An Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense and related independent agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes
PL 82-488 (H.R.7391), enacted 07/10/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 4 8 8 - J U L Y 10, 1952 
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Public Law 488 
CHAPTER 630 
AN ACT 
July 10, 1952 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense and related independent 
[H. R. 7391] 
agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, 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 
Department of 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- atlon^Act, ^wTf." 
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1953, for military 
functions administered by the Department of Defense, and related 
independent agencies, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the National 
Security Council, including services as authorized by section 15 of 
the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not in excess of 
so stat. sio. 
$50 per diem for individuals; acceptance and utilization of voluntary 
and uncompensated services; and expenses of attendance at meetings 
concerned with work related to the activity of the Council; $155,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY RESOURCES BOARD 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the National 
Security Resources Board; including services as authorized by section 
15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates for individuals 
60 stat. sio. 
not in excess of $50 per diem and contracts with temporary or part-
time employees may be renewed annually; expenses of attendance at 
meetings of organizations concerned with the work of the National 
Security Resources Board; hire of passenger motor vehicles; reim-
bursement of the General Services Administration for security guard 
services for protection of confidential files; not to exceed $8,000 for 
newspapers and periodicals; and not to exceed $5,000 for emergency 
and extraordinary expenses, to be expended under the direction of 
the Chairman for such purposes as he deems proper, and his deter-
mination thereon shall be final and conclusive; $625,000, to be appor-
tioned for use during the period July 1,1952, to April 30,1953. 
NATIONAL SECURITY TRAINING 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security Training Commis-
sion, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates for individuals not in excess 
so stat. sio. 
of $50 per diem and contracts with temporary or part-time employees 
may be renewed annually; reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the pur-
poses of this appropriation; rental of office space in the District of 
Columbia; and purchase and installation of air-conditioning equip-
ment without regard to the provisions of the Act of October 26, 1942, 
as amended (40 U. S. C. 317); $37,500. 
se stat. 999. 
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY 
FUNCTIONS 
OrncE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 
the Armed Forces Policy Council, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 
Joint Staff, the Munitions Board, and the Research and Development 
Board, including purchase (not to exceed three for replacement only) 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $60,000 for 
emergency and extraordinary expenses, to be expended under the 
direction of the Secretary of Defense for such purposes as he deems 
proper, and his determination thereon shall be final and conclusive; 
$14,000,000. 
CLAIMS 
For payment of claims by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the 
Army (except as provided in appropriations for civil functions ad-
ministered by the Department of the Army), Navy, Marine Corps, and 
59stat 305.225. Air Force, as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 946; 28 U. S. C. 2672; 
57stat.372,66;55 31 U. S. C. 222c, 222e, 223b, 223d, 224d; 35 U. S. C. 91; 39 U. S. C. 
?0M;*3^°stlt ^5f4- 135; 46 U. S. C. 797; Act of November 15, 1945, 59 Stat. 582; Act of 
58 Stat. 726. 
October 20, 1951, 65 Stat. 572) ; claims (not to exceed $1,000 in any 
one case) for damages to or loss of private property incident to the 
operation of Army and Air National Guard camps of instruction, 
either during the stay of units of said organizations at such camps 
or while en route thereto or therefrom; claims, as authorized by law, 
for damage to property of railroads under training contracts; and 
repayment of amounts determined by the Secretary of the Army, the 
Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force, or officers 
designated by them, to have been erroneously collected from military 
and civilian personnel of the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air 
Force or from States, Territories, or the District of Columbia, or 
members of National Guard units thereof; $5,000,000. 
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay and retirement pay, as authorized by law, of 
military personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine 
Corps, and the Air Force, including the reserve components thereof; 
and retainer pay for personnel of the inactive Fleet Reserve; $330,-
000,000: Provided^ That no part of such sum shall be used to pay the 
retired or retirement pay of any commissioned member of the Regu-
lar Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Air Force who is voluntarily 
retired after the date of enactment of this Act, unless such member 
was retired because of (1) being unfit to perform the duties of his office, 
rank, grade, or rating by reason of a physical disability incurred in 
line of duty, or (2) achieving the age at which retirement is required 
by law, or (3) whose application is approved in writing by the Secre-
tary of Defense stating that the retirement is in the best interests of 
the service, or, is required to avoid cases of individual hardship. 
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CONTINGENCIES 
For emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising in the Depart-
ment of Defense, to be expended on the approval or authority of the 
Secretary of Defense and such expenses may be accounted for solely 
on his certificate that the expenditures were necessary for confidential 
military purposes, $25,000,000: Provided, That a report of disburse-
ments under this item of appropriation shall be made quarterly to 
the Appropriations Committees of the Congress. 
Report. 
EMERGENCY FUND 
For transfer by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the 
Bureau of the Budget, to any appropriation for military functions 
under the Department of Defense available for research and develop-
ment, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, 
and for the same time period, as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred, $35,000,000. 
OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Public Information, 
$550,000. 
COURT OF MILITARY APPEALS 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Court of 
Military Appeals, $250,000. 
TITLE I I I 
DEPARTMENT OF T H E ARMY 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, interest on deposits, and 
permanent change of station travel, including transportation of 
dependents and household effects, for members of the Army on active 
duty (except those undergoing reserve training); expenses incident 
to movement of troop detachments, including rental of camp sites 
and procurement of utility and other services; expenses of military 
courts, boards and commissions; expenses of apprehension and deliv-
ery of deserters, prisoners', and soldiers absent without leave, includ-
ing payment of rewards (not to exceed $25 in any one case), and 
costs of confinement of military prisoners in nonmilitary facilities; 
donations of not to exceed $25 to each prisoner upon each release from 
confinement in an Army prison (other than a disciplinary barracks) 
and to each person discharged for fraudulent enlistment; welfare, 
recreation and informational services; educational services for Army 
enlisted personnel; subsistence and clothing for resale, as authorized 
by law; authorized issues of articles to prisoners, other than those in 
disciplinary barracks; civilian clothing, not to exceed $30 in cost, to 
be issued each person upon each release from an Army prison, other 
than a disciplinary barracks; medals and awards; subsistence 
of enlisted personnel, selective service registrants called for induction 
and applicants for enlistment while held under observation, and 
prisoners (except those at disciplinary barracks), or reimbursement 
therefor while such personnel are sick in hospitals; subsistence of 
supernumeraries necessitated by emergent military circumstances; 
and chaplains' activities: $4,410,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$25,000,000 may be transferred to the appropriation "Military Per-
Pay, allowances, 
etc. 
Welfare, recrea-
tion, etc. 
Subsistence. 
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47 Stat. 406. 
Recruiting duty. 
Medical and den-
tal care. 
Prisoners. 
sonnel, Army, 1952": Provided^ That section 212 of the Act of June 30, 
1932 (5 U. S. C. 59a), shall not apply to retired military personnel 
on duty at the United States Soldier's Home: Provided further^ That 
the duties of the librarian at the United States Military Academy 
may be performed by a retired officer detailed on active duty: Pro-
vided further^ That no part of this or any other appropriation in this 
act may be used for pay and allowances of military personnel assigned 
to recruiting duty in excess of 50 per centum of the amount expended 
for such purpose during the fiscal year ending June 30,1952. 
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the mainte-
nance and operation of the Army, including administration and 
rentals at the seat of Government; medical and dental care of person-
nel entitled thereto by law or regulation (including charges of private 
facilities for care of military personnel on duty or leave, except 
elective private treatment), and other measures necessary to protect 
the health of the Army; disposition of remains, including those of 
all Army personnel who die while on active duty; information and 
educational services for the Armed Forces; recruiting expenses; sub-
sistence of prisoners at disciplinary barracks, and of civilian employees 
as authorized by law; expenses of apprehension and delivery of 
prisoners escaped from disciplinary barracks, including payment of 
rewards not exceeding $25 in any one case, and expenses of confine-
ment of such prisoners in nonmilitary facilities; donations of not to 
exceed $25 to each prisoner upon each release from confinement in a 
disciplinary barracks; authorized issues of articles for use of appli-
cants for enlistment and persons in military custody; civilian cloth-
ing, not to exceed $30 in cost, to be issued each person upon each 
release from a disciplinary barracks and to each soldier discharged 
otherwise than honorably, or sentenced by a civil court to confine-
ment in a civil prison, or interned or discharged as an alien enemy; 
transportation services; communications services, including construc-
tion of communication systems; photographic services; maps and 
similar data for military purposes; military surveys and engineering 
planning; alteration, extension, and repair of structures and prop-
erty; acquisition of lands (not exceeding $5,000 for any one parcel), 
easements, rights-of-way, and similar interests in land, and, in 
administering the provisions of 43 U. S. C. 315q, rentals may be paid 
in advance; payment of deficiency judgments and interest thereon 
arising out of condemnation proceedings; utility services for buildings 
32 Stat. 282. 
erected at private cost, as authorized by law (10 U. S. C. 1346), and 
buildings on military reservations authorized by Army regulations to 
be used for a similar purpose; purchase of ambulances; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; contingencies for the Commandant of the 
National War College, to be expended in his discretion (not exceed-
ing $1,000) ; purchase, repair and cleaning of uniforms for guards at 
the National War College; tuition and fees incident to training of 
military and civilian personnel at civilian institutions; maintenance 
and operation of the United States Military Academy, including 
contingencies for the Superintendent (not exceeding$5,200), the Com-
mandant of Cadets (not exceeding $1,200) and the Academic Board 
(not exceeding $1,000), to be expended in their respective discretions, 
expenses of the Board of Visitors, and liquidation of unpaid indebted-
ness of separated cadets to the Treasurer of the Academy; field exer-
cises and maneuvers, including payments in advance for rentals or 
options to rent land; expenses for the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps and other units at educational institutions, as authorized by 
56 Stat. 654. 
N a t i o n a l War 
College. 
U.S. M i l i t a r y 
Academy. 
ROTC. 
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law (10 U. S. C. 381-390; 441-^44; 1180-1182a); exchange fees, and gH.^^^/s^t^a, i9i, 
losses in the accounts of disbursing officers or agents in accordance 96?! 
with law (31 U. S. C. 95a; 50 U. S. C. App. 1705-1707; 61 Stat. 493); 
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expenses of inter-American cooperation, as authorized for the Navy 
by law (5 U. S. C. 421f) for Latin-American cooperation; not to 
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exceed $6,152,000 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be 
expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Army, 
and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confi-
dential military purposes, and his determination shall be final and 
conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government; $4,332,-
400,000: Provided, That no part of this or any other appropriation fo^'^and^ci^wng! 
contained in this Act shall be available for the procurement of any 
article of food, clothing, cotton or wool (whether in the form of 
fiber or yarn or contained in fabrics, materials, or manufactured 
articles) not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United 
States or its possessions, except to the extent that the Secretary of 
the Department concerned shall determine that a satisfactory quality 
and sufficient quantity of any articles of food or clothing or any form 
of cotton or wool grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the 
United States or its possessions cannot be procured as and when 
needed at United States market prices and except procurements by 
vessels in foreign waters and emergency procurements or procure- 
, 
,i. , 
ments of perishable foods by establishments located outside the conti-
nental United States, except the Territories of Hawaii and Alaska, 
for the personnel attached thereto: Provided further, That nothing 
herein shall preclude the procurement of foods manufactured or 
processed in the United States or its possessions. 
PROCUREMENT AND PRODUCTION, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of armament, ammunition, equipment, vehicles, vessels, 
and aircraft for the Army and the Reserve Officers' Training Corps; 
purchase of passenger motor vehicles; expenses which in the discre-
tion of the Secretary of the Army are necessary in f)roviding facilities 
for production of equipment and supplies for national defense pur-
poses, including construction, and the furnishing of Government-
owned facilities and equipment at privately owned plants; and am-
munition for military salutes at institutions to which issue of weapons 
for salutes is authorized; $2,736,000,000 (to remain available until 
expended) : Provided, 
That the unexpended balances of appropria-
tions available under this head for the fiscal year 1952 are hereby 
merged with this appropriation. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY CIVILIAN COMPONENTS 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation and con-
version of facilities for the training and administration of the reserve 
components, including contributions therefor, as authorized by the 
Act of September 11, 1950 (64 Stat. 829), without regard to sections 
lo uic^i339°*46 
1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, and land and interests use 259, 26?'. 
therein may be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
the approval of title by the Attorney General as required by section 
355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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RESERVE PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, transportation, travel 
and related expenses, as authorized by law, for personnel of the Organ-
,^ 
^ , 
ized Reserve Corps while on active duty undergoing Reserve training 
or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and for members of 
the Reserve Officers' Training Corps; subsistence for members of the 
Organized Reserve Corps for drills of eight or more hours duration 
in any one calendar day; $73,000,000. 
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
Training, etc. 
p^j. -pgij^ allowauces, clothiug, subsisteuce, transportation, and 
travel, as authorized by law, for personnel of the Army National 
Guard while undergoing training or while performing drills or equiv-
alent duty; expenses of training, organizing and administering the 
Army National Guard, including maintenance, operation, and altera-
tions to structures and facilities; construction and maintenance of 
buildings and alterations to present structures, other than armories, 
either on Government-owned or state-owned land, or on land made 
available by lease or loan from any political subdivision of a State or 
any tax-supported agency therein, and unexpended funds from "Mili-
65 Stat. 435. 
tary Construction, Army Civilian Components", Public Law 179, 
Eighty-second Congress, to remain available until expended in 
39 Stat. 199. 
accordaucc with provisions of section 67, National Defense Act, and 
49. 
' 
' National Guard regulations, and not made subject to the legal restric-
tions contained in Public Law 783, Eighty-first Congress, for the con-
struction of reserve facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; per-
sonal services in the National Guard Bureau and services of per-
sonnel of the National Guard employed as civilians without regard 
to their military rank, and the number of caretakers authorized to be 
employed under provisions of law (32 U. S. C. 42) may be such as is 
deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Army; subsistence for drills 
Travel expenses. Qf eight or more houTS duration in any one calendar day; travel 
expenses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for Army per-
sonnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, regimental, 
and battalion commanders while inspecting units in compliance with 
National Guard regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, 
National Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army National 
Guard of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, 
as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, modification, mainte-
nance, and issue of supplies and equipment (including aircraft) and 
such property may be furnished from Army stocks without reimburse-
ment, subject to recall for Army requirements; $153,300,000: Pro-
officiai mail. 
mded, That units and headquarters of the National Guard of the 
United States, whether or not they are in the active service of the 
United States, shall have the same privilege of free transmission of 
official mail matter as the Department of Defense. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, ARMY 
For necessary expenses of basic and applied scientific research, eval-
uation, and development, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease 
and operation of facilities and equipment, not otherwise provided for; 
$440,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL B O A R D FOR THE PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE, ARMY 
For necessary expenses of construction, equipment, and mainte-
nance of rifle ranges, the instruction of citizens in marksmanship, and 
promotion of rifle practice, in accordance with the Act of August 29, 
64 Stat. 829. 
50USC 881 note 
39 Stat. 205. 
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1916 (39 Stat. 643), and the provisions of law contained in 10 U. S. C. 
1184^1185 and 32 U. S. C. 181-186, including travel of rifle teams, 
military personnel, and individuals attending regional, national, and 
international competitions, and not to exceed $18,000 for incidental 
expenses of the National Board, $100,000: Provided^ That travel ex- 
Travel expenses, 
penses of civilian members of the National Board shall be paid in ac-
cordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, as 
amended. 
ALASKA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM 
OPERATION A N D MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and im-
provement of the Alaska Communication System, including purchase 
(not to exceed one) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,700,000, 
to remain available until the close of the fiscal year 1954, andj in 
addition, not to exceed 15 per centum of the current fiscal year receipts 
of the Alaska Communication System may be merged with and used 
for the purposes of this appropriation. 
ARMY STOCK FUND 
For additional working capital for the Army Stock Fund, estab-
lished pursuant to section 405 of the National Security Act, as amended 
(5 U. S. C. 172), $70,000,000: Provided, That stocks procured with 
ea^stat. ssj. 
funds appropriated for clothing and equipage during fiscal year 1952 
may be transferred to said fund. 
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TITLE IV 
DEPARTMENT OF T H E NAVY 
MILITARY PERSONAL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, 
clothing, permanent change of station travel (including expenses of 
temporary duty between permanent duty stations), and transportation 
of dependents, as authorized by law, for regular and reserve personnel 
on active duty (except those on active duty while undergoing reserve 
training), $2,485,896,500. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVAL RESERVE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, and travel, as 
authorized by law, for personnel of the Naval Reserve on active duty 
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or 
equivalent duty, $58,348,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, OFFICER CANDIDATES 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, and travel, as authorized 
by law, for officer candidates, including midshipmen at the Naval 
Academy, aviation cadets, regular and contract enrollees in the Naval 
Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and Reserve officer candidates; and 
retainer pay authorized by the Act of August 13, 1946 (34 U. S. C. 
eostat, loeo. 
1020h), to remain available until June 30,1954; $21,074,000. 
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NAVY PERSONNEL, GENERAL EXPENSES 
Training. 
FoF cxpeiises necessary for general training, education and admin-
istration of regular and reserve personnel, including tuition, cash 
^ 
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book allowances of not to exceed $50 for each Naval Aviation College 
program student, and other costs incurred at civilian schools, general 
training aids and devices, procurement of military personnel, and 
authorized annuity premiums and retirement benefits for civilian 
members of teaching staffs; maintenance and operation of Navy train-
ing and personnel facilities, including the Naval Academy, Naval 
Postgraduate School, Naval War College, Naval Home, Navy train-
ing schools and facilities, disciplinary barracks, and retraining com-
mands; rent; hire of motor vehicles; not to exceed $30 per person for 
civilian clothing, including an overcoat when necessary, for enlisted 
personnel discharged otherwise than honorably; welfare and recrea-
tion; medals and other awards; research and development; and 
departmental salaries; $98,590,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
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t 
For pay, allowances, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, 
clothing, permanent change of station travel (including expenses of 
temporary duty between permanent duty stations), and transporta-
; 
tion of dependents, as authorized by law, for regular and reserve 
'.• 
personnel on active duty (except those on active duty while undergoing 
reserve training), $616;884,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, and travel, as 
authorized by law, for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve and the 
Marine Corps platoon leaders class on active duty while undergoing 
reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, 
$16^79,000. 
MARINE CORPS TROOPS AND FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses of troops and facilities of the Marine Corps 
not otherwise provided for, including maintenance and operation of 
equipment and facilities, and procurement of military personnel; 
training and education of regular and reserve personnel, including 
tuition and other costs incurred at civilian schools; welfare and recrea-
tion ; not to exceed $30 per person for civilian clothing, including an 
overcoat when necessary, for enlisted personnel discharged otherwise 
than honorably; research and development; procurement and manu-
facture of ordnance, ammunition, and other military supplies, equip-
ment and clothing; purchase, including one for replacement only, at 
not ta exceed $4,500, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; transpor-
tation of things; industrial mobilization; rent; medals, awards, 
emblems and other insignia; care of the dead; and departmental 
salaries; $860,000,000. 
AIRCRAFT AND FACILITIES 
For expenses necessary for maintenance, operation, and modification 
of aircraft; maintenance, operation, and lease of air stations and 
facilities, testing laboratories, fleet and other aviation activities; pro-
curement of services, supplies, special clothing, tools, materials, and 
equipment, including rescue boats; research and development; indus-
trial mobilization; aerological services, supplies, and equipment for 
the Navy and Marine Corps; and departmental salaries; $963,000,000. 
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CONSTRUCTION OF AIRCRAFT AND RELATED PROCUREMENT 
For construction, procurement, and modernization of aircraft and 
equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; 
expansion of public and not to exceed $100,000,000 for expansion of 
private plants, including the land necessary therefor, without regard 
to section 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, and such land, and 
interests therein, may be acquired and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title by the Attorney General as required 
by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; procurement and 
installation of equipment in public or private plants; and depart-
mental salaries necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, to 
remain available until expended, $3,910,042,000, of which $460,042,000 
is for liquidation of obligations incurred under authority heretofore 
granted to enter into contracts for the foregoing purposes. 
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SHIPS AND FACILITIES 
For expenses necessary for design, maintenance, operation, and 
alteration of vessels; maintenance and operation of facilities; pro-
curement of plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and 
installation thereof in public or private plants; procurement of equip-
ment, supplies, special clothing and services, including subsistence 
and other expenses of civilian crews of vessels; installation, main-
tenance, and removal of ships' ordnance; lease of facilities and docks; 
charter and hire of vessels; relief of vessels in distress; maritime 
salvage services; research and development; industrial mobilization; 
and departmental salaries; $1,200,000,000. 
CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS 
For an additional amount for "Construction of Ships," to remain 
available until expended, $115,133,000, of which $62,860,000 is for 
liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority heretofore 
granted under this head: Promded^ That the total of obligations 
incurred under this head for construction, conversion, or replace-
ment, approved after July 17, 1947, shall not exceed $1,137,561,000. 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or con-
version of vessels as authorized by law, including plant equipment, 
appliances, and machine tools, and installation thereof in public or 
private plants, and departmental salaries necessary for the purposes 
of this appropriation, $511,938,000, to remain available 
until 
expended: Provided^ That the total of obligations incurred for the 
foregoing purposes, including those incurred against reimburse-
ments credited to this appropriation pursuant to section 403 (b) of 
the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949, as amended (22 U. S. C. 
1574 (b)), shall not exceed $2,076,922,000. 
ORDNANCE AND FACILITIES 
For expenses necessary for the production and procurement of 
Navy ordnance and ammunition (except ordnance for new aircraft, 
new ships, and ships authorized for conversion); alteration, preserva-
tion, and handling of ordnance and ammunition; maintenance of 
ordnance (except installation, maintenance, and removal of ships' 
ordnance, and line maintenance of ordnance installed in aircraft); 
maintenance and operation of ordnance facilities; procurement of 
equipment, supplies, special clothing and services; procurement of 
40 u s e 259, 267. 
3 3 u s e 733 and 
note. 
Machine t o o l s , 
etc. 
63 Stat. 717. 
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plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 
thereof in naval or private plants; lease of facilities; research and 
development; industrial mobilization; and departmental salaries; 
$879,000,000. 
ORDNANCE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION 
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For an additional amount for "Ordnance for new construction," to 
remain available until expended, $27,000,000, for liquidation of obliga-
tions incurred pursuant to au<:hority heretofore granted under this 
head. 
ORDNANCE FOR SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION 
For expenses necessary for the construction and procurement of 
armor and armament for vessels provided for in the appropriation 
''Shipbuilding and conversion," including plant equipment, appli-
ances, and machine tools, and installation thereof in public or private 
plants, and departmental salaries necessary for the purposes of this 
appropriation, $58,341,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided^ That the total of obligations incurred under this head includ-
ing those incurred against reimbursements credited to this appropria-
tion pursuant to section 403 (b) of the Mutual Defense Assistance 
63 Stat. 717. 
Act of 1949, as amended (22 U. S. C. 1574 (b)), shall not exceed 
$502,731,000. 
INCREASE AND REPLACEMENT OF NAVAL VESSELS 
CONSTRUCTION AND MACHINERY 
For an additional amount of "Construction and machinery", in-
cluding, during the current fiscal year, personal services in the Bureau 
of Ships necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, $12,500,000. 
ARMOR, ARMAMENT, AND AMMUNITION 
For an additional amount for "Armor, armament, and ammunition," 
including, during the current fiscal year, personal services in the 
Bureau of Ordnance necessary for the purposes of this appropria-
tion, $14,900,000. 
Appropriations under the head "Increase and replacement of naval 
vessels" shall be available for expenditure until June 30, 1953, and 
any unexpended balances remaining on that date shall be disposed 
"i^ijs c °712 a °^ pursuant to the provisions of the "Surplus Fund—Certified Claims 
note. 
* Act of 1949" and the account shall be abolished. 
MEDICAL CARE 
For expenses necessary for maintenance and operation of naval 
hospitals, medical centers, clinics, schools, research facilities, and 
other medical activities; technical medical support of the supply 
system and other naval activities; procurement of ambulances, medical 
and dental supplies, equipment and services; rent; instruction of 
medical personnel in naval hospitals, naval schools, and civilian 
schools; research and development; industrial mobilization; care of 
the dead; and departmental salaries; $106,457,000. 
CIVIL ENGINEERING 
For expenses necessary for maintenance and operation of district 
public works offices, public works centers, construction battalion 
centers, defense housing projects, other civil engineering facilities, 
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and shore activities not otherwise provided for; procurement of 
services, supplies and equipment for the foregoing activities; purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; research and development; 
engineering services; industrial mobilization; and 
departmental 
salaries; $212,800,000. 
FACILITIES 
For expenses necessary for acquisition, construction, and installa-
tion of production facilities and equipment, and test facilities and 
equipment (other than those for research and development), including 
the land necessary therefor, without regard to section 3734, Revised 
Statutes, as amended, and such land, and interests therein, may be 
acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of 
title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended, such amounts as may be determined by the 
Secretary of the Navy, and approved by the Secretary of Defense and 
the Bureau of the Budget, and said amounts shall be derived by 
transfer from any appropriations available to the Department of the 
Navy, during the fiscal year 1953 for procurement of equipment for 
installation or use in private plants: Provided^ That the total amount 
so transferred shall not exceed $50,000,000. 
RESEARCH 
For conduct and encouragement of research and development, not 
otherwise provided for; dissemination of scientific information; 
administration of patents, trade-marks, and copyrights; maintenance 
and operation of research and development facilities; development, 
installation, and maintenance of special devices (including specialized 
housing therefor) ; procurement of supplies, services, and equipment; 
departmental salaries; and other expenses necessary in carrying out 
the Act of August 1, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 475), to remain available until 
expended, $70,000,000. 
SERVICE-WIDE SUPPLY AND FINANCE 
For expenses necessary for maintenance and operation of service-
wide supply and finance activities, including supply depots and 
centers, clothing depots, market and purchasing offices, supply demand 
control points, fleet fueling facilities, overseas air cargo terminals, 
regional accounting and disbursing offices, the material catalog office, 
the cost inspection service, and other service-wide supply and finance 
facilities, as designated by the Secretary; procurement of supplies, 
services, special clothing, and equipment; rent; intra-Navy trans-
portation of things, all transportation of Navy stock fund material, 
and transportation of household effects; research and development; 
industrial mobilization; losses in exchange and in the accounts of dis-
bursing officers, as authorized by law; and departmental salaries; 
$467,634,142. 
SERVICE-WIDE OPERATIONS 
For expenses necessary for maintenance and operation of the Naval 
Observatory, the Hydrographic Office, Service-wide Communications, 
Naval Records Centers, Naval District Headquarters (except training 
offices), River Commands, and other service-wide operations and func-
tions not otherwise provided for; procurement of supplies, services 
and equipment for activities financed hereunder; Latin-American co-
operation ; not to exceed $9,132,000 for emergencies and extraordinary 
expenses, as authorized by section 6 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U. S. C. 419c), to be expended on the approval and authority of 
40 u s e 259, 267. 
33 u s e 733 and 
note. 
60 Stat. 779. 
Supplies. 
I n t r a - N a v y 
trans portation. 
L atin -American 
cooperation. 
60 Stat. 853. 
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the Secretary, and his determination shall be final and conclusive upon 
the accounting officers of the Government; and departmental salaries; 
$115,893,000. 
OPERATION AND CONSERVATION OF NAVAL PETROLEUM KESERVES 
For expenses necessary for exploration, prospecting, conservation, 
development, use, and operation of the naval petroleum reserves, as 
authorized by law, $13,250,000. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVE NUMBERED 4, ALASKA 
For expenses necessary for exploration and prospecting in Naval 
Petroleum Reserve Numbered 4, to remain available until June 30, 
,
^
^ , . , ,,,, ^,- 
1954,$7,500,000. 
TITLE V 
; 
DEPARTMENT OF T H E AIR FORCE 
AIRCRAFT AND RELATED PROCUREMENT 
For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft and 
equipment, armor and armament, spare parts and accessories therefor; 
specialized equipment; expansion of public and private plants. Gov-
ernment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, 
erection of structures, and acquisition of land without regard to section 
1
0 use 1339. 
1136, Revised Statutes, as amended, for the foregoing and other pur-
poses, and such land, and interests therein, may be acquired and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title by the 
33 use 733 and Attomey General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as 
"
*
* *' 
amended; industrial mobilization, including maintenance of reserve 
plants and equipment and procurement planning; and other expenses 
necessary for the foregoing purposes, including rents and transporta-
tion of things; to remain available until expended; $12,685,044,000. 
MAJOR PROCUREMENT OTHER THAN AIRCRAFT 
For procurement of supplies, materials, and equipment, and spare 
parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; electronic and communica-
tion equipment; and the purchase of passenger motor vehicles, $900,-
000,000, to remain available until expended. 
ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF REAL PROPERTY 
For an additional amount for "Acquisition and construction of real 
property," for liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to au-
thority heretofore granted under this heading to enter into contracts, 
$45,334,770, to remain available until expended. 
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION 
For expenses necessary for the maintenance, operation, and adminis-
tration of the activities of the Air Force, including the Air Force 
Reserve and the Air Reserve Officers' Training Corps; maintenance, 
operation, and modification of aircraft; transportation of things; 
rents at the seat of government and elsewhere, and in administering 
56 Stat. 654. 
the provisious of 43 U. S. C. 315q payments of rents may be made in 
advance; repair of facilities; field printing plants; procurement of 
Training and in- ambulauces; hire of passenger motor vehicles; training and instruction 
s rue ion. 
^^ military and civilian personnel of the Air Force, including tuition 
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529 
and related expenses; pay, allowances, and travel expenses of contract 
surgeons; utility services for buildings erected at private cost as 
authorized by law (10 U. S. C. 1346), and buildings on military reser- 
32 stat. 282. 
vations authorized by Air Force regulations to be used for welfare 
and recreational purposes; rental of land or purchase of options to 
Rental o
f land, 
rent land without reference to section 3648, Revised Statutes, as 
3i use S29. 
amended, use or repair of private property, and other necessary 
expenses of combat maneuvers; organizational clothing and equipage; 
payment of exchange fees and exchange losses incurred by Air Force 
disbursing officers or their agents; losses in the accounts of Air Force 
disbursing officers as authorized by law (31 U. S. C. 95a; 50 U. S. C. gf^s^tTt Tga^V-J 
1705-1707; Act of July 26, 1947, Public Law 248) ; burial of the dead stat. 398) 54 stat! 
as authorized by law (10 U. S. C. 916-916d; 5 U. S. C. 103a), including ^'^f 
^ ^g^ ^^ 
remains of personnel of the Air Force of the United States who die i7o5-1709; 31 vie 
while on active duty, travel allowances of attendants accompanying ^^^ "°**" 
remains, and acquisition by lease or otherwise of temporary burial 
sites; conduct of schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, and other instruc-
tional, entertainment, and welfare expenses for enlisted men, not other-
wise provided for; expenses for inter-American cooperation as author-
ized for the Navy by the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 421f), for 
^o stat. sss. 
Latin-American cooperation; payments of deficiency judgments and 
interests thereon arising out of condemnation proceedings heretofore 
instituted; and special services by contract or otherwise; $3,600,000,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, transportation, interest 
on deposits of enlisted personnel, and travel in kind for cadets and 
permanent change of station travel for all other personnel of the Air 
Force of the United States on active duty (other than personnel of 
the reserve components, including the Air National Guard, on active 
duty while undergoing reserve training), including commutation of 
quarters, subsistence supplies for issue as rations to enlisted personnel, 
cloth and materials and clothing for issue and sale, and clothing allow-
ances, as authorized by law; and, in connection with personnel paid trooy^mov^ments!" 
from this appropriation, for rental of camp sites and local procurement 
of utility services and other necessary expenses incident to individual 
or troop movements (including packing and unpacking and trans-
portation of organizational equipment), ice, meals for recruiting 
parties, monetary allowances for liquid coffee for troops when supplied 
cooked or travel rations, altering and fitting clothing, and commuta-
tion of rations, as authorized by law, to enlisted personnel, including 
those sick in hospitals; transportation, as authorized by law, of ofdJife^i'ntre^c"" 
dependents, baggage, and household effects of personnel paid from 
this appropriation; rations for civilian employees when entitled 
thereto, applicants for enlistment, prisoners of war, and general pris-
oners ; subsistence supplies for resale, as authorized by law; commu- raSoni^"*^"°" °^ 
tation of rations, as authorized by regulations, to applicants for 
enlistment, civilian employees entitled to subsistence at public expense, 
and general prisoners, while sick in hospitals; subsistence of super-
numeraries necessitated by emergent military circumstances; issues of 
toilet articles and barbers' and tailors' material to general prisoners 
confined at military posts without pay and allowances, applicants for 
enlistment, and recruits upon first enlistment; civilian clothing and 
Prisoners, 
when necessary an overcoat, the cost of all not to exceed $30, for each 
person upon each release from a military prison, each enlisted man 
discharged otherwise than honorably, each enlisted man convicted by 
, J; , , 
a civil court for an offense resulting in confinement in a civil prison, 
and each enlisted man interned, or discharged without internment as 
, 
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ARO, Inc. 
an alien enemy; expenses of apprehension and delivery of deserters, 
prisoners, and members of the Air Force absent without leave, includ-
ing payment of rewards (not to exceed $25 in any one case) ; confine-
ment of military prisoners in nonmilitary facilities; donations of not 
to exceed $25 to each civilian prisoner upon each release from a mili-
tary prison, to each enlisted man discharged otherwise than honorably 
upon each release from confinement under court-martial sentence, and 
to each person discharged for fraudulent enlistment; expenses of 
courts, boards, and commissions; welfare; and medals and other 
awards; $3,200,000,000. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research and 
development, by contract or otherwise, and transportation of things, 
to remain available until expended, $525,000,000: Provided^ That no 
part of such appropriation shall be used to make any payment to ARO, 
Incorporated, for operation of the Arnold Engineering Development 
Center after March 31, 1953, unless Congress shall have directed 
otherwise. 
39 Stat. 167. 
10 u s e 38. 
39 Stat. 167. 
10 u s e 38. 
64 Stat. 829. 
50 u s e 881 note. 
Supplies, etc. 
Caretakers. 
39 Stat. 205. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, and travel for personnel 
of the Air Force Reserve and the Air Reserve Oificers' Training Corps, 
while on active duty undergoing reserve training or while performing 
drills or equivalent duty, or undergoing training and instruction or on 
duty under section 5, National Defense Act, as authorized by law; and 
the procurement and issue of uniforms to institutions necessary for the 
training of the Air Reserve Officers' Training Corps, as authorized by 
law, $26,196,000, to remain available until June 30,1954. 
AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, transportation (includ-
ing mileage, actual and necessary expenses, or per diem in lieu there-
of), medical and hospital treatment and related expenses, for mem-
bers of the Air National Guard while undergoing Reserve training 
or while performing drills or equivalent duty, including officers on 
duty under section 5, National Defense Act, as authorized by law; 
travel expenses (other than mileage), on the same basis as authorized 
by law for Air National Guard personnel on active Federal duty, of 
Air National Guard commanders while inspecting units in compliance 
with National Guard regulations when specifically authorized by 
the Chief, National Guard Bureau; establishment, maintenance, op-
eration, repair, and other necessary expenses of facilities for the 
training and administration of the Air National Guard, including 
construction of facilities, and additions, extensions, alterations, im-
provements, and rehabilitation of existing facilities, as authorized 
by the Act of September 11, 1950 (Public Law 783) ; maintenance, 
operation, and modification of aircraft; transportation of things; 
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; procurement and 
issue to the Air National Guard of the several States, Territories, 
and the District of Columbia of supplies, materials, and equipment, 
as authorized by law; and expenses incident to the maintenance and 
use of supplies, materials, and equipment, including such as may be 
furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense; $106,000,000: Provided, That the number of care-
takers authorized to be employed under the provisions of l
a
A
V (32 
IT. S. C. 42) may be such as is deemed necessary by the Secretary 
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of the Air Force: Provided further^ That units and headquarters of 
the Air National Guard of the United States, whether or not they are 
in the active service of the United States, shall have the same privilege 
of free transmission of the official mail matter as the Department of 
Defense. 
CONTINGENCIES 
For emergencies and military expenses, to be expended on the 
authority or approval of the Secretary of the Air Force, and such 
expenses may be accounted for solely on his certificate, $30,787,000. 
TITLE VI—GENEKAL PROVISIONS 
Official mail. 
SEC. 601. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretaries of the Air Force, Army, and Navy, respectively, 
if they should deem it advantageous to the national defense, and 
if in their opinions the existing facilities of the Department of 
Defense are inadequate, are authorized to procure services in accord-
ance with section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), 
but at rates for individuals not in excess of $50 per day, and to pay 
in connection therewith travel expenses of individuals, including 
actual transportation and per diem in lieu of subsistence while travel-
ing from their homes or places of business to official duty station 
and return as may be authorized by law: Provided^ That such con-
tracts may be renewed annually. 
SEC. 602. Section 3648, Revised Statutes, shall not apply, in the case 
of payments made from appropriations contained in this Act, (1) 
to payments made in compliance with the laws of foreign countries 
or their ministerial regulations, (2) to payments for rent in such 
countries for such periods as may be necessary to accord with local 
custom, or (3) to payments made for tuition. 
SEC. 603. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law prohibit-
ing the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any person 
not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel of the 
Department of Defense. 
SEC. 604. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act for 
pay and allowances of military personnel shall be used for any other 
purpose, and such amounts as may be required to meet increased costs 
of pay and allowances as authorized by the Act of May 19, 1952 
(Public Law 346) may be transferred from such unobligated bal-
ances of appropriations available to the Department of Defense as 
may be designated by the Secretary of Defense to applicable appro-
priations contained in titles II, III, IV, and V of this Act. 
SEC. 605. The appropriations in this Act otherwise available for 
travel or transportation which are current on date of relief from 
duty station of personnel traveling under orders may be charged with 
all expenses in connection with such travel including transportation 
of dependents and household goods, regardless of time of arrival at 
destination of such personnel. 
SEC. 606. Appropriations contained in this Act available for travel 
shall not be available for expenses incident to attendance at meetings 
of technical, scientific, professional, or other similar organizations 
without the approval of the Secretary of the Department concerned. 
SEC. 607. No part of any money appropriated in this Act shall be 
expended for the payment of any commission on any land purchase 
contract in excess of 2 per centum of the purchase price. 
SEC. 608. Such military and naval personnel as may be detailed for 
duty with agencies not a part of the Department of Defense on a reim-
bursement basis may be employed in addition to the numbers other-
wise authorized and appropriated for. 
Experts or con-
sultants. 
60 Stat. 810. 
A d v a r . c e s 
of 
public moneys. 
31 u s e 529. 
Noncitizens. 
P a y and allow-
a n c e s , m i l itary 
personnel. 
Ante, p. 79. 
Personnel travel-
ing under orders. 
Meetings. 
Land pur c h ase 
contracts. 
P e r s o n n e l de-
t a i l e d 
t o o t h e r 
agencies. 
93300 O - 53 - 37 
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R e clatnation o f 
certain payments. 
A v a l lability of 
appropriations. 
T u i t i o n 
p a y -
m e nt s, etc ., re-
striction. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
G a g e s , 
d i e s , 
jigs, etc. 
Prisoners of war, 
etc. 
R e c e ip ts from 
sales, etc. 
SEC. 609. No collection or reclamation shall be made by the United 
States on account of any money paid to assignees, transferees, or 
allottees, or to others for them, under assignments, transfers, or allot-
ments of pay and allowances made under authority of law where 
liability might exist with respect to such assignments, transfers, or 
allotments or the use of such moneys, because of the death of assignors, 
transferors, or allotters. 
SEC. 610. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
for insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when 
required by laws of such countries; payments in advance of expenses 
determined by the investigating officer to be necessary and in accord 
with local custom for conducting investigations in foreign countries 
incident to matters relating to the activities of the department con-
cerned; reimbursement of General Services Administration for secu-
rity guard services for protection of confidential files; examination of 
estimates of appropriations and Department of Defense activities 
in the field and the use of such appropriations for such purpose shall 
be subject only to regulation by the standing committees concerned; 
and all necessary expenses, at the seat of government of the United 
States of America or elsewhere, in connection with (1) instruction 
and training, including tuition, specifically approved by the Secretary 
of the Department concerned and not otherwise provided for, of 
civilian employees, and (2) communication and other services and 
supplies as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act: 
Provided, That no appropriation contained in this Act, and no funds 
available from prior appropriations to component departments and 
agencies of the Department of Defense, shall be used to pay tuition 
or to make other payments to educational institutions in connection 
with the instruction or training of file clerks, stenographers, and typists 
receiving, or prospective file clerks, stenographers, and typists who 
will receive compensation at a rate below the minimum rate of pay for 
positions allocated to grade GS-5 under the Classification Act of 1949, 
as amended. 
SEC. 611. The appropriations contained in this Act for the Air 
Force, Navy, and for the Army, which are available for the procure-
ment or manufacture of supplies, materials, and equipment of special 
or technical design may be used for the development and procurement 
of gages, dies, jigs, and other special aids and appliances, production 
studies, factory plans, and other production data, including speci-
fications and detailed drawings, and for the purchase of designs, 
processes and manufacturing data, copyrights and letters patent, ap-
plications therefor, and licenses thereunder pertaining to such sup-
plies, equipment, and materials for which the appropriations are 
made. 
SEC. 612. Any appropriation available to the Air Force, Army, or 
the Navy may, under such regulations as the Secretary concerned 
may prescribe, be used for expenses incident to the maintenance, pay, 
and allowances of prisoners of war, other persons in Air Force, Army, 
or Navy custody whose status is determined by the Secretary con-
cerned to be similar to prisoners of war, and persons detained in such 
custody pursuant to Presidential proclamation. 
SEC. 613. During the current fiscal year, without deposit to the 
credit of the Treasurer of the United States and withdrawal on money 
requisitions, receipts of public moneys from sales or other sources by 
officers of the Department of Defense on disbursing duty and charged 
in their official accounts, except receipts to be credited to river and 
harbor and fl^ood-control appropriations, may be used by them as re-
quired for current expenditures, all necessary bookkeeping adjust-
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533 
ments of appropriations, funds, and accounts to be made in the settle-
ment of their disbursing accounts. 
SEC. 614. The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Air 
Force, and the Secretary of the Navy are authorized to expend out of 
the appropriations in this Act available for construction or mainte-
nance such amounts as may be required for minor construction (except 
family quarters), conversion of and extensions to existing structures, 
and improvements, at facilities of the Department concerned, but 
the cost of any project authorized under this section which is not 
otherwise authorized shall not exceed $50,000, except that the limita-
tion on the cost of any such project which is determined by the Sec-
retary of Defense to be urgently required in the interests of national 
defense, shall not exceed $200,000: Provided^ That the cost limitations 
of this section shall not apply to amounts authorized to be expended 
for emergency expenses on the approval of the Secretary concerned: 
Provided further^ That the cost of converting existing structures to 
family quarters pursuant to the authority contained in this section 
shall not exceed $50,000 during the current fiscal year at any single 
facility of the Department concerned. 
SEC. 615, During the current fiscal year, appropriations contained 
in this Act (except those for liquidation of prior contract authoriza-
tions) shall not be obligated for construction of family quarters for 
personnel at a cost per family unit in excess of $14,040 on housing 
units for generals; $12,040 on housing units for majors, lieutenant 
colonels and colonels, or equivalent; $11,040 on housing units for 
second lieutenants, lieutenants, captains, and warrant officers, or 
equivalent; or $10,040 on housing units for enlisted personnel, except 
that when such units are constructed outside the continental United 
States or in Alaska, the average cost per unit of all such units shall 
not exceed $25,850 and in no event shall the individual cost exceed 
$35,000. The last proviso of section 3 of the Act of June 12, 1948 
(Public Law 626), and the last proviso in the next to last paragraph 
of section 3 of the Act of June 16, 1948 (Public Law 653), shall not 
be applicable to appropriations made herein or heretofore to carry 
out such Acts, in cases where the Secretary of the Department con-
cerned determines that the erection of prefabricated family quarters 
will be more advantageous to the United States than multiple type 
dwellings of conventional construction. 
SEC. 616. Appropriations for the Air Force and the Army for the 
current fiscal year shall be available for expenses in connection with 
the administration of occupied areas; for distribution of trophies 
and devices as authorized by law; for actual and necessary expenses 
or per diem in lieu thereof authorized by law; and, except as other-
wise authorized by the Act of September 80, 1950 (Public Law 874), 
for primary and secondary schooling for dependents of military and 
civilian personnel of the Department of Defense residing on military 
installations or stationed in foreign countries in amounts not exceed-
ing an average of $225 per student, when the Secretary of the Depart-
ment concerned finds that schools, if any, available in the locality, 
are unable to provide adequately for the education of such dependents. 
SEC. 617. Appropriations for the Navy for the current fiscal year 
shall be available for expenses including those heretofore incurred 
incident to the operation by the Navy of private plants taken over at 
the direction of the President, and the Secretary of the Navy may 
designate any naval appropriation to be charged with such expenses, 
proper adjustment to be made on the basis of final costs between aippli-
cable appropriations; payment of rewards, as authorized by law, for 
information leading to the discovery of missing naval property or the 
recovery thereof, and except as otherwise authorized by the Act of 
M i nor c ons truc-
tion. 
Cost limitation. 
Emer g e n c y ex-
penses. 
Family quarters. 
62 Stat. 379,462. 
5 u s e 626p and 
note; 34 USC 9 I Ib-
9 lid. 
Schooling for de-
pendents. 
64 Stat. 1100. 
20 USC 236-244. 
Navy. 
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64 Stat. 1100. 
20 u s e 236-244. 
60 Stat. 854. 
Canal Zone. 
Citi z e n ship re-
quirements. 
Panamanian cit-
izens. 
48 u s e 1307 note. 
E mployees with 
15 or more years of 
service. 
Hour s of e m-
p l o y m e n t ; 
p a y 
rates. 
Applicability of 
section. 
S u s p e n s i o n of 
compliance. 
A s s i s t ance to 
A m e r i c a n small 
business. 
C o m m u t e d rs 
tions. 
63 Stat. 802. 
37 u s e 231 note. 
September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874), for contributions for the sup-
port of schools for dependents of military and civilian personnel of 
the Department of Defense as authorized by section 13 of the Act of 
August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 421d). 
SEC. 618. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be used directly or indirectly except for temporary employ-
ment in case of emergency, for the payment of any civilian for services 
rendered by him on the Canal Zone while occupying a skilled, tech-
nical, clerical, administrative, executive, or supervisory position un-
less such person is a citizen of the United States of America or of 
the Republic of Panama: Provided^ however, (1) That, notwith-
standing the provision in the Act approved August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 
1409), limiting employment in the above-mentioned positions to citi-
zens of the United States from and after the date of approval of said 
Act, citizens of Panama may be employed in such positions; (2) that 
at no time shall the number of Panamanian citizens employed in 
the above-mentioned positions exceed the number of citizens of the 
United States so employed, if United States citizens are available 
in continental United States or on the Canal Zone; (3) that nothing 
in this Act shall prohibit the continued employment of any person 
who shall have rendered fifteen or more years of faithful and honor-
able service on the Canal Zone; (4) that in the selection of personnel 
for skilled, technical, administrative, clerical, supervisory, or exec-
utive positions the controlling factors in filling these positions shall 
be efficiency, experience, trainmg, and education; (5) that all citizens 
of Panama and the United States rendering skilled, technical, clerical, 
administrative, executive, or supervisory service on the Canal Zone 
under the terms of this Act (a) shall normally be employed not 
more than forty hours per week, (b) may receive as compensation 
equal rates of pay based upon rates paid for similar employment in 
continental United States plus 25 per centum; (6) this entire sec-
tion shall apply only to persons employed in skilled, technical, cleri-
cal, administrative, executive, or supervisory positions on the Canal 
Zone directly or indirectly by any branch of the United States Gov-
ernment or by any corporation or company whose stock is owned 
wholly or in part by the United States Government: Provided 
further, 
That the President may suspend from time to time in whole or in 
part compliance with this section if he should deem such course 
to be in the public interest. 
SEC. 619. Insofar as practicable, the Secretary of Defense shall 
assist American small business to participate equitably in the furnish-
ing of commodities and services financed with funds appropriated 
under this Act by making available or causing to be made available 
to suppliers in the United States, and particularly to small independ-
ent enterprises, information, as far in advance as possible, with 
respect to purchases proposed to be financed with funds appropriated 
under this Act, and by making available or causing to be made 
available to purchasing and contracting agencies of the Department 
of Defense information as to commodities and services produced and 
furnished by small independent enterprises in the United States, and 
by otherwise helping to give small business an opportunity to par-
ticipate in the furnishing of commodities and services financed with 
funds appropriated by this Act. 
SEC. 620. During the current fiscal year, commuted rations for 
enlisted personnel of the uniformed services (as defined in the Career 
Compensation Act of 1949) on leave, or otherwise authorized to mess 
separately, shall be equivalent to the cost of the ration as determined 
by the Secretary of Defense. 
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SEC. 621. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
for expenses of operation of messes (other than organized messes 
which are financed principally from nonappropriated funds) at which 
meals are sold to officers or civilians except under regulations ap-
proved by the Secretary of Defense, which shall (except under un-
usual or extraordinary circumstances) establish rates for such meals 
sufficient to provide reimbursement of operating expenses and food 
costs to the appropriations concerned: Provided^ That, for the pur-
poses of this section, payments for meals at the rates established 
hereunder may be made in cash or by deductions from the pay of 
civilian employees. 
SEC. 622. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be available until expended unless expressly so provided else-
where in this or some other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 623. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for or on account of the supply or replacement of table 
linen, dishes, glassware, silver, and kitchen utensils for use in the 
residences or quarters of officers on shore (other than for field messes, 
messes temporarily set up on shore for bachelor officers and officers 
attached to seagoing or district defense vessels, to aviation units 
based on seagoing vessels, to the fleet air bases, to the submarine bases, 
or to landing forces and expeditions), except in accordance with 
regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, which shall pro-
vide for uniform practices among all of the services. 
SEC. 624. The provisions of the Act of February 9,1946 (60 Stat. 3), 
shall be applicable to the appropriations of the Army and Air Force 
for military pay for the current fiscal year, upon certification by the 
appropriate agency of the department concerned. 
SEC. 625. Not more than $10,000,000 of the amounts received during 
the current fiscal year by each of the Departments of the Army, Navy, 
and Air Force as proceeds from the sale of scrap or salvage materials, 
shall be available during the current fiscal year for expenses of trans-
portation, demilitarization, and other preparation for sale or salvage 
of military supplies, equipment, and materiel: Provided^ That a report 
of receipts and disbursements under this limitation shall be made 
quarterly to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress. 
SEC. 626. During the current fiscal year, the President may exempt 
appropriations, funds, and contract authorizations, available for mili-
tary functions under the Department of Defense, from the provisions 
of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, 
whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the interest of 
national defense. 
SEC. 627. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
in connection with the operation of commissary stores of the agencies 
of the Department of Defense for the cost of purchase (including 
commercial transportation in the United States to the place of sale but 
excluding all transportation outside the United States) and mainte-
nance of operating equipment and supplies and for the actual or 
estimated cost of utilities as may be furnished by the Government 
and of shrinkage, spoilage, and pilferage of merchandise under the 
control of such commissary stores, except as authorized under regu-
lations promulgated by the Secretaries of the military departments 
concerned, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, which regu-
lations shall provide for reimbursement therefor to the appropriations 
concerned and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall 
provide for the adjustment of the sales prices in such commissary 
stores to the extent necessary to furnish sufficient gross revenue from 
sales of commissary stores to make such reimbursement: Provided^ 
however^ That under such regulations as may be issued pursuant to 
O p e r a t i o n 
of 
messes. 
P a y m e n t s for 
meals. 
A v a l lability of 
ap{X' opr 
iations. 
Tableware, etc., 
in officers' quar-
ters. 
3 I u s e 634a. 
P r o c e e ds from 
sale of scrap. 
Report. 
31 u s e 665. 
e o m m i s s a r y 
stores. 
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[66 S T A T . 
Strikes or over-
throw of Govern-
ment. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
C ontract pro vi-
sion r e g a r d i n g 
grattiities. 
Ceiling on civil-
ian employees. 
this section all utilities may be furnished without cost to the commis-
sary stores outside the continental United States and in Alaska. 
SEC. 628. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a 
strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member 
of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to 
strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, 
or is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of 
the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided., 
That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima 
facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not contrary 
to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against the Gov-
ernment of the United States, is not a member of an organization of 
Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the 
Government of the United States, or that such person does not advo-
cate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the 
overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: 
Provided further^ That any person who engages in a strike against 
the Government of the United States or who is a member of an 
organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike 
against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or 
who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow 
of the Government of the United States by force or violence and 
accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any 
appropriation contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, 
upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned 
for not more than one year, or both: Provided 
further^ That the 
above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution 
for, any other provisions of existing law. 
SEC. 629. No part of any money appropriated in titles II, III, IV, 
or V of this Act shall be expended under any contract (other than a 
contract for personal services) entered into after the enactment of 
this Act unless such contract provides— 
(1) that the Government may, by written notice to the con-
tractor, terminate the right of such contractor to proceed under 
such contract if it is found, after notice and hearing, by the Sec-
retary of the military department with which the contract is 
made, or his designee, that gratuities (in the form of entertain-
ment, gifts, or otherwise) were offered or given by such con-
tractor, or any agent or representative of such contractor, to any 
officer or employee of the Government with a view toward se-
curing a contract or securing favorable treatment with respect 
to the awarding or amending, or the making of any determinations 
with respect to the performing, of such contract: Provided., That 
the existence of the facts upon which such Secretary makes such 
findings shall be in issue and may be reviewed in any competent 
court, 
(2) that in the event any such contract is so terminated the 
Government shall be entitled, (A) to pursue the same remedies 
against the contractor as it could pursue in the event of a breach 
of the contract by the contractor, and (B) as a penalty in ad-
dition to any other damages to which it may be entitled by law, 
to exemplary damages in an amount not less than three nor more 
than ten times (as determined by the Secretary or his designee) 
the costs incurred by any such contractor in providing any such 
gratuities to any such officer or employee. 
SEC. 630. No funds appropriated in titles II, III, IV, and V of 
this Act shall be used for the payment in excess of 500,000 full-time 
graded civilian employees (including (a) the full-time equivalent of 
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part-time employment, (b) persons who are described as "consultants" 
or who are compensated on a "when actually employed" basis if such 
persons are employed on a contract basis or are paid on a per diem 
basis, and (c) persons employed without compensation if they are 
reimbursed for expenses) at any one time during the current fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 631. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for the payment of flight pay to personnel whose actual 
assigned duties do not involve operational or training flights. 
SEC. 632. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for expense of transportation, packing, crating, tempo-
rary storage, drayage, and unpacking of household goods and per-
sonal effects in excess of an average of five thousand pounds net, such 
average to be based upon the total number of shipments authorized 
for permanent change of station during the previous fiscal year but 
not exceeding nine thousand pounds net in any one shipment. 
SEC. 633. Vessels under the jurisdiction of the Department of Com-
merce, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Air Force, 
or the Department of the Navy may be transferred or otherwise made 
available without reimbursement to any of such agencies upon the 
request of the head of one agency and the approval of the agency 
having jurisdiction of the vessels concerned. 
SEC. 634. During the last quarter of the fiscal year 1953, no funds 
appropriated by this Act shall be used for the pay, compensation, or 
allowances of commissioned officer personnel in excess of percentages 
of total average military personnel provided for in this Act during 
such fiscal year 1953 of the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine 
Corps, respectively, set forth in this section as follows: 
Flight pay. 
H o u s e h o l d 
goods. 
Transfer of ves-
sels. 
C o m m i s sioned 
officer personnel. 
Ranks 
General of the Army or Fleet Admiral of the Navy 
General or Admiral 
Lieutenant General or Vice Admiral 
Major General or Rear Admiral... 
Brigadier General or Rear Admiral 
Colonel or Captain of the Navy 
Lieutenant Colonel or Commander 
Major or Lieutenant Commander 
Captain or Lieutenant of the Navy 
Army 
.0003 
.00055 
.00175 
.0111 
.0192 
.335 
.85 
1.16 
2.3 
Air Force 
.0 
.0007 
.0019 
.016 
.022 
.43 
.84 
2.1 
4.0 
N a v y 
.0004 
.0007 
.0029 
.0154 
.0154 
.359 
.85 
1.3000 
2.6597 
Marines 
.0 
.0004 
.0016 
.0095 
.013 
.23 
.5 
1.063 
2.25 
SEC. 635. No funds contained in this Act shall be used for the pur-
pose of entering into contracts containing article 15 of the Standard 
Government Contract until and unless said article is revised and 
amended to provide an appeal by the contractor to the Court of Claims 
within ninety days of the date of decision by the Department con-
cerned, authority for which appeal is hereby granted. 
SEC. 636. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available 
for training in any legal profession nor for the payment of tuition 
for training in such profession in excess of twenty persons per year, 
exclusive of students in ROTC units: Provided^ That nothing con-
tained in this Act shall prohibit persons now attending law courses 
from completing same. 
SEC. 637. Funds provided in this Act for public information and 
public relations shall not exceed $5,554,851. 
SEC. 638. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and for 
the purpose oi achieving an efficient, economical and practical oper-
ation of an integrated supply system designed to meet the needs of 
the military departments without duplicating or overlapping of 
either operations or functions, no officer or agency in or under the 
Department of Defense, after the effective date of this section, shall 
obligate any funds for procurement, production, warehousing, dis-
Contracts. 
Legal training. 
Public relations. 
Supply manage-
ment functions. 
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O b l i g a t i o n of 
funds. 
Tables of organ-
ization and equip-
ment. 
Combat Duty Pay 
Act of 1952. 
tribiition of supplies or equipment or related supply management 
functions, except in accordance with regulations issued by the Sec-
retary of Defense. 
(b) This section shall be effective sixty days after the approval 
of this Act. 
SEC. 639. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act for pro-
curement which are limited for obligation during fiscal year 1953 
shall be obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year at a 
monthly rate more than 126 per centum of the average monthly rate 
of obligation during the first ten months of the year. 
SEC. 640. The Secretary of Defense is hereby directed to submit 
revised tables of organization and tables of equipment of the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps to the Congress, together with 
recommendations for decreasing the number of personnel positions, 
clerical positions, supply positions, and other administrative posi-
tions so that the combat effectiveness of our Armed Forces may be 
improved. 
TITLE VII 
Definitions. 
63 Stat. 802. 
37 u s e 231 note. 
26 u s e 22 note. 
COMBAT DUTY PAT 
SEC. 701. This title may be cited as the "Combat Duty Pay Act of 
1952". 
SEC. 702. As used in this title— 
(a) The terms "uniformed services", "member", "officer", and "sec-
retary" (except as hereinafter specifically provided) shall have the 
meaning prescribed for such terms by section 102 of the Career Com-
pensation Act of 1949, and the terms incentive pay" and "special pay" 
shall mean the pay authorized by section 203, 204, or 205 of such Act. 
(b) The term "member", when used in relation to any combat unit, 
means any member of the uniformed services serving and present with, 
or on board, such unit under competent orders. 
(c) The term "combat unit" means— 
(1) any military unit, not larger than a regiment, while such 
unit is engaged in actual combat on land; or 
(2) any element of, or detail of personnel from, any military 
unit not larger than a regiment, while such element or detail is 
subjected to hostile ground fire in the course of rendering aid or 
assistance (A) directly to a military unit, not larger than a bat-
talion, which is engaged in actual combat on land, or (B) by fire 
to any military unit engaged in actual combat on land; or 
(3) any military unit (not larger than a regiment) engaged in 
any amphibious or airborne operation, while subjected to hostile 
ground fire in the course of rendering aid or assistance, to a mili-
tary unit which is engaged in actual combat on land, by the per-
formance of duties which require its employment at or near a 
beach or airhead; or 
(4) any vessel Avhile subjected to hostile fire or explosion in 
the course of any operation; or 
(5) any aircraft while subjected to hostile fire in the courso 
of any operation. 
(d) the^term "actual combat on land" means direct contact with 
and opposition to a hostile force by any military unit while tuch 
unit is subjected to hostile ground fire. 
(e) the term "military unit" means any unit of any of the uni-
formed services other than a vessel or aircraft. 
(f) the term "Korea" shall mean the geographical area specified 
for income-tax-exemption purposes by Executive Order 10195, ap-
proved December 20, 1950. 
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SEC. 703. Each member and former member of the uniformed 
services shall be entitled to receive combat pay in the amount of $45 
per month for each month beginning after May 31, 1950, for which 
such member was entitled to receive basic pay and during which he 
was a member of a combat unit in Korea on— 
(a) not less than six days of such month; or 
(b) one or more days of such month included within a period 
of not less than six consecutive days on which he was a member 
of a combat unit in Korea, if such period began in the next pre-
ceding month and he is not entitled to receive combat pay under 
this title for such preceding month. 
SEC. 704. Each member and former member of the uniformed serv-
ices shall be entitled to receive combat pay in the amount of $45 per 
month for each month beginning after May 31,1950, for which he was 
entitled to receive basic pay and in which— 
(a) he was killed in action, injured in action, or wounded in 
action while serving as a member of a combat unit in Korea, and 
for not more than three months thereafter during which he was 
hospitalized for the treatment of an injury or wound received in 
action while so serving; or 
(b) he was captured or entered a missing-in-action status while 
serving as a member of a combat unit in Korea, and for not more 
than three months thereafter during which he occupied such 
status. 
SEC. 705. No person shall be entitled to receive for any month— 
(a) more than one combat pay authorized by this title; or 
(b) combat pay under this title in addition to any incentive or 
special pay. 
SEC. 706. (a) The Secretaries of the services concerned are au-
thorized and directed to promulgate regulations for the administra-
tion of this title, which regulations shall be as uniform as practicable, 
and in the case of the military departments shall be subject to the 
approval of the Secretary of Defense. 
(b) Such regulations may include appropriate provisions for the 
withholding of combat pay under section 703 of this title from any 
member or former member of the uniformed services (or any class of 
such persons) for any period during which such person or class of 
persons was not placed in substantial peril by the action of any hostile 
force, as determined in conformity with such regulations. 
SEC. 707. (a) The Secretary of the Service concerned, or such sub-
ordinate as he may specify, may make such determination of fact as 
may be required for the administration of this Act, and any such 
determination shall be final. 
(b) Appropriations currently available for pay and allowances of 
members of the uniformed services shall be available for the payment 
of combat pay under this title for any month prior to the date of 
enactment of this title. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense Appropria-
tion Act, 1953". 
Approved July 10, 1952. 
Entitlement. 
Regulations. 
A v a l lability of 
appropriations. 
Short title. 
Public Law 489 
CHAPTER 631 
AN ACT 
To amend section 508 of title 14, United States Code. 
July 10,1952 
[H.R. 7654] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the analysis of 
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