An Act to amend section 8(g) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act with respect to assignments
PL 89-742 (H.R.17588), enacted 11/02/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-743-NOV. 2, 1966 
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Public Law 89-742 
A N A C T 
November 2, 1966 
To amend section 8(g) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act 
[H. R. 17588] 
with resi>ect to assignments. 
Be it enacted hy the tSenate and Hou-ne of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 8(g) 
Agriculture 
of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended °Assignment o
f 
(16 U.S.C. 590h(g)), is amended to read as follows: 
payments. 
"(g) A payment which may be made to a farmer under this section, 
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may be assigned, without discount, by him in writing as security for 
cash or advances to finance making a crop, handling or marketing 
an agricultural commodity, or performing a conservation practice. 
Such assignment shall be signed by the farmer and witnessed by a 
member of the county committee or by an employee of such committee, 
except that where the assignee is a bank whose deposits are insured 
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Farmers Home 
Administration, or a production credit association supervised by the 
Farm Credit Administration, such assignment may be witnessed by a 
bonded officer of the lending institution. 
Such assignment shall be 
liled with the county committee. Such assignment shall not be made 
to pay or secure any preexisting indebtedness. This provision shall 
not authorize any suit against or impose any liability upon the Secre-
tary or any disbursing agent if payment to the farmer is made without 
regard to the existence of any such assignment. The Secretary shall 
prescribe such regulations as he determines necessary to carry out the 
l)rovisions of this subsection." 
Approved November 2, 1966. 
Public Law 89-743 
A N A C T 
November 2, 1966 
Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other 
[H. K. 17636] 
activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said Dis-
trict for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and for other purposes. 
F E D E E A L PAYMENT TO DISTEICT OF COLUMBIA 
District of Co-
lumbia Appropria-
t e it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled^ That there are ^
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appropriated for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending u"on"Acr'^r967 
June 30,1967, out of (1) the general fund of the District of Columbia 
(unless otherwise herein specifically provided), hereinafter known as 
the general fund, such fund being composed of the revenues of the 
District of Columbia other than those applied by law to special funds, 
and $50,000,000, which is hereby appropriated for the purpose out of 
D.C. Code 47-
1901 to 47-19 19. 
76 Stat. 18. 
D.C. Code 40-
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any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated 
(to be 
advanced July 1, 1966), (2) the highway fund (when designated as 
payable therefrom), established by law (D.C. Code, title 47, ch. 19), 
including tiie motor vehicle parking account (when designated as 
payable therefrom), established by law (Public Law 87-408), (3) the 
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watcr fuud (wheu designated as payable therefrom), established by 
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to 43-1541, 
pj-iated for the purpose out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated (to be advanced July 1, 1966), (4) the sanitary 
sewage works fund (when designated as payable therefrom), estab-
D^c'?;ie°^43- 
^^^^^^ ^y ^^^ (Public Law 364, 83d Congress), and $1,248,000, which 
1601 to 4°3-!6i8. 
is hereby appropriated for the purpose out of any money in the Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated (to be advanced July 1, 1966), and 
(5) the metropolitan area sanitary sewage works fund (when desig-
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nated as payable therefrom), established by law (Public Law 86-515) ; 
1620 to 4°3-i6 24' 
and there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasurj^^ 
not otherwise appropriated, $37,527,500, which, together with balances 
of previous appropriations for this purpose, shall remain available 
until expended, for loans authorized by the Act of May 18, 1954 (68 
Stat. 101), and the Act of June 6,1958 (72 Stat. 183), as amended (77 
Stat. 130, 79 Stat. 666), to be advanced upon request of the Commis-
sioners to the following funds: general fund, $25,027,500, highway 
fund, $12,000,000 and water fund, $500,000. 
D.C. Code 43-
1601 note, 9-220. 
OPERATING E X P E N S E S 
For expenses necessary for functions under this general head: 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
General operating expenses, plus so much as may be necessaiy to 
compensate the Engineer Commissioner at a rate equal to each civilian 
member of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, 
hereafter in this Act referred to as the Commissioners; $22,663,000, of 
which $425,000 (to remain available until expended) shall be available 
solely for District of Columbia employees' disability compensation and 
$254,300 shall be payable from the highway fund (including $54,300 
from the motor-vehicle parking account), $28,300 from the water 
fund, and $9,100 from the sanitary sewage works fund: 
Provided, 
That the certificate of the Commissioners shall be sufficient voucher 
for the expenditure of $2,500 of this appropriation for such purposes, 
exclusive of ceremony expenses, as they may deem necessary: Provided 
further, That, for the purpose of assessing and reassessing real prop-
erty in the District of Columbia, $5,000 of the appropriation shall be 
available for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 
60 Stat. 810. 
2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but at rates for individuals not in excess of 
$100 per diem: Provided further, That not to exceed $7,500 of this 
appropriation shall be available for test borings and soil investigations: 
Provided further. That the amount of $257,300 appropriated herein 
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for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority shall be 
available only upon the enactment into law of S. 3488. 89th Congress, 
or similar legislation. 
PUBLIC SAFETY 
Public safety, including employment of consulting physicians, 
diagnosticians, and therapists at rates to be fixed by the Commission-
ers; cash gratuities of not to exceed $75 to each released prisoner; 
purchase of one hundred and eighteen passenger motor vehicles (in-
cluding one hundred and eleven for police-type and five for fire-type 
use without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the 
current fiscal year but not in excess of $100 per vehicle for police-type 
and $600 per vehicle for fire-type use above such limitation) of which 
eighty-two are for replacement purposes; $85,885,000, of which 
$214,200 shall be transferred to the judiciary and disbursed by the 
Administi'ative Office of the United States Courts for expenses of the 
Legal Aid Agency for the District of Columbia and $3,969,000 shall 
be payable from the highway fund (including $112,000 from the motor 
vehicle parking account), $3,500 from the water fund, and $3,400 from 
the sanitary sewage works fund: Provided^ That not to exceed $50,000 
of any funds from appropriations available to the District of Colum-
bia may be used to match financial contributions from the Department 
of Defense to the District of Columbia Office of Civil Defense for the 
purchase of civil defense equipment and supplies approved by the De-
partment of Defense, when authorized by the Commissioners: Pro-
vided further^ That the Police Department and Fire Department are 
each authorized to replace not to exceed five passenger carrying ve-
hicles annually whenever the cost of repair to any damaged v^icle 
exceeds three-fourths the cost of the replacement: Provided 
further, 
That not to exceed $15,000 of this appropriation shall be available 
for settlement of claims not in excess of $250 each. 
EDUCATION 
Education, including purchase of four passenger motor vehicles, 
including two for replacement only, the development of national de-
fense education programs, and for matching Federal grants under 
the National Defense Education Act of September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 
1580), as amended, $80,832,000, of which $125,100 shall be payable 
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from the highway fund. 
Section 301, subsection (c) of the Dual Compensation Act (78 Stat. 
488) shall not apply to compensation received by teachers of the public 
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schools of the District of Columbia for employment in a civilian office 
during the period July 1, 1966, to August 27, 1966. 
PARKS AND RECREATION 
Parks and recreation, including the purchase, acquisition, and trans-
portation of specimens for the National Zoological Park, $12,441,000, 
of which $32,000 shall be payable from the highway fund. 
59 Stat. 28 2. 
D.C. Code 32-
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HEALTH AND WELFARE 
Health and welfare, including reimbursement to the United States 
for services rendered to the District of Columbia by Freedmen's Hos-
pital ; and for care and treatment of indigent patients in institutions, 
including those under sectarian control, under contracts to be made 
by the Director of Public Health; $89,042,000: Promded, That the 
inpatient rate and outpatient rate under such contracts, with the 
exception of Children's Hospital, and for services rendered by Freed-
men s Hospital shall not exceed $38 per diem and the outpatient rate 
shall not exceed $6 per visit; the inpatient rate and outpatient rate for 
Children's Hospital shall not exceed $40 per diem and $6.75 per visit; 
and the inpatient rate (excluding the proportionate share for repairs 
and construction) for services rendered by Saint Elizabeths Hospital 
for patient care shall be $12.18 per diem: Prdvided further. That this 
appropriation shall be available for the furnishing of medical assist-
ance to individuals sixty-five years of age or older who are residing 
in the District of Columbia without regard to the requirement of one-
year residence contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1946, under the heading "Operating Expenses, Gallinger Munici-
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p^j Hospital," and this appropriation shall also be available to render 
assistance to such individuals v/ho are temporarily absent from the 
District of Columbia: Provided 
further. 
That the authorization 
included under the heading "Department of Public Health," in the 
74 Stat. 21. 
District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1961, for compensation of 
convalescent patients as an aid to their rehabilitation is hereby 
extended to the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation: Provided 
further^ That this appropriation shall be available for the purchase of 
two passenger motor vehicles and for the treatment, in any institution 
under the jurisdiction of the Board of Commissioners and located 
either within or without the District of Columbia, of individuals found 
by a court to be chronic alcoholics. 
HIGHWAYS AND TRAFFIC 
Highways and traffic, including $79,316 for traffic safety education 
without reference to any other law; $400 for membership in the Amer-
ican Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators and $800 for mem-
bership in the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission; rental of three 
passenger-carrying vehicles for use by the Commissioners; and pur-
chase of thirty-two passenger motor vehicles, including twenty-one for 
replacement only; $15,122,000, of which $10,118,000 shall be payable 
from the highway fund (including $1,088,900 from the motor vehicle 
parking account) : Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 
available for the purchase of driver-training vehicles. 
SANITARY ENGINEERING 
Sanitary engineering, including the purchase of ten passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only, $23,982,500, of which $7,824,900 shall 
be payable from the water fund, $4,657,300 shall be payable from the 
sanitary sewage works fund, and $72,700 shall be payable from the 
metropolitan area sanitary sewage works fund. 
METROPOLITAN POLICE 
ADDITIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES, AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION 
Metropolitan Police (additional municipal services, American 
Legion Convention), including payment at basic salary rates for 
services performed by officers and members of the police and fire 
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departments in excess of the regular tours of duty during the period of 
the American Legion Convention (but not to exceed a total of sixteen 
hours overtime pay to any individual officer or member performing 
services during such period) with such overtime chargeable to this 
appropriation or to the appropriations of the police and fire depart-
ments, $233,000. 
PERSONAL SERVICES, WAGE-BOARD EMPLOYEES 
For pay increases and related retirement costs for wage-board 
employees, to be transferred by the Commissioners of the District of 
Columbia to the appropriations for the fiscal year 1967 from which said 
employees are properly payable, $1,320,000, of which $102,000 shall be 
payable from the highway fund (including $2,000 from the motor 
vehicle parking account), $130,000 from the water fund, $87,000 from 
the sanitary sewage works fund, and $1,000 from the metropolitan 
area sanitary sewage works fund. 
SETTLEMENT 
OF 
CLAIMS 
AND 
SUITS 
For the payment of claims in excess of $250, approved by the 
Commissioners in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 
February 11, 1929, as amended (45 Stat. 1160; 46 Stat. 500; 65 Stat. 
131), $42,100. 
D.C. Code 1-90 2 
to 1-906. 
D.C. Code 43-
1540, 43-1616, 
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST 
For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in com-
pliance with sections 108, 217, and 402 of the Act of May 18, 1954 
(68 Stat. 103, 109, and 110), as amended; section 9 of the Act of 
September 7, 1957 (7l Stat. 619), as amended; section 1 of the Act 7-T3I 
of June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183); and section 4 of the Act of June 12, Jif- code 2-
1960 (74 Stat. 211), including interest as required thereby, $6,077,600, 
D.C. code 9-
of which $2,301,363 shall be payable from the highway fund, $1,302,640 220, 43-1623. 
shall be payable from the water fund, and $455,031 shall be payable 
from the sanitary sewage works fund. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in compli-
ance with section 4 of the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), as 
amended, the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended, the 
Act of May 14, 1948 (62 Stat. 235), and payments under the Act of ^^^'^- ^°^^ '•^-
July 2,1954 (68 Stat. 443); construction projects as authorized by the 
Acts of April 22,1904 (33 Stat. 244), February 16,1942 (56 Stat. 91), 
D.C code 43-
May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 105, 110), June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183), and 
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August 20, 1958 (72 Stat. 686); including acquisition of sites; prep-
aration of plans and specifications for the following buildings and 
facilities: Dunbar Senior High School addition. Ballon Senior High 
School addition, Taft Junior High School addition, new school for 
severely mentally retarded, Shaw Junior High School replacement, 
Ketcham Elementary School addition. Beers Elementary School addi-
tion, Takoma Elementary School replacement, Upshur Swimming 
Pool, Chevy Chase community center, police training facilities, farm 
cottage replacement at the District Training School, new elementary 
school in the vicinity of Lincoln Road and Douglass Street Northeast, 
Payne Elementary School addition, Shepherd Elementary School 
addition, Deal Junior High School addition, Browne Junior High 
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STAT. 
Vouchers. 
Maximum 
amount. 
Automobile 
allowances. 
School addition, Wilson Senior High School addition, Spingarn-
Phelps Stadium, Sharpe Health School addition, public school ware-
house addition, Congress Heights Elementary School replacement, 
new elementary school in the vicinity of Nichols Avenue and Chesa-
peake Street Southwest, Eandle Highlands Elementary School addi-
tion. Northwest Sanitation Garage, and new cottages for low-grade 
residents at the District Training School; for conducting the following 
preliminary surveys: police training facilities, renovation of Dale-
carlia Filter Plant, and ground improvements at the District of 
Columbia Village and Junior Village; erection of the following struc-
tures, including building improvement and alteration and the treat-
ment of grounds: new Woodson Senior High School, new Johnson 
Junior High School, Nalle Elementary School addition, new elemen-
tary school in the vicinity of 11th and Kenyon Streets Northwest, 
Blow-Pierce Elementary Schools replacement, Blair-Ludlow-Taylor 
Elementary Schools replacement, Thomas Elementary School addi-
tion, new elementary school in the vicinity of Texas Avenue and Bums 
Street Southeast, Seaton Elementary School replacement, Emery 
Elementary School replacement, Brent Elementary School replace-
ment, new downtown library. Engine Company Number 15 replace-
ment, shop building at the Cedar Knoll School, Shadd Elementary 
School addition, Garnet-Patterson Junior High School alterations, 
Randall Junior High School addition, Nichols Avenue Elementary 
School replacement, new elementary school in the vicinity of 7th and 
Webster Streets Northwest, Tyler Elementary School addition, and 
renovation of Dalecarlia filter plant; $114,000 for the purchase of 
equipment for new school buildings and $4,527,500 for the purposes of 
the National Capital Transportation Act of 1965; to remain available 
until expended, $66,958,000, of which $11,431,000 shall not become 
available for expenditure until July 1, 1967, $14,859,000 shall be pay-
able from the highway fund, $2,635,000 shall be payable from the 
water fund, and $3,692,000 shall be payable from the sanitary sewage 
works fund, and $3,384,500 shall be available for construction services 
by the Director of Buildings and Grounds or by contract for archi-
tectural engineering services, as may be determined by the Commis-
sioners, and the funds for the use of the Director of Buildings and 
Grounds shall be advanced to the appropriation account, "Construc-
tion services, Department of Buildings and Grounds". 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 2. Except as otherwise provided herein, all vouchers covering 
expenditures of appropriations contained in this Act shall be audited 
before payment by the designated certifying official and the vouchers 
as approved shall be paid by checks issued by the designated disbui*s 
ing official without countersignature. 
SEC. 3. Whenever in this Act an amount is specified within an appro-
priation for particular purposes or object of expenditure, such amount, 
unless otherwise specified, shall be considered as the maximum amount 
which may be expended for said purpose or object rather than an 
amount set apart exclusively therefor. 
SEC. 4. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when author-
ized or approved by the Commissioners, for allowances for privately 
owned automobiles used for the performance of official duties at 8 
cents per mile but not to exceed $25 a month for each automobile, 
unless otherwise therein specifically provided, except that one hun-
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(Ired and sixty^three ( Hfty foi- iiivesti<:at()i-s in the Depaitinent of Pub-
lic Welfare and eighteen for venereal disease investigators in the De-
partment of Public Health) such allowances at not more than $410 
each {)er annum may be authorized or approved by the Commissioners. 
SEC. 5. Ai)propriatioiis in this Act shall be available for expenses 
Travel expenses. 
of travel and for the payment of dues of organizations concerned with 
the work of the District of Columbia government, when authorized 
by the Connnissioners: Pro'vided, That the total expenditures for this 
purpose shall not exceed $65,000. 
SEC. B. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for services as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 IT.S.C^. 55a). 
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SEC. 7. The disbursing officials designated by the Commissioners f
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are authorized to advance to such officials as may be approved by the 
Commissioners such amounts and for such purposes as the Commis-
sioners may determine. 
SEC. 8. Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for or in con- 
Restrictions. 
nection with the preparation, issuance, publication, or enforcement of 
any regulation or order of the Public Service Commission requiring 
the installation of meters in taxicabs, or for or in connection with 
the licensing of any vehicle to be operated as a taxicab except for 
operation in accordance with such system of uniform zones and rates 
and regulations applicable thereto as shall have been prescribed by the 
Public Service Commission. 
SEC. 9. Appropriations in this Act shall not be available for the 
payment of rates for electric current for street lighting in excess of 
2 cents per kilowatt-hour for current consumed. 
SEC. 10. All motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles (includ- 
vehicle use. 
ing watercraft) owned by the District of Columbia shall be operated 
and utilized in conformity with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 77, 78), and shall be under the direction and control 
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of the Commissioners, w^ho may from time to time alter or change the 
assignment for use thereof, or direct the alteration of interchangeable 
use of any of the same by officers .and employees of the District, except 
as otherwise provided in this Act. 
"Official purposes" shall not apply 
to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or in cases of officers 
and employees the character of w^hose duties makes such transporta-
tion necessary, but only as to such latter cases when the same is 
approved by the Commissioners. 
SEC. 11. Appropriations contained in this Act for Highways and 
^"""^ removal. 
Traffic, and Sanitary Engineering shall be available for snow and ice 
control work w^hen ordered by the Commissioners in writing. 
SEO. 12. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, w^hen author- ^^^^^ °^ 
ized by the Commissioners, for the rental of quarters without reference 
to section 6 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1945. 
D^C^'cod^^° 
SEC. 13. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for the fur- 1-243.° 
nishing of uniforms when authorized by the Commissioners. 
SEC. 14. There are hei-eby appropriated from the applicable funds of mintt!""^"' ^ ^^ 
the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making 
refunds and for the payment of judgments which have been entered 
against the government of the District of Columbia, including refunds 
authorized by section 10 of the Act approved April 23, 1924 (43 Stat. 
108) : Provided. That nothing contained in this section shall be con-
strued as modifying or aifecting the provisions of paragraph 3, sub-
section (c) of section 11 of title X I I of the District of Columbia 
Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, as amended. 
D°C.* code"47-
SEC. 15. Except as otherwise provided herein, limitations and legis- issej. 
lative ])rovisions contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation 
D.C. 
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74 Stat. 23. 
Short titlt 
Act, 1961, shall be continued for the fiscal year 1967: Provided, That 
the limitation for "Construction Services, Department of Buildings 
and Grounds" contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1961, shall be increased from 6 to 8 per centum of appropriations 
for construction projects in excess of $500,000 and to 10 per centum of 
appropriations for construction projects under $500,000. 
This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1967." 
Approved November 2, 1966. 
November 2, 1966 
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Military Con-
struction Appro-
priation Act, 1967. 
72 Stat. 1459, 
1460. 
78 Stat. 10 34, 
Public Law 89-744 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1967, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ainerlca in Congress assembled, That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otlier-
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, for mil-
itary construction functions admniistered by the Department of De-
fense, and for other purposes, namely: 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tempo-
rary or permanent public works, military installations, and facilities 
for the Army as currently authorized in military public works or mili-
tary construction Acts, and in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, Ignited 
States Code, $114,014,000, to remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCITON, NAVY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tempo-
rary or peiTnanent public works, naval installations, and facilities for 
the Navy as currently authorized in military public works or military 
construction Acts, in Public Law 88-637j and in sections 2673 and 
2675 of title 10, United States Code, including personnel in the Bureau 
of Yards and Docks and other personal services necessary for the 
purposes of this appropriation, $126,918,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of temj^o-
rary or permanent public works, military installations, and facilities 
for the Air Force as currently authorized in military public works or 
military construction Acts, in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, Ignited 
States Code, $205,495,000, to remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem-
porary or permanent public works, installations and facilities for ac-
tivities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than tl>e 
military departments and the Office of Civil Defense), as currently 
authorized m military public works or military construction Acts, and 
in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, United States Code, $7,547,000,