An Act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes
PL 83-663 (H.R.9936), enacted 08/26/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 663-AUG. 26, 1964 
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Report to Con-
gress, 
and necessary to facilitate the audit shall be made available to the 
person or persons conducting the audit and full facilities for verifying 
transactions with the balances or securities held by depositors, fiscsu 
agents, and custodians shall be afforded to such person or persons. 
(b) A report of the audit shall be made by the corporation to the 
Congress within six months after the fiscal year for which the audit 
is made. The report shall set forth the scope of the audit and shall 
include a verification by the person or persons conducting the audit 
of statements of (1) assets and liabilities, (2) capital and surplus or 
deficit, (3) surplus or deficit analysis, (4) income and expense, and 
(5) sources and application of funds. 
The report shall not be printed 
as a public document. 
DISSOLUTION 
SEC. 15. Upon final dissolution or liquidation of the corporation, 
and after the discharge or satisfaction of all outstanding obligations 
and liabilities, the remaining assets of the corporation shall be de-
posited in the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt. 
QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS AND OFFICERS 
SEC. 16. No person who is a member of, or who advocates the prin-
ciples of, any organization believing in, or working for, the overthrow 
of the United States Government by force or violence, and no person 
who refuses to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United 
States, shall be privileged to become, or continue to be, a member, 
director, or officer of the corporation. 
EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO NAME 
SEC. 17. The corporation shall have the sole and exclusive right to 
use the name, "The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association". 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 18. As used in this Act the word "State" includes the District 
of Columbia. 
RESERVATION OF THE RIGHT TO AMEND AND REPEAL CHARTER 
SEC. 19. The right to repeal, alter, or amend this Act at any time is 
hereby expressly reserved to the Congress. 
Approved August 24, 1954. 
Public Law 663 
CHAPTER 935 
August 26, 1954 
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[H. R. 9936] 
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, 
and for other purposes. 
Svpplemental ^>-
p ro pr ia ti on Ac t, 
1955. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations (this Act 
may be cited as the "Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1955") for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes, namely: 
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CHAPTER I 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
REGULATORY AGENCIES 
For an additional amount for "Regulatory agencies", $15,000, and 
the amount available under this head may be used to carry out the 
provisions of the District of Columbia Business Corporation Act 
(Public Law 389, Eighty-third Congress), approved June 8, 1954. 
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SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS AND SUITS 
For the payment of claims in excess of $250, approved by the Com-
missioners in accordance with the provisions of the Act of February 
11, 1929, as amended (45 Stat. 1160; 46 Stat. 500; 65 Stat. 131), 
$13,967. 
JUDGMENTS 
D. C. Code 1-902 
to 1-906. 
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For the payment of final judgments rendered against the District 
of Columbia, as set forth in Senate Document Numbered 145 (Eighty-
third Congress), $15,132, together with such further sums as may be 
necessary to pay the interest at not exceeding 4 per centum on such 
judgments, as provided by law, from the date the same became due 
until the date of payment. 
AUDITED CLAIMS 
For an additional amount for the payment of claims, certified to be 
due by the accounting officers of the District of Columbia, under appro-
priations the balances of which have been exhausted or credited to the 
general fund of the District of Columbia as provided by law (D. C. 
Code, title 47, sec. 130a), being for the service of the fiscal year 1952 
4i stat. ii44. 
and prior fiscal years, as set forth in Senate Document Numbered 145 
(Eighty-third Congress), $14,624, together with such further sums as 
may be necessary to pay the interest on audited claims for refunds 
at not exceeding 4 per centum per annum as provided by law (Act of ^R'S' 
July 10,1952, 66 Stat. 546, sec. 14d). 
DIVISION OF EXPENSES 
The sums appropriated in this Act for the District of Columbia 
shall, unless otherwise specifically provided for, be paid out of the 
general fund of the District of Columbia, as defined in the District of 
Columbia Appropriation Acts for the fiscal years involved. 
CHAPTER I I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
For payment to the estate of Hugh Butler, late a Senator from the 
State of Nebraska, $12,500. 
For payment to Clyde Roark Hoey, Junior, and Charles Aycock 
Hoey, sons, and Isabel Hoey Paul, daughter of Clyde R. Hoey, late a 
Senator from the State of North Carolina, $12,500. 
For payment to Emily Nathelle Hunt, widow of Lester C. Hunt, late 
a Senator from the State of Wyoming, $12,500. 
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SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
Office of the Secretary: For an additional amount for fiscal year 
1955, $11,725: Provided^ That effective August 1,1954, the basic annual 
compensation of the following positions shall be: Financial clerk 
$7,320 in lieu of $7,000; printing clerk $5,400 in lieu of $5,160; execu-
tive clerk $4,380 in lieu of $4,100; Assistant to the Majority and Assist-
ant to the Minority at $8,000 each in lieu of Assistant to the Minority 
at $8,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper: For an additional 
amount for fiscal year 1955, $21,925: Provided, That effective August 
1,1954, the basic annual compensation of the following positions shall 
be: Assistant doorkeeper $3,420 in lieu of $3,040; messenger at card 
door $3,420 in l,ieu of $3 040; messenger acting as assistant doorkeeper 
$2,760 and two messengers acting as assistant doorkeepers at $2,580 
each in lieu of three messengers acting as assistant doorkeepers at 
$2,580 each; clerk, press gallery, $1,800; chief janitor, $3,540 in lieu 
of $3,200; assistant chief janitor $2,400 in lieu of $2,220; foreman of 
duplicating department $2,520 in lieu of clerk $2,280; three cabinet-
makers at $2,520 each in lieu of two cabinetmakers at $2,520 each and 
one cabinetmaker at $2,460; file clerk $1,980; three offset press opera-
tors at $2,220 each, four clerks at $2,160 each and twelve machine 
operators at $1,740 each in lieu of five clerks at $2,160 each and thirteen 
machine operators at $1,740 each; two mimeograph operators at $1,800 
each and twenty-nine laborers at $1,620 each in lieu of thirty laborers 
at $1,620 each; repairman $2,460; chief machine operator, $2,700 in 
lieu of chief machine operator at $2,460; assistant superintendent, 
service department, $2,760 in lieu of assistant superintendent, service 
department, $2,460; foreman of warehouse, service department, $2,580 
m lieu of clerk $2,580. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND THE MINORITY 
Offices of the secretary for the majority and the secretary for the 
minority: For an additional amount, $1,405: Provided, That effective 
August 1, 1954, the basic annual compensation of the clerk to the sec-
retary for the majority and the clerk to the secretary for the minority 
shall be at a rate to be fixed by the respective secretaries, but not 
exceeding $3,480 each. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For two clerical assistants, one for the majority whip and one for 
the minority whip, at $2,520 basic each, $9,140. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF T H E 
SENATE 
Legislative reorganization: For an additional amount for "Legis-
lative reorganization", $25,000. 
Reporting Senate proceedings: For an additional amount for "Re-
porting Senate proceedings", $4,000. 
Inquiries and investigations: For an additional amount for expenses 
of inquiries and investigations, fiscal year 1954, $60,000. 
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Miscellaneous items: For an additional amount for "Miscellaneous 
items", exclusive of labor, fiscal year 1954, $45,000. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
For payment to Elizabeth P. Farrington, widow of Joseph R. 
Farrington, late a Delegate from the Territory of Hawaii, $12,500. 
For payment to Sarah F. Camp, widow of Albert S. Camp, late a 
Representative from the State of Georgia, $12,500. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
The Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the House 
Office Building Commission, is authorized hereafter to furnish steam 
from the Capitol Power Plant to the Folger Shakespeare Library: 
Provided^ That the person or persons authorized to make contracts 
with respect to such building to which such steam is to be furnished 
agrees (a) to pay for such steam at rates, not less than cost, deter-
mined by the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of the House 
Office Building Commission, and (b) to connect such building with 
the Capitol Power Plant steam lines without expense to the United 
States and in a manner satisfactory to the Architect of the Capitol 
and the House Office Building Commission: Provided further^ That 
amounts received in payment for steam so furnished shall be covered 
into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. 
Senate Office Building: For an additional amount for "Senate Office 
Building", $4,100. 
ADDITIONAL OFFICE BUILDING FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE 
Construction and equipment of additional Senate Office Building: 
To enable the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the 
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Senate Office Building Commission, to continue to provide for the 
construction and equipment of a fireproof office building for the use 
of the United States Senate, in accordance with the provisions of the 
Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948 (62 Stat. 1029), $6,000,000: 
Provided^ That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be 
obligated or expended for construction of the rear center wing of said 
building, from the ground floor up, provided for under the building 
plans heretofore approved by such Commission. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
WORKING CAPITAL AND CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING 
The unexpended balance of the appropriation to the Government 
Printing Office for "Working capital and congressional printing and 
binding" for the fiscal year 1943 shall be available, without regard to 
fiscal year limitation, for payment of a claim settled by the General 
Accounting Office in favor of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the 
amount of $703.34 on account of services rendered during the fiscal 
year 1942. 
T H E JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
Automobile for the Chief Justice: For purchase, exchange, lease, 
driving, maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief 
Justice of the United States, $5,835. 
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COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER JUDICIAL SERVICES 
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1954, for "Fees of jurors and 
commissioners", $220,000. 
SALARIES OF REFEREES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries of referees", $18,500 to be 
derived from the referees' salary fund established in pursuance of the 
60 Stat. 327. 
Act of Juue 28,1916, as amended (11U. S. C. 68). 
CHAPTER I I I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ACQUISITION OF BUILDINGS ABROAD 
For an additional amount for "Acquisition of buildings abroad", 
to remain available until expended, $500,000. 
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES 
For an additional amount for "International Educational Exchange 
Activities", $300,000: Provided, That not less than $1,674,652 shall be 
used for Educational Exchange Activities related to the "American 
Republics" from the total available to this appropriation for fiscal 
year 1955. 
INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS COMMISSION 
The appropriation granted under this head in the Supplemental 
67 Stat. 421. 
Appropriation Kct, 1954, shall remain available until June 30, 1955. 
PAYMENT TO FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY 
For payment to the Federal Republic of Germany for the acquisition 
or construction of an Embassy in the District of Columbia, $300,000, 
to be paid out of any funds or other property or interest vested or 
transferred to the Attorney General pursuant to or with respect to the 
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Trading With the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917, as amended: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall be effective only upon enact-
Post, p. 1050. 
ment of legislation set forth in either H. R. 9988 or S. 1573, Eighty-
third Congress. 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES AND GENEIL\L ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, general legal 
activities", $300,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS AND MARSHALS 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, United States 
attorneys and marshals", $450,000. 
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FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1954, for "Fees and expenses 
of witnesses", $135,000, to be derived by transfer from "Salaries and 
expenses. Antitrust Division", fiscal year 1954. 
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $3,000,000; 
and appropriations granted under this head for the fiscal year 1955 
shall be available for the purchase of twenty-four passenger motor 
vehicles and three aircraft in addition to those heretofore provided. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, BUREAU OF PRISONS 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, Bureau of 
Prisons", $750,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMEECE 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
CENSUSES OF BUSINESS, MANUFACTURES, AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES 
For expenses necessary for taking, compiling, and publishing the 
censuses of business, manufactures, and mineral industries as author-
ized by law, including personal services by contract or otherwise 
at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Commerce without regard to 
the Classification Act of 1949, as amended; and additional compen- 
5\rec*io^?*note. 
sation of Federal employees temporarily detailed for field work under 
this appropriation; $8,430,000, to remain available until December 
31, 1957. 
CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $430,000. 
ESTABLISHMENT OF AIR-NAVIGATION FACILITIES 
Not to exceed $600,000 of the funds previously appropriated under Alaska! ^ ^ ^ ^' 
this head shall be available for construction and alteration of aero-
nautical facilities at Cold Bay, Alaska, including construction and 
furnishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers and 
employees of the Civil Aeronautics Administration and the Weather 
Bureau, and meteorological facilities for the Weather Bureau. 
LAND ACQUISITION, ADDITIONAL WASHINGTON 
AIRPORT 
For an additional amount for "Land acquisition, additional Wash-
ington airport", for payment of deficiency judgments rendered by 
United States District Courts, $16,297, together with such amounts 
as may be necessary to pay interest as specified in such judgments. 
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FEDERAL-AID AIRPORT PROGRAM, FEDERAL AIRPORT ACT 
For carrying out the provisions of the Federal Airport Act of May 
6ostau^i7o.^^^ 13, 1946, as amended (except section 5 (a)), $22,000,000, of which 
note, 1104(a), (1) $20,000,000 shall be for projects in the States in accordance with 
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section 6 of said Act, (2) $250,000 for projects in Puerto Rico, (3) 
$50,000 for projects in the Virgin Islands, (4) $225,000 for projects 
in the Territory of Hawaii, (5) $225,000 for projects in the Territory 
of Alaska, and (6) $1,250,000 shall be available as one fund for 
necessary planning, research, and administrative expenses (including 
not to exceed $125,000, "Civil Aeronautics Administration," for neces-
sary administrative expenses, including the maintenance and opera-
tion of aircraft) : Proi^ided^ That the amount made available herein 
for administrative expenses shall be in addition to the amount made 
available for such purposes in the Department of Commerce Appro-
Ante, p. 423. 
priation Act, 1955. 
CLAIMS, 
FEDERAL 
AIRPORT 
ACT 
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For an additional amount for "Claims, Federal Airport Act", to 
remain available until expended, as follows: Municipal Airport, Elko, 
Nevada, $69,449. 
WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT 
Maintenance and operation, Washington National Airport: For 
expenses incident to the care, operation, maintenance and protection 
of the Washington National Airport, including purchase, cleaning, 
and repair of uniforms; and arms and ammunition; $1,350,000. 
Construction, Washington National Airport: For an additional 
amount for "Construction, Washington National Airport", including 
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additional loading gate positions and related paving; $340,000, to 
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remain available until expended. 
MARITIME ACTIVITIES 
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SHIP CONSTRUCTION 
For payment of construction-differential 
subsidy and cost of 
national-defense features incident to construction of four passenger-
cargo ships under title V of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as 
46 use Ym et ^i^^'^ded (46 U. S. C. 1154); for reconditioning and betterment of not 
seq. 
to exceed four ships in the national-defense reserve fleet; and for 
Ante. p. 680. 
necessary expenses for the acquisition of used tankers pursuant to 
section 510 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U. S. C. 
1160), and the payment of cost of national-defense features incor-
porated in new tankers constructed to replace such used tankers, 
$82,600,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That trans-
fers may be made to the appropriation for the current fiscal year 
for "Salaries and expenses" for administrative expenses (not to exceed 
$400,000) and for reserve fleet expenses in such amounts as may be 
required, and any such transfers shall be without regard to the limita-
tions under that appropriation on the amounts available for such 
expenses: Provided further^ That appropriations granted herein shall 
be available to pay construction-differential subsidy granted by the 
Federal Maritime Board, pursuant to section 501 (c) of the Merchant 
1191 ^seq.^ ^^^' Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to aid in the reconstruction of any 
Mariner-class ships sold under the provisions of title VII of the 1936 
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Ante, p. 754. 
Act: Provided further, That all ship construction, reconditioning and 
betterment of vessels appropriated for herein, be performed in ship-
yards in the continental United States. 
SHIP MORTGAGE-rORECLOSURE OR FORFEITURE CONTINGENCIES 
For necessary expenses incurred in connection with protection, 
preservation, maintenance, acquisition, or use of vessels involved in 
mortgage-foreclosure or forfeiture proceedings instituted by the Gov-
ernment, including payment, as authorized by law, or prior claims and 
liens, expenses of sale, or other charges incidental thereto, $2,500,000. 
Repair of Reserve Fleet Vessels 
(Liquidation of Contract Authorization) 
For the payment of obligations incurred pursuant to authority 
granted under the "Emergency Ship Repair Act of 1954", $12,000,000: 
Provided, 
That advances may be made from this appropriation to 
"Salaries and expenses, Maritime Activities", for administrative 
expenses (not to exceed $150,000), and for reserve fleet expenses (in 
such amounts as may be required), and such advances shall be in 
addition to amounts otherwise made available for such expenses: 
Provided further. That this paragraph shall be effective only upon 
enactment into law during the Eighty-third Congress of S. 3546. 
BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS 
INTER-AMERICAN HIGHWAY 
For 
an 
additional 
amount 
for 
"Inter-American 
Highway", 
$4,750,000, to remain available until expended. 
REIMBURSEMENT TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For reimbursement to the Highway Fund, District of Columbia, 
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for part cost of construction of highway-railroad grade separation 
structure in the District of Columbia on New York Avenue in the 
vicinity of South Dakota Avenue Northeast, $290,000. 
CHAPTER IV 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
BUREAU OF ACCOUNTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, DIVISION OF DISBURSEMENT 
Ante, p. 754. 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $350,000: 
Provided, That this paragraph shall be effective only upon enactment 
into law of H. R. 9366 or similar legislation of the Eighty-third 
Congress. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $7,750,000. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", including 
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purchase of ten passenger motor vehicles in addition to those hereto-
fore provided, $229,000, to be derived by transfer from such appropri-
ations contained in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1955, 
as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, WHrTE HOUSE POLICE 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, White House 
Police", $62,000, to be derived by transfer from such appropriations 
contained in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1955, as the 
Secretary of the Treasury may designate. 
BUREAU OF THE MINT 
For a medal for Irving Berlin as authorized by law, $1,500. 
COAST GUARD 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For an additional amount for "Acquisition, construction, and 
improvements", $4,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
RETIRED PAT 
For an additional amount for "Retired pay", $80,000, to be derived 
by transfer from the appropriation to the Coast Guard for "Operating 
expenses, 1955". 
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BUREAU OF LABOR STANDARDS 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $12,500; 
and the amount made available under this head in the Department 
of Labor Appropriation Act, 1955, for the wo^k of the President's 
Committee on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, 
is increased from $75,000 to $87,500. 
BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $87,500. 
G R A N T S 
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S T A T E S FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION 
AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for "Grants to States for unemployment 
compensation and employment service administration", $13,100,000, of 
which $2,000,000 shall be available only upon enactment into law of 
H. R. 9709, Eighty-third Congress, and the limitation on the amount 
available only to the extent the Secretary finds necessary to meet 
increased costs of administration is increased to "$21,000,000" to be 
available for increased salary costs resulting from changes in State 
salary compensation plans embracing employees of the State gener-
ally in addition to the purposes set forth in the Department of Labor 
Appropriation Act, 1955. 
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UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR VETERANS 
For an additional amount for "Unemployment compensation for 
veterans", $70,400,000. 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 
Poat, p. 1130. 
For payments to unemployed Federal employees, either directly or 
through payments to States, as authorized by title XV of the Social 
Security Act, as amended, $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, NEXT 
SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEAR 
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to 
States, as authorized by title XV of the Social Security Act, as 
Poat, p. luo. 
amended, such amounts as may be required for payment to unem-
ployed Federal employees for the first quarter of the next succeeding 
fiscal year, and the obligations and expenditures thereunder shall be 
charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year. 
The two immediately preceding paragraphs in this Act under the 
head "Bureau of Employment Security shall be effective only upon 
enactment into law of H. R. 9709, Eighty-third Congress. 
Post, p. n3o. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, MEXICAN FARM LABOR PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, Mexican farm 
labor program", $175,000. 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
HEALTH, 
EDUCATION, 
AND 
WELFARE 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES, CERTIFICATION AND INSPECTION SERVICES 
The paragraph under this head in the Department of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1955, is amended to read as 
Ante, p. 438. 
follows: 
"Salaries and expenses, certification and inspection services: For 
expenses necessary for the certification or inspection of certain products 
in accordance with sections 406, 408, 504, 506, 507, 604, 702A, and 706 st^.^su^Sg^af. 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 463.' 
346, 348, 354, 356, 357, 364, 372a, and 376), the aggregate of the 
Ante. p. 511. 
advance deposits during the current fiscal year to cover payments of 
fees by applicants for certification or inspection of such products, to 
remain available until expended. 
The total amount herein appro-
priated shall be available for personal services; purchase of chemicals, 
apparatus, and scientific equipment; expenses of advisory committees; 
and the refund of advance deposits for which no service has been 
rendered." 
WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION 
Salaries, expenses, and grants: For carrying out the Act of July 
26,1954 (Public Law 530), including services as authorized by section 
Ante, p. 532. 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 65a), $900,000, of which 
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$700,000 shall be for grants to the States in accordance with section 
2 of such Act, except that the Commissioner of Education may estab-
lish the amount to be allotted to each State without regard to the 
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limitation established by said section 2, but no State shall receive less 
than $5,000: Provided^ That none of the funds granted to any State 
may be used to compensate any person for their personal services: 
Provided further, That a Conference Director may be appointed by 
the Secretary at a salary of not to exceed $12,500 per annum. 
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OFFICE or VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 
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GRANTS TO STATES AND OTHER AGENCIES 
For grants to States and other agencies in accordance with the 
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Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, $4,000,000, of which 
$1,500,000 is for vocational rehabilitation services under section 2 of 
said Act; $1,500,000 is for extension and improvement projects under 
section 3 of said Act; and $1,000,000 is for special projects under section 
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4 of said Act: Prom'fi^e^/, That the amounts appropriated for the Office 
of Vocational Rehabilitation under the heads "Payments to States" 
in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation 
Artie, p. 440. 
\^QI^ 1955, shall be available, without regard to the limitations set 
forth therein, for the purposes of section 2 of the Vocational Rehabili-
tation Act, as amended: Provided further, That not more than $2 of 
the funds made available for special projects under section 4 of said 
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Act shall be expended for any project for each $1 that the grantee, or 
the grantee and the State, expends for the same purpose. 
TRAINING AND TRAINEESHIPS 
For training and traineeships, $900,000, of which $500,000 shall be 
available for grants pursuant to section 4 of the Vocational Rehabilita-
29 use 34, 37. 
^-^j^ ^^^^ ^^ amended, and $400,000 shall be for carrying out the 
training functions provided for in section 7 of said Act: 
Provided, 
That not more than $2 of the funds herein appropriated, granted 
pursuant to section 4 of said Act, shall be expended for each $1 that 
such grantee, or the State and the grantee, expends for the training of 
the same individuals. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
«3;&fr J4?-. •„*»*•;•«". 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $200,000. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
SURVEYS A N D 
P I X A N N I N G FOR HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION 
4 2 ^ij*s c°^2 91- 
For payments to States for surveys and planning activities pursuant 
29in. 
to title VI of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, $2,000,000. 
GRANTS FOR HOSPITAL 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for "Grants for hospital construction", 
to remain available until expended, $21,000,000, to be available for 
Ante, p. 462. 
payments under part G, title VI, of the Act, as amended, as follows: 
For diagnostic or treatment centers, $6,500,000; for hospitals for the 
chronically ill and impaired, $6,500,000,; for rehabilitation facilities, 
$4,000,000; and for nursing homes, $4,000,000: Provided, That allot-
ments under such part G to the several States for the current fiscal 
year shall be made on the basis of amounts equal to the limitations 
specified herein. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION 
SERVICES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, hospital con-
struction services", $250,000. 
68 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 663-AUG. 26, 1954 
811 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
BUREAU OF OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE 
None of the funds available to the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance shall be used to pay any costs, direct or indirect, of moving 
any group of employees of the Bureau from Baltimore, Maryland, to 
"Washington, District of Columbia. 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $5,000,000, 
to be derived by transfer from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund. 
ADVANCES TO STATES, NEXT SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEAR 
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, advances to 
States under section 221 (e) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 
^°^*' P* ^O^^* 
for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, such sums as 
may be necessary from the above authorization may be expended from 
the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund. 
The two immediately preceding paragraphs under the head "Bureau 
of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance" in this Act shall be effective only 
upon enactment into law of H. R. 9366 or similar legislation of the 
^*'*''' P* ^°*2* 
Eighty-third Congress. 
CONSTRUCTION, BUREAU OF OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE 
For construction of an office building and appurtenant facilities for 
the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, including equipment, 
acquisition of land (including donations thereof), and preparation of 
plans and specifications, $20,000,000, to be derived from the Federal 
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and to remain available 
until expended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, CHILDREN'S BUREAU 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses. Children's 
Bureau", $75,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses. Office of the 
Secretary", $50,000, of which $35,000 shall be available only for admin-
istrative and operational studies. 
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary for the National Advisory Committee on 
Education, as authorized by the Act of July 26, 1954 (Public Law 
532), $25,000. 
Ante, p. 533. 
CIVIL DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Department of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare to carry out functions delegated to it pursuant to the 
Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended, including expenses of 
fo^u s c^'^a* 
attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appro- 2251 note, 
priation, $1,000,000. 
812 
Ante, pt 66& 
Post, p. 897. 
42 Stat. 998. 
Post, p. 913. 
Ante, p . 315. 
Ante, p. 734. 
PUBLIC LAW 663-AUG. 26, 1954 
[68 STAT. 
CHAPTER VI 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", for national 
forest protection and management, $250,000. 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", for forest 
research, $505,000. 
FOREST ROADS AND 
TRAILS 
For an additional amount for "Forest Roads and Trails", 
$6,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE 
WATERSHED PROTECTION 
For an additional amount for "Watershed protection", to remain 
available until expended, $1,750,000, of which not to exceed $40,000 
shall be transferred to and made a part of the appropriation "Office 
of the Solicitor", 1955: Promded, That funds appropriated under 
this head shall be available for carrying out the purposes of the Act 
of August 4, 1954 (Public Law 566, Eignty-third Congress). 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
For an additional amount for "Foreign Agricultural Service", 
including not to exceed $15,000 for representation allowances, 
$1,400,000, which shall be derived from the "Salaries and expenses" 
appropriation available to the Department of State: Provided, That 
transfers shall be made under this authorization in lieu of any similar 
transfers which may be authorized under the Agricultural Act of 
1954 (H. R. 9680, Eighty-third Congress) : Provided 
further 
That 
this paragraph shall be effective only upon the enactment into law of 
H. R. 9680, Eighty-third Congress. 
COMMODITY EXCHANGE AUTHORITY 
For an additional amount for "Commodity Exchange Authority", 
$93,000: Provided, That $39,000 of this appropriation shall be effective 
only upon enactment of legislation which would add "coffee" under 
the definition of the word "commodities" as defined in section 2 (a) 
of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. l-17a) ; 
$34,000 shall be effective only upon enactment into law of H. R. 6435, 
Eighty-third Congress; and $20,000 shall be effective only upon 
enactment into law of section 710 (a) of H. R. 9680, Eighty-third 
Congress. 
FARMERS' HOME ADMINISTRATION 
LOAN 
A U T H O R I Z A T I O N S 
For loans under the Act of August 28,1937, as amended, $5,000,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed the foregoing amount shall be borrowed 
from the Secretary of the Treasury in the manner authorized under 
this head in the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit 
Administration Appropriation Act, 1955: Provided 
fwctfier, That 
this authorization shall be effective only upon enactment into law of 
either H. R. 8386 or S. 3137, Eighty-third Congress. 
68 S T A T . ] 
P U B U C LAW 663-AUG. 26, 
1954 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
813 
For an additional amount for "Office of the Solicitor", $45,000: 
Provided^ That $35,000 shall be effective only upon enactment into 
law of either H. K. 8386 or S. 3137, Eighty-third Congress. 
CHAPTER VII 
DEPARTMENT OF T H E INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
HEALTH, 
E D U C A T I O N , AND WELFARE SERVICES 
For an additional amount for "Health, education, and welfare 
services", $1,180,000. 
RESOURCES 
MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for "Resources management", $100,000, 
and this amount may be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for "Office of the Solicitor", in addition to any other 
amounts authorized to be so transferred: Provided^ That hearing 
officers appointed for Indian probate work need not be appointed 
pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (60 Stat. 237), as 
amended. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for "Construction", $6,931,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided^ That $3,000,000 of the foregoing 
amount shall be available to provide financial assistance to public 
school districts for the construction and equipment of public school 
facilities for Navajo Indian children from reservation areas not 
included in such districts; and $31,000 shall be for the payment of 
the excess value of land, water rights, and irrigation structures to 
be received by the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians of the 
Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation in exchange for tribal lands of 
said tribe located in the State of Nevada: Provided^ That title to 
the land to be acquired for said tribe described as southeast quarter 
of section 22, township 21 north, range 24 east. Mount Diablo base 
and meridian, containing one hundred and sixty acres, more or less, 
and structures shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust 
for said tribe: Provided further^ That the prohibition against the 
use of funds appropriated under this heading in the Interior 
Department Appropriation Act, 1955, for the acquisition of land or 
water rights within the State of Nevada, either inside or outside the 
boundaries of existing reservations shall not apply to this transaction: 
Provided 
further, 
That the limitation under this heading in the 
Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1955, on the amount available 
for personal services is increased by $1,000,000. 
RELOCATION OF THE YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE 
For necessary expenses of relocating the Yankton Sioux Tribe, 
South Dakota, in accordance with section 8 of Public Law Numbered 
478, Eighty-third Congress, to remain available until expended, 
$50,000: Provided^ That said amount shall be assessed against the 
costs of the Fort Randall Dam and Reservoir, Missouri River 
Development. 
Ante, p. 734. 
5 u s e 1001 note. 
Ante, p. 364« 
Ante, p* 364> 
Ante, p* 453< 
814 
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PUBLIC LAW 663-AUG. 26, 1954 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
; 
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 
[68 8 T A T . 
For an additional amount for "General investigations", $400,000, 
to be derived from the reclamation fund. 
Ante, p. 365> 
ij-iii TiSO 
«fr8?. .fy-:-'Hti 
Ante, p . 361. 
Ante, p . 362* 
at*;- •, 
Ante, p . 372. 
Ante, p . 497. 
CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION 
For an additional amount for "Construction and rehabilitation", 
$7,120,000, to remain available until expended, of which $2,320,000 
shall be derived from the reclamation fund, and the limitations under 
this heading in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1955, on 
the amount available for personal services and travel are increased by 
$3,500,000 and $200,000, respectively: Provided, That no part of this 
appropriation shall be used to initiate construction of the Helena 
Valley unit, Montana, until a repayment contract has been executed: 
Provided further, That $250,000 of the unobligated funds heretofore 
appropriated for the Missouri Eiver Basin project shall be available 
for additional investigations on the Garrison diversion unit, the 
"White River, and for emergency rehabilitation of the Willow Creek 
Dam in South Dakota. 
BUREAU OF M I N E S 
CONSTRUCTION 
' 
' 
For an additional amount for "Construction", $6,000,000, of which 
not more than $175,000 shall be available for personal services, to 
remain available until expended. 
REDUCTION I N APPROPRIATIONS 
The unexpended balance of $19,000 available to the Bureau of 
Mines for construction of the drainage tunnel at Leadville, Colorado, 
is to be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts immediately upon the approval of this Act. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for "Construction", $5,562,101, to remain 
available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC 702. Limitations on amounts to be expended for personal services 
under appropriations in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 
1955 (Public Law 465, Eighty-third Congress), shall not apply to 
lump-sum leave payments pursuant to the Act of December 21, 1944 
( 5 U . S. C. 61b-d). 
SEC. 703. The limitation for personal services under the heading 
"Construction, Bonneville Power Administration", contained in the 
Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1955 (Public Law 465, 
Eighty-third Congress), is hereby increased from $6,260,000 to 
$6,750,000. 
SEC. 704. Funds appropriated under the heading, "Administration 
of Territories" in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1955 
(Public Law Numbered 465, Eighty-third Congress) shall be avail-
able to carry out the provisions of the Revised Organic Act of the 
Virgin Islands (Public Law Numbered 517, Eighty-third Congress). 
68 S T A T . ] 
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C H A P T E E V I I I 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $414,000: 
Provided^ That said appropriation shall be available for the hire of 
passenger motor vehicles and shall remain available until March 1, 
1955: Provided further^ That the limitation under this head in the 
Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1954, on the amount avail-
able for expenses of travel, is increased to "$222,000". 
COMMISSION ON ORGANIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH or THE 
GOVERNMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $653,150, to 
remain available until expended: Provided^ That the limitation on the 
amount available for expenses of travel is increased by "$137,700". 
FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES 
A D M I N I S T R A T I V E E X P E N S E S (KOREAN CLAIMS) 
For expenses necessary to enable the Foreign Claims Settlement 
Commission to carry out the provisions of the amendments of 1954 to 
the War Claims Act of 1948, as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 2004), 
including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), and expenses of attendance at meetings con-
cerned with the purposes of this appropriation, the Commission is 
authorized to use not to exceed $100,000 of funds made available for 
administrative expenses of the War Claims Commission: Provided, 
That this paragraph shall be effective only upon the enactment into 
law of H. R. 9390, Eighty-third Congress. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
ADDITIONAL COURT FACILITIES 
For expenses necessary for alteration of Federal buildings to pro-
vide facilities for additional Federal judges as authorized by the Act 
of February 10, 1954 (68 Stat. 8), and additional court personnel, 
and for expansion of existing court facilities, including costs of 
moving agencies thereby displaced from space in Federal buildings, 
$2,970,600, to remain available until June 30,1956. 
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, LEASE-PURCHASE CONTRACTS 
The unobligated balances of the funds made available by section 1 
(a) of the Act of June 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 257), the Second Supple-
mental Appropriation Act, 1950, and the General Appropriation Act, 
1951, for the acquisition of sites and the preparation of drawings and 
specifications for Federal public building projects outside the District 
of Columbia, as authorized by title I of the Act of June 16, 1949 
815 
Ante, p. 25» 
.iao*^: 
60 Stat. 810. 
Ante, p. 759. 
63 Stat. 973; 
Stat. 704. 
64 
816 
PUBLIC LAW 663-AUG. 26, 1954 
[68 S T A T . 
Ante, p» 518« 
(63 Stat. 176), as amended, and by the Act of May 25,1926 (44 Stat. 
630), as amended, shall be available also for expenses of preparation 
of drawings and specifications, by contract or otherwise, and adminis-
trative expenses, for carrying out the purposes of the Public Buildings 
Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (Public Law 519, Eighty-third Con-
gress), approved July 22,1954. 
67 Stat. 427. 
HOSPITAL FACILITIES I N T H E DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
The appropriation item under the heading "General Services 
Administration, hospital facilities in the District of Columbia" con-
tained in the Act approved July 15, 1952 (66 Stat. 637), as amended, 
is hereby amended by inserting after the word "Asylum" at the end 
of the first proviso, as amended, and before the colon, the phrase 
"and Georgetown University Hospital". 
Ante, p . 281. 
Post, p . 1126. 
OPERATING EXPENSES, FEDERAL SUPPLY SERVICE 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1955, for "Operating expenses, 
Federal Supply Service", $60,000; and the limitation under this head 
in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1955, on the amount 
available for travel expenses is hereby increased from "$40,600" to 
"$46,600": Provided, That this paragraph shall take effect only upon 
the enactment into law of S. 3155 or H. R. 8753, Eighty-third 
Congress. 
EXPENSES, GENERAL SUPPLY FUND 
Leased warehouse space temporarily in excess of operating require-
ments may be subleased to commercial organizations and the proceeds 
credited to the fund from which rental payments are made during 
fiscal year 1955. 
63 Stat. 403; 64 
Stat. 583. 
44 u s e 395, 396. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Report t o C o ti-
gress. 
SURVEY OF GOVERNMENT RECORDS, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, AND 
DISPOSAL PRACTICES 
For necessary expenses, including not to exceed $25,000 for adminis-
trative expenses, in connection with conducting surveys of Government 
records, and records creation, maintenance, management and disposal 
practices in Federal agencies, pursuant to sections 505 and 506 of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended, $300,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of said Actj the Administrator shall have final authority in all 
matters involving the conduct of surveys and the implementation of 
recommendations based on such surveys: Provided furtJier, That the 
General Services Administration is authorized to procure services in 
accordance with section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
55a) : Provided further, That a detailed quarterly report on the prog-
ress of each survey conducted hereunder shall be made to the 
Appropriations Committees of the Congress. 
STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS 
For an additional amount for "Strategic and critical materials", 
$380,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no 
part of the foregoing amount shall be used for construction of 
warehouses or tank storage facilities. 
68 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 6 6 3 - A U G . 26, 1954 
817 
HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 
OFFICE or THE ADMINISTRATOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
Ante, p. 283. 
Ante, p. 90. 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $1,100,000; 
and the limitation under this head in the Independent Offices Appro-
priation Act, 1955, on the amount available for expenses of travel, is 
increased from "$169,325" to "$260,825": Provided, That the authority 
contained under this head in the Third Supplemental Appropriation 
Act, 1954 (Public Law 357) for transfer of funds to this appropriation 
is continued through December 31, 1954, but additional amounts 
transferred pursuant to this extension shall not exceed $250,000, 
including not to exceed $25,000 for expenses of travel. 
REIMBURSEMENT TO FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
For reimbursing the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses 
incident to investigation of matters in connection with programs 
authorized by the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U. S. C. 
48 stat. i246. 
1701), $500,000. 
RESERVE o r PLANNED PUBLIC WORKS 
For advances to public agencies and for surveys to carry out the 
purposes of section 702 of the Housing Act of 1954, $1,500,000. 
^"'«' P- ^^*-
PUBLIC FACILITY LOANS 
Public facility loans, payment to revolving fund: For payment to 
the revolving fund pursuant to section 108 of the Eeconstruction 
Finance Corporation Liquidation Act as amended (40 U. S. C. 459), Alife^i.^643. 
$2,000,000: Provided, That the provisions of the first proviso under 
the head "Office of the Administrator, Salaries and expenses" in the 
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1955 (Public Law 428) with 
respect to expenses of inspections and of providing representatives at 
project sites shall apply to projects or faculties financed by loans from 
the revolving fund hereby established, and the limitation on such non-
administrative expenses m said proviso is increased from "$500,000" 
to "$525,000". 
URBAN PLANNING GRANTS 
For grants to State, regional and metropolitan area planning bodies 
in accordance with the provisions of section 701 of the Housing Act 
of 1954, $1,000,000. 
PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Administrative expenses", $400,000. 
CORPORATIONS 
Federal National Mortgage Association: The limitation on the 
amount available for administrative expenses under this head in title 
I I of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1955 (Public Law 
428), shall be exclusive of expenses (including expenses for fiscal "*"'*• P- 2
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Ante, p. 283. 
Ante, p. 640. 
30777 O—55—pt. 1- 
54 
818 
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[68 ST A T . 
Ante, p. 612. 
67 Stat. 231. 
Ante, p. 643, 
64 Stat. 873. 
12 u s e 1811. 
Ante, p. 297. 
Ante, p. 297. 
agency services performed on a contract or fee basis) in connection 
with the issuance and servicing of obligations as authorized by title 
I I of the Housing Act of 1954. 
Office of the Administrator, public facility loans: Not to exceed 
$75,000 of funds in the revolving fund established pursuant to section 
108 of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Liquidation Act, as 
amended (40 U. S. C. 459), 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 mean-
ing of the Act creating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
(Act of August 23,1935, as amended, 12 U. S. C. 264) which has been 
designated by the Secretary of the Treasury as a depository of public 
money of the United States. 
Federal Housing Administration: The amount made available 
under this head in title I I of the Independent Offices Appropriation 
Act, 1955 (Public Law 428), for administrative expenses, is increased 
from $5,150,000" to "$5,500,000" and the limitation on the amount 
available for expenses of travel is increased from "$175,000" to "$250,-
000": Provided, That the limitation under said head on the amount 
available for certain nonadministrative expenses of said Administra-
tion is increased from "$25,000,000" to "$26,250,000". 
Public Housing Administration: The amount made available under 
this head in title I I of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 
1955 (Public Law 428), for administrative expenses of the Public 
Housing Administration in carrying out duties imposed by law, is 
increased from "$6,950,000" to "$7,350,000"; and the limitation under 
said head on the amount available for expenses of travel is increased 
from "$500,000" to "$540,000". 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR 
64 Stat. 149. 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes of the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1861-1875), 
as they pertain to the United States program for the International 
Geophysical Year, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
Ante, p. 92. 
I'ir'if 
.E}, -flfin^ 
61 Stat. 584. 
31 u s e 849. 
60 Stat. 810. 
63 Stat. 959. 
5 u s e 1105. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to it and in accord with law, including 
not to exceed $250,000 for administrative expenses, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 
as provided in section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out its authorized 
functions for the fiscal year 1955: Provided, That said funds shall be 
available for the acquisition of not to exceed two passenger motor 
vehicles from excesses reported by other agencies, or from forfeitures; 
for 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 day; 
and the Administrator is authorized, subject to the procedures pre-
scribed by section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949, to place not 
more than four positions in grades 16,17, or 18 of the General Schedule 
established by said Act, and such positions shall be in addition to the 
number authorized by said section. 
68 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 663-.AUG. 26, 1954 
819 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $200,000: 
Provided,, That not to exceed $2,500 of the funds made available for 
administrative expenses in this Act under the head "Saint Lawrence 
Seaway Development Corporation" may be used for emergencies and 
extraordinary expenses to be expended upon the approval or authority 
of the Administrator. 
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 
INPATIENT CARE 
For an additional amount for "Inpatient care"j $3,000,000: Pro-
vided,, That this amount is predicated on furnishing inpatient care and 
treatment to an average of 570 beneficiaries during the fiscal year 
1955 in addition to those heretofore provided for. 
WAR CLAIMS COMMISSION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Administrative expenses", $400,000, 
to be derived from the war claims fund created by section 13 (a) of the 
War Claims Act of 1948 (Public Law 896, approved July 3, 1948): 
Provided,, That the limitation under this head in the Independent 
Offices Appropriation Act, 1955, on the amount available for expenses 
of travel is increased to "$8,000". 
62 Stat. 1247. 
50 U S C a p p . 
2012. 
Ante, p. 293. 
CHAPTER I X 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
INTERSERVICE ACTIVITIES 
ACCESS ROADS 
For advances to the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Com-
merce, for the purposes of section 6 of the Defense Highway Act of 
1941 (55 Stat. 765), as amended, and section 12 of the Federal-Aid 
Highway Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 785), as amended, when projects 
authorized therein are certified as important to the national defense by 
the Secretary of Defense, $13,500,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
FAMILY HOUSING 
For family housing authorized by the enactment into law of H. R. 
9924, Eighty-third Congress, not to exceed $75,000,000 to be made 
available to the respective military departments in such amounts as 
may be determined by the Secretary of Defense, to remain available 
until expended: Provided,, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall not be used for family housing unless the Secretary of Defense 
certifies that (1) it is impracticable to construct family housing under 
the provisions of title VIII of the National Housing Act, and (2) that 
adequate housing at reasonable rental rates is not available in the 
55 Stat. 766. 
23 u s e 106 and 
note. 
Post, 
p. 1119. 
12 u s e 
1748h. 
1 7 4 8-
820 
PUBLIC LAW 663-AUG. 26, 1954 
[68 STAT. 
immediate vicinity of the military installation, and (3) it is imprac-
ticable to acquire suitable housing under other existing provisions of 
law: Provided further^ That the provisions of section 708 of Public 
Law 458, approved June 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 350), shall not apply to 
two hundred and fifty units of family housing provided for by this Act 
but the individual cost of such units shall in no event exceed $20,000 
Air Force Acad- per Unit: Pvovided further^ That the construction authorized by the 
^"Ante, p. 47. 
Act of April 1, 1954 (Public Law 325, Eighty-third Congress), may 
be accomplished prior to approval of title to underlying land, as 
33 use 733. 
provided by section 355, as amended, of the Revised Statutes. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
ALASKA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or per-
manent public works, including buildings, facilities, appurtenances, 
and utilities, at stations of the Alaska Communication System, as au-
%i It^t' 934' 
thorized by the Act of June 12, 1948 (Public Law 626), the Act of 
Ante.V. 56o'. 
Octobcr 27, 1949 (Public Law 414), and the Act of July 27, 1954 
use Wg; 267?''*° (Public Law 534, Eighty-third Congress), without regard to sec-
tions 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $503,000, to remain available until expended. 
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
The Secretary of the Army may transfer not to exceed $1,500,000 
to the appropriation "Army National Guard, 1955" for additional 
State National Guard civilian employees from any appropriation 
available to the Department of the Army when such transfers are 
determined by the Secretary of the Army to be in the national in-
terest. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 
PUBLIC WORKS, NAVY 
For construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or per-
manent public works, naval installations, and facilities for the Navy, 
as authorized by the Act of June 16, 1948 (62 Stat. 459), the Act of 
65 Stat. 343. 
September 28, 1951 (Public Law 155, Eighty-second Congress), the 
66 Stat. 609. 
Act of July 14, 1952 (Public Law 534, Eighty-second Congress), and 
Ante. p. 539. 
the Act of July 27, 1954 (Public Law 534, Eighty-third Congress) ; 
including not to exceed $3,750,000 for advance planning as authorized 
65 Stat. 363. 
^y gectiou 504 of said Act of September 28, 1951; furniture for pub-
lic quarters; personnel in the Bureau of Yards and Docks and other 
personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation; 
and engineering and architectural services as authorized by section 3 
53 Stat. 591. 
of the Act of April 25, 1939 (34 U. S. C. 556); $98,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
, 
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 
ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF REAL PROPERTY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem-
porary or permanent public works, military installations and facilities 
for the Air Force as authorized by the Act of January 6, 1951 (Public 
64 Stat. 1222. 
L^^ 9^9, Eiglity-first Congress), the Act of September 28, 1951 
65 Stat. 350. 
(Public Law 155, Eighty-second Congress), the Act of July 14, 1952 
68 
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PUBLIC LAW 663-AUG. 26, 1954 
(Public Law 534, Eighty-second Congress), the Act of August 7, 
1953 (Public Law 209, Eighty-third Congress), the Act of April 1, 
1954 (Public Law 325, Eighty-third Congress), and the Act of July 
27, 1954 (Public Law 534, Eighty-third Congress), without regard to 
sections 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, including hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; $630,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
66 Stat. 613. 
67 Stat, 444. 
Ante, p. 47. 
Ante, p. 543. 
10 u s e 1339; 40 
u s e 259, 267. 
SEC. 902. Funds appropriated to the military departments for mili-
tary public works in prior years are hereby made available for military 
public works authorized for each feuch department by the Act of 
July 27, 1954 (Public Law 534, Eighty-third Congress) : Provided^ 
That not to exceed $5,000,000 of such prior year funds appropriated to 
the Department of the Army shall be available for the purposes 
of advance planning as authorized by section 504 of the Act of Sep-
tember 28, 1951 (Public Law 155, Eighty-second Congress). 
SEC. 903. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for 
work where cost estimates exceed $25,000 to be performed w^ithin the 
continental United States without the specific approval in writing of 
the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 
SEC. 904. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
expended for additional costs involved in expediting construction: 
Provided^ That the Secretary of Defense, or his designee for the pur-
pose, shall establish a reasonable completion date for each project, 
taking into consideration the type and location of the project, the 
climatic and seasonal conditions affecting the construction and the 
application of economical construction practices. 
SEC. 905. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, 
laundry, or dry-cleaning facility in the United States, its Territories 
or possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify, 
in writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be fur-
nished by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources 
at reasonable rates. 
SEC. 906. (a) The Department of Defense is authorized to acquire 
by purchase, or by lease or otherwise for a period not to exceed seven 
years, not to exceed six vessels capable of transporting, loading and 
unloading railroad rolling stock, on rails by the roll-on, roll-off 
method, as well as, wheeled and tracked military equipment to be 
loaded and discharged under, their own power. 
(b) Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the purpose 
of carrying out the provisions of this section. 
SEC. 907. The Secretary of the Army is authorized to receive the 
sum of $500,000 in partial consideration for the conveyance by the 
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare for educational purposes 
pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Property and Administra-
tive Services Act of 1949 to the Los Angeles City High School Dis-
trict of Los Angeles County, California, of all right, title, and interest 
of the United States to that portion of the Birmingham General Hos-
pital tract now occupied by troops (consisting of 40.0 acres of land, 
more or less, and improvements thereon) located at Van Nuys, Cali-
fornia, provided such sum is received by the Secretary of the Army 
on or before 1 July 1956. Upon receipt by the Secretary of the Army 
such sum shall be credited to the appropriation, "Military Construc-
tion, Army", and shall be available for (1) the construction and other 
costs involved in moving to a suitable Government-owned site not 
more than eight buildings to be selected by the Secretary of the Army 
Funds available. 
Ante, p. 535. 
65 Stat. 364. 
31 u s e 723. 
e o s t - p l u s - a -
f i x e d- f e e c o n-
tracts. 
eo n s t r u c t i o n , 
completion. 
Bakery, laundry, 
etc., facilities. 
A c q u i s i t i o n of 
vessels. 
Appropriation. 
Birmingham Gen-
eral Hospital, Van 
Nuys, ealif. 
eonveyance. 
63 Stat. 377. 
40 u s e 471 note. 
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[68 S 
T A T . 
Oc c u p a n c y by 
troops. 
to be excluded from the conveyance by the Secretary of Health, Educa-
tion and Welfare, and (2) the construction of additional supporting 
facilities at such site as may be required for authorized defense con-
struction, at a total cost of not to exceed $500,000. 
In addition to other terms, conditions, and restrictions contained 
in the deed whereby the Birmingham General Hospital is conveyed 
to such School District, the School District shall agree, as a part of the 
consideration for the conveyance to permit any buildings required by 
the Secretary of the Army to remain in place for continued occupancy 
by troops for a period of not to exceed nine months after the date of 
conveyance of said property to the School District. 
CHAPTEK X 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
THE 
ARMY 
RIVERS AND HARBORS AND FLOOD CONTROL 
Muskogee, Okla. 
Y a q u i n a 
Harbor, Greg. 
B a y 
CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL 
For an additional amount for "Construction, general", $5,985,000 
to remain available until expended, of which $600,000 shall be 
available for advanced engineering and design iDy the Corps of 
Engineers for projects which have been authorized for development 
with participation by State, local government or private groups and 
for authorized projects which are under consideration for participa-
tion by such agencies. 
For contribution to the city of Muskogee, toward the construction 
of a water supply pipeline from the existing city water supply intake 
on the Grand River near its junction with the Arkansas River to Fort 
Gibson Dam, in settlement for all damages to the water supply of the 
city of Muskogee, on account of the construction and operation of 
Fort Gibson Reservoir, $200,000 out of funds previously appropriated. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL 
Not to exceed $600,000 of funds previously appropriated under this 
head shall be available until expended for repairs to the north jetty 
at Yaquina Bay Harbor, Oregon. 
ev 
FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For an additional amount for "Flood control, Mississippi River and 
tributaries", $1,000,000 to remain available until expended, to be 
derived by transfer from "Operation and Maintenance, general". 
CHAPTER X I 
EMERGENCY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
GOVERNMENT IN OCCUPIED AREAS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet the 
responsibilities and obligations of the United States in Germany and 
Austria (including those arising under the supreme authority assumed 
S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 663-AUG. 26, 1954 
823 
by the United States on June 5, 1945, and under contractual arrange-
ments with the Federal Eepublic of Germany), under such regulations 
as the Secretary of State may prescribe, including one deputy to the 
United States chief of mission in Germany at a salary of $17,500 and 
the United States Member of the Board for the Validation of German 
Bonds in the United States at a salary of $14,800; actual expenses of 
preparing and transporting to their former homes the remains of 
persons who may die away from their homes while participating in 
activities authorized under this appropriation; services as authorized 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates 
not in excess of $50 per diem for individuals; payment of tort claims, 
in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672, as 
amended, of title 28 of the United States Code when such claims arise 
in foreign countries; expenses for translation and reproduction rights; 
acquisition, maintenance, operation, and distribution of rehabilitation 
materials and equipment for Germany and Austria; medical and health 
assistance for the civilian population of Germany and Austria; 
expenses incident to maintaining discipline and order (including trial 
and punishment by courts established by or under authority of the 
President) ; printing and binding outside continental United States 
without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. 
I l l ) ; purchase, rental, operation, and maintenance of printing and 
binding machines, equipment, and devices abroad; purchase (one at 
not to exceed $3,000 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; transportation to Germany or Austria of property donated 
for the purposes of this appropriation; unforeseen contingencies (not 
to exceed $150,000), to be accounted for pursuant to the provisions of 
section 291 of the Kevised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 107) ; representation 
allowances (not to exceed $42,500) similar to those authorized by 
section 901 (3) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U. S. C. 1131); 
and for administering, in Germany and Austria, programs authorized 
by section 32 (b) (2) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended 
(50 U. S. C. App. 1641 (b)); $14,000,000, and in addition, $1,000,000 
for acquisition of sites and purchase or construction of buildings for 
living quarters in Austria, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided^ That provisions of law, including current appropriation Acts, 
applicable to the Department of State shall be available for applica-
tion to expenditures made from this appropriation: Provided 
further, 
That when section 601 of the Economy Act of 1932, as amended (31 
U. S..C. 686), is employed to carry out the purposes of this appropria-
tion the requisitioned agency may utilize the authority contained in 
this appropriation: Provided further^ That expenditures from this 
appropriation may be made outside the continental United States, 
when necessary to carry out its purposes, without regard to sections 
355 and 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended: Provided further^ That 
for the purposes of this appropriation appointments may be made to 
the Foreign Service Reserve without regard to the four-year limita-
tion contained in section 522 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946: 
Provided 
further^ That in the event the President assigns to the 
Department of State responsibilities and obligations of the United 
States in connection with the government, occupation, or control of 
foreign areas in addition to Germany and Austria, the authorities 
contained in this appropriation may be utilized by the Department of 
State in connection with such government, occupation, or control of 
such foreign areas: Provided further^ That when the Department of 
the Army, under the authority of the Act of March 3,1911, as amended 
(10 U. S. C. 1253), furnishes subsistence supplies to personnel of 
civilian agencies of the United States Government serving in Germany 
60 Stat. 810. 
62 Stat. 983. 
40 Stat. 1270; 63 
Stat. 405. 
60 Stat. 1026. 
60 Stat. 754. 
47 Stat. 417. 
33 u s e 733; 31 
u s e 529. 
60 Stat. 1009. 
22 u s e 922. 
eontrol in for-
eign areas. 
Subsistence sup-
plies. 
36 Stat. 1047. 
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[68 S T A T , 
Living 
quarters 
in Austria. 
Report to legis-
lative committees. 
and Austria, paj'^ment therefor by such personnel shall be made at the 
same rate as is paid by civilian personnel of the Department of the 
Army serving in Germany and Austria, respectively: Provided 
fur-
ther^ That amounts for acquisition of sites and purchase or construc-
tion of buildings for living quarters in Austria shall be used exclu-
sively for purchase of foreign credits (including currencies) owed to 
or owned by the United States and may be transferred to the appro-
priation "Acquisition of buildings abroad". 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
. 
EMERGENCY FUND FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to take such 
measures as he deems appropriate to meet extraordinary or unusual 
circumstances arising in the international affairs of the Government, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, for use in the 
President's discretion and without regard to such provisions of law 
as he may specify: Provided^ That the President shall transmit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House 
of Representatives, not less often than quarterly, a full report of 
expenditures under this appropriation. 
67 Stat. 400. 
SOUSCapp. 1971 
note. 
60 Stat. 810. 
40 Stat. 1270. 
REFUGEE RELIEF 
For expenses necessary to enable the President, by transfer to such 
officer or agency of the Government as may be appropriate, to carry 
out the provisions of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953 (Public Law 
203, approved August 7, 1953), including services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates 
not in excess of $50 per diem for individuals; printing and binding 
outside the continental United States without regard to section 11 
of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. I l l ) ; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with 
the purpose of this appropriation; not to exceed $150,000 for expenses 
of a confidential nature, to be accounted for solely on the certificate 
of the officer to whom funds are transferred by the President from 
this appropriation; and not to exceed $600,000 for capital for the 
making of loans; $8,000,000: Provided^ That funds appropriated 
herein shall be available in accordance with authority granted 
hereunder or under authority governing the activities of the 
Government agencies to which such funds are allocated. 
Ante, p. 681. 
CONSTRUCTION OF TANKERS 
For construction of tankers as authorized by the Act of August 10, 
1954, Public Law 575, $30,000,000 to remain available until expended: 
Provided^ That this appropriation may be transferred to such 
appropriation as the President may designate. 
DEPARTMENT or 
THE ARMY—CIM^L FUNCTIONS 
Ryukyu Islands. 
GOVERNMENT AND RELIEF I N OCCUPIED AREAS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet the 
responsibilities and obligations of the United States in connection with 
the government or occupation of the Ryukyu Islands, including, sub-
ject to such authorizations and limitations as may be prescribed by the 
head of the department or agency concerned, tuition, travel expenses, 
and fees incident to instruction in the United States or elsewhere of 
68 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 6 6 3 - A U G . 26, 1954 
825 
such persons as may be required to carry out the provisions of this 
appropriation; travel expenses and transportation; services as author-
ized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at 
«o stat. sio. 
rates not in excess of $50 per diem for individuals not to exceed ten 
in number; translation rights, photographic work, education exhibits, 
and, dissemination of information, including preview and review 
expenses incident thereto; hire of passenger motor vehicles and air-
craft; repair and maintenance of buildings, utilities, facilities, and 
appurtenances; and such supplies, commodities, and equipment as 
may be essential to carry out the purposes of this appropriation; 
$3,100,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for 
administrative expenses: Provided^ That the general provisions of the 
Appropriation Act for the current fiscal year for the military func-
tions of the Department of the Army shall apply to expenditures 
made by that Department from this approj)riation: Provided 
further^ 
That expenditures from this appropriation may be made outside 
continental United States, when necessary to carry out its purposes, 
without regard to sections 355, 1136, 3648, and 3734, Kevised Statutes, noteVJuscfisTs^ 
as amended, civil service or classification laws, or provisions of law 3i u s e 529j 46 
prohibiting payment of any person not a citizen of the United States: "^^ ^^^' ^^'* 
Provided further, That expenditures from this appropriation may be 
made, when necessary to carry out its purposes, without regard to 
section 3709, Kevised Statutes, as amended, and the Armed Services 
^1 ^u? \\ 
Procurement Act of 1947 (41 U. S. C. 151-161) : Provided further, 
' ' 
That expenditures may be made hereunder for the purposes of economic 
rehabilitation in the Ryukyu Islands in such manner as to be consistent 
with the general objectives of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, 
2^2^u*s\^^i5oi 
as amended, and in the manner authorized by section 111 (b) (1) and note; 1509. 
the first sentence of section 111 (c) (1) thereof: Provided 
further, 
That funds appropriated hereunder and unexpended at the time of 
the termination of occupation by the United States, of any area 
for which such funds are made available, may be expended by the 
President for the procurement of such commodities and technical 
services, and commodities procured from funds herein or hereto-
fore appropriated for government and relief in occupied areas and 
not delivered to such an area prior to the time of the termination 
of occupation, may be utilized by the President, as may be necessary 
to assist in the maintenance of the political and economic stability 
of such areas: Provided further, That before any such assistance is 
Agreement, 
made available, an agreement shall be entered into between the United 
States and the recognized government or authority with respect to 
such area containing such undertakings by such government or author-
ity as the President may determine to be necessary in order to assure 
the efficient use of such assistance in furtherance of such purposes: 
Provided further, That such agreement shall, when applicable, include 
requirements and undertakings corresponding to the requirements and 
undertakings specified in sections 5, 6, and 7 of the Foreign Aid Act 
of 1947 (Public Law 389, approved December 17, 1947) -.Provided 
aVu^scf^Uii 
further. That funds appropriated hereunder may be used, insofar as note, 
practicable, and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed tationThM'^s^'fo^ 
by the head of the department or agency concerned to pay ocean 'eiief packages, 
transportation charges from United States ports, including territorial 
ports, to ports in the Ryukyus for the movement of supplies donated 
to, or purchased by. United States voluntary nonprofit relief agencies 
registered with and recommended by the Advisory Committee on Vol-
untary Foreign Aid or of relief packages consigned to individuals 
residing in such areas: Provided further. That under the rules and 
regulations to be prescribed, the head of the department or agency 
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PUBLIC LAW 663-AUG. 26, 1954 
[68 ST A T . 
Transf— of func-
concerned shall fix and pay a uniform rate per pound for the ocean 
transportation of all relief packages of food or other general classifi-
cation of commodities shipped to the Ryukyus regardless of methods 
of shipment and higher rates charged by particular agencies of trans-
portation, but this proviso shall not apply to shipments made by indi-
viduals to individuals: Provided further., That the President may 
transfer to any other department or agency any function or functions 
provided for under this appropriation, and there shall be transferred 
to any such department or agency without reimbursement and without 
regard to the appropriation from which procured, such property as 
the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to relate 
primarily to any function or functions so transferred. 
FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION 
64 Stat. 1245. 
60 Stat. 810. 
; 
OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying out 
the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended 
(50 U. S. C, App. 2251-2297), including services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; reimburse-
ment of the Civil Service Commission for full field investigations of 
employees occupying positions of critical importance from the stand-
point of national security; expenses of attendance at meetings con-
cerned with civil defense functions; reimbursement of the General 
Services Administration for security guard services; not to exceed 
$9,000 for the purchase of newspapers, periodicals, and teletype news 
services; and not to exceed $6,000 for emergency and extraordinary 
expenses to be expended under the direction of the Administrator for 
such purposes as he deems proper, and his determination thereon 
shall be final and conclusive; $10,025,000. 
64 Stat. 1248. 
5 0 U S C a p p . 
2281. 
FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS 
For financial contributions to the States, not otherwise provided for, 
pursuant to subsection (i) of section 201 of the Federal Civil Defense 
Act of 1950, as amended, to be equally matched with State funds, 
$12,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 1956: Provided, That 
not to exceed $1,300,000 of the unobligated balance of the 1954 appro-
priation for this purpose shall remain available until June 30, 1955. 
64 Stat. 1248. 
5 0 U S C a p p . 
2281. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Ante, p. 746. 
EMERGENCY SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT 
For procurement of reserve stocks of emergency civil defense mate-
rials as authorized by subsection (h) of section 201 of the Federal 
Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended, $26,000,000. 
JAMESTOWN-WILLIAMSBURG-YORKTOWN CELEBRATION COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of 
August 13, 1953 (67 Stat. 576), including services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not 
to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; transportation and not to 
exceed $20 per diem in lieu of subsistence for members of the Com-
mission serving without compensation; purchase of not to exceed two 
passenger motor vehicles; and entertainment; $100,000. 
ALEXANDER HAMILTON BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of Senate Joint 
Resolution Numbered 140, $10,000: Provided, That this paragraph 
68 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 6 6 3 - A U G . 26, 1954 
827 
shall become effective only upon the enactment of Senate Joint 
Resolution 140 of the Eighty-third Congress. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ABACA FIBER PROGRAM 
The General Services Administration is hereby authorized to make 
such expenditures, within the limits of funds available to it and in 
accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments with-
out regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be neces- 
|J use Ifl.* 
sary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget submitted 
to the Congress for the activities authorized by the Abaca Production 
Act of 1950 for the fiscal year 1955, but not to exceed $135,000 of such 
f^uscMfnote. 
funds shall be available during said fiscal year for administrative 
expenses of the abaca fiber program, to be computed on an accrual 
basis, and to be exclusive of the interest paid, depreciation, capitalized 
expenditures, expenses in connection with the acquisition, protection, 
operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of real or per-
sonal property relating to the abaca fiber program, and expenses of 
services performed on a contract or fee basis in connection with the 
performance of legal services. 
, .
^ 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
FEDERAL FACILITIES CORPORATION 
The Federal Facilities Corporation is hereby authorized to make 
such expenditures, within the limits of funds available to it and in 
accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments with-
out regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be neces- 
H f}g^ ||^; 
sary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget submitted 
to the Congress for such Corporation for the fiscal year 1955, but 
not to exceed $1,954,000 shall be available during the said fiscal year 
for all administrative expenses of the Corporation (including use of 
the services and facilities of Federal reserve banks), to be computed 
on an accrual basis, and to be exclusive of interest paid, depreciation, 
capitalized expenditures, expenses in connection with the acquisition, 
protection, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition oi 
real or personal property belonging to the Corporation or in which 
it has an interest, expenses of services performed on a contract or 
. ,,,, t,., 
fee basis in connection with the performance of legal services, and all 
administrative expenses reimbursable from other Government agen-
cies : Provided, That, so long as the Corporation shall have succession, 
all real property transferred to or acquired by it shall continue to be 
subject to taxes (including assessments for local improvements) to 
the same extent as authorized by law immediately prior to such trans-
fer, and any Government officer, agency, or instrumentality to whom 
any such property is so transferred is authorized and directed to pay 
such taxes and assessments, but said Corporation, its income, and 
property, shall not otherwise be subject to any Federal, State, or 
local taxes. 
CHAPTER X I I 
CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES, AUDITED CLAIMS, AND 
JUDGMENTS 
For payment of claims for damages as settled and determined by 
departments and agencies in accord with law, audited claims cer-
Taxes. 
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[68 S T A T . 
tified to be due by the General Accounting Office, and judgments ren-
dered against the United States by United States district courts and 
the United States Court of Claims, as set forth in Senate Documents 
Numbered 144 and 146 and House Document Numbered 461, Eighty-
third Congress, $11,472,202, together with such amounts as may be 
necessary to pay interest (as and when specified in such judgments 
or in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office or pro-
vided by law) and such additional sums due to increases in rates of 
exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in foreign currency: 
Provided^ That no judgment herein appropriated for shall be paid 
until it shall have become final and conclusive against the United 
States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise: 
Provided 
further^ That, unless otherwise specifically required by law or by the 
judgment, payment of interest wherever appropriated for herein 
shall not continue for more than thirty days after the date of approval 
of this Act. 
CHAPTER X I I I 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
P a s s e n g e r 
v e h i c l e s . 
60 Stat. 810. 
Citizenship 
quirements. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
Payment recover-
able. 
Exception. 
Travel expenses. 
SEC. 1301. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
amount allowable during the current fiscal year, in accordance with 
section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 78), for the pur-
chase of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, 
and station w'agons), is hereby fixed at $1,400. Notwithstanding any 
limitation on cost of passenger motor vehicles carried in the 1955 Ap-
propriation Acts, not more than $3,000 may be expended during the 
current fiscal year for any such vehicle. 
SEC. 1302. Unless otherwise specified and during the current fiscal 
year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act 
shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of the 
Government of the United States (including any agency the majority 
of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States) 
whose post of duty is in continental United States unless such person 
(1) is a citizen of the United States, (2) is a person in the service of the 
United States on the date of enactment of this Act who, being eligible 
for citizenship, had filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen 
of the United States prior to such date, (3) is a person who owes 
allegiance to the United States or (4) is an alien from the Baltic 
countries lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent resi-
dence: Provided^ That for the purpose of this section, an affidavit 
signed by any such person shall be considered prima facie evidence that 
the requirements of this section with respect to his status have been 
complied with: Provided further^ That any person making a false 
affidavit shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined 
not more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: 
Provided further^ That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, 
and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Pro-
vided further^ That any payment made to any officer or employee con-
trary to the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action by 
the Federal Government. 
This section shall not apply to citizens of 
the Republic of the Philippines or to nationals of those countries allied 
with the United States in the current defense effort. 
SEC. 1303. Appropriations of the executive departments and inde-
pendent establishments for the current fiscal year, available for 
expenses of travel or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are 
hereby made available for living quarters allowances in accordance 
68 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 663~AUG. 26, 1954 
829 
with the Act of June 26, 1930 (5 U. S. C. 118a), and regulations pre-
scribed thereunder, and cost-of-living allowances similar to those 
allowed under section 901 (2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, in 
accordance with and to the extent prescribed by regulations of the 
President, for all civilian officers and employees of the Government 
permanently stationed in foreign countries: Promded^ That the avail-
ability of appropriations made to the Department of State for carrying 
out the provisions of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 shall not be 
affected hereby. 
SEC. 1304. No part of any appropriation for the current fiscal year 
contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any person for the 
filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated after 
the Senate has voted not to approve the nomination of said person. 
SEC. 1305. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act for the current fiscal year shall be used to pay in excess of $4 
per volume for the current and future volumes of the United States 
Code Annotated, and such volumes shall be purchased on condition 
and with the understanding that latest published cumulative annual 
pocket parts issued prior to the date of purchase shall be furnished free 
of charge, or in excess of $4.25 per volume for the current or future 
volumes of the Lifetime Federal Digest. 
SEC. 1306. Funds made available by this or any other Act for admin-
istrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations and 
agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended (31 U. S. C. 841), shall be available, in addition to objects 
for which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District 
of Columbia; services in accordance with section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure 
of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they are 
made available: Provided^ That in the event any functions budgeted 
as administrative expenses are subsequently transferred to or paid 
from other funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 1307. No part of any funds of or available to any wholly-owned 
Government corporation shall be used for the purchase or construction, 
or in making loans for the purchase or construction of any office build 
ing, without specific authority in law therefor, primarily for occu-
pancy by any department or agency of the United States Government 
or by any corporation owned by the United States Government. 
SEC. 1308. During the current fiscal year, personnel and appropria-
tions or funds available for salaries and expenses to any department, 
agency, or corporation in the executive branch of the Government, 
shall be transferred to any defense activity under the jurisdiction of 
such department or agency in such numbers or amounts as may be 
necessary for the discharge of responsibilities relating to the national 
defense assigned to such department, agency, or corporation by or 
pursuant to law. 
SEC. 1309. During the current fiscal year, the provisions of Bureau 
of the Budget Circular A-45, dated June 3, 1952, shall be controlling 
over the activities of all departments, agencies, and corporations of the 
Government: Provided^ That said circular may be amended or changed 
during such year by the Director of the Budget with the approval of 
the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives: Provided further^ That the Bureau of the Budget 
shall make a report to Congress not later than January 31,1955, of the 
operations of this order upon all departments, agencies, and corpora-
tions of the Government: Provided further^ That, notwithstanding 
the provisions of any other law, no officer or employee shall be required 
46 Stat. 818. 
60 Stat. 1026. 
22 u s e 1131. 
22 u s e 801 note. 
S e n a t e 
disap-
proval of person-
nel. 
U. S. Code An-
notated; Lif et i m e 
Federal Digest. 
Administr a t i v e 
expenses. 
59 Stat. 597. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Office building. 
Transfer of per-
sonnel or funds. 
Budget 
Circular 
A-45. 
Report to C o n -
gress. 
830 
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[68 ST A T . 
Foreign credits. 
31 u s e 724. 
60 Stat. 754. 
Documentary evi-
d e n c e of obliga-
tion. 
Report 
gress. 
to C o n -
to occupy any Government-owned quarters unless the head of the 
agency concerned shall determine that necessary service cannot be 
rendered or property of the United States cannot be adequately pro-
tected otherwise. 
SEC. 1310. Pursuant to section 1415 of the Act of July 15, 1952 
(66 Stat. 662), foreign credits (including currencies) owed to or 
owned by the United States may be used by Federal agencies for any 
purpose for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year 
(including the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing the use 
of such credits) and for liquidation of obligations legally incurred 
against such credits prior to July 1, 1953, only when reimbursement 
therefor is made to the Treasury from applicable appropriations of 
the agency concerned: Provided^ That such credits received as ex-
change allowances or proceeds of sales of personal property may be 
used in whole or part payment for acquisition of similar items, to the 
extent and in the manner authorized by law, without reimbursement 
to the Treasury: Provided further^ That nothing in section 1415 of 
the Act of July 15, 1952, or in this section shall be construed to 
prevent the making of new or the carrying out of existing contracts, 
agreements, or executive agreements for periods in excess of one 
year, in any case where such contracts, agreements, or executive agree-
ments for periods in excess of one year were permitted prior to the 
enactment of this Act under section 32 (b) (2) of the Surplus Prop-
erty Act of 1944, as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 1641 (b) (2)), and 
the performance of all such contracts, agreements, or executive agree-
ments shall be subject to the availability of appropriations for the 
purchase of credits as provided by law. 
SEC. 1311. (a) After the date of enactment hereof no amount shall 
be recorded as an obligation of the Government of the United States 
unless it is supported by documentary evidence of— 
(1) a binding agreement in writing between the parties thereto, 
including Government agencies, in a manner and form and for a 
purpose authorized by law, executed before the expiration of the 
period of availability for obligation of the appropriation or fund 
; 
concerned for specific goods to be delivered, real property to be 
purchased or leased, or work or services to be performed; or 
(2) a valid loan agreement, showing the amount of the loan 
to be made and the terms of repayment thereof; or 
(3) an order required by law to be placed with a Government 
agency; or 
(4) an order issued pursuant to a law authorizing purchases 
without advertising when necessitated by public exigency or for 
perishable subsistence supplies or within specific monetary 
limitations; or 
(5) a grant or subsidy payable (i) from appropriations made 
for payment of or contributions toward, sums required to be paid 
in specific amounts fixed by law or in accord with formulae pre-
scribed by law, or (ii) pursuant to agreement authorized by, or 
plans approved in accord with and authorized by, law; or 
(6) a liability which may result from pending litigation 
brought under authority of law; or 
(7) employment or services of persons or expenses of travel in 
accord with law, and services performed by public utilities; or 
(8) any other legal liability of the United States against an 
appropriation or fund legally available therefor. 
(b) Not later than September 30 of each year, the head of each 
Federal agency shall report, as to each appropriation or fund under 
the control of such agency, the amount thereof remaining obligated 
but unexpended and the amount thereof remaining unobligated on 
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June 30 of such year and copies of such report shall be forwarded by 
him to the chairman of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Kepresentatives, to the Comptroller General 
of the United States, and to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget: 
Provided, That such report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, 
shall be made not later than December 31,1954, and shall include only 
such obligations as could have been recorded under the provisions of 
subsection (a) hereof. 
(c) Each report made pursuant to subsection (b) shall be supported 
by certifications of the officials designated by the head of the agency, 
and such certifications shall be supported by records evidencing the 
amounts which are reported therein as having been obligated. 
Such 
certifications and records shall be retained in the agency in such form 
as to facilitate audit and reconciliation for such period as may be 
necessary for such purposes. 
The officials designated by the head of 
the agency to make certifications may not redelegate the responsibility. 
(d) No appropriation or fund which is limited for obligation pur-
poses to a definite period of time shall be available for expenditure 
after the expiration of such period except for liquidation of amounts 
obligated in accord with subsection (a) hereof; but no such appro-
priation or fund shall remain available for expenditure for any period 
beyond that otherwise authorized by law. 
(e) Any statement of obligation of funds furnished by any agency 
of the Government to the Congress or any committee thereof shall 
include only such amounts as may be valid obligations as defined in 
subsection (a) hereof. 
SEC. 1312. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or 
of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included in 
this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who 
ejigages in a strike against the Government of the United States or 
who is a member of an organization of Government employees that 
asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, 
or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, 
the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or 
violence: Provided, That for the purposes nereof 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 
organization 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 
violence: Provided further, That any person who engages in a strike 
against the Government of the United States or who is a member of 
an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to 
strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, 
or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow 
of the Government of the United States by force or violence and 
accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any 
appropriation or fund contained in this or any other 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. 1313. The appropriations, authorizations, and authority with 
respect thereto in this Act shall be available from July 1, 1954, for 
the purposes provided in such appropriations, authorizations, and 
authority. 
All obligations incurred during the period between June 
Certifications. 
Restriction. 
Statement of ob-
ligation. 
Strikes or over-
throw of G o v e r n -
tnent. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
Ratificat iot^ of 
obligations. 
832 
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[68 ST A T . 
Ante, p. 448. 
30,1954, and the date of enactment of this Act in anticipation of such 
appropriations, authorizations, and authority are hereby ratified and 
confirmed if in accordance with the terms hereof and the terms of 
Public Law 475, Eighty-third Congress. 
Approved August 26, 1954. 
August 26, 1954 
[S. 3233] 
Public Law 664 
CHAPTER936 
AN ACT 
To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to provide permanent legislation 
for the transportation of a substantial portion of waterborne cargoes in 
United States-flag vessels. 
U . S. merchant 
vessels. 
C a r g o prefer-
ence. 
49 Stat. 2015. 
46 u s e 1241. 
15 u s e 616a. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 901 
of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, is hereby amended 
by inserting " ( a ) " after "SEC. 901." and by adding at the end of the 
section the following new subsection: 
"(b) whenever the United States shall procure, contract for, or 
otherwise obtain for its own account, or shall furnish to or for the 
account of any foreign nation without provision for reimbursement, 
any equipment, materials, or commodities, within or without the 
United States, or shall advance funds or credits or guarantee the con-
vertibility of foreign currencies in connection with the furnishing of 
such equipment, materials, or commodities, the appropriate agency 
or agencies shall take such steps as may be necessary and practicable 
to assure that at least 50 per centum of the gross tonnage of such 
equipment, materials, or commodities (computed separately for dry 
bulk carriers, dry cargo liners, and tankers), which may be trans-
ported on ocean vessels shall be transported on privately owned 
United States-flag commercial vessels, to the extent such vessels are 
available at fair and reasonable rates for United States-flag commer-
cial vessels, in such manner as will insure a fair and reasonable par-
ticipation of United States-flag commercial vessels in such cargoes by 
geographic areas: Provided^ That the provisions of this subsection 
may be waived whenever the Congress by concurrent resolution or 
otherwise, or the President of the United States or the Secretary of 
Defense declares that an emergency exists justifying a temporary 
waiver of the provisions of section 901 (b) and so notifies the appro-
priate agency or agencies: And provided further, That the provi-
sions of this subsection shall not apply to cargoes carried in the ves-
sels of the Panama Canal Company. Nothing herein shall repeal or 
otherwise modify the provisions of Public Resolution Numbered 17, 
Seventy-third Congress (48 Stat. 500), as amended." 
Approved August 26, 1954. 
August 26, 1954 
[H. R. 9678] 
Public Law 665 
CHAPTER 937 
AN ACT 
To promote the security and foreign policy of the United States by furnishing 
assistance to friendly nations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Mutual Security United Statcs of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
Act o
f 1954. 
^^ ^-^g^ ^g ^j^g "Mutual Security Act of 1954".