An Act making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and for other purposes
PL 88-252 (H.R.7431), enacted 12/30/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-252-DEC. 30, 1963 
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Public Law 88-252 
AN ACT 
December 30, 1963 
Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other 
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activities chargeable in whole «)r in part against the revenues of said District 
for the liscal year ending June 30, 1964. and for other purposes. 
FP:DP:RAL FUNDS 
FEDERAL PAYMEN'J' TO DIKTRICI^ OF (\)LI MBIA 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houxe of RepreHentativeH of the 
UnitedSt,ate,s of America m Congre/i-s assembled, Tliat there are appro- 
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priated for the District of Cokimbia for the fiscal year ending June ^^^^^\^^^ll\^l' 
80, 19(54, out of (1) the general fund of the District of Columbia 
(unless otherwise herein specifically provided), hereinafter known 
as the general fund, such fund being composed of the revenues of the 
District of (^olumbia other than those applied by law to special funds, 
and $37,500,000, which is hereby appropriated for the purpose out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated (to be 
advanced July 1, 1963), (2) the highway fund (when designated as 
jiayable therefrom), established by law (D.C. Code, title 47, ch. 19), 
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including the motor vehicle parking account (when designated as ^^°^ *° 47-1919, 
payable therefrom), established by law (Public Law 87-408), (3) the 
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water fund (when designated as payable therefrom), established by ^°^-
law (D.C. Code, title 43, ch. 15), and $1,924,000, which is hereby 
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appropriated for the purpose out of any money in the Treasury not ^soi to 43-1541. 
otherwise appropriated (to be advanced July 1,1963), (4) the sanitary 
sewage works fund (when designated as payable therefrom), estab-
lished by law (Public Law 364, 83d Congress), and $944,000, which 
68 stat. 104. 
is hereby appropriated for the purpose out of any money in the ^R'^' ^°^^ ^^' 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated (to be advanced July 1, 1963), 
and (5) the metropolitan area sanitary sewage works fund (when 
designated as payable therefrom), established by law (Public Law 
85-515); and there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the 
74 stat. 210. 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $19,300,000, which, together with ^^^•^' *^°'^^ '^^' 
balances of previous appropriations for this purpose, shall remain 
available until expended, for loans authorized by the Act of May 18, 
1954 (68 Stat. 101), the Act of June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183), and the 
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Act of August 27, 1963 (77 Stat. 130), to be advanced upon request ^5^°' ^-220-
of the Commissioners to the following funds: general fund, $11,300,000 
and sanitary sewage works fund, $8,000,000. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
OPERATING E X P E N S E S 
For expenses necessary for functions under this general head: 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
General operating expenses, plus so much as may be necessary to 
compensate the Engineer Commissioner at a rate equal to each civilian 
member of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, 
hereafter in this Act referred to as the Commissioners; $17,882,878, 
of which $375,000 (to remain available until expended) shall be avail-
able solely for District of Columbia employees' disability compensa-
tion and $250,000 shall remain available until December 31, 1964, 
for the purpose of conducting the 1964 Presidential election in the 
District of Columbia, and $164,200 shall be payable from the high-
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way fund 
(iuchiding $50,'200 fioni the motor vehicle parkmg 
account), $23,900 from the water fund, and $6,400 from the sanitary 
sewage works fund: Provided^ That the certificate of the Commis-
sioners shall be sufficient voucher for the expenditure of $2,500 of 
this appropriation for such purposes, exclusive of ceremony expenses, 
as they may deem necessary: Provided further^ That, for the purpose 
of assessing and reassessing real property in the District of Columbia, 
$5,000 of the appropriation shall be available for services as author-
60 Stat. 810. 
ized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but 
at rates for individuals not in excess of $100 per diem. 
Pi liMC SAKKTV 
Public Safety, including employment of consulting physicians, 
diagnosticians, and therapists at rates to be fixed by the Commission-
ers; purchase of seventy-two passenger motor vehicles (including 
sixty-one for police-type use without regard to the general purchase 
price limitation for the current fiscal year but not in excess of $100 
per vehicle above such limitation) of which seventy are for replace-
ment purposes; $65,971,660, of which $119,700 shall be transferred 
to the judiciary and disbursed by the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts for exi:)enses of the T^egal Aid Agency for the 
District of Columbia and $3,355,000 shall be payable from the high-
waj'^ fund 
(including $111,000 from the motor vehicle parking 
account) $1,688 from the water fund, and $1,689 from the sanitary 
sewage works fund: Prorlded^ That not to exceed $50,000 of any funds 
from appro])riations available to the District of Columbia may be used 
to match financial contributions from the Department of Defense to 
the District of Columbia Office of Civil Defense for the purchase of 
civil defense equipment and supplies approved by the Department 
of Defense, when authorized by the Omimissioners: Provided 
further^ 
That the Fire Department is authorized to replace not to exceed five 
passenger carrying vehicles annually whenever the cost of repair to 
any damaged vehicles exceeds three-fourths the cost of the replace-
ment. 
EnucA^nox 
Education, including purchase of seven passenger motor vehicles, 
the development of national defense education programs and for 
matching Federal grants under the National Defense Education Act 
20use401 note, of September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1580), as amended, $63,860,593, of 
which $643,921 shall be for development of vocational education in 
the District of Columbia in accordance with the Act of June 8, 1936, 
60 Stat. 775; 
as amended. 
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Sectiou 6 of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation 
20use i5i note, Act, approved May 10,1916, as amended, shall not apply from July 1 
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f.o August 24, 1963, to teachers of the public schools of the District 
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of Columbia when employed by any of the branches of the United 
note. 
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States Government or by any department or agency of the District 
of Columbia government. 
PARKS AND RECREATION 
Parks and recreation, including the purchase, acquisition, and trans-
portation of specimens for the National Zoological Park, $9,066,861, 
of which $25,000 shall be payable from the highway fund. 
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HEALTH AND WELFARE 
Health and Welfare, including reimbursement to the United States 
for services rendered to the District of Columbia by Freedmen's Hos-
pital ; and for care and treatment of indigent patients in institutions, 
including those under sectarian control, under contracts to be made 
by the Director of Public Health; $70,526,048: Provided, That the 
inpatient rate and outpatient rate under such contracts and for serv-
ices rendered by Freedmen's Hospital shall not exceed $34 per diem 
and the outpatient rate shall not exceed $5.75 per visit, and the 
inpatient rate for services rendered by Saint Elizabeths Hospital for 
patient care shall be at a rate of $9.49: Provided further. That this 
appropriation shall be available for the furnishing of medical assist-
ance to individuals sixty-five years of age or older who are residing 
in the District of Columbia without regard to the requirement of 
one-year I'esidenoe contained in District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1946, under the heading "Operating Expenses, Gallinger Munici- 
59 stat. 282. 
pal Hospital," and this appropnation shall also be available to render 
assistance to such individuals who are temporarily absent from the 
District of Columbia: Provided 
further. 
That the authorization 
included under the heading "Department of Public Health," in the 
District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1961, for compensation of 
74 stat. 21. 
convalescent patients as an aid to their rehabilitation is hereby extended 
to the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation. 
HIGHWAYS AND TRAFFIC 
Highways and Traffic, including $68,247 for traffic safety education 
without reference to any other law; $240 for membei'ship in the 
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators; rental of 
three passenger-carrying motor vehicles for use by the Commissioners; 
and purchase of fifty passenger motor vehicles, including forty-nine 
for replacement only; $12,407,984, of which $8,465,584 shall be payable 
fi-om the highway fund (including $2,804,300 from the motor vehicle 
])arking account) : Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 
available for the purchase of driver-training vehicles. 
SANITARY ENGINEERING 
Sanitary Engineering, including the purchase of 
twenty-one 
jjassenger motor vehicles including nineteen for replacement only, 
$21,851,100, of which $204,000 shall be payable from the highway 
fund (motor vehicle parking account), $7,220,300 shall be payable 
from the water fund, $4,165,990 shall be payable from the sanitary 
sewage works fund, and $32,760 shall be payable from the Metropolitan 
Area Sanitary Sewage Works fund. 
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST 
For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in com-
pliance with sections 108, 217 and 402 of the Act of May 18, 1954 (68 
Stat. 103,109 and 110), as amended; section 7 of the Act of September 
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7, 1957 (71 Stat. 619), as amended; section 1 of the Act of June 6, i54o. 43.16I6, 
1958 (72 Stat. 183) ; and section 4 of the Act of June 12,1960 (74 Stat. ^"D!C. Code 2-
211), including interest as required thereby, $4,989,800, of which 1725. 
$1,841,700 shall be payable from the highway fund, $1,124,000 shall be 22?:^' ^°^^ "'" 
payable from the water fund, $149,000 shall be payable from the 
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sanitary sewage works fund. 
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CAPITAL 
OUTLAY 
For reimbursement to the ITnited States of funds loaned in com-
pliance with section 4 of the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), as 
amended, the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended, the 
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Act of May 14, 1948 (62 Stat. 235) ; construction projects as author-
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ized by the Acts of April 22, 1904 (33 Stat. 244), February 16, 1942 
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(56 Stat. 91), May 18,1954 (68 Stat. 105), June 6,1958 (72 Stat. 183), 
7-133; 9-220. 
and August 20, 1958 (72 Stat^ 686); including acquisition of sites; 
preparation of plans and specifications for the following buildings and 
facilities: Raymond Elementai-y School addition, new junior high 
school in the vicinity of 16th and Irving Streets Northwest, new junior 
high school in the vicinity of Bruce and Robinson Streets Southeast, 
new elementary school in the vicinity of Wheeler Road and Mississippi 
Avenue Southeast, West End Branch Library, Washington Cottage 
addition at the Maple (Jlen School and Industrial Arts Building at 
the Youth Center; and elementary school in the vicinity of 17th and 
E Streets, Northeast; for conducting preliminary surv^eys for the con-
struction of a juvenile facility, and the installation of a sprinkler 
system at the District of Columbia Jail; erection of the following 
structures, including building improvement and alteration and the 
treatment of grounds: Rudolph Elementary School addition, Hendley 
Elementary School addition, Kimball Elementary School addition, 
heating plant addition at the District of Columbia Village, Rabaut 
Junior High School, North Dakota and Kansas Avenues Northwest, 
Roper Junior High School, 48th and Meade Streets Northeast, Hine 
Junior High School re])lacement, Bunker Hill Elementary School 
addition, Southwest Branch Library, I^ngine Company Number 18 
replacement, Dog Pound replacement, a children's cottage at the 
Junior Village, street cleaning tool houses replacement; $388,000 for 
the purchase of equipment for new school buildings; to remain avail-
able until expended, $46,536,500, of which $6,700,000 shall not become 
available for expenditure until July 1, 1964, $10,755,400 shall be pay-
able from the highway fund, $2,970,000 shall be payable from the 
water fund, and $8,674,000 shall be payable from the sanitary sewage 
works fund, and $1,199,600 shall be available for construction services 
by the Director of Buildings and Grounds or by contract for archi-
tectural engineering services, as may be determined by the Commis-
sioners, and the funds for the use of the Director of Buildings and 
Grounds shall be advanced to the appropriation account, "Construc-
tion services, Department of Buildings and Grounds": Provided, That 
$228,271 of funds heretofore appropriated under the heading "Capital 
Outlay, Public Building Construction" in the District of Columbia 
74 Stat. 26. 
xlppropriatiou Act, 1961, is hereby rescinded: Provided further. That 
not to exceed $49,000 of funds heretofore appropriated under the head-
ing "Capital Outlay, Washington Aqueduct," in such Act shall be 
available for improv^ements at the Dalecarlia Plant. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Vouchers. 
SEC. 2. Exccpt as otherwise provided herein, all vouchers covering 
expenditures of appropriations contained in this Act shall be audited 
before payment by the designated certifying official and the vouchers 
as approved shall be paid by checks issued by the designated dis-
bursing official without countersignature. 
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SEC. 3. Wlieucver in this Act an amount is specified within an 
appropriation for particular purposes or object of expenditure, such 
amount, unless otherwise specified, shall be considered as the maxi-
mum amount which may be expended for said purpose or object 
rather than an amount set apart exclusively therefor. 
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SEC. 4. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when author-
ized or approved by the Commissioners, for allowances for privately 
owned automobiles used for the performance of official duties at 8 
cents per mile but not to exceed $25 a month for each automobile, 
unless otherwise therein specifically provided, except that one hun-
dred and forty-three (fifty for investigators in the Department of 
Public Welfare and eighteen for venereal disease investigators in 
the Department of Public Health) such allowances at not more than 
$410 each per annum may be authorized or approved by the 
Commissioners. 
SEC. O. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for expenses 
of travel and for the payment of dues of organizations concerned with 
the work of the District of Columbia government, w^hen authorized 
by the Commissioners: Provided^ That the total expenditures for this 
purpose shall not exceed $65,000. 
SEC. 6. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for sei*vices 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 L^.S.C. 
55a). 
SEC. 7. The disbursing officials designated by the Commissioners 
are authorized to advance to such officials as may be approved by the 
Commissioners such amounts and for such purposes as the Commis-
sioners may determine. 
SEC. 8. Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for or in con-
nection with the preparation, issuance, publication, or enforcement 
of any regulation or order of the Public Utilities Commission requir-
ing the installation of meters in taxicabs, or for or in connection with 
the licensing of any vehicle to be operated as a taxicab except for 
operation in accordance with such system of uniform zones and rates 
and regulations applicable thereto as shall have been prescribed by 
the Public Utilities Commission. 
SEC. 9. Appropriations in this Act shall not be available for the 
payment of rates for electric current for street lighting in excess of 
2 cents per kilowatt-hour for current consumed. 
SEC. 10. All motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles (includ-
ing watercraft) owned by the District of Columbia shall be operated 
and utilized in conformity with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 77, 78), and shall be under the direction and control 
of the Commissioners, who may from time to time alter or change 
the assignment for use thereof, or direct the alteration of inter-
changeable use of any of the same by officers and employees of the 
District, except as otherwise provided in this Act. 
"Official purposes" 
shall not apply to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or 
in cases of officers and employees the character of whose duties makes 
such transportation necessary, but only as to such latter cases when 
the same is approved by the Commissioners. 
SEC. 11. Appropriations contained in this Act for Highways and 
Traffic, and Sanitary Engineering shall be available for snow and ice 
control work when ordered by the Commissioners in writing. 
SEC. 12. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when author-
ized by the Commissioners, for the rental of quarters without refer-
ence to section 6 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 
1945. 
SEC\ 13. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for the fur-
nishing of uniforms when authorized by the Commissioners. 
SEC. 14. There are hereby appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making 
refunds and for the payment of judgments which have been entered 
against the government of the District of Columbia, including refunds 
authorized by section 10 of the Act approved April 23,1924 (43 Stat. 
Automobile allow-
Travel ex-
penses. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Advances. 
Restrictions, 
60 Stat. 810. 
58 Stat. 532. 
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108) '. Provided. 'Jliat notliiug contained in this section shall be con-
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strued as modifj'ing or affecting the provisions of paragraph 3, 
subsection (c) of section 11 of title X I I of the District of Columbia 
70 Stat, 78, 
Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, as amended. 
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^^^' ^^' Except as otherwise provided herein, limitations and legis-
lative provisions contaiiied in the District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1961, shall be continued for the fiscal year 1964: Provided, That 
the limitation for "Construction Services, Department of Buildings 
and Grounds'" contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation 
74 Stat, 23, 
Act, 1961, sliall be increased from 6 to 7 |)er centum of appropriations 
for construction projects. 
Short title. 
This Act uiav be cited as flie "District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1964"'. 
Approved December 30, 1963. 
Public Law 88-253 
December 30,1963 
AN ACT 
[H. R, 8667] 
Authorizing additional appropriations for the prosecution of comprehensive 
plans for certain river basins. 
Be if enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
CENTRAL AND SOXJTHERN FLORIDA 
River Basins, 
That the followiug w'orks of improvement for the benefit of naviga-
Fiood control, 
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are hereby adopted and authorized to be prosecuted under the direc-
tion of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief 
of Engineers in accordance with the respective reports hereinafter 
designated and subject to sections 201 and 202 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1962 (Public Law 87-874; 76 Stat. 1180), and the monetary 
authorizations for the following river basin plans, under the juris-
diction of the Secretary of the Army, are hereby increased as pro-
vided in this Act. Penstocks and other similar facilities adapted to 
possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be 
installed in any dam authorized by this Act for construction by the 
Secretary of the Army on recommendation of the Chief of Engineers 
and the Federal Power Commission and apj>roval by such Secretary. 
The projects authorized in this Act shall be initiated as expeditiously 
and prosecuted as vigorously as may be consistent with budgetary 
requirements. 
WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 
An additional sum of $2,000,000 for the prosecution of the compre-
hensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the West Branch 
of the Susquehanna River Basin, authorized by the Flood Control 
68 Stat. 1257, 
Act of September 3, 1954. 
CAPE 
FEAR 
RIVER 
BASIN 
The project for the comprehensive development of the Cape Fear 
River Basm, North Carolina, is hereby authorized substantially in 
accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in 
House Document Numbered 508, Eighty-seventh Congress, at an 
estimated cost of $25,143,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
Army and the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct joint investiga-
tions and surveys of the upper tributaries of the Cape Fear River in