An Act making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce and the United States Information Agency, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes
PL 83-471 (H.R.8067), enacted 07/02/1954

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Public Law 471 
CHAPTER 456 
AN ACT 
July 2, 1954 
Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and 
[H. R. 8067] 
tiie United States Information Agency, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1955, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the following state^Tu^lcl^ and 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- ^''"^^'J^ ^"^ "'* 
wise appropriated, for the Departments of State, Justice, and Com- A
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ending June 30, 1955, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State not otherwise 
provided for, including the cost of transporting to and from a place 
of storage and the cost of storing the furniture and household and 
personal effects of an employee of the Foreign Service who is assigned 
to a post at which he is unable to use his furniture and effects, under 
such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe; expenses authorized 
by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U. S. C. 801-1158), 
^o stat. 999. 
not otherwise provided for; expenses of the National Commission on 
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Cooperation as authorized by 
sections 3, 5, and 6 of the Act of July 30, 1946 (22 U. S. C. 287o, 287q, 
287r); expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with activities 
^o ^t^** '13. 
provided for under this appropriation; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; printing and binding outside the continental United States 
without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. 
I l l ) ; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 
^^ ^t^** 1270. 
(5 U. S. C. 55a); purchase of uniforms; insurance of official motor 
eostat. sio. 
vehicles in foreign countries when required by law of such countries; 
dues for library membership in organizations which issue publications 
to members only, or to members at a price lower than the others; rental 
of tie lines and teletype equipment; employment of aliens, by contract 
for services abroad; refund of fees erroneously charged and paid for 
passports; establishment, maintenance, and operation of passport and 
despatch agencies; ice and drinking water for use abroad; excise taxes 
on negotiable instruments abroad; loss by exchange; radio communi-
cations ; payment in advance for subscriptions to commercial informa-
tion, telephone and similar services abroad; relief, protection, and 
burial of American seamen, and alien seamen from United States 
vessels in foreign countries and in the United States Territories and 
possessions; expenses incurred in acknowledging services of officers 
and crews of foreign vessels and aircraft in rescuing American seamen, 
airmen, or citizens from shipwreck or other catastrophe abroad; rent 
and expenses of maintaining in Egypt, Morocco, and Muscat, institu-
tions for American convicts and persons declared insane by any con-
sular court, and care and transportation of prisoners and persons 
declared insane; expenses, as authorized by law (18 U. S. C. 3192), of 
^2 stat. 825. 
bringing to the United States from foreign countries persons charged 
with crime; and procurement by contract or otherwise, of services, 
supplies, and facilities, as follows: (1) translating, (2) analysis and 
tabulation of technical information, (3) preparation of special maps, 
globes, and geographic aids, (4) maintenance, improvement, and 
repair of diplomatic and consular properties in foreign countries, 
including minor construction on Government-owned properties, (5) 
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fuel and utilities for Government-owned or leased property abroad, 
and (6) rental or lease, for periods not exceeding ten years, of offices, 
buildings, grounds, and living quarters for the use of the Foreign 
Service, for which payments may be made in advance; $62,500,000, and 
in addition $200,000 to be derived by transfer from the unobligated 
balance of the 1954 appropriation, "Government in Occupied Areas", 
of which not less than $8,000,000 shall, if possible, be used to purchase 
foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the 
United States: Provided^ That pursuant to section 201 (c) of the Act 
63 Stat. 384. 
of Juue 30, 1949 (40 U. S. C. 481 (c)), passenger motor vehicles in 
possession of the Foreign Service abroad may be exchanged or sold 
and the exchange allowances or proceeds of such sales shall be available 
without fiscal year limitation for replacement of an equal number of 
such vehicles and the cost, including the exchange allowance, of each 
such replacement shall not exceed $3,000 in the case of the chief of 
mission automobile at each diplomatic mission (except that seven 
such vehicles may be purchased at not to exceed $3,600 each) and $1,400 
in the case of all other such vehicles except station wagons: Pr6>V26?e6? 
further^ That none of the funds made available by this appropriation 
shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of the Metals and 
Minerals staff in the Office of Economic Affairs. 
EEPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES 
For representation allowances as authorized by section 901 (3) of 
60 Stat. 1026. 
the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U. S. C. 1131), $475,000. 
ACQUISITION OF BUILDINGS ABROAD 
For carrying into effect the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, 
44 Stat. 403. 
^s amended (22 U. S. C. 292-300), including personal services in the 
United States and abroad; salaries, expenses and allowances of per-
sonnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 
60 Stat. 999. 
194^^ ^s amended (22 U. S. C. 801-1158) ; expenses of attendance at 
meetings concerned with activities provided for under this appropri-
ation ; and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
60 Stat. 810. 
1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $2,500,000, of which not less than $2,000,000 
shall be used to purchase foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned 
by the Treasury of the United States, to remain available until 
expended. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to meet 
unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular 
Service, to be expended pursuant to the requirement of section 291 of 
the Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 107), $1,000,000: Provided, That 
the Secretary of State may delegate to subordinate offic^ials the au-
thority vested in him by section 291 of the Revised Statutes pertaining 
to certification of expenditures. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet annual 
obligations of membership in international multilateral organizations, 
pursuant to treaties, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress, 
$28,260,000. 
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MISSIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses necessary for permanent representation to certain 
Internationa] organizations in which the United States participates 
pursuant to treaties, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress, in-
cluding expenses authorized by the pertinent Acts and Conventions 
providing for such representation; attendance at meetings of societies 
or associations concerned with the work of the organizations; salaries, 
expenses, and allowances of personnel and dependents as authorized by 
the Foreign Serv.ice Act of 1946, as amended (22 U. S. C. 801-1158); 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; printing and binding, without regard 
to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. I l l ) ; and pur-
chase of uniforms for guards and chauffeurs; $1,050,000: Provided^ 
That the provisions of section 8 of the United Nations Participation 
Act of 1945, as amended, and regulations thereunder, applicable to 
expenses incurred pursuant to that Act, may be applicable to the 
obligation and expenditure of funds in connection with United States 
participation in the International Civil Aviation Organization. 
INTERNATIONAL CONTINGENCIES 
For necessary expenses of participation by the United States upon 
approval by the Secretary of State, in international activities which 
arise from time to time in the conduct of foreign affairs and for which 
specific appropriations have not been provided pursuant to treaties, 
conventions, or special Acts of Congress, including personal services 
without regard to civil-service and classification laws; salaries, 
expenses and allowances of personnel and dependents as authorized 
by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U. S. C. 801-
1158) ; employment of aliens; travel expenses without regard to the 
Standardized Government Travel Regulations and to the rates of per 
diem allowances in lieu of subsistence expenses under the Travel 
Expense Act of 1949; not to exceed $15 per diem in lieu of subsistence 
for persons serving without compensation in an advisory capacity 
while away from their homes or regular places of business; rent of 
quarters by contract or otherwise; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
contributions for the share of the United States in expenses of inter-
national organizations; and printing and binding without regard to 
section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. I l l ) ; $1,000,000, 
of which not to exceed a total of $100,000 may be expended for repre-
sentation allowances as authorized by section 901 (3) of the Act of 
August 13, 1946 (22 U. S. C. 1131) and for entertainment. 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES 
A
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D MEXICO 
For expenses necessary to enable the United States to meet its 
obligations under the treaties of 1884, 1889, 1905, 1906, 1933, and 1944 
between the United States and Mexico, and to comply with the other 
laws applicable to the United States Section, International Boundary 
and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, including opera-
tion and maintenance of the Rio Grande rectification, canalization, 
flood control, bank protection, water supply, power, irrigation, bound-
ary fence, and sanitation projects; detailed plan preparation and con-
struction (including surveys and operation and maintenance and pro-
tection during construction); Rio Grande emergency flood protection • 
expenditures for the purposes set forth in sections 101 through 104 of 
the Act of September 13, 1950 (22 U. S. C. 277d-l-277d-4); pur-
chase of planographs and lithographs; and leasing of private property 
to remove therefrom sand, gravel, stone, and other materials, without 
60 Stat. 999. 
40 Stat. 1270. 
63 Stat. 736. 
22 u s e 287e. 
60 Stat. 999. 
63 Stat. 166. 
5 u s e 835 note. 
40 Stat. 1270. 
60 Stat. 1026. 
24 S t a t . 
1011; 
26 Stat. 1512; 35 
Stat. 1863; 34 Stat. 
2 9 5 3; 4 8 S t a t . 
1 6 2 1; 5 9 S t a t . 
1219. 
64 Stat. 846. 
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regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (41U. S. C. 
5); as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses not otherwise provided for, including 
examinations, preliminary surveys, and investigations, $450,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of projects author-
ized by the Convention concluded February 1,1933, between the United 
48 Stat. 1621. 
Statcs aud Mexico, the Acts approved August 19, 1935, as amended 
49 Stat. 660. 
(22 U. S. C. 277-277f), August 29, 1935 (49 Stat. 961), June 4, 1936 
55 Stat. 338. 
(49 Stat. 1463), June 28,1941 (22 U. S. C. 277f), September 13,1950 
22 1js*c*27*7d.i (Public Law 786), and the projects stipulated in the treaty between 
note. 
the United States and Mexico signed at Washington on February 3, 
59 Stat. 1219. 
1944^ $300,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no 
expenditures shall be made for the lower Rio Grande 
flood-control 
project for construction on any land, site, or easement in connection 
with this project except such as has been acquired by donation and the 
title thereto has been approved by the Attorney General of the United 
States: Provided further, That the Anzalduas Diversion Dam shall not 
be operated for irrigation or water supply purposes in the United 
States unless suitable arrangements have been made with the pro-
spective water users for repayment to the Government of such portions 
of the costs of said dam as shall have been allocated to such purposes 
by the Secretary of State. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For operation and maintenance of projects or parts thereof, as 
enumerated above, including gaging stations, $1,000,000: Provided, 
That expenditures for the Rio Grande bank protection project shall be 
subject to the provisions and conditions contained in the appropriation 
for said project as provided by the Act approved April 25, 1945 (59 
Stat. 89). 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to perform the 
obligations of the United States pursuant to treaties between the 
United States and Great Britain, in respect to Canada, signed January 
11, 1909 (36 Stat. 2448) and February 24, 1925 (44 Stat. 2102), the 
1 usT 694. 
treaty between the United States and Canada signed February 27,1950, 
including stenographic reporting services by contract; hire of passen-
ger motor vehicles; $245,000, to be disbursed under the direction of 
the Secretary of State, and to be available also for additional expenses 
of the American Sections, International Commissions, as hereinafter 
set forth: 
International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, the 
salary of one Commissioner on the part of the United States who shall 
serve at the pleasure of the President (the other Commissioners to 
serve in that capacity without compensation therefor) ; salaries of 
clerks and other employees appointed by the Commissioners on the 
part of the United States with the approval solely of the Secretary of 
State; travel expenses and compensation of witnesses in attending 
hearings of the Commission at such places in the United States and 
Canada as the Commission or the American Commissioners shall deter-
mine to be necessary; and special and technical investigations in con-
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nection with matters falling within the Commission's jurisdiction: 
Provided^ That transfers of funds may be made to other agencies of 
the Government for the performance of work for which this appro-
priation is made. 
International Boundary Commission, United States, Alaska, and 
Canada, the completion of such remaining work as may be required 
under the award of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal and the existing 
treaties between the United States and Great Britain; commutation of 
subsistence to employees while on field duty, not to exceed $6 per day 
each (but not to exceed $3 per day each when a member of a field 
party and subsisting in camp); hire of freight and passenger motor 
vehicles from temporary field employees; and payment for timber 
necessarily cut in keeping the boundary line clear. 
INIT^RNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the 
United States to meet its obligations in connection with participation 
in international fisheries commissions pursuant to treaties or con-
ventions, and implementing Acts of Congress; $310,000: Provided^ 
That the United States share of such expenses may be advanced to the 
respective commissions. 
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to enable the 
Department of State to carry out international educational exchange 
activities, as authorized by the United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U. S. C. 1431-1479), and the Act 
62 stat. e. 
of A u ^ s t 9, 1939 (22 U. S. C. 501), and to administer the programs 
53 stat. 1290. 
authorized by section 32 (b) (2) of the Surplus Property Act of 
1944, as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 1641 (b)) (except in Germanv 
^o stat. 754. 
and Austria), the Act of August 24, 1949 (20 U. S. C. 222-224), the 
^^ stat. 630. 
Act of September 29, 1950 (20 U. S. C. 225), including salaries, 
^ stat. losi. 
expenses, and allowances of personnel and dependents as authorized 
by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U. S. C. 801-1158); 
so stat. 999. 
expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with activities provided 
for under this appropriation • hire of passenger motor vehicles; enter-
tainment within the United States (not to exceed $1,000); services as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); 
so stat. sio. 
advance of funds notwithstanding section 3648 of the Kevised Statutes 
as amended; and actual expenses of preparing and transporting to 
their former homes the remains of persons, not United States Gov-
ernment employees, who may die away from- their homes while par-
ticipating 
in 
activities 
authorized 
under 
this 
appropriation; 
$14,700,000, of which not less than $7,560,166 shall be used to purchase 
foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the 
United States. 
INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to enable the Commission to settle certain 
claims of the Government of the United States on its own behalf and 
on behalf of American nationals against foreign governments as 
authorized by the Act of March 10, 1950, as amended (22 U. S. C. 
1621-1627), including expenses of attendance at meetings of organiza- 
^4 stat. 12. 
tions concerned with the purpose of this appropriation; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles for field use only; services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); and employ- 
6° stat. 810. 
ment of aliens; $130,000. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
C o n t r a c t s 
in 
foreign countries. 
E x c h a n g e 
of 
fvinds. 
Travel expenses. 
Vehicles. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Security 
g u a r d 
services. 
Per diem rates. 
Restrictions. 
UN membership. 
C o m m u n i s t 
China. 
Citation of title. 
SEC. 102. Contracts entered into in foreign countries involving 
expenditures from any of the appropriations under this title shall 
not be subject to the provisions of section 3741 of the Revised Statutes 
(41U.S.C.22). 
SEC. 103. The exchange of funds for payment of expenses in con-
nection with the operation of diplomatic and consular establishments 
abroad shall not be subject to the provisions of section 3651 of the 
Revised Statutes (31U. S. C. 543). 
SEC. 104. Appropriations under this title available for expenses in 
connection with travel of personnel outside the continental United 
States, including travel of dependents and transportation of personal 
effects, household goods, or automobiles of such personnel shall be 
available for such expenses when any part of such travel or transporta-
tion begins in the current fiscal year pursuant to travel orders issued 
in that year, notwithstanding the fact that such travel or transporta-
tion may not be completed during the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 16a of the 
Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 78 (a)), Government-owned vehicles 
may be used in foreign countries for transportation of United States 
Government employees from their residence to the office and return 
when public transportation facilities are unsafe or are not available: 
Provided^ That each Chief of Mission shall have prior authority from 
the^ Secretary of State to approve such transportation. 
SEC. 106. Appropriations under this title for "Salaries and expenses", 
"International contingencies", and "Missions to international organ-
izations" are available for reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services for protection of confi-
dential files. 
SEC. 107. The Secretary of State, with the approval of the Bureau 
of the Budget, shall prescribe the maximum rates (not to exceed $12 
per day) of per diem in lieu of subsistence (or of similar allowances 
therefor) payable while away from their own countries to foreign 
participants in any exchange of persons program, or in any program 
of furnishing technical information and assistance, under the jurisdic-
tion of any Government agency, and said rates may be fixed without 
regard to any provision of law in limitation thereof. 
SEC. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall 
be used to pay the salary or expenses of any person assigned to or 
serving in any office of any of the several States of the United States 
or any political subdivision thereof. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds appropriated in this title shall be used 
(1) to pay the United States contribution to any international organi-
zation which engages in the direct or indirect promotion of the prin-
ciple or doctrine of one world government or one world citizenship; 
(2) for the promotion, direct or indirect, of the principle or doctrine 
of one world government or one world citizenship. 
SEC. 110. It is the sense of the Congress that the Communist Chinese 
Government should not be admitted to membership in the United 
Nations as the representative of China. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of State Appropriation 
Act, 1955". 
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419 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department of 
Justice and for examination of judicial offices, including purchase of 
two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only (including one at 
not to exceed $4,000); and miscellaneous and emergency expenses 
authorized or approved by the Attorney General or his Administrative 
Assistant; $2,472,600. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Department of 
Justice not otherwise provided for, including miscellaneous and emer-
gency expenses authorized or approved by the Attorney General or his 
Administrative Assistant; and advances of public moneys pursuant to 
Jaw (31 U. S. C. 529); $9,450,000. 
so stat. 809. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kin-
dred laws, $3,100,000: Provided^ That none of this appropriation shall 
be expended for the establishment and maintenance of permanent 
regional offices of the Antitrust Division. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS AND MARSHALS 
For necessary expenses of the offices of United States attorneys and 
marshals and United States district attorneys in Alaska, including 
purchase of one passenger motor vehicle (van) for replacement only 
at not to exceed $7,500; services in Alaska in collecting evidence for 
the United States when specifically directed by the Attorney General; 
and firearms and ammunition; $14,500,000, of which not to exceed 
$50,000 shall be available for the employment of temporary deputy 
marshals in lieu of bailiffs at a rate not to exceed $10 per day: Pro-
vided^ That of the amount herein appropriated $12,000 may be used 
for the emergency replacement of one prisoner-carrying bus upon 
certificate of the Attorney General. 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For expenses, mileage, and per diems of witnesses and for per diems 
in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law; and not to exceed $175,000 
for such compensation and expenses of witnesses (including expert 
witnesses) or informants pursuant to section 1 of the Act of July 28, 
1950 (5 U. S. C. 341) and section 4244 of title 18, United States Code; 
l\ |t|t; 3|o. 
$1,000,000: Provided^ That no part of the sum herein appropriated 
shall be used to pay any witness more than one attendance fee for 
any one calendar day. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, CLAIMS OF PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY 
For administrative expenses necessary for payment of claims of per-
sons of Japanese ancestry, pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1948 (50 
fn^ifo'r^^^* 
U. S. C. 1981-1987), $200,000. 
i98i-i987. 
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FEDERAL BITREAU OF INMSSTIGATION 
[68 ST A T , 
Protection of the 
President. 
Limitation* 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the detection and prosecution of crimes 
against the United States; jprotection of the person of the President 
of the United States; acquisition, collection, classification and preser-
vation of identification and other records and their exchange with 
the duly authorized officials of the Federal Government, of States, 
cities, and other institutions; and such other investigations regarding 
official matters under the control of the Department of Justice and 
the Department of State as may be directed by the Attorney General, 
including purchase (not to exceed three hundred for replacement 
only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase at not to exceed 
$10,000, for replacement only, of one armored motor vehicle; firearms 
and ammunition; not to exceed $10,000 for taxicab hire to be used 
exclusively for the purposes set forth in this paragraph; not to exceed 
$4,500 for expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations con-
cerned with the purposes of this appropriation; payment of rewards; 
and not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a con-
fidential character, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney 
General, and to be accounted for solely on his certificate; $78,282,000: 
Provided^ That the compensation of the Director of the Bureau shall 
be $20,000 per annum so long as the position is held by the present 
incumbent. 
None of the funds appropriated for the Federal Bureau of Investi-
gation shall be used to pay the compensation of any civil-service 
employee. 
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE 
Security 
service* 
g u a r d 
Deputy Cornmis* 
sioner. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the admin-
istration and enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, natu-
ralization, and alien registration, including advance of cash to aliens 
for meals and lodging while en route; payment of allowances (at a 
rate not in excess of $1 per day) to aliens, while held in custody under 
the immigration laws, for work performed; payment of rewards; not 
to exceed $35,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential 
character, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General 
and accounted for solely on his certificate; not to exceed $5,000 for 
expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with 
the purposes of this appropriation; purchase (not to exceed one 
hundred for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
purchase (not to exceed two for replacement only) and maintenance 
and operation of aircraft; firearms and ammunition; refunds of head 
tax, maintenance bills, immigration fines, and other items properly 
returnable, except deposits of aliens who become public charges and 
deposits to secure payment of fines and passage money; operation, 
maintenance, remodeling, and repair of buildings and the purchase 
of equipment incident thereto; reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services for protection of confi-
dential files; and maintenance, care, detention, surveillance, parole, 
and transportation of alien enemies and their wives and dependent 
children, including return of such persons to place of bona fide resi-
dence or to such other place as may be authorized by the Attorney 
General; $39,000,000: Provided^ That so long as the position is held 
by the present incumbent the compensation of the Deputy Commis-
sioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, shall be $15,000 per 
annum. 
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FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, BUREAU OF PRISONS 
For expenses necessary for the administration, operation, and main-
tenance of Federal penal and correctional institutions, including 
supervision of United States prisoners in non-Federal institutions and 
their support in Alaska; not to exceed $13,500 for expenses of attend-
ance at meetings of organizations concerned with the purposes of this 
appropriation; purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only; compilation of statistics relating to 
prisoners in Federal and non-Federal penal and correctional institu-
tions ; furnishing of insignia, uniforms, and other distinctive wearing 
apparel necessary for employees in the performance of their official 
duties; payment pursuant to law of claims of employees for loss, dam-
age, or destruction of personal property (31 U. S. C. 238) ; firearms 
and ammunition; medals and other awards; payment of rewards; 
purchase and exchange of farm products and livestock; construction 
of buildings at prison camps; and acquisition of land as authorized by 
section 7 of the Act of July 28, 1950 (5 U. S. C. 341f); $26,385,000: 
Provided^ That there may be transferred to the Public Health Service 
such amounts as may be necessary, in the discretion of the Attorney 
General, for direct expenditure by that Service for medical relief for 
inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions. 
63 Stat. 167. 
64 Stat. 381. 
SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES PRISONERS 
For support of United States prisoners in non-Federal institutions 
except in the Territory of Alaska, including necessary clothing and 
medical aid, and payment of rewards; $2,475,000. 
OFFICE or ALIEN PROPERTY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
The Attorney General, or such officer as he may designate, is hereby 
authorized to pay out of any funds or other property or interest vested 
in him or transferred to him pursuant to or with respect to the Trading 
With the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917, as amended (50 U. S. C. 
App.), necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the powers and 
duties conferred on the Attorney General pursuant to said Act: Pro-
vided^ That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available in the current 
fiscal year for the general administrative expenses of the Office of 
Alien Property, including rent of private or Government-owned space 
in the District of Columbia; and expenses of attendance at meetings 
of organizations concerned with the purposes of this authorization: 
Provided further^ That on or before November 1 of the current fiscal 
year, the Attorney General shall make a report to the Appropriations mut^sr 
Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives giving 
detailed information on all administrative and nonadministrative 
expenses incurred during the next preceding fiscal year in connection 
with the activities of the Office of Alien Property: Provided 
further^ 
That of the total amount herein authorized the amount of $100,000 is to 
be transferred to the appropriation for "Salaries and expenses, gen-
eral administration", Department of Justice. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
SEC. 202. The minimum annual salary of any United States Attor-
ney, any Assistant United States Attorney, or any special attorney 
or special assistant, as set forth in section 202 of the Department of 
40 Stat. 411. 
50 u s e app. 1. 
R e p o r t to Con-
gressional 
C o m -
U. S. attorneys, 
etc. 
Minimum salary. 
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[68 S 
T A T . 
67 Stat. 375. 
License require-
m e n t s for attor-
neys. 
R eitnburse m e n t 
to U. S. 
A t t e n d a nee at 
meetings. 
Services. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Fallbrook P u b -
lic Utility District, 
Calif. 
Post, p. 575. 
Citation of title. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
Justice Appropriation Act, 1954, shall not apply to any such official 
after June 30, 1954. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated by this title may be used 
to pay the compensation of any person hereafter employed as an attor-
ney (except foreign counsel employed in special cases) unless such 
person shall be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney 
under the laws of a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 204. Sixty per centum of the expenditures for the offices of the 
of the United States attorney and the United States marshal for the 
District of Columbia from all appropriations in this title shall be 
reimbursed to the United States from any funds in the Treasury of the 
United States to the credit of the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 205. Appropriations and authorizations made in this title 
which are available for expenses of attendance at meetings shall be 
expended for such purposes in accordance with regulations prescribed 
by the Attorney General. 
SEC. 206. Appropriations and authorizations made in this title for 
salaries and expenses shall be available for services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a). 
SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated by this title may be used 
in the preparation or prosecution of the suit in the United States Dis-
trict Court for the Southern District of California, Southern Division, 
by the United States of America against Fallbrook Public Utility Dis-
trict, a public service corporation of the State of California, and 
others: Piovided^ That this section shall have no force and effect after 
the effective date of H. R. 5731, Eighty-third Congress, as finally 
enacted into law. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Justice Appropriation 
Act, 1955". 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Office of the 
Secretary of Commerce (hereafter in this title referred to as the Sec-
retary) including teletype news service (not exceeding $1,000) ; 
$2,050,000; and in addition, in order to provide for additional organi-
zation and management surveys of the Department of Commerce, the 
Secretary may transfer not to exceed $100,000 to this appropriation 
from any other appropriations available to the Department of Com-
mence for salaries and expenses for the current fiscal year. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for collecting, com-
piling, and publishing current census statistics provided for by law; 
and for general administration, including enumerators at rates to be 
fixed without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended; 
$6,200,000. 
Census of agriculture: For expenses necessary for taking, compiling, 
and publishing the 1954 Census of Agriculture, as authorized by law, 
including personal services by contract or otherwise at rates to be 
fixed by the Secretary of Commerce without regard to the Classifi-
cation Act of 1949, as amended; and additional compensation of Fed-
eral employees temporarily detailed for field work under this appro-
priation; $16,000,000, to become immediately available and to remain 
available until December 31, 1956 (13 U. S. C. 216, as amended by 66 
Stat. 736). 
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423 
CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Civil Aero-
nautics Administration in carrying out the provisions of the Civil 
Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended (49 U. S. C. 401), the Act of 
52 stat. 973. 
August 8, 1950 (49 U. S. C. 457), and other Acts incident to the 
64Stat. 4i7. 
enforcement of safety regulations; maintenance and operation of air 
navigation facilities and air traffic control; furnishing advisory service 
to States and other public and private agencies in connection with 
the construction or improvement of airports and landing areas; and 
the disposal of surplus airports; including hire of aircraft (not ex-
ceeding $225,000) ; the operation and maintenance of eighty aircraft; 
fees and mileage of expert and other witnesses; and purchase and 
repair of skis and snowshoes; $97,650,000: Provided^ That there may states" ^tc. ''°™ 
be credited to this appropriation, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, and other public authorities for expenses incurred in 
the maintenance and operation of airport traffic control towers. 
Establishment of air-navigation facilities: For an additional amount 
for the acquisition and establishment by contract or purchase and 
hire of air-navigation facilities, including the equipment of additional 
civil airways for day and night flying; the construction of additional 
necessary lighting, radio, and other signaling and communicating 
structures and apparatus; the alteration and modernization of exist-
ing air-navigation facilities; the acquisition of the necessary sites by 
lease, condemnation or grant; the construction and furnishing of 
quarters and related accommodations for officers and employees of the 
Civil Aeronautics Administration stationed at remote localities not 
on foreign soil where such accommodations are not otherwise avail-
able ; $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That 
Transfers, 
transfers may be made from this appropriation to the appropriation 
"Salaries and expenses, Civil Aeronautics Administration", for costs 
of maintenance and operation of aircraft for initial flight checking of 
facilities 
established under this appropriation 
(not to exceed 
$119,000) ; for necessary expenses in connection with the transpor-
tation by air to and from and within the Territories of the United 
States of materials and equipment secured under this appropriation 
(not to exceed $115,000); and for necessary administrative costs 
(not to exceed $250,000). 
Technical development and evaluation: For expenses necessary in 
carrying out the provisions of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as 
amended (49 U. S. C. 401), relative to such developmental work and 
52 stat. 973. 
service testing as tends to the creation of improved air-navigation 
facilities, including landing areas, aircraft, aircraft engines, pro-
pellers, appliances, personnel, and operation methods; acquisition of 
necessary sites by lease or grant; and operation and maintenance of 
Ave aircraft, which shall be in addition to the number authorized 
herein under the appropriation for "Salaries and expenses. Civil 
Aeronautics Administration"; $700,000. 
Federal-aid airport program, Federal Airport Act: Not to exceed 
$750,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation made avail-
able under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation 
Act, 1953, shall be available during the current fiscal year for expenses 
^^ ^
*
^
*
* 563. 
necessary for administration of the Federal Airport Act of 1946, as 
amended (49 U. S. C. 1101-1119), including maintenance and opera- 
^o stat. 170. 
tion of aircraft, and of said amount not to exceed $125,000 may be 
transferred to the appropriation for the current fiscal year for "Sal-
aries and expenses, Civil Aeronautics Administration". 
Maintenance and operation of public airports. Territory of Alaska: 
For expenses necessary for the maintenance, improvement, and oper-
424 
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[38 STAT. 
ation of public airports in the Territory of Alaska, as authorized 
62 Stat. 278. 
b j law (48 U. S. C. 485 c-h) ; including arms and ammunition; and 
purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms; $600,000. 
Air navigation development: For expenses necessary for planning 
and developing a national sj^stem of aids to air navigation and air 
traflSc control common to military and civil air navigation, including 
research, experimental investigations, purchase and development, by 
contract or otherwise, of new types of air navigation aids (including 
plans, specifications and drawings); hire of aircraft; acquisition of 
necessary sites by lease or grant; payments in advance under contracts 
for research or development work; and not to exceed $50,000 for 
administrative expenses; $1,050,000. 
CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOAKD 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Civil Aero-
nautics Board, including contract stenographic reporting services; 
employment of temporary guards on a contract or fee basis; salaries 
and traveling expenses of employees detailed to attend courses of 
training conducted by the Government or industries serving aviation; 
purchase (not to exceed two for replacement only) of passenger motor 
vehicles; and hire, operation, maintenance, and repair of aircraft; 
$3,777,000. 
Payments to air carriers: For payments to air carriers of so much of 
the compensation fixed and determined by the Civil Aeronautics Board 
under section 406 of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended 
52 Stat. 998. 
(49 ]j_ g^ Q 486) ^ as is payable by the Civil Aeronautics Board pursuant 
Fus^c ut^is *^ Reorganization Plan No. 10 of 1953; $40,000,000, to remain avail-
note, 
able until expended: Provided, That the unexpended balance of the 
amount transferred, pursuant to said Plan, from the Post Oifice 
Department to the Civil Aeronautics Board for the foregoing pur-
poses, shall be merged with this appropriation. 
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the 
61 Stat. 787. 
provislous of the Act of August 6, 1947 (33 U. S. C. 883a-883i), 
including lease of sites and the erection of temporary buildings 
for tide, magnetic or seismological observations; hire of aircraft; 
operation, maintenance, and repair of an airplane; extra compen-
sation at not to exceed $15 per month to each member of the crew 
of a vessel when assigned duties as recorder or instrument observer, 
and at not to exceed $1 per day for each station to employees of other 
Federal agencies while making oceanographic observations or tending 
.seismographs; pay, allowances, gratuities, transportation of depend-
ents and household effects, and payment of funeral expenses, as author-
ized by law, for not to exceed 185 commissioned officers on the active 
list; payments under the Uniform Services Contingency Option Act 
37 use 3^7Vnote ^^ ^^^^ 5 ^^^ V^^ ^^ commissioued oflScers retired in accordance with 
law; $10,200,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, this 
appropriation shall be reimbursed for press costs and costs of paper 
for charts published by the Coast and Geodetic Survey and furnished 
for the official use of the military departments of the Department of 
Defense. 
BUSINESS AND DEFENSE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Business and 
Defense Services Administration and the Defense Air Transportation 
Administration, including transportation and not to exceed $15 per 
diem in lieu of subsistence for persons serving without compensation 
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425 
while away from their homes or regular places of business, $6,320,000, 
of which $72,000 shall be available for the Defense Air Transportation 
Administration. 
BUREAU OF FOREIGN COMMERCE 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Bureau of 
Foreign Commerce, including the purchase of commercial and trade 
repoi-ts; not to exceed $1,200 for payment of membership dues incident 
to participation, as authorized by the Secretary of Commerce, in inter-
national travel organizations connected with the work of the Bureau; 
$2,000,000. 
Export control: For expenses necessary for carrying out the pro-
visions of the Export Control Act of 1949, as amended, relating to 
export controls, including awards of compensation to informers under 
said Act and as authorized by the Act of August 13,1953 (22 U. S. C. 
401), $3,600,000, of which not to exceed $900,000 may be transferred 
to the Bureau of Customs, Treasury Department, for enforcement of 
the export control program, and of which not to exceed $100,000 may 
be transferred to the appropriation for "Salaries and expenses" under 
the Office of the Secretary. 
OrncE or BUSINESS ECONOMICS 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Office of Busi-
ness Economics, $900,000. 
MARITIME ACTIVITIES 
Operating-differential subsidies: For the payment of obligations in-
curred for operating-differential subsidies granted on or after January 
1, 1947, as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, 
and in appropriations heretofore made to the United States Maritime 
Commission, $65,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ 
That to the extent that the operating-differential subsidy accrual (com-
puted on the basis of parity) is represented on the operator's books by a 
contingent accounts receivable item against the United States as a par-
tial or complete offset to the recapture accrual, the operator (1) shall be 
excused from making deposits in the special reserve fund, and (2) as to 
the amount of such earnmgs the deposit of which is so excused shall be 
entitled to the same tax treatment as though it had been deposited in 
said special reserve fund. 
To the extent that any amount paid to the 
operator by the United States reduces the balance in the operator's con-
tingent receivable account against the United States, such amount, 
unless it is forthwitli deposited in the fund, shall be considered as with-
drawn under section 607 (h) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as 
amended: Provided further^ That nothing contained in this Act, or in 
any prior appropriation Act, shall be construed to affect the authority 
provided in section 603 (a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as 
amended, (1) to grant operating-differential subsidies on a long-term 
basis, and (2) to obligate the United States to make future payments 
in accordance with the terms of such operating-differential subsidy 
contracts: Promded further^ That no part of the foregoing appropria-
tion shall be available for obligation, nor any obligation made, for the 
payment of an operating-differential subsidy for any number of 
vo}^ages, during the current fiscal year, in excess of sixteen hundred, 
which number shall include the number of voyages under contracts 
hereafter awarded and of which not less than one hundred and twelve 
shall be for operators who have not held contracts prior to July 1,1952. 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for carrying into 
effect the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and other laws administered 
63 Stat. 7. 
5 0 u s e 
a p p.i 
2021 note. 
67 Stat. 577. 
49 Stat. 1985. 
46 use 1245. 
46 use 1177. 
46 u s e 1173. 
46 use 1245. 
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[68 ST 
A T . 
by the Federal Maritime Board and the Maritime Administration, 
$13,500,000, within limitations as follows: 
Administrative expenses, including not to exceed $1,125 for enter-
tainment of officials of other countries when specifically authorized by 
the Maritime Administrator; and ship structure research, testing and 
models; $5,955,000; 
Maintenance of shipyard facilities and operation of warehouses, 
$1,085,000; 
Reserve fleet expenses, $6,460,000. 
Maritime training: For training cadets as officers of the merchant 
marine at the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, 
including pay and allowances for personnel of the United States 
Maritime Service comparable to those of the Coast Guard as author-
53 Stat. U82. 
ized by law (46 U. S. C. 1126, 14 F. R. 7707); not to exceed $2,500 
for contingencies for the Superintendent, United States Merchant 
Marine Academy, to be expended in his discretion; and not to exceed 
$30,000 for transfer to applicable appropriations of the Public Health 
Service 
for 
services 
rendered 
the 
Maritime 
Administration; 
$2,200,000, including uniform and textbook allowances for cadet mid-
shipmen, at an average yearly cost of not to exceed $200 per cadet: 
Provided^ That except as herein provided for uniform and textbook 
allowances this appropriation shall not be used for compensation or 
allowances for cadets. 
State marine schools: To reimburse the State of California, $47,500; 
the State of Maine, $47,500; the State of Massachusetts, $47,500; and 
the State of New York, $47,500; for expenses incurred in the mainte-
nance and support of marine schools in such States as provided in the 
Act authorizing the establishment of marine schools, and so forth, 
36 Stat. 1353. 
approved March 4,1911, as amended (34 U. S. C. 1121-1123); $149,800 
for the maintenance and repair of vessels loaned by the United States 
to the said States for use in connection with such State marine schools; 
and $320,200 for allowances for uniforms, textbooks, and subsistence 
of cadets at State marine schools, to be paid in accordance with regu-
53 Stat. U83. 
ktious established pursuant to law (46 U. S. C. 1126 (b)) ; $660,000. 
War Shipping Administration liquidation: Not to exceed $6,000,000 
of the unexpended balance of the appropriation to the Secretary of 
61 Stat. 697. 
the Treasury in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1948, 
for liquidation of obligations approved by the General Accounting 
Office as properly incurred against funds of the War Shipping Admin-
istration prior to January 1,1947, is hereby continued available during 
the current fiscal year, and shall be available for the payment of 
obligations incurred against the working fund titled: "W^orking fund. 
Commerce, War Shipping Administration functions, December 31, 
1946". 
No additional vessels shall be allocated under charter, nor shall any 
vessel be continued under charter by reason of any extension of charter-
ing authority beyond June 30, 1949, unless the charterer shall agree 
that the Maritime Administration shall have no obligation upon 
redelivery to accept or pay for consumable stores, bunkers and slop-
chest items, except with respect to such minimum amounts of bunkers 
as the Maritime Administration considers advisable to be retained on 
the vessel and that prior to such redelivery all consumable stores, 
slop-chest items and bunkers over and above such minimums shall 
be removed from the vessel by the charterer at his own expense. 
No money made available to the Department of Commerce, for 
maritime activities, by this or any other Act shall be used in payment 
for a vessel the title to which is acquired by the Government either 
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PUBLIC LAW 471-JULY 2, 1954 
427 
by requisition or purchase, or the use of which is taken either by 
requisition or agreement, or which is insured by the Government and 
lost while so insured, unless the price or hire to be paid therefor 
(except in cases where section 802 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, 
as amended, is applicable) is computed in accordance with subsection 
902 (a) of said Act, as that subsection is interpreted by the General 
Accounting Office. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Maritime 
Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and services and 
make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or 
occupancy involving Government property under control of the 
Maritime Administration, and payments received by the Maritime 
Administration for utilities, services, and repairs so furnished or 
made shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost 
thereof: Provided^ That rental payments under any such lease, con-
tract, or occupancy on account of items other than such utilities, serv-
ices, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts. 
No obligations shall be incurred during the current fiscal year from 
the construction fund established by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, 
or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained 
in this Act, or in any prior appropriation Act, and all receipts which 
otherwise would be deposited to the credit of said fund shall be 
covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
PATENT OFFICE 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Patent Office, 
including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 
2, 1946 (5 U, S. C. 55a) 5 at rates for individuals not to exceed $75 per 
diem (not to exceed $25,000) ; and defense of suits instituted against 
the Commissioner of Patents; $11,500,000. 
BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS 
General administrative expenses: Necessary expenses of adminis-
tration, including advertising (including advertising in the city of 
Washington for work to be performed in areas adjacent thereto), and 
the maintenance and repairs of experimental highways, shall be paid, 
in accordance with law, from appropriations available to the Bureau 
of Public Roads. 
Of the total amount available from appropriations of the Bureau 
of Public Roads for general administrative expenses, pursuant to the 
provisions of section 21 of the Act of November 9, 1921, as amended 
(23 U. S. C. 21), $100,000 shall be available for all necessary expenses 
to enable the President to utilize the services of the Bureau of Public 
Roads in fulfilling the obligations of the United States under the 
Convention on the Pan-American Highway Between the United States 
and Other American Republics (51 Stat. 152), cooperation with several 
governments, members of the Pan American Union, in connection with 
the survey and construction of the Inter-American Highway, and for 
performing engineering service in Pan-American countries for and 
upon the request of any agency or governmental corporation of the 
United States. 
Federal-aid highways: For carrying out the provisions of the Act 
of July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented (23 U. S. C. 1-22, 
24-105, 107-117), to remain available until expended, $500,000,000, 
which sum is composed of $360,500,000, the balance of the amount 
authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1953, $136,500,000, 
46 use 1212. 
46 use 1242. 
49 Stat. 1985. 
46 use 1245. 
60 Stat. 810. 
42 Stat. 217. 
39 Stat. 355. 
23 use 9a note. 
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[68 ST A T . 
a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 
1954, and $739,424, $364,059 and $1,896,517, the latter sums being for 
reimbursement of the sums expended for the repair or reconstruction 
of highways and bridges which have been damaged or destroyed by 
floods, hurricanes, or landslides, as provided by section 4 of the Act 
stit. ?6il M^trt! approved June 8, 1938, section 7 of the Act approved July 13, 1943, 
789.' 
' 
* and section 9 of the Act approved September 7, 1950, as amended 
(23U.S.C.13aandl3b). 
Forest highways: For expenses, not otherwise provided for, neces-
sary for carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal 
42 Stat. 218. 
Highway Act of November 9,1921, as amended (23 U. S. C. 23, 23a), 
to remain available until expended, $15,000,000, which sum is com-
posed of $8,400,000, the remainder of the amount authorized to be 
appropriated for the fiscal year 1953, and $6,600,000, a part of the 
amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1954: Pro-
vided^ That this appropriation shall be available for the rental, pur-
chase, construction, or alteration of buildings and sites necessary for 
the storage and repair of equipment and supplies used for road con-
struction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such item under 
this authorization shall not exceed $15,000. 
Inter-American Highway: For necessary expenses of continuing 
the survey and construction of the Inter-American Highway, in 
accordance with the provisions of the Act of December 26, 1941 (55 
Stat, 860), as amended by section 6 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act 
of 1952 (66 Stat. 158), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Repofu*^^"* 
Provided^ That no part of this appropriation shall be allocated for 
expenditures in a particular country except with the approval of the 
President and a report to the Appropriations Committees of the House 
and Senate. 
Rama Road, Nicaragua: For necessary expenses for the survey and 
construction of the Rama Road, Nicaragua, in accordance with the 
provisions of section 5 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952 (66 
Stat. 160), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
General provisions—Bureau of Public Roads: None of the money 
appropriated for the work of the Bureau of Publ,ic Roads during the 
current fiscal year shall be paid to any State on account of any proj-
ect on which convict labor shall be employed, but this provision shall 
not apply to labor performed by convicts on parole or probation. 
During the current fiscal year authorized engineering or other 
services in connection with the survey, construction, and maintenance, 
or improvement of roads may be performed for other Government 
agencies, cooperating foreign countries and State cooperating agen-
cies and reimbursement for such services (which may include depre-
ciation on engineering and road-building equipment used) shall be 
credited to the appropriation concerned. 
During the current fiscal year appropriations for the work of the 
Bureau of Public Roads shall be available for expenses of warehouse 
maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of supplies, 
materials, and equipment for distribution to projects under the super-
vision of the Bureau of Public Roads, or for sale or distribution to 
other Government activities, cooperating foreign countries and State 
cooperating agencies, and the cost of such supplies and materials or 
the value of such equipment (including the cost of transportation and 
handling) may be reimbursed to current applicable appropriations. 
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429 
Appropriations to the Bureau of Public Roads may be used in 
emergency for medical supplies and services and other assistance nec-
essary for the inmiediate relief of employees engaged on hazardous 
work under that Bureau, and for temporary services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), but at rates for 
GO stat. sio. 
individuals not in excess of $100 per diem. 
NATIONAL BUREAU or STANDARDS 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Act 
approved March 3, 1901, as amended (15 U. S. C. 271-278c), includ- 
3i stat. i449. 
ing improvements to buildings, grounds, and other plant facilities, 
as authorized by section 2 of the Act of July 21, 1950 (15 U. S. C 
286); building of temporary experimental structures; and not to 
64 stat. 371. 
exceed $50,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); as follows: 
so stat. 810. 
Operation and administration: For the general operation and 
administration of the Bureau; improvement and care of the grounds; 
plant equipment; and maintenance and protection of buildings, 
including repairs and alterations thereto; $1,000,000. 
Research and testing: For research, testing, and other activities 
as authorized by the Act of July 22, 1950 (15 U. S. C. 272), and not 
64 stat. 371. 
otherwise provided for, $3,150,000. 
Radio propagation and standards: For development and main-
tenance of primary standards of measurement of electrical quantities 
at radio frequencies; calibrating and certifying radio measuring 
instruments, apparatus, and standards in terms of the national 
primary standards; investigation of the phenomena affecting the 
propagation of radio waves; and the broadcasting of radio signals of 
standard frequency; $2,100,000: Provided, 
That during the current 
fiscal year the maximum base rate of compensation for employees 
appointed pursuant to the Act of July 21,1950 (15 U. S. C. 283), shall 
f
^ stau 370. 
be $7,040 per annum. 
Construction of laboratories (liquidation of contract authoriza-
tion) : For payment of obligations incurred pursuant to authority 
granted under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropria-
tion Act, 1951 (64 Stat. 629), $115,000. 
WEATHER BUREAU 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Weather 
Bureau, including maintenance and operation of aircraft; not to 
exceed $25,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); and not to exceed $10,000 for main- 
eo stat. 810. 
tenance of a printing office in the city of Washington, as authorized by 
law; $24,750,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the 
maximum amount authorized under section 3 (a) of the Act of June 2, 
1948 (15 U. S. C. 327), for extra compensation to employees of other 
^2 stat. 286. 
Government agencies for taking and transmitting meteorological 
observations, shall be $5 per day; and the maximum oase rate of pay 
authorized under section 3 (b) of said Act, for employees conducting 
meteorological investigations in the Arctic region, shall be $6,000 per 
annum, except that not more than five of such employees at any one 
time may receive a base rate of $8,500 per annum, and such employees 
may be appointed without regard to the Classification Act of 1949. 
5\jsc*io^7^i1iote 
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[68 S T A T . 
63 Stat. 907. 
60 Stat. 810. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
SEC. 302. During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations 
and funds available to the Department of Commerce shall Ibe avail-
able for the activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (5 
U. S. C. 596a), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by said Act. 
SEC. 303. Appropriations in this title available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings of 
organizations concerned with the activities for which the appropria-
tions are made; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), 
but, unless otherwise specified, at rates for individuals not to exceed 
$50 per diem. 
SEC. 304. There shall be hereafter in the Department of Commerce, 
in addition to the Assistant Secretaries now provided for by law, one 
additional Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who shall be appointed 
by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and 
who shall be subject in all respects to the provisions of the Act of 
July 15,1947 (61 Stat. 326), as amended (5 U. S. C. 592a), relating to 
Assistant Secretaries of Commerce. 
Section 3 of Reorganization 
s^usc 133:^15 pjan Numbered 5 of 1950, as amended (64 Stat. 1263; 66 Stat. 121), is 
hereby repealed. 
SEC. 305. No part of the appropriations made available in this title 
shall be available for management studies except the $100,000 author-
ized for transfer to the Office of the Secretary. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Commerce Appro-
priation Act, 1955". 
M a n a g em e n t 
studies. 
Ante, p. 422. 
Citation of title. 
TITLE IV—UNITED STATES INFORMATION 
AGENCY 
67 Stat. 642. 
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67 Stat. 161. 
60 Stat. 999. 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to enable the United 
States Information Agency, as authorized by Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 8 of 1953, to carry out international information activities, 
and to administer the informational media guarantee program author-
ized by section 111 (b) (3) of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, 
as amended and continued by section 7 of the Mutual Security Act 
of 1952 (22 U. S. C. 1509), including rents in the District of Columbia; 
employment, without regard to the civil-service and classification 
laws, of (1) persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $120,000), 
(2) aliens within the United States, and (3) aliens abroad for service 
in the United States relating to the translation or narration of collo-
quial speech in foreign languages (such aliens to be investigated for 
such employment in accordance with procedures established by the 
Secretary of State and the Attorney General) : travel expenses of 
aliens employed abroad for service in the United States to and from 
the United States; salaries, expenses, and allowances of personnel and 
dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as 
amended (22 U. S. C. 801-1158) ; expenses of attendance at meetings 
concerned with activities provided for under this appropriation (not 
to exceed $6,000); entertainment within the United States (not to 
exceed $1,000); hire of passenger motor vehicles; insurance of official 
motor vehicles in foreign countries when required by the law of such 
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countries; purchase of space in publications abroad, without regard 
to the provisions of law set forth in 44 U. S. C. 322; services as author- 
20 stat. 216. 
ized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); pay- 
eo stat. sio. 
ment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph 
of section 2672, as amended, of title 28 of the United States Code 
^2 stat. 983. 
when such claims arise in foreign countries; advance of funds not-
withstanding section 3648 of the Revised Statutes as amended; pur- 
^i use 529. 
chase of caps for personnel employed abroad; dues for library 
membership in organizations which issue publications to members 
only, or to members at a price lower than to others; employment of 
aliens, by contract, for service abroad; purchase of ice and drinking 
water abroad; payment of excise taxes on negotiable instruments 
abroad; loss by exchange; cost of transporting to and from a place 
of storage and the cost of storing the furniture and household and 
personal effects of an employee of the Foreign Service who is assigned 
to a post at which he is unable to use his furniture and effects, under 
such regulations as the Director may prescribe; actual expenses of 
preparing and transporting to their former homes the remains of 
persons, not United States Government employees, who may die away 
from their homes while participating in activities authorized under 
this appropriation; radio activities and acquisition and production of 
motion pictures and visual materials and purchase or rental of tech-
nical equipment and facilities therefor, narration, script-writing, 
translation, and engineering services, by contract or otherwise; main-
tenance, improvement, and repair of properties used for information 
activities in foreign countries; fuel and utilities for Government-
owned or leased property abroad; rental or lease for periods not 
exceeding five years of offices, buildings, grounds, and living quarters 
for officers and employees engaged in informational activities abroad; 
reorientation, and rehabilitation materials and equipment for Ger-
many and Austria; and purchase of objects for presentation to foreign 
governments, 
schools, or 
organizations; 
$77,114,000, of 
which 
$3,200,000 shall be derived by transfer from the unobligated balance 
in the account "International Information Activities, United States 
Information Agency", and of which not less than $8,000,000 shall 
be used to purchase foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned 
by the Treasury of the United States and of which not less than 
$200,000 shall be available for contracts with one or more private 
international broadcasting licensees for the purpose of developing 
and broadcasting under private auspices, but under the general super-
vision of the United States Information Agency, radio programs to 
Latin America, Western Europe, as well as other areas of the free 
world, which programs shall be designed to cultivate friendships 
with the peoples of the countries of those areas, and to build improved 
international understanding: Provided^ That not to exceed $35,0C0 
may be used for representation abroad: Provided further^ That this 
appropriation shall be available for expenses in connection with travel 
of personnel outside the continental United States, including travel 
of dependents and transportation of personal effects, household goods, 
or automobiles of such personnel, when any part of such travel or 
transportation begins in the current fiscal year pursuant to travel 
orders issued in that year, notwithstanding the fact that such travel 
or transportation may not be completed during the current year: 
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tabu°8hm*in?s*^ P^ovidcd further^ That funds may be exchanged for payment of 
broad. 
expenses in connection with the operation of information establish-
ments abroad without regard to the provisions of section 3651 of the 
Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 543) : Provided further^ That passenger 
motor vehicles used abroad exclusively for the purposes of this appro-
priation may be exchanged or sold, pursuant to section 201 (c) of the 
Act of June 30, 1949 (40 U. S. C. 481 (c)), and the exchange allow-
ances or proceeds of such sales shall be available for replacement of 
an equal number of such vehicles and the cost, including the exchange 
allowance of each such replacement, except buses and station wagons, 
shall not exceed $1,400: Provided further^ That, notwithstanding the 
provisions of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 
U. S. C. 665), the United States Information Agency is authorized 
in making contracts for the use of international short-wave radio 
stations and facilities, to agree on behalf of the United States to 
indemnify the owners and operators of said radio stations and facili-
ties from such funds as may be hereafter appropriated for the purpose 
against loss or damage on account of injury to persons or property 
arising from such use of said radio stations and facilities: Provided 
further^ That existing appointments and assignments to the Foreign 
Service Reserve for the purposes of foreign information and educa-
tional activities which expire during the current fiscal year may be 
extended for a period of one year in addition to the period of appoint-
ment or assignment otherwise authorized: Provided 
further^ That 
funds appropriated herein shall be available for payment to private 
organizations abroad in pursuance of contracts entered into for the 
processing and distribution of motion-picture films. 
No appropriation in this Act shall be available for more than 
twenty employees and two studios for the operation of the Inter-
national Broadcasting Service in New York City after December 31, 
1954. 
TITLE V—CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations are hereby authorized to make such, 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation, and in accord with the law, and to 
make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 
tiuscl^.* 
Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the 
programs set forth in the Budget for the fiscal year 1955 for each such 
corporation, except as hereinafter provided: 
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated: Not to exceed $377,000 of 
the funds of the Corporation shall be available for its administrative 
expenses, and not to exceed $473,000 for the expenses of vocational 
training of prisoners, both amounts to be computed on an accrual basis 
and to be determined in accordance with the Corporation's prescribed 
accounting system in effect on July 1, 1946, and shall be exclusive of 
depreciation, payment of claims, expenditures w^hich the said account-
ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities 
acquired or produced, including selling and shipping expenses, and 
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expenses in connection with acquisition, construction, operation, main-
tenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of facilities and other 
property belonging to the Corporation or in which it has an interest. 
INLAND WATERWAYS CORPORATION 
Inland Waterways Corporation (administered under the supervi-
sion and direction of the Secretary of Commerce) : Not to exceed 
$14,000 shall be available for administrative expenses to be determined 
in the manner set forth under the title "General expenses" in the Uni-
form System of Accounts for Carriers by Water of the Interstate 
Commerce Commission (effective January 1,1947). 
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or ,.^*"''^^,?r °'^®'~ 
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of the funds available lor expenditure by any corporation included m ment. 
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 over-
throw 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 con-
trary 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 advo-
cate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the over-
throw 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 organiza-
tion 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 Gov-
ernment of the United States by force or violence and accepts employ-
ment 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 con-
viction, 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 addition to, and not in substitution for, any other pro-
visions of existing law. 
SEC. 602. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not herefore authorized 
by the Congress. 
SEC. 603. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used to pay any expenses incident to or in connection with partici-
pation in the International Materials Conference. 
This Act may be cited as the "Departments of State, Justice, and 
Commerce and the United States Information Agency Appropriation 
Act, 1955". 
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Approved July 2, 1954. 
Publicity, etc. 
International Ma-
terials Conference. 
Short title. 
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