An Act making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes
PL 82-134 (H.R.3709), enacted 08/31/1951

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approved May 19, 1947 (61 Stat. 102), is amended by striking out 
"existing" and inserting in lieu thereof "any". 
SEC. 2. The first proviso of section 3 of such Act is amended by 
striking out "five" and inserting in lieu thereof "ten". 
Approved August 30, 1951. 
26 U. S. C. § 612. 
Public Law 134 
CHAPTER 3 7 3 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security 
Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1952, and for other purposes. 
Be it emwted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security 
Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1952, namely: 
August 31, 1951 
[H. R. 3709] 
Labor-Federal Secu-
rity Appropriation 
Act, 1952. 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
O m C E OF THE SECRETARY 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Office of the 
Secretary of Labor (hereafter in this title referred to as the Secretary), 
including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 IT. S. C. 55a) ; purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor 
vehicle for replacement only; teletype news service; and payment in 
advance when authorized by the Secretary for dues or fees for library 
membership in organizations whose publications are available to mem-
bers only or to members at a price lower than to the general public; 
$1,350,000. 
Salaries and expenses. Office of the Solicitor: For expenses necessary 
for the Office of the Solicitor, $1,600,000. 
Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Labor Standards: For expenses 
necessary for the promotion of industrial safety, employment stabiliza-
tion, and amicable industrial relations for labor and industry; per-
formance of safety functions of the Secretary under the Federal 
Employees' Compensation Act, as amended (5 U. S. C. 784 (c)) ; per-
formance of the functions vested in the Secretary by title I of the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U. S. C. 159 (f) and ( g ) ) ; 
and not to exceed $75,000 for the work of the President's Committee 
on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, as authorized 
by the Act of July 11,1949 (63 Stat. 409), including purchase of reports 
and of material for informational exhibits; and expenses of attendance 
of cooperating officials and consultants at conferences concerned with 
the work of the Bureau of Labor Standards; $688,000, of which not 
more than $604,870 shall be available for personal services. 
Salaries and expenses. Bureau of Veterans' Reemployment Rights: 
For expenses necessary to render assistance in connection with the 
exercise of reemployment rights of veterans under section 8 of the 
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended (50 U. S. C, 
App. 308), the Service Extension Act of 1941, as amended, the Army 
Reserve and Retired Personnel Service Law of 1940, as amended, and 
section 9 (h) of title I of the Selective Service Act of 1948 (50 U. S. C, 
App. 459 (h)), and, under the Act of June 23, 1943, as amended (50 
U. S. C, App. 1472), of persons who have performed service in the 
Merchant Marine, $265,758, of which not more than $213,603 shall be 
available for personal services. 
Department of La-
bor Appropriation 
Act, 1952. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Post, p. 224. 
63 Stat. 865. 
61 Stat. 136. 
54 Stat. 890. 
55 Stat. 626. 
50 U. S. C. app. 
(362. 
54 Stat. 858. 
50 U. S. C. app. 
i§ 401-405. 
62 Stat. 618. 
57 Stat. 162. 
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60 Stat. 810. 
48 Stat. 11.3. 
BUREAU OF APPRENTICESHIP 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to enable the Secre-
tary to conduct a program of encouraging apprentice training, as au-
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thorized by the Act of August 16, 1937 (29 U. S. C. 50), $2,600,000, 
of which not more than $2,188,680 shall be available for personal 
services. 
BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the general 
administration of the employment service and unemployment com-
pensation programs, including temporary employment of persons, 
without regard to the civil service laws, for the farm placement 
migratory labor program; for cooperation with the United States 
Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Secretary of State 
in negotiating and carrying out agreements relating to the employ-
ment of foreign agricultural workers, subject to the immigration laws 
and when necessary to supplement the domestic labor force; and not 
to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act 
of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); $5,016,919, of which $1,300,000 
shall be for carrying into effect the provisions of title IV (except 
asu^'^s^c' §§695- section 602) of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 and of 
695f. 
which not more than $4,200,000 shall be available for personal services. 
Grants to States for unemployment compensation and employment 
service administration: For grants in accordance with the provisions 
of the Act of June 6,1933, as amended (29 U. S. C. 49-49n), for carry-
ing into effect section 602 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 
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'^^'^^i for grauts to the States as authorized in title I I I of the Social 
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Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C. 501-503), including, upon the 
request of any State, the purchase of equipment and the payment of 
rental for space made available to such State in lieu of grants for such 
purpose, and for necessary expenses in connection with the operation 
of employment office facilities and services in the District of Columbia, 
$164,560,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available only to the 
extent that the Secretary finds necessary to meet increased costs of 
administration resulting from changes in a State law or increases in the 
numbers of claims filed and claims paid or salary costs over those upon 
which the State's basic grant (or the allocation for the District of 
Columbia) was based, which increased costs of administration cannot 
be provided for by normal budgetary adjustments: Provided, 
That 
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in section 302 (a) of 
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tlie Social Security Act, as amended, the Secretary of Labor shall from 
time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to 
each State found to be in compliance with the requirements of the Act 
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Islands, with the provisions of section 303 of the Social Security Act, 
as amended, such amounts as he determines to be necessary for the 
proper and efficient administration of its unemployment compensation 
law and of its public employment offices: Provided further, That such 
amounts as may be agreed upon by the Department of Labor and the 
Post Office Department shall be used for the payment, in such manner 
as said parties may jointly determine, of postage for the transmission 
of official mail matter in connection with the administration of unem-
ployment compensation systems and employment services b^' States 
receiving grants herefrom. 
In carrying out the provisions of said Act of June 6, 1933, the pro-
visions of section 303 (a) (1) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 
relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards 
on a merit basis, shall apply. 
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None of the funds appropriated by this title to the Bureau of Em- 
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ployment security tor grants-in-aid oi State agencies to cover, in agencies. 
whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies including the 
salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, shall 
be withheld from the said agencies of any States which have established 
by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit system and 
classification and compensation plan covering the selection, tenure in 
office, and compensation of their employees, because of any disapproval 
of their personnel or the manner of their selection by the agencies 
of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or employees. 
Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 
31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under title III of the 
Social Security Act, as amended, and under the Act of June 6, 1933, 
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as amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, such sos. 
sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expendi- 
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tures made thereunder for payments under such title and under such 
Act of June 6, 1933, to be charged to the appropriation therefor for 
that fiscal year. 
BUREAU OF E M P L O Y E E S ' COMPENSATION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary administrative expenses and 
not to exceed $46,000 for the Employees' Compensation Board of 
Appeals, $1,887,816, of which not more than $1,618,499 shall be avail-
able for personal services, together with not to exceed $122,000 to be 
derived from the War Claims Fund created by section 13 (a) of the 
War Claims Act of 1948 (60 U. S. C. 2012). 
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Employees' compensation fund: For the payment of compensation § 2012. ' 
and other benefits and expenses (except administrative expenses) 
authorized by law and accruing during the current or any prior fiscal 
year, including payments to other Federal agencies for medical and 
hospital services pursuant to agreement approved by the Bureau of 
Employees' Compensation; continuation of payment of benefits as 
provided for under the head "Civilian War Benefits" in the Federal 
Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the advancement of costs 
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for enforcement of recoveries in third-party cases; the furnishing of 
medical and hospital services and supplies, treatment, and funeral 
and burial expenses, including transportation and other expenses 
incidental to such services, treatment, and burial, for such enroUees 
of the Civilian Conservation Corps as were certified by the Director 
of such Corps as receiving hospital services and treatment at Govern-
ment expense on June 30, 1943, and who are not otherwise entitled 
thereto as civilian employees of the United States, and the limitations 
and authority of the Act of September 7,1916, as amended (5 U. S. C. 
796), shall apply in providing such services, treatment, and expenses 
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in such cases; ^30,000,000, together with not to exceed $5,000,000 to 
be derived from the War Claims Fund created by section 13 (a) of 
the War Claims Act of 1948 (50 U. S. C. 2012) and to be available 
for payments pursuant to sections 4 (c) and 5 (f) of such Act, which ^^^^^-^^-^ ^- ^PP-
amounts may be accornted for as one fund. 
§§ 2003, 2004. 
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Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the work of Post,p.224. 
the Bureau, including advances or reimbursement to State, Federal, 
and local agencies and their employees for services rendered, and not 
to exceed $15,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act 
of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $5,371,352, of which not more than 
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$4,530,755 shall be available for personal services. 
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59 Stat. 295. 
5U.S.C.§ 901 note. 
Post, p. 224. 
41 St-nt. 987. 
52 Stat. 1060. 
29 U. S. C. §201. 
49 Stat. 2038. 
Attendance at con-
ferences. 
Revision of consumers' price index: For expenses necessary to 
enable the Bureau to complete the revision of the Consumers' Price 
Index, including temporary employees at rates to be fixed by the 
Secretary without regard to the civil service and classification laws 
and the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, as amended; and services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
55a); $1,072,825. 
WOMEN'S BtJREAU 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the work of the 
Women's Bureau, as authorized by the Act of June 5,1920 (29 U. S. C. 
11-16), including purchase of reports and material for informational 
exhibits, $379,285, of which not more than $317,581 shall be available 
for personal services. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for performing the 
duties imposed by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 
and the Act to provide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the 
making of contracts by the United States, approved June 30, 1936 
(41 U. S. C. 38), including reimbursement to State, Federal, and 
local agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered, 
and for expenses of attendance of cooperating oflS^cials and consultants 
at conferences concerned with the work of the Division, $8,000,000, of 
which not more than $6,859,200 shall be available for personal services. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Transfer of funds. 
Restriction. 
Citation of title. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 102. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for stenographic reporting services as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), 
for examination of estimates of appropriations in the field, and for 
expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the function or 
activity for which any such appropriation is made. 
SEO. 103. Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation in this 
title may be transferred to any other such appropriation but no such 
appropriation shall be increased by more than 5 per centum by any 
such transfer: Provided^ That no such transfer shall be used for 
creation of new functions within the Department. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Labor Appropriation 
Act, 1952". 
Federal Security 
Agency Appropria-
tion Act, 1952. 
41 Stat. 272. 
TITLE 
II—FEDERAL 
SECURITY 
AGENCY 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
Education of the blind: For carrying out the Act of August 4, 
1919, as amended (20 U. S. C. 101), $115,000. 
COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF 
Salaries and expenses: For the partial support of Columbia Insti-
tution for the Deaf, including personal services and miscellaneous 
expenses, and repairs and improvements, $390,000. 
52 Stat. 1040. 
64 Stat. 20. 
21U. S. C.§347note. 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses for carrying out the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 301-
392, Public Law 459, approved March 16, 1950); the Tea Importation 
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Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 41-50); the Import Milk Act (21 U. S. C. ,,m f^l'^SVt ?!«« 
141-149); the Federal Caustic Poison Act (15 U. S. C. 401-411); and 
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the Filled Milk Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 61-64); including the 
purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles, of which two 
shall be for replacement only; reporting and illustrating the results of 
investigations; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and scientific equip-
ment; not to exceed $2,000 for payment in advance for special tests 
and analyses by contract; and payment of fees, travel, and per diem 
in connection with studies of new developments pertinent to food and 
drug enforcement operations; $5,300,000, of which not more than 
$4,361,900 shall be available for personal services. 
Salaries and expenses, certification and inspection services: For ex-
penses necessary for the certification or inspection of certain products 
in accordance with sections 406, 504, 506, 507, 604, 702A, and 706 of 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 
346, 354, 356, 357, 364, 372a, and 376), the aggregate of the advance gsf^^gttat^^^f ^*'''' 
deposits during the current fiscal year to cover payment of fees by 
Advan^ deposits. 
applicants for certification or inspection of such products, to remain 
available until expended. The total amount herein appropriated shall 
be available for personal services; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, 
and scientific equipment; and the refund of advance deposits for which 
no service has been rendered. 
FKEEDMEN'S HOSPITAL 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for operation and 
maintenance, including repairs; purchase of one passenger motor 
vehicle for replacement only; furnishing, repairing, and cleaning of 
wearing apparel used by employees in the performance of their official 
duties; transfer of funds to the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, 
Transfer o
f funds. 
Howard University" for salaries of technical and professional per-
sonnel detailed to the hospital; payments to the appropriation of 
Howard University for instruction of nurses and actual cost of heat, 
light, and power furnished by such university; $2,631,500: Provided, 
^^^'^ry restriction. 
That no intern or resident physician receiving compensation from this 
appropriation on a full-time basis shall receive compensation in the 
form of wages or salary from any other appropriation in this title: 
Provided further, That the District of Columbia shall pay by check to trict'^o^ coiumbf ^^'^' 
Freedmen's Hospital, upon the Surgeon General's request, in advance 
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at the beginning of each quarter, such amount as the Surgeon General 
calculates will be earned on the basis of rates approved by the Bureau 
of the Budget for the care of patients certified by the District of 
Columbia. 
Bills rendered by the Surgeon General on the basis of such 
calculations shall not be subject to audit or certification in advance of 
payment; but proper adjustment of amounts which have been paid in 
advance on the basis of such calculations shall be made at the end of 
each quarter: Provided further, That the Surgeon General may dele-
gate the responsibilities imposed upon him by the foregoing proviso. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
Salaries and expenses: For the partial support of Howard Univer-
sity, including personal services and miscellaneous expenses and 
repairs to buildings and grounds, $2,475,000. 
Plans and specifications: For the preparation of plans and speci-
fications for construction, under the supervision of the General Serv-
ices Administration, on the grounds of Howard University of a 
pharmacy building, including engineering and architectural services, 
advertising, and travel, $55,500, to remain available until expended. 
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Construction of buildings: For construction of buildings on the 
grounds of Howard University, under the supervision of the General 
Services Administration, to remain available until expended, as 
follows: 
For construction of a pharmacy building, together with alterations 
and installations in connection with such construction, including engi-
neering and architectural services, and travel, $904,500; 
For payment of obligations incurred under authority provided 
62 Stat. 213. 
Under this head in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948, as 
63 Stat. 231. 
amended by the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1949, to enter 
into contracts for construction of an engineering building, $332,000. 
OFFICE OF EDUCATION 
Promotion and further development of vocational education: For 
carrying out the provisions of section 3 of the Vocational Education 
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Act of 1946 (20 U. S. C. 15), section 4 of the Act of March 10, 1924 
43 Stat. 18. 
(20 U. S. C. 29), and section 1 of the Act of March 3,1931 (20 U. S. C. 
46Stat.H89. 
30) and the Act of March 18, 1950 (Public L a w 462), $19,123,261: 
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T h a t the apportionment to the States under the Vocational 
Education Act of 1946 shall be computed on the basis of not to exceed 
$18,948,261 for the current fiscal year: Provided 
further^ 
T h a t not 
more than $900,000 of this appropriation shall be available for voca-
tional education in distributive occupations. 
Further endowment of colleges of agriculture and the mechanic 
arts: For carrying out the provisions of section 22 of the Act of June 
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29, 1935_ (7 U. "S. C. 329), $2,480,000. 
Post, p. 224. 
Salaries and expenses: F o r expenses necessary for the Office of 
Education, including surveys, studies, investigations, and reports 
regarding libraries; fostering coordination of public and school 
library service; coordination of library service on the national level 
with other forms of adult education; developing library participation 
in Federal projects; fostering Nation-wide coordination of research 
materials among libraries, interstate library coordination and the 
development of library service throughout the country; purchase, dis-
tribution, and exchange of educational documents, motion-picture 
films, and lantern slides; collection, exchange, and cataloging of 
educational apparatus and appliances, articles of school furniture 
and models of school buildings illustrative of foreign and domestic 
systems and methods of education, and repairing the same; $3,397,706, 
of which not more than $2,893,577 shall be available for personal 
services, and of which not less than $500,000 shall be available for 
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all receipts from non-Federal agencies representing reimbursement 
for expenses of travel of employees of the Office of Education per-
forming advisory functions to said agencies shall be deposited in the 
Treasury of the United States to the credit of this appropriation. 
Payments to school districts: For payments to local educational 
agencies for the maintenance and operation of schools as authorized 
^u*s'c1§-236-244 ^y the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874), $40,000,000: 
Provided^ That this appropriation shall also be available for carrying 
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out the provisions of section 6 of such Act. 
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION 
For providing school facilities and for grants to local educational 
agencies in federally affected areas, as authorized by title I I of the 
64 Stat. 969 
^ct of September 23, 1950 (Public Law 815), to remain available 
I.b.c.^^271-280. ^^^.j expended, $75,000,000, of which $25,000,000 is for payment of 
obligations incurred under authority granted for the foregoing pur-
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OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 
Payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico) : 
For payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico) 
in accordance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended 
(29 U. S. C, ch. 4), including payments, in accordance with regula- 
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tions of the Administrator, for one-half of necessary expenditures for 
the acquisition of vending stands or other equipment in accordance 
with section 3 (a) (3) (C) of said Act for the use of blind persons, 
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such stands or other equipment to be controlled by the State agency, (suo. 
$21,500,000, of which not to exceed $175,000 shall be available to 
the Federal Security Administrator for providing rehabilitation 
services to disabled residents of the District of Columbia, as authorized 
by section 6 of said Act, which latter amount shall be available for 
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administrative expenses in connection with providing such services in 
the District of Columbia: Provided^ That not to exceed 15 per centum 
of the appropriation shall be used for administrative purposes. 
Payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico), 
next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the current 
fiscal year, payments to States in accordance with the Vocational 
Rehabilitation Act, as amended (including the objects specified in 
the preceding paragraph), for the first quarter of the next succeeding 
fiscal year such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred 
and the expenditures made thereunder to be charged to the appro-
priation therefor for that fiscal year: Provided^ That the payments 
made pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed the amount paid 
to the States for the first quarter of the current fiscal year. 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary in carrying out the 
provisions of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, and of 
the Act approved June 20, 1936 (20 U. S. C, ch. 6A), including not 
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to exceed $3,000 for production, purchase, and distribution of educa- io7f. 
tional films; $675,620, of which not more than $558,220 shall be 
available for personal services, 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
SERVICE 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Public Health Service 
Act, as amended (42 U. S. C, ch. 6A) (hereinafter referred to as 
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the Act), and other Acts, including (with the exception of the appro- note. 
priation "Pay, and so forth, commissioned officers. Public Health 
Service") purchase of reports, documents, and other material for 
publication; preparation and display of posters and exhibits by con-
tract or otherwise; packing, unpacking, crating, uncrating, drayage, 
and transportation of personal effects of commissioned officers and 
transportation of their dependents on change of station; and increased 
allowances to Reserve officers for foreign service; as follows: 
Venereal diseases: To carry out the purposes of sections 314 (a) 
and 363 of the Act with respect to venereal diseases including the 
42u.s.c.§§246(a), 
operation and maintenance of centers for the diagnosis, treatment, 
support, and clothing of persons afflicted with venereal diseases; 
transportation and subsistence of such persons and their attendants 
to and from the place of treatment or allowance in lieu thereof; diag-
nosis and treatment (including emergency treatment for other ill-
nesses) of such persons through contracts with physicians and 
hospitals and other appropriate institutions; fees for case finding 
and referral to such centers of voluntary patients; reasonable expenses 
of preparing remains or burial of deceased patients; recreational 
supplies and equipment; leasing of facilities and repair and altera-
tion of leased facilities; the purchase of not to exceed seven passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, and for grants of money, services. 
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supplies, equipment, and use of facilities to States, as defined in the 
Act, and with the approval of the respective State health authorities, 
to counties, health districts, and other political subdivisions of the 
States, for the foregoing purposes, in such amounts and upon such 
terms and conditions as the Surgeon General may determine; 
$11,653,360. 
Tuberculosis: To carry out the purposes of section 314 (b) of the 
42U.S.C.S246. 
Act, $8,745,000. 
Assistance to States, general: To carry out the purposes of section 
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ant to section 311 of the Act; to make field investigations and demon-
42U. s. c. §241. 
strations pursuant to section 301 of the Act; and to provide for 
collecting and compiling mortality, morbidity, and vital statistics 
(including procurement by contract of transcripts of State, munici-
pal, and other records), including the purchase of not to exceed five 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; $15,960,000. 
Communicable diseases: To carry out, except as otherwise provided 
2^42^u. s.^c^^§§ 241, for^ ^hose provisions of sections 301, 311, 361, and 704 of the Act 
relating to the prevention and suppression of communicable and pre-
ventable diseases, and the interstate transmission and spread thereof, 
including the purchase, erection, and maintenance of portable build-
ings ; the purchase of not to exceed ten passenger motor vehicles and 
two aircraft for replacement only; and hire, maintenance, and opera-
tion of aircraft; $5,915,747. 
Engineering, sanitation, and industrial hygiene: For expenses, not 
otherwise provided, necessary to carry out those provisions of sections 
301, 311, and 361 of the Act relating to sanitation and other aspects 
of environmental health, including enforcement of applicable quaran-
tine laws and interstate quarantine regulations, and for carrying out 
the purposes of the Water Pollution Control Act (33 U. S. C. 
62 Stat. 1155. 
466-466 (j)), including purchase of not to exceed four passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only; $3,648,158. 
Grants, water pollution control: For grants to carry out section 
8 (a) of the Water Pollution Control Act (33 U. S. C. 466-466 (j)), 
$900,000, to remain available until expended. 
Disease and sanitation investigations and control, Territory of 
Alaska: To enable the Surgeon General to conduct, in the Service, and 
to cooperate with and assist the Territory of Alaska in the conduct of, 
activities necessary in the investigation, prevention, treatment, and 
control of diseases, and the establishment and maintenance of health 
and sanitation services pursuant to and for the purposes specified in 
sections 301, 311, 314 (without regard to the provisions of subsections 
(d), 
(f), (h), and (j) and the limitations set forth in subsection (c) 
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1 ^f such scctlou), 361, 363, and 704 of the Act, including the purchase 
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of one passenger motor vehicle, and hire, operation, and maintenance 
of aircraft, $1,211,129: Provided, That property of the Public Health 
Service located in Alaska and used in carrying out the activities 
herein authorized may be transferred, without reimbursement, to the 
Territory of Alaska at the discretion of the Surgeon General. 
Buildings and facilities, Cincinnati, Ohio: For payment of obli-
gations incurred pursuant to authority granted under the head 
"Buildings and facilities, Cincinnati, Ohio," General Services Admin-
64 Stat. 697. 
istratiou, in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1951, 
$2,400,000, to remain available until expended. 
Grants for hospital construction: For payments for hospital con-
^42 u. s c. §§29i(i- struction under part C, title VI, of the Act, as amended, to remain 
available until expended, $182,500,000, of which $100,000,000 is for 
payment of obligations incurred under authority heretofore granted 
under this head: Provided, That allotments under such part C to the 
65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 134—AUG. 31, 1951 
217 
several States for the current fiscal year shall be made on the basis of 
an amount equal to that part of the appropriation granted herein 
which is available for new obligations. 
Salaries and expenses, hospital construction services: For salaries 
and expenses incident to carrying out title VI of the Act, as amended, 
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including the purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor vehicle zoim. 
for replacement only, $1,166,465. 
Hospitals and medical care: For carrying out the functions of the 
Public Health Service under the Act of August 8, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
150), and under sections 321, 322, 324, 326, 331, 332, 341, 343, 344, eostat.ooa. 
502, 504, and 710 of the Public Health Service Act, and Executive 
Order 9079 of February 26, 1942, including purchase and exchange of 24fnSe %F'25i 255-
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firearms and ammunition; $30,200,000: Provided, That when the Pub-
lic Health Service establishes or operates a health service program 
for any department or agency, payment for the estimated cost shall be 
made in advance for deposit to the credit of this appropriation. 
Foreign quarantine service: For carrying out the purposes of sec-
tions 361 to 369 of the Act, relating to preventing the introduction of 
42u.s.c.§§264-272. 
communicable diseases from foreign countries, the medical examina-
tion of aliens in accordance with section 325 of the Act, and the care 
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and treatment of quarantine detainees pursuant to section 322 (e) of 
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the Act in private or other public hospitals when facilities of the 
Public Health Service are not available, including insurance of offi-
cial motor vehicles in foreign countries when required by law of such 
countries; and the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only; $2,900,000. 
National Institutes of Health, operating expenses: For the activities 
of the National Institutes of Health, not otherwise provided for, includ- 
Research grants. 
ing research fellowships and grants for research projects pursuant to 
section 301 of the Act; the regulation and preparation of biologic 
4
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products; the purchase of not to exceed three passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only; not to exceed $1,000 for entertainment of visit-
ing scientists when specifically approved by the Surgeon General; 
erection of temporary structures; and grants of adrenocorticotropic 
hormone (ACTH), cortisone, and other chemical substances, and for 
development of other related compounds; $15,500,000. 
National Cancer Institute: To enable the Surgeon General, upon the 
recommendations of the National Advisory Cancer Council, to make 
grants-in-aid for research and training projects relating to cancer; to 
cooperate with State health agencies, and other public and private 
nonprofit institutions, in the prevention, control, and eradication of 
cancer by providing consultative services, demonstrations, and grants-
in-aid ; tor the purchase of not to exceed two passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only; and to otherwise carry out the provisions of 
title IV, part A, of the Act; $19,500,000, of which not less than 
42u.s.c.§§28i-284. 
$4,625,0{)0 shall be available exclusively for payment of obligations 
for research and training grants incurred under authority heretofore 
granted under this head. 
Mental health activities: For expenses necessary for carrying out 
the provisions of sections 301, 302, 303, 311, 312, and 314 (c) of the 
Act with respect to mental diseases, $10,518,987, of which not less ^^t^^i^- ^- ^
^ 2*^" 
than $573,000 shall be available exclusively for payment of obliga-
tions for research and training grants incurred under authority 
heretofore granted under this head. 
National Heart Institute: For expenses necessary to carry out the 
purposes of the National Heart Act, including the purchase of not to 
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exceed one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, $10,000,000. note. 
218 
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[65 STAT. 
Dental health activities: For expenses not otherwise provided for, 
necessary to enable the Surgeon General to carry out the purposes of 
the Act with respect to dental diseases and conditions, $1,598,654. 
Construction of research facilities: For construction of research 
facilities, to be transferred (except such part as may be necessary for 
incidental expenses and purchase of equipment by the Public Health 
Service) to the General Services Administration, and to remain avail-
able until expended, as follows: 
For continuation of construction of a combined hospital and research 
building as authorized under this head in the Federal Security Agency 
^
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2 Stat. 402; 6
3 Stat. Appropriation Acts of 1949 and 1950, $10,400,000, of which $10,000,000 
is for payment of obligations incurred under authority heretofore 
granted under this head. 
For payment of obligations incurred under authority heretofore 
granted to enter into contracts for construction of auxiliary service 
area structures, as authorized under this head in the Federal Security 
Agency Appropriation Act, 1950, $300,000. 
For payment of obligations incurred under authority heretofore 
granted to enter into contracts for construction of additional auxiliary 
structures as authorized under this head in the Federal Security 
6
4 Stat. 645. 
Ageucy Appropriation Act, 1951, $350,000. 
For purchase and installation of additional equipment, supplies, 
and furnishings for structures heretofore provided under this head, 
$6,635,540. 
Commissioned officers, pay, and so forth: For pay, uniforms and 
subsistence allowances, increased allowances for foreign service and 
commutation of quarters for not to exceed one thousand five hundred 
regular active commissioned officers; for medals, decorations, and re-
tired pay of regular and reserve commissioned officers; for payment 
of claims for private property lost, destroyed, captured, abandoned, or 
damaged in the military service of the United States, as authorized by 
.^'^L^i^^.^I^j,*^ ^^^^- law (31 U. S. C. 222c, h; 42 U. S. C. 213) : and for six months' death 
5b; 58 btat. 689. 
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gratuity pay and burial payments tor regular commissioned officers; 
$1,861,500, and the Surgeon General is authorized to advance to this 
appropriation from appropiriations made ava.ilable to the Public 
Health Service for the current fiscal year such additional amounts 
as may be necessary for pay and allowances of the officers herein 
authorized. 
Salaries and expenses: For the divisions and offices of the Office 
of the Surgeon General and for miscellaneous expenses of the Public 
Health Service not appropriated for elsewhere, including conducting 
research on technical nursing standards and furnishing consultative 
nursing services; preparing information, articles, and publications 
related to public health; conducting studies and demonstrations in 
public health methods; carrying on international health activities, 
including not to exceed $1,000 for entertainment of officials of other 
countries when specifically authorized by the Surgeon General; and 
purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor vehicle for replace-
ment only; $2,745,868. 
SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the maintenance 
and operation of the hospital, including purchase of not to exceed 
one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, clothing for 
patients and cooperation with organizations or individuals in scien-
tific research into the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment of 
mental illness, $2,135,000. 
65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 134—AUG. 31, 1961 
219 
Major repairs and preservation of buildings and grounds: For 
miscellaneous construction, alterations, repairs, and equipment, on 
the grounds of the hospital, including preparation of plans and speci-
fications, advertising, and supervision of construction, $136,500, to 
remain available until expended: Provided^ That any part of this 
amount may be transferred to the General Services Administration. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
Salaries and expenses. Bureau of Federal Credit Unions: For 
expenses necessary for the supervision of Federal credit unions, 
$175,000, together with the aggregate of amounts received from cer-
tificate, supervision, and examination fees collected from Federal 
credit unions as authorized by law, of which total sum not more than 
$626,671 shall be available for personal services. 
Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance: 
For necessary expenses, including purchase of two passenger motor 
vehicles; and furnishing, repairing, and cleaning of wearing apparel 
and equipment used by building guards; not more than $58,000,000 
may be expended from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance 
trust fund, of which not more than $49,549,400 shall be available for 
personal services. 
Reimbursement to Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust 
fund: For reimbursement to the Federal old-age and survivors insur-
ance trust fund for administrative costs and for benefits paid during 
the period July 1, 1949 through August 31, 1950 to the survivors oi 
veterans of World War II eligible for benefits as provided under 
section 210 of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C. 410), 
'^ ^*'^ '2'-
$3,734,000. 
Grants to States for public assistance: For grants to States for old-
age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind, and aid to 
the permanently and totally disabled, as authorized in titles I, IV, 
X, and XIV of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C , ch. 7, 
subch. I, IV, and X, 64 Stat. 477), $1,150,000,000, of which such 
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in the prior fiscal year subsequent to March 31 of that year. 
1351-1355. 
Salaries and expenses. Bureau of Public Assistance: For expenses 
necessary for the Bureau of Public Assistance, $1,600,000, of which 
not more than $1,455,400 shall be available for personal services. 
Salaries and expenses, Children's Bureau: For necessary expenses in 
carrying out the Act of April 9, 1912, as amended (29 U. S. C. 18a), 
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and title V of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C, ch. 7, 
subch. V), including purchase of reports and material for the publi- 
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cations of the Children's Bureau and of reprints for distribution, 7
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$1,500,000, of which not more than $1,238,900 shall be available for ^s u. s. c. § 45b. 
personal services: Provided^ That no part of any appropriation con- ^^^^ °
^ obstetrical 
tained in this title shall be used to promulgate or carry out any instruc-
tions, order, or regulation relating to the care of obstetrical cases which 
discriminate between persons licensed under State law to practice 
obstetrics: Provided further^ That the foregoing proviso shall not be 
so construed as to prevent any patient from having the services of any 
practitioner of her own choice, paid for out of this fund, so long as 
State laws are complied with: Provided further^ That any State plan 
which provides standards for professional obstetrical services in 
accordance with the laws of the State shall be approved. 
Grants to States for maternal and child welfare: For grants to 
States for maternal and child-health services, services for crippled 
children, and child-welfare services as authorized in title V, parts 
220 
PUBLIC LAW 134—AUG. 31, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
1, 2, and 3, of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C, eh. 
7, subch. V), $31,500,000: Provided, 
That any allotment to a State 
pursuant to section 502 (b) or 512 (b) of such Act shall not be included 
in computing for the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of sections 
504 and 514 of such Act an amount expended or estimated to be 
expended by the State. 
Salaries and expenses, Office of the Commissioner: For expenses 
necessary for the Office of the Commissioner for Social Security, 
$200,000, together with not to exceed $110,300 to be transferred from 
the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund. 
Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after 
May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under titles 
I, IV, V, X, and XIV, respectively, of the Social Security Act, as 
4
9 Stat. 620. 
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set^ ^ •"' 
* sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expendi-
tures made thereunder for payments under each of such titles to be 
charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year. 
In the administration of titles I, IV, V, X, and XIV, respectively, 
of the Social Security Act, as amended, payments to a State under 
any of such titles for any quarter in the period beginning April 1 
of the prior year, and ending June 30 of the current year, may be 
made with respect to a State plan approved under such title prior 
to or during such period, but no such payment shall be made with 
respect to any plan for any quarter prior to the quarter in which 
such plan was submitted for approval. 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
Salaries, Office of the Administrator: Salaries, Office of the Admin-
istrator, $2,050,000, together with not to exceed $403,000 to be trans-
Poa, p. 224. 
ferred from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund: 
Advance o
f funds. Provided, That the Administrator may advance to this appropriation 
from appropriations of constituent organizations of the Federal 
Security Agency such sums as may be necessary to finance the regional 
office activities of such constituent organizations. 
Post, p. 224. 
Salaries and expenses. Division of Service Operations: F o r expenses 
necessary for the Office of the Administrator, including salaries for 
the Division of Service Operations; and purchase of one passenger 
motor vehicle for replacement only; $711,500, together with not to 
exceed $123,500 to be transferred from the Federal old-age and sur-
vivors insurance trust fund, of which total sum not more 
than 
$402,045 shall be available for personal services: Provided, 
T h a t the 
Administrator may advance to this appropriation from appropria-
tions of constituent organizations of the Federal Securitj^ Agency such 
sums as may be necessary to cover the charges for services, supplies, 
equipment, and materials furnished. 
Post, p. 224. 
Salaries, Office of the General Counsel: Salaries, Office of the Gen-
eral Counsel, $396,478, together with not to exceed $22,950 to be trans-
ferred from the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, certification 
and inspection services", and not to exceed $389,000 to be transferred 
Post, p. 224. 
from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund. 
Surphis property disposal: For expenses necessary for carrying out 
the provisions of subsections 203 (j) and (k) of the Federal Property 
63 Stat. 385. 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, relating to dis-
4
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pQgal of real and personal excess property for educational purposes 
and protection of public health, $90,000. 
65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 134—AUG. 31, 1951 
221 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 202. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for examination of estimates of appropria-
tions in the field, and for payment in advance when authorized by the 
Federal Security Administrator for dues or fees for library member-
ship in organizations whose publications are available to members 
only or to members at a price lower than to the general public. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for services as authorized by section 15 of 
the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a). 
SEC. 204. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for travel expenses and for expenses of 
attendance at meetings concerned with the function or activity for 
which any such appropriation is made. 
SEC. 205. None of the funds appropriated by this title to the Social 
Security Administration for grants in aid of State agencies to cover, 
in whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies including 
the salaries and expenses of officers and employes of said agencies, 
shall be withheld from the said agencies of any States which have 
established by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit 
system and classification and compensation plan covering the selec-
tion, tenure in office, and compensation of their employees, because of 
any disapproval of their personnel or the manner of their selection 
by the agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or 
employees. 
This title may be cited as the "Federal Security Agency Appro-
priation Act, 1952". 
60 Stat. 810. 
Travel expenses. 
W i t h h o l d i n g 
moneys from St 
agencies. 
: of 
ate 
Citation of title. 
TITLE III—NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the National 
Labor Relations Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U. S. C. 141-167), and 
other laws, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned 
with the work of the Board when specifically authorized by the Chair-
man or the General Counsel; and services as authorized by section 15 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; $8,233,959, of which 
not more than $6,622,284 shall be available for personal services: 
Provided^ That no part of this appropriation shall be available to 
organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in con-
nection with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning 
bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 
section 2 (3) of the Act of July 5,1935 (49 Stat. 450), and as amended 
by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in 
section 3 (f) of the Act of June 25,1938 (52 Stat. 1060). 
This title may be cited as the "National Labor Relations Board 
Appropriation Act, 1952". 
National Labor Re-
lations Board Appro-
priation Act, 1952. 
Poit, p. 224. 
61 Stat. 136. 
60 Stat. 810. 
29 U. S. C. § 152. 
29 U. S. C. § 203(f). 
Citation of title. 
TITLE IV—NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the National 
Mediation Board, including stenographic reporting services as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
55a), $394,247, of which not more than $299,307 shall be available for 
personal services. 
National Mediation 
Board Appropriation 
Act, 1952. 
Post, p. 224. 
60 Stat. 810. 
222 
Post, p. 224. 
44 Stat. 582. 
60 Stat. 810. 
PUBLIC LAW 134—AUG. 31, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
Arbitration and emergency boards: Jbor expenses necessary for 
arbitration boards established under section 7 of the Railway Labor 
Act, as amended (45 U. S. C. 157), and emergency boards appointed 
by the President pursuant to section 10 of said Act (45 U. S. C. 160), 
including stenographic reporting services as authorized by section 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $144,000, of which 
not more than $114,000 shall be available for personal services. 
Post, p. 224. 
60 Stat. 810. 
44 Stat. 578. 
45 U. S. C. § 153. 
Citation of title. 
Railroad 
Retire-
ment Board 
Appro-
priation Act, 1952. 
49 Stat. 967; 50 Stat 
307. 
60 Stat. 725. 
26 U. S. C. § 15.38. 
Post, p. 224. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Citation of title. 
Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Serv-
ice 
A p p r o p r i a t i o n 
Act, 1952. 
Post, p. 224. 
61 Stat. 136. 
29 U. S. C. § 175. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Post, p. 224. 
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT 
BOARD 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessarj^ for the National 
Railroad Adjustment Board, including stenographic reporting serv-
ices as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (6 U. S. C. 
55a), $600,000, of which not more than $460,774 sliall be available 
for personal services and of which not less than $250,000 shall be 
available for compensation (at rates not in excess of $75 per diem) 
and expenses of referees appointed pursuant to section 3 of the Rail-
way Labor Act, as amended. 
This title may be cited as the "National Mediation Board Appro-
priation Act, 1952". 
TITLE V—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
Payment to railroad retirement account: For an annual premium 
to provide for the payment of all annuities, pensions, and death 
benefits, in accordance with the provisions of the Railroad Retire-
ment Acts of 1935 and 1937, as amended (45 U. S. C. 228-228s), and 
for expenses necessary for the Railroad Retirement Board in the 
Administration of said Acts as specifically provided for under this 
title, for crediting to the railroad retirement account, an amount equal 
to amounts covered into the Treasury (minus refunds) during the 
current fiscal year under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act (28 U. S. C. 
1500-1538). 
Salaries and expenses, Railroad Retirement Board (trust fund) : 
For expenses necessary for the Railroad Retirement Board, including 
not to exceed $1,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned 
with the work of the Board when specifically authorized by the Board; 
and stenographic reporting services as authorized by section 15 of the 
Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; $5,056,904, of which not more 
than $4,010,820 shall be available for personal services, to be derived 
from the railroad retirement account. 
This title may be cited as the "Railroad Retirement Board Appro-
priation Act, 1952". 
TITLE VI—FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION 
SERVICE 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Service to 
carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Rela-
tions Act, 1947 (29 U. S. C. 171-180, 182), including expenses of the 
Labor-Management Panel as provided in section 205 of said Act; 
temporary employment of arbitrators, conciliators, and mediators on 
labor relations at rates not in excess of $50 per diem; expenses of 
attendance at meetings concerned with labor and industrial relations; 
and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U. S. C. 55a) ; $3,047,000, of which not more than $2,666,653 shall 
be available for personal services. 
Boards of inquiry: To enable the Service to pay necessary expenses 
of boards of inquiry appointed by the President pursuant to section 
65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 134—AUG. 31, 1951 
223 
206 of the Labor-Management Kelations Act, 1947 (29 U. S. C. 176-
180, 182), including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), and rent in the District of Columbia, 
$48,750, of which not more than $23,750 shall be available for personal 
services. 
This title may be cited as the "Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service Appropriation Act, 1952". 
Citation of title. 
TITLE VII—GENERAL PEOVISIONS 
SEC. 701. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a 
strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member 
of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to 
strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, 
or is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of 
the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided^ 
That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima 
facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not contrary to 
the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against the Govern-
ment of the United States, is not a member of an organization of Gov-
ernment employees that asserts the right to strike against the Govern-
ment of the United States, or that such person does not advo-
cate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the over-
throw 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 organiza-
tion 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 Gov-
ernment of the United States by force or violence and accepts employ-
ment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation 
contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, 
shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 
one year, or both: Promded further^ That the above penalty clause 
shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions 
of existing law. 
SEC. 702. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not heretofore authorized 
by the Congress. 
SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation or authorization contained 
in this Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any incumbent 
appointed to any civil office or position which may become vacant 
during the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1951: Provided^ That 
this inhibition shall not apply— 
(a) to not to exceed 25 per centum of all vacancies; 
(b) to positions filled from within and by transfer to the 
department or agency; 
(c) to offices or positions required by law to be filled by 
appointment of the President by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate; 
(d) to Saint Elizabeths Hospital and Freedmen's Hospital; 
(e) to the Public Health Service; 
(f) to educational institutions; and 
(g) to personnel engaged in law enforcement: Provided 
fur-
ther^ That when the total number of personnel subject to this 
section has been reduced to 90 per centum of the total provided 
for in the budget estimates for 1952, this section may cease to 
apply. 
Persons engaging, 
etc., In strikes against 
or advocating over-
throw of U. S. Gov-
ernment. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
Publicity or propa-
ganda. 
Restriction on ap-
pointments. 
Nonapplicability. 
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[65 STAT. 
r^'^riauons^ in ap- 
guc. 704. Amounts available from appropriations and other funds 
in this Act, and amounts specified therein for personal services, are 
hereby reduced in the sums hereinafter set forth, such sums (except 
trust funds) to be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the 
Treasury immediately upon the approval of this Act, as follows: 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Labor Standards, $31,835; 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
Salaries and expenses, $238,461; 
W O M E N ' S BUREAU 
Salaries and expenses, $16,715; 
FEDERAL SECURITY 
AGENCY 
OFFICE OF EDUCATION 
Salaries and expenses, $152,293; 
OFFICE OP THE ADMINISTRATOR 
Salaries and expenses. Division of Service Operations: 
Appropriation, $17,487; 
Transfer from Old-age and Survivors' Insurance Trust Fund, 
$3,673; 
^ 
Salaries, Office of the General Counsel: 
Appropriation, $21,350; 
Transfer from Old-age and Survivors' Insurance Trust Fund, 
$21,197; 
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
Salaries and expenses, $348,541; 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
Salaries and expenses, $15,753; 
Arbitration and emergency boards, $6,000; 
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD 
Salaries and expenses, $24,251; 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
Salaries and expenses. Railroad Retirement Board (trust fund), 
$211,096; 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION 
SERVICE 
Salaries and expenses, $135,087; 
Boards of inquiry, $1,250. 
Passenger cars. 
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is reduced by the provisions in this Act the total number of passenger 
cars in the division or department concerned will be reduced by a like 
65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 135—AUG. 31, 1951 
225 
number: Provided^ That in no event shall the number of pmssenger-
carrying vehicles which may be operated during the current fiscal year 
at the seat of government under any appropriation or authorization 
in this Act exceed 50 per centum of the number in use as of June 30, 
1951. 
SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, 
except appropriations for the Public Health Service, shall be used to 
pay the compensation of any employee engaged in personnel work in 
excess of the number that would be provided by a ratio of one such 
employee to one hundred and five, or a part thereof, full-time, part-
time, and intermittent employees of the agency concerned: Provided^ 
That for purposes of this section employees shall be considered as 
engaged in personnel work if they spend half time or more in per-
sonnel administration consisting of direction and administration of 
the personnel program; employment, placement, and separation; job 
evaluation and classification; employee relations and services; train-
ing ; committees of expert examiners and boards of civil-service exam-
iners ; wage administration; and processing, recording, and reporting. 
SEC. 707. This Act may be cited as the "Labor-Federal Security 
Appropriation Act, 1952". 
Approved August 31, 1951. 
Employees engaged 
in personnel work-
Short title,. 
Public Law 135 
CHAPTER 3 7 4 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 
ending June 80, 1952, and for other purposes. 
August 31, 1951 
[H. R. 3973] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following ^Department of 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise priauon"Act, 1952!'^° 
appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1952, namely : 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TITLE I—REGULAR ACTIVITIES 
RESEARCH AND MARKETING ACT OF 1946 
To enable the Secretary to improve and develop, independently or 
through cooperation among Federal and State agencies, and others, a 
sound and efficient system for the distribution and marketing of agri-
cultural products under the provisions of titles I I and I I I of the Act of 
August 14, 1946, as amended (7 U. S. C. 1621-1629), $4,750,000: Pro-
vided, That not less than $600,000 of this amount shall be available for 
contracts in accordance with the provisions of section 205 of said Act: 
Provided 
further, 
That the Secretary may make available to any 
bureau, office, or agency of the Department such amounts from this 
appropriation as may be necessary to carry out the functions for which 
it is made (but amounts made available to the Office of the Secretary, 
Office of the Solicitor, and Office of Information, shall not exceed those 
which the Bureau of the Budget, after a hearing thereon with repre-
sentatives of the Department, shall determine), and any such amounts 
shall be in addition to amounts transferred or otherwise made available 
to other appropriation items of the Department: Provided 
further^ 
That no part of this appropriation shall be available for work relating 
to fish or shellfish or any product thereof, except for the support of 
60 Stat. 1087. 
7 U. S. C. § 1624. 
A v a i l a b i l i t y 
funds. 
Work r e l a t i n g to 
fish, etc.