Joint resolution making appropriations for rehabilitation of flood-stricken areas for the fiscal year 1952, and for other purposes
PL 82-202 (H.J.Res.341), enacted 10/24/1951

65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 202—OCT. 24, 1951 
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case shall any such rate be increased by less than $300 per annum or 
by more than $800 per annum. 
(b) Section 8 (d) of Public Law 293, Seventy-ninth Congress, as 
amended, is amended by striking out "$12,000" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$12,800". 
SEO. 5. (a) The rates of basic compensation provided by sections 
412 and 415 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, are hereby 
increased by 10 per centum, except that in no case shall any such rate be 8
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increased by less than $300 per annum, or by more than $800 per 
annum. 
(b) The Bureau of the Budget and the Civil Service Commission 
are authorized and directed to transmit to the Post Office and Civil 
Service Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives on 
or before April 1, 1952, a report on pay and personnel practices being 
followed in overseas areas by all departments and agencies of the 
Federal Government, including the Foreign Service of the State 
Department. 
SEC. 6. (a) This Act shall become effective as of the first day of 
the first pay period which began after June 30,1951. 
(b) Retroactive compensation or salary shall be paid under this 
Act only in the case of an individual in the service of the United 
States (including service in the Armed Forces of the United States) 
or of the municipal government of the District of Columbia on the 
date of enactment of this Act, except that such retroactive compensa-
tion or salary shall be paid a retired officer or employee for services 
rendered during the period beginning with the first day of the first 
pay period which began after June 30,1951, and ending with the date 
of his retirement. 
Approved October 24, 1951. 
38 U. S. C. § 15g. 
60 Stat. 1003. 
22 U. S. C. §§ 867, 
Report to congres-
sional committees. 
Effective date. 
Retroactive com-
pensation. 
Public Law 202 
CHAPTER 555 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making appropriations for rehabilitation of flood-stricken areas for the fiscal year 
1952, and for other purposes. 
October 24,1951 
[H.J. Res. 341] 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assemhled^ That there is hereby appro- ^^^^^^^^ J^M^**"'*^" 
priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, the following sums: 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUI/FURE 
Conservation and use of agricultural land resources: For an addi-
tional amount, $16,480,000 including the furnishing of services, mate-
rials, and payments for conservation and land restoration measures, 
to enable the Secretary to carry out flood assistance and rehabilitation 
in agricultural areas, damaged by excessive rains, runoff, and flood-
waters, designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as disaster areas 
under Public Law 38, approved April 6, 1949: Provided^ That this 
appropriation may be expended without regard to the adjustments 
required under section 8 (e) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
Allotment Act (16 U. S. C. 590h) and may be distributed among States 
without regard to other provisions of law: Provided further. That the 
administrative expense limitations provided under this appropriation 
item in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952, may 
be increased by not more than $1,780,000, of which not more than 
$180,000 may be made available to State Extension Services to provide 
63 Stat. 43. 
12 U. S. C. §§ 1148a-
1—1148a-3. 
52 Stat. 34. 
Ante, p. 236. 
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PUBLIC LAW 203—OCT. 24, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
63 Stat. 43. 
12 U. S. C. §§ 1148a-
1—1148a-3. 
62 Stat. 1101. 
15 U. S. C.§604(c). 
Post, p. 740. 
Short title. 
assistance through the Cooperative Agricultural Extension Service. 
Soil Conservation Service: For an additional amount for salaries 
and expenses, $1,960,000, for emergency restoration of channel capacity 
in tributary stream channels and waterways, and related measures, 
affecting more than individual farms, in agricultural areas, damaged 
by excessive rains, runoff, and floodwaters, designated by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as disaster areas under Public Law 38, approved April 
6,1949. 
Farmers Home Administration: For an additional amount for the 
Disaster Loan Revolving Fund established under Public Law 38, 
approved April 6,1949, $30,000,000. 
DISASTER RELIEF 
For an additional amount for "Disaster relief", $5,000,000. 
RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION 
Disaster loans: Section 4 (c) of the Reconstruction Finance Cor-
poration Act, as amended, is hereby amended by striking out 
"$40,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$100,000,000": 
Provided, 
That any loan, including renewal or extension thereof, under section 
4 (a) (4) of such Act for acquisition or construction (including 
acquisition of site therefor) of housing for the personal occupancy of 
the applicant, may be made for a period of not to exceed twenty years. 
Administrative expenses: The amount authorized for administrative 
expenses of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as set forth in 
the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952, is hereby increased to 
$17,750,000. 
SEC. 102. This Act may be cited as the "Flood Rehabilitation Act, 
1952". 
Approved October 24, 1951. 
Public Law 203 
CHAPTER 556 
October 24,1951 
[H. R. 4386] 
Civil Functions Ap-
propriation Act, 1952. 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for civil functions administered by the Department of the 
Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hmise of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1952, for civil func-
tions administered by the Department of the Army and for other 
purposes, namely: 
CIVIL FUNCTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF T H E ARMY 
QUARTERMASTER CORPS 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES 
Cemeterial expenses: For maintaining and improving national ceme-
teries, including personal services and fuel for superintendents; pur-
chase of land, as authorized by law; purchase of three passenger motor 
vehicles, of which two shall be for replacement only; maintenance of 
the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, chapel, and grounds in the