An Act making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes
PL 82-452 (H.R.7151), enacted 07/05/1952

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T A T . 
Short title. 
1. employees working in field activities; 
2. employees paid from funds for research; 
3. employees of the crop and livestock reporting service; 
4. the administrative expense limitations for Federal intermediate 
credit banks and for production credit corporations, or to the appro-
priation for the Farm Credit Administration except the portion 
thereof provided by direct appropriation from the General Fund of 
the Treasury; 
5. employees paid from funds for marketing services; 
6. employees of the Rural Electrification Administration; 
7. employees of the Soil Conservation Service; 
8. employees of meat inspection and other regulatory services; 
9. employees of the Forest Service. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture Appro-
priation Act, 1953". 
Approved July 5, 1952. 
July 5, 1952 
fH. R. 7151] 
Public Law 452 
CHAPTER 575 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Federal Security 
Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1953, and for other purposes. 
L a b o r- F ederal 
Security Appropri-
ation Act, 1953. 
D e p a r t m e n t of 
L a b o r Appropriar 
tion Act, 1953. 
60 Stat. 810. 
63 Stat. 865* 
61 Stat. 136. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ That the follow-
ing sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Labor, the Federal 
Security Agency, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1953, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Office of the 
Secretary of Labor (hereafter in this title referred to as the Secretary), 
including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor 
vehicle (at not to exceed $3,000) for replacement only; teletype news 
service; and payment in advance when authorized by the Secretary 
for dues or fees for library membership in organizations whose publi-
cations are available to members only or to members at a price lower 
than to the general public; $1,376,000. 
Salaries and expenses. Office of the Solicitor: For expenses neces-
sary for the Office of the Solicitor, $1,764,600: Provided, That the 
compensation of the Solicitor shall be $14,800 per annum. 
Salaries and expenses. Bureau of Labor Standards: For expenses 
necessary for the promotion of industrial safety, employment stabili-
zation, and amicable industrial relations for labor and industry; per-
formance of safety functions of the Secretary under the Federal 
Employees' Compensation Act, as amended (5 U. S. C. 784 (c)); per-
formance of the functions vested in the Secretary by title I of the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U. S. C. 159 (f) and ( g ) ) ; 
and not to exceed $75,000 for the work of the President's Committee 
on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, as authorized 
by the Act of July 11, 1949 (63 Stat. 409), including purchase of 
reports and of material for informational exhibits; and expenses of 
attendance of cooperating officials and consultants at conferences con-
cerned with the work of the Bureau of Labor Standards; $624,000. 
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Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Veterans' Reemployment Rights: 
For expenses necessary to render assistance in connection with the 
exercise of reemployment rights under section 8 of the Selective Train- 
54 stat. 89o, ssa.. 
ing and Service Act of 1940, as amended (50 U. S. C, App. 308), the 
Service Extension Act of 1941, as amended, the Army Reserve and 
ss stat. 626. 
Retired Personnel Service Law of 1940, as amended, and section 9 of 
^^ stat. eis. 
the Universal Military Training and Service Act, and, under the Act 
|^ |J°J* J^j 
of June 23,1943, as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 1472), of persons who ^jsousc app.'362, 
have performed service in the Merchant Marine, $285,700. 
BUEEAU OF APPRENTICESHIP 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to enable the Secre-
tary to conduct a program of encouraging apprentice training, as 
authorized by the Act of August 16,1937 (29 U. S. C. 50), $2,700,000. 
BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY 
401-405, 459. 
50 Stat. 664. 
60 Stat. 810. 
48 Stat. 113. 
38 u s e 69$b. 
49 Stat. 626. 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the general 
administration of the employment service and unemployment com-
pensation programs, including temporary employment of persons, 
without regard to the civil-service laws, for the farm placement migra-
tory labor program; for cooperation with the United States Immigra-
tion and Naturalization Service and the Secretary of State in negotiat-
ing and carrying out agreements relating to the employment of foreign 
agricultural workers, subject to the immigration laws and when nec-
essary to supplement the domestic labor force; and not to exceed $10,000 
for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U. S. C. 55a) ; $4,983,000, of which $1,100,000 shall be for carry-
ing into effect the provisions of title IV (except section 602) of the 
fg iTs c^^egs-
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. 
s^sf. 
Grants to States for unemployment compensation and employment 
service administration: For grants in accordance with the provisions 
of the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended (29 U. S. C. 49-49n), for 
carrying into effect section 602 of the Servicemen's Readjustment 
Act of 1944, for grants to the States as authorized in title I I I of the 
Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C. 501-503), including, 
upon the request of any State, the purchase of equipment and the 
payment of rental for space made available to such State in lieu of 
grants for such purpose, and for necessary expenses in connection 
with the operation of employment office facilities and services in the 
District of Columbia, $183,560,000, of which $5,000,000 shall bs avail-
able only to the extent that the Secretary finds necessary to meet 
increased costs of administration resulting from changes in a State 
law or increases in the numbers of claims filed and claims paid or 
salary costs over those upon which the State's basic grant (or the 
allocation for the District of Columbia) was based, which increased 
costs of administration cannot be provided for by normal budgetary 
adjustments: Provided^ That notwithstanding any provision to the 
contrary in section 302 (a) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 
the Secretary of Labor shall from time to time certify to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury for payment to each State found to be in 
compliance with the requirements of the Act of June 6, 1933, and, 
except in the case of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, with the 
provisions of section 303 of the Social Security Act, as amended, 
such amounts as he determines to be necessary for the proper and 
efficient administration of its unemployment compensation law and of 
its public employment offices: Provided further^ That such amounts 
as may be agreed upon by the Department of Labor and the Post 
Office Department shall be used for the payment, in such manner as 
42 u s e 502. 
42 u s e 503. 
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P e r s o n n e l 
standards. 
Grants-in-aid of 
State agencies. 
49 Stat. 626. 
42 u s e 501-503. 
48 Stat. 113. 
29 u s e 49-49n. 
said parties may jointly determine, of postage for the transmission 
of official mail matter in connection with the administration of unem-
ployment compensation systems and en\ployment services by States 
receiving grants herefrom. 
In carrying out the provisions of said Act of June 6, 1933, the pro-
visions of section 303 (a) (1) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 
relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards 
on a merit basis, shall apply. 
None of the funds appropriated by this title to the Bureau of 
Employment Security for grants-in-aid of State agencies to cover, 
in whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies including 
the salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, 
shall be withheld from the said agencies of any States which have 
established by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit 
system and classification and compensation plan covering the selection, 
tenure in office, and compensation of their employees, because of any 
disapproval of their personnel or the manner of their selection by 
the agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or 
employees. 
Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after 
May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under title I I I 
of the Social Security Act, as amended, and under the Act of June 6, 
1933, as amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal 
year, such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the 
expenditures made thereunder for payments under such title and under 
such Act of June 6, 1933, to be charged to the appropriation therefor 
for that fiscal year. 
62 Stat. 1247. 
50 U S C a p p . 
2012. 
60 Stat. 696. 
39 Stat. 742. 
50 u s e app. 2003, 
2004. 
BUREAU OF E M P L O Y E E S ' C J O M P E N S A T I O N 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary administrative expenses and 
not to exceed $87,000 for the Employees' Compensation Board of 
Appeals, $2,221,100, together with not to exceed $98,500 to be derived 
from the War Claims Fund created by section 13 (a) of the War 
Claims Act of 1948 (50 U. S. C. 2012). 
Employees' compensation fund: For the payment of compensation 
and other benefits and expenses (except administrative expenses) 
authorized by law and accruing during the current or any prior fiscal 
year, including payments to other Federal agencies for medical and 
hospital services pursuant to agreement approved by the Bureau of 
Employees' Compensation; continuation of payment of benefits as 
provided for under the head "Civilian War Benefits" in the Federal 
Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the advancement of costs 
for enforcement of recoveries in third-party cases; the furnishing of 
medical and hospital services and supplies, treatment, and funeral and 
burial expenses, including transportation and other expenses inci-
dental to such services, treatment, and burial, for such enroUees of 
the Civilian Conservation Corps as were certified by the Director of 
such Corps as receiving hospital services and treatment at Government 
expense on June 30, 1943, and who are not otherwise entitled thereto 
as civilian employees of the United States, and the limitations and 
authority of the Act of September 7, 1916, as amended (5 U. S. C. 
796), shall apply in providing such services, treatment, and expenses 
in such cases; such amount as may be required during the current 
fiscal year: Provided^ That this appropriation shall be available for 
payments pursuant to sections 4 ( c ) and 5 (f) of the War Claims Act 
of 1948 (50 U. S. C. 2012) and shall be credited with advances or 
reimbursements therefor from the War Claims Fund created by 
section 13 (a) of said War Claims Act of 1948. 
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BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the work of the 
Bureau, including advances or reimbursement to State, Federal, and 
local agencies and their employees for services rendered, and not to 
exceed $15,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $5,495,000. 
WOMEN'S 
BUREAU 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the work of the 
Women's Bureau, as authorized by the Act of June 5,1920 (29 U. S. C. 
11-16), including purchase of reports and material for informational 
exhibits, $360,000. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for performing the 
duties imposed by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 
and the Act to provide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the 
making of contracts by the United States, approved June 30, 1936 
(41 U. S. C. 38), including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered, and for 
expenses of attendance of cooperating officials and consultants at con-
ferences concerned with the work of the Division, $7,639,139. 
60 Stat. 810. 
41 Stat. 987. 
52 Stat. 1060. 
29 u s e 201. 
49 Stat. 2038. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 102. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for stenographic reporting services as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), 
for examination of estimates of appropriations in the field, and for 
expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the function or 
activity for which any such appropriation is made. 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation in this 
title may be transferred to any other such appropriation but no such 
appropriation shall be increased by more than 5 per centum by any 
such transfer: Provided^ That no such transfer shall be used for crea-
tion of new functions within the Department. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Labor Appropriation 
Act, 1953". 
TITLE 
II—FEDERAL 
SECURITY 
AGENCY 
r 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOU^E FOR THE BLIND 
Education of the blind: For carrying out the Act of August 4,1919, 
as amended (20 U. S. C. 101), $115,000. 
60 Stat. 810. 
T r a n s f e r 
of 
funds. 
Citation of title. 
Federal Security 
A g e ncy Appropri-
ation Act, 1953. 
41 Stat. 272. 
COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF 
Salaries and expenses: For the partial support of Columbia Institu-
tion for the Deaf, including personal services and miscellaneous 
expenses, and repairs and improvements, $413,000: Provided^ That 
the Columbia Institution for the Deaf shall be paid by the District of 
Columbia, in advance at the beginning of each quarter, at the rate of 
$975 per school year for each student attending said Institution pur-
suant to the Act of March 1, 1901 (31 D. C. Code 1008). 
For the construction of a building or buildings to accommodate 
approximately twenty-five additional children, $90,000: 
Provided, 
hotvever, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia enter 
into contract with Columbia Institution for the Deaf for education of 
all resident deaf children of the District of Columbia. 
31 Stat. 844. 
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52 Stat. 1040. 
64 Stat. 20. 
29 Stat. 604. 
4 4 S t a t . 1101, 
1406. 
42 Stat. 1486. 
52 Stat. 1049; 55 
Stat. 851; 59 Stat. 
463. 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses for carrying out the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 301-
392, Public Law 459, approved March 16, 1950); the Tea Importation 
Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 41-50); the Import Milk Act (21 U. S. C. 
141-149) ; the Federal Caustic Poison Act (15 U. S. C. 401-411); and 
the Filled Milk Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 61-64); including the 
purchase of not to exceed thirteen passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only (including three at a cost of not to exceed $1,900 each); 
reporting and illustrating the results of investigations; purchase of 
chemicals, apparatus, and scientific equipment; not to exceed $2,000 
for payment in advance for special tests and analyses by contract; and 
payment of fees, travel, and per diem in connection with studies of 
new developments pertinent to food and drug enforcement operations; 
$5,600,000. 
Salaries and expenses, certification and inspection services: For 
expenses necessary for the certification or inspection of certain prod-
ucts in accordance with sections 406, 504, 506, 507, 604, 702A, and 706 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21U. S. C. 
346, 354, 356, 357, 364, 372a, and 376), the aggregate of the advance 
deposits during the current fiscal year to cover payment of fees by 
applicants for certification or inspection of such products, to remain 
available until expended. The total amount herein appropriated shall 
be available for personal services; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, 
and scientific equipment; purchase of one passsenger motor vehicle for 
replacement only; and the refund of advance deposits for which no 
service has been rendered. 
S a l a r y restric-
tion. 
Payment by Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
FREEDMEN'S HOSPITAL 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for operation and 
maintenance, including repairs; furnishing, repairing, and cleaning of 
wearing apparel used by employees in the performance of their official 
duties; transfer of funds to the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, 
Howard University" for salaries of technical and professional per-
sonnel detailed to the hospital; payments to the appropriation of 
Howard University for actual cost of heat, light, and power furnished 
by such university; $2,860,750: Provided^ That no intern or resident 
physician receiving compensation from this appropriation on a full-
time basis shall receive compensation in the form of wages or salary 
from any other appropriation in this title: Provided further^ That 
the District of Columbia shall pay by check to Freedmen's Hospital, 
upon the Surgeon General's request, in advance at the beginning of 
each quarter, such amount as the Surgeon General calculates wiU be 
earned on the basis of rates approved by the Bureau of the Budget for 
the care of patients certified by the District of Columbia. Bills ren-
dered by the Surgeon General on the basis of such calculations shall 
not be subject to audit or certification in advance of payment; but 
proper adjustment of amounts which have been paid in advance on 
the basis of such calculations shall be made at the end of each quarter: 
Provided further^ That the Surgeon General may delegate the respon-
sibilities imposed upon him by the foregoing proviso. 
HOWARD U N I V E R S I T Y 
Salaries and expenses: For the partial support of Howard Uni-
versity, including personal services and miscellaneous expenses and 
repairs to building and grounds, $2,675,000. 
Plans and specifications: For the preparation of plans and specifi-
cations for construction, under the supervision of the General Serv-
63 Stat. 231. 
63 Stat. 286. 
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ices Administration, on the grounds of Howard University of a pre-
clinical medical building, including engineering and architectural 
services, advertising, and travel, $30,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
Construction of buildings: For construction of buildings on the 
grounds of Howard University, under the supervision of the General 
Services Administration, to remain availaole until expended, as 
follows: 
For construction and equipment of a dental school building, together 
with alterations and installations in connection with such construction, 
including engineering and architectural services, and travel, $653,160, 
of which $372,939 is for payment of obligations incurred under 
authority provided under this head in the Federal Security Agency 
Appropriation Act, 1949, to enter into contracts for construction of 
" ^*°** ^^^' 
said building: Provided, That the limitation on the total cost of said 
dental school building, as set forth under this head in said Act, is 
increased from "$2,242,520" to "$2,565,221", and such increased limita-
tion shall not include authorized construction cost increases hereto-
fore or hereafter determined by the Administrator of the General 
Services Administration pursuant to the provisions of said Act; 
For payment of obligations incurred under authority provided 
under this head in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948, as 
^^ ^***' H^' 
amended by the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1949, to enter 
into contracts for construction of an engineering building, $41,340; 
For payment of obligations incurred under authority provided 
under this head in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 
1950, to enter into contracts for construction of a biology-greenhouse 
building, $647,500. 
OFFICE o r 
EDUCATION 
Promotion and further development of vocational education: For 
carrying out the provisions of section 3 of the Vocational Education 
Act of 1946 (20 U. S. C. 15), section 4 of the Act of March 10, 1924 fo stat. 77s. 
(20 U. S. C. 29), section 1 of the Act of March 3,1931 (20 U. S. C. 30) 
tl stat! i849. 
and the Act of March 18, 1950 (Public Law 462), $18,673,281: f
^ use*3/.'33. 
Provided, That the apportionment to the States under the Vocational 
Education Act of 1946 shall be computed on the basis of not to exceed 
$18,498,261 for the current fiscal year. 
Further endowment of colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts: 
For carrying out the provisions of section 22 of the Act of June 29, 
1935 (7 U. S. C. 329), $2,480,000. 
49 stat. 439. 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Office of 
Education, including surveys, studies, investigations, and reports 
regarding libraries; fostering coordination of public and school library 
service; coordination of library service on the national level with 
other forms of adult education; developing library participation in 
Federal projects; fostering Nation-wide coordination of research mate-
rials among libraries, interstate library coordination and the develop-
ment of library service throughout the country; purchase, distribution, 
and exchange of educational documents, motion-picture films, and 
' 
lantern slides; collection, exchange, and cataloging of educational 
apparatus and appliances, articles of school furniture and models of 
school buildings illustrative of foreign and domestic systems and 
methods of education,.and repairing the same; $2,900,000, of which 
not less than $500,000 shall be available for the Division of Vocational 
Education as authorized: Provided, That all receipts from non-Federal 
agencies representing reimbursement for expenses of travel of 
employees of the Office of Education performing advisory functions to 
the said agencies shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States 
to the credit of this appropriation. 
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Payments to school districts: For payments to local educational 
agencies for the maintenance and operation of schools as authorized 
to use 23^6°244. ^-T *^® ^^^ ^^ September 30,1950 (Public Law 874), $40,000,000: Pro-
vided^ That this appropriation shall also be available for carrying out 
the provisions of section 6 of such Act. 
School construction: For providing school facilities and for grants 
to local educational agencies in federally affected areas, as authorized 
" use ^^'-280 ^y ^^^^ ^^ °* *^^ ^^* ^^ September 23,1950 (Public Law 815), including 
not to exceed $750,000 for necessary expenses of technical services 
rendered by other agencies, $135,000,000, to be immediately available 
and to remain available until expended: Provided^ That no part of 
this appropriation shall be available for salaries or other direct 
expenses of the Federal Security Agency. 
OFFICE o r VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 
Payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico): 
For payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico) 
in accordance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended 
41 Stat. 735. 
(29 U. S. C, ch. 4), including payments, in accordance with regula-
tions of the xVdministrator, for one-half of necessary expenditures 
for the acquisition of vending stands or other equipment in accordance 
29 use 3^6.^ 
^^^ 
section 3 (a) (3) (C) of said Act for the use of blind persons, 
such stands or other equipment to be controlled by the State agencv, 
$22,250,000, of which not to exceed $190,000 shall be available to the 
Federal Security Administrator for providing rehabilitation services 
,' • 
f 
to disabled residents of the District of Columbia, as authorized by 
section 6 of said Act, which latter amount shall be available for 
administrative expenses in connection with providing such services in 
the District of Columbia: Provided., That not to exceed 15 per centum 
I 
of the appropriation shall be used for administrative purposes. 
Payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico), 
next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the cur-
rent fiscal year, payments to States in accordance with the Vocational 
Rehabilitation Act, as amended (including the objects specified in the 
preceding paragraph), for the first quarter of the next succeeding 
fiscal year such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred 
and the expenditures made thereunder to be charged to the appro-
priation therefor for that fiscal year: Provided.^ That the payments 
made pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed the amount paid 
f' 
i 
to the States for the first quarter of the current fiscal year. 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary in carrying out the 
provisions of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, and of 
49 Stat. 1559. 
^^e Act approved June 20, 1936 (20 U. S. C, ch. 6A), including not 
to exceed $3,000 for production, purchase, and distribution of educa-
tional films; $700,000. 
PUBLIC H E A L T H SERVICE 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Public Health Service 
58 Stat. 682. 
Act, as amended (42 U. S. C , ch. 6A) (hereinafter referred to as the 
Act), and other Acts, including expenses for active commissioned 
officers in the Reserve Corps and for not to exceed one thousand five 
hundred commissioned officers in the Regular Corps; as follows: 
Venereal diseases: To carry out the purposes of sections 314 (a) 
42 use 246,266. and 363 of the Act with respect to venereal diseases including the 
operation and maintenance of centers for the diagnosis, treatment, 
support, and clothing of persons afflicted with venereal diseases; trans-
portation and subsistence of such persons and their attendants to and 
from the place of treatment or allowance in lieu thereof; diagnosis and 
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treatment (including emergency treatment for other illnesses) of such 
persons through contracts with physicians and hospitals and other 
appropriate institutions; fees for case finding and referral to such 
centers of voluntary patients; reasonable expenses of preparing 
remains or burial of deceased patients; recreational supplies and 
equipment; leasing of facilities and repair and alteration of leased 
facilities; the purchase of not to exceed ten passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only, and for grants of money, services, supplies, 
equipment, and use of facilities to States, as defined in the Act, and 
with the approval of the respective State health authorities, to 
counties, health districts, and other political subdivisions of the States, 
for the foregoing purposes, in such amounts and upon such terms and 
" , 
conditions as the Surgeon General may determine; $9,850,000. 
Tuberculosis: To carry out the purposes of section 314 (b) of the 
Act, $8,240,000. 
42 use 246. 
Assistance to States, general: To carry out the purposes, not other-
wise specifically provided for, of section 314 (c) of the Act; to pro-
vide consultative services to States pursuant to section 311 of the Act; 
^2 use 243. 
to make field investigations and demonstrations pursuant to section 
301 of the Act; and to provide for collecting and compiling mortality, 
^^ ^^^ ^^^' 
morbidity, and vital statistics, including the purchase of not to exceed 
fourteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; $16,150,000. 
Communicable diseases: To carry out, except as otherwise provided 
for, those provisions of sections 301, 311, 361, and 704 of the Act ^M. wf noVe'.^*^' 
relating to the prevention and suppression of communicable and pre-
ventable diseases, and the interstate transmission and spread thereof, 
including the purchase, erection, and maintenance of portable build-
ings ; purchase of not to exceed thirty-seven passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only; and hire, maintenance, and operation of air-
craft; $5,850,000. 
Engineering, sanitation, and industrial hygiene: For expenses, not 
otherwise provided, necessary to carry out those provisions of sections 
'*' 
301, 311, 314 (c), and 361 of the Act relating to sanitation and other 
aspects of environmental health, including enforcement of applicable 
quarantine laws and interstate quarantine regulations, and for carry-
ing out the purposes of the Water Pollution Control Act (33 U. S. C. 
466-466 (j)), including purchase of not to exceed two passenger motor 
62 stat. 1155. 
vehicles; $3,700,000. 
Disease and sanitation investigations and control, Territory of 
Alaska: To enable the Surgeon General to conduct, in the Service, and 
to cooperate with and assist the Territory of Alaska in the conduct 
of, activities necessary in the investigation, prevention, treatment, and 
control of diseases, and the establishment and maintenance of health 
and sanitation services pursuant to and for the purposes specified in 
sections 301, 311, 314 (without regard to the provisions of subsections 
(d), (f), (h), and (j) and the limitations set forth in subsection (c) ^^i. 2M!iee',^201 
of such section), 361, 363, and 704 of the Act, including the hire, note, 
operation, and maintenance of aircraft, $1,100,000. 
Buildings and facilities, Cincinnati, Ohio: For purchase and instal-
lation of equipment and supplies for the building and facilities here-
tofore provided for under the head "Buildings and facilities, Cin- 
'*' 
' 
-. 
cinnati, Ohio," General Services Administration, in the Independent 
Offices Appropriation Act, 1951, $300,000, to remain available until 
^ stat. 697. 
expended. 
Grants for hospital construction: For payments for hospital con-
struction under part C, title VI, of the Act, as amended, to remain osih"^^ 29id-
available until expended, $134,700,000, of which $59,700,000 is for 
payment of obligations incurred under authority heretofore granted 
under this head: Provided, That allotments under such part C to the 
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60 Stat. 903. 
42 U S C ch. 6A; 
24 use note prec. 
191. 
42 use 264-272. 
42 use 252. 
42 use 249. 
42 use 241. 
42 use 281-284. 
42 use 241-244, 
246. 
62 S t a t . 464. 
42 use 287 note. 
several States for the current fiscal year shall be made on the basis of an 
amount equal to that part of the appropriation granted herein which is 
available for new obligations. 
Salaries and expenses, hospital construction services: For salaries 
and expenses incident to carrying out title VI of the Act, as amended, 
including the purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor vehicle 
for replacement only, $1,200,000. 
Hospitals and medical care: For carrying out the functions of the 
Public Health Service under the Act of August 8, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
150), and under sections 321, 322, 324, 326, 331, 332, 341, 343, 344, 
502, 504, and 710 of the Public Health Service Act, and Executive 
Order 9079 of February 26, 1942, including purchase and exchange 
of farm products and livestock; purchase of not to exceed fourteen 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and firearms and 
ammunition; $32,800,000: Provided, That when the Public Health 
Service establishes or operates a health service program for any 
department or agency, payment for the estimated cost shall be made in 
advance for deposit to the credit of this appropriation. 
Foreign quarantine service: For carrying out the purposes of 
sections 361 to 369 of the Act, relating to preventing the introduction 
of communicable diseases from foreign countries, the medical exami-
nation of aliens in accordance with section 325 of the Act, and the 
care and treatment of quarantine detainees pursuant to section 322 
(e) of the Act in private or other public hospitals when facilities of the 
Public Health Service are not available, including insurance of official 
motor vehicles in foreign countries when required by law of such 
countries; and the purchase of not to exceed ten passenger motor 
vehicles, of which five shall be for replacement only; $3,050,000. 
National Institutes of Health, operating expenses: For the activities 
of the National Institutes of Health, not otherwise provided for, 
including research fellowships and grants for research projects pur-
suant to section 301 of the Act; the regulation and preparation of 
biologic products; the purchase of not to exceed seven passenger 
motor vehicles, of which five shall be for replacement only; not to 
exceed $1,000 for entertainment of visiting scientists when specifically 
approved by the Surgeon General; erection of temporary structures; 
and grants of therapeutic and chemical substances for demonstrations 
and research; $16,550,000. 
National Cancer Institute: To enable the Surgeon General, upon 
the recommendations of the National Advisory Cancer Council, to 
make grants-in-aid for research and training projects relating to 
cancer; to cooperate with State health agencies, and other public and 
private nonprofit institutions, in the prevention, control, and eradica-
tion of cancer by providing consultative services, demonstrations, and 
grants-in-aid; and to otherwise carry out the provisions of title IV, 
part A, of the Act; $17,887,000. 
Mental health activities: For expenses necessary for carrying out 
the provisions of sections 301, 302, 303, 311, 312, and 314 (c) of the 
Act with respect to mental diseases, $10,895,000. 
National Heart Institute: For expenses necessary to carry out the 
purposes of the National Heart Act, $12,000,000. 
Dental health activities: For expenses not otherwise provided for, 
necessary to enable the Surgeon General to carry out the purposes of 
the Act with respect to dental diseases and conditions, including the 
purchase of not to exceed ten passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only, $1,650,000. 
Construction of research facilities: For construction of research 
facilities, to be transferred (except such part as may be necessary for 
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incidental expenses and purchase of equipment by the Public Health 
Service) to the General Services Administration, and to remain 
available until expended, as follows: 
For payment of obligations incurred pursuant to authority granted 
to enter into contracts for construction of a combined hospital and 
research building as authorized under this head in the Federal Secu-
rity Agency Appropriation Acts of 1949 and 1950, $3,230,000. 
st" m l ^^^' ^^ 
Retired pay of commissioned ojficers: For retired pay of com-
missioned officers, as authorized by law, $1,150,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
Salaries and expenses: For the divisions and offices of the Office of 
the Surgeon General and for miscellaneous expenses of the Public 
Health Service not appropriated for elsewhere, including conducting 
research on technical nursing standards and furnishing consultative 
nursing services; preparing information, articles, and publications 
related to public health; conducting studies and demonstrations in 
public health methods; carrying on international health activities, 
including not to exceed $1,000 for entertainment of officials of other 
countries when specifically authorized by the Surgeon General; and 
purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor vehicle for replacement 
only; $3,150,000. 
Administrative provisions: During the current fiscal year, and with 
the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, there may be transferred 
from any annual appropriation to the Public Health Service to any 
other such appropriation such additional amounts as may be required 
for pay and allowances of the active commissioned officers herein 
authorized, but any amounts so transferred shall not exceed 5 per 
centum of any such appropriation and no such appropriation shall be 
increased by more than 5 per centum as a result of any such transfers. 
SAINT ELIZABETHS 
HOSPITAL 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the maintenance 
and operation of the hospital, including purchase of clothing for 
patients and cooperation with organizations or individuals in scientific 
research into the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment of mental 
illness, $2,520,000. 
Major repairs and preservation of buildings and grounds: For mis-
cellaneous construction, alterations, repairs, and equipment, on the 
grounds of the hospital, including preparation of plans and specifica-
tions, advertising, and supervision of construction, $136,500, to remain 
available until expended: Provided^ That any part of this amount 
may be transferred to the General Services Administration. 
Construction and equipment of treatment building: For an addi-
tional amount for construction and equipment, including administra-
tive expenses, of a treatment building (providing separate male and 
female facilities^, and demolition and removal of those buildings 
designated as OaKs and Toner Buildings with their appurtenances and 
attachments, within the grounds of Saint Elizabeths Hospital, 
$6,125,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$300,000 shall be used for the construction, equipment, and furnishing 
of a chapel: Provided^ That any part of this appropriation may be 
transferred to the General Services Administration. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Federal Credit Unions: For 
expenses necessary for the supervision of Federal credit unions, 
cases 
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$200,000, together with the aggregate of amounts received from certifi-
cate, supervision, and examination fees collected from Federal credit 
unions as authorized by law. 
Salaries and expenses. Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance: 
For necessary expenses, including purchase of three passenger motor 
vehicles; and furnishing, repairing, and cleaning of wearing apparel 
and equipment used by building guards; not more than $60,500,000 
may be expended from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance 
trust fund, of which $60,000 shall be available until expended for the 
preparation of preliminary plans and specifications for a building for 
the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, and may be trans-
ferred to the General Services Administration for such purposes. 
Grants to States for public assistance: For grants to States for old-
age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind, and aid to 
the permanently and totally disabled, as authorized in titles I, IV, X, 
and XIV of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C., ch. 7, 
49 Stat. 620, 
subchs. I, IV, X, and XIV), $1,000,000,000, of which such amount as 
may be necessary shall be available for grants for any period in the 
prior fiscal year subsequent to March 31 of that year. 
Salaries and expenses. Bureau of Public Assistance: For expenses 
necessary for the Bureau of Public Assistance, $1,600,000. 
Salaries and expenses. Children's Bureau: For necessary expenses 
37 Stat. 79. 
jn carrying out the Act of April 9,1912, as amended (42 U. S. C, ch. 6), 
and title V of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C , ch. 7, 
subch. V), including purchase of reports and material for the publi-
cations of the Children's Bureau and of reprints for distribution, 
Obstetrical $1,550,000: Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in 
this title shall be used to promulgate or carry out any instructions, 
order, or regulation relating to the care of obstetrical cases which dis-
criminate between persons licensed under State law to practice obstet-
rics: Provided further^ That the foregoing proviso shall not be so 
construed as to prevent any patient from having the services of any 
practitioner of her own choice, paid for out of this fund, so long as 
State laws are complied with: Provided further^ That any State plan 
which provides standards for professional obstetrical services in 
accordance with the laws of the State shall be approved. 
Grants to States for maternal and child welfare: For grants to States 
for maternal and child-health services, services for crippled children, 
and child-welfare services as authorized in title V, parts 1, 2, and 3, 
of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C , ch. 7, subch. V), 
$28,600,000: Provided^ That any allotment to a State pursuant to sec-
42use 702, 712. tiou 502 (b) or 512 (b) of such Act shall not be included in computing 
for the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of sections 504 and 514 of 
such Act an amount expended or estimated to be expended by the 
State: Provided 
further^ That, in computing allotments to States 
under sections 502, 512, and 521 (a) of such Act for the current fiscal 
year, balances in allotments previously made to States which remain 
available in the Federal Treasury for payment to them as of July 1, 
1952, shall be taken into account by (1) adding the total of such bal-
ances to the appropriation herein made, and (2) subtracting from each 
resulting allotment to any State under section 502 (a), 512 (a), or 
521 (a) any balance in any prior allotment under such section which 
remains available in the Federal Treasury for payment to it as of 
such date but with such adjustments as may be necessary to assure that 
this proviso does not operate to deprive any State of any balance in an 
allotment previously made to it under such section: Provided 
further^ 
That no allotment for this or any succeeding fiscal year under such 
title V shall be available after the close of such fiscal year except as 
may be necessary to liquidate obligations incurred during such year. 
704, 714. 
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369 
Salaries and expenses, Office of the Commissioner: For expenses 
|, , 
,
. 
necessary for the, Office of the Commissioner for Social Security, 
$185,000, together with not to exceed $109,000 to be transferred from 
the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund. 
Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after 
May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under titles 
I, iV, V, X, and XIV, respectively, of the Social Security Act, 
42 use ch. 7. 
as amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, 
such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the 
expenditures made thereunder for payments under each of such titles 
to be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year. 
In the administration of titles I, IV, V, X, and XIV, respectively, 
of the Social Security Act, as amended, payments to a State under any 
of such titles for any quarter in the period beginning April 1 of the 
prior year, and ending June 30 of the current year, may be made with 
respect to a State plan approved under such title prior to or during 
such period, but no such payment shall be made with respect to any 
plan for any quarter prior to the quarter in which such plan was 
submitted for approval. 
OFFICE OF T H E ADMINISTRATOR 
Salaries and expenses, Office of the Administrator: For expenses 
necessary for the Office of the Administrator, $950,000, together with 
not to exceed $143,000 to be transferred from the Federal old-age 
and survivors insurance trust fund. 
Salaries and expenses. Division of Field Services: For expenses 
necessary for the Division of Field Services, $1,835,000, together 
with not to exceed $375,000 to be transferred from the Federal old-
age and survivors insurance trust fund. 
' 
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Salaries and expenses. Office of the General Counsel: For expenses 
necessary for the Office of the General Counsel, $387,500, together 
with not to exceed $25,000 to be transferred from the appropriation 
"Salaries and expenses, certification and inspection services", and not 
to exceed $387,500 to be transferred from the Federal old-age and 
survivors insurance trust fund. 
Surplus property disposal: For expenses necessary for carrying out 
"' * '" 
the provisions of subsections 203 (j) and (k) of the Federal Property 
^3 ^t^. sss. 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, relating to 
disposal of real and personal excess property for educational pur-
poses and protection of public health, $165,000. 
Working capital fund: For the establishment of a working capital 
fund, to be available without fiscal year limitation, for expenses 
necessary for the maintenance and operation of (1) a central repro-
duction service; (2) a central tabulating service; and (3) a central 
supply service for supplies and equipment for which adequate stocks 
may be maintained to meet in whole or in part the requirements of the 
Agency; $50,000: Provided, 
That any stocks of such supplies and 
equipment on hand or on order on June 30,1952, under the appropri-
ation "Salaries and expenses. Division of Service Operations", shall 
also be used to capitalize said fund: Provided 
further, 
That said 
fund shall be reimbursed in advance from available funds of bureaus, 
offices, and agencies for which services are performed at rates which 
will return in full all expenses of operation, including reserves for 
accrued annual leave and depreciation of equipment. 
REDUCTION IN CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION 
The contract authorization granted under the head "Construction 
and equipment, building for the housing, care, and treatment of 
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62 Stat. 403. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Travel expenses. 
G r a n t s - i n -aid 
of State agencies. 
Citation of title. 
mentally sick patients, Saint Elizabeths Hospital," in the Labor-
Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1949, is reduced by the amount 
of $115,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 202, Appropriations under this title available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for examination of estimates of appro-
priations in the field, and for payment in advance for dues or fees 
for library membership in organizations whose publications are avail-
able to members only or to members at a price lower than to the gen-
eral public. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for services as authorized by section 15 of 
the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a). 
SEC. 204. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for travel expenses and for expenses of 
attendance at meetings concerned with the function or activity for 
which any such appropriation is made. 
SEC. 205. None of the funds appropriated by this title to the Social 
Security Administration for grants in aid of State agencies to cover, 
in whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies including 
the salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, 
shall be withheld from the said agencies of any States which have 
established by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit 
system and classification and compensation plan covering the selection, 
tenure in office, and compensation of their employees, because of any 
disapproval of their personnel or the manner of their selection by the 
agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or 
employees. 
This title may be cited as the "Federal Security Agency Appropria-
tion Act, 1953". 
N a t i o n a l Labor 
R e l a t i o n s Board 
Appropriation Act, 
1953. 
61 Stat. 136. 
60 Stat. 810. 
29 u s e 152. 
29 u s e 203. 
eitation of tiUe. 
TITLE III—NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the National 
Labor Relations Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U. S. C. 141-167), and 
other laws, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned 
with the work of the Board when specifically authorized by the 
Chairman or the General Counsel; and services as authorized by sec-
tion 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); $9,000,000: 
Provided^ That no part of this appropriation shall be available to 
organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in 
connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders con-
cerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as referred 
to in section 2 (3) of the Act of July 5, 1935 (49 Stat. 450), and as 
amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as 
defined in section 3 (f) of the Act of June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1060). 
This title may be cited as the "National Labor Relations Board 
Appropriation Act, 1953". 
N a t i o nal Medi-
ation Board Appro-
priation Act, 1953. 
60 Stat. 810. 
TITLE IV—NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the National 
Mediation Board, including stenographic reporting services as author-
ized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), 
$422,000. 
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Arbitration and emergency boards: For expenses necessary for 
arbitration boards established under section 7 of the Railway Labor 
Act, as amended (45 U. S. C. 157), and emergency boards appointed 
'*'* ^***' ^^^' 
by the President pursuant to section 10 of said Act (45 U. S. C. 160), 
including stenographic reporting services as authorized by section 15 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $138,000. 
60 Stat. 810. 
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the National 
Railroad Adjustment Board, including stenographic reporting serv-
ices as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 
55a), $570^000, of which not less than $216,000 shall be available for «« stat. sio. 
compensation (at rates not in excess of $75 per diem) and expenses 
of referees appointed pursuant to section 3 of the Railway Labor Act, 
^4 stat. 578. 
as amended. 
This title may be cited as the "National Mediation Board 
citation of title. 
Appropriation Act, 1953". 
TITLE V—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
mfrft'eoL^d At.p'r^ 
priatlon Act, 1953. 
Payment to railroad retirement account: For annual premiums 
after June 30, 1952, to provide for the payment of all annuities, pen-
sions, and death benefits, in accordance with the provisions of the 
Railroad Retirement Acts of 1935 and 1937, as amended (45 U. S. C. 
228-228s), and for expenses necessary for the Railroad Retirement gta? l*o7* ^^^' '° 
Board in the administration of said Acts as may be specifically author-
ized annually in appropriation Acts, for crediting to the railroad 
retirement account, an amount equal to amounts covered into the 
Treasury (minus refunds) during each fiscal year under the Railroad 
Retirement Tax Act (28 U. S. C. 1500-1538). 
6o stat. 725. 
Salaries and expenses. Railroad Retirement Board (trust fund) : 
For expenses necessary for the Railroad Retirement Board, including 
not to exceed $1,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned 
with the work of the Board when specifically authorized by the Board; 
and stenographic reporting services as authorized by section 15 of the 
Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); $6,207,000, to be derived from 
so stat. sio. 
the railroad retirement account. 
This title may be cited as the "Railroad Retirement Board Appro- 
citation of titi*. 
priation Act, 1953". 
TITLE VI—FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION 
SERVICE 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Service to 
carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Rela-
tions Act, 1947 (29 U. S. C. 171-180, 182), including expenses of the 
^ f}^^- i36-
Labor-Management Panel as provided in section 205 of said Act; 
temporary employment of arbitrators, conciliators, and mediators on 
labor relations at rates not in excess of $75 per diem; expenses of 
attendance at meetings concerned with labor and industrial relations; 
and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U. S. C. 55a); $3,400,000. 
eo stat. sic. 
Boards of inquiry: To enable the Service to pay necessary expenses 
of boards of inquiry appointed by the President pursuant to section 
206 of the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U. S. C. 176-
180, 182), including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act 
of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), and rent in the District of Columbia, 
$47,500. 
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Citation ctf title. 
This title may be cited as the "Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service Appropriation Act, 1953". 
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
strikes of o v e i> 
throw of G o v e r n -
ment. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
P u b l i c i t y 
propaganda. 
Information or 
e d i t o rial fvinc-
tions. 
4irg 
N o n a p p licet-
bUity. 
SEO. 701. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a 
strike against the Government of the United States or who is a mem-
ber of an organization of Government employees that asserts the 
right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who 
advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, the over-
throw of the Government of the United States by force or violence: 
Provided^ That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered 
prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not 
contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against 
the Government of the United States, is not a member of an organiza-
tion of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against 
the Government of the United States, or that such person does not 
advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the 
overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or vio-
lence: Provided further^ That any person who engages in a strike 
against the Government of the United States or who is a member 
of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right 
to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advo-
cates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the 
overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or vio-
lence and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid 
from any appropriation contained in this Act shall be guilty of a 
felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or 
imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided 
further^ 
That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in 
substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. 
SEC. 702, No part of any appropriation contained in tliis Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not heretofore authorized 
by the Congress. 
SEC. 703. No part of the money appropriated by this Act to anj' 
department, agency, or corporation or made available for expenditure 
by any department, agency, or corporation which is in excess of 75 
per centum of the amount required to pay the compensation of all 
persons the budget estimates for personal services heretofore sub-
mitted to the Congress for the fiscal year 1953 contemplated would be 
employed by such department, agency, or corporation during such 
fiscal year in the performance of— 
(1) functions performed by a person designated as an informa-
tion specialist, information and editorial specialist, publications 
and information coordinator, press relations officer or counsel, 
photographer, radio expert, television expert, motion-picture 
expert, or publicity expert, or designated by any similar title, or 
(2) functions performed by persons who assist persons per-
forming the functions described in (1) in drafting, preparing, 
editing, typing, duplicating, or disseminating public information 
publications or releases, radio or television scripts, magazine arti-
cles, photographs, motion pictures, and similar material, 
shall be available to pay the compensation of persons performing the 
functions described in (1) or (2) : Provided^ That this section shall 
not apply to personnel engaged in the preparation or distribution of 
technical, scientific, or research publications, the reporting or dissemi-
nation of the results of research or investigations, the publishing of 
information or other work required by law to carry out the duties of 
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such Department or agency other than work intended for press, radio 
and television services, and popular publications: Provided 
further^ 
That of the funds herein appropriated for "Promotion and further 
development of vocational education", not more than $450,000 shall be 
available for vocational education in distributive occupations. 
SEC. 704, In no event shall the number of passenger-carrying vehicles 
which may be operated during the current fiscal year at the seat of 
government under any appropriation or authorization in this Act 
exceed 50 per centum of the number in use as of June 30, 1951. 
SEC. 705. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, except 
appropriations for the Public Health Service, shall be used to pay 
the compensation of any employee engaged in personnel work in excess 
of the number that would be provided by a ratio of one such employee 
to one hundred and five, or a part thereof, full-time, part-time, and 
intermittent employees of the agency concerned: Provided^ That for 
purposes of this section employees shall be considered as engaged in 
personnel work if they spend half time or more in personnel adminis-
tration consisting of direction and administration of the personnel 
program; employment, placement, and separation; job evaluation and 
classification; employee relations and services; training; committees 
of expert examiners and boards of civil-service examiners; wage 
administration; and processing, recording, and reporting. 
SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation or authorization contained 
in this Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any incumbent 
appointed to any civil office or position which may become vacant 
during the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1952: Pro'vided, That this 
inhibition shall not apply— 
(a) to not to exceed 25 per centum of all vacancies; 
(b) to positions filled from within the Department of Labor, 
the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies 
provided for in this Act; 
(c) to offices or positions required by law to be filled by appoint-
ment of the President by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate; 
(d) to employees engaged in law enforcement activities; 
(e) to employees of Saint Elizabeths Hospital and Freedmen's 
Hospital; 
(f) to employees of educational institutions; 
(g) to employees of the Vocational Rehabilitation Service of 
the District of Columbia; 
(h) to employees of the Public Health Service; 
(i) to employees in grades CPC 1, 2, and 3; 
(j) to employees paid wholly from trust funds, or funds 
derived by transfer from trust accounts, or to employees paid 
from appropriations of, or measured by, receipts; 
(k) to employees of the National Mediation Board; 
(1) to employees paid from funds appropriated for the Mexican 
Farm Labor Program; 
(m) to employees of the Bureau of Employees' Compensation; 
(n) to employees of the Children's Bureau; and 
(o) to employees of the Bureau of Labor Statistics: 
Provided further^ That when the total number of personnel subject to 
this section has been reduced to 90 per centum of the total provided 
for in the budget estimates, such limitation may cease to apply and 
said 90 per centum shall become a ceiling for employment during the 
fiscal year 1953, and if exceeded at any time during fiscal year 1953 
this provision shall again become operative. 
This Act may be cited as the "Labor-Federal Security Appropria-
tion Act, 1953". 
Approved July 5, 1952. 
P a s s e n g e r 
vehicles. 
P e r s o n n e 1 
work. 
R e s t r i ction on 
appointments. 
Shc»t title.