An Act making appropriations for the Executive Office of the President and sundry general Government agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for other purposes
PL 86-79 (H.R.7176), enacted 07/08/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-79-JULY 8, 1959 
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Public Law 86-78 
AN ACT 
To extend the life of the Alaska International Rail and Highway Commission, 
and to make a change in the membership of such Commission. 
July 6, 1959 
[S. 498] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amsrica in Congress osseTnbled, That the Act entitled 
"An Act to establish an Alaska International Rail and Highway Com-
mission", approved August 1, 1956 (70 Stat. 888), as amended, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection 
(a) of the first section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"(1) six of the members of the Commission shall be Mem-
bers of the Congress of the United States, at least one of whom 
shall be a Member from the State of Alaska, and not more than 
four of whom shall be members of the same political party; and 
"(2) four of the members shall be selected from the executive 
branch of the Government, of whom, if practicable, one shall be 
from the Department of the Army, to be designated by the Sec-
retary of the Army, one from the Department of the Interior, one 
from the Department of State, and one from the Department of 
Commerce; and 
"(3) three of the members shall be selected from the general 
public, one of whom shall be a resident of Alaska and one of whom 
shall be a resident of the Pacific Northwest region of the United 
States."; and 
(2) by striking out section 7 and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: 
"SEC. 7. The Commission shall report the results of its studies and 
submit its recommendations to the Congress from time to time, and 
shall make a final report and submit its final recommendations to the 
Congress at the earliest practicable time, but in no event later than 
June 1, 1961. The final report shall include estimates of the cost of 
construction of rail and highway facilities along the routes determined 
most feasible and beneficial by the Commission, together with esti-
mates of the economic benefits to the United States, Canada, and 
Alaska. 
The Commission shall cease to exist for all intents and pur-
poses, and all authority conferred by this Act shall and does terminate 
thirty days after the date of the submission of the final report or on 
June 30, 1961, whichever date occurs first." 
Approved July 6, 1959. 
Alaska 
Interna-
t i o n a l Rail 
a n d 
Highway Commis-
sion. 
49 u s e 338. 
Membership. 
48 u s e 338f. 
Reports 
gress. 
to eon-
Termination. 
Public Law 86-79 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Executive Office of the President and sundry gen-
eral Government agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for 
other puri)Oses. 
Jiily 8, 1959 
LH. R. 7176] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
3ums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the Executive Office of the President and sun-
dry general Government agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1960, namely: 
General Govern-
ment Matte^rs Ap-
p r o.p r i a tion Act, 
1960. 
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PUBLIC LAW 86-79-JULY 8, 1959 
[73 STAT. 
TITLE I 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF T H E PKESIDENT 
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT 
For compensation of the President, including an expense allowance 
at the rate of $50,000 per annum as authorized by the Act of January 
19,1949 (3 U.S.C. 102), $150,000. 
63 Stat. 4. 
T H E W H I T E HOUSE OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for The White House Office, including not to 
exceed $215,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
60 Stat. 810. 
August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at such per diem rates for individuals 
as the President may specify, and other personal services without 
regard to the provisions of law regulating the employment and com-
pensation of persons in the Government service; newspapers, periodi-
cals, teletype news service, and travel, and official entertainment ex-
penses of the President, to be accounted for solely on his certificate; 
$2,221,000. 
SPECIAL PROJECTS 
For expenses necessary to provide staff assistance for the President 
in connection with special projects, to be expended in his discretion 
and without regard to such provisions of law regarding the expendi-
ture of Government funds or the compensation and employment of 
persons in the Government service as he may specify, $1,500,000: 
Provided^ That not to exceed 10 per centum of this appropriation 
may be used to reimburse the appropriation for "Salaries and expenses, 
The White House Office", for administrative services. 
EXECUTIVE MANSION AND GROUNDS 
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing, im-
provement, heating and lighting, including electric power and fix-
tures, of the Executive Mansion and the Executive Mansion grounds, 
and traveling expenses, to be expended as the President may de-
termine, notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other Act, 
$475,000. 
BUREAU OF THE BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Bureau of the Budget, including not 
to exceed $110,000 for expenses of travel, and not to exceed $20,000 
for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of A u ^ s t 2, 1946 
(5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals, 
$4,665,000. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
60 Stat. 810. 
60 Stat. 23. 
For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out its functions 
under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), including news-
papers and periodicals (not exceeding $400); not exceeding $15,000 
for expenses of travels and press clippings (not exceeding $300); 
$395,000. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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195 3 Co mp., p. 
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Security Council, includ-
ing services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U.S.C. 56a), at rates not in excess of $50 per diem for individuals; 
and acceptance and utilization of voluntary and uncompensated 
services; $792,000. 
PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the President's Advisory Committee on 
Government Organization, established by Executive Order 10432 of ^^ 
January 24, 1953, including services as authorized by section 15 of 928 
the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $50 
eo stat. sio. 
per diem for individuals, $57,500. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
EMERGENCY FUND FOR THE PRESIDENT, NATIONAL DEE^NSB 
For expenses necessary to enable the President, through such officers 
or agencies of the Government as he may designate, and without 
regard to such provisions of law regarding the expenditure of Gov-
ernment funds or the compensation and employment of persons in the 
Government service as he may specify, to provide in his discretion 
for emergencies affecting the national interest, security, or defense 
which may arise at home or abroad during the current fiscal year, 
$1,000,000: Provided^ That no part of this appropriation shall be 
available for allocation to finance a function or project for which 
function or project a budget estimate of appropriation was transmitted 
pursuant to law during the Eighty-sixth Congress, and such appro-
priation denied after consideration thereof by the Senate or House 
of Representatives or by the Committee on Appropriations of either 
body. 
EXPENSES OP MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT 
For expenses necessary to assist the President in improving the 
management of executive agencies and in obtaining greater economy 
and efficiency through the establishment of more efficient business 
methods in Government operations, including services as authorized 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates for 
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individuals not to exceed $75 per diem, by allocation to any agency 
or office in the executive branch for the conduct, under the general 
direction of the Bureau of the Budget, of examinations and appraisals 
of, and the development and installation of improvements in, the 
organization and operations of such agency or of other agencies in 
the executive branch, $125,000, to remain available until expended, and 
to be available without regard to the provisions of subsection (c) of 
section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended. 
^i use ees. 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American 
Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition of land or 
interest in land in foreign countries; purchase and repair of uniforms 
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[73 STAT. 
for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments outside of the 
United States and its Territories and possessions; not to exceed $70,000 
for expenses of travel; rent of office and garage space in foreign 
countries; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and insurance of official 
motor vehicles in foreign countries when required by law of such 
countries; $1,295,000: Provided, 
That where station allowance has 
been authorized by the Department of the Army for officers of the 
Army serving the Army at certain foreign stations, the same allow-
ance shall be authorized for officers of the Armed Forces assigned 
to the Commission while serving at the same foreign stations, and this 
appropriation is hereby made available for the payment of such 
allowance: Provided further, That when traveling on business of the 
Commission, officers of the Armed Forces serving as members or as 
secretary of the Commission may be reimbursed for expenses as 
provided for civilian members of the Commission: Provided 
further, 
That the Commission shall reimburse other Government agencies, 
including the Armed Forces, for salary, pay, and allowances of per-
sonnel assigned to it. 
CONSTRUCTION 
OF MEMORIALS AND 
CEMETERIES 
Not to exceed $160,000 of funds heretofore appropriated under this 
head shall be available for necessary expenses of appropriate dedica-
tions of World War I and I I memorials, erected under the authority 
70 Stat. 640. 
of the Act of July 25,1956 (36 U.S.C. 123), including travel and such 
other purposes as the Commission may deem necessary and proper, 
and such amount may be expended without regard to the provisions 
of other laws or regulations relating to the expenditure of public 
funds (except that this exemption shall not be construed as waiving 
the requirement for the submission of accounts and vouchers to the 
General Accounting Office for audit) : Provided, That, when in the 
discretion of the head of any other Government agency it would be 
in the public interest, personnel, services, supplies, equipment, and 
facilities of such agency may be furnished without reimbursement to 
the Commission for the purposes of these dedications. 
During the current fiscal year, not to exceed $5,000 of funds here-
tofore appropriated under this head shall be available for travel ex-
penses (other than in connection with dedications of memorials). 
FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry on the activities of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized 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; not to exceed $12,000 for ex-
penses of travel; advances or reimbursements to other Government 
agencies for use of their facilities and services in carrying out the 
functions of the Commission; hire of motor vehicles for field use 
only; and employment of aliens; $458,000, of which $50,000 shall be 
derived only from the war claims fund created by section 13 (a) of the 
tV^^\c^%p. 
War Claims Act of 1948 (Public Law 896, approved July 3,1948) and 
2012. 
' not to be available for ooligation after June 30, 1960. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD 
165 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Subversive Activities Control Board, 
including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), not to exceed $30,000 for expenses of travel, and 
not to exceed $500 for the purchase of newspapers and periodicals, 
$380,000. 
T I T L E II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
60 Stat. 810. 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPOKATIONS 
SEC. 201. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
amount allowable during the current fiscal year, in accordance with 
section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 78), for the pur-
chase of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses and am-
bulances), is hereby fixed at $1,500 except station wagons for which 
the maximum shallbe $1,950. 
SEC. 202. Unless otherwise sj^ecified and during the current fiscal 
year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act 
shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of 
the Government of the United States (including any agency the 
majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the 
United States) whose post of duty is in continental United States 
unless such person (1) is a citizen of the United States, (2) is a person 
in the service of the United States on the date of enactment of this 
Act who, being eligible for citizenship, had filed a declaration of 
intention to become a citizen of the United States prior to such date, 
(3) is a person who owes allegiance to the United States, or (4) is 
an alien from the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the United 
States for permanent residence: Provided^ That for the purpose of 
this section, an affidavit signed by any such person shall be considered 
prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section with respect 
to his status have been complied with: Provided further, That any 
person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony and, upon 
conviction, shall be fined not more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not 
more than one year, or both: Provided furtfier, That the above penal 
clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other 
provisions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment made 
to any Officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this section 
shall be recoverable m action by the Federal Government. This sec-
tion shall not apply to citizens of the Republic of the Philippines or 
to nationals of those countries allied with the United States in the 
current defense effort, or to temporary employment of translators, 
or to temporary employment in the field service (not to exceed sixty 
days) as a result of emergencies. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations of the executive departments and inde-
pendent establishments for the current fiscal year, available for ex-
penses of travel or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are 
hereby made available for living quarters allowances in accordance 
with the Act of June 26, 1930 (5 U.S.C. 118a), and regulations pre-
scribed thereunder, and cost-of-living allowances similar to those al-
lowed under section 901(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, in 
accordance with and to the extent prescribed by regulations of the 
President, for all civilian officers and employees of the Government 
permanently stationed in foreign countries: Provided, That the avail-
ability of appropriations made to the Department of State for carry-
ing out the provisions of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 shall not be 
affected hereby. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Citizen s h i p re-
quirement». 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
Exceptions. 
Liv i n g (luarters 
allowances. 
46 Stat. (118. 
60 Stat. 1025: 69 
Stat. 27. 
22 u s e 1131, 
22 u s e 801 note. 
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S e n a t e 
disap-
p r o v a l of n o m i -
nees. 
USCA and Life-
t i m e Federal Di-
gest. 
Administrative 
expenses. 
59 Stat. 597. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Office building. 
Foreign credits. 
31 u s e 724. 
66 Stat. 662. 
60 Stat. 754. 
P u b l i c i t y 
or 
propaganda. 
SEC. 204. No part of any appropriation for the current fiscal year con-
tained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any person for the fill-
ing of any position for which he QT she has been nominated after the 
Senate has voted not to approve the nomination of said person. 
SEC. 205. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other 
Act for the current fiscal year shall be used to pay in excess of $4 per 
volume for the current and future volumes of the United States Code 
Annotated, and such volumes shall be purchased on condition and with 
the understanding that latest published cumulative annual pocket 
parts issued prior to the date of purchase shall be furnished free of 
charge, or in excess of $4.25 per volume for the current or future 
volumes of the Lifetime Federal Digest. 
SEC. 206. Funds made available by this or any other Act for admin-
istrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations and 
agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 841), shall be available, in addition to objects for 
which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District of 
Columbia; services in accordance with section 15 of the Act of August 
2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); and the objects specified under this head, all 
the provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure of such 
funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they are made 
available: Provided^ That in the event any functions budgeted as ad-
ministrative expenses are subsequently transferred to or paid from 
other funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be cor-
respondingly reduced. 
SEC. 207. No part of any funds of or available to any wholly owned 
Government corporation shall be used for the purchase or construc-
tion, or in making loans for the purcheise or construction of any office 
building, without specific authority in law therefor, primarily for 
occupancy by any department or agency of the United States Govern-
ment or by any corporation owned by the United States Government. 
SEC. 208. Pursuant to section 1415 of the Act of July 15, 1952 (66 
Stat. 662), foreign credits (including currencies) owed to or owned 
by the United States may be used by Federal agencies for any purpose 
for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (includ-
ing the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing the use of such 
credits), only when reimbursement therefor is made to the Treasury 
from applicable appropriations of the agency concerned: Provided^ 
That such credits received as exchange allowances or proceeds of sales 
of personal property may be used in whole or part payment for acqui-
sition of similar items, to the extent and in the manner authorized by 
law, without reimbursement to the Treasury: Provided further^ That 
nothing in section 1415 of the Act of July 15, 1952, or in this section 
shall be construed to prevent the making of new or the carrying out 
of existing contracts, agreements, or executive agreements for periods 
in excess of one year, in any case where such contracts, agreements, or 
executive agreements for periods in excess of one year were permitted 
prior to the enactment of this Act under section 32(b) (2) of the Sur-
plus Property Act of 1944, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 1641(b) (2)), 
and the performance of all such contracts, agreements, or executive 
agreements shall be subject to the availability of appropriations for 
the purchase of credits as provided by law. 
SEC. 209. No part of any appropriation contained in this Actj or 
of the funds available for expenditure by any individual, corporation, 
or agency included in this Act, shall be used for publicity or prop-
aganda purposes designed to support or defeat legislation pending 
before Congress. 
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SEC. 210. (a) Section 1311(b) of the Supplemental Appropriation 
Act, 1955 (68 Stat. 830; 31 U.S.C. 200(b)), is amended to read as 
follows: "Hereafter, in connection with the submission of all requests 
for proposed appropriations to the Bureau of the Budget, the head 
of each Federal agency shall report that any statement of obligations 
furnished therewith consists of valid obligations as defined in subsec-
tion (a) hereof." 
(b) Section 1 (c) of the Act of July 25,1956 (70 Stat. 648; 31 U.S.C. 
701(c)), is amended by striking the words "reported pursuant to sec-
tion 1311(b) of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1955 (68 Stat. 
830; 31 U.S.C. 200(b))." 
SEC. 211. This Act may be cited as the "General Government Mat-
ters Appropriation Act, 1960". 
Approved July 8, 1959. 
statement oi oo-
ligations. 
Short title. 
Public Law 86-80 
AN ACT 
July 8„ 1959 
[H. R. 7175] 
2ilaking appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit 
Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United Sates of America in Congress assembled. That the following *?®,^^Vf'"®"*=.?i 
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TITLE I—REGULAR ACTIVITIES 
AGBICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to perform agricultural research relating 
to production, utilization, and home economics, to control and eradi-
cate pests and plant and animal diseases, and to perform related 
inspection, quarantine and regulatory work, and meat inspection: 
Provided^ That not to exceed $75,000 of the appropriations here-
under shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sen-
tence of section 706(a) of the Organic ^ct of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), 
as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) : 
Provided further^ That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of 
not to exceed two for replacement only: Provided further^ That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to title 5, United 
States Code, section 565a, for the construction, alteration, and repair 
of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the 
cost of constructing any one building (except headhouses connecting 
greenhouses) shall not exceed $10,000, except for five buildings to b« 
constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $20,000 each, and the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 
exceed $3,750 or 4 per centum of the cost of the building, whichever 
is greater : 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
58 Stat. 742.