An Act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.
PL 84-573 (H.R.9390), enacted 06/13/1956

June 13, 1956 
[H. R. 9390] 
70 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 673-JUNE 13, 1966 
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Public Law 573 
CHAPTER 380 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That the following inJeri^^TReiS-' 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- ed Agencies AP-
wise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior and related P^^^P'^®***'" ^ct, 
agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, namely: 
TITLE I—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 the Act of July 
3, 1952, as amended (66 Stat. 328 and 69 Stat. 198), authorizing 
studies of the conversion of saline water for beneficial consumptive 
uses, $550,000. 
OFFICE OF OIL AND GAS 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary to discharge his 
responsibilities with respect to oil and gas, including cooperation with 
the petroleum industry and State authorities in the production, proc-
essing, and utilization of petroleum and its products, and natural 
gas; and for controlling the interstate shipment of contraband oil 
as required by law (15 \j. S. C. 715); including purchase of not to 
exceed two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; $413,800. 
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OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $2,835,000, 
and in addition, not to exceed $100,000 may be reimbursed or trans-
ferred to this appropriation from other accounts available to the 
Department of the Interior: Provided^ That hearing officers appointed 
for Indian probate work need not be appointed pursuant to the Admin-
istrative Procedure Act (60 Stat. 237), as amended. 
OFFICE OF MINERALS MOBILIZATION 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary to discharge his 
responsibilities, including cooperation with the metals and minerals 
industry, with respect to the conservation, exploration, development, 
production, and utilization of mineral resources, including solid fuels, 
$300,000. 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
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MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement, develop-
ment, disposal, cadastral 
urveying, classification, and performance 
of other functions, as authorized by law, in the management of lands 
and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, including $35,000 for the operation and maintenance of 
access roads on the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 
lands, $18,369,300: Provided^ That this appropriation may be expended 
on a reimbursable basis for surveys of lands other than those under 
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management: Provided 
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ther^ That, for the purposes of surveying federally controlled or inter-
mingled lands and operation and maintenance of access roads, con-
tributions toward the costs thereof may be accepted. 
OONSTRtlCTION 
For construction of access roads on the revested Oregon and Cali-
fornia Railroad grant lands; acquisition of rights-of-way and of 
existing connecting roads adjacent to such lands; and for acquisition 
and construction of buildings and appurtenant facilities in Alaska; 
to remain available until expended, $4,500,000: Provided, That the 
amount appropriated herein for road construction shall be transferred 
to the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce: Provided 
further, 
That the amount appropriated herein for construction of 
access roads on the j-evested Oregon and California Railroad grant 
lands and in addition, amounts available for operation and mainte-
nance of such access roads under the appropriation "Management of 
lands and resources" are hereby made a reimibursable charge against 
the Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall be reimbursed 
to the general fund in the Treasury in accordance with the provisions 
of the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title I I of the Act of 
50 Stat. 876. 
August 28, 1937. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be avail-
able for purchase of thirty-one passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only; purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary struc-
tures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and 
appurtenant facilities to which the United States has title: Provided, 
That of appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment expenditures in connection with the revested Oregon and Cali-
fornia Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands 
(other than expenditures for construction and operation and main-
tenance of access roads and for acquisition of rights-of-way and of 
existing connecting roads adjacent to such lands) shall be reimbursed 
from the 25 per centum referred to in section C, title II, of the Act 
50 Stat. 876. 
approved August 28,1937, of the special fund designated the "Oregon 
and California Land Grant Fund" and section 4 of the Act approved 
53 Stat. 754. 
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£4, 1939, of the special fund designated the "Coos Bay Wagon 
Road Grant Fund". 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For construction, purchase, and maintenance of range improve-
ments pursuant to the provisions of sections 3 and 10 of the Act of 
1273.^*^** ^^'°' '^^^^ ^^' ^^^^' ^^ amended (43 U. S. C. 315), sums equal to the aggre-
43'usc 3isb, gate of all moneys received, during the current fiscal year, as range 
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improvement fees under section 3 of said Act and of 25 per centum of 
all moneys received, during the current fiscal year, under section 15 
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of said Act, to remain available until expended. 
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,i i BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
EDUCATION AND W^ELFARE SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to provide education and welfare services 
for Indians, either directly or in cooperation with States and other 
organizations, including payment (in advance or from date of admis-
sion), of care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses of Indians in 
boarding homes, institutions, or schools; grants and other assistance 
to needy Indians; maintenance of law^ and order, and payment of 
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rewards for information or evidence concerning violations of law on 
Indian reservations or lands; and operation of Indian arts and crafts 
shops and museums; $50,720,000. 
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for management, development, improve-
ment, and protection of resources and appurtenant facilities under the 
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including payment of 
irrigation assessments and charges; acquisition of w^ater rights; 
advances for Indian industrial and business enterprises; operation of 
Indian arts and crafts shops and museums; and development of 
Indian arts and crafts as authorized by law; $16,200,000, and in addi-
tion, $350,000 of the Revolving Fund for Loans, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, shall be used in connection with administering loans to 
Indians. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, major repair, and improvement of irrigation and 
power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facilities; acquisition of 
lands and interests in lands; preparation of lands for farming; and 
architectural and engineering services by contract; to remain available; 
until expended, $5,240,000, of which not to exceed $240,000 may be 
paid to the Municipal School District Numbered 1, Sandoval County, 
New Mexico, to supplement an allocation of funds from the Office 
of Education for the construction of elementary public school facili-
ties which shall be available to Pueblo Indian children: Provided^ 
Restrictions. 
That no part of the sum herein appropriated shall be used for the 
acquisition of land within the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, 
New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming outside of the 
boundaries of existing Indian reservations: Provided further^ That no 
part of this appropriation shall be used for the acquisition of land 
or water rights within the States of Nevada, Oregon, and Washington 
either inside or outside the boundaries of existing reservations: Pro-
vided further^ That the Secretary is authorized to purchase, without 
regard to the prohibition against the acquisition of land or water 
lights contained herein, not to exceed ten acres of lands within the 
Klamath Indian Reservation, Oregon, required for the construction 
of a pumping plant for the Modoc Point Indian irrigation system. 
ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT 
AUTHORIZATION) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority con-
tained in section 6 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 
73), $11,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the general administration of the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs, including such expenses in field offices, $3,190,000. 
DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS OF THE CREEK INDIANS 
For necessary expenses incident to the distribution of funds belong-
ing to the members of the Creek Nation of Indians, in accordance with 
the Act of August 1,1955 (69 Stat. 431), $200,000, to remain available 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the re-
volving fund for loans) shall be available for expenses of exhibits; 
purchase of not to exceed two hundred and ninety passenger motor 
vehicles (of which two hundred and seventy shall be for replacement 
only), which may be used for the transportation of Indians; advance 
payments for service (including services which may extend beyond 
the current fiscal year) under contracts executed pursuant to the Act 
49 Stat. 1458. 
^f j ^ ^ 4^ jggg (25 U. S. C. 452), and legislation terminating Federal 
supervision over certain Indian tribes; purchase of ice for official use 
of employees; and expenses required by continuing or permanent 
treaty provisions. 
TRIBAL FUNDS 
In addition to the tribal funds authorized to be expended 
by existing law, there is hereby appropriated $3,000,000 from tribal 
funds not otherwise available for expenditure for the benefit of 
Indians and Indian tribes, including pay and travel expenses of 
employees; care, tuition and other assistance to Indian children 
attending public and private, schools (which may be paid in 
advance or from date of admission) ; purchase of land and improve-
ments on land, title to which shall be taken in the name of the 
United States in trust for the tribe for which purchased; lease 
of lands and water rights; compensation and expenses of attorneys 
and other persons employed by Indian tribes under approved con-
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tracts; pay, travel, and other expenses of tribal officers, councils, 
and committees thereof, or other tribal organizations, including 
mileage for use of privately owned automobiles and per diem in 
lieu of subsistence at rates established administratively but not to 
exceed those applicable to civilian employees of the Government; 
relief of Indians, without regard to section 7 of the Act of May 27, 
18use 4124. 
1930 (46 Stat. 391), including cash grants; and employment of a 
recreational director for the Menominee Reservation and a curator 
for the Osage Museum, each of whom shall be appointed with the 
approval of the respective tribal councils and without regard to the 
classification laws: Provided^ 
That in addition to the amount 
appropriated herein, tribal funds may be advanced to Indian tribes 
during the current fiscal year for such purposes as may be desig-
nated by the governing body of the particular tribe involved and 
approved by the Secretary: Provided, however] That no part of this 
appropriation or other tribal funds shall be used for the acquisi-
tion of land or water rights within the States of Nevada, Oregon, 
Washington, and Wyoming, either inside or outside the boundaries 
of existing Indian reservations, if such acquisition results in the 
property being exempted from local taxation. 
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
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SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIOXS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the Geological Survey to perform sur-
veys, investigations, and research covering topography, geology, and 
the mineral and water resources of the United States, its Territories 
and possessions; classify lands as to mineral character and water and 
power resources; give engineering supervision to power permits and 
Federal Power Commission licenses; enforce departmental regulations 
applicable to oil, gas, and other mining leases, permits, licenses, and 
operating contracts; publish and disseminate data relative to the 
Restiiction. 
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foregoing activities; and for the Geological Survey or the General 
Services Administration to acquire a site and to prepare plans and 
specifications for a building or buildings to meet the special needs 
of the Geological Survey in the metropolitan area of Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia, without regard to Revised Statutes, page 3709, 
as amended (41 U. S. C. 5), and section 302 (c) of the Act of June 
30, 1949, as amended (41 U. S. C. 252 (c)); $31,602,000, of which 
63 stat. 393. 
$5,070,000 shall be available only for cooperation with States or mu-
nicipalities for water resources investigations: Provided^ That no part 
of this appropriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the cost 
of any topographic mapping or water resources investigations carried 
on in cooperation with any State or municipality. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The amount appropriated for the Geological Survey shall be avail-
able for purchase of not to exceed one hundred and twenty-six pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only; reimbursement of the 
General Services Administration for security guard service for pro-
tection of confidential files; contracting for the furnishing of topo-
graphic maps and for the making of geophysical or other specialized 
surveys when it is administratively determined that such procedures 
are in the public interest; construction and maintenance of necessary 
buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gaging 
stations; and payment of compensation and expenses of persons on the 
rolls of the Geological Survey appointed, as authorized by law, to 
represent the United States in the negotiation and administration of 
interstate compacts, including not to exceed $10,000 for the person 
apfjointed by the President to participate as the representative of the 
United States in the administration of the compact consented to by the 
Act of May 31,1949 (Public Law 82): Provided, That notwithstand- 
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in^ the provisions of any other law, the President is authorized to ap-
point a retired officer as such representative, without prejudice to his 
status as a retired Army officer, and he shall receive such compensation 
and expenses in addition to his retired pay. 
BUREAU OP MINES 
CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES 
For expenses necessary for promoting the conservation, exploration, 
development, production, and utilization of mineral resources, includ-
ing fuels, in the United States, its Territories and possessions; develop-
ing synthetics and substitutes; and controlling fires in coal deposits; 
$15,862,750. 
HEALTH AND SAFETY 
For expenses necessary for promotion of health and safety in mines 
and in the minerals industries, as authorized by law, $5,304,300. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration of tRe Bureau of 
Mines, including such expenses in the regional offices, $1,030,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations and funds available to the Bureau of Mines may be 
expended for purchase of not to exceed eighty-nine passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only; providing transportation services in 
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isolated areas for employees, student dependents of employees, and 
other pupils, and such activities may be financed under cooperative 
arrangements; purchase and bestowal of certificates and trophies in 
connection with mine rescue and first-aid work: Provided, That the 
Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and 
other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute 
projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: 
Provided further^ That the sums made available for the current fiscal 
year to the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force for the 
acquisition of helium from tlie Bureau of Mines shall be transferred 
to the Bureau of Mines, and said sums, together with all other pay-
ments to the Bureau of Mines for helium, shall be credited to the 
special helium production fund, established pursuant to the Act of 
March 3, 1925, as amended (50 IJ. S. C. 164 (c)) : Provided 
further, 
That the Bureau of Mines is authorized, during the current fiscal year, 
to sell directly or through any Government agency, including corpora-
tions, any metal or mineral product that may be manufactured in pilot 
plants operated by the Bureau of Mines, and the proceeds of such 
sales shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION 
For expenses necessary for the management and protection of the 
areas and facilities administered by the National Park Service, 
including protection of lands in process of condemnation; and for 
plans, investigations, and studies of the recreational resources (exclu-
sive of preparation of detail plans and working drawings) and archae-
ological values in river basins of the United States (except the Mis-
souri Eiver Basin); $11,562,000. 
MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES 
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and rehabil-
itation of roads (including furnishing special road maintenance 
service to defense trucking permittees on a reimbursable basis), trails, 
buildings, utilities, and other physical facilities essential to the oper-
ation of areas administered pursuant to law by the National Park 
Service, $10,158,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and improvement, without regard to the Act of 
37 Stat. 460. 
August 24, 1912, as amended (16 U. S. C. 451), of buildings, utilities, 
and other physical facilities; and the acquisition of lands, interests 
therein, improvements, and water rights; to remain available until 
expended, $15,250,000, of which not to exceed $250,000 shall be avail-
able for the construction of additional school facilities at Grand 
Canyon National Park, Arizona. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority con-
tained in section 6 of the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 
73), including acquisition of right-of-way for the eastern entrance 
road, Eocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, $29,800,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration of the National 
Park Service, including such expenses in the regional 
offices, 
$1,250,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be available for 
the purchase of not to exceed one hundred and ten passenger motor 
vehicles of which one hundred and nine shall be for replacement only, 
including not to exceed seventeen for replacing United States Park 
Police cruisers; and the objects and purposes specified in the Acts of 
August 8, 1953 (67 Stat. 495, 496) and July 1, 1955 (69 Stat. 242): 
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Provided^ That all receipts for the fiscal year 1957 from the operation 
of the McKinley Park Hotel in Mount McKinley National Park, 
Alaska, may be applied to, or offset against, costs of managing, operat-
ing, and maintaining the hotel and related facilities, and any receipts 
or other revenues in excess of such costs shall be deposited at least 
annually into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous 
receipts. 
F I S H AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES 
For expenses necessary for conservation, management, protection, 
and utilization of fish and wildlife resources, and for the performance 
of other authorized functions related to such resources; operation of 
the industrial properties within the Crab Orchard National Wildlife 
Kefuge (61 Stat. 770); maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle 
on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Kefuge; purchase or rent of land, 
and functions related to wildlife management in California (16 
U. S. C. 695-695c); leasing and management of lands for the protec- 
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tion of the Florida Key deer; and not to exceed $30,000 for payment, 
in the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence concern-
ing violations of laws administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service; 
$10,373,600; and in addition, there are appropriated amounts equal 
to 25 per centum of the proceeds covered into the Treasury during the 
next preceding fiscal year from the sale of sealskins and other prod-
ucts, for management and investigation of fish and wildlife resources 
of Alaska, including construction. 
INVESTIGATIONS OF RESOURCES 
For expenses necessary for scientific and economic studies and inves-
tigations respecting conservation, management, protection, and utili-
zation of fish and wildlife resources, including related aquatic plants 
and products; collection, compilation, and publication of information 
concerning such studies and investigations; and the performance of 
other functions related thereto; as authorized by law; $5,105,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities 
required in the conservation, management, protection, and utilization 
of fish and wildlife resources and the acquisition of lands and interests 
therein, $2,471,000 to remain available until expended: Provided^ 
Transfer of funds. 
That the funds appropriated herein for the continuation of the con-
struction of the Devils Kitchen Dam on the Crab Orchard Wildlife 
Refuge, Illinois, shall be transferred to the Corps of Engineers, 
Department of the Army. 
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GENERAL ADMINISTRATRTE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration of the Fish and 
Wildlife Service, including such expenses in the regional offices, 
$852,500. 
ADMINISTRATION OF ERIBILOF ISLANDS 
58 Stat. 100. 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of February 26,1944, as 
amended (16 U. S. C. 631a-631q), there are appropriated amounts 
equal to 60 per centum of the proceeds covered into the Treasury during 
the next preceding fiscal year from the sale of sealskins and other 
products, to remain available for expenditure during the current and 
next succeeding fiscal years. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
P R 0 \ T : S I 0 N S 
Appropriations for the Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available 
for purchase of not to exceed one hundred and thirty-one passenger 
motor vehicles of which ninety-seven shall be for replacement only; 
purchase of not to exceed six aircraft for replacement only; publica-
tion and distribution of bulletins as authorized by law (7 tJ. S. C. 
34 Stat. 690. 
4^7) • ratioDS or commutation of rations for officers and crews of vessels 
at rates not to exceed $3 per man per day; repair of damage to public 
roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations 
of the Fish and Wildlife Service; options for the purchase of land at 
not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities incident to such public rec-
reational uses on conservation areas as are not inconsistent with their 
primary purposes; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, 
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Fish and 
Wildlife Service and to which the United States has title, and which 
are utilized pursuant to law in connection with management and in-
vestigation of fish and wildlife resources. 
OFFICE OF TERRITORIES 
ADMINISTRATION OF TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of Territories and 
for the departmental administration of the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands, under the jurisdiction of the Department of the 
Interior, including expenses of the offices of the Governors of Alaska, 
64^st^t ^ih-^^ih Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, as authorized by law (48 U. S. C , 
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sees. 61, 531,1422,1431a (c)); salaries of the Governor of the Virgin 
Islands, the Government Secretary, and the members of their im-
mediate staffs as authorized by law (Act of July 22,1954, Public Law 
48 use 1541 517), compensation and mileage of members of the legislatures in 
Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands 
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as authorized by law (48 U. S. C , sees. 87, 599, 1421d (e), 1431a (c) 
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and the Act of July 22, 1954 (68 Stat. 497)); compensation and 
expenses of the judiciary in American Samoa as authorized by 
law (48 U. S. C. 1431a (c)); care of insane as authorized by law for 
56 Stat. 782; 36 Alaska (48 U. S. C. 46-50) ; grants to American Samoa, in addition 
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personal services, household equipment and furnishings, and utilities 
necessary in the operation of the houses of the Governors of Alaska, 
Hawaii, Guam, and American Samoa; $2,803,000: Provided, That the 
Territorial and local governments herein provided for are authorized 
to make purchases through the General Services Administration: 
Provided further, That appropriations available for the administra-
tion of Territories may be expended for the purchase, charter, main-
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tenance, and operation of aircraft and surface vessels for official 
purposes and for commercial transportation purposes found by the 
Secretary to be necessary. 
TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 
For expenses necessary for the Department of the Interior in 
administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands pursuant 
to the Trusteeship Agreement approved by Public Law 204, Eightieth 
Congress, and Public Law 451, approved June 30, 1954, including ^^^^ |^*^ ^^'''' ^
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the expenses of the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the 
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Pacific Islands; compensation and expenses of the judiciary of the "°*** 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; grants to the Trust Territory 
of the Pacific Islands in addition to local revenues, for support of 
governmental functions; $4,800,000: Provided, That the revolving 
fund for loans to locally owned private trading enterprises shall con-
tinue to be available during the fiscal year 1957: Provided further, 
That all financial transactions of the Trust Territory, including such 
transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established or utilized 
by such Trust Territory, shall be audited by the General Accounting 
Office in accordance with the provisions of the Budget and Accounting 
Act, 1921 (42 Stat. 23), as amended, and the Accounting and Auditing 
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Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 34): Provided further, That the government 
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of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands is authorized to make 
purchases through the General Services Administration: Provided 
further, That appropriations available for the Administration of the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands may be expended for the pur-
chase, charter, maintenance, and operation of aircraft and surface 
vessels for official purposes and for commercial transportation pur-
poses found by the Secretary to be necessary in carrying out the pro-
visions of article 6 (2) of the Trusteeship Agreement approved by 
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Congress. 
ALASKA PUBLIC WORKS 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary for carrying out 
the provisions of the Act of August 24,1949, as amehded (48 U. S. C. 
486-486J), to remain available untilJune 30,1959, $4,968,000, of which 
63 stau 627. 
not to exceed $525,000 shall be available for administrative expenses. 
CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, ALASKA 
For construction of roads, tramways, buildings, ferries, bridges, 
and trails, including surveys and plans for new road construction; 
acquisition of lands or interests in lands by purchase, donation, con-
demnation, or otherwise; and purchase of five passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only, $7,800,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS, ALASKA 
For operation and maintenance of roads, tramways, buildings, 
ferries, bridges, and trails, $3,625,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The total of the amounts herein appropriated for construction, 
operation and maintenance of roads in Alaska shall be available in one 
fund, except that the appropriation herein made for operation and 
maintenance shall be available only for the service of the current fiscal 
year. 
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39 Stat. 750. 
Not to exceed l7i/^ per centum of the amount herein appropriated 
for construction of roads in Alaska shall be available for construction 
work by force account, or on a hired-labor basis. 
ALASKA RAILROAD REVOLVING FUXD 
The Alaska Railroad Revolving Fund shall continue available until 
expended for the work authorized by law, including operation and 
maintenance of oceangoing or coastwise vessels by ownership, charter, 
or arrangement with other branches of the Government service, for the 
purpose of providing additional facilities for transportation of 
freight, passengers, or mail, when deemed necessary for the benefit and 
development of industries or travel in the area served; and payment of 
compensation and expenses as authorized by section 42 of the Act of 
September 7, 1916 (5 U. S. C. 793), to be reimbursed as therein pro-
vided : Provided, That no employee shall be paid an annual salary out 
of said fund of more than $11,000 except the general manager of said 
railroad, one assistant general manager at not to exceed $14,000 per 
annum, two officers at not to exceed $12,500 per annum each, and three 
officers at not to exceed $12,000 per annum each. 
ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
64 Stat. 680. 
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Erne r g e n cy re-
construction. 
Forest or range 
fire suppression. 
Op e r a t i o n of 
warehouses, etc. 
47 Stat. 417. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior 
(referred to herein as the Secretary), including teletype rentals and 
service, $2,222,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
The working capital fund, established by the Act of September 6, 
1950 (64 Stat. 679), shall hereafter be available for uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as 
amended (68 Stat. 1114 and 69 Stat. 49). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for 
expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the ap-
proval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replace-
ment, or repair of buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment 
damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: 
Provided., That no funds shall be made available under this authority 
until funds specifically made available to the Department of the 
Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer 
(within each bureau or office) of any appropriation in this title, in 
addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several 
agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest or 
range fires on or threatening lands under jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment of the Interior: Provided, That appropriations made in this 
title for fire suppression purposes shall be available for the payment 
of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for 
operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wher-
ever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy, 
and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered to 
any other activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act of 
June 30, 1932 (31 U. S. C. 686) : Provided, That reimbursements for 
cost of supplies, materials and equipment, and for services rendered 
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267 
may be credited to the appropriation current at the time such reim-
bursements are received. 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior 
in this title or in the Public Works Appropriation Act, 1957, shall be 
available for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), when authorized by the Secretary, at rates not 
to exceed $100 per diem for individuals, and in total amount not 
to exceed $250,000; maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone 
service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regu-
lations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when 
authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or 
associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to 
members lower than to subscribers who are not members. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of the In-
terior for salaries and expenses shall be available for uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by laAv (68 Stat. 1114, 69 Stat. 49, 
and D.C. Code 4-204). 
60 Stat. 810. 
5 u s e 2131 note. 
43 Stat. 175. 
36 Stat. 371. 
TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION or F I N E ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a Commission 
of Fine Arts (40 U. S, C. 104), including payment of actual traveling 
expenses of the members and secretary of the Commission in attend-
ing meetings and committee meetings of the Commission either within 
or outside the District of Columbia, to be disbursed on vouchers ap-
proved by the Commission, $31,000. 
FEDERAL COAL MINE SAFETY BOARD OF REVIEW 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Federal Coal 
Mine Safety Board of Review, including services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $70,000. 
eo stat. sio. 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST S E R V I C E — S A L A R I E S AND 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary, including not to exceed $15,000 for 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706 (a) 
of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as amended by section 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 IT, S. C. 55a), including travel 
expenses of advisory councils or similar groups; to experiment and 
make investigations and report on forestry, national forests, forest 
fires, forest insects and diseases, and lumbering; to advise the own-
ers of woodlands as to the proper care of the same; to investigate 
and test American timber and timber trees and their uses, and 
methods, for the preservative treatment of timber; to seek, through 
investigations and the planting of native and foreign species, suit-
able trees for the treeless regions; to protect, administer, and 
improve the national forests, including tree planting and other 
measures to prevent erosion, drift, surface wash, soil waste, and 
the formation of floods, and to conserve water; to ascertain the 
natural conditions upon and utilize the national forests, to trans-
port and care for fish and game supplied to stock the national 
forests or the waters therein; for management of lands acquired 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
68 Stat. 1114. 
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under the land-utilization program; and to collate, digest, report, 
and illustrate the results of experiments and investigations made 
by the Forest Service: Provided^ That the appropriations available 
to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year may be used for 
the operation and maintenance of aircraft, and the purchase of 
not to exceed four (for replacement only), uniforms, or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended 
(5 U. S. C. 2131); the purchase, erection, and alteration of build-
ings and other public improvements, but the cost of any building 
purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of con-
structing a water-supply or sanitary system and of connecting the 
same with any such building, and exclusive of the cost of any 
tower upon which a lookout house may be erected, shall not exceed 
$18,500 ($22,500 in Alaska) with the exception that any building 
erected, purchased, or acquired, the cost of which was $18,500 or 
more, may be improved out of the appropriations available to the 
Forest Service within any fiscal year by an amount not to exceed 
2 per centum of the cost of such building, and not to exceed 
$250,000 of such appropriations may be used for the maintenance, 
improvement, and construction of aircraft-landing fields in, or 
adjacent to the national forests, as follows: 
National forest protection and management: For the administra-
tion, protection, use, maintenance, improvement, and development of 
the national forests, including the establishment and maintenance of 
forest tree nurseries, including the procurement of tree seed and 
nursery stock by purchase, production, or otherwise, seeding and tree 
planting and the care of plantations and young growth; the mainte-
nance of roads and trails and the construction and maintenance of 
all other improvements necessary for the proper and economical 
administration, protection, development, and use of the national for-
ests, including experimental areas under Forest Service administra-
tion; the construction (not to exceed $18,500 for any one structure), 
equipment, and maintenance of sanitary and recreational facilities; 
timber cultural operations; development and application of fish and 
game management plans; propagation and transplanting of plants 
suitable for planting on semiarid portions of the national forests; 
estimating and appraising of timber and other resources and develop-
ment and application of plans for their effective management, sale, 
and use; expenses of the National Forest Reservation Commission as 
36 Stat. 963. 
authorized by section 14 of the Act of March 1,1911 (16 U. S. C. 514); 
examination, classification, surveying, and appraisal of land incident 
to effecting exchanges authorized by law and of lands within the 
boundaries of the national forests that may be opened to homestead 
settlement and entry under the Act of June 11, 1906, and the Act of 
st^4 Stat. ^233; 37 August 10, 1912 (16 U. S. C. 506-509), as provided by the Act of 
March 4, 1913 (16 U. S. C. 512); investigation and establishment of 
water rights, including the purchase thereof or of lands or interests 
in lands or rights-of-way for use and protection of water rights neces-
sary or beneficial in connection with the administration and public 
use of the national forests; not to exceed $100,000 for the purchase of 
parcels of land and interests therein in Sanders County, Montana, but 
such land shall not be acquired without the approval of the local gov-
ernment concerned; and all expenses necessary for the use, mainte-
nance, improvement, protection, and general administration of the 
national forests, and for the management of lands under title I I I of 
50 Stat. S
2
& 
the Act of July 22, 1937, and the Act of August 11, 1945 (7 U. S. C. 
59 Stat. 532. 
1010-1012); $44,300,750: Provided, That the Secretary may sell at 
market value any property located in Yalobusha, Chickasaw, and 
Pontotoc Counties, Mississippi, administered under title I I I of the 
54 Stat. 168., 
61 Stat. 177. 
45 Stat. 699. 
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PUBLIC LAW 573-JUNE 13, 1956 
269 
Act of July 22, 1937, and suitable for return to private ownership 
under such terms and conditions as would not conflict with the pur-
poses of said Act. 
Fighting forest fires: For fighting and preventing forest fires on or 
threatening lands under Forest Service administration, including 
lands under contract for purchase or in process of condemnation for 
Forest Service purposes, and for liquidation of obligations incurred 
in the preceding fiscal year for such purpose, $5,250,000, of which 
$1,750,000 shall be apportioned for use, pursuant to section 3679 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended, to the extent necessary to meet 
3i use 665. 
emergency conditions. 
Control of forest pests: For the control of white pine blister rust 
pursuant to the Act of April 26, 1940 (16 U. S. C. 594a), including 
the development and testing of new control methods, $2,734,000, of 
which $355,000 shall be available to the Department of the Interior 
for the control of white pine blister rust on or endangering Federal 
lands under the jurisdiction of that Department or lands of Indian 
tribes which are under the jurisdiction of or retained under restric-
tions of the United States; and for carrying out the Forest Pest 
Control Act (16 U. S. C. 594^1—594-5), $2,386,000, of which 
$1,751,000 shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended, for the purposes of said Act to 
3i use 665. 
the extent necessary under the then existing conditions; $5,120,000. 
Forest research: For forest research at forest or range experiment 
stations, the Forest Products Laboratory, or elsewhere, in accordance 
with the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the Act 
approved May 22, 1928, as amended (16 U. S. C. 581, 581a-581c, 
581f-581i), including the construction and maintenance of improve-
ments; fire, silvicultural, watershed, forest insects and diseases, and 
other forest investigations and experiments; investigations and experi-
ments to develop improved methods of management of forest and 
related ranges; experiments, investigations, and tests of forest prod-
ucts ; marketing research and service on timber and timber products; 
a comprehensive forest survey; and investigations in forest economics; 
$10,000,000: Provided, 
That funds may be advanced to cooperators 
under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe when such 
action will stimulate or facilitate cooperative work. 
FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS 
For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of section 23 
of the Federal Highway Act approved November 9,1921, as amended 
(23 U. S. C. 23, 23a), relating to forest development roads and trails, ^ttl ^5^2*0.^^*' ^^ 
including the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of roads 
and trails on experimental areas under Forest Service administration, 
$24,000,000, which sum is authorized to be appropriated by the Act of 
May 6,1954 (23 U. S. C. 23), to remain available until expended. 
68 stat. 72. 
ACQUisinoN or LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS 
Weeks Act 
For the acquisition of forest lands under the provisions of the Act 
approved March 1,1911, as amended (16 U. S. C. 513-519, 521), $100,- 
36 stat. 962. 
000, to be available only for payment of the purchase price of any lands 
acquired, including the cost of surveys in connection with such acqui-
sition : Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for 
acquisition of any land which is not within the boundaries of a national 
forest: Provided further. That no part of this appropriation shall be 
used for the acquisition of any land without the approval of the local 
government concerned. 
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[70 
STAT. 
52 Stat. 347. 
.... , 
Special Acts 
For the acquisition of land to facilitate tlie control of soil erosion 
and flood damage originating within the exterior boundaries of the 
following national forest, in accordance with the provisions of the 
following Act authorizing annual appropriations of forest receipts for 
such purposes, and in not to exceed the following amount from such 
receipts: Cache National Forest, Utah, Act of May 11, 1938 (Public 
Law 505), as amended, $10,000: Provided^ That no part of this appro-
priation shall be used for acquisition of any land which is not within 
the boundaries of a national forest: Provided further^ That no part 
of this appropriation shall be used for the acquisition of any land with-
out the approval of the local government concerned. 
64 Stat. 473. 
43 Stat. 653* 
STATE AND PRIVATE FOKESTKY COOPERATION 
For expenses necessary for cooperation with the various States in 
forest-fire prevention and suppression, in forest tree planting on non-
Federal public and private lands, and in forest management and 
])rocessing, pursuant to the Act of August 25, 1950 (16 U. S. C. 568c, 
568d), and sections 1,2, 3, and 4 of the Act of June T, 1924 (16 U. S. C. 
564-567c), and Acts supplementary thereto; advising timberland 
owners, associations, and other appropriate agencies in the application 
of forest and management principles to federally OAvned lands leased 
to States and to private forest lands, and advising wood-using indus-
tries in processing of forest products, so as to attain sustained-yield 
management, the conservation of the timber resources, the produc-
tivity of forest lands, and the stabilization of employment and eco-
nomic continuance of forest industries; $12,190,000. 
64 Stat. 85. 
Passenger motor 
vehicles. 
P u r c h a s e 
lands. 
of 
P u r c h a s e 
of 
twine. 
P ub l i c i t y 
propaganda. 
COOPERATIVE RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For artificial re 
vegetation, construction, and maintenance of range 
improvements, control of rodents, and eradication of poisonous and 
noxious plants on national forests as authorized by section 12 of the 
Act of April 24,1950 (16 IT. S. C. 580h), $700,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE 
SEC. 201. "Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, the lump-sum 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Forest Service under 
this Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those specifi-
cally provided for, of not to exceed 133 passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, and for the hire of such veliicles, necessary in the 
conduct of the work of the Forest Service outside the District of 
Columbia. 
SEC. 202. Of appropriations herein made which are available for the 
purchase of lands, not to exceed $1 may be expended for each option 
to purchase any particular tract or tracts of land. 
SEC. 203. Except to provide materials required in or incident to 
research or experimental work where no suitable domestic product is 
available, no part of the funds appropriated to the Forest Service 
shall be expended in the purchase of twine manufactured from com-
modities or materials produced outside of the United States. 
SEC. 204. No part of any appropriation to the Forest Service in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes to support or 
defeat legislation pending before the Congress. 
•i'.^n 
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271 
INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the 
purposes of the Act of August 13, 1946 (25 U. S. C. 70), creating an 
so stau io49. 
Indian Claims Commission, $124,600, of which not to exceed $3,975 
shall be available for expenses of travel. 
JAMESTOWN-WILLIAMSBURG-YORKTOWN CELEBRATION COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to complete carrying out the provisions of 
the Act of August 13,1953 (67 Stat. 576), including services as author-
ized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at 
eo stat. sio. 
rates not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; transportation and 
not to exceed $20 per diem in lieu of subsistence for members of the 
Commission serving without compensation; and 
entertainment; 
$115,000. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, as authorized by the 
National Capital Planning Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 781), including serv- ^^cwc.code i-iooi 
ices as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U, S. C. 
55a) ; not to exceed $175 for the purchase of newspapers and periodi- 
eo stat. sio. 
cals; not to exceed $8,000 for expenses of travel; payment in advance 
for membership in societies whose publications or services are available 
to members only or to members at a price lower than to the general 
public; and transportation and not to exceed $15 per diem in lieu of 
subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 2. 1946 
(5 U. S. C. 73b-2), for members of the Commission serving without 
^o stat. sos. 
compensation; $200,000. 
Land acquisition, National Capital park, parkway, and playground 
system: Under authority of the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), ^^D.C.code8-102 
as amended, for necessary expenses for tlie National Capital Planning 
Commission for acquisition of land for the park, parkway, and play-
ground system of the National Capital, to remain available until 
expended, $1,250,000, of which (a) $438,000 shall be available for the 
purposes of section 1 (a) of said Act of May 29,1930, (b) $287,000 shall 
be available for the purposes of section 1 (b) thereof, and (c) $525,000 
shall be available for the purposes of section 4 thereof: Provided^ That 
not exceeding $67,500 of the funds available for land acquisition pur-
poses shall be used during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses 
of the Commission (other than payments for land) in connection with 
land acquisition. 
Salaries and expenses, "Washington regional mass transportation 
survey: For necessary expenses to enable the National Capital Plan-
ning Commission and the National (^apital Regional Planning Council 
to jointly complete a survey of the present and future mass transporta-
tion needs of the National Capital region as defined in the National 
Capital Planning Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 781), and to rejiort their find- ^^i^'^""^ ^'^^^^ 
ings and recommendations to the President, including transportation 
expenses and not to exceed $15 jier diem in lieu of subsistence, as 
authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 2, 1946, as amended (5 
U. S. C. 73b-2), for members of the Commission and Council serving 
60 stat. sos. 
without compensation, $200,000: Provided, That the unobligated bal-
ance of the appropriation of $200,000 granted under this head for the 
fiscal years 1955 and 1956 shall remain available during the current 
fiscal year and shall be merged with this appropriation (66 Stat. 781) : 
Provided further, That the employment of not more than one ]ierson 
by contract or otherwise, pursuant to the third sentence of section 2 (c) 
of the Act of June 6,1924, as amended by the Act of July 19,1952 (66 
Stat. 783), may be extended for an additional year. 
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[70 STAT. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
Salaries and expenses, Smithsonian Institution: For all necessary 
expenses for the preservation, exhibition, and increase of collections 
from the surveying and exploring exj)editions of the Government and 
from other sources; for the system of international exchanges between 
the United States and foreign countries; for anthropological re-
searches among the American Indians and the natives of lands under 
the jurisdiction or protection of the United States, independently or 
in cooperation with State, educational, and scientific organizations in 
the United States, and the excavation and preservation of archeological 
remains; for maintenance of the Astrophysical Observatory and mak-
ing necessary observations in high altitudes; for the administration of 
the National Collection of Fine Arts; for the administration, construc-
tion, and maintenance of laboratory and other facilities on Barro 
2
0 vie r^tge. Colorado Island, Canal Zone, under the provisions of the Act of July 
5°ifsc*' m^-ie ^' ^^^^f ^^ amended by the provisions of Eeorganization Plan Num-
note. 
bered 3 of 1946; for the maintenance and administration of a national 
air museum as authorized by the Act of August 12, 1946 (20 U. S. C. 
60 Stat. 997. 
77) • including not to exceed $35,000 for services as authorized by 
60 Stat. 810. 
section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); not to exceed 
$38,725 for expenses of travel; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uni-
forms for guards and elevator conductors; repairs and alterations of 
buildings and approaches; and preparation of manuscripts, drawings, 
and illustrations for publications; $4,425,000. 
Salaries and expenses. National Gallery of Art: For the upkeep 
and operation of the National Gallery of Art, the protection and care 
of the w^orks of art therein, and administrative expenses incident 
20 use 71-74. 
thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 
as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Reso-
20 us'c 7
4
V
* 
lution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as authorized 
60 Stat. 81*0. 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); payment 
in advance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for mem-
bership in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 
publications or services are available to members only, or to members 
at a price lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, and 
cleaning of uniforms for guards and elevator operators and uniforms, 
or allowances therefor for other employees as authorized by the Act 
5USC2131 note, of September 1, 1954, as amended (68 Stat. 1114 and 69 Stat. 49); 
purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting buildings 
and contents thereof, and maintenance and repair of buildings, 
approaches, and grounds; not to exceed $2,400 for expenses of travel; 
and not to exceed $15,000 for restoration and repair of works of art 
for the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without adver-
tising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates or prices 
and under such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper; 
$1,505,000. 
Museum of History and Technology: For necessary expenses of 
construction of a building for the Museum of History and Tech-
20 use 59 note, nology, as authorized by the Act of June 28, 1955 (69 Stat. 189), 
$33,712,000, to remain available until expended. 
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of 
August 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 694), $10,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
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278 
WooDROw WILSON CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of 
August 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 964, 965), as amended, $48,500. 
TITLE III—VIRGIN ISLANDS CORPORATION 
GRANTS 
For payment to the Virgin Islands Corporation in the form of 
grants as authorized by law,f425,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
During the current fiscal year the Virgin Islands Corporation is 
hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
funds available to it and in accord with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal-year limitations as 
provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, 
as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out its programs as set 
forth in the budget for the fiscal year 1957: Provided^ That not to 
exceed $160,000 shall be available for administrative expenses (to be 
computed on an accrual basis) of the Corporation, covering the cate-
gories set forth in the 1957 budget estimates for such expenses. 
T I T L E IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Unless otherwise provided by law, appropriations con-
tained in this Act available for expenses of travel shall be available, 
when specifically authorized by the head of the activity or establish-
ment concerned, for expenses of attendance at meetings of organiza-
tions concerned with the function or activity for which the appro-
priation concerned is made. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1957." 
Approved June 13, 1956. 
61 Stat. 5 84> 
31 u s e 849. 
Travel expenses. 
Short title. 
Public Law 574 
CHAPTER 381 
AN ACT 
To iinieud the National Housing Act, as amended, to assist in the provision of 
housing for essential civilian employees of the Armed Forces. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repreaentati'Des of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That title VIII of 
the National Housing Act, as amended, is amended by adding at the 
end thereof a new section as follows: 
"SEC. 809. (a) Notwithstanding any otlier provisions of this title 
and in addition to mortgages insured under section 803, the Com-
missioner may insure any mortgage under this section which meets 
the eligibility requirements set forth in section 203 (b) of this Act: 
Provided^ That a mortgage insured under this section shall have been 
executed by a mortgagor wlio at the time of insurance is the owner of 
the property and either occupies the property or certifies that his 
failure to do so is the result of a change in his emplojanent by the 
Armed Forces or a contractor thereof and to whom the Secretary or 
his designee has issued a certificate indicating that such person requires 
housing and is at the date of the certificate a civilian employee at a 
June 13, 1956 
[S.3515] 
Armed Force». 
Housing for ci-
vilian employees. 
69 Stat. 646. 
12 u s e 
1 7 4 8 -
1748g. 
Mortgage insur-
ance. 
Requirements. 
12 u s e 1748b. 
12 u s e 1709. 
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