An Act making appropriations for sundry independent, executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, offices, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967 and for other purposes
PL 89-555 (H.R.14921), enacted 09/06/1966

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Approved September 6, 1966. 
Public Law 89-555 
AN ACT 
September 6, 1966 
Making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, com- 
[H. R. 14921] 
missions, corporations, agencies, offices, and the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houf^e 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 otherwise 
appropriated, for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, com-
missions, corporations, agencies, offices, and the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, 
and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF T H E PRESIDENT 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Council, established by section 201 of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Act of 1958, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2471), including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services, and services as authorized 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed $100 per diem, $525,000. 
Independent Of-
fices Appropria-
tion Act, 1967. 
7 2 Stat. 4 27; 
75 Stat. 46. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PLANNING 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Emergency Planning, 
including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); reimbursement of the General Services Admin-
istration for security guard services; expenses of attendance of coop-
erating officials and individuals at meetmgs concerned with the work 
of emergency planning; $4,700,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
For expenses necessary for the conduct of telecommunications func-
tions assigned to the Director of Telecommunications Management, 
including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but at rates for individuals not to exceed $100 
per diem, $1,600,000: Provided, That not to exceed $425,000^ of the 
foregoing amount shall remain available for telecommunications 
studies and research until expended. 
CIVIL DEFENSE AND DEFENSE MOBILIZATION FUNCTIONS OF FEDERAL 
AGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to assist other Federal agencies to perform 
civil defense and defense mobilization functions, including payments 
by the Department of Labor to State employment security agencies 
for the full cost of administration of defense manpower mobilization 
activities, $4,000,000. 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Science and Technology, 
including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
60 Stat. 810. 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), $1,200,000. 
FUNDS 
APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
DISASTER RELIEF 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act of 
64 Stat. 1109. 
September 30, 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1855-1855g), authorizing 
assistance to States and local governments in major disasters, 
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not 
to exceed 3 per centum of the foregoing amount shall be available for 
administrative expenses. 
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INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Cochairman and his aUernate 
on the Appalachian Regional Commission and for payment of the 
administrative expenses of the Commission, including services as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $1,100,000. 
CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Civil Aeronautics Board, including 
employment of temporary guards on a contract or fee basis; purchase 
of one aircraft (for replacement only); hire, operation, maintenance, 
and repair of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at 
rates for individuals not to exceed $100 per diem; uniforms, or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 2131) ; and not to exceed 79^|tat^*ii2y^' 
$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $12,000,000. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT 
ALT'HORIZ 
ATION ) 
For payments to air carriers of so much of the compensation fixed 
and determined by the Civil Aeronautics Board under section 406 of 
the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1376), as is payable 
^astat. 763. 
by the Board, $63,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including services as authorized by section 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); not to exceed $10,000 
for medical examinations performed for veterans by private physicians 
on a fee basis; payment in advance for library membership in societies 
whose publications are available to members only or to members at a 
price lower than to the general public; not to exceed $98,000 for per-
forming the duties imposed upon the Commission by the Act of July 
19,1940 (54 Stat. 767); and not to exceed $5,000 for actuarial services ^^^^^^l^^^' 
by contract, without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, as 
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amended; $22,400,000, together with not to exceed $6,100,000, for neces-
sary expenses incurred during the current fiscal year in the adminis-
tration of the retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred 
3 CFR 1949' 
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from the trust funds "Civil Service retirement and disability fund", 
"Employees life insurance fund", "Employees health benefits fund", 
and "Retired employees health benefits fUnd", in such amounts as may 
be determined by the Civil Service Commission, without regard to the 
provisions of any other Act, but this provision shall not affect the 
authority of section 17(a) of the Civil! Service Retirement Act, as 
l^ifsc^'ilev' 
amended, providing for additional administrative expenses to effect 
79 Stat. 840, 
aunuity adjustments under section 18 of that Act. 
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"^^ P^^^ ^^ *^^ appropriations herein made to the Civil Service 
Commission shall be available for the salaries and expenses of the 
T^egal Examining Unit in the Examining and Personnel Utilization 
Division of the Commission, established pursuant to Executive Order 
3 CFR 1943- 
9358 of July 1, 1943. 
1948 Comp., p. 
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256. 
INVESTIGATION OF U N I T E D STATES CITIZENS FOR E M P L O Y M E N T BY 
INTERNATIONAL. ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of Executive 
Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended, prescribing proce-
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dures for making available to the Secretary General of the United 
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Nations, and the executive heads of other international organizations, 
certain information concerning United States citizens employed, or 
being considered for employment by such organizations, including 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
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0 Stat. 810. 
(5 XJ.S.C. 55a), $600,000: Proyided, That this approp>riation shall 
be available for advances or reimbursements to the applicable appro-
priations or funds of the Civil Service Commission and the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred by such agencies under 
said Executive Order: Provided further^ That members of the Inter-
national Organizations Employees Loyalty Board may be paid actual 
transportation expenses, and per diem in lieu of subsistence authorized 
63 Stat. 166; 
^y ^he Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended, while traveling on 
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official business away from their homes or regular places of busi-
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ness, including periods while en route to and from and at the place 
where their services are to be performed. 
A N N U I T I E S U N D E R SPECIAL ACTS 
For payment of annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 1944, 
,58 Stat. 257; 
^s amended (48 U.S.C. 1373a), and the Act of August 19, 1950, as 
6411"at 465; 
amended (33 U.S.C. 771-775), $1,430,000. 
72 Stat. 49. 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES PIEALTH 
BENEFITS 
For payment of Government contributions with respect to retired 
employees, as authorized by the Federal Employees Health Benefits 
78ltfr*i64°^' 
Act of 1959, as amended (5 U.S.C. 3001-3014), and the Retired Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 3051-
74 Stat. 849. 
3060), $31,730,000, to remain available until expended. 
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PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DisABiLrrr FUND 
;^or financing the estimated cost of new and increased annuity bene-
fits, during the current fiscal year, as provided by part I I I of Public 
Law 87-793 (76 Stat.. 868)^ $73,000,000, to be credited to the civil aasg^fndloVe's, 
service retirement and disability fund. 
2260, 2268. 
F E D E R A L AVIATION AGENCY 
OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Agency, not other-
wise provided for, including administrative expenses for research 
and d!evelopment and for establishment of air navigation facilities, 
and carrying out the provisions of the Federal Airport Act; not to 
^o stat. 170. 
exceed $10,000 for representation allowances and for official enter- no^te. 
tainment; and purchase and repair of skis and snowshoes; $559,000,-
000: Provided^ That total costs of aviation medicine, including equip-
ment, for the Federal Aviation Agency, whether provided in the 
foregoing appropriation or elsewhere in this Act, shall not exceed 
$6,908,000 or include in excess of 406 positions: Provided 
further^ 
That there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sourceSj for expenses incurred in the maintenance and operation of 
air navigation facilities. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
For an additional amount for the acquisition, establishment, and 
improvement by contract or purchase and hire of air navigation and 
experimental facilities, including the initial acc[uisition of necessary 
sites by lease or grant; the construction and furnishing of quarters and 
related accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal 
Aviation Agency stationed at remote localities where such accommoda-
tions are not available, but at a total cost of construction of not to 
exceed $50,000 per housing unit in Alaska; $28,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided^ That there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, 
other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in 
the establishment of air navigation facilities: Provided further^ That 
no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be available for the con-
struction of a new wind tunnel, or to purchase any land for or in con-
nection with the National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for research, 
development, and service testing in accordance with the provisions of 
the Federal Aviation Act (49 U.S.C. 1301-1542), including construe- 
^2 stat. 731. 
tion of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by 
lease or grant, $28,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT 
For expenses incident to the care, operation, maintenance, improve-
ment and protection of the Washington National Airport, including 
purchase of two passenger motor venicles for police use, for replace-
ment only, which may exceed by $300 the general purchase price limi-
tation for the current fiscal year; purchase, cleaning and repair of 
uniforms; and arms and ammunition; $3,731,500. 
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 
For expenses incident to the care, operation, maintenance, improve-
ment and protection of the Dulles International Airport, including 
purchase of five passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only, for 
police use, which may exceed by $300 the general purchase price limi-
tation for the current fiscal year; purchase, cleaning and repair of 
uniforms; and arms and ammunition; $4,600,000. 
CONSTRUCTION, DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 
Appropriations granted under this heading shall be available for 
payment of obligations incurred against the appropriation "Construc-
tion and development, additional Washington airport" and the unex-
pended balance of that appropriation shall be merged with appropria-
tions granted under this heading. 
CIVIL SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT 
For an additional amount for expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
necessary for the development of a civil supersonic aircraft, including 
advances of funds without regard to the provisions of section 3648 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529), $280,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations to the Fed-
eral Aviation Agency shall be available for the Federal Aviation 
Agency to conduct the activities specified in the Act of October 26, 
6 3 Stat. 907. 
1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 596a), under determinations and regula-
tions by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency; main-
tenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and aircraft; and uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
^^es^stat. ^n 14; 
the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131). 
Funds appropriated under this Act for expenditure by the Federal 
Aviation Agency may be expended for reimbursement of other Fed-
eral agencies for expenses incurred, on behalf of the Federal Aviation 
Agency, in the settlement of claims for damages resulting from sonic • 
boom in connection with research conducted as part of the civil super-
sonic aircraft development. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in performing the duties of the Commis-
sion as authorized by law, including not to exceed $56,500 for land 
and structures; not to exceed $12,500 for improvement and care of 
grounds and repairs to buildings; not to exceed $500' for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; special counsel fees; and services as 
60 Stat. 810. 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), 
but at rates for individuals not to exceed $100 per diem, $17,338,500. 
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the work of the Commission, as author-
ized by law, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as 
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authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), 
eo stat. sio. 
at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals, and not to exceed 
$500 for official reception and representation expenses, $14,000,000. 
FEDEKAL TKADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
68 Stat. 1114; 
79 Stat. 112 2. 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 2131), 
and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates for individuals not to exceed $100 per diem, 
$14,000,000: Provided^ That no part of the foregoing appropriation 
shall be expended upon any investigation hereafter provided by con-
current resolution of the Congress until funds are appropriated subse-
quently to the enactment of such resolution to finance the cost of such 
investigation. 
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including 
not to exceed $2,000 to be expended on the certification of the Comp-
troller General of the United States in connection with special studies 
of governmental financial practices and procedures and including 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
U.S.C. 55a), $48,500,000. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of real property 
management and related activities as provided by law; rental of build-
ings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; 
moving Government agencies (including space adjustments) in con-
nection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of building space; 
acquisition by purchase or otherwise of real estate and interests 
therein; and contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing 
buildings and moving; $240,000,000: Provided^ That this appropria-
tion shall be available to provide such fencing, lighting, guard booths, 
and other facilities on private or other property not in Government 
ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable the United States 
Secret Service to perform its protective functions pursuant to Title 
18, U.S.C. 3056. 
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79 Stat. 791. 
REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT or PUBLIC BUILDINGS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to alter public 
buildings and to acquire additions to sites pursuant to the Public 
Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 4T9) and to alter other Federally- 
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owned buildings and to acquire additions to sites thereof, including 
grounds, approaches and appurtenances, wharves and piers, together 
with the necessary dredging adjacent thereto; and care and safe-
guarding of sites; preliminary planning of projects by contract or 
otherwise; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and etjuipment; 
$80,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That for 
the purposes of this appropriation, buildnigs constructed pursuant to 
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68 Stat. 518. 
the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (40 U.S.C. 356) 
and the Post Office Department Property Act of 1954 (39 U.S.C. 2104 
et seq.), and buildings under the control of another department or 
agency where alteration of such buildings is required in connection 
with the moving of such other department or agency from buildings 
then, or thereafter to be, under the control of General Services Admin-
istration shall be considered to be public buildings. 
CONSTRUCTION, PUBLIC BUILDINGS PROJECTS 
For an additional amount for expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
necessary to construct and acquire public buildings projects and alter 
public buildings by extension or conversion where the estimated cost 
for a project is in excess of $200,000, pursuant to the Public Buildings 
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j^ct of 1959 (73 Stat. 479), including fallout shelters and equipment 
for such buildings, $113,998,000, and not to exceed $500,000 of this 
amount shall be available to the Administrator for construction or 
alteration of small public buildings outside the District of Columbia 
as the Administrator approves and deems necessary, all to remain 
available until expended: Provided^ That the foregoing amount shall 
be available for public buildings projects at locations and at maximum 
construction improvement costs (excluding funds for sites and ex-
penses) as follows: 
Border station, Alaska Highway, Alaska, $1,477,000' 
Post office and Federal office building, Petersburg, Alaska, 
$555,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Conway, Arkansas, $648,000; 
Post office and Federal office building. Star City, Arkansas, 
$253,000; 
Federal office building, Los Angeles County, California, $5,470,800; 
Post office and Federal office building. Fort Collins, Colorado, $1,-
837,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Augusta, Georgia, $1,792,000; 
Federal office building, Indianapolis, Indiana, $10,952,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Houma, Louisiana, $818,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 
$1,268,000; 
Federal office building. Fort Snelling, Minnesota, $14,259,000; 
Courthouse and Federal office building, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 
$1,399,000; 
Post office, Lincoln, Nebraska, $2,902,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Keene, New Hampshire, 
$753,000; 
Federal office building, Gallup, New Mexico, $2,750,000; 
Federal office building, Albany, New York, $6,755,500; 
Court of Appeals and Federal office building (substructure). New 
York, New York, $5,820,000; 
Federal office building, Goldsboro, North Carolina, $606,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Oxford, North Carolina, 
$409,000; 
Post office and courthouse, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, $918,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Fargo, North Dakota, 
$4,274,000; 
Post office, Dayton, Ohio, $5,105,100; 
Post office and Federal office building, Barrington, Rhode Island, 
$208,000; 
Federal office building, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $3,707,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Big Spring, Texas, $951,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, I^nton, Texas, $916,000; 
Border patrol sector headquarters, Laredo, Texas, $543,000; 
7 2 Stat. 1066; 
73 Stat. 50 5. 
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Courthouse and P^ederal office building, San Antonio, Texas, 
$6,326,800; 
Federal office building, St. George, Utah, $179,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Essex Junction, Vermont, 
$295,000; 
Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy, Quantico, Virginia, 
$13,059,000, in addition to the sum heretofore provided ; 
Post 
office 
and 
Federal 
office 
building, 
(^asper, Wyoming, 
$3,859,000; and 
Labor Department building (substructure). District of Columbia, 
$12,433,000: 
Provided further^ That the foregoing limits of costs may be exceeded 
to the extent that savings .are effected in other projects, but by not to 
exceed 10 per centum: Provided further^ That the funds made avail- vva^^^Labo^o!^'^*^" 
able for* the Labor Department building shall not be available for partaent bunding. 
expenditure until the General Services Administration certifies to 
coordination. 
Congress that the relevant portion of the Inner Loop Freeway and 
the substructure of the Labor Department building are coordinated 
in design and will be constructed as a unit. 
SITES AND EXPENSES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS PROJECTS 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary in connection with 
the construction of public buildings projects not otherwise provided 
for, as specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appro-
priation Acts of 1959 and 1960, including preliminflry planning of 
public buildings projects by contract or otherwise, $14,132,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
PAYMENTS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS PURCHASE CONTRACTS 
For payments of principal, interest, taxes, and any other obligations 
under contracts entered into pursuant to the Public Buildings Pur-
chase Contract Act of 1954 (40 U.S.C. 356), $6,746,000. 
ADDITIONAL COURT FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
necessary to provide, directly or indirectly, additional space, facilities 
and courtrooms for the judiciary, including alteration and extension 
of Government-owned buildings and acquisition of additions to sites 
of such buildings; rents; furnishings and equipment; repair and 
alteration of rented space; moving Government agencies in connection 
with the assignment and transfer of space; preliminary planning; 
preparation of drawings and specifications by contract or otherwise; 
and administrative expenses; $6,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
EXPENSES, UNITED STATES COURT FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to provide 
directly or indirectly, additional space for the United States (Courts 
incident to expansion of facilities (including rental of buildings in 
the District of Columbia and elsewhere and moving and space adjust-
ments), and furniture and furnishings, $1,500,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES, FEDERAL SUPPLY SERVICE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, necessary for supply distri-
bution, procurement, inspection, operation of the stores depot system 
68 Stat. 518. 
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(including contractual services incident to receiving, handling, and 
shipping warehouse items), and other supply managenient and related 
activities, as authorized by law, $60,000,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES, UTTI/IZATIGN AND DISPOSAL SERVICE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident to the 
utilization and disposal of excess and surplus property, and rehabili-
tation of personal property, as authorized by law, $9,000,000, to be 
derived from proceeds from the transfer of excess property and the 
disposal of surplus property. 
OPERATING EXPENSES, NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses in connection with Federal records manage-
ment and related activities, as provided by law, including reimburse-
ment for security guard services, and contractual services incident to 
movement or disposal of records, $16,800,000, including $30,000 whicli 
shall be available for continuing to carry out the purposes of Sec. 2 
of Public Law 88-195 approved December 11, 1963, for the period 
ending June 30, 1967. 
77 Stat. 348. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS GRANTS 
For allocation to Federal agencies, and for grants to State and local 
agencies and nonprofit organizations and institutions, for the collect-
ing, describing, preserving and compiling, and publishing of docu-
mentary sources significant to the history of the United States, 
$350,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATING EXPENSES, TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS 
SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of transportation, communications, and 
other public utilities management and related activities, as provided 
by law, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), $5,900,000. 
STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of the Strategic 
and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98-98h), during 
the current fiscal year, for transportation and handling, within the 
United States (including charges at United States ports), storage, 
security, ^nd maintenance of strategic and other materials acquired for 
or transferred to the supplemental stockpile established pursuant to 
section 104(b) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 
73 Stat. 607. 
^ct of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1704(b)), not to exceed $1,072,000 for carrying 
out the provisions of the National Industrial Reserve Act of 1948 (50 
62 Stat. 1225. 
U.S.C. 451-462), relating to machine tools and industrial manufactur-
ing e(juipment for which the General Services Administration is re-
sponsible, including reimbursement for security guard services, serv-
ices as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 
55a), and not to exceed $3,886,000 for operating expenses, $19,847,000, 
to be derived from sales of strategic and critical materials: Provided,, 
That no part of funds available shall be used for construction of ware-
houses or tank storage facilities: Provided further,, That during the 
current fiscal year the General Services Administration is authorized 
to acquire leasehold interests in property, for periods not in excess of 
60 Stat. 810. 
60 Stat. 596. 
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twenty years, for the storage, security, and maintenance of strategic, 
critical, and other materials and equipment held pursuant to the 
aforesaid Act provided said leasehold interests are at nominal cost to 
the Government: Provided 
further^ That during the current fiscal 
year, there shall be no limitation on the value of surplus strategic and 
critical materials which, in accordance with section 6(a) of the Strate-
gic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98e(a)), may 
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be transferred without reimbursement to stockpiles established in 
accordance with said Act: Provided further, That any receipts from 
sales during the current fiscal year shall be promptly deposited into 
the Treasury except as otherwise provided herein: Provided 
further, 
That during the current fiscal year materials in the inventory main-
tained under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and 
5ou*sca^'^ 
excess materials in the national stockpile and the supplemental stock- 2061. 
pile, the disposition of which is authorized by law, shall be available, 
without reimbursement, for transfer at fair market value to contrac-
tors as payment for expenses (including transportation and other ac-
cessorial expenses) of refining, processing, or otherwise beneficiating 
materials, or of rotating materials, pursuant to sections 3(c) and 3(d) 
of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act. 
f^ ^^^^ ^^l' 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATOR 
For expenses of executive direction for activities under the control 
of the General Services Administration, $1,700,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $500 shall be available for reception and representation 
expenses. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE FACILITIES FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 (72 
Stat. 838), $235,000: Provided, 
That the Administrator of General 
Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections (a) and (e) of 
such Act. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING COORDINATION 
For necessary expenses of carrying out Government-wide automatic 
data processing activities within the jurisdiction of the General Serv-
ices Administration, $500,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS FUND 
Funds available to General Services Administration for adminis-
trative operations, in support of program activities, shall be expended 
and accounted for, as a wnole, through a single fund: Provided, That 
costs and obligations for such administrative operations for the respec-
tive program activities shall be accounted for in accordance with 
systems approved by the General Accounting Office: Provided 
further, 
That the total amount deposited into said account for the current 
fiscal year from funds made available to General Services Adminis-
tration in this Act shall not exceed $16,050,000: Provided 
further, 
That amounts deposited into said account for administrative opera-
tions for each program shall not exceed the amounts included in the 
respective program appropriations for such purposes. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
To increase the capital of the working capital fund established by 
the Act of May 3, 1945 (40 U.S.C. 293), $100,000. 
59 stat. us. 
78 Stat. 412. 
3 u s e 102 note. 
40 u s e 601 
674 
PUBLIC LAW 89-555-SEPT. 6, 1966 
[80 STAT. 
GENERAL PitovisioNS 
The approi^riate appropriation or fund available to tlie General 
Services Administration shall be credited with (1) cost of operation, 
protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included 
iis part of rentals received from Government corporations pursuant to 
61 Stat. 584. 
j ^ ^ , ^^Q U.S.C. 129); (2) reimbursements for services performed in 
respect to bonds and other obligations under the jurisdiction of the 
General Services Administration, issued by public authorities. States, 
or other public bodies, and such services m respect to such bonds or 
obligations as the Administrator deems necessary and in the public 
interest may, upon the request and at the expense of the issuing agen-
cies, be provided from the appropriate foregoing appropriation; and 
(3) appropriations or funds available to other agencies, and trans-
ferred to the General Services Administration, in connection with 
property transferred to the General Services Administration pursuant 
62 Stat. 1225. 
^Q the Act of July 2, 1948 (50 U.S.C. 451ff), and such appropriations 
or funds may be so transferred, with the approval of the Bureau of 
the Budget. 
Appropriations to the General Services Administration under the 
heading "Construction, Public Buildings Projects*' made in this 
Act shall be available, subject to the provisions of the Public Buildings 
73sta^4^79. 
^^^t of 1959 for (1) acquisitlou of buildings and sites thereof by 
purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, including prepayment of 
purchase contracts, (2) extension or conversion of Government-owned 
buildings, and (3) construction of new buildings, in addition to those 
set forth under that appropriation: Provided^ That nothing herein 
shall authorize an expenditure of funds for acquisition, extension or 
conversion, or construction without the approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. 
Funds available to the General Services Administration shall be 
available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
No part of any money appropriated by this or any other Act for 
any agency of the executive branch of the Government shall be 
used during the current fiscal year for the purchase within the con-
tinental limits of the United States of any typewriting machines 
except in accordance with regulations issued pursuant to the pro-
visions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 
of 1949, as amended. 
notey^^"^ 
Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appropriation made available 
to the General Services Administration for the current fiscal year 
by this Act may be transferred to any other such appropriation, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased thereby more than 2 per 
centum: Provided^ That such transfers shall apply only to operatmg 
expenses, and shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount of 
$2,000,000. _ 
Appropriations available to any department or agency during the 
current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including maintenance or 
operating expenses, shall also be available for (a) reimbursement to 
the General Services Administration for those expenses of renova-
tion and alteration of buildings and facilities which constitute public 
improvements, performed in accordance with the Public Buildings 
Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479) or other applicable law, and (b) trans-
fer or reimbursement to applicable appropriations to said Adminis-
tration for rents and related expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
^^^°/^sc49o 
providing subject to Executive Order 11035, dated July 9, 1962, 
directly or indirectly, suitable general purpose space for any such 
department or agency, in the District of Columbia or elsewhere. 
63 Stat. 377. 
40 u s e 471 
80 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-555-SEPT. 6, 1966 
675 
No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used 
for the payment of rental on lease agreements for the accommodation 
of Federal agencies in buildings and improvements which are to be 
erected by the lessor for such agencies at an estimated cost of construc-
tion in excess of $200,000 or for the payment of the salary of any 
person who executes such a lease agreement: Provided^ That the 
foregoing proviso shall not be applicable to projects for which a 
prospectus for the lease construction of space has been submitted to 
and approved by the appropriate Committees of the Congress in the 
same manner as for the public buildings construction projects pur-
suant to the Public Buildings Act of 1959. 
73 stat. 479 
40 u s e 601 
note. 
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 
including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates for individuals not to exceed $100 per 
^o stat. sio. 
diem; $27,759,000: Provided^ That Joint Board members and coop-
erating State commissioners may use Government transportation 
requests when traveling in connection with their duties as such. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 
ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including 
research, development, operations, services, minor construction, sup-
plies, materials, equipment; maintenance, repair, and alteration of 
I'eal and personal property; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and 
operation of other than administrative aircraft necessary for the con-
duct and support of aeronautical and space research and development 
activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
$4,245,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES 
For advance planning, design, and construction of facilities for the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration and for the acqui-
sition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law, 
$83,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the operation 
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 
1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); minor construction; supplies, 
68 stat. 1114; 
materials, services, and equipment; awards; hire, maintenance and 
operation of administrative aircraft; purchase and hire of motor 
vehicles (including purchase of not to exceed thirty-one passenger 
motor vehicles, of which sixteen shall be for replacement only) ; and 
maintenance, repair, and alteration of real and personal property; 
$640,000,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into under this 
appropriation for maintenance and operation of facilities, and for 
other services, to be provided during the next fiscal year. 
79 Stat. 112 2. 
676 
PUBLIC LAW 89-555-SEPT. 6, 1966 
[80 
STAT. 
Transfer of ap-
propriations. 
Scientific con-
sultations, ex-
traordinary ex-
penses. 
Manned lunar 
landing. 
Congressional 
consent require-
ment. 
Procurement 
fund s. 
48 Stat. 930. 
D.C. Code 5-103 
to 5-11 1. 
64 Stat. 81. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation made available to 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration by this Act may 
be transferred to any other such appropriation. 
Not to exceed $35,000 of the appropriation "Administrative Opera-
tions" in this Act for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion shall be available for scientific consultations or extraordinary 
expense, to be expended upon the approval or authority of the Admin-
istrator and his determination shall be final and conclusive. 
No part of any appropriation made available to the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration by this Act shall be used for 
expenses of participating in a manned lunar landing to be carried out 
jointly by the United States and any other country without the consent 
of the Congress. 
Any appropriation in this Act to the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration may initially be used during the current fiscal 
year to finance procurement for which funds have been provided in any 
other appropriation available to the Administration and appropriate 
adjustments between such appropriations shall subsequently be made 
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL HOUSING AUTHORITY 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE or 
PROPERTIES 
For the operation and maintenance of properties under title I of 
the District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act, $37,000: Provided, That 
all receipts derived from sales, leases, or other sources shall be covered 
into the Treasury of the United States monthly: Provided further.^ 
That so long as funds are available from appropriations for the fore-
going purposes, the provisions of section 507 of the Housing Act of 
1950 (Public Law 475, Eighty-first Congress), shall not be effective. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
64 Stat. 149. 
60 Stat. 810, 
68 Stat. 45 5. 
7 2 Stat. 27 5. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1897), 
including award of graduate fellowships; services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); maintenance 
and operation of one aircraft; purchase of flight services for research 
support; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses; and reimbursement of 
the General Services Administration for security guard services; 
$479,999,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of 
the foregoing amount not less than $37,600,000 shall be available for 
tuition, grants, and allowances in connection with a program of sup-
plementary training for secondary school science and mathematics 
teachers: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of the fore-
going appropriation may be used to purchase foreign currencies which 
accrue under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assist-
ance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), for the purposes 
authorized by section 104(k) of that Act: Provided 
further, 
That 
receipts for scientific support services and materials furnished by the 
National Research Centers may be credited to this appropriation. 
80 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-555-SEPT. 6, 1966 
677 
RENEGOTIATIOX 130ARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Renegotiation Board, including hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by section 15 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), $2,477,000. 
^o stat. sio. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 2131), and services as authorized by yq^s ^^^^JinV'*' 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 LT.S.C. 55a), at rates for 
individuals not to exceed $100 per diem, $17,250,000. 
SELECTIVE 
SERVICE 
SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the 
Selective Service System, as authorized by title I of the Universal 
Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 604), as amended, in- 
sousc'a'^^" 
eluding services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
^^^' 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) ; expenses of attendance at meetings and of train-
ing for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, 
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 2301-2318) for civilian employees; hire 
of motor vehicles; purchase of nine passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement only; not to exceed $64,000 for the National Selective Serv-
ice Appeal Board; and $39,000 for the National Advisory Committee 
on the Selection of Physicians, Dentists, and Allied Specialists; 
$51,940,000: Provided^ That during the current fiscal year, the Presi-
dent may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of subsection 
(c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, whenever he 
si use 66s. 
deems such action to be necessary in the interest of national defense. 
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances there-
for, as authorized by law; not to exceed $1,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle 
(medium sedan for replacement only) at not to exceed $3,000; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Serv-
ices Administration for security guard services; $159,330,000: Pro-
vided^ That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay in 
excess of twenty-two persons engaged in public relations work. 
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for administration of the medical, hospital, 
domiciliary, construction and supply, research, employee education 
and training activities, as authorized by law, $14,000,000. 
72 Stat. 327. 
678 
PUBLIC LAW 89-555-SEPT. 6, 1966 
[80 STAT. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for carrying out programs of medical and 
prosthetic research and development, as authorized by law, to remain 
available until expended, $43,629,000. 
MEDICAL CARE 
For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of hos-
pitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for furnishing, as 
authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration including care and treat-
ment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Adminis-
tration, and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies and equip-
ment; maintenance and operation of farms and burial grounds; 
repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in the several 
hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Adminis-
tration, not otherwise provided for, either by contract, or by the hire 
of temporary employees and purchase of materials; uniforms or allow-
68 Stat. 1114; 
ances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 2131); and aid to State 
^^7rSktl^50(J. 
homes as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 641); $1,265,437,000, plus 
reimbursements: Provided^ That allotments and transfers may be 
made from this appropriation to the Public Health Service of the 
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Army, 
Navy, and Air Force of the Department of Defense, for disbursements 
by them under the various headings of their applicable appropriations, 
of such amounts as are necessary for the care and treatment of bene-
ficiaries of the Veterans Administration. 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
For the payment of compensation, pensions, gratuities, and allow-
ances, including burial awards, burial flags, subsistence allowances for 
vocational rehabilitation, emergency and other officers' retirement pay, 
adjusted-service credits and certificates, as authorized by law; and for 
payment of amounts of compromises or settlements under 28 U.S.C. 
62 Stat. 984. 
2677 of tort claims potentially subject to the offset provisions of 38 
" " 
U.S.C. 351, $4,374,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
72 Stat. 1124; 
76 Stat. 950 
72 Stat. 1167; 
Ante, p. 12. 
72 Stat. 1251. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or 
on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 31 
(except section 1504), and 33-39), $42,400,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, 
servicemen's indemnities, and service-disabled veterans insurance, to 
remain available until expended, $11,500,000, of which $8,000,000 shall 
be derived from the Veterans Special Term Insurance Fund. 
CONSTRUCTION or HOSPITAL AND DOMICILIARY FACILITIES 
For hospital and domiciliary facilities, for planning and for major 
alterations, improvements, and repairs and extending any of the facili-
ties under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration or for any 
of the purposes set forth in sections 5001, 5002, and 5004, title 38, 
United States Code, including necessary expenses of administration, 
$52,125,000, to remain available until expended. 
80 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-555-SEPT. 6, 1966 
679 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE NURSING HOMES 
For grants to assist the several States to construct State home facili-
ties for furnishing nursing home care to veterans, as authorized by 
law (38 U.S.C. 5031-5037), $4,000,000, to remain available until June 
^s stat. soi. 
30, 1969. 
GRANTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
72 Stat. 1145. 
For payment to the Republic of the Philippines of grants, as 
authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 631-634), $386,000. 
DIRECT LOAN REVOLVING FUND 
The amount authorized by section 1823(a) of title 38, United States 
Code, to be advanced after June 30, 1966, by the Secretary of the 7/star*202^^'*' 
Treasury to the Adrriinistrator, for the purposes of the "Direct loan 
revolving fund" is hereby reduced by the amount of $100,000,000. 
LOAN GUARANTY REVOLVING FUND 
During the current fiscal year, the Loan guaranty revolving fund 
shall be available for expenses, but not to exceed $375,000,000, for prop-
erty acquisitions and other loan guaranty and insurance operations 
under Chapter 37, title 38, United States Code, except administrative j^ru^^^^'25°^'' 
expenses, as authorized by section 1824 of such title: Provided^ That 
74 stat. 532. 
not to exceed $200,000,000 of the unobligated balances including 
retained earnings of the Direct loan revolving fund shall be available, 
during the current fiscal year, for transfer to the Loan guaranty 
revolving fund in such amounts as may be necessary to provide for 
the foregoing expenses and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs 
shall not be required to pay interest on amounts so transferred after 
the time of such transfer. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation for the current 
fiscal year for "Compensation and pensions", "Readjustment benefits", 
and "Veterans insurance and indemnities" may be transferred to any 
other of the mentioned appropriations, but not to exceed 10 per centum 
of the appropriations so augmented. 
Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the 
current fiscal year 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).^ _ 
60 stat. sio. 
The appropriation available to the Veterans Administration for the 
current fiscal year for "Medical care" shall be available for funeral, 
burial, and other expenses incidental thereto (except burial awards 
authorized by section 902 of title 38, United States Code), for bene- ^^^ ^
*
^
*
- ^^^^^ 
ficiaries of the Veterans Administration receiving care under such 
"'^' ^' ^^' 
appropriations. 
No part of the appropriations in this Act for the Veterans Adminis-
tration (except the appropriation for "Construction of hospital and 
domiciliary facilities") shall be available for the purchase of any site 
for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home. 
No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be available for hos-
65 Stat. 61. 
680 
PUBLIC LAW 89-555-SEPT. 6, 1966 
[80 STAT. 
pitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled 
under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimburse-
ment of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed 
by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
CIVIL DEFENSE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for carrying out 
civil defense activities, including the hire of motor vehicles; and 
financial contributions to the States for civil defense purposes, as 
authorized by law, $66,100,000, and, in addition $1,000,000 which shall 
be derived by transfer from Civil Defense Procurement Fund estab-
lished by the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2264) : Provided, That not to exceed $18,500,000 of this appropri-
ation shall be available for allocation under section 205 of the Federal 
78^sta^ *23^i!^' 
^"^^'^^ Defeuse Act of 1950, as amended. 
50 u s e app. 
2286- 
RESEARCH, SHELTER SURVEY AND MARKING 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for studies 
and research to develop measures and plans for civil defense; and 
continuing shelter surveys, marking, stocking, and equipping sur-
veyed spaces; $35,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—CIVIL DEFENSE 
Appropriations contained in this Act for carrying out civil defense 
activities shall not be available in excess of the limitations on ap-
propriations contained in section 408 of the Federal Civil Defense 
72^star534"^' 
Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2260). 
No part of any appropriation in this Act shall be available for 
the construction of warehouses or for the lease of warehouse space 
in any building which is to be constructed specifically for civil de-
fense activities. 
No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of the 
funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency included 
in this Act, shall be used for construction of fallout shelters except 
in construction of new buildings under the heading, "Construction, 
Ante, p. 670. 
Public Buildings Projects", for the current fiscal year. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
EMERGENCY HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for carrying out emergency plaiming 
and preparedness functions of the Public Health Service, and 
I)rocurement, storage (including underground storage), distribution, 
and maintenance of emergency civil defense medical supplies and 
78^^^^;^*-3^24^' 
equipment as authorized by law 
(50 U.S.C, App. 2281(h)), 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
80 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-555-SEPT. 6, 1966 
681 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING ANJD URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
URBAN PLANNING GRANTS 
For an additional amount for "Urban planning grants", $33,000,000, 
to remain available mitil expended. 
URBAN STUDIES AND HOUSING RESEARCH 
For'urban studies and housing research as authorized by the Hous-
ing Acts of 1948 and 1956, as amended, including administrative 
^^ stat. 1
2
^
6
8
; 
expenses in connection therewith, $500,000. 
12 use 1747 
note, 1703 note. 
FELLOWSHIPS FOR CITY PLANNING AND TTRBAN STUDIES 
For fellowships for city planning and urban studies as authorized 
by section 810 of the Housing Act of 1964 (20 U.S.C. 811), $500,000: 
7 a stat. 803. 
Provided^ That not to exceed $30,000 of this appropriation shall be 
available for administrative expenses: Provided 
further^ That this 
sum shall be derived by transfer from funds previously made avail-
able for grants for urban renewal. 
HOUSING AND BUILDING CODES, ZONING, TAX POLICIES, AND 
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS 
For expenses necessary to carry out studies authorized by section 
301 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
1456), $1,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
79 Stat. 474. 
Low INCOME HOUSING DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS 
For low income housing demonstration programs pursuant to sec-
tion 207 of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1436), ^^l^^^\^^^'' 
$1,575,000: Provided^ That not to exceed $75,000 may be available for 
administrative expenses, but no part of this appropriation shall be 
available for administrative expenses in connection with contracts to 
make grants in excess of the amount herein appropriated therefor. 
URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAMS 
For administrative expenses for urban renewal programs not 
exceeding commitments heretofore made or provided for in appro-
priation acts, including programs authorized by title I of the Hous-
mg Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1450 et seq.), and sections 
63 stat. 4i4. 
314 and 701 of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1452a; ^tL"^^"" '^^"^ 
40 U.S.C. 461), $15,000,000: Provided, That the limitation on funds 
68 stat. 629; 
for rehabilitation grants contained in the second proviso under the ^^ ^*^*' ^'^^' 
head "Urban renewal administration", in the Supplemental Appro-
priation Act, 1966, is increased by $9,000,000 for the current fiscal 
^9 stat. use. 
year. 
URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION GRANTS 
For grants as authorized by the Urban Mass Transportation Act 
of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), for the fiscal year 1968, 
$55,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
78 Stat. 302. 
682 
PUBLIC LAW 89-555-SEPT. 6, 1966 
[80 STAT. 
ADMIXISTRATIVE EXPENSES, URBAN TRANSPORTATION ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Urban 
Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.), $640,000. 
78 Stat. 302. 
GRANTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITIES 
For grants authorized by section 703 of the Housing and Urban 
79 Stat. 491. 
Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.G. 3103), $17,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
OPEN SPACE LAND AND URBAN BEAUTIFICATION 
For grants as authorized by title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, 
79"tar49 4*^' 
^ amended (42 U.S.C. 1500-1500e), and the provision of technical 
assistance to State and local public bodies (including the undertaking 
of studies and publication of information), $55,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $800,000 may 
be used for administrative expenses and technical assistance, and no 
part of this appropriation shall be used for administrative expenses 
in connection with grants requiring payments in excess of the amount 
herein appropriated therefor. 
GRANTS FOR BASIC WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES 
79 Stat. 490. 
78 Stat. 790; 
79 Stat. 479. 
7 9 Stat. 451. 
12 u s e 1701s 
and note. 
68 Stat. 6 23. 
For grants authorized by section 702 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1965 i(42 U.S.C. 3102), $100,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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REHABILITATION LOAN FUND 
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the program 
authorized by section 312 of the Housing Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
1452b), $1,370,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Housing Administration in 
carrying out functions under section 101 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1965, delegated by the Secretary, $900,000. 
RENT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM 
For rent supplement payments authorized by section 101 of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, $2,000,000: Provided, 
That the limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum payments 
that may be required in any fiscal year by all contracts entered into 
under such section is increased by $20,000,000: Provided further, That 
no part of the foregoing appropriation or contract authority shall be 
used for incurring any obligation in connection with any dwelling unit 
or project which is not either part of a workable program for com-
munity improvement meeting the requirements of section 101(c) of 
the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1451(c)), or which 
is without local official approval for participation in this program. 
50 Stat. 891. 
73 Stat. 667; 
79 Stat. 457. 
80 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-555-SEPT. 6, 1966 
683 
PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMS 
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS 
For the payment of annual contributions to public housing agencies 
in accordance with section 10 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1410), $250,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses of public housing programs authorized 
by the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1401-1433), $18,800,000, to be expended under the authorization for 
such expenses contained in title I I of this Act. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY OR HANDICAPPED FUND 
For the revolving fund established pursuant to section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701q et seq.), $80,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
PARTICIPATION SALES AUTHORIZATIONS 
The Federal National Mortgage Association, as trustee, is herebj 
authorized to issue beneficial interests or participations in such obli-
gations as may be placed in trust with such Association in accordance 
with section 302(c) of the Federal National Mortgage Association 
Charter Act, as amended by Public Law 89-4:29, for the accounts of the 
following departments and agencies, in not to exceed the following 
aggregate principal amounts: 
The Farmers Home Administration of the Department of Agri-
culture, $600,000,000; 
The Office of Education of the Department of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare, $100,000,000,; 
The Department 
of 
Housing 
and 
Urban 
Development, 
$1,420,000,000; 
The Veterans Administration, $260,000,000; and 
The Small Business Administration, $850,000,000: 
Provided, That the foregoing authorizations shall remain available 
until June 30, 1968. 
PAYMENT OF PARTICIPATION SALES INSUFFICIENCIES 
To enable any department or agency named in paragraph (2) of 
section 302(c) of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter 
Act, as added by Public Law 89-429, to pay the Federal National 
Mortgage Association, as trustee, such insufficiencies as may be required 
by the trustee on account of such outstanding beneficial interests or 
participations as may be authorized by this Act to be issued pursuant 
to said section 302(c), such sums as may be necessary, to be available 
without fiscal year limitation. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, including 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
Ante, p. 164. 
Ante, p. 164. 
684 
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[80 
STAT. 
60 Stat. 810. 
68 Stat. 1114; 
79 Stat. 1122. 
69 Stat. 644; 
7 7 Stat. 437. 
U.S.(\ 55a) ; purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by the Act of September 1,1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131) ; not 
to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase of two passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only; $8,359,000: Provided. That during the 
current fiscal year nonadministrative expenses, as defined by law (12 
U.S.C. 1749, I749d), shall not exceed $5,535,000. 
O r r i C E BUILDING EQUIPMENT AND FI'RNISHINCiS 
For equipment, furnishings, and fixtures, not otherwise provided 
for, in connection with initial occupancy of a headquarters office 
building for the Department in the District of (^olumbia, to i-emain 
available until expended, $700,000 of which $25,000 shall be trans-
ferred from the appropriation for "Public housing programs. Admin-
istrative expenses" and $100,000 shall be transferred from funds avail-
able for nonadministrative expenses under the "I^imitation on 
administrative and nonadministrative expenses. Federal Housing 
Administration". 
Travel 
penses. 
Positions of em-
ployees entering 
Armed Forces. 
Real estate pui-
chase or sale, re-
striction. 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 102. Where appropriations in this title are expendable for 
travel expenses of employees and no specific limitation has been placed 
thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not exceed the 
amounts set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for the 
appropriations: Provided. That this section shall not apply to travel 
performed by uncompensated officials of local boards and appeal 
boards of the Selective Service System; to travel performed in con-
nection with the investigation of aircraft accidents by the (^ivil Aero-
nautics Board; to travel performed directly in connection with care 
and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Veterans Administi-ation; 
or to payments to interagency motor pools where separately set forth 
in the budget schedules. 
SEC. 103. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall 
be available to pay the salary of any person filling a position, other 
than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has left 
to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily 
completed his period of active military or naval service and has 
within ninety days after his release from such service or from hos-
pitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more than 
one year made application for restoration to his former position and 
has been certified by the Civil Service Commission as still qualified 
to perform the duties of his former position and has not been restored 
thereto. 
SEC. 104. No part of any appropriation made available by the provi-
sions of this title shall be used for the purchase or sale of real estate 
or for the purpose of establishing new offices outside the District of 
Columbia: Provided^ That this limitation shall not apply to programs 
which have been approved by the Congress and appropriations made 
therefor. 
TITLE II—CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies, respectively, are hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and 
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685 
in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments 
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of 
the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 
3JUSC/49*' 
necessary in carrying out the programs set foi-th in the Budget for the 
current fiscal year for each such corporation or agency, except as here-
inafter provided: 
FEDERAL 
HOME 
LOAN 
BANK 
BOARD 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND NONADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, 
FEDERAL HOME IX)AN BANK BOARD 
Not to exceed a total of $4,410,000 shall be available for adminis-
trative expenses of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, which may 
procure services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for in- 
^o stat. sio. 
dividuals, and contracts for such services with one organization may 
be renewed annually, and uniforms or allowances therefor in ac-
cordance with the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
•2i;)l-2133), and said amount shall be derived from funds available 
68 stat. 1114; 
/ / 
jg 
gfaf 
112 2 
to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, including those in the Fed-
eral Home Loan Bank Board revolving fund and receipts of the 
Board for the current fiscal year and prior fiscal years, and the Board 
may utilize and may make payment for services and facilities of the 
Federal home-loan banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the Federal 
Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, and other agencies of the 
Government (including payment for office space) : Provided, That all 
necessary expenses in connection with the conservatorship of institu-
tions insured by the Federal Savings and Ix)an Insurance Corporation 
or preparation for or conduct of proceedings under section 6(i) of the 
Federal Home Loan Bank Act or under section 5(d) of the Home 
12 use 1426. 
Owners' Loan Act of 1933 or section 407 or 408 of the National Hous- 
1
2 use i464. 
ing Act and all necessary expenses (including services performed on a ,,\ny^^ ^'^^'^' 
contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in con-
nection with the handling, including the purchase, sale, and exchange, 
of securities on behalf of Federal home-loan banks, and the sale , issu-
ance, and retirement of, or payment of interest on, debentures or bonds, 
luider the Federal Home Jjoan Bank Act, as amended, shall be con-
sidered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof: Pro-
vided further, That members and alternates of the Federal Savings 
and Loan Advisory Council shall be entitled to reimbursement from 
the Board as approved by the Board for transportation expenses incur-
red in attendance at meetings of or concerned with the work of such 
Council and may be paid not to exceed $25 per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence : Provided further, That expenses of any functions of supervi-
sion (except of Federal home-loan banks) vested in or exercisable by 
the Board shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses: Provided further. That, notwith-
standing any other provisions of this Act, except for the limitation in 
amount hereinbefore specified, the administrative expenses and other 
obligations of the Board shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Federal Home Ivoan Bank Act of July 
22, 1932, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1421-1449) : Provided further, That 
the nonadministrative expenses (except those included in the first 
1730a. 
65-300 0-67—46 
686 
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[80 STAT. 
proviso hereof) for the supervision and examination of Federal and 
State chartered institutions (other than special examinations deter-
mined by the Board to be necessary) shall not exceed $13,465,000. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL SAVINGS AND 
LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION 
Not to exceed $285,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, 
which shall be on an accrual basis and shall be exclusive of interest 
paid, depreciation, properly capitalized expenditures, expenses in con-
nection with liquidation of insured institutions or preparation for or 
conduct of proceedings under section 407 or 408 of the National Hous-
ya^st^tre/i!^' 
"^S ^^*' liquidation or handling of, assets of or derived from insured 
12 use iv'ao. 
institutions, payment of insurance, and action for or toward the avoid-
^^^°^" 
ance, termination, or minimizing of losses in the case of insured insti-
tutions, legal fees and expenses, and payments for expenses of the 
Federal Home Loan Bank Board determined by said Board to be 
properly allocable to said Corporation, and said Corporation may 
utilize and may make payment for services and facilities of the Federal 
home-loan banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the Federal Home Loan 
Bank Board, and other agencies of the Government: Provided^ That, 
notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, except for the 
limitation in amount hereinbefore specified, the 
administrative 
expenses and other obligations of said Corporation shall be incurred, 
allowed and paid in accordance with title IV of the Act of June 27, 
48 Stat. 125 5. 
1934^ as amended (12 U.S.C. 1724-I730a). 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
HOUSING 
AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, COLLEGE HOUSING 
LOANS 
Not to exceed $2,035,000 shall be available for all administrative 
expenses of carrying out the program of housing loans to educational 
77^stl!.^ 437!' 
institutions (12 U.S.C. 1749-1749d), but this amount shall be exclusive 
of payment for services and facilities of the Federal Reserve banks or 
any member thereof, the Federal home-loan banks, and any insured 
bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora-
64 Stat. 873. 
tiou Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831). 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, PUBLIC FACILITY LOANS 
69 Stat. 642. 
42 u s e 1491-
Not to exceed $1,175,000 of funds in the revolving fund established 
pursuant to title I I of the Housing amendments of 1955, as amended, 
1497,"""' """ 
shall be available for administrative expenses, but this amount shall be 
exclusive of payment for services and facilities of the Federal Reserve 
banks or any member thereof, the Federal home-loan banks, and any 
insured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831). 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, REVOLVING FUND 
(LIQUIDATING PROGRAMS) 
During the current fiscal year not to exceed $110,000 shall be avail-
able for administrative expenses, but this amount shall be exclusive 
of expenses necessary in the case of defaulted obligations to protect 
80 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-555-SEPT. 6, 1966 
687 
the interests of the Government and legal services on a contract or fee 
basis and of payment for services and facilities of the Federal Reserve 
banks or any member thereof, any servicer approved by the Federal 
National Mortgage Association, the Federal home-loan banks, and 
any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831). 
e^ stat. 873. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND NONADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, 
HOUSING FOR THE EI-,DERLY OR HANDICAPPED 
Not to exceed $1,200,000 of funds in the revolving fund established 
pursuant to section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended (12 
U.S.C. I701q et seq.), shall be available for administrative and non- 
73 stat. 667; 
administrative expenses, but this amount shall be exclusive of payment 
for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Associa-
tion, the Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof, the Federal 
home-loan banks and any insured bank within the meaning of the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 
1811-1831). 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL NATIONAL 
MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
Not to exceed $9,081,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses, which shall be on an accrual basis, and shall be exclusive 
of interest paid, expenses (including expenses for fiscal agency services 
performed on a contract or fee basis) in connection with the issuance 
and servicing of securities, depreciation, properly capitalized expendi-
tures, fees for servicing mortgages, expenses (including services per-
formed on a force account, contract, or fee basis, but not including 
other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, protec-
tion, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of real or 
personal property belonging to said Association or in which it has an 
interest, cost of salaries, wages, travel, and other expenses of persons 
employed outside of the continental United States, expenses of serv-
ices performed on a contract or fee basis in connection with the per-
formance of legal services, and all administrative expenses reimburs-
able from oth^r Government agencies, and said Association may 
utilize and may make payment for services and facilities of the Federal 
Reserve banks and other agencies of the Government: Provided^ That 
the distribution of administrative expenses to the accounts of the 
Association shall be made in accordance with generally recognized 
accounting principles and practices. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND NONADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
For administrative expenses in carrying out duties imposed by or 
pursuant to law, not to exceed $10,500,000 of the various funds of 
-.<;.;. 
the Federal Housing Administration shall be available, in accordance 
with the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701), includ- 
^^ ^
*
^
*
- ^^^e. 
688 
PUBLIC LAW 89-555-SEPT. 6, 1966 
[80 
STAT. 
68 Stat. 1114; 
79 Stat. 1122. 
63 Stat. 905. 
12 u s e 1702. 
50 Stat. 888. 
Publicity 
propaganda. 
Personnel work. 
Research 
ect s. 
iiig uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of Sep-
tember 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131) : Provided, That funds 
shall be available for contract actuarial services (not to exceed $1,500) : 
Provided further, That nonadministrative expenses classified by sec-
tion 2 of Public Law 387, approved October 25, 1949, shall not exceed 
$85,000,000. 
IJIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND NONADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, 
PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMS 
Not to exceed the amount appropriated for such expenses by title I 
of this Act shall be available for the administrative expenses of carry-
ing out the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 1401-1433), including purchase of uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, 
as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131) : Provided, That necessary expenses of 
providing representatives at the sites of non-Federal projects in con-
nection with the construction of such projects by public housing agen-
cies with aid under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, 
shall be compensated by such agencies by the payment of fixed fees 
which in the aggregate will cover the costs of rendering such services, 
and expenditures for such purpose shall be considered nonadminis-
trative expenses, and funds received from such payments may be 
used only for the payment of necessary expenses of providing such 
representatives: Provided further, That all expenses of carrying out 
public housing programs not specifically limited in this Act shall not 
exceed $1,123,000. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or 
of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency 
included in this Act, shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the 
Congress. 
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or 
of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency 
included in this Act, 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 thirty-five, or a part thereof, full-time, part-time, and intermit-
tent employees of the corporation or 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; wage 
administration; and processing, recording, and reporting. 
SEC. 303. None of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay 
any recipient of a grant for the conduct of a research project an 
amount equal to as much as the entire cost of such project. 
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689 
SEC. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices Appropriation 
^^°''^ ""^• 
Act, 1967". 
Approved September 6, 1966. 
Public Law 89-556 
A N A C T 
September 7, 1966 
Milking approprintions for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies 
[H. R. 14596] 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1967. and for other puriK>ses. 
Be if enacted hy the Senate and Houne of RepreHentat'u'e^ of the 
United Statefi of America in Congress assembled, That the following A^HCUT*""^"-! d
^ 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise R^I" ted "Igen" les 
appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies Appropriation Act, 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and for otlier purposes; ^^^^' 
namely: 
DEPARTMENT OF A G R I C U L T r R E 
TITLE I—GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to perform agricultural research relating 
to production, utilization, marketing, nutrition and consumer use, 
to control and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases, and to 
perform related inspection, quarantine and regulatory work: Pro-
vided,, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for field em-
ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), and not to exceed $75,000 shall 
ss stat. 742. 
be available for employment under section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) : Provided further. That appropriations here- 
^o stat. sio. 
under shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft 
and the purchase of not exceed two for replacement only: Provided 
further. That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant 
to title 5, United States Code, section 565a, for the construction, altera- 
ss stat. 742. 
tion, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise 
provided, the cost of constructing any one building (except headhouses 
connecting greenhouses) shall not exceed $20,000, except for six build-
ings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $45,000 each, 
and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall 
not exceed $7,500 or 7.5 per centum of the cost of the building, which-
ever is greater: Provided further, That the limitations on alterations 
contained in this Act shall not apply to a total of $100,000 for facili-
ties at Beltsville, Maryland: 
Research: For research and demonstrations on the production and 
utilization of agricultural products; agricultural marketing and dis-
tribution, not otherwise provided for; home economics or nutrition 
and consumer use of agricultural and associated products; and 
related research and services; and for acquisition of land by dona-
tion, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100: 
$123,402,500, and in addition not to exceed $25,000,000 from funds 
available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, pursuant to 
'^^ stat. 774. 
Public Law 88-250 shall be transferred to and merged with this appro- 
77 stat^8^20. 
priation, of which $11,169,000 shall remain available until expended 
for construction and improvement of facilities without regard to