An Act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes.
PL 82-547 (H.R.8370), enacted 07/15/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 547-JULY 15, 1952 
Public Law 547 
CHAPTER 758 
AN A C T 
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July IS, 1952 
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, 
[H. R. 8370] 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following A^pro ^/atiSn ACI^ 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- 1953. 
wise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, namely: 
C H A P T E R ! 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
FISCAL SERVICE 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1952, for "Salaries and 
expenses. Fiscal Service", $70,000. 
COMPENSATION AND RETIREMENT FUND EXPENSES 
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT RETIREMENT AND RELIEF FUNDS 
For an additional amount for "District government retirement 
and relief funds", $397,000. 
DISTRICT DEBT SERVICE 
For reimbursement to the Treasury of the United States for the 
amount paid to the Pan American Union under the provisions of 
Public Law 902, approved December 29, 1950, $54,692. 
64 Stat. 1133. 
REGULATORY AGENCIES 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATOR OF RENT CONTROL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for "Office of Administrator of Rent Con-
trol", $125,000, of which not less than $27,000 shall be available for 
payment of terminal leave only: Provided, That this paragraph shall 
De effective only upon enactment into law of authorizing legislation 
for the purposes of rent control in the District of Columbia. 
PUBLIC SCHOOLS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
PUBLIC SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES FUND 
For crediting to the public school food services fund, in accordance 
with the provisions of the District of Columbia Public School Food 
Services Act (Public Law 159, approved October 8, 1951), $25,000. 
65 stat. 367. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Civil Defense, including 
personal services without reference to the civil service laws as related 
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monies. 
to recruitment; and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act 
of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $100,000. 
REDEVELOPMENT LAND AGENCY 
For payment of per diem for the fiscal year 1952 of members of 
the Redevelopment Land Agency of the District of Cohimbia, $5,020: 
Provided^ That this appropriation shall also be available for the pay-
ment of such per diem for services rendered prior to July 1,1950. 
HEALTH DEPARTMENT 
MEDICAL C H A R I T I E S 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1950, for "Medical charities", 
$92,613. 
PUBLIC WORKS 
OPERATING EXPENSES, ELECTRICAL DIVISION 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1951, for "Operating ex-
penses. Electrical Division", $19,341. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY, SEWER DIVISION 
For an additional amount for "Capital outlay. Sewer Division", 
to remain available until June 30, 1954, $1,200,000, including such 
amount as may be necessary for the preparation of surveys, plans, and 
specifications in connection with the construction of storm-water and 
relief sewers. 
REPAIRS TO OLD BAY LINE PIER 
For emergency repairs to Old Bay Line pier, Washington Channel, 
$26,700, which amount shall be transferred to the Department of the 
Army and be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the 
Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, and shall remain 
available until expended. 
DIVISION OF EXPENSES 
The sums appropriated in this Act for the District of Columbia 
shall, unless otherwise specifically provided for, be paid out of the 
general fund of the District of Columbia, as defined in the District 
of Columbia Appropriation Acts for the fiscal years involved. 
CHAPTER I I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 1953: To enable the 
Secretary of the Senate to pay the necessary expenses of the inaugural 
ceremonies of the President of the United States, January 20, 1953, 
in accordance with such program as may be adopted by the joint com-
mittee of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed under 
a concurrent resolution of the two Houses, including the pay for extra 
police, $156,000. 
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Stationery: For an additional allowance for stationery of $300 for 
each Senator and the President of the Senate for the second session 
of the Eighty-second Congress, $29,100, to remain available for obli-
gation until January 2, 1953. 
For an additional amount for Inquiries and investigations, Com-
mittee on Appropriations, $250,000. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
For an additional amount for salaries and expenses, studies and 
examinations of executive agencies, by the Committee on Appropria-
tions, including the purposes of Committee on Appropriations Reso-
lution Numbered 11, adopted by the committee on July 2,1952, $250,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
Stationery (revolving fund) : For an additional amount for "Sta-
tionery (revolving fund)", $132,200, including an additional sta-
tionery allowance of $300 for each Representative, Delegate, and the 
Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, for the second session of the 
Eighty-second Congress, to remain available until expended. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
For an additional amount for "House Office Buildings": $48,750. 
House Restaurants: For structural and mechanical changes, labor, 
materials, equipment, and all other necessary items to provide facili-
ties for carry-out food service in the New and Old House Office Build-
ings, to be operated as part of the House of Representatives restaur-
ants, $23,000. 
CHAPTER I I I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION 
CLAIMS, 
FEDERAL 
AIRPORT 
ACT 
For an additional amount for "Claims, Federal Airport Act", 4 9^*u*sc^°'ioi 
$585,536, as follows: Travis Field, Savannah, Georgia, $51,797; n°te-
Municipal Airport, Hutchinson, Kansas, $43,961; Salisbury-Wicomico 
Airport, Salisbury, Maryland, $25,096; Holman Field, St. Paul, 
Minnesota, $174,327; Municipal Airport, Dayton, Ohio, $289,294; 
Kitsap County Airport, Kitsap, Washington, $1,061. 
For an additional amount for "Claims, Federal Airport Act", 
$1,235,887, as follows: Municipal Airport, Tulsa, Oklahoma, $111,106; 
Orange County Airport, Orange County, California, $53,604; Bakers-
field-Kern County Airport Number 1, Kern County (Bakersfield), 
California, $45,719; Municipal Airport, Bainbridge, Georgia, $54,196; 
Municipal Airport, Cleveland, Ohio, $347,605; Municipal Airport, 
Beverly, Massachusetts, $40,258; Municipal Airport, Orlando, Florida, 
$246,618; Municipal Airport, Fort Wayne, Indiana, $198,896; Munici-
pal Airport, New Bedford, Massachusetts, $30,580; Lambert-Saint 
Louis Municipal Airport, Saint Louis, Missouri, $25,409; Municipal 
Airport, Grand Island, Nebraska, $71,617; Cape May County Airport, 
Cape May County, New Jersey, $10,279. 
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NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS 
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EMERGENCY FACILITIES, RADIATION PHYSICS LABORATORY 
For expenses necessary for construction of a Badium Laboratory 
and an annex to the Betatron Building, $131,000. 
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
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COAST GUARD 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
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For an additional amount for "Operating expenses", $5,200,000. 
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ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For an additional amount for "Acquisition, construction, and im-
provements", $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
RETIRED PAY 
For an additional amount for "Retired pay", $625,000. 
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RESERVE TRAINING 
For an additional amount for "Reserve training", $100,000. 
GOVERNMENT CORPORATION 
RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $15,000,000 (to be computed on an accrual basis) of 
the funds of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation shall be avail-
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able during the current fiscal year for its administrative expenses, in-
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eluding 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 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 con-
tinental United States; the expenses of services performed on a con-
tract or fee basis in connection with termination of contracts or in the 
performance of legal services; and all administrative expenses reim-
bursable from other Government agencies: Provided further, That the 
distribution of administrative expenses to the accounts of the Cor-
poration shall be made in accordance with generally recognized ac-
counting principles and practices. 
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CHAPTER V 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
Salaries and expenses: The limitation on the amount which may be 
expended for one passenger motor vehicle (for replacement only) car-
ried under this head in the Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 
1953, is hereby increased from "$3,000" to "$5,000". 
Ante, p. 358. 
BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 
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AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for "Grants to States for unemployment 
compensation and employment service administration", $6,800,000. 
MEXICAN FARM LABOR PROGRAM 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
necessary to carry out the functions of the Department of Labor under 
the Act of July 12, 1951 (Public Law 78), including temporary 
^yc^l46^^^i468. 
employment of persons without regard to the civil service laws, $2,800,-
000: Provided, That the general provisions applicable to the Depart-
ment of Labor contained in the Labor-Federal Security Appropri-
ation Act, 1953, shall apply to the funds appropriated herein in the 
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same manner as if this appropriation were a part of that Act. 
F E D E R A L S E C U R I T Y AGENCY 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE F
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R THE BLIND 
EDUCATION OF THE BLIND 
For an additional amount for "Education of the Blind", $60,000. 
OFFICE OF EDUCATION 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $60,000. 
PAYMENTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1952, for "Payments to school 
districts", $11,570,000. 
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for "School construction", $60,000,000 to 
remain available until expended. 
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PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
For additional amounts for increased costs of pay and allowances 
authorized by Public Law 346, approved May 19, 1952, as follows: 
'^nte, p. 79. 
"Communicable diseases", $69,750; 
"Disease and sanitation investigations and control, Territory of 
Alaska", $7,500; 
"Hospitals and medical care", $388,000; 
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"Foreign quarantine service", $15,000; 
"National Institutes of Health, operating expenses", $48,750; 
"Ketired pay of commissioned officers", $36,000; 
"Salaries and expenses", $20,250. 
HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CARE 
For an additional amount for "Hospitals and medical care" 
$500,000; and this amount shall be exclusively available for payments 
to the Territory of Hawaii for care and treatment of persons afflicted 
with leprosy. 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, DEFENSE COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses. Defense Com-
munity Facilities and Services", $50,000, to be derived by transfer 
from the appropriation "Defense Community Facilities and Services, 
Federal Security Agency": Provided^ That none of the funds made 
available under this head shall be obligated after December 31, 1952, 
except for liquidation of the program. 
CHAPTER VI 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE 
WATER CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION PROJECTS 
For an additional amount for "Water conservation and utilization 
projects", $190,000, to remain available until expended. 
CHAPTER VII 
DEPARTMENT OF T H E INTERIOR 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
RESEARCH IN THE UTILIZATION OF SALINE WATER 
For expenses necessary to carry out provisions of Public Law 448, 
Ante, p. 328. 
approved July 3,1952, authorizing studies of the conversion of saline 
water for beneficial consumptive uses, $125,000. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for "Construction", $262,500, to remain 
available until expended: Provided^ That restrictions contained 
65 Stat. 260. 
wlthiu the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1952, limiting 
the amounts which ipay be expended from appropriations to the 
National Park Service for personal services, are hereby waived to 
the extent necessary to meet the costs of fire suppression and of 
emergency reconstruction or replacement of facilities damaged or 
destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes. 
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F I S H AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
INVESTIGATIONS OF RESOURCES 
For an additional amount for "Investigations of resources", 
$240,000. 
CHAPTER VIII 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
DEDICATION OF WORLD WAR II MEMORIALS 
For expenses necessary for an appropriate dedication of World 
War I I memorials, erected under authority of the Act of June 26,1946 
(36 U. S. C. 123), to be available for such purposes as the Commission 
eo stat. 317. 
may deem necessary and proper and without regard to the provisions 
of other laws or regulations relating to the expenditure of public 
funds (except that this exemption shall not be construed as waiving 
the requirement for the submission of accounts and vouchers to the 
General Accounting Office for audit), $30,000, to be immediately avail-
able and to remain available until June 30, 1953: Provided^ That, 
when in the discretion of the American Battle Monuments Commis-
sion it would be in the public interest, personnel and transportation 
facilities of any other Government agency may be furnished by such 
agency, without reimbursement, to the Commission for the purposes 
of this appropriation. 
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 
Operating expenses: For an additional amount for "Operating 
expenses", including the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $88,094,000, 
of which $50,000,000 shall be available only for the weapons program: 
Provided, That appropriations granted to the Commission under this 
head for the fiscal year 1953 shall be available in amounts not to exceed 
$27,909,900 for expenses of program direction and administration per-
sonnel, and not to exceed $3,183,498 for expenses of travel. 
Plant and equipment: For an additional amount for "Plant and 
equipment", including the purchase (not to exceed an additional one 
hundred) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $2,898,800,000: 
Provided.^ That in connection with the expansion of facilities pro- 
contracts, 
vided in this appropriation, the Commission is authorized without 
regard to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes to enter into new 
3i use ees. 
contracts or modify existing contracts to provide for electric utility 
services for periods not exceeding twenty-five years, and such con-
tracts shall be subject to termination by the Commission upon 
payment of cancellation costs of not to exceed $57,000,000, and any 
appropriation presently or hereafter made available to the Commis-
sion shall be available for the payment of such cancellation costs: 
Provided further, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall 
be available for the construction of any office building, residence, 
warehouse or similar structure, utility, or other specific portion or 
unit of a project, unless funds are available for the completion of 
such building, utility, or other specific portion or unit of such project. 
The foregoing proviso shall not be construed to prevent the purchase 
of land for any project, the construction of any new building or pro-
curement of any machinery, equipment or materials therefor, nor 
any utility nor any portion or unit of a specific project if the funds 
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are available to pay the cost of such land, the cost of such building, 
machinery, equipment or materials, or the cost of such utility or 
the cost of any such specific portion or unit of such project. 
COMMISSION ON RENOVATION OF THE EXECUTIVE MANSION 
Appropriations available to the "Commission on Renovation of 
the Executive Mansion", for fiscal year 1952, shall remain available 
until September 30,1952. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, Federal Trade 
Commission", $125,000. 
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
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H O S P I T A L F A C I L I T I E S IN T H E DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Act 
approved August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended (65 Stat. 657), 
authorizing the establishment of a hospital center in the District of 
Columbia, including grants to private agencies for hospital facilities 
in said District, $11,400,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided^ That the foregoing appropriation shall be the total amount to 
be provided by the Federal Government for the completion of the 
projects contemplated in connection with such appropriation: Pro-
vided further^ That appropriations and contract authorizations here-
tofore granted under the head of "Hospital Center, District of 
Columbia" shall be merged with and accounted for as a part of this 
appropriation. 
HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 
OFFICE OF T H E ADMINISTRATOR 
DEFENSE HOUSING 
For an additional amount for "Defense housing", including not to 
exceed $1,433,735 for administrative expenses of the Public Housing 
Administration in connection with construction of housing under such 
appropriation, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided^ That the funds hereby appropriated shall not be available in 
excess of the amount now or hereafter authorized to be appropriated 
to the Housing and Home Finance Agency for defense housing by 
title I I I of the Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Serv-
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propriation shall be used for the construction of any project unless 
funds are available for the completion of such project. No part of this 
appropriation may be used for administrative expenses or to pay sal-
aries to any employee within the Public Housing Administration or 
for any other purpose so long as that agency proceeds with any 
public-housing project after such project has been rejected or previous 
approval thereof canceled by the governing body of the locality by 
resolution or otherwise or by public vote and the governing body has 
tendered the United States full reimbursement of Federal funds 
advanced on such project prior to such cancellation and a release from 
all obligations incurred under such project. 
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FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE 
ASSOCIATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
The amount made available under this head in title I I I of the 
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1953, for administrative 
expenses of the Federal National Mortgage Association is increased 
by $680,000; and the limitation under said head on the amount avail-
able for expenses of travel is increased by $40,800: Provided^ That 
this paragraph shall take effect only upon the enactment into law of 
S. 3066, Eighty-second Congress. 
Arae. p. 415. 
Ante, p. 601. 
ALASKA HOUSING 
For an additional amount for "Alaska housing", $4,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided^ That this paragraph 
shall take effect only upon the enactment into law of S. 3066, Eighty-
second Congress. 
Ante, p. 601. 
SLUM CLEARANCE AND URBAN REDEVELOPMENT 
CAPITAL GRANTS FOR SLUM CLEARANCE AND URBAN REDEVELOPMENT 
For payment of capital grants as authorized by title I of the Hous-
ing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1453, 1456), $8,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
63 Stat. 413. 
PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND ElOPENSES 
The amount made available under this head in title I I I of the 
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1953, for administrative 
expenses of the Public Housing Administration is increased by $1,433,-
735; and the limitation under said head on the amount available for 
expenses of travel is increased by $88,000. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
Ante, p . 417. 
S A L A R I E S A N D E X P E N S E S , N A T I O N A L GALLERY OF 
ART 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses. National 
Gallery of Art", $187,500. 
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 
For an additional amount for "Tennessee Valley Authority", in-
cluding the purchase of not to exceed an additional seventy passenger 
motor vehicles, $150,000,000 to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided^ That the limitation on travel expenses in the Independent 
Offices Appropriation Act, 1953, is hereby increased from $1,546,650 
to $1,648,275. 
WAR CLAIMS COMMISSION 
Ante, p. 407. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Administrative expenses", $250,000, 
to be derived from the war claims fund created by section 13 (a) 
sVusc^l^pp 
of the War Claims Act of 1948 (Public Law 896, approved July 3, 2012. 
1948). 
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
MARITIME ACTIVITIES 
WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION LIQUIDATION 
The appropriation made available under this head in the Independ-
Ame, p. 414. 
ent Offices Appropriation Act, 1953, shall be available for the payment 
of obligations incurred against the vi^orking fund titled "Working 
fund, Commerce, War Shipping Administration functions, December 
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31,1946". 
CHAPTER I X 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
Military Public 
TITLE I—MILITARY PUBLIC WORKS 
Works Appropria-
tion Act, 1953. 
OFFICE or THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
For establishment and development of military installations and 
facilities in foreign countries, $140,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or per-
manent public works, military installations, and facilities for the 
Army, as authorized by the Act of January 6, 1951 (Public Law 910, 
64 Stat. 1221. 
Eiglity-first Congress), the Act of September 28, 1951 (Public Law 
65 Stat. 336. 
155^ Eighty-secoud Congress), and the Act of 
, 1952 (Public 
Ante, p. 606. 
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, H. R. 8120, Eighty-secoud Congress), without regard to 
yg«> use i339;4o scctious 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, including hire 
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of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $5,000,000 for advance 
planning as authorized by section 504 of said Act of September 28, 
31 use 723. 
1951; $585,510,000, to remain available until expended. 
Of total 
amount appropriated in this paragraph, $1,980,000 shall be allocated 
for Camp Crowder, Missouri. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 
PUBLIC W O R K S 
For construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or 
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ermanent public works, naval installations, and facilities for the 
lavy, as authorized by the Act of June 16, 1948 (62 Stat. 459), the 
^_6^4stat. 236.829, Act of Juue 17, 1950 (Public Law 564, Eighty-first Congress), the 
50'use881 note. Act of September 11, 1950 (Public Law 783, Eighty-first Congress), 
the Act of January 6, 1951 (Public Law 910, Eighty-first Congress), 
the Act of September 28, 1951 (Public Law 155, Eighty-second Con-
es Stat. 336. 
gress), and the Act of 
, 1952 (Public Law 
, H. R. 8120, Eighty-
Ante, p. 606. 
secoud Cougress), seal coating for airfield pavements at Naval Sta-
tion, Adak, Alaska; including not to exceed $2,500,000 for advance 
31 use 723, 
planning as authorized by section 504 of said Act of September 28, 
1951; $210,000 for the acquisition of facilities as authorized by said 
Act of September 11, 1950; furniture for public quarters; personnel 
in the Bureau of Yards and Docks and other personal services neces-
sary for the purposes of this appropriation; and engineering and 
architectural services as authorized by section 3 of the Act of April 
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25, 1939 (34 U. S. C. 556) ; $361,254,840, to remain available until 
S3 stat. S9i. 
expended. 
Naval Supply School, Athens, Georgia, rehabilitation of existing 
facilities and new construction, $2,030,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 
ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF REAL PROPERTY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem-
porary or permanent public works, military installations, and facili-
ties for the Air Force, as authorized by the Act of March 30, 1949 (63 
Stat. 17), the Act of October 27, 1949 (63 Stat. 936), as amended, the 
Act of June 17,1950 (Public Law 564, Eighty-first Congress), the Act 
of January 6, 1951 (Public Law 910, Eighty-first Congress), the Act 
of September 28, 1951 (Public Law 155, Eighty-second Congress), 
and the Act of 
, 1952 (Public Law —, H. R. 8120, Eighty-second 
Congress), without regard to sections 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes, 
as amended, and the land, and interests therein, may be acquired and 
construction may be prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title 
by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, 
as amended; not to exceed $52,620,000 for planning (including advance 
planning, master planning, and investigational engineering) as author-
ized by section 504 of said Act of September 28, 1951; and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; $1,200,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided^ That no part of these funds shall be expended 
for actual construction of facilities or structures at Grandview Air 
Terminal, Missouri, until the city of Kansas City, Missouri, has con-
veyed to the United States Government the fee simple title to all lands 
required for the base or has given the United States Government at 
least a twenty-five-year lease to such land on a nominal rental basis. 
SEC. 802. None of the funds appropriated in this title shall be 
expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for work 
where cost estimates exceed $25,000 to be performed within the con-
tinental United States without the specific approval in writing of the 
Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 
SEC. 803. None of the funds appropriated in this title shall be 
expended for additional costs involved in expediting construction: 
Provided^ That the Secretary of Defense, or his designee for the 
purpose, shall establish a reasonable completion date for each project, 
taking into consideration the type and location of the project, the 
climatic and seasonal conditions affecting the construction and the 
application of economical construction practices. Any appropriation 
available to the Department of Defense shall be available for muster-
ing-out payments as authorized by law. 
SEC. 804. No part of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act of the present Congress shall be used for the construction, 
replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, laundry, or dry-cleaning 
facilities 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 furnished by such facilities 
are not obtainable from commercial sources at reasonable rates. 
SEC. 805. No part of the funds herein appropriated shall be used 
to expand the facilities of the Department of the Air Force to estab-
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1221. 
65 Stat. 336. 
Ante, p. 606. 
10 u s e 1339; 40 
u s e 259, 267. 
33 u s e 733 and 
note. 
31 u s e 723. 
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tract. 
Costa of expedit-
ing construction. 
Bakery, laundry 
facilities, etc. 
Separate system 
of supplies. 
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lish or maintain a separate system for providing such supplies and 
services as were furnished to the Department of the Air Force by the 
Department of the Army prior to August 1, 1951. 
SEC. 806. This title may be cited as the "Military Public Works 
Appropriation Act, 1953". 
Citation of title. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF T H E ARMY 
ALASKA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or per-
'^ 
manent public works, including buildings, facilities, appurtenances, 
and utilities, at stations of the Alaska Communication System, as 
62 Stat. 375. 
authoHzed by the Act of June 12,1948 (Public Law 626), and the Act 
10 ^u^sc^^'s3 9; ^^ October 27,1949 (Public Law 414), without regard to sections 1136 
40 use 259, 267.' and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, including hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; $1,400,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall not be available for construction 
• 
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of familj^ quarters at (1) an average cost in excess of $26,500 for 
construction, including out not limited to, kitchen range, refrigerator, 
telephone, architectural and engineering services, and all contingen-
; 
om : 
cies; nor at (2) a cost per family unit in excess of $5,000, for site 
development and outside utilities, including architectural and engi-
neering services therefor and all contingencies. 
CHAPTER X 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
• 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY—CIVIL FUNCTIONS 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS 
RIVERS AND HARBORS 
Rivers and harbors: For an additional amount for "Rivers and 
harbors", including the objects specified under this head in the "Civil 
Ante, p. 580. 
Fuuctions Appropriation Act, 1953", $5,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL 
Of the funds available for the Garrison Dam and Reservoir project 
on the Missouri River, not more than $450,000 shall be available, until 
expended, for the planning, construction, and furnishing by the Corps 
of Engineers of adequate elementary and high-school facilities in the 
new combined municipality (commonly referred to as Newtown) in 
North Dakota, which is for the acquisition of and to replace the school 
facilities in the villages of Sanish and Van Hook, North Dakota, which 
are located within areas acquired by the United States because of 
the construction of the Garrison Dam and Reservoir project on said 
river, conditional upon Newtown School District Number 1, Moun-
trail County, North Dakota, wherein such new combined municipality 
is located, contributing to the cost of such planning, construction, and 
furnishing the maximum amount of money which can be provided 
through a bond issue within the general debt limitation permitted by 
law for such school district. 
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649 
CHAPTER X I 
MUTUAL SECURITY 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT O F DEFENSE 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY—CIVIL FUNCTIONS 
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 
Germany, Japan and Austria), including, subject to such authoriza-
tions and limitations as may be prescribed by the head of the depart-
ment or agency concerned, tuition, travel expenses, 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 m excess of $50 
per diem for individuals not to exceed ten in number; translation 
rights, photographic work, education exhibits, and dissemination of 
information, including preview and review expenses incident thereto; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; repair and maintenance 
of buildings, utilities, facilities, and appurtenances; not to exceed 
$2,000 for contingencies for the United States commanders, commis-
sioners, or other administrators of foreign areas, to be expended in 
their respective discretions; 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 accom-
plished; and such supplies, commodities, and equipment as may be 
essential to carry out the purposes of this appropriation; $11,000,000, 
of which not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses: Provided, That the general provisions of the Appropriation 
Act for the current fiscal year for the military functions of the Depart-
ment of the Army shall apply to expenditures made by that Depart-
ment from this appropriation: Provided further, That expenditures 
from this appropriation 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 neces-
sary to carry out its purposes, without regard to section 3709, Revised 
Statutes, as amended, and the Armed Services Procurement Act of 
1947 (41 U. S. C. 161-161): Provided further, Th&t expenditures may 
be made hereunder 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 President for the procurement of such commodities and technical 
services, and commodities procured from funds herein or heretofore 
appropriated 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 maintenance of the political and economic stability of 
such areas: Provided further, That before any such assistance is made 
Mutual Security 
Appropriation Act, 
1953. 
60 Stat. 810. 
M i n i m u m sup -
p l i e s for civilian 
populations. 
33 u s e 733 and 
note; 10 USC 1339; 
31 U S C 5 2 9 ; 40 
USC 259, 267. 
4 1 USC 5. 
62 Stat. 21. 
62 Stat, 137. 
22 U S C 
1 5 0 1 
note. 
Commodities and 
t e c h n i c a l serv-
ices. 
Bilateral agree 
ment. 
PUBLIC LAW 547-JULY 15, 1952 
[66 S T A T . 
available, an agreement 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 furtheran'^.e of such purposes: 
Provided 
further^ That such agreement shall, when applicable, include require-
ments and undertakings corresponding to the requirements and under-
2 2^ijsc^'i'4 11 takings specified in sections 6, 6, and 7 of the Foreign Aid Act of 1947 
"°**- 
(Public Law 389, aj)proved December 17, 1947) : Provided 
further^ 
tai^ft'r'^sportation That fuuds appropriated hereunder may be used, insofar as practi-
charges. 
cable, and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by 
the head of the department or agency concerned to pay ocean trans-
portation charges from United States ports, including territorial ports, 
to ports in the Ryukyus for the movement of supplies donated to, or 
purchased by, United States voluntary nonprofit relief agencies regis-
tered with and recommended by the Advisory Committee on v oluntary 
Foreign Aid or of relief packages consigned to individuals residing in 
such areas: Provided further^ That under the rules and regulations 
to be prescribed, the head of 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 com-
modities shipped to 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 individuals 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 pri-
marily to any function or functions so transferred: Provided 
further^ 
That not to exceed $1,725,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
head for the fiscal year 1950, shall remain available until June 30, 
1953, for the payment of obligations incurred under contracts executed 
prior to July 1,1950. 
Relief packages. 
Transfer of func-
tions. 
T I T L E II—DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
60 Stat. 810. 
Tort claims. 
62 Stat. 983. 
GOVERNMEN'T IN OCCUPIED AREAS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet the 
responsibilities and obligations of the United States in Germany and 
Austria (including those arising under the supreme authority assumed 
by the United States on June 5, 1945, and under contractual arrange-
ments with the Federal Republic of Germany), under such regulations 
as the Secretary of State may prescribe, including one deputy to the 
United States chief of mission in Germany at a salary of $17,500; 
tuition, travel expenses, 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 carry 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 partici-
pating 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 educa-
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mti 
tional, informational, reorientation, and rehabilitation materials and 
equipment 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 (including trial and punishment by 
courts established by or under authority of the President); printing 
and binding outside continental United States without regard to sec-
tion 11 of the Act of March 1,1919 (44 U. S. C. I l l ) ; purchase, rental, 
operation, and maintenance of printing and binding machines, equip-
ment, and devices abroad; purchase (including one at not to exceed 
$3,600 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
transportation to Germany or Austria of property donated for the 
purposes of this appropriation; unforeseen contingencies (not to 
exceed $25,000) for the United States chief of mission in Germany, 
to be accounted for pursuant to the provisions of section 291 of the 
Kevised 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); $19,000,000: 
Provided, 
That provisions of law, 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 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 m this appropriation: Provided further, That expenditures 
from this appropriation may be made outside the continental United 
States, when necessary to carry out its purposes, without regard to 
sections 355 and 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended: Provided 
further, 
That the Department of State is authorized to utilize for carrying 
out the purposes of this appropriation, including unforeseen contin-
gencies, without dollar reimbursement from this or any other appro-
priation (1) currencies deposited in Germany by the Federal Republic 
of Germany and in Austria by the Republic of Austria in accordance 
with section 115 (b) (6) of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, 
as amended, and which may be made available by the Director for 
Mutual Security, (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 con-
sultation with the Director for Mutual Security, (3) other currencies 
derived from activities carried on under this appropriation, or in the 
possession of or under the control of the Department of State in 
Germany and Austria, and (4") in the event sufficient currencies are not 
available from the sources specified in (1), (2), and (3) above, 
currencies derived from payments by the Federal Republic of Ger-
many and the Republic of Austria to the Government of the United 
States for surplus property of whatever nature and kind heretofore 
made available to Germany and Austria, in an amount not to exceed 
the equivalent of $25,000,000; however, the foregoing limitation shall 
not apply to currencies utilized hereunder for United States assistance 
to Berlin: Provided further. That for the purposes of this appropria-
tion appointments may be made to the Foreign Service Reserve with-
out regard to the four-year limitation contained in section 522 of the 
Foreign 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 
40 Stat. 1270. 
60 Stat. 1025. 
47 Stat. 417. 
33 u s e 733 and 
note; 31 USC 529. 
62 Stat. ISO. 
22 USC 1513. 
60 Stat. 1009. 
22 USC 922. 
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[66 STAT. 
Austria, the authorities contained in this appropriation may be 
utilized by the Department of State in connection with such govern-
ment, occupation, or control of such foreign areas: Provided 
further^ 
That when the Department of the Army, under the authority of the 
36 Stat. 1047. 
^^t of March 3, 1911, as amended (10 U. S. C. 1253), furnishes sub-
sistence 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. 
TITLE III—MUTUAL SECURITY 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out the pro-
2 2^ijscf^t65i visions of the Mutual Security Act of 1951 (Public Law 165, approved 
note- 
October 10,1951), as amended, as follows: 
Military assistance, title I : For assistance authorized by section 101 
22 use 1681. 
(a) (1), $3,128,224,750; and, in addition, unexpended balances of 
appropriations heretofore made pursuant to section 101 (a) (1) of 
said Act shall remain available through June 30, 1953, and shall be 
consolidated with this appropriation; 
Economic and technical assistance, title I : For assistance author-
ized by section 101 (a) (2), $1,282,433,000; and, in addition, unex-
pended balances of appropriations heretofore made pursuant to sec-
tion 101 (a) (2) of said Act shall remain available through June 30, 
1953, and shall be consolidated with this appropriation; 
Assistance to Spain: Unexpended balances of appropriations for 
"Assistance to Spain", granted in the Mutual Security Appropriation 
Ante, p. 141. 
^ c t of 1952, shall remain available until June 30, 1953, and shall be 
consolidated with funds allocated for assistance to Spain pursuant to 
section 101 (c) of the Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended; 
Military assistance, title I I : For assistance authorized by section 
22 use 1691. 
201, $499,116,600; and in addition, unexpended balances of appropria-
tions heretofore made pursuant to section 201 of said Act shall remain 
available through June 30, 1953, and shall be consolidated with this 
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appropriation; 
Economic and technical assistance, title I I : For assistance author-
22 use 1693. 
ized by section 203, $50,822,750; and, in addition, unexpended balances 
of appropriations heretofore made pursuant to section 203 of said Act 
(except the amounts allocated or available for the purposes of sections 
j
g
2
g
2 use 1694, 204 and 205 of said Act) shall remain available through June 30,1953, 
and shall be consolidated with this appropriation; 
Palestine refugee assistance, title I I : For assistance authorized by 
Ante, p. 142. 
sectiou 206 for carrying out the purposes of section 204 of said Act, 
$60,063,250; and, in addition, unexpended balances of appropriations 
heretofore made available pursuant to section 203 and allocated or 
otherwise available for the purposes of said section 204 shall remain 
available through June 30, 1953, and shall be consolidated with this 
appropriation; 
Relief and resettlement of refugees entering Israel, title I I : For 
assistance authorized by section 206 for carrying out the purposes of 
section 205 of said Act, $70,228,000; 
Military assistance, title I I I : For assistance authorized by section 
22 use 1701. 
301^ $540,807,500; and, in addition, unexpended balances of appropri-
ations heretofore made pursuant to section 301 of said Act shall remain 
available through June 30, 1953, and shall be consolidated with this 
appropriation; 
Economic and technical assistance, title I I I : (a) For assistance 
22 use 1702. 
authorized by section 302 (a), to be furnished under the applicable 
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653 
provisions of section 503 of the Mutual Security Act of 1952, $202,-
778,250; and, in addition, unexpended balances of appropriations 
heretofore made available pursuant to section 302 of said Act and 
allocated or otherwise available to the Mutual Security Agency (except 
unexpended balances of funds allocated for assistance to Burma and 
Indonesia) shall remain available through June 30, 1953, and shall 
be consolidated with this appropriation; (b) For assistance author-
ized by section 302 (a) to be furnished under the applicable provisions 
of the Act for International Development, as amended, $67,793,000; 
and, in addition, unexpended balances of (1) appropriations hereto-
fore available pursuant to section 302 of said Act and allocated or 
otherwise available to the Technical Cooperation Administration, 
and (2) funds allocated for assistance for Burma and Indonesia, shall 
remain available through June 30,1953, and shall be consolidated with 
this appropriation; 
Contributions to United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency, 
title I I I : The unobligated balances of the appropriations available 
during the fiscal year 1952 for carrying out section 303 of said Act shall 
remain available through June 30, 1953; 
Military assistance, Title IV: For assistance authorized by section 
403 to carry out the provisions of section 401 of said Act, $51,685,750; 
and, in addition, unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore 
made pursuant to said section 401 shall remain available through 
June 30,1953, and shall be consolidated with this appropriation; 
Technical assistance, title IV: For assistance authorized by sec-
tion 403 to carry out the provisions of section 402 of said Act, 
$20,329,000; and, in addition, unexpended balances of appropriations 
heretofore made pursuant to said section 402 shall remain available 
through June 30, 1953, and be consolidated with this appropriation; 
Movement of migrants, title V: For assistance authorized by sec-
tion 534, $9,240,500; 
Ocean freight, voluntary relief packages, title V: For assistance 
authorized by section 535, $2,587,500. 
MULTILATERAL TECHNICAL COOPERATION 
For contributions authorized by section 404 (b) of the Act for 
International Development, as amended by section 10 (a) of the 
Mutual Security Act of 1952, $9,171,333. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S 
EMERGENCY FUND 
For contributions authorized by section 12 of the Mutual Security 
Act of 1952, $6,666,667. 
CORPORATION 
The following corporation is hereby authorized to make such ex-
penditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority avail-
able 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 Corpora-
tion Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out 
the programs set forth in the Budget for the fiscal year 1953 for such 
corporation: 
Institute of Inter-American Affairs. 
Ante, p. 144. 
22 u s e 1702. 
64 Stat. 204. 
22 u s e 
1 5 5 7 
note. 
22 u s e 1711. 
Ante, p. 143. 
22 u s e 1712. 
Ante, p. 147. 
Ante, p. 147. 
22 u s e 1557b. 
Ante, p. ISO. 
Ante, p. 151. 
59 Stat. 598. 
31 u s e 849. 
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[66 S T A T . 
A v a i l ability of 
appropriations. 
65 Stat. 373. 
22 u s e 
1 6 5 1 
note. 
Expenditures of 
confidential 
char^ 
acter. 
47 Stat. 412. 
Officers of PHS 
and Coast and Geo-
detic Survey. 
62 Stat. 47. 
Administrative 
expenses. 
A g r i c u l t u r a l 
products. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
.io.:^--.. '; 
Appropriations in this title for economic or technical assistance 
and allocations from any appropriations to the Director for Mutual 
Security, or the Mutual Security Agency, or the Department of State, 
shall be available, without limitation on any authority conferred by 
the Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended, or any Act continued 
in effect thereby, for rents in the District of Columbia; expenses of 
attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of such appro-
priations ; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of not to exceed 
two aircraft for use outside the continental limits of the United States 
and maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft; purchase of not to 
exceed twenty passenger motor vehicles for use outside the con-
tinental limits of the United States and, in addition, passenger motor 
vehicles abroad may be exchanged or sold and replaced for an equal 
number of such vehicles; transportation of privately owned auto-
mobiles; entertainment within the United States (not to exceed 
$20,000) ; exchange of funds without regard to section 3651 of the 
Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 543) ; loss by exchange; expenditures 
(not to exceed $50,000) of a confidential character other than enter-
tainment provided that a certificate of the amount of each such 
expenditure, the nature of which it is considered inadvisable to specify, 
shall be made by the Director or Deputy Director of Mutual Security, 
and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for 
the amount therein specified; insurance of official motor vehicles in 
foreign countries; acquisition of quarters outside the continental limits 
of the United States to house employees of the United States Govern-
ment by rental (without regard to section 322 of the Act of June 30, 
1932, as amended (40 U. S. C. 278a)), lease, purchase, or construction, 
and necessary repairs and alterations to such quarters; health and 
accident insurance for foreign trainees and technicians while en route 
or absent from their own countries participating in activities author-
ized under the Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended; actual 
expenses of preparing and transporting to their former homes in the 
United States or elsewhere the remains of persons or members of the 
families of persons who'may die while such persons are away from 
their homes participating in activities under the Mutual Security Act 
of 1951, as amended; and services of commissioned officers of the 
Public Health Service and of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and 
for the purposes of providing such services the Public Health Service 
may appoint not to exceed 20 officers in the Regular Corps to grades 
above that of senior assistant, but not above that of director, as other-
wise authorized in accordance with section 711 of the Act of July 
1, 1944; as amended (42 U. S. C. 211a), and the Coast and Geodetic 
Survey may appoint for such purposes not to exceed 20 commissioned 
officers in addition to those otherwise authorized: Provided, That not 
to exceed $37,800,000 shall be available for administrative expenses 
of the departments and agencies concerned with the administration 
of the programs provided for herein, including not to exceed $186,900 
for personal services for those persons in a publicity office of the 
Mutual Security Agency in the District of Columbia the major part of 
whose activities is the dissemination of information in the United 
States and for expenses incident to the dissemination of such 
information, and no part of such amount shall be used to pay the 
salary of any civilian employee at a rate greater than that paid by the 
State Department for comparable work or services in the same area: 
Provided further, That no part of such funds shall be expended for 
the purchase of Agricultural products or products produced from 
Agricultural products not declared to be in short supply, in the United 
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655 
States by the Secretary of Agriculture, at less than the prevailing 
market price for such commodity within the United States or if 
obtained from the Commodity Credit Corporation stocks, at less 
than the support price of such commodity including handling and 
storage costs, but nothing in this proviso shall be construed to pre-
vent the operation of export payment programs, other than those 
financed from funds contained in this chapter, pursuant to section 
32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (Public Law 320, Seventy-fourth 
Congress), as amended, or to prevent the sale at less than the support 
price, including handling and storage costs, of any commodity from 
Commodity Credit Corporation stocks which has substantially de-
teriorated in quality or as to which there is danger of loss or waste 
through deterioration or spoilage. 
This chapter may be cited as the "Mutual Security Appropriation 
Act, 1953". 
CHAPTER X I I 
49 Stat. 
7 use 6 
774. 
I2c. 
C i t a t i o n of 
chapter. 
EMERGENCY AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF T H E PRESIDENT 
O F F I C E OF D E F E N S E MOBILIZATION 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Defense Mobilization, in-
cluding compensation of the Director of Defense Mobilization; print-
ing 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 ve-
hicles; reimbursement of the General Services Administration for 
security guard service; not to exceed $5,000 for emergency and ex-
traordinary expenses, to be expended under the direction of the Di-
rector 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; $1,250,-
000: Provided^ That contracts under this appropriation for tempo-
rary or intermittent services as authorized by section 15 of the Act 
of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), may be renewed annually. 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for the Defense Production Administration, 
including employment of aliens, reimbursement of General Services 
Administration for security guard services, and expenses of attendance 
at meetings concerned with the purposes of this) appropriation, 
$2,875,000: Provided^ That transfers (not to exceed 10 per centum) 
between the appropriations "Salaries and expenses. Defense Produc-
tion Administration" and "Salaries and expenses. Defense Production 
Activities, Department of Commerce" may be' made by agreement 
between the Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the 
Defense Production Administration with approval of the Bureau of 
the Budget. 
DEFENSE TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION 
28 Stat. 622. 
60 Stat. 8 10. 
T r a n 
funds. 
s f e r s of 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Defense Transport Administration, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the pur-
poses of this appropriation, $2,200,000: Provided^ That this appropria-
tion shall be available for not to exceed four contracts for temporary 
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[66 STAT. 
or intermittent services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
60 Stat. 810. 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) which may be renewed annually. 
SMALL DEFENSE PLANTS ADMINISTRATION 
* 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Small Defense Plants Administra-
,., ,. 
tion, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with 
the purposes of this appropriation, and purchase (not to exceed one) 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $3,750,000. 
REVOLVING FUND 
65 Stat. 139. 
5 0 u s e 
a p p , 
For the revolving fund authorized by paragraph (2) of subsection 
(a) of section 714 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, 
2r63a."' 
"•" $1,500,000. 
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 
5^o^*u*s cf 
^a 
Production Act of 1950, as amended, including expenses of attendance 
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 
64 Stat. 798. 
to Carry out its functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, 
206?. ^^"^ *PP- as amended, $2,000,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Department of Commerce 
64 Stat. 798. 
to Carry out its functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, 
206?. ^^^ 
^^^' as amended, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; employment 
of aliens; expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the pur-
poses of this appropriation; and reimbursement of General Services 
Administration for security guard services; $28,750,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES- AND EXPENSES, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Department of the Interior to 
64 Stat. 798. 
Carry out its functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
206° "^ ^ ^^^' amended, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; employment of 
aliens; and expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the 
purposes of this appropriation; $3,100,000. 
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
LEGAL AcnvmEs AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACJTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Department of Justice to carry 
out its functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
f^n^^u^sc^*' 
amended, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with 2061. 
^^^' 
the purposes of this appropriation, $90,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
OFFICE OF THE 
SECKETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Department of Labor to carry 
out its functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
f'o^^u^s cf^app, 
amended, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned 2061. 
with the purpose of this appropriation, $1,875,000. 
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 
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; including expenses of liquidation of those agen-
cies whose operations and functions will expire prior to June 30, 
1953, $60,000,000: Provided, That of this amount $11,000,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Rent Stabilization of which $2,000,000 shall 
be placed in reserve under the provisions of section 3679 of the Revised 
Statutes, as amended, to be released by the Director of the Budget 
only on his determination that the workload of the agency so requires: 
Provided 
further, 
That subparagraph (B) of section 204 (f) (1) 
of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is amended to read 
as follows: 
"(B) In any incorporated city, town, village, or unincorporated 
area or any county which, at a time when maximum rents under 
this title are in enect therein, and prior to September 30, 1952, 
declares (by resolution of its governing body adopted for that 
purpose, or by popular referendum in accordance with local 
law) that a substantial shortage of housing accommodations 
exists which requires the continuance of Federal rent control 
in such city, town, village, or unincorporated area; and" 
(2) of section 204 (f) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as 
amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"(2) Any incorporated city, town, village, or unincorporated 
area of any county which makes the declaration specified in para-
graph (1) (b) of this subsection shall notify the President in 
writing of such action promptly after it has been taken." 
Meetings. 
Liquidation e x -
penses. 
31 u s e 665. 
Rent control. 
Ante, 
pp. 3 0 6. 
307. 
5 0 u s e 
a p p . 
1894. 
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for "Emergency operating expenses", 
$6,500,000; and appropriations granted under this head for the fiscal 
year 1953 shall be available only to enable the General Services Admin-
istration to carry out its functions arising out of the Defense Produc-
t\^\^h r^®; o o tion Act of 1950, as amended. 
5 0 u s e 
a p p . 
' 
FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying out 
s^^^u^s c^'^lpp. ^^^ provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 (Public Law 
2251 note. 
' 920, 81st Congrcss), including purchase (not to exceed eight) and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by section 15 of the 
60 Stat. 810. 
Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; reimbursement of the Civil 
Service Commission for full field investigations of employees oc-
cupying positions of critical importance from the standpoint of 
Meetings. 
national security; expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with 
Security guard civil defcusc fuuctious; reimbursement of the General Services Ad-
ministration for security guard services; not to exceed $9,000 for the 
purchase of newspapers, periodicals, and teletype news services; and 
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; $8,000,000. 
FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS 
For financial contributions to the States, not otherwise provided 
for, pursuant to subsection (i) of section 201 of the Federal Civil De-
fense Act of 1950, to be equally matched with State funds, $15,000,000. 
services. 
5 0 u s e a p p . 
2281. 
s o u s e a p p , 
2281. 
EMERGENCY SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT 
For procurement of reserve stocks of emergency civil defense mate-
rials as authorized by subsection (h) of section 201 of the Federal Civil 
Defense Act of 1950, as amended, $20,000,000. 
PROCUREMENT FUND 
= 
The "Civil Defense Procurement Fund" is continued available with-
out fiscal year limitation. 
C H A P T E R X I I I 
CLAIMS, 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 House Document 
Numbered 517, and Senate Documents Numbered 144, 154 and 157, 
Eighty-second Congress, $6,743,026, together with such amounts as 
may be necessary to pay interest (as and when specified in such judg-
ments or in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office 
or provided by law) and such additional sums due to increases in rates 
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659 
of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in foreign currency: 
Provided, That no judgment herein appropriated for shall be paid 
until it shall have become final and conclusive against the United States 
by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise: Provided 
further, 
That, unless otherwise specifically required by law or by the judgment, 
payment of interest wherever appropriated for herein shall not con-
tinue for more than thirty days after the date of approval of this Act. 
CHAPTER 
XIV—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 1401. 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, notwithstanding the pro-
visions of section 405 of the Independent Offices Appropriation 
Act, 1953. 
SEC. 1402. 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 ma-
jority 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 compiled 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 
further. 
That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitu-
tion 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 Govern-
ment. This section shall not apply to citizens of the Republic of the 
Philippines or to nationals of those countries allied wdth the United 
States in the current defense effort. 
SEC. 1403. 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 
permanently 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. 1404. 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 
the Senate has voted not to approve the nomination of said person. 
MotQr vehicles. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Ante, p. 419. 
Citizenship r e -
quirements for en^ 
ployment. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
Recoupment. 
Nonapplicability. 
L i V ing quarters 
allowances. 
46 Stat. 818. 
60 Stat. 1026. 
22 u s e 1131. 
2 2 u s e 
8 0 1 
note. 
S e r i a t e di sap-
pro 
val o f nomina*' 
lion. 
93300 O - 53 - 45 
660 
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[66 S T AT. 
U. S. Code A n -
notated; 
Lifetime 
Federal Digest. 
F u n d s for ad-
m i n i s t r a t i v e ex-
penses. 
59 Stat. 597. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Use of funds for 
construction, etc. 
Strikes or over-
t h r o w of Govern-
ment. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
SEC. 1405. 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 understanding 
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. 1406. Funds made available by this or any other Act for 
administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations 
•find 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 under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the expendi-
ture 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 correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 1407. No part of any funds of or available to any wholly owned 
Government corporation shall be used for the purchase or construc-
tion, 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. 1408. No part of any appropriation con'tained in this Act, or 
of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included 
in this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person 
who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States 
or who is a member of an organization of Government employees 
that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United 
States, or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advo-
cates, the overthrow of the Government of the 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 affi-
davit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a 
strike against the Government of the United States, is not a member 
of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right 
to strike against the Government of the United States, or that such 
person does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization 
that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States 
by force or violence: Provided further, That any person who engages 
in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is 
a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts 
the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or 
who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, 
the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or vio-
lence and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid 
from any appropriation or fund contained in this or any other Act 
shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not 
jmore than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: 
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Provided further^ That the above penalty clause shall be in addition 
to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. 
SEC. 1409. No payment shall be made from appropriations in this 
Act or any other to any officer on the retired lists of the Kegular Army, 
Regular Navy, Regular Marine Corps, Regular Air Force, Regular 
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. 1410. Appropriations and funds made available by this or 
any other Act for salaries, wages, or compensation shall also be avail-
able 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 provisions of the Social Security 
Act Amendments of 1950. 
SEC. 1411. During the current fiscal year, personnel and appropria-
tions or funds available for salaries 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 responsibilities relating to the national 
defense assigned to such department, agency, or corporation by or 
pursuant to law. 
SEC. 1412. 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 and 
agencies concerned in the regular 1953 appropriation Acts. 
SEC. 1413. During the current fiscal year, the provisions of Bureau 
of the Budget Circular A-45, dated June 3, 1952, shall be controlling 
over the activities of all departments, agencies, and corporations of 
the Government: Provided, That said circular may be amended or 
changed during such year by the Director of the Budget with the 
approval of the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives: Provided further, That the Bureau of 
the Budget shall make a report to Congress not later than January 
31,1953, of the operations of this order upon all departments, agencies, 
and corporations of the Government: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding the provisions of any other law no officer or employee 
shall be required to occupy any Government-owned quarters unless 
the head of the agency concerned shall determine that necessary serv-
ice cannot be rendered or property of the United States cannot be 
adequately protected otherwise. 
SEC. 1414. The appropriations, authorizations, and authority with 
respect thereto in this Act or any regular annual appropriation Act 
for the fiscal year 1953 which has not been enacted into law prior to 
July 1, 1952, shall be available from and including such date for the 
purposes respectively provided in such appropriations, authorizations, 
and authority. 
All obligations incurred during the period between 
June 30, 1952, and the date of enactment of this Act or the applicable 
Act in anticipation of such appropriations, authorizations, and au-
thority are hereby ratified and confirmed if in accordance with the 
respective terms thereof. 
Retired officers. 
S o c i al Security 
payments. 
64 Stat. 477. 
42 u s e 301 note. 
D e f e n s e activi-
ties. 
Payment of em-
ployees. 
G o v e rn me nt 
owned quarters. 
R e p o r t to Con-
gress. 
A va liability of 
appropriations, etc. 
m^ 
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[66 S T A T . 
Foreign credits. 
Short title. 
SEC. 1415. Foreign credits owed to or owned by the United States 
Treasury will not be available for expenditure by agencies of the 
United States after June 30, 1953, except as may be provided for an-
nually in appropriation Acts and provisions for the utilization of 
such credits for purposes authorized by law are hereby authorized 
to be included in general appropriation Acts. 
SEC. 1416. This Act may be cited as the "Supplemental Appropri-
ation Act, 1953". 
Approved July 15, 1952. 
July 15, 1952 
[ri. J. Res. 446] 
Public Law 548 
CHAPTER 759 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Relating to the continuance on tlie pay rolls of certain employees in cases of 
death or resignation of Members of the House of Representatives, Delegates, 
and Resident Commissioners. 
H o u s e o f R e p -
resentatives. 
C e r t a i n em-
pj^oyees. 
49 Stat. 679. 
2 use 92b. 
46 Stat. 472; 
Stat. 884. 
46 Stat. 475. 
63 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first section of the 
joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution relating to the continuance 
on the pay rolls of certain employees in cases of death or resignation 
of Members of the House of Representatives, Delegates and Eesident 
Commissioners", approved August 21, 1935, as amended, is further 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "For the pur-
poses of retirement benefits the period, not exceeding one hundred 
and ninety days, between the termination of service upon the death 
or resignation of a Member which occurred after December 4, 1927, 
and prior to April 24, 1950, and the election of a successor to fill the 
vacancy, shall be considered as continuous service." 
SEC. 2. (a) The first paragraph of section 5 of the Act of May 29, 
1930, as amended (5 U. S. C, sec. 707), is further amended by inserting 
after "Columbia Institution for the Deaf" the following: "and or 
the Pan American Sanitary Bureau". 
(b) Any service rendered prior to the effective date of this section 
as an officer or employee of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau shall 
be considered creditable service for the purposes of section 9 of such 
Act (5 U.S. C , sec. 736b). 
Approved July 15, 1952. 
July 16, 1952 
[H. R. 6007] 
Public Law 549 
CHAPTER 874 
AN ACT 
To authorize the improvement of Humboldt Bay, California, as recommended 
by the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 143, Eighty-second 
Congress, first session. 
H umboldt B a y , 
Calif. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhledy That the improve-
ment of Humboldt Bay, California, is hereby adopted and authorized 
to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of the Army 
and supervision of the Chief of Engineers, in accordance with the 
plans and subject to the conditions recommended by the Chief of 
Engineers in House Document Numbered 143, Eighty-second Con-
gress, first session. 
Approved July 16, 1952.