An Act making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes
PL 84-112 (H.R.5240), enacted 06/30/1955

69 ST AT. I 
PUBLIC LAW 112~JUNE 30, 1955 
Public Law 112 
CHAPTER 244 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, com-
missions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30. 
1956, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Befresentatives 
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 sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, com-
missions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1956, namely : 
TITLE I—INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
199 
June 30, 1955 
[H. R. 5240] 
Independent 
Of-
f i c e s 
Appropri» 
tlon Act, 1956. 
ALEXANDER HAMILTON BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
For an additional amount for "Alexander Hamilton Bicentennial 
Commission", $15,000: Pro^ided^ That said appropriation shall be 
immediately available and remain available until expended. 
CIVIL SERVICE 
COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to 
exceed $29,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; not to exceed $10,000 for medical 
examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee 
basis; travel expenses of examiners acting under the direction of the 
Commission, and expenses of examinations and investigations held in 
Washington and elsewhere; not to exceed $100 for the purchase of 
newspapers and periodicals (excluding scientific, technical, trade or 
traffic periodicals, for official use); payment in advance for library 
membership in societies whose publications are available to members 
only or to members at a price lower than to the general public; not to 
exceed $65,000 for performing the duties imposed upon the Commission 
by the Act of July 19, 1940 (54 Stat. 767); reimbursement of the 
General Services Administration for security guard services for pro-
tection of confidential files; not to exceed $443,000 for expenses of 
travel; and not to exceed $5,000 for actuarial services by contract, 
without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended; 
$16,217,500: Provided, That no details from any executive department 
or independent establishment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere 
to the Commission's central office in Washington or to any of its 
regional offices shall be made during the current fiscal year, but this 
shall not affect the making of details for service as members of the 
boards of examiners outside the immediate offices of the Commission 
in Washington or of the regional directors, nor shall it affect the 
making of details of persons qualified to serve as expert examiners on 
special subjects: Provided further, That the Civil Service Commis-
sion shall have power in case of emergency to transfer or detail any 
of its employees to or from its office or field force. 
No part of the appropriations herein made to the Civil Service 
Commission shall be available for the salaries and expenses of the 
Legal Examining Unit in the Examining and Personnel Utilization 
Division of the Commission, established pursuant to Executive Order 
9358 of July 1, 1943, or for the compensation or expenses of Riiy 
member of a board of examiners (1) who has not made affidavit that 
he has not appeared in any agency proceeding within the preceding 
two years, and will not thereafter while a board member appear in 
60 Stat. 810. 
5 u s e 118i,U8k-
118n. 
41 use S. 
Details. 
Emergency trans-
fer. 
L e g a l Examit> 
ing Unit. 
3 C F R , 
1 9 4 3 
Supp., p. 30. 
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[69 S T A T . 
60 Stat. 237. 
5 u s e 1001. 
O f f i c e r s 
allo-
cating si^ervisory 
positions. 
International or-
ganizations, 
e m -
ployees. 
22 u s e 287 note. 
68 Stat. 278. 
63 Stat. 166. 
5 u s e 835 note. 
62 Stat. 697. 
Annuities. 
58 Stat. 258. 
33 u s e 771-775. 
41 Stat. 614. 
any agency proceeding, as a party, or in belialf of a party to the pro-
ceeding, before an agency in which an applicant is employed who 
has been rated or will be rated by such member; or (2) who, after 
making such affidavit, has rated an applicant who at the time of the 
rating is employed by an agency before which the board member has 
appeared as a party, or in behalf of a party, within the preceding 
two years: Provided, That the definitions of "agency", "agency pro-
ceeding", and "party" in section 2 of the Administrative Procedure 
Act shall apply to these terms as used herein. 
No part of appropriations herein shall be used to pay the compen-
sation of officers and employees of the Civil Service Commission who 
allocate or reallocate supervisory positions in the classified civil serv-
ice solely on the size of the group, section, bureau, or other organiza-
tion unit, or on the number of subordinates supervised. 
References 
to size of the group, section, bureau, or other organization unit or 
the number of subordinates supervised may be given eflfect only to 
the extent warranted by the workload of such organization unit and 
then only in combination with other factors, such as the kind, diffi-
culty, and complexity of work supervised, the degree and scope of 
responsibility delegated to the supervisor, and the kind, degree, and 
value of the supervision actually exercised. 
Investigations of United States citizens for employment by inter-
national organizations: For expenses necessary to carry out the pro-
visions of Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 195B, as amended, 
prescribing procedures for making available to the Secretary General 
of the United Nations, and the executive heads of other international 
organizations, certain information concerning United States citizens 
employed, or being considered for employment by such organizations, 
the unobligated balance of the appropriation granted under this head 
in the "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1955", shall remain 
available until June 30,1956: Provided, That this appropriation shall 
be available for advances or reimbursements to the applicable appro-
priations or funds of the Civil Service Commission and the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred by such agencies under 
said Executive order: Provided further, That members of the Inter-
national Organizations Employees Loyalty Board may be paid actual 
transportation expenses, and per diem in lieu of subsistence author-
ized by the Travel Expense Act of 1949 while traveling on official 
business away from their homes or regular places of business, includ-
ing periods while en route to and from and at the place where their 
services are to be performed: Provided 
further. 
That nothing in 
sections 281 or 283 of title 18, United States Code, or in section 190 
of the Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C. 99) shall be deemed to apply 
to any person because of appointment for part-time or intermittent 
service as a member of the International Organizations Employees 
Ix>yalty Board in the Civil Service Commission as established by 
Executive Order 10422, dated January 9, 1953, as amended. 
Annuities, Panama Canal construction employees and Lighthouse 
Service widows: For payment of annuities authorized by the Act of 
May 29,1944, as amended (48 U. S. C. 1373a), and the Act of August 
19,1950 (64 Stat. 465), $2,170,000. 
Payment to civil-service retirement and disability fund: For financ-
ing the liability of the United States, created by the Act approved 
May 22, 1920, and Acts amendatory thereof (5 U. S. C , ch. 14), 
$233,000,000, which amount shall be placed to the credit of the "civil-
service retirement and disability fund". 
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201 
Not to exceed $80,000 of the funds in the "Employees' Life Insur-
ance Fund" shall be available for reimbursement to the Civil Service 
Commission for administrative expenses incurred by the Commission 
during the current fiscal year in the administration of the Federal 
fuscfVolf^Aote. 
Employees' Group Life Insurance Act. 
F E D E R A L CIVIL DEFENSE 
ADMINISTRATION 
Operations: For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in carrying out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 
1950, as amended (50 U. S. C , App. 2251-2297), including services 
^* ^tat. 1245. 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
55a) ; reimbursement of the Civil Service Commission for full 
field 
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investigations of employees occupying positions of critical importance 
from the standpoint of national security; expenses of attendance at 
meetings concerned with civil defense functions; reimbursement of 
the General Services Administration for security guard services; not 
to exceed $5,000 for the purchase of newspapers, periodicals, and 
teletype news services; and not to exceed $6,000 for emergency and 
extraordinary expenses to be expended under the direction of the 
Administrator for such purposes as he deems proper, and his deter-
mination thereon shall be final and conclusive; $11,300,000. 
Federal contributions: For financial contributions to the States, 
not otherwise provided for, pursuant to subsection (i) of section 201 
of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended, to be equally 2281. "^ ^ ^^^' 
matched with State funds, $12,400,000, to remain available until 
June 30,1957. 
P^mergency supplies and equipment: For procurement of reserve 
' 
stocks of emergency civil defense materials as authorized by subsection 
(h) of section 201 of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as ^2%^^ " s c app. 
amended, and for procurement of radiological instruments and detec-
tion devices by the Federal Civil Defense Administrator and for dis-
tribution of such instruments and devices to the several States, the 
District of Columbia, and the Territories and possessions of the United 
States, by loan or grant, for training and educational purposes, under 
such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall prescribe, 
$32,650,000. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO T H E 
PRESIDENT 
DISASTER RELIEF 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act of 
September 30,1950 (Public Law 875), as amended, authorizing assist- 
f\^u*sc"i°85s-
ance to States and local governments in major disasters, $3,500,000, isssg. 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That not exceeding 
2 per centum of the foregoing amount shall be available for adminis-
trative expenses. 
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses in performing the 
duties of the Commission as authorized by law, including newspapers 
(not to exceed $175), land and structures (not to exceed $11,500), 
special counsel fees, improvement and care of grounds and repairs 
to buildings (not to exceed $16,000), services as authorized by section 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), purchase of not to 
so stat. sio. 
exceed four passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only, in the 
event adequate vehicles cannot be obtained by transfer from other 
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[69 STAT. 
departments or agencies, and not to exceed $65,000 for expenses of 
travel, $6,870,000, of which $80,000 shall be available for such expenses 
as are necessary to make a study of radio and television network 
.; ;, . 
broadcasting. 
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the work of the 
Commission, as authorized by law, including not to exceed $250,000 
for expenses of travel; purchase (one for replacement only) and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $500 for newspapers; 
$4,650,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for special 
counsel and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
60 Stat. 810. 
j^94g (5 u g Q 55a) ^ ^,y^ at rates not exceeding $50 per diem for 
individuals: Provided, 
That of this appropriation not to exceed 
$600,000 shall be available for surveys and studies (including publi-
cations and maps) relating to the electric power industry and for 
furnishing assistance and information relating to regulation and sur-
veys thereof; not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for surveys and 
studies (including publications and maps) relating to the natural gas 
industry and for furnishing assistance and information relating to 
regulation and surveys thereof; and not to exceed $200,000 shall be 
available for investigations relating to Federal river development 
projects. 
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade 
Commission, including not to exceed $500 for newspapers, services as 
60 Stat. 810. 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), 
.. 
and not to exceed $160,000 for expenses of travel, $4,262,500: Provided, 
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, 
That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be expended upon 
any investigation hereafter provided by concurrent resolution of the 
Congress until funds are appropriated subsequently to the enactment 
of such resolution to finance the cost of such investigation: Provided 
further, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be avail-
able for a statistical analysis of the consumer's dollar. 
GENERAL 
ACCOUNTING 
OFFICE 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the General 
Accounting Office, including newspapers and periodicals (not exceed-
ing $500), and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $31,981,000. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
infs^seUice^""'*" 
Operating expenses, Public Buildings Service: For 
necessary 
expenses of real property management and related activities as pro-
vided by law; repair and improvement of public buildings and 
grounds in the District of Columbia and area adjacent thereto, under 
the control of the General Services Administration; repair and 
improvement of buildings operated by the Treasury and Post Office 
Departments in the District of Columbia; furnishings and equipment; 
rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased 
premises; moving Government agencies (including space adjust-
ments) in connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of 
r.i» 5
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building space; demolition of buildings; acquisition by purchase or 
otherwise and disposal by sale or otherwise of real estate and interests 
therein; and not to exceed $163,500 for expenses of travel; $97,595,500: 
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203 
Provided^ That of the foregoing amount $7,000,000 shall be available 
for repair and improvement of buildings in the District of Columbia 
and area adjacent thereto: Provided 
further^ That the foregoing 
appropriation shall not be available to effect the moving of Govern-
ment agencies from the District of Columbia into buildings acquired 
to accomplish the dispersal of departmental functions of the executive 
establishment into areas outside of but accessible to the District of 
Columbia. 
Emergency operating expenses: For necessary emergency expenses 
of the General Services Administration not otherwise provided for, 
for operation, maintenance, protection, repair, alterations, and im-
provements of public buildings and grounds (including furnishings 
and equipment) to the extent that such buildings and grounds are 
under the control of the General Services Administration for such 
purposes as are provided for in Public Law 152, Eighty-first Congress, 
as amended; rental of buildings or parts thereof in the District of 
Columbia and elsewhere, including repairs, alterations, and improve-
ments necessary for proper use by the Government, without regard 
to section 322 of the Act of June 30, 1932, as amended (40 U. S. C. 
278a); restoration of leased premises; moving Government agencies 
in connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of building 
space; and not to exceed $13,400 for expenses of travel; $11,600,000: 
Provided^ That of this amount, such sums as may be determined by the 
General Services Administrator to be necessary may be paid into other 
appropriations of the General Services Administration only for pur-
poses of accounting: Provided further^ That no part of this appro-
priation shall be available to effect the moving of Government agencies 
from the District of Columbia to accomplish the dispersal of depart-
mental functions. 
Repair, improvement, and equipment of federally owned buildings 
outside the District of Columbia: For expenses necessary for the 
repair, alteration, preservation, renovation, improvement, equipment, 
and demolition of federally owned buildings outside the District of 
Columbia, not otherwise provided for, including grounds, approaches 
and appurtenances, wharves and piers, together with the necessary 
dredging adjacent thereto; acquisition of land as authorized by title 
I I I of the Act of June 16,1949 (40 U. S. C. 297); not to exceed $145,000 
for expenses of travel; and care and safeguarding of sites acquired for 
Federal buildings; $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
Operating expenses. Federal Supply Service: For 
necessary 
expenses of personal property management and related activities as 
provided by law; including not to exceed $300 for the purchase of 
newspapers and periodicals; and not to exceed $58,750 for expenses 
of travel; $3,005,000: Provided^ That no functions budgeted under 
this appropriation shall be transferred to or financed from any other 
appropriation or fund. 
Expenses, general supply fund: For expenses necessary for opera-
tion of the general supply fund (except those authorized by law to 
be charged to said fund), including contractual services incident to 
receiving, handling, and shipping warehouse items; not to exceed 
$250 for purchase of newspapers and periodicals; and not to exceed 
$85,400 for expenses of travel; $12,000,000: Provided, That funds 
available to the General Services Administration for the current fiscal 
year shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles: Pro-
vided further, That no functions budgeted under this appropriation 
shall be transferred to or financed from any other appropriation or 
fund. 
Dispersal of dc" 
partmental func'-
tions. 
63 Stat. 377. 
40 u s e 471 note. 
47 Stat. 412. 
Dispersal of de-
partmental 
func> 
tions. 
63 Stat. 198. 
4 0 u s e 
29 7, 
297a. 
Federal S u p p l y 
Service. 
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[69 STAT. 
Leased warehouse space temporarily in excess of operating require-
ments may be subleased to commercial organizations and the proceeds 
credited to the fund from which rental payments are made during 
fiscal year 1956. 
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Operating expenses, National Archives and Records Service: For 
necessary expenses in connection with Federal records management 
and related activities as provided by law; and not to exceed $30,750 
for expenses of travel; $5,550,000. 
Administrative operations: For necessary expenses of executive 
direction for activities under the control of the General Services 
Administration, of administrative operations for activities under 
regular appropriations for "Operating expenses", and of processing 
and determining renegotiation rebates; including not to exceed 
$63,600 for expenses of travel: and not to exceed $250 for purchase of 
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newspapers and periodicals; $4,125,000: Provided^ That no functions 
budgeted under this appropriation shall be transferred to or financed 
from any other appropriation or fund. 
Refunds under Renegotiation Act: For refunds under section 201 
lo^ifs c^'app. (^) ®^ t^^ Renegotiation Act of 1951, the unobligated balance of the 
1231. 
appropriations granted under this head for the fiscal years 1952,1953, 
and 1954, shall remain available until expended: Provided^ That to 
the extent refunds are made from this appropriation of excessive 
5o^usc**app, profits collected under the Renegotiation Act and retained by the 
1191. 
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, or its successors, or any of its 
subsidiaries, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, or its succes-
sors, or the appropriate subsidiary shall reimburse this appropriation. 
Strategic and critical materials: For necessary expenses in carrying 
50 use* 98 note, out the provisious of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling 
Act of July 23, 1946, including services as authorized by section 15 of 
60 Stat. 810. 
^j^g ^^^ of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), not to exceed $4,000,000 
for operating expenses, and not to exceed $137,000 of such funds for 
expenses of travel, $521,500,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided^ That any funds received as proceeds from sale or other 
disposition of materials on account of the rotation of stocks under said 
Act shall be deposited to the credit, and be available for expenditure 
for the purposes, of this appropriation: Providedj further^ 
That 
during the current fiscal year, there shall be no limitation on the value 
of surplus strategic and critical materials which, in accordance with 
60 Stat. 598. 
subscctiou 6 (a) of the Act of July 23, 1946 (50 U. S. C. 98e (a)), 
may be transferred to stockpiles established in accordance with said 
Act: Provided further^ That no part of funds available shall be used 
for construction of warehouses or tank storage facilities. 
Strategic and critical materials (liquidation of contract authori-
zation) : For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority 
heretofore granted under this head, to enter into contracts for the 
purpose of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act of 
sS use'IInote. ^^^^^ 2^' 1^^^' $27,400,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided^ That this amount may be disbursed through the appro-
priation "Strategic and critical materials" but shall be accounted 
tor separately therein. 
Hospital facilities in the District of Columbia: For an additional 
amount for expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the 
Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended (65 Stat. 657), 
authorizing the establishment of a hospital center in the District of 
Columbia, including grants to private agencies for hospital facilities 
in said District, $1,610,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided^ That the limitation under this head in the Act of July 15, 
1952 (66 Stat. 644), as amended, on the total amount to be provided 
for completion of grant projects, is increased from "$11,400,000" to 
"$13,010,000" 
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205 
Hospital facilities in the District of Columbia (liquidation of con-
tract authorization) : For payment of obligations incurred pursuant 
to authority provided under the head "Hospital Center, District of 
Columbia", in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, to 
enter into contracts for construction, $9,700,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided^ That this amount may be disbursed 
through tlie approjjriation "Hospital facilities in the District of 
Columbia", but shall be accounted for separately therein. 
Imited States Post Office and Courthouse, Nome, Alaska: For 
construction of a building in Nome, Alaska, for use as a United 
Stafes Post Office and Courthouse, pursuant to the provisions of 
the Public Buildings Act of May 25, 1926, as amended (40 U. S. C. 
341), $1,100,000, to remain available until expended. 
The appropriate foregoing appropriation to the General Services 
Administration shall be credited with (1) cost of maintenance, up-
keep, and repair included as part of rentals received from Govern-
ment corporations pursuant to law (40 U. S. C. 129) ; (2) reimburse-
ments for services performed in respect to bonds and other obliga-
tions under the jurisdiction of the General Services Administration, 
issued by public authorities. States, or other public bodies, and such 
services in respect to such bonds or obligations as the Administrator 
deems necessary and in the public interest may, upon the request and 
at the expense of the issuing agencies, be provided from the appro-
priate foregoing appropriation; and (3) appropriations or funds 
available to other agencies, and transferred to the General Services 
Administration, in connection with property transferred to the Gen-
eral Services Administration ])ursuant to the Act of July 2, 1948 
(50 TJ. S. C. 451 ff), and such appropriations or funds may, with 
the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, be so transferred. 
During the current fiscal year, no part of any money appropriated 
in this or any other Act shall be used during any quarter of such 
fiscal year to purchase within the continental limits of the United 
States typewriting machines (except bookkeeping and billing ma-
chines) at a price which exceeds 90 per centum of the lowest net 
cash price, plus applicable Federal excise taxes, accorded the most-
favored customer (other than the Government, the American Na-
tional Red Cross, and the purchasers of typewriting machines for 
educational purposes only) of the manufacturer of such machines 
during the six-month period immediately preceding such quarter: 
Provided^ That the purchase, utilization, and disposal of typewriting 
machines shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of 
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended. 
The aggregate of annual payments for amortization of principal 
and interest thereon required by all purchase contracts entered into 
during the fiscal year 1956 pursuant to the Public Buildings Act of 
1949 (63 Stat. 176), as amended by the Public Buildings Purchase 
Contract Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 518), shall not exceed the unused 
portion of the $5,000,000 limitation applicable prior to July 1, 1955, 
under section 411 (a) of the said Public Buildings Act of 1949, as 
amended. 
The unobligated balances of the funds made available by section 
1 (a) of the Act of June 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 257), the Second Supple-
mental Appropriation Act, 1950, and the General Appropriation Act, 
1951, for the acquisition of sites and the preparation of drawings and 
specifications for Federal public building projects outside the District 
of Columbia, as authorized by title I of the Act of June 16, 1949 (63 
Stat. 176), as amended, and by the Act of May 25,1926 (44 Stat. 630), 
as amended, shall be available also for expenses of preparation of 
62 Stat. 184. 
Nome, Alaska. 
Post Office and 
Courthouse. 
44 Stat. 630. 
61 Stat. 584. 
62 Stat. 1225. 
50 u s e 451 note. 
Typewriting ma-
chines. 
63 Stat. 377. 
40 u s e 471 note. 
40 u s e 352 note. 
40 u s e 356 note. 
68 Stat. 518. 
40 u s e 356. 
63 Stat. 973; 64 
Stat. 704. 
40 u s e 352-354. 
40 u s e 341-347. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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[69 STAT. 
drawings and specifications, by contract or otherwise, acquisition of 
sites where not otherwise provided for, including soil investigations 
and tests, and administrative expenses, for carrying out the purposes 
40 use*35"note. »* ^he Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (Public Law 
519, Eighty-third Congress), approved July 22,1954. 
Abaca fiber program: Not to exceed $117,500 of funds available to 
the General Services Administration for the abaca fiber program shall 
be available for administrative expenses incident to the abaca fiber 
f 
program, to be computed on an accrual basis, and to be exclusive of 
the interest paid, depreciation, capitalized expenditures, expenses in 
connection with the acfjuisition, protection, operation, maintenance, 
.ei;?*, . 
improvement, or disposition of real or personal property relating to 
the abaca fiber program, and expenses of services performed on a 
contract or fee basis in connection with the performance of legal 
services. 
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HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Office of the 
Administrator, including rent in the District of Columbia; purchase of 
not to exceed twenty-three passenger motor vehicles, of which twelve 
shall be for replacement only; services as authorized by section 15 
of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; not to exceed $263,700 
for expenses of travel; expenses of attendance at meetings of organ-
izations concerned with the work of the agency; and the salary of a 
general counsel, but not in addition to staff otherwise authorized, 
which shall hereafter be at the salary rate of grade GS-18 so long 
^ ^ ,j^.. 
as such position is occupied by the present incumbent; $5,000,000: 
Provided^ That necessary expenses of inspections and of providing 
representatives at the site of projects being planned or undertaken by 
4 2^u*s'c*Y4 5 1- ^^^^^ public agencies pursuant to title I of the Housing Act of 1949, 
1460. 
' as amended, projects financed through loans to educational institu-
W^tc^TAg- 
tions authorized by title IV of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended, 
1749c. 
and projects and facilities financed by loans to public agencies pur-
suant to section 108 of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation 
67 Stat. 231. 
Liquidation Act, as amended (40 U. S, C. 459), shall be compensated 
by such agencies or institutions by the payment of fixed fees which 
in the aggregate will cover the costs of rendering such services, and 
expenses for such purpose shall be considered nonadministrative; and 
for the purpose of providing such inspections, the Administrator may 
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utilize any agency and such agency may accept reimbursement or pay-
ment for such services from such institutions or the Administrator, 
and shall credit such amounts to the appropriations or funds against 
which such charges have been made, but such nonadministrative 
expenses shall not exceed $700,000. 
Reserve of planned public works: For an additional amount for 
advances to public agencies and for surveys to carry out the purposes 
68 sm. 64U 
of section 702 of the Housing Act of 1954, $3,000,000. 
Urban planning grants: For an additional amount for grants to 
State, regional, and metropolitan area planning bodies in accordance 
f 
8 Stat. 640. 
-vvith the provisions of section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954, 
40 use 461. 
$2,000,000. 
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Capital grants for slum clearance and urban renewal: For an addi-
tional amount for payment of capital grants as authorized by title I 
63 Stat. 416. 
^f thc Housiug Act of 1949, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1453, 1456), 
$50,000,000. 
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207 
PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
Administrative expenses: For administrative expenses of the Public 
Housing Administration, $8,200,000, to be merged with and expended 
under the authorization for such expenses contained in title I I of 
this Act. 
Annual contributions: For the payment of annual contributions 
to public housing agencies in accordance with section 10 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1410), 
so stat. 89i. 
$81,750,000. 
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION 
General expenses: For necessary expenses of the Interstate Com- 
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merce Commission not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed 
$5,000 for employment of special counsel; services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates 
6o stat. sio. 
not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; newspapers (not to exceed 
$200) ; purchase of not to exceed forty passenger motor vehicles, of 
which twenty shall be for replacement only; and not to exceed $330,000 
for expenses of travel; $10,437,000, of which $125,000 shall be avail- 
. •. 
able for expenses necessary to carry out such defense mobilization 
functions as may be delegated pursuant to law: Provided^ That Joint 
Board members and cooperating State commissioners may use Gov-
ernment transportation requests when traveling in connection with 
their duties as such. 
Railroad safety: For expenses necessary in performing functions 
authorized by law (45 U. S. C. 1-15, 17-21, 34-46, 61-64; 49 IT. S. C. 
26) to insure a maximum of safety in the operation of railroads, 
including authority to investigate, test experimentally, and report 
on the use and need of any appliances or systems intended to promote 
the safety of railway operation, including those pertaining to block-
signal and train-control systems, as authorized by the joint resolution 
approved June 30, 1906, and the Sundry Civil Act of May 27, 1908 
^^ stat. 838. 
(45 U. S. C. 35-37), and to require carriers by railroad subject to 
^^ stat. 325. 
the Act to install automatic train-stop or train-control devices as 
prescribed by the Commission (49 U. S. C. 26), including the employ- 
••* stat. 498. 
ment of inspectors and engineers, and including not to exceed $163,050 
for expenses of travel, $974,500. 
Locomotive inspection: For expenses necessary in the enforcement 
of the Act of February 17, 1911, entitled "An Act to promote the 
safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling com-
mon carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives 
with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto", as amended 
(45 U. S. C. 22-34), including not to exceed $112,620 for expenses 
36 stat. 913. 
of travel, $709,500. 
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Committee, 
including one Director at not to exceed $17,500 per annum so long 
as the position is held by the present incumbent; contracts for the 
making of special investigations and reports and for engineering, 
drafting and computing services; equipment; not to exceed $330,000 
for expenses of travel; maintenance and operation of aircraft; pur-
chase of ten passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; not to 
exceed $100 for newspapers and periodicals; uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 
1114); and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
^ use 2131. 
1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); $60,135,000. 
so stat. sio. 
52 Stat. 1186. 
D. C. Code 5-103 
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[69 STAT. 
Construction and equipment: For construction and equipment at 
laboratories and research stations of the Committee, including the 
acquisition of not to exceed five hundred acres of land, $12,565,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL HOUSING AUTHORITY 
Maintenance and operation of properties: For the maintenance and 
operation of properties under title I of the District of Columbia Alley 
Dwelling Authority Act, $37,000: Provided., That all receipts derived 
^
"
^ 5-111. 
from sales, leases, or other sources shall be covered into the Treasury 
of the United States monthly: Provided 
further, 
That so long as 
funds are available from appropriations for the foregoing purposes, 
64 Stat. 81. 
^]^g provisions of section 507 of the Housing Act of 1950 (Public Law 
475, Eighty-first Congress), shall not be effective. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the pur-
poses of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended 
64 Stat. 149. 
(42 U. S. C. 1861-1875), including award of graduate fellowships; 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
60 Stat. 810. 
^5 u . S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $120,000 for expenses 
of travel; not to exceed $150 for the purchase of newspapers and 
periodicals; and reimbursement of the General Services Administra-
tion for security guard services; $16,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
International Geophysical Year: For necessary expenses to carry 
out the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 
64 Stat. 149. 
amended (42 U. S. C. 1861-1875), as they pertain to the United States 
program for the International Geophysical Year, including expenses 
of travel notwithstanding any limitation contained in this Act, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until June 30,1960. 
RENEGOTIATION BOARD 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Renegotiation 
Board, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with 
the purposes of this appropriation; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $94,500 for expenses of travel; and services as authorized 
60 Stat. 810. 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates 
not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; $4,150,000. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to 
exceed $500 for the purchase of newspapers; not to exceed $132,000 
for expenses of travel; and services as authorized by section 15 of the 
60 Stat. 810. 
^^(,t of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); $4,955,000. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the operation 
and maintenance of the Selective Service System, as authorized by title 
50 use alp. 451- I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 604), 
471. 
' 
as amended, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act 
60 Stat. 810. 
Qf August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); purchase of thirty motor vehicles 
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for repljicenieiit only; not to exceed $250 for the purchase of news-
])apers and periodicals; not to exceed $72,500 for expenses of travel, 
National Aclniinistration, Plainiing, Training, and llecords Mana^^e-
ment; not to exceed $145,000 for ex])enses of travel. State Adminis-
tration, Plannin<ij, Training:, and Records Servicing; and $75,800 
for the National Selective Service Appeal Board, of which not to 
exceed $8,875 shall be available for expenses of travel; $27,210,000, 
together with not to exceed $1,226,000 of the unobligated balance of 
funds appropriated for this purpose in the "Independent Offices 
Appropriation Act, 1955": Provided^ That of the foregoing amount 
$20,968,700 shall l)e available for registration, classification, and induc-
tion activities of local boards: Provided further^ That during the cur-
rent fiscal year, the President may exem])t this appropriation from 
the provisions of subsection (c) of section 8679 of the Revised Statutes, 
as amended, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the 
interest of national defense. 
Ai)propriations for the Selective Service System may be used for 
the destruction of records accumulated under the Selective Training 
and Service Act of 1940, as amended, by the Director of Selective 
Service after compliance with the ])rocedures for the destruction of 
records ])rescribed ]nirsuant to the llecords Disposal Act of 1948, as 
amended (44 IT. S. C. 866-880) : Provided, That no records may be 
transferred to any other agency without the approval of the Director 
of Selective Service. 
68 Stat. 287. 
31 u s e 665. 
D e 8 tructlon of 
records. 
54 Stat. 885. 
SO USCapp. 318. 
57 Stat. 380. 
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 
General operating expenses: For uecessary operating expenses of 
the Veterans Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
expenses incidental to securing employment for war veterans; purchase 
of thirty-one passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; not to 
exceed $8,800 for newsj)apers and periodicals; and not to exceed 
$2,781,000 for expenses of travel of employees; $158,002,000, of which 
$15,150,000 shall be available for such expenses as are necessary for 
the loan guaranty program : Provided, That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be used to pay in excess of twenty persons engaged in ])ublic 
relations work: Provided further, That no part of any appropriation 
shall be used to pay educational institutions for reports and certifica-
tions of attendance at such institutions an allowance at a rate in 
excess of $1 per month for each eligible veteran enrolled in and 
attending such institution. 
Medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses: For 
expenses necessary for administration of the medical, hospital, domi-
ciliary, special service, construction and supply, research, and employee 
edvication and training activities; expenses necessary for carrying out 
programs of medical research and of education and training of 
employees, as authorized by law; not to exceed $751,800 for expenses 
of travel of employees paid from this appropriation, and those engaged 
in training pfograms; not to exceed $2,700 for newspapers and peri-
odicals; and not to exceed $48,700 for preparation, shipment, installa-
tion, and display of exhibits, photographic displays, moving pictures, 
and other visual educational information and descriptive material, 
including purchase or rental of equipment; $15,294,000. 
Inpatient care: For expenses necessary for the maintenance and 
operation of hospitals and domiciliar}^ facilities and for the care and 
treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration in facilities 
not under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration as author-
ized by law, including the furnishing of recreational articles and 
facilities; maintenance and operation of farms; repairing, altering, 
Public relations 
work. 
Educational at< 
tendance reports. 
54402 O - 55 - 14 
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[69 STAT. 
improving or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 
under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration, not otherwise 
provided for, either by contract, or by the hire of temporary employees 
and purchase of materials; purchase of ninety-six passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only; not to exceed $246,000 for expenses of 
travel of employees; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by 
5 use 2131. 
the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1114); and aid to State or 
Territorial homes in conformity with the Act approved August 27, 
25 Stat. 450. 
jggg^ ^^ amended (24 U. S. C. 134) for the support of veterans eligible 
for admission to Veterans Administration facilities for hospital or 
domiciliary care; $626,229,600, including the sum of $7,229,600 for 
reimbursable services performed for other Government agencies and 
funds.^""'" °' individuals: Provided^ That allotments and transfers may be made 
from this appropriation to the Department of Health, Education, and 
Welfare (Public Health Service), the Army, Navy, Air Force, and 
Interior Departments, for disbursement by them under the various 
headings of their applicable appropriations, of such amounts as are 
necessary for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans 
Administration: Provided further^ That the foregoing appropriation 
is predicated on furnishing inpatient care and treatment to an average 
of 131,484 beneficiaries during the fiscal year 1956 excluding members 
in State or Territorial homes, and if a lesser number is experienced 
such appropriation shall be expended only in proportion to the average 
number of beneficiaries furnished such care and treatment. 
Outpatient care: For expenses necessary for furnishing outpatient 
care to beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration, as authorized by 
law, including purchase of ten passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment onlv; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by the 
5 use 2131. 
^(.^ Qf September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1114) ; and not to exceed $170,000 
for expenses of travel of employees; $82,089,000, of which not exceed-
ing $11,500,000 shall be available for outpatient fee basis dental care. 
Maintenance and operation of supply depots: For expenses neces-
sary for maintenance and operation of supply depots, including not 
to exceed $2,500 for expenses of travel of employees, $1,578,000. 
Compensation and pensions: For the payment of compensation, pen-
sions, gratuities, and allowances (including burial aw^ards authorized 
by Veterans Regulation Numbered 9 (a), as amended, and subsistence 
38 use ch. 12A. allowances authorized by part VII of Veterans Regulation 1 (a) as 
amended), authorized under any Act of Congress, or regulation of the 
President based thereon, including emergency officers' retirement pay 
and annuities, the administration of which is now or may hereafter 
be placed in the Veterans Administration, and for the payment of 
adjusted-service credits as provided in sections 401 and 601 of the Act 
of May 19,1924, as amended (38 U. S. C. 631 and 661), $2,800,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
Readjustment benefits: For the payment of benefits to or on behalf 
it tree 70*/*694- ^^ veterans as authorized by titles II, III, and V, of the Servicemen's 
694n, ch. uX, 
Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, and title I I of the Veterans 
11 use 9^^-984 Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952, as amended, and for supplies, 
equipment, and tuition authorized by part VII and payments author-
38 use ch. 12A. j^ed by part I X of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, 
$627,097,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That here-
after no part of any appropriation to the Veterans Administration 
shall be available, in connection with any loan authorized by title I I I 
of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended (38 U. S. C. 
59 Stat. 626. 
694-694n), for payment to the lender by the Administrator of Veterans 
Affairs, or for credit on the loan, of an amount equivalent to 4 per 
centum of the amount originally loaned, guaranteed or insured by the 
Time limitation. Vetcraus Administration: Provided 
further^ That no right to any 
43 Stat. 125. 
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211 
such payment shall accrue after September 1, 1953, but the foregoing 
proviso shall not apply with respect to payments based on guarantees 
made, or certificates of commitments issued, prior to said date or com-
mitments for loans made by the Veterans Administration. 
Military and naval insurance: For military and naval insurance, 
$4,868,000, to remain available until expended. 
National service life insurance: For the payment of benefits and 
for transfer to the national service life insurance fund, in accordance 
with the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, 
| | sta^ ^loos. 
$81,300,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ 
That 
certain premiums shall be credited to this appropriation as provided 
by the Act. 
Servicemen's indemnities: For payment of liabilities under the 
Servicemen's Indemnity Act of 1951, $40,500,000, to remain available 
%\ Vicssinote. 
until expended. 
Grants to the Republic of the Philippines: For payment to the 
Republic of the Philippines of grants in accordance with the Act of 
July 1, 1948, as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 1991-1996), for expenses 
" stat. 1210. 
incident to medical care and treatment of veterans, $2,500,000. 
Hospital and domiciliary facilities: For hospital and domiciliary 
facilities, for planning and for extending, with the approval of the 
President, any of the facilities under the jurisdiction of the Veterans 
Administration or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 1 and 
2 of the Act approved March 4,1931 (38 U. S. C. 438j-k) or in section 
^6 stat. isso. 
101 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (38 U. S. C. 693a), 
ss stat. 284. 
to remain available until expended, $30,000,000, of which $2,900,000 
shall be available for technical services for rehabilitation of the neuro-
psychiatric hospital at Downey, Illinois. 
Major alterations, improvements, and repairs: For all necessary 
expenses of major alterations, improvements, and repairs to regional 
offices, supply depots, and hospital and domiciliary 
facilities, 
$3,900,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no 
part of the foregoing appropriation shall be used to commence any 
major alteration, improvement, or repair unless funds are available 
for the completion of such work; and no funds shall be used for such 
work at any facility if the Veterans Administration is reasonably cer-
tain that the installation will be abandoned in the near future. 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation for the current 
fiscal year for "Compensation and pensions", "Readjustment benefits", 
"Military and naval insurance", "National service life insurance", 
and "Servicemen's indemnities", may be transferred, to any other of 
the mentioned appropriations, but not to exceed 10 per centum of the 
appropriation so augmented. 
Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the 
current fiscal ^ear for salaries and expenses shall be available for serv-
ices as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 XJ. S. C. 
^o stat. 810. 
65a). 
Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the 
current fiscal year for "Inpatient care" and "Outpatient care" shall 
be available for funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto 
(except burial awards authorized by Veterans Regulation Numbered 
9 (a), as amended), for beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration 
^* "^^ °*'- ^^'^• 
receiving care under such appropriations. 
No part of the appropriations m this Act for the Veterans Adminis-
tration (except the appropriation for "Hospital and domiciliary 
facilities") shall be available for the purchase of any site for or toward 
the construction of any new hospital or home. 
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No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be available for 
hospitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries 
entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless 
reimbursement of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may 
be fixed by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs. 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Travel expenses. 
Newspaper and 
p e r i o d i c al pur-
chases. 
P o s i t i o n s 
formerly h e l d by 
p e r s o ns entering 
Armed Forces. 
Atte ndance at 
meetings. 
R e a l 
e s t a t e 
sales, etc. 
Personnel work. 
G 8 
Age requirement 
restriction. 
SEC. 102. Where appropriations in this title are expendable for 
travel expenses of employees and no specific limitation has been placed 
thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not exceed the 
amount set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for the 
appropriations: Provided, That this section shall not apply to travel 
performed by uncompensated officials of local boards and appeal boards 
of the Selective Service System. 
SEC. 103. Where appropriations in this title are expendable for the 
purchase of newspapers and periodicals and no specific limitation has 
been placed thereon, the expenditures therefor under each such appro-
priation may not exceed the amount of $50: Provided, That this limita-
tion shall not apply to the purchase of scientific, technical, trade, or 
traffic periodicals necessary in connection with the performance of the 
authorized functions of the agencies for which funds are herein 
provided. 
SEC. 104, No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall 
be available to pay the salary of any person filling a position, other than 
a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has left to 
enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily 
completed his period of active military or naval service and has within 
ninety days after his release from such service or from hospitaliza-
tion continuing after discharge for a period of not more than one year 
made application for restoration to his former position and has been 
certified by the Civil Service Commission as still qualified to perform 
the duties of his former position and has not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations contained in this title, available foi 
expenses of travel shall be available, when specifically authorized by 
the head of the activity or establishment concerned, for expenses of 
attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the function 
or activity for which the appropriation concerned is made. 
SEC. 106. No part of any appropriations made available by the pro-
visions of this title shall be used for the purchase or sale of real estate 
or for the purpose of establishing new offices outside the District of 
Columbia: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to programs 
which have been approved by the Congress and appropriations made 
therefor. 
SEC. 107. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall 
be used to pay the compensation of any employee engaged in personnel 
work in excess of the number that would be provided by a ratio of one 
such employee to one hundred and thirty-five, or a part thereof, full-
time, part-time, and intermittent employees of the agency concerned: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section employees shall be con-
sidered as engaged in personnel work if they spend half time or more in 
personnel administration consisting of direction and administration 
of the personnel program; employment, placement, and separation; 
job evaluation and classification; employee relations and services; 
training; wage administration; and processing, recording, and 
reporting. 
SEC. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall 
be used to pay the compensation of any officers and employees who 
allocate positions in the classified civil service with a requirement of 
maximum age for sucli positions: Provided, 
That (1) ability and 
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218 
(2) qualifications for employment to such positions shall be the gov- 
_ 
erning considerations. 
SEC. 109. None of the sections under the head "Independent Offices, 
NonappUcabiiitj^ 
General Provisions" in this title shall apply to the Housing and Home 
Finance Agency. 
TITLE II—COEPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies, respectively, are hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and 
in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments with-
out regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be neces- 
^l ^^-1^84-
sary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Budget for the fiscal 
year 1956 for each such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter 
provided: 
Office of the Administrator, housing loans to educational institu- H^me^F^lance 
tions: Not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for all administrative Agency, 
expenses, which shall be on an accrual basis, of carrying out the func-
tions of the Office of the Administrator under the program of housing 
loans to educational institutions (title IV of the Housing Act of 1950, 
as amended, 12 U. S. C. 1T49-I749d), but this amount shall be exclu- 
^* ^tat. 77. 
sive of payment for services and facilities of the Federal Reserve 
banks or any member thereof, the Federal home-loan banks, and any 
insured bank within the meaning of the Act creating the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation (Act of August 23, 1935, as amended, 
12 U. S. C. 264) which has been designated by the Secretary of the 
J^ stat. 373. 
Treasury as a depository of public money of the United States: Pro- note. 
vided, That not to exceed $19,000 shall be available for expenses of 
travel. 
Office of the Administrator, public facility loans: Not to exceed 
$40,000 of funds in the revolving fund established pursuant to section 
108 of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Liquidation Act, as 
amended (40 U. S. C. 459), shall be available for administrative 
67 stat. 231. 
expenses, but this amount shall be exclusive of payment for services 
and facilities of the Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof, 
the Federal home-loan banks, and any insured bank within the mean-
ing of the Act creating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
(Act of August 23, 1935, as amended, 12 U. S. C. 264) which has been 
^ stat,^873.^ ^ ^ 
designated by the Secretary of the Treasury as a depository of public note, 
money of the United States. 
Office of the Administrator, revolving fund (liquidating programs) : 
During the current fiscal year not to exceed $2,600,000 shall be avail-
able for administrative expenses (including not to exceed $183,200 for 
travel), but this amount shall be exclusive of costs of services per-
formed on a contract or fee basis in connection with termination of 
contracts and legal services on a contract or fee basis and of payment 
for services and facilities of the Federal Reserve banks or any member 
thereof, any servicer approved by the Federal National Mortgage Asso-
ciation, the Federal home-loan banks, and any insured bank within 
the meaning of the Act of August 23, 1935, as amended, creating the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (12 U. S- C. 264) which has 
64 stat. 873. 
been designated by the Secretary of the Treasury as a depository of note. ^^^ ^^^^ 
public money of the United States: Provided, That all expenses, not 
otherwise specifically limited in connection with the programs pro-
vided for under this head shall not exceed $10,750,000, but this limita-
tion shall not apply to expenses (other than for personal services) in 
connection with disposition of federally owned projects. 
Federal National Mortgage Association: Not to exceed $3,950,000 
.shall be available for administrative expenses, which shall be on an 
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jj'ttWtfci i>MKictBmf 
.tt*;-: fe-
accrual basis, and shall be exclusive of interest paid, expenses (includ-
ing expenses for fiscal agency services performed on a contract or fee 
basis) in connection with the issuance and servicing of obligations, 
depreciation, properly capitalized expenditures, fees for servicing 
mortgages, expenses (including services performed on a force account, 
contract, or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in 
connection with the acquisition, protection, operation, maintenance, 
improvement, or disj)osition of real or personal property belonging 
to said Association or in which it has an interest, cost of salaries, wages, 
travel, and other expenses of persons employed outside of the con-
tinental United States, expenses of services performed on a contract or 
fee basis in connection with the performance of legal services, and all 
administrative expenses reimbursable from other Government agen-
cies; and said Association may utilize and may make payment for 
services and facilities of the Federal Reserve banks and other agencies 
of the Government: Provided, That the distribution of administrative 
expenses to the accounts of the Association shall be made in accordance 
with generally recognized accounting principles and practices: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $90,000 shall be available for expenses 
of travel: Provided further. That administrative expenses not under 
limitation for the purposes set forth in the budget schedules for the 
fiscal year 1956 shall not exceed $150,000. 
Home Loan Bank Board: Not to exceed a total of $920,000 shall 
be available for administrative expenses of the Home I^an Bank 
Board, and shall be derived from funds available to the Home Loan 
Bank Board, including those in the Home Loan Bank Board revolving 
fund and receipts of the Federal Home I^an Bank Administration, 
the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, or the Home Loan Bank Board 
for the current fiscal year and prior fiscal years, and the Board may 
utilize and may make payment for services and facilities of the 
Federal home-loan banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the Federal 
Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, and other agencies of the 
Government: Provided, 
That all necessary expenses m connection 
with the conservatorship of institutions insured by the Federal Sav-
ings and Loan Insurance Corporation and all necessary expenses 
(including services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not 
including other personal services) in connection with the handling, 
including the purchase, sale, and exchange, of securities on behalf of 
Federal home-loan banks, and the sale, issuance, and retirement of, 
or payment of interest on, debentures or bonds, under the Federal 
12 u^c lih. 
Home Loan Bank Act, as amended, shall be considered as nonad-
ministrative expenses for the purposes hereof: Provided 
further, 
That not to exceed $42,400 shall be available for expenses of travel: 
Provided further, That members of the Federal Savings and Loan 
Advisory Council shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Board 
for transportation expenses incurred in attendance at meetings of 
such Council and may be paid not to exceed $25 per diem in lieu 
of subsistence: Provided 
further, 
That notwithstanding any other 
P
rovisions of this Act, except for the limitation in amount herein-
efore specified, the administrative expenses and other obligations 
of the Board shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with 
the provisions of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of July 22, 1932, 
ii[ 
as amended (12 U. S. C. 1421-1449) : Provided 
further, 
That the 
nonadministrative expenses for the examination of Federal and State 
chartered institutions shall not exceed $2,995,000. 
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation: Not to exceed 
$985,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, which shall 
be on an accrual basis and shall be exclusive of interest paid, depre-
ciation, properly capitalized expenditures, expenses in connection 
with liquidation of insured institutions, liquidation or handling of 
i *.«• , j - * t 3 t • 
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211) 
assets of or derived from insured institutions, payment of insurance, 
and action for or toward the avoidance, termination, or minimizing 
of losses in the case of insured institutions, legal fees and expenses, 
and payments for administrative expenses of the Home Loan Bank 
Board determined by said Board to be properly allocable to said 
Corporation, and said Corporation may utilize and may make pay-
ment for services and facilities of the Federal home-loan banks, the 
Federal Reserve banks, the Home Loan Bank Board, and other agen-
cies of the Government: Provided^ That not to exceed $90,000 shall 
be available for expenses of travel: Provided further^ That notwith-
standing any other provisions of this Act, except for the limitation 
in amount hereinbefore specified, the administrative expenses and 
other obligations of said Corporation shall be incurred, allowed and 
paid in accordance with title IV of the Act of June 27, 1934, as 
amended (12 U. S. C. 1724-1730). 
Federal Housing Administration: In addition to the amounts avail-
able by or pursuant to law (which shall be transferred to this author-
ization) for the administrative expenses in carrying out duties imposed 
by or pursuant to law, not to exceed $5,900,000 of the various funds of 
the Federal Housing Administration shall be available for expendi-
ture, in accordance with the National Housing Act, as amended (12 
IT. S. C. 1701) : Provided^ That, except as herein otherwise provided, 
all expenses and obligations of said Administration shall be incurred, 
allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of said Act: 
Provided further^ That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available for 
expenses of travel: Provided 
further^ 
That funds available for 
expenditure shall be available for contract actuarial services (not to 
exceed $1,500); and purchase of periodicals and newspapers (not to 
exceed $500) : Provided further^ That expenditures for nonadminis-
trative expenses classified bv section 2 of Public Law 387, approved 
October 25,1949, shall not exceed $33,000,000. 
Public Housing Administration: Of the amounts available by law 
for the administrative expenses of the Public Housing Administration 
in carrying out duties imposed by law including funds appropriated 
by title I of this Act not to exceed $8,200,000, shall be available for 
such expenses, including not to exceed $530,000 for expenses of travel, 
purchase of not to exceed four passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only; and expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations 
concerned with the work of the Administration: Provided^ That neces-
sary expenses of providing representatives of the Administration at 
the sites of non-Federal projects in connection w4th the construction 
of such non-Federal projects by public housing agencies with the 
aid of the Administration, shall be compensated by such agencies by 
the payment of fixed fees which in the aggregate in relation to the 
development costs of such projects will cover the costs of rendering 
such services, and expenditures by the Administration for such pur-
pose shall be considered nonadministrative expenses, and funds 
received from such payments may be used only for the payment of 
necessary expenses of providing representatives of the Administration 
at the sites of non-Federal projects: Provided 
further^ That all 
expenses of the Public Housing Administration not specifically limited 
in this Act, in carrying out its duties imposed by law, shall not exceed 
$1,820,000. 
48 Stat. 1255. 
48 Stat. 1246. 
63 Stat. 905. 
12 u s e 1702. 
CORPORATIONS—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds of, or available for expenditure by. 
any corporation or agency included in this title shall be used to pay 
the compensation of any employee engaged in personnel work in 
excess of the number that would be provided by a ratio of one such 
employee to one hundred and thirty-five, or a part thereof, fuU-
Personnel work. 
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[69 ST A T . 
Strikes or over-
throw of U, S. Gov-
ernment. 
Pvibllcity or prop-
aganda. 
Short title. 
time, part-time, and intermittent employees of the agency concerned: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section employees shall be con-
sidered as engaged in personnel work if they spend half-time or more 
in personnel administration consisting of direction and administra-
tion of the personnel program; employment, placement, and separa-
tion; job evaluation and classification; employee relations and serv-
ices; training; committees of expert examiners and boards of civil-
service examiners; wage administration; and processing, recording, 
and reporting. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or 
of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included 
in this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person 
who 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 Government of the United States, is 
not a member of an organization of Government employees that 
asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United 
States, or that such person does not advocate, and is not a member 
of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government 
of the United States by force or violence: Provided further, 
That 
any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the 
United States or who is a member of an organization of Government 
employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government 
of the United States, or who advocates, or who is a member of an 
organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of 
the United States by force or violence and accepts employment the 
salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation or fund 
contained in this 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 provi-
sions of existing law. 
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or 
of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency 
included in this Act, shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the 
Congress. 
SEC. 303. This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices Ap-
propriation Act, 1956". 
Approved June 30, 1955. 
J vine 30. 1955 
[S. 666] 
Public Law 113 
CHAPTER 245 
AN ACT 
ce^te^r:*^""^'*'' 
United 
66 Stat. 288. 
To extend the i)eii«)(i of authoi-izatiou of appropiiatlous for the hosiutal center 
and facilities in the District of Columbia. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Home of Representatives 
of the 
rated States of America in Congress asnemhled. That section 6 of