Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriations Act
PL 93-192 (H.R.8877), enacted 12/18/1973

746 
PUBLIC LAW 93-192-DEC. 18, 1973 
[87 STAT. 
84 Stat. 751. 
84 Stat. 754. 
84 Stat. 755. 
39 u s e 3218. 
Ante, p. 745. 
Ante, p. 737. 
Repeal, 
43 Stat. 353. 
Effective dates. 
Separability. 
for penalty mailings under clause (1) (C) and (D) of section 3202(a) 
of this title.". 
SEC. 10. The last sentence of section 3215 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: "This section does not applj to 
any standing, select, special, or joint committee, or subcommittee 
thereof, or commission, of the Senate, House of Representatives, or 
Congress, composed of Members of Congress, or to the Democratic 
caucus or the Eepublican conference of the House of Representatives 
or of the Senate.". 
SEC. 11. Section 3218 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting "nonpolitical" immediately before "correspondence". 
SEC. 12. (a) Chapter 32 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"§3219. Mailgrams 
"Any Mailgram sent by the Vice President, a Member of or Member-
elect to Congress, the Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms of 
the Senate, an elected officer of the House of Representatives (other 
than a Member of the House), or the legislative Counsel of the House 
of Representatives or the Senate, and then delivered by the Postal 
Service, shall be considered as franked mail, subject to section 
3216(a) (2) of this title, if such Mailgram contains matter of the kind 
authorized to be sent by that official as franked mail under section 
3210 of this title.". 
(b) The table of sections of such chapter 32 is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following: 
"8219. Mailgrams.". 
SEC. 13. The last sentence of section 1303(d) of the Revenue Act of 
1918 (2 U.S.C. 277) is repealed. 
SEC. 14. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of tliis section, the 
provisions oi this Act shall become effective on the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) The provisions of section 3214 of title 39, United States Code, 
as amended by section 4 of this Actj and the provisions of subsec-
tion (b) of section 3216 of title 39j United States Code, as amended by 
section 7 of this Act, shall take effect as of December 27,1972. 
SEC. 15. If a provision of this Act is held invalid, all valid provisions 
severable from the invalid provision remain in effect. If a provision of 
this Act is held invalid in one or more of its applications, such provi-
sion remains in effect in all valid applications severable from the 
invalid application or applications. 
Approved December 18, 1973. 
December 18, 1973 
[H. R. 8877] 
Departments of 
Labor, and 
Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare 
Appropriation 
Act, 1974. 
Public Law 93-192 
. , . . . . , . „ 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, 
and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, 
and for other purposes. 
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 Treasur;^ not other-
wise appropriated, and shall be made available for expenditure except 
that not to exceed $400,000,000, including not more than 5 per centum 
of the amount specified in any appropriation provision contained in 
this Act or any activity, program, or project within such appropria-
tion may be withheld from obligation and expenditure for the Depart-
ments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and related 
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PUBLIC LAW 93-192-DEC. 18, 1973 
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agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOE 
MANPOWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during the current fiscal year of benefits and allow-
ances to unemployed Federal employees and ex-servicemen, as author-
ized by title 5, chapter 85 of the United States Code, and for trade 
so stat. sss. 
adjustment benefit payments and allowances, as provided by law (19 
U.S.C. 1941-1944 and 1952), $365,000,000, together with such amounts 
76 stat. sga. 
as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year appropria-
tion for the payment of benefits for any period subsequent to June 15 
of the current year: Provided^ That, in addition, there shall be trans-
ferred from the Postal Service Fund to this appropriation such sums 
as the Secretary of Labor determines to be the cost of benefits for 
ex-Postal Service employees through June 30, 1974. 
FEDERAL GRANTS TO STATES FOR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For grants as authorized by section 5(a) of the Act of June 6, 1933, 
as amended (29 U.S.C. 49-49n), including, upon the request of any 
^^ s*^'- ^22. 
State, the payment of rental for space made available to such State in 
lieu of grants for such purpose, $64,400,000: Provided^ That any funds 
granted to a State in the current fiscal year from this appropriation 
and not obligated by the State in that year shall be returned to the 
Treasury. 
LIMITATION ON GRANTS TO STATES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND 
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For grants for activities authorized by the Act of June 6, 1933, as 
amended (29 U.S.C. 49-49n, 39 U.S.C. 3202(a) (1) ( E ) ) ; Veterans' 
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Employment and Readjustment Act of 1972 (38 U.S.C. 2001-2013); 
86 stat.' IO<M. 
title I I I of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 501-503); ^il,l\^%^^'''' 
and necessary expenses for carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501-8523 and 19 
U.S.C. 1941-1944, 1952, including upon the request of any State, the gi^stfJ^Vis^''' 
payment of rental for space made available to such State in lieu of 
grants for such purpose, $817,400,000 may be expended from the 
Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment 
Trust Fund, of which $28,000,000 shall be available only to the extent 
necessary to meet increased costs of administration resulting from 
changes in a State law or increases in the number of unemployment 
insurance claims filed and claims paid or increased salary costs result-
ing from changes in State salary compensation plans embracing 
employees of the State generally over those upon which the State's 
basic grant (or the allocation for the District of Columbia) was based, 
which cannot be provided for by normal budgetary adjustments: Pro-
vided^ That any portion of the funds granted to a State in the current 
fiscal year and not obligated by the State in that year shall be returned 
to the Treasury and credited to the account from which derived. 
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[87 STAT. 
LABOR-MANAGEMENT SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Labor-Management Services Admin-
istration, $23,500,000. 
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards Administra-
tion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies 
and their employees for inspection services rendered, $52,410,000. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
For the payment of compensation, benefits and expenses (except 
administrative expenses) as authorized by title IV of the Federal 
seltlT^Js^' 
^^^^ -^^^^ Health and Safety Act of 1969, as amended, and title V, 
30 use 901. 
chapter 81 of the United States Code, accruing during the current or 
80 Stat. 532; 
auv prior fiscal year, including medical examinations and treatment: 
5 use 8101. 
advancement of costs for enforcement of recoveries in third-party 
cases; continuation of benefits as provided for under the head "Civil-
ian War Benefits" in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 
60 Stat. 696. 
1947; furiiisliing of medical treatment, hospital services and supplies, 
funeral and burial expenses, including transportation and other 
expenses incidental to such services for enrollees of the Civilian Con-
servation Corps that were certified by the Director of such Corps as 
receiving hospital services and treatment at Government expense on 
June 30, 1943, and who are not otherwise entitled thereto as civilian 
employees of the United States, and the limitations and authority 
formerly provided by the Act of September 7, 1916 (48 Stat. 351), as 
s°us^c*8m^'and ^i^^^^ded, shall apply in providing such services, treatment, and 
note. 
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expenses in such cases and for payments pursuant to sections 4(c) and 
^g62^stat^.^mi; 
5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012) ; and not 
50 use app. 
to exceed $1,800,000 which may be transferred to the fund created by 
2003, 2004. 
section 44 of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation 
44 Stat. 1444; 
J^QI^ as amended, $141,250,000, together with such amounts as may be 
33 use 944. 
necessary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the 
payment of compensation and other benefits for any period subsequent 
to June 15 of the current year. 
Whenever the Secretary of Labor finds it will promote the achieve-
ment of the above activities, qualified persons may be appointed to 
conduct hearings thereunder without meeting the requirements for 
80 Stat. 415. 
hearing examiners appointed under 5 U.S.C. 3105: Provided, 
That 
no person shall hold a hearing in any case with which he has been 
concerned previously in the administration of such activities. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, $70,408,000. 
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BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, includ-
ing advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local agencies 
and their employees for services rendered, $47,400,000, of which 
$10,235,000 shall be for expenses of revising the Consumer Price 
Index, including salaries of temporary personnel assigned to this 
project without regard to competitive civil service requirements. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For 
necessary 
expenses 
for 
departmental 
management 
and 
$941,000 for the President's Committee on Employment of the Handi-
capped, $23,322,000, together with not to exceed $797,000 to be derived 
from the Employment Security Administration account. Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Appropriations in this Act available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for supplies, services, and rental of confer-
ence space within the District of Columbia, as the Secretary of Labor 
shall deem necessary for settlement of labor-management disputes. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Labor Appropriation 
citation o
f title. 
Act, 1974". 
TITLE II—DEPAKTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND 
WELFAKE 
HEALTH SERVICES AND MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out the Public Health Service Act with respect to 
mental health and, except as otherwise provided, the Community 
Mental Health Centers Act (42 U.S.C. 2681, et seq.), the Comprehen- 
^7 stat. 290. 
sive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Reha-
bilitation Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-616), the Narcotic Addict 
ItlTc'Us!" 
Rehabilitation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-793), and the Drug xibuse note. 
Office and Treatment Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-255), $815,975,000, 
JJ i'ics^oi' 
of which $15,000,000 shall remain available until June 30, 1975, for note. 
grants pursuant to part A of the Community Mental Health Centers 
^^ s*^*- ^s. 
A 1 
21 u s e 1101 
-''-Ct. 
note. 
SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL 
79 Stat. 427. 
42 u s e 2681. 
For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of the 
hospital, including clothing for patients, and cooperation with organi-
zations or individuals in the scientific research into the nature, causes, 
prevention, and treatment of mental illness, $38,000,000, or such 
amounts as may be necessary to provide a total appropriation equal 
to the difference between the amount of the reimbursements received 
during the current fiscal year on account of patient care provided by 
the hospital during such year and $59,524,000. 
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[87 STAT. 
HEALTH SERVICES PLAN XING AND DEVELOPMENT 
To carry out titles VI and IX, sections 314(a) through 314(c), and 
except as otherwise provided, sections 301, 304, 311, 402(a) (7), 403(a) 
J^ use 291, 
(1) and 433(a) of the Public Health Service Act; $388,520,000, of 
242b, 243, 282, 
wMch $197,200,000 shall be available until June 30, 1976 for grants 
28 3,289c. 
pursuant to section 601 of the Public Health Service Act for the con-
struction or modernization oi medical lacilities. 
42 u s e 291a. 
42 u s e 401. 
HEALTH SERVICES DELIVERY 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sections 225, 301, 
310, 311, 314(d), 314(e), 317, 321, 322, 324, 326, 328, 329, 331, 332, 502, 
42 use 234, 
504, title X of the Public Health Service Act, the Act of August 8, 
lll'lVil'lll' 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 7901), section 1010 of the Act of July 1,1944 (33U.S.C. 
249; 251, 253,' 
763c), section 1 of the Act of July 19,1963 (42 U.S.C. 253a), and title 
l\f/2ll%l^^^' 
V of the Social Security Act, $853,280,000, of which $1,200,000 shall be 
300'. 
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avuilable only for payments to the State of Hawaii for care and treat-
42 use 701. 
ment of persons afflicted with leprosy: Provided^ That any allotment 
to a State pursuant to section 503(2) or 504(2) of the Social Security 
704^ ^^*^ '°^' 
Act shall not be included in computing for the purposes of subsections 
42 use 706. 
(a) and (b) of section 506 of such Act an amount expended or esti-
mated to be expended by the State: Provided further^ That when the 
Health Services and Mental Health Administration operates an 
employee health program for any Federal department or agency, pay-
ment for the estimated cost shall be made by way of reimbursement or 
in advance to this appropriation: Provided further^ That in addition, 
$5,419,000 may be transferred to this appropriation as authorized by 
section 201(g) (1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of 
the trust funds referred to therein: Provided further^ That $15,000,000 
of the funds contained in this appropriation for Public Health Service 
hospitals shall remain available until expended. 
PREVENTI\T5 HEALTH 
SERVICES 
To carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided, sections 301. 308. 
311, 314(e), 315, 317, 318, 322(e), 325, 328, 353, and 361 to 369 of the 
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Public Health Service Act, the functions of the Secretary under the 
263a, 264-272.' 
Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 6-8 and 
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^^"^'^ °* *^® Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; including 
note. 
insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries; and purchase, 
29 use 655- 
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; $134,565,000: Provided^ 
6 57, 667-676. 
rpj^^^ ^^^^ 
^^^ Health Scrvioes and Mental Health Administra-
tion conducts training classes in occupational safety and health for 
employees of Federal, State, and local governments and of private 
agencies, payment for the estimated cost shall be made by way of 
reimbursement or in advance to this appropriation. 
NATIONAL HEALTH 
STATISTICS 
42 u s e 242c, 
244, 245, 247. 
10 u s e 1431. 
10 u s e 1447. 
10 u s e 1071 
and note. 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sections 301, 305, 
311, 312(a), 313, and 315 of the Public Health Service Act; $19,335,000. 
RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR COMMISSIONED 
OFFICERS 
For retired pay of commissioned officers, as authorized by law, and 
for payments under the Retired Servicemen's Family Protection Plan; 
Survivor Benefit Plan and payments for medical care of dependents 
and retired personnel under the Dependents' Medical Care Act (10 
U.S.C, ch. 55), such amount as may be required during the current 
fiscal year. 
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751 
BUILDINGS AND 
FACILITIES 
For construction, alterations, major repair, improvement, extension, 
and equipment, of lacilities of or used by the Health Services and Men-
tal Health Administration, not otherwise provided, $9,500,000 to 
remain available until expended, including $7,000,000 for repair and 
modernization of hospital facilities to be transferred for community-
use. 
O m O E 
OF T H E 
ADMINISTRATOR 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Administrator, 
$12,000,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES or 
HEALTH 
NATIONAL CANCER 
INSTITUTE 
For expenses necessary to carry out title IV, part A, of the Public 
Health Service Act, including $25,000,000 to remain available until 
^s stat. 707. 
June 30,1975, $551,191,500, of which $4,500,000 shall be for the Norris 
^^ use 281. 
Cotton Cancer Center. 
NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG 
INSTITUTE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out 
title IV, part B, and title X I of the Public Health Service Act, 
^2 stat. 464. 
$302,915,000. 
86 Stat. m'. 
42 u s e 300b. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL RESEARCH 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out title IV, part 
C, of the Public Health Service Act, $45,565,500. 
62 stat. SQS. 
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^2 u s e 288. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS, METABOLISM, AND DIGESTIVE DISEASES 
For expenses necessary to carry out title IV, part D, of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to arthritis, rheumatism, metabolic 
^^ ^s^^'o^^?' 
diseases, and digestive diseases, $159,447,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AND STROKE 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, title IV, part D of the Public Health Service Act with respect 
f2 stat. ^i362 
to neurology and stroke, $125,000,000. 
42 u s e 289a 
note. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out title IV, 
part D of the Public Health Service Act with respect to allergy and 
infectious diseases, $114,000,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out 
title IV, part E, of the Public Health Service Act with respect to 
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general medical sciences, including grants of therapeutic and chemi- 
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cal substances for demonstrations and research, $176,778,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND H U M A N DEVELOPMENT 
To carry out, except as otherwise provided, title IV, part E and title 
X of the Public Health Service Act with respect to child health and 
human development, $130,254,000. 
84 stat. 1506. 
42 u s e 300. 
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[87 STAT. 
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 
For expenses necessary to carry out title IV, part F, of the Public 
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Health Service Act, with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 
42 u s e 2891. 
^^i^egi^oQQ^ 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE O r ENVIRONMENTAL H E A L T H 
SCIENCES 
To carry out, except as otherwise provided, sections 301 and 311 
si^stat^sse'^' 
°^ ^^® Public Health Service Act, with respect to environmental 
42 use 24*1, 
health sciences, $28,879,000. 
243. 
RESEARCH RESOURCES 
To carry out, except as otherwise provided, section 301 of the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to the support of clinical 
research centers, laboratory animal facilities, other research resources 
and general research support grants, $133,472,000: Provided, 
That 
none of these funds shall be used to pay recipients of the general 
research support grants programs any amount for indirect expenses 
in connection with such grants. 
J O H N E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY I N T H E 
H E A L T H 
SCIENCES 
For the John E, Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study 
in the Health Sciences, $4,767,000, of which not to exceed $500,000 
shall be available for payment to the Gorgas Memorial Institute for 
maintenance and operation of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory. 
H E A L T H 
MANPOWER 
To carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided, sections 301, 306, 
309, 311, and 422 with respect to training grants, title VII, and title 
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y i i i of the Public Health Service Act, $710,795,000, of which 
292^296.^' ^^^^' 
$2,000,000 shall be available for loan guarantees and interest subsidies 
42 use 2 93, 
under part B of title VII and part A of title VIII, $100,000,000 shall 
be for grants for construction of facilities (including $20,000,000 for 
dental teaching facilities) under part B of title VII, and $20,000,000 
shall be for grants for construction of facilities under part A of title 
V I I I : Provided, That the funds appropriated under part B of title 
VII and part A of title VIII shall remain available until expended. 
Loans, grants, and payments for the next succeeding fiscal year: 
For making, after December 31 of the current fiscal year, loans, grants, 
and payments under section 306, parts C, D, F, and G of title VII, and 
294^ "95^ 29^' 
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297,' 298c. 
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first 
quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be 
necessary, and obligations incurred and expenditures made hereunder 
shall be charged to the appropriation for that purpose for such fiscal 
year: Provided, That such loans, grants, and payments pursuant to this 
paragraph may not exceed 50 per centum of the amounts authorized in 
section 306, parts C, D, and G of title VII, and in part B of title VIII 
for these purposes for the next succeeding fiscal year. 
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF 
MEDICINE 
To carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided for, section 301 
with respect to health information communications and pai*ts I and J 
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of title I I I of the Public Health Service Act, $25,871,000. 
296 
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753 
42 u s e 254a. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, major repair, improvement, extension, alteration, 
and equipment, including acquisition of sites, of facilities of or used 
by the National Institutes of Health, where not otherwise provided, 
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
orriCE or THE DIRECTOR 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Director, National Insti-
tutes of Health, $12,000,000. 
Funds advanced to the National Institutes of Health management 
fund from appropriations in this Act shall be available for the expenses 
of sharing medical care facilities and resources pursuant to section 328 
of the Public Health Service Act and for the purchase of not to exceed 
si stat. S39. 
nine passenger motor vehicles for replacement only. 
S C I E N T I F I C A C T I V I T I E S O V E R S E A S (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department 
determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States, 
for necessary expenses for conducting scientific activities overseas, as 
authorized by laWj $1,912,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided^ That this appropriation shall be available in addition to 
other appropriations for such activities, for payments in the foregoing 
currencies. 
PAYMENT o r SALES INSUFFICIENCES AND INTEREST LOSSES 
For the payment of such insufficiencies as may be required by the 
trustee on account of outstanding beneficial interest or participations 
in the Health Professions Education Fund assets or Nurse Training 
Fund assets, authorized by the Department of Health, Education, and 
Welfare Appropriation Act, 1968, to be issued pursuant to section 
302(c) of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, 80^313^*1*64°°' 
$164,000, and for payment of amounts pursuant to section 744(b) 
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or 827(b) of the Public Health Service Act to schools which borrow 
8° stat. 1230, 
any sums from the Health Professions Education Fund or Nurse 
42^"use 294d, 
Training Fund, $3,836,000: Provided, That the amounts appropriated 2 97f. 
herein shall remain available until expended. 
H E A L T H PROFESSIONS EDUCATION FUND 
The Secretary is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, 
within the limits of funds available in the Health Professions Edu-
cation Fund and the Nurse Training Fund, and in accord with law, 
and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitation as provided by section 104 of the Government Cor-
poration Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying V. ^t^t. 584. 
out the programs set forth in the Ijudget for the current fiscal year. 
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E D U C A T I O N D I V I S I O N 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION 
81 Stat. 401, 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 402 of the General Edu-
cation Provisions Act, and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception 
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and representation expenses, $1,722,000. 
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[87 STAT. 
POSTSECONDARY INNOVATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, section 404 
81 Stat. 814; 
of thc General Education Provisions Act, $10,000,000. 
84 Stat. 165. 
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20 u s e 1224. 
OFFICE OF EDUCATION 
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, title I 
($1,810,000,000), title I I I ($146,393,000), title V, parts A and C 
($41,500,000), and title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
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tion Act of 1958; and section 222(a) (2) of the Economic Opportunity 
20 use 441. 
Act of 1964, $2,121,893,000: Provided, That the aggregate amounts 
42 use 2809. 
j^^de available to each State under title I-A of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act for grants to local educational agencies 
within that State shall not be more than 120 per centum of, nor less 
than, such amounts as were made available for that purpose for fiscal 
year 1973, and the amount made available to each local educational 
agency under said title I-A shall not be less than 90 per centum of the 
amount made available for that purpose for fiscal year 1973: Provided 
further, That the requirements of section 307(e) of Public Law 89-10, 
2 0 use 845. 
j^g amended, shall be satisfied when the combined fiscal effort of the 
local education agency and the State for the preceding fiscal year was 
not less than such combined fiscal effort in the second preceding fiscal 
year. 
SCHOOL ASSISTANCE I N FEDERALLY AFFECTED AREAS 
For carrying out title I of the Act of September 30,1950, as amended 
20 use 236. 
(20 U.S.C., ch. 13), and the Act of September 23, 1950, as amended 
20 use 631. 
(20 U.S.C., ch. 19), $610,000,000, of which $591,000,000, including 
20 use 241. 
$41,500,000 for amounts payable under section 6 shall be for the main-
tenance and operation of schools as authorized by said title I of the 
Act of September 30, 1950, as amended, and $19,000,000, which shall 
remain available until expended, shall be for providing school facilities 
as authorized by said Act of September 23,1950: Provided, That none 
of the funds contained herein shall be available to pay any local educa-
tional agency in excess of 68 per centum of the amounts to which such 
agency would otherwise be entitled pursuant to section 3(b) of title I : 
Provided further, That none of the funds contained herein shall be 
available to pay any local educational agency in excess of 90 per 
centum of the amounts to which such agency would otherwise be 
entitled pursuant to section 3(a) of said title I if the number of 
children in average daily attendance in schools of that agency eligible 
under said section 3(a) is less than 25 per centum of the total num-
ber of children in such schools: Provided 
further, 
That none of 
the funds contained herein for providing school facilities shall be 
available to pay for any other section of the Act of September 23, 
1950, until payment has been made of 100 per centum of the amounts 
payable under section 5 and subsections 14(a) and 14(b): Provided 
further, That of the funds provided herein for carrying out the Act 
of September 23, 1950, no more than 50 per centum may be used to 
fund section 5 of said Act. 
EMERGENCY SCHOOL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out section 705 ($204,131,000), section 708(a) 
($12,447,000), section 708(c) ($9,958,000), section 711 ($7,468,000), 
20 u s e 238. 
20 u s e 240. 
87 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-192-DEC. 18, 1973 
755 
and section 713 ($2,489,000) of the Emergency School Aid Act and jg^o^^fe^io'Jeh. 
title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 relating to functions of 
42usc2oooc.' 
the Commissioner of Education, $258,193,000. 
EDUCATION FOR THE HANDICAPPED 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Educa-
tion of the Handicapped Act, $152,404,000. 
no'e "^^ '^"^ 
OCCUPATIONAL, VOCATIONAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, section 102 
(b) ($20,000,000), parts B and C ($444,682,000), D, F ($32,625,000), 
G ($19,500,000), H ($8,262,000) and I of the Vocational Educational 
Act of 1963, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1241-1391), and the Adult Edu-
cation Act of 1966 (20 U.S.C. ch. 30) ($66,300,000), $614,903,000 „„',°."^^'^°' 
including $16,000,000 for exemplary programs under part D of said 
1963 Act of which 50 per centum shall remain available until expended 
and 50 per centum shall remain available through June 30, 1975, and 
not to exceed $18,000,000 for research and training under part C of 
said 1963 Act: Provided^ That grants to each State under the Adult 
Education Act shall not be less than grants made to such State agen-
cies in fiscal year 1972. 
HIGHER 
EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles I, III, 
IV, section 745 of title VII, parts B and D of title IX, and section 
1203 of the Higher Education Act, as amended, the Emergency Insured ^ ^^^ ^\Qf,\ °°^' 
Student Loan Act of 1969 as amended, section 207 and title VI of ii32c-4, ii34d, 
the National Defense Education Act, as amended, the Mutual Edu- ^^341, ii42b. 
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, section 22 of the Act of note, 
June 29, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 329), section 421 of the General 
20 use 427. 
Education Provisions Act, and Public Law 92-506 of October 19, ^^22 use 2451 
1972, $1,889,414,000, of which $210,300,000 for supplemental educa- note 
tional opportunity grants and amounts reallotted for work-study 
shall remain available through June 30, 1975, $25,000,000 shall be for 
veterans cost-of-instruction payments to institutions of higher educa-
tion, and $500,000,000 shall be for basic opportunity grants (including 
not to exceed $11,500,000 for administrative expenses), of which 
$488,500,000 shall remain available through June 30, 1976, and the 
following amounts shall remain available until expended: $310,000,000 
for subsidies on guaranteed student loans and $31,425,000 for annual 
interest grants for subsidized construction loans: Provided^ That 
amounts for basic opportunity grants shall be available only for full-
time students at institutions of higher education who are not enrolled 
as regular students (as defined by the Commissioner of Education) at 
such institutions prior to April 1,1973. 
LIBRARY 
RESOURCES 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles I 
($46,479,000) and I I I ($2,730,000) of the Library Services and Con-
struction Act (20 U.S.C. ch. 16) ; title II ($95,000,000) of the Elemen- 35^5°''^'' ' ' ' ' 
tary and Secondary Education Act; and title II (except section 231) 
20 use 821. 
and title VI ($12,500,000) of the Higher Education Act; $171,709,000. ^^^^ use 1021, 
EDUCATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, title VIII 
and I X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, section 504 ^H^^^ ^^^' 
20 u s e 1232. 
86 Stat. 907. 
756 
PUBLIC LAW 93-192-DEC. 18, 1973 
[87 STAT. 
($300,000), parts B-1 ($37,500,000), D ($48,660,000), E ($2,100,000), 
^20 use 1091c, 
and F ($11,860,000) of the Education Professions Development Act, 
in9b/1119c. 
part IV of title I I I of the Communications Act of 1934, the Coopera-
47 use 390. 
tive Kesearch Act (except section 4), the Drug Abuse Education Act 
^^20 use 331 
Q^ ^Q^Q^ ^^^ ^^^ Environmental Education Act, $157,170,000 of which 
21'use 1001 
$16,500,000 shall be for educational broadcasting facilities and shall 
"°2o 'use 1531 
remain available until expended. 
note. 
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN 
CURRENCY 
PROGRAM) 
For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Depart-
ment determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United 
States, for necessary expenses of the Office of Education, as authorized 
by law, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropria-
tions to such office, for payments in the foregoing currencies. 
SALARIES AND 
EXPENSES 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the General 
Education Provisions Act, as amended, sections 400(c), 411, 422, and 
86 Stat. 326. 
part D, including rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
i2'2°2,''f2''3i'a''' 
bia, $86,747,000. 
1233. 
STUDENT LOAN INSURANCE 
FUND 
For the Student Loan Insurance Fund authorized by the Higher 
2 0 use 1001 
Education Act of 1965, $57,883,000 to remain available until expended. 
note 
HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES LOAN AND INSURANCE 
FUND 
The Secretary is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, 
within the limits of funds available in the Higher Education Facilities 
Loan and Insurance Fund, and in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitation as 
provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act 
61 Stat. 584. 
(31 TJ.S.C. 849) as may be necessary in carrying out the program set 
forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such fund: Provided, 
That loans may be made during the current fiscal year from the fund 
to the extent that amounts are available from commitments withdrawn 
prior to July 1, 1974, by the Commissioner of Education. 
PAYMENT o r PARTICIPATION SALES INSUFFICIENCIES 
For the payment of such insufficiencies as may be required by the 
trustee on account of outstanding beneficial interests or participations 
in assets of the Office of Education authorized by the Department of 
81 Stat. 3 91. 
Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1968, to be issued 
pursuant to section 302(c) of the Federal National Mortgage Associa-
78 Stat. 800; 
tion Charter Act (12 U.S.C. 1717(c)), $2,948,000, to remain available 
2 Stat. 537, 542. 
.•-, 
j 
j 
\ / / 5 -f 7 
: 
5 
until expended. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION 
NATIONAL I N S T I T U T E OF EDUCATION 
For carrying out section 405 of the General Education Provisions 
20 use 1221 e. 
^ct, and for the necessary expenses of the National Institute of Edu-
cation, including rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
bia, $75,000,000. 
87 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-192-DEC. 18, 1973 
757 
SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICE 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV, VI, X, 
XI, XIV, XVI, and X I X of the Social Security Act, and the Act of 
f e stat. i484. 
July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), $12,853,279,000, of which $50,000,000 eoi, soi, 120;, 
shall be for child welfare services under part B of title IV. 
J^o^' ^^si, issi. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, payments to 
74 stat 308 
States under titles I, IV, VI, X, XIV, XVI, and XIX, respectively, 
24 use 321. 
of the Social Security Act, for any period during the last fifteen days 
"
^
^ ^^^ ^^°* 
of the current fiscal year (except with respect to activities included in 
the appropriation for "Work incentives"); and for making, after April 
30 of the current fiscal year, payments for the first quarter of the next 
succeeding fiscal year; such sums as may be necessary, the obligations 
incurred and the expenditures made thereunder for payments under 
each of such titles to be charged to the subsequent appropriations 
therefor for the current or succeeding fiscal year. 
In the administration of titles I, IV (other than part C thereof) 
VI, X, XIV, XVI, and XIX, respectively, of the Social Security Act, 
payments to a State under any such titles for any quarter in the period 
beginning April 1 of the prior year, and ending June 30 of the current 
year, may be made with respect to a State plan approved under such 
title prior to or during such period, but no such payment shall be made 
. with respect to any plan for any quarter prior to the quarter in which 
such plan was submitted for approval. 
Such amounts as may be necessary from this appropriation shall be 
available for grants to States for any period in the prior fiscal year 
subsequent to March 31 of that year. 
WORK 
INCENTIVES 
For carrying out a work incentive program, as authorized by part 
C of title IV of the Social Security Act, including registration of indi- 
"^^ use eao. 
viduals for such program, and for related child care and other sup-
portive services, as authorized by section 402(a) (19) (G) of the Act, 
"^^ ^^^ ^°2. 
including transfer to the Secretary of Labor, as authorized by section 
431 of the Act, $340,443,000, which shall be the maximum amount avail- 
42 use 631. 
able for transfer to the Secretary of Labor and to which the States may 
become entitled pursuant to section 403(d) of such Act, for these 
"
^
^ "^^ ^°^-
purposes. 
SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION 
SERVICES 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sections 301 and 
303 of the Public Health Service Act, parts B, C, and D of the 242!"^^ ^'^^' 
Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act, 
42 use 2661, 
titles III, IV, V, y i l , and VIII of the Older Americans Act of 1965, ^^J2°usc^302i 
the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act, sections 426, 707, 1110, 3031,3041,304s, 
and 1115 of the Social Security Act, and the International Health ^osi. 
Research Act of 1960, $298,917,000; of which $32,500,000 shall be for go\] 'l!^o^ll[,s. 
grants under part C of the Developmental Disabilities Services and 
22 use'2101 
Facilities Construction Act, to remain available until June 30, 1976, "°*^' 
except that grants made from these funds after June 30, 1974, will 
be for construction only as specified in section 132(a) (3) of such Act; 
'*^ ^^^ ^^^2-
and $4,250,000 shall be for grants under part B of the Developmental 
Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided^ That there may be transferred to this 
appropriation from the appropriation "Mental health" an amount not 
to exceed the sum of the allotment adjustment made by the Secretary 
pursuant to section 202(c) of the Community Mental Health Centers 
A c t . 
42 use 2682.. 
758 
PUBLIC LAW 93-192-DEC. 18, 1973 
[87 STAT. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, necessary for the Social and 
Reliabilitation Service, $72,200,000, together with not to exceed 
$600,000 to be transferred from the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund, and the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, 
86^813^*1484^' 
*
® provided in section 201(g) (1) of the Social Security Act. 
42 u s e 401. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, the 
Federal Disability Insurance, the Federal Hospital Insurance, and 
the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as pro-
vided under sections 217(g), 228(g), 229(b), and 1844 of the Social 
42 use 417, 
Security Act, and sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security 
.«^-,Q 1.0.^ 
Amendments of 1965, $3,110,181,000. 
428,429, 1395w 
42 u s e 426a, 
139Si-l. 
42 u s e 1381. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 
he^lTits ^""^^ 
-^^'^ carrying out title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health and 
83 Stat. 792; 
Safety Act of 1969, including the payment of travel expenses either 
86 Stat. 150, 
Qii an actual cost or commuted basis, to an individual for travel inci-
dent to medical examinations, and to parties, their representatives 
and all reasonably necessary witnesses for travel within the United 
States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, to reconsideration inter-
views and to proceedings 
before 
administrative law judges, 
$967,868,000: Provided, That such amounts as may be agreed upon 
by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Postal 
Service shall be used for payment, in such manner as said parties may 
jointly detei'mine, of postage for the transmission of official mail 
matter by States in connection with the administration of said Act. 
Benefit payments after Apiil 30: For making, after April 30 of the 
current fiscal year, payments to entitled beneficiaries under title IV of 
the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, for the last two 
months of the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary, the 
obligations and expenditures therefor to be charged to the appropria-
tion for the succeeding fiscal year. 
Whenever the Commissioner of Social Security finds it will promote 
the achievement of the provisions of title IV of the Federal Coal Mine 
Health and Safety Act of 1969, qualified persons may be appointed to 
conduct hearings thereunder without meeting the requirements for 
80 Stat. 415. 
administrative law judges appointed under 5 U.S.C. 3105, but such 
appointments shall terminate not later than December 31, 1974: Pro-
vided. That no person shall hold a hearing in any case with which he 
has been concerned previously in the administration of such title. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out section 301 of the Social Security Amendments of 
86 Stat. 1465. 
1972, including payment to the social secm-ity trust funds for adminis-
and note 
trativc expcuses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) (1) of the Social 
Security Act, $2,211,636,000. 
Assistance payments after April 30: For making after April 30 of 
the current fiscal year, payments to entitled beneficiaries under title 
86 Stat. 1465. 
X V I of tlic Social Sccuritv Act and Federal contributions toward 
AO 
TTC/"" 1 '5 Q 1 
*^ 
State supplementation for the last two months of the current fiscal 
year, such sums as may be necessary, the obligations and expenditures 
therefor to be charged to the appropriation for the succeeding fiscal 
vear. 
87 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-192-DEC. 18, 1973 
759 
LIMITATION ON SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not more than $1,887,898,000 may be 
expended as authorized by section 201 (g) (1) of the Social Security 
Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Pro- 
'^9 stat. 338; 
vided, That such amounts as are requii'ed shall be available to pay 42 use*401. * 
travel expenses either on an actual cost or commuted basis, to an 
individual for travel incident to medical examinations, and to parties, 
their representatives and all reasonably necessary witnesses for travel 
within the United States, Puerto Eico, and the Virgin Islands to 
reconsideration interviews and to proceedings before administrative 
law judges under title II and title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 
as amended and section 301 of the Social Security Amendments of ^^g.^^'^ '*°^' 
1972: Provided further, That $25,000,000 of the foregoing amount 
se'stat. ues. 
shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised ^J^yj^ ^^^^ 
Statutes, as amended (31 L'.o.C. 665), only to the extent necessary 
to process workloads not anticipated in the budget estimates and to 
meet mandatory increases in costs of agencies or organizations with 
which agreements have been made to participate in the administra-
tion of section 301 of the Social Security Amendments of 1972, title 
XVIII and section 221 of title IT of the Social Security Act, and after 
maximum absorption of such costs within the remainder of the exist-
ing limitation has been achieved: Provided further, That such amounts 
as may be agreed upon by the Department of Health, Education, and 
Welfare and the United States Postal Service shall be used for 
payment, in such manner as said organizations may jointly determine, 
of postage for the transmission of official mail matter in connection 
witn the administration of the social security program by States 
participating in the program: Prodded 
further^ThfitswQh. 
amounts 
as may be required may be expended for administration within the 
United States of the Social Insurance Program of the United King-
dom, under terms of an agreement wherein similar services will be 
provided by the United Kingdom in that country for administration 
of the social insurance program of the United States. 
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS 
J: "^ ' ' 
' 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOI'SE FOR THE BLIND 
For canning out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20 U.S.C. 
101-105), $1,817,000. 
20 Stat. 468; 
and note. 
42 u s e 421, 
84 Stat. 194. 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 
For carrying out the National Technical Institute for the Deaf Act 
(20 U.S.C. 681, et seq.), $6,487,000, of which $1,400,000 shall be for 
^9 stat. 125. 
construction and shall remain aA'ailable until expended. 
MODEL SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF 
For carrying out the Model Secondary School for the Deaf Act (80 
Stat. 1027),$3,975,000. 
D.e. eode 31. 
GALLAUDET COLLEGE 
^°^^ "°'*' 
For the partial support of Gallaudet College, including repairs and 
improvements as authorized by the Act of June 18,1954 (68 Stat. 265), 
D-C- code 31. 
$10,599,000. 
^025. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For the partial support of Howard L^niversity, $58,784,000. 
760 
PUBLIC LAW 93-192-DEC. 18, 1973 
[87 STAT. 
OrncE O
F CHILD DEVELOPMENT 
CHILD 
DEVELOPMENT 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 426 of the 
II uTn^o^' 
Social Security Act and the Act of April 9, 1912 (42 U.S.C. 191), 
37 staT. 79/737. $434,600,000 including $415,788,000 to carry out Project Head Start, 
as authorized by section 222(a)(1) of the Economic Opportunity 
J'JT'^oT' 
Act of 1964. 
86 Stat. 690. 
^~. 
oi 
42 u s e 2809. 
O F F I C E OF T H E SECRETARY 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Eights, $17,943,000, 
together with not to exceed $1,253,000, to be transferred and expended 
86^813^*1484^' 
^^ authorized by section 201(g) (1) of the Social Security Act from 
42 use 401'. 
any one one or all of the trust funds referred to therein. 
DEPARTMENTAL 
MANAGEMENT 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, necessary for departmental 
management, including hire of six medium sedans, and for carrying 
out sections 222(a) and 232 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 
86^stat^69?^' 
^^^^' ^^ amended (42 U.S.C. 2825), $107,898,000, together with not 
42 use 2809, 
to exceed $7,861,000 to be transferred and expended as authorized 
2825. 
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from any one or 
all of the trust funds referred to therein; and not to exceed $29,000 
to be transferred from "Revolving fund for certification and other 
services," Food and Drug Administration: Provided, That not to 
exceed $10,000,000 may be transferred to this appropriation from 
other appropriations in this title as reimbursement for reductions in 
public affairs activities charged against this appropriation. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Withholding o
f 
SEC. 201. None of the funds appropriated by this title to the Social 
funds, restriction. ^^^ Rehabilitation Service for grants-in-aid of State agencies to 
cover, in whole or in part, the cost of operation of-said agencies, includ-
ing the salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, 
shall be withheld from the said agencies of any States which have 
established by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit 
system and classification and compensation plan covering the selec-
tion, tenure in office, and compensation of their employees, because 
of any disapproval of their personnel or the manner of their selec-
tion by the agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said 
officers or employees. 
tra^°s*frr''*'''''^^^' 
^^^' '^^^' '^^^ Sed'etaiy is authorized to make such transfers of 
motor vehicles, between bureaus and officers, without transfer of funds, 
as may be required in carrying out the operations of the Department. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay 
any recipient of a grant for the conduct of a research project an 
amount equal to as much as the entire cost of such' project. 
Research 
gj^^^ 204. Noue of the funds contained in this Act shall be used for 
any activity the purpose of which is to require any recipient of any 
project grant for research, training, or demonstration made by any 
officer or employee of the Department of Health, Education, and 
Welfare to pay to the United States any portion of any interest or 
other income earned on payments of such grant made before July 1, 
1964; nor shall any of the funds contained in this Act be used for any 
activity the purpose of which is to require payment to the United 
grants. 
subject to audit. 
ton area. 
87 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-192-DEC. 18, 1973 
761 
States of any portion of any interest or other income earned on pay-
ments made before July 1, 1964, to the American Printing House 
for the Blind. 
SEC. 205. Funds appropriated under this title to the American Print- ,„^fi'*"f„^'""^^ 
ing House for the Blind, Howard University, the National Technical 
Institute for the Deaf, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and 
Gallaudet College shall be awarded to these institutions in the form 
of lump-sum grants and expenditures made therefrom shall be subject 
to audit by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. 
SEC. 206. None of the funds contained in this title shall be available 
tiL%^TwIXi^. 
for additional permanent Federal positions m the Washington area 
if the proportion of additional positions in the Washington area in 
relation to the total new positions is allowed to exceed the proportion 
existing at the close of fiscal year 1966. 
SEC. 207. Appropriations in this Act for the Health Services and 
Mental Health Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and 
Office of the Secretary shall be available for expenses for active com-
missioned officers in the Public Health Service Reserve Corps and for 
not to exceed two thousand eight hundred commissioned officers in the 
Regular Corps; expenses incident to the dissemination of health infor-
mation in foreign countries through exhibits and other appropriate 
means; advances of funds for compensation, travel, and subsistence 
expenses (or per diem in lieu thereof) for persons coming from abroad 
to participate in health or scientific activities of the Department pur-
suant to law; expenses of primary and secondary schooling of depend-
ents in foreign countries, of Public Health Service commissioned 
officers stationed in foreign countries, at costs for any given area not 
in excess of those of the Department of Defense for the same area, 
when it is determined by the Secretary that the schools available in 
the locality are unable to provide adequately for the education of such 
dependents, and for the transportation of such dependents between 
such schools and their places of residence when the schools are not 
accessible to such dependents by regular means of transportation; 
rental or lease of living quarters (for periods not exceeding 5 years), 
and provision of heat, fuel, and light, and maintenance, improvement, 
and repair of such quarters, and advance payments therefor, for 
civilian officers and employees of the Public Health Service who are 
United States citizens and who have a permanent station in a foreign 
country; not to exceed $9,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses when specifically approved by the Assistant Secretary for 
Health; purchase, erection, and maintenance of temporary or portable 
structures; and for the payment of compensation to consultants or 
individual scientists appointed for limited periods of time pursuant 
to section 207(f) or section 207(g) of the Public Health Service Act, 
at rates established by the Assistant Secretary for Health, or the Secre-
tary where such action is required by statute, not to exceed the per diem 
rate equivalent to the rate for GS-18. 
SEC. 208. No part of the funds contained in this title may be used 
to force any school or school district which is desegregated as that 
term is defined in title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public 
Law 88-352, to take any action to force the busing of students; to 
force on account of race, creed, or color the abolishment of any school 
so desegregated; or to force the transfer or assignment of any student 
attending any elementary or secondary school so desegregated to 
or from a particular school over the protest of his or her parents or 
parent. 
SEC. 209. No part of the funds contained in this title shall be used 
to force any school or school district which is desegregated as that 
term is defined in title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 
58 Stat. 
, 685; 
70 Stat. 116. 
42 use 209. 
5 u s e 5332 
note. 
Forced 
busing. 
78 Stat. 
42 u s e 
StUd<: 
246,. 
2000 
int 
c. 
762 
PUBLIC LAW 93-192-DEC. 18, 1973 
[87 STAT. 
78 Stat. 246. 
88-352, to take anv action to force the busing of students; to require 
use 2000c. 
^^^ abolishment of any school so desegregated; or to force on account 
of race, creed, or color the transfer of students to or from a particular 
school so desegregated as a condition precedent to obtaining Federal 
funds otherwise available to any State, school district, or school. 
Citation o
f title. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Health, Education, and 
Welfare Appropriation Act, 1974". 
TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 
ACTION 
OPERATING EXPENSES, DOMESTIC PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary for Action to carry out section 637(b) of 
7slta!^666^^' 
^^^^ ^^^^^^ Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)), not otherwise provided 
for; and title VI of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 3044-3044f); $43,004,000. 
PAYMENT TO T H E CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
83 Stat. I l l ; 
Ante, p. 55. 
47 u s e 396. 
To enable the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to 
make payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as author-
ized by section 396(k)(l) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
l^ f
,
^
^
' ^^^- 
amended, for expenses of the Corporation, $45,000,000 to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That in addition, there is appropriated 
in accordance with the authorization contained in section 396 (k) (2) 
of such Act, to remain available mitil expended, amounts equal to the 
amount of total grants, donations, bequests or other contributions 
(including money and the fair market value of any property) from 
non-Federal sources received by the Corporation during the current 
fiscal year, but not to exceed a total of $5,000,000. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES A N D 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Manage-
ment Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 171-180,182), including expenses 
of the Labor-Management Panel and boards of inquiry appointed by 
the President; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $500 
for official reception and representation expenses; and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia; $10,960,000. 
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary exiDenses of the National Commission on Libraries 
and Information Science, established by the Act of July 20, 1970 
84 Stat. 440. 
(Public Law 91-345), $406,000. 
20 u s e 1501 
^ 
/ ' ^ 
J 
. . 
61 Stat. 152. 
note. 
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to 
carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Rela-
61 Stat. 136. 
tions Act, 1947, as amended (29 U.S.C. 141-167), and other laws, 
87 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-192-DEC. 18, 1973 
763 
$55,050,000: Provided^ That no part of this appropriation shall be 
available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or 
used in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders 
concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as 
referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5,1935 (29 U.S.C. 152), 
^i stat. 137. 
and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as 
amended, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938 
^ u'sc'uf' 
(29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition employees engaged 
52 stat. loeo. 
in the maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and 
waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis 
and at least 95 per centum of the water stored or supplied thereby is 
used for farming purposes. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of the 
Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188), including ^g'^J^^^fVi"/' 
emergency boards appointed by the President, $2,867,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $4,890,000. 
OFFICE or 
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 
•? 
ECONOMIC 
O P P O R T U N I T Y 
PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Economic 
Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-452, approved August 20, 
1964), as amended, $346,300,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
^s stat. sos. 
this appropriation shall be available for the purchase and hire of note. 
passenger motor vehicles, and for the construction, alteration, and 
repair of buildings and other facilities, as authorized by section 602 of 
the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964: Provided further, That no part 
"
^
^ use 2942. 
of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for any 
grant until the Director has determined that the grantee is qualified 
to administer the funds and programs involved in the proposed grant: 
Provided further, That all grant agreements shall provide that the 
General Accounting Office shall have access to the records of the 
grantee which bear exclusively upon the Federal grant. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
PAYMENTS FOR MILITARY SERVICE CREDITS 
For payments to the railroad retirement account for military serv-
ice credits under the Railroad Retirement Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 
228C-1), $22,478,000. 
LIMITATION ON SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Railroad Retirement Board, includ-
ing purchase (for replacement only and at a cost not to exceed $4,500) 
of one passenger motor vehicle, $21,330,000, to be derived from the 
railroad retirement accounts: Provided, That $500,000 of the fore-
going amount shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 
54 Stat. 1014. 
764 
PUBLIC LAW 93-192-DEC. 18, 1973 
[87 
STAT. 
of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), only to the extent 
necessary to process workloads not anticipated in the budget esti-
mates and after maximum absorption of the costs of such workloads 
within the remainder of the foregoing limitation has been achieved. 
SOLDIERS' AND AIRMEN'S HOME 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For maintenance and operation of the United States Soldiers' and 
Airmen's Home, to be paid from the Soldiers' Home permanent fund, 
$13,326,000: Provided^ That this appropriation shall not be available 
for the payment of hospitalization of members of the Home in United 
States Army hospitals at rates in excess of those prescribed by the Sec-
retary of the Army, upon recommendation of the Board of Commis-
sioners of the Home and the Surgeon General of the Army. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
Experts and 
consultants. 
80 Stat. 416. 
5 u s e 5332 
note. 
Uniform allow-
ances . 
80 Stat. 508; 
81 Stat. 206. 
Meetings. 
Official recep-
tions. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Funds to cam-
pus disrupters, 
prohibition. 
For construction of buildings and facilities, including plans and 
specifications, and furnishings, to be paid from the Soldiers' and Air-
men's Home permanent fund, $456,000 to remain available until 
expended. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Appropriations contained in this Act, available for salaries 
and expenses, shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiva-
lent to the rate for GS-18. 
SEC. 402. Appropriations contained in this Act available for salaries 
and expenses shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). 
SEC. 403. Appropriations contained in this Act available for salaries 
and expenses shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings 
which are concerned with the functions or activities for which the 
appropriation is made or which will contribute to improved conduct, 
supervision, or management of those functions or activities. 
SEC. 404. The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare are each authorized to make available not to 
exceed $7,500 from funds available for salaries and expenses under 
titles I and II, respectively, for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
SEC. 405. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 406. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used to finance any Civil Service Interagency Board of Examiners. 
SEC. 407. No part of the funds appropriated under this Act shall 
be used to provide a loan, guarantee of a loan, a grant, the salary of 
or any remuneration whatever to any individual applying for admis-
sion, attending, employed by, teaching at, or doing research at an 
institution of higher education who has engaged in conduct on or 
after August 1, 1969, which involves the use of (or the assistance to 
others in the use of) force or the threat of force or the seizure of 
property under the control of an institution of higher education, to 
require or prevent the availability of certain curriculum, or to prevent 
the faculty, administrative officials, or students in such institution from 
engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies at such institution. 
87 
STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-193-DEC. 19, 1973 
765 
SEC. 408. The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare are authorized to transfer unexpended bal-
ances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current 
appropriations provided in this Act: Provided^ That such transferred 
balances are used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of 
time, for which they were originally appropriated. 
SEC. 409. Funds contained in this Act used to pay for contract serv-
ices by profitmaking consultant firms or to support consultant appoint-
ments shall not exceed the fiscal year 1973 level: Promdea, 
That 
obligations made from funds contained in this Act for consultant fees 
and services to any individual or group of consulting firms on any one 
project in excess of $25,000 shall be reported to the Senate and House 
of Representatives at least twice annually. 
SEC. 410. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 
relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the prepa-
ration, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 
radio, television, or film presentation designed to support or defeat 
legislation pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the 
Congress itself. 
This Act may be cited as the "Departments of Labor, and Health, 
Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1974". 
Approved December 18, 1973. 
Tranifer of 
funds. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Funds restr;:c-
tion. 
Short title. 
Public Law 93-193 
AN A C T 
December 19, 1973 
To aineixl I lie Iiiternaficmal Travel Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for 
[s. 1747] 
fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976, and for otlier purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United f^itates of Amenca in Congress asseiribled^ That (a) the first 
sentence of section 6 of the International Travel Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2126) is amended to read as follows: "For purposes of carrying out the 
provisions of this Act, there is authorized to be appropriated an aggre-
gate amount not in excess of (1) $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1974; (2) $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1975; 
and (3) $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1976.". 
(b) In detei-miining whether appropriations for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1974, for carrying out the International Travel Act of 
1961 exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate, any appropriation made to 
carry out such Act for such fiscal year before the date of enactment of 
this Act shall be included. 
SEC. 2. (a) There are hereby transferred to and vested in the Secre-
tary of Commerce all functions, powers, and duties of the Secretary 
of the Interior and other offices and officers of the Department of the 
Interior under the Act of July 19, 1940 (54 Stat. 773; 16 U.S.C. 
18-18d). 
(b) The assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, authoriza-
tions, and allocations, employed, held, used, rising from, available or to 
be made available in connection with the functions, powers, and duties 
transferred by subsection (a) of this section are hereby transferred to 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
Approved December 19, 1973. 
International 
Travel Act of 
1961, amendment. 
84 Stat. 1072. 
75 Stat. 129. 
22 u s e 2121 
note. 
Transfer of 
functions. 
Transfer of 
property.