving in stations outside 
the continental United States or in Alaska under orders relieving 
them from a duty station within the United States prior to July 10, 
1952, and who are returned to the United States under orders relieving 
them from a duty station beyond the United States or in Alaska on or 
after July 1,1953. 
SEC. 616. Vessels under the jurisdiction of the Department of Com-
merce, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Air Force, 
or the Department of the Navy may be transferred or otherwise made 
available without reimbursement to any such agencies upon the request 
of the head of one agency and the approval of the agency having 
jurisdiction of the vessels concerned. 
SEC. 617. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail-
able for training in any legal profession nor for the payment of tuition 
for training in such profession: Provided, That this limitation shall 
not apply to the off-duty training of military personnel as prescribed 
by section 621 of this Act. 
SEC. 618. Not more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in 
this Act which are limited for obligation during fiscal year 1960 shall 
be obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year: 
Provided, 
That this section shall not apply to obligations for support of active 
duty training of civilian components or summer camp training of 
the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. 
SEC. 619. During the fiscal year 1960 the agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense may accept the use of real property from foreign 
countries for the United States in accordance with mutual defense 
agreements or occupational arrangements and may accept services 
furnished by foreign countries as reciprocal international courtesies 
or as services customarily made available without charge; and such 
agencies may use the same for the support of the United States forces 
in such areas without specific appropriation therefor. 
In addition to the foregoing, agencies of the Department of Defense 
may accept real property, services, and commodities from foreign 
countries for the use of the United States in accordance with mutual 
defense agreements or occupational arrangements and such agencies 
may use the same for the support of the United States forces in such 
areas, without specific appropriation therefor: Provided, That within 
thirty days after the end of each quarter the Secretary of Defense 
shall render to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives and to the Bureau of the Budget a full 
report of such property, supplies, and commodities received during 
such quarter. 
SEC. 620. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available 
to the Department of Defense for research and development may be 
used for the purposes of section 2353 of title 10, United States Code, 
and for purposes related to research and development for which 
expenditures are specifically authorized in other appropriations of the 
service concerned. 
63 Stat. 809. 
37 u s e 235. 
H o u s e h o l d 
goods. 
N o n a p p l l c a-
bility. 
Transfer of vee 
sels. 
Legal training. 
Obligated funds, 
1960. 
A c e e p t a n c e of 
property irom 
fof 
eign countries. 
Reports to Con-
gress and B udg et 
Bureau. 
Research and de-
velopment. 
70A Stat. 134. 
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PUBLIC LAW 86-166-AUG. 18, 1959 
[73 ST A T . 
T u i t i o n 
p a y -
ments, etc. 
ROTC. 
Loyalty require-
ment. 
P r o c urement of 
product s« restric-
tion. 
Bakeries, 
laun-
dries, etc. 
Air mail. 
F o r e i g n 
quai^ 
ters. 
66 Stat. 622. 
Furnishings. 
Uniforms. 
68 Stat. 1114. 
SEC. 621. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
for the payment of more than 75 per centum of charges of educational 
institutions for tuition or expenses for off-duty training of military 
personnel, nor for the payment of any part of tuition or expenses for 
such training for commissioned personnel who do not agree to remain 
on active duty for two years after completion of such training. 
SEC. 622. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be 
expended for the support of any formally enrolled student in basic 
courses of the senior division, Reserve Officers' Training Corps, who 
has not executed a certificate of loyalty or loyalty oath m such form 
as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 623. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for the procurement of any article of food, clothing, 
cotton, spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, or wool (whether in the 
form of fiber or yarn or contained in fabrics, materials, or manufac-
tured articles) not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the 
United States or its possessions, except to the extent that the Secretary 
of the dej)artment concerned shall determine that a satisfactory quality 
and sufficient quantity of any articles of food or clothing or any form 
of cotton, spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, or wool grown, reproc-
essed, reused, or produced in the United States or its possessions 
cannot be procured as and when needed at United States market prices 
and except procurements outside the United States in support of 
combat operations, procurements by vessels in foreign waters and 
emergency procurements or procurements of perishable foods by 
establishments located outside the United States for the personnel 
attached thereto: Provided, That nothing herein shall preclude the 
procurement of foods manufactured or processed in the United States 
or its possessions: Provided further, That no funds herein appropri-
ated shall be used for the payment of a price differential on contracts 
hereafter made for the purpose of relieving economic dislocations. 
SEC. 624. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, 
laundry, or dry-cleaning facility in the United States, its Territories 
or possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify 
in writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be fur-
nished by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources 
at reasonable rates. 
SEC. 625. During the current fiscal year, appropriations of the 
Department of Defense shall be available for reimbursement to the 
Post Office Department for payment of costs of commercial air trans-
portation of military mail between the United States and foreign 
countries. 
SEC. 626. Appropriations of the Department of Defense available 
for the payment of rental allowances shall be available for the leasing 
of quarters in foreign countries constructed under the authority of 
section 302 of Public Law 534, approved July 14,1952, for assignment 
as public quarters to military personnel of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 627. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
for providing furnishings, without charge, in other than public quar-
ters occupied by military or civilian personnel of the Department of 
Defense on duty outside the continental United States or in Alaska, 
upon a determination, under regulations approved by the Secretary of 
Defense, that such action is advantageous to the Government. 
SEC. 628, During the current fiscal year appropriations available to 
the Department of Defense for pay of civilian employees shall be 
available for uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by the 
Act of September 1,1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131). 
73 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 86-167-AUG. 18, 1959 
383 
SEC. 629. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
shall, upon requisition of the National Board for the Promotion of 
Rifle Practice, and without reimbursement, transfer from agencies of 
the Department of Defense to the Board ammunition from stock or 
which has been procured for the purpose in such amounts as he may 
determine. 
Such appropriations of the Department of Defense available for 
obligation during the current fiscal year as may be designated by 
the Secretary of Defense shall be available for the travel expenses of 
military and naval personnel, including the reserve components, and 
members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps attending regional, 
national or international rifle matches. 
SEC. 630. Funds provided in this Act for legislative liaison activities 
of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the 
Department of the Air Force, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense 
shall not exceed $2,650,000: Promded^ That this amount shall be avail-
able for apportionment to the Department of the Army, the Depart-
ment of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, and the Office of 
the Secretary of Defense as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC, 631. Of the funds made available by this Act for the services of 
the Military Air Transport Service, $85,000,000 shall be available only 
for procurement of commercial air transportation service; and the 
Secretary of Defense shall utilize the services of civil air carriers which 
qualify as small businesses to the fullest extent found practicable. 
SEC. 632. Not to exceed $7,000,000 of the funds made available in this 
Act for the purpose shall be available for the hire of motor vehicles. 
SEC. 633. Durmg the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense, 
should he deem it advantageous to the national defense to accelerate gram.' 
any strategic or tactical missile program, may transfer under the 
authority and terms of the Emergency Fund, an additional $150,000,000 
for the acceleration of such missile program or programs: Provided^ 
That the transfer authority made available under the terms of the 
Emergency Fund appropriation contained in this Act is hereby broad-
ened to meet the requirements of this section: Provided further^ That 
the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Appropriations Committees 
of the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this 
authority. 
SEC. 634. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, 1960". 
Approved August 18, 1959. 
P r o m o t i o n 
of 
rifle practice. 
Legislative liai-
son activities. 
C i v i l 
riers. 
a i r cai^ 
Motor 
v e h i c l e 
hire. 
Transfer of funds 
for m i s s i l e pro-
No t i f ication to 
Congress. 
Short title. 
Public Law 86-167 
AN ACT 
To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct studies and 
render a report on the feasibility of developing the water resources of the 
Salt Fork and the Prairie Dog Town Forlt of the Red River in the State of 
Texas. 
August 18, 1959 
[H. R. 4405] 
R e d 
Texas. 
S t u d 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to conduct the neces-
sary studies and render a report to the Congress on the feasibility of ^°^ 
developing the water resources of that portion of the drainage area 
of the Salt Fork of the Red River lying in the State of Texas and that 
portion of the drainage area of the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the 
Red River lying in the State of Texas for furnishing municipal and 
industrial water and for other purposes. 
Approved August 18, 1959. 
Ft i V e f, 
y a n d re-