An Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and for other purposes
PL 88-149 (H.R.7179), enacted 10/17/1963

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Public Law 88-149 
October 17, 1963 
AN A C T 
[H. R. 7179] 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1964, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Department o
f 
United Stotes of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
priltro^n Act^'^1964 ^^^^ ^^® appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, for 
military functions administered by the Department of Defense, 
and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
MILITAEY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including 
all expenses thereof for organizational movements), expenses of 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for mem-
bers of the Army on active duty (except those undergoing reserve 
training); $3,785,000,000, and, in addition $100,000,000 which shall 
be derived by transfer from the Army stock fund and the Defense 
stock fund, and $50,000,000 which shall be derived by transfer 
from the Army industrial fund. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including 
all expenses thereof for organizational movements), expenses of 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for mem-
bers of the Navy on active duty (except those undergoing reserve 
training), midshipmen and aviation cadets; $2,614,000,000, and, in 
addition $30,000,000 which shall be derived by transfer from the 
Defense stock fund, and $90,000,000 which shall be derived by 
transfer from the Navy industrial fund. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), expenses of tempo-
rary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of 
the Marine Corps on active duty (except those undergoing reserve 
training); $678,600,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including 
all expenses thereof for organizational movements), expenses of 
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for mem-
bers of the Air Force on active duty (except those undergoing reserve 
training), cadets and aviation cadets; $3,943,000,000, and, in addition 
$45,000,000 which shall be derived by transfer from the Air Force 
stock fund and the Defense stock fund, and $10,000,000 which shall 
be derived by transfer from the Air Force industrial fund. 
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RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Armj^ Reserve on active duty 
while und!ergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or 
equivalent duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps, as authorized by law; $210,100,000: Provided^ That the Army 
Reserve will be programed to attain an end strength of three hundred 
thousand for fiscal year 1964. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Naval Reserve on active duty 
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or 
equivalent duty, regular and contract enrollees m the Naval Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps, and retainer pay, as authorized by law; 
$92,300,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve and the 
Marine Corps platoon leaders class on active duty while undergoing 
reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, as 
authorized by law; $28,500,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on active 
duty while undergoing reserve training or while performing drills or 
equivalent duty, and for members of the Air Reserve Officers' Train-
ing Corps, as authorized by law; $55,100,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard while 
on duty under section 265 of title 10, United States Code, or while 
70A stat. ii. 
undergoing training or while performing drills or equivalent duty, 
as authorized by law; $242,800,000: Provided^ 
That obligations 
may be incurred under this appropriation without regard to sec-
tion 107 of title 32, United States Code: Provided further^ That the 
7OA stat. 599. 
Army National Guard will be programed to attain an end strength 
of four hundred thousand in fiscal year 1964. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on duty 
under sections 265, 8033, and 8496 of title 10, United States Code, 7
0
A stat. 11, 
or while undergoing training or while performing drills or equiva-"*^^' ^'^'^• 
lent duty, as authorized by law; $58,300,000: Provided^ That obli-
gations may be incurred under this appropriation without regard 
to section 107 of title 32, United States Code. 
RETIRED PAY, DEFENSE 
For retired pay and retirement pay, as authorized by law, of 
military personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine 
Corps, and the Air Force, including the reserve components thereof, 
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retainer pay for personnel of the inactive Fleet Reserve, and pay-
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ments under 
Chapter 
73 of 
Title 
10, United 
States 
Code; 
1446. 
$1,143,000,000. 
TITLE I I 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Army, including administration; 
medical and dental care of personnel entitled thereto by law or 
regulation (including charges of private facilities for care of mil-
itary personnel on duty or leave, except elective private treatment), 
and other measures necessary to protect the health of the Army; care 
of the dead; chaplains' activities; aw^ards and medals; welfare and 
recreation; recruiting expenses; transportation services; communi-
cations services; maps and similar data for military purposes; 
military surveys and engineering planning; contracts for main-
tenance of reserve tools and facilities for twelve months beginning 
at any time during the current fiscal year; repair of facilities; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; tuition and fees incident to training 
of military personnel at civilian institutions; field exercises and 
maneuvers, including payments in advance for rentals or options 
to rent land; expenses for the Reserve Officers' Training Corps and 
other units at educational institutions, as authorized by law; not to 
exceed $4,193,000 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to 
be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the 
Army, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity 
for confidential military purposes, and his determination shall be 
final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government; 
$3,369,071,000 of which not less than $239,000,000 shall be available 
only for the maintenance of real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-r 
tion and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, including 
aircraft and vessels; modification of aircraft, missiles, missile sys-
tems, and other ordnance; design and alteration of vessels; training 
and education of members of the Navy; administration; procure-
ment of military personnel; hire of passenger motor vehicles; wel-
fare and recreation; medals, awards, emblems, and other insignia; 
transportation of things (including transportation of household 
effects of civilian employees); industrial mobilization; medical and 
dental care; care of the dead; lease of facilities; charter and hire of 
vessels; relief of vessels in distress; maritime salvage services; mili-
tary communications facilities on merchant vessels; dissemination of 
scientific information; administration of patents, trademarks, and 
copyrights; annuity premiums and retirement benefits for civilian 
members of teaching services; tuition, allowances, and fees incident 
to training of military personnel at civilian institutions; repair of 
facilities; departmental salaries; conduct of schoolrooms, service 
clubs, chapels, and other instructional, entertainment, and welfare 
expenses for the enlisted men; procurement of services, special cloth-
ing, supplies, and equipment; installation of equipment in public or 
private plants; exploration, prospecting, conservation, development, 
use, and operation of the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, as 
authorized by law; and not to exceed $7,800,000 for emergency and 
70A Stat. 442, 
extraordinary expenses, as authorized by section 7202 or title 10, 
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United States Code, to be expended on the approval and authority 
of the Secretary and his determination shall be final and conclusive 
upon the accounting officers of the Government; $2,913,600,000, of 
which not less than $134,500,000 shall be available only for the main-
tenance of real property facilities. 
OrERATION AND MAINTENANCE, M A R I N E C O R P S 
For expenses, necessary for the operation and maintenance of 
the Marine Corps including equipment and facilities; procurement of 
military personnel; training and education of regular and reserve 
personnel, including tuition and other costs incurred at civilian 
schools; welfare and recreation; conduct of schoolrooms, service 
clubs, chapels, and other instructional, entertainment, and wel-
fare expenses for the enlisted men; procurement and manufacture 
of military supplies, equipment, and clothing; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; transportation of things; medals, awards, emblems 
and other insignia; operation of station hospitals, dispensaries and 
dental clinics; and departmental salaries; $191,325,000, of which 
not less than $18,700,000 shall be available only for the mainte-
nance of real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation, maintenance, and administration of the Air Force, includ-
ing the Air Force Reserve and the Air Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps; operation, maintenance, and modification of aircraft and 
missiles; transportation of things, repair and maintenance of facil-
ities; field printing plants; hire of passenger motor vehicles; recruit-
ing advertising expenses; training and instruction of military 
personnel of the Air Force, including tuition and related expenses; 
pay, allow^ances, and travel expenses of contract surgeons; rental 
of land or purchase of options to rent land without reference to 
section 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended, use or repair of private 31 use 529. 
property and other necessary expenses of combat maneuvers; care 
of the dead; chaplain and other welfare and morale supplies and 
equipment; conduct of schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, and 
other instructional, entertainment, and welfare expenses for enlisted 
men and patients not otherwise provided for; awards and decora-
tions; industrial mobilization, including maintenance of reserve 
plants and equipment and procurement planning; special services 
by contract or otherwise; and not to exceed $3,650,000 for emer-
gencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval 
or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, and payments may 
be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military 
purposes, and his determination shall be final and conclusive upon 
the accounting officers of the Government; $4,365,500,000, of which 
not less than $250,000,000 shall be available only for the maintenance 
of real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments and the 
Office of Civil Defense), including administration; hire of passen-
ger motor vehicles; welfare and recreation; awards and decora-
tions; travel expenses, including expenses of temporary duty travel 
of military personnel; transportation of things (including trans-
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portation of household effects of civilian employees); industrial 
mobilization; care of the dead; lease of buildings and facilities; 
dissemination of scientific information; administration of patents, 
trademarks, and copyrights; tuition and fees incident to the train-
ing of military personnel at civilian institutions; repair of facil-
ities; departmental salaries; procurement of services, special cloth-
ing, supplies, and ec^uipment; field printing plants; information 
and educational services for the Armed Forces; communications 
services; not to exceed $1,375,000 for emergency and extraordinary 
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the 
Secretary of Defense for such purposes as he deems appropriate, 
and his determination thereon shall be final and conclusive upon 
the accounting officers of the Government; $446,000,000, of which 
not less than $9,270,000 shall be available only for the maintenance 
of real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the 
Army National Guard, including maintenance, operation, and repairs 
to structures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; per-
sonal services in the National Guard Bureau and services of per-
sonnel of the National Guard employed as civilians without regard 
to their military rank, and the number of caretakers authorized to 
70A Stat. 614, 
be employed under provisions of law (32 U.S.C. 709) may be such 
as is deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Army; travel 
expenses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for Army 
personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, regi-
mental, and battalion commanders while inspecting units in com-
pliance with National Guard regulations when specifically author-
ized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; supplying and equip-
ping the Army National Guard of the several States, Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, as authorized 
by law; and expenses of repair, modification, maintenance, and 
issue of supplies and equipment (including aircraft); $180,800,000, of 
which not less than $1,900,000 shall be available only for the main-
tenance of real property facilities: Provided^ That obligations may 
be incurred under this appropriation without regard to section 
70A Stat. 599. 
107 of title 32, United States Code. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For operation and maintenance of the Air National Guard, includ-
ing medical and hospital treatment and related expenses; mainte-
nance, operation, repair, and other necessary expenses of facilities for 
the training and administration of the Air National Guard, including 
repair of facilities, maintenance, operation and modification of air-
craft; transportation of things; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
supplies, materials, and equipment, as authorized by law for the Air 
National Guard of the several States, Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, and the District of Columbia; and expenses incident to the 
maintenance and use of supplies, materials, and equipment, including 
such as may be furnished from stocks under the control of agencies 
of the Department of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) 
on the same basis as authorized bv law for Air National Guard per-
sonnel on active Federal duty, of Air National Guard commanders 
while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard regulations 
when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; 
$222,700,000, of which not less than $1,700,000 shall be available only 
for the maintenance of real property facilities: Provided^ That the 
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number of caretakers authorized to be employed under the provisions 
of law (32 U.S.C. 709) may be such as is deemed necessary by the 
7OA stat. eu. 
vSecretary of the Air Force and such caretakers may be employed 
without regard to their military rank as members of the Air National 
Guard: Provided further^ That obligations may be incurred under 
this appropriation without regard to section 107 of title 32, United 
States Code. 
7OA stat. 599. 
NATIONAL BOARD FOR THE PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE, ARMY 
For the necessary expenses of construction, equipment, and main-
tenance of rifle ranges, the instruction of citizens in marksmanship, 
and promotion of rifle practice, in accordance with law, including 
travel of rifle teams, military personnel, and individuals attending 
regional, national, and international competitions, and not to exceed 
$21,000 for incidental expenses of the National Board; $528,000: 
Provided, That travel expenses of civilian members of the National 
Board shall be paid in accordance with the Standardized Government 
Travel Regulations, as amended. 
CLAIMS, DEFENSE 
For payment of claims (except as provided in appropriations for 
civil functions administered by the Department of the Army) as 
authorized by law; claims for damages arising under training con-
tracts with carriers; and repayment of amounts determined by the 
Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary 
of the Air Force, or officers designated by them, to have been errone-
ously collected from military and civilian personnel of the Depart-
ments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force or from States, territories, 
or the District of Columbia, or members of National Guard units 
thereof; $19,000,000. 
CONTINGENCIES, DEFENSE 
For emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising in the Depart-
ment of Defense, to be expended on the approval or authority of the 
Secretary of Defense and such expenses may be accounted for solely 
on his certificate that the expenditures were necessary for confidential 
military purposes; $15,000,000: Provided^ That a report of disburse- 
Report to con-
ments under this item of appropriation shall be made quarterly to gressionai com-
the Appropriations Committees of the Congress. 
COURT OF MILITARY APPEALS, DEFENSE 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the Court of Military 
Appeals; $509,000. 
TITLE I I I 
PROCUREMENT 
PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND MISSILES, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of missiles, armament, ammunition, equipment, vehicles, 
vessels, and aircraft for the Army and the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps; purchase of not to exceed five thousand seven hundred and 
ninety-four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only (including 
three medium sedans at not to exceed $3,000 each); expenses which 
in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army are necessary in pro-
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viding facilities for production of equipment and supplies for 
national defense purposes, including construction, and the furnishing 
of Government-owned facilities and equipment at privately owned 
plants; and ammunition for military salutes at institutions to which 
issue of weapons for salutes is authorized; $2,931,094,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
PROCUREMENT OF AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, 
and 
modernization of aircraft, missiles, equipment, including ordnance, 
spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expan-
sion of public and private plants, including the land necessary there-
for, and such lands, and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title by the Attor-
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ney General as required by section 355, Eevised Statutes, as 
amended; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools in public or private plants; $2,889,145,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or con-
version or vessels as authorized by law, including armor and arma-
ment therefor, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and 
installation thereof in public or private plants; procurement of criti-
cal long leadtime components and designs for vessels to be constructed 
or converted in the future; and expansion of public and private 
plants, including land necessary therefor, and such land, and inter-
ests therein, may be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon 
prior to approval of title by the Attorney General as required by sec-
tion 355, Eevised Statutes, as amended; $2,059,589,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For procurement, production, and modernization of support equip-
ment, and materials not otherwise provided for; Navy ordnance and 
ammunition (except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and ships 
authorized for conversion); purchase of not to exceed one thou-
sand six hundred and thirteen passenger motor vehicles (includ-
ing three medium sedans at not to exceed $3,000 each) for replace-
ment only; expansion of public and private plants, including the 
land necessary therefor, and such lands, and interests therein may 
be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval 
of title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public or private plants; 
$1,175,231,000, to remain available until expended. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of missiles, armament, ammunition, military equipment, 
and vehicles for the Marine Corps, including purchase of not to 
exceed three hundred and five passenger motor vehicles (including 
three medium sedans at not to exceed $3,000 each) which shall be 
for replacement only; $201,960,000, to remain available 
until 
expended. 
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AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft, and 
equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground 
handling equipment, and training devices, spare parts, and access-
ories thereior; specialized equipment; expansion of public and 
private 
plants. Government-owned 
equipment 
and 
mstallation 
thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of 
land without regard to section 9774 of title 10, United States Code, 
7OA stat, 590. 
for the foregoing purposes, and such land, and interests therein, may 
be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval 
of title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended; reserve plant and equipment layaway; and 
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other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, including rents 
and transportation of things; $3,385,575,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification 
of 
missiles, 
rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and acces-
sories therefor, ground handling equipment, and training devices; 
expansion of public and private plants. Government-owned equip-
ment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, 
and acquisition of land without regard to section 9774 of title 10, 
United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such land, and 
interests therein, may be acquired and construction prosecuted there-
on prior to the approval of title by the Attorney General as 
required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; reserve 
plant and equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for 
the foregoing purposes, including rents and transportation of 
things; $2,141,990,000, to remain available until expended. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For procurement and modification of equipment (including ground 
guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground electronic 
and communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and spare 
parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of not to 
exceed two thousand four hundred passenger motor vehicles, for 
replacement only (including twelve medium sedans at not to 
exceed $3,000 each); and expansion of public and private plants. 
Government-owned 
equipment 
and 
installation 
thereof in such 
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, without regard 
to section 9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such land, and interests therein, may be acquired and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title by 
the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, 
as amended; $878,299,000, to remain available until expended. 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments and the Office of 
Civil Defense) necessary for procurement, production, and modi-
fication of equipment, supplies, materials and spare parts therefor 
not otherwise provided for; purchase of sixty-six passenger motor 
vehicles of which fifty-nine shall be for replacement only (including 
two medium sedans at not to exceed $3,000 each); expansion of 
public and private plants, equipment and installation thereof in 
such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land for 
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the foregoing purposes, and such land and interest therein may be 
acquired ana construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval 
of title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised 
40 use 255. 
Statutes, as amendea; 
$43,164,000, to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended. 
AIRCRAFT AND RELATED PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
Appropriations available to the Department of Defense for "Air-
craft and Related Procurement, Navy," shall not be available for 
obligation after June 30,1963. 
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, 
DEVELOPMENT, 
TEST, 
AND EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized 
by law; $1,386,141,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized 
by law; $1,525,713,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, Am FORCE 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized 
by law; $3,453,376,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ 
That of the funds available for obligation in this appropriation 
account $125,000,000 shall be available only for the Dynasoar or 
Mach 3 Aircraft programs. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments and the Office of Civil 
Defense), necessary for basic and applied scientific research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation; advanced research projects as may be 
designated and determined by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to 
law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities 
and equipment, as authorized by law, to remain available until 
expended; $434,000,000: Provided^ That such amounts as may be 
determined by the Secretary of Defense to have been made available 
in other appropriations available to the Department of Defense dur-
ing the current fiscal year for programs related to advanced research 
may be transferred to and merged with this appropriation to be avail-
able for the same purposes and time period: Provided further^ That 
such amounts of this appropriation as may be determined by the 
Secretary of Defense may be transferred to carry out the purposes of 
advanced research to those appropriations for military functions 
under the Department of Defense which are being utilized for related 
programs, to be merged with and to be available for the same time 
period as the appropriation to which transferred. 
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EMERGENCY FUND, DEI^ENSE 
For transfer by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the 
Bureau of the Budget, to any appropriation for military functions 
under the Department of Defense available for research, development, 
test, and evaluation, or procurement or production related thereto, to 
be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and for 
the same time period, as the appropriation to which transferred; 
$150,000,000, and, in addition, not to exceed $150,000,000, to be used 
upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such funds can 
be wisely, profitably, and practically used in the interest of national 
defense and to be derived by transfer from such appropriations avail-
able to the Department of Defense for obligation during the current 
fiscal year as the Secretary of Defense may designate: Provided, That 
any appropriations transferred shall not exceed 7 per centum of the 
appropriation from which transferred. 
T I T L E V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
Experts or con-
and the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, suitants. 
if they should deem it advantageous to the national defense, and if 
in their opinions the existing facilities of the Department of Defense 
are inadequate, are authorized to procure services in accordance with 
section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), under regula- 
eo stat. sio. 
tions prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, and to pay in connection 
therewith travel expenses of individuals, including actual transporta-
tion and per diem in lieu of subsistence while traveling from their 
homes or places of business to official duty station and return as may 
be authorized by law: Provided, That such contracts may be renewed 
annually. 
SEC. 502. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law pro- 
Noncitizens. 
hibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any 
person not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel 
of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 503. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
Availability o
f 
for insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when approp«ations. 
required by laws of such countries; payments in advance of expenses 
determined by the investigating officer to be necessary and in accord 
with local custom for conducting investigations in foreign countries 
incident to matters relating to the activities of the department con-
cerned ; reimbursement of General Services Administration for secu-
rity guard services for protection of confidential files; reimbursement 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses in connection 
with investigation of defense contractor personnel; and all necessary 
expenses, at the seat of government of the United States of America 
or elsewhere, in connection with communication and other services 
and supplies as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
Act: Provided, That no appropriation contained in this Act, and 
Restriction. 
no funds available from prior appropriations to component depart-
ments and agencies of the Department of Defense, shall be used to 
pay tuition or to make other payments to educational institutions in 
connection with the instruction or training of file clerks, stenog-
raphers, and typists receiving, or prospective file clerks, stenographers, 
and typists who will receive compensation at a rate below the mini-
mum rate of pay for positions allocated to grade GS-5 under the 
Classification Act of 1949, as amended. 
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5 use 1113. 
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[77 
STAT. 
Prisoners of 
war, etc. 
Land acquisi-
tion. 
72 Stat. 1459; 
76 Stat. 511. 
64 Stat. 1100. 
70A Stat. 442. 
Occupied areas. 
Rewards. 
70A Stat. 444. 
Deficiency 
judgments. 
Special pur-
pose space. 
56 Stat. 654. 
Articles for 
prisoners, etc. 
70A Stat. 443. 
47 Stat. 406; 
69 Stat. 498. 
Assistance to 
small business. 
SEC. 504. Any appropriation available to the Army, Navy, or 
the Air Force may, under such regulations as the Secretary con-
cerned may prescribe, be used for expenses incident to the main-
tenance, pay, and allowances of prisoners of war, other persons 
in Army, Navy, or Air Force custody whose status is determined by 
the Secretary concerned to be similar to prisoners of war, and 
persons 
detained 
in 
such 
custody 
pursuant 
to 
Presidential 
proclamation. 
SEC. 505. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense 
for the current fiscal year for maintenance or construction shall be 
available for acquisition of land as authorized by section 2672 of 
title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 506. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
current fiscal year shall be available, (a) except as authorized bv the 
Act of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 236-244), for primary and 
secondary schooling for minor dependents of military and civilian 
personnel of the Department of Defense residing on military or 
naval installations or stationed in foreign countries, as authorized for 
the Navy by section 7204 of title 10, United States Code, in amounts 
not exceeding an average of $285 per student, w^hen the Secretary of 
the Department concerned finds that schools, if any, available in 
the locality, are unable to provide adequately for the education of 
such dependents; (b) for expenses in connection with administra-
tion of occupied areas; (c) for payment of rewards as authorized 
for the Navy by section 7209(a) of title 10, United States Code, 
for information leading to the discovery of missing' naval property 
or the recovery thereof; (d) for payment of deficiency judgments 
and interests thereon arising out of condemnation proceedings; (e) 
for payment of rentals for special purpose space at the seat of 
government and, in administering the provisions of 43 U.S.C. 315q, 
rentals may be paid in advance. 
SEC. 507. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
current fiscal year shall be available for: (a) donations of not to 
exceed $25 to each prisoner upon each release from confinement in 
military or contract prison and to each person discharged for fraudu-
lent enlistment; (b) authorized issues of articles to prisoners, appli-
cants for enlistment and persons in military custody; (c) subsistence 
of selective service registrants called for induction, applicants for 
enlistment, prisoners, civilian employees as authorized by law, and 
supernumeraries when necessitated by emergent military circum-
stances; (d) reimbursement for subsistence of enlisted personnel 
while sick in hospitals; (e) expenses of prisoners confined in non-
military facilities; (f) military courts, boards, and commissions; (g) 
utility services for buildings erected at private cost, as authorized by 
law, and buildings on military reservations authorized by regulations 
to be used for welfare and recreational purposes; (h) exchange fees, 
and losses in the accounts of disbursing officers or agents in accord-
ance with law; (i) expenses of Latin-American cooperation as au-
thorized for the Navy by law (10 U.S.C. 7208); and (j) expenses of 
apprehension and delivery of deserters, prisoners, and members 
absent without leave, including payment of rewards of not to exceed 
$25 in any one case: Provided^ That section 212 of the Act of June 30, 
1932 (5 U.S.C. 59a), shall not apply to retired military personnel on 
duty at the United States Soldiers^ Home. 
SEC. 508. Insofar as practicable, the Secretary of Defense shall 
assist American small business to participate equitably in the furnish-
ing of commodities and services financed with funds appropriated 
under this Act by making available or causing to be made available to 
suppliers in the United States, and particularly to small independent 
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265 
enterprises, information, as far in advance as possible, with respect 
to purchases proposed to be financed with funds appropriated under 
this Act, and by making available or causing to be made available to 
purchasing and contracting agencies of the Department of Defense 
information as to commodities and services produced and furnished by 
small independent enterprises in the United States, and by otherwise 
helping to give small business an opportunity to participate in the 
furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appro-
priated by this Act. 
SEC. 509. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
Mess operations. 
for expenses of operation of messes (other than organized messes the 
operatmg expenses of which are financed principally from nonappro-
priated funds) at which meals are sold to officers or civilians except 
under regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, which shall 
(except under unusual or extraordinary circumstances) establish rates 
for such meals sufficient to provide reimbursement of operating expen-
ses and food costs to the appropriations concerned: Provided^ That 
officers and civilians in a travel status receiving a per diem allowance 
in lieu of subsistence shall be charged at the rate of not less than $2.50 
per day: Provided further^ That for the purposes of this section pay-
ments for meals at the rates established hereunder may be made in cash 
or by deductions from the pay of civilian employees: Provided further^ 
That members of organized nonprofit youth groups sponsored at either 
the national or local level, when extended the privilege of visiting a 
military installation and permitted to eat in the general mess by the 
commanding officer of the installation, shall pay the commuted ration 
cost of such meal or meals. 
SEC. 510. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available until expended unless expressly so provided elsewhere 
in this or some other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 511. Appropriations of the Department of Defense available 
for operation and maintenance, may be reimbursed during the current 
fiscal year for all expenses involved in the preparation for disposal 
and for the disposal of military supplies, equipment, and materiel, 
and for all expenses of production of lumber or timber products 
pursuant to section 2665 of title 10, United States Code, from amounts 
70A stat. 149. 
received as proceeds from the sale of any such property: Provided^ 
That a report of receipts and disbursements under this limitation 
Report to con-
shall be made quarterly to the Committees on Appropriations of the ^^^1^1°^^ ''°'"' 
Congress: Provided further^ That no funds available to agencies of the 
Department of Defense shall be used for the operation, acquisition, 
or construction of new facilities or equipment for new facilities in 
the continental limits of the United States for metal scrap baling or 
shearing or for melting or sweating aluminum scrap unless the 
Secretary of Defense or an Assistant Secretary of Defense designated 
by him determines, with respect to each facility involved, that the 
operation of such facility is in the national interest. 
SEC. 512. (a) During the current fiscal year, the President may 
exempt appropriations, funds, and contract authorizations, available 
for military functions under the Department of Defense, from the 
provisions of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, 
31 use ees. 
as amended, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the 
intei-ests of national defense. 
(b) Upon determination by the President that such action is 
necessary, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to provide for 
the cost of an airborne alert as an excepted expense in accordance 
with the provisions of Revised Statutes 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). 
(c) Upon determination by the President that it is necessary to 
increase the number of military personnel on active duty beyond 
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[77 
STAT. 
Commissary 
stores. 
Proficiency 
flying. 
76 Stat. 461. 
Household 
goods. 
Weight restric-
tion. 
the number for which funds are provided in this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense is authorized to provide for the cost of such increased 
military personnel, as an excepted expense in accordance with the 
provisions of Kevised Statutes 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). 
SEC. 513. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be avail-
able in connection with the operation of commissary stores of the 
agencies of the Department of Defense for the cost of purchase 
(including commercial transportation in the United States to the 
place of sale but excluding all transportation outside the United 
States) and maintenance ot operating equipment and supplies, and 
for the actual or estimated cost of utilities as may be furnished by 
the Government and of shrinkage, spoilage, and pilferage of mer-
chandise under the control of such commissary stores, except as 
authorized under regulations promulgated by the Secretaries of 
the military departments concerned, with the approval of the Sec-
retary of Defense, which regulations shall provide for reimburse-
ment therefor to the appropriations concerned and, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, shall provide for the adjustment 
of the sales prices in such commissary stores to the extent necessary 
to furnish sufficient gross revenue from sales of commissary stores 
to make such reimbursement: Provided^ That under such regula-
tions as may be issued pursuant to this section all utilities may be 
furnished without cost to the commissary stores outside the con-
tinental United States and in Alaska: Provided 
further^ That no 
appropriation contained in this Act shall be available in connection 
with the operation of commissary stores within the continental 
United States unless the Secretary of Defense has certified that 
items normally procured from commissary stores are not other-
wise available at a reasonable distance and a reasonable price in 
satisfactory quality and quantity to the military and civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 514. Notwithstanding any other provision of law. Executive 
order, or regulation, no part of the appropriations in this Act shall 
be available for any expenses of operating aircraft under the juris-
diction of the Armed Forces for the purpose of proficiency flying 
except in accordance with the regulations issued by the Secretaries 
of the Departments concerned and approved by the Secretary of 
Defense which shall establish proficiency standards and maximum 
and minimum flying hours for this purpose: Provided^ That without 
regard to any provision of law or Executive order prescribing mini-
mum flight requirements, such regulations may provide for the pay-
ment of flight pay at the rates prescribed in section 301 of title 37, 
United States Code, to certain members of the Armed Forces other-
wise entitled to receive flight pay during the current fiscal year (1) 
who have held aeronautical ratings or designations for not less than 
fifteen years, or (2) whose particular assignment outside the United 
States or in Alaska makes it impractical to participate in regular 
aerial flights. 
SEC. 515. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for expense of transportation, packing, crating, tempo-
rary storage, drayage, and unpacking of household goods and personal 
effects in excess of eleven thousand pounds net in any one shipment: 
Provided^ That the limitations imposed herein shall not be applicable 
in the case of members transferred to or serving in stations outside 
the continental United States or in Alaska under orders relieving 
them from a duty station within the United States prior to July 10, 
1952, and who are returned to the United States under orders reliev-
ing them from a duty station beyond the United States or in Alaska 
on or after July 1,1953. 
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267 
SEC. 516. Vessels under the jurisdiction of the Department of Com-
merce, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Air Force, 
or the Department of the Navy may be transferred or otherwise made 
available without reimbursement to any such agencies upon the request 
of the head of one agency and the approval of the agency having juris-
diction of the vessels concerned. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available 
for training in any legal profession nor for the payment of tuition for 
training in such profession: Provided^ That this limitation shall not 
apply to the off-duty training of military personnel as prescribed by 
section 521 of this Act. 
SEC. 518. Not more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in tliis 
Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal year shall 
be obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year: Provided^ 
That this section shall not apply to obligations for support of active 
duty training of civilian components or summer camp training of the 
Reserve Officers' Training Corps. 
SEC. 519. During the current fiscal year the agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense maj^ accept the use of real property from foreign 
countries for the United States in accordance with mutual defense 
agreements or occupational arrangements and may accept services 
furnished by foreign countries as reciprocal international courtesies 
or as services customarily made available without charge; and such 
agencies may use the same for the support of the United States forces 
in such areas without specific appropriation therefor. 
In addition to the foregoing, agencies of the Department of Defense 
may accept real property, services, and commodities from foreign 
countries for the use of the United States in accordance with mutual 
defense agreements or occupational arrangements and such agencies 
may use the same for the support of the United States forces in such 
areas, without specific appropriation therefor: Provided^ That within 
thirty days after the end of each quarter the Secretary of Defense 
shall render to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives and to the Bureau of the Budget a 
full report of such property, supplies, and commodities received 
during such quarter. 
SEC. 520. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available 
to the Department of Defense for research and development may be 
used for the purposes of section 2353 of title 10, United States Code, 
and for purposes related to research and development for which 
expenditures are specifically authorized in other appropriations of 
the service concerned. 
SEC. 521. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
for the payment of more than 75 per centum of charges of educa-
tional institutions for tuition or expenses for off-duty training of 
military personnel, nor for the payment of any part of tuition or 
expenses for such training for commissioned personnel who do not 
agree to remain on active duty for two years after completion of such 
training. 
SEC. 522. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be 
expended for the support of any formally enrolled student in basic 
courses of the senior division. Reserve Officers' Training Corps, who 
has not executed a certificate of loyalty or loyalty oath in such form 
as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 523. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for the procurement of any article of food, clothing, cot-
ton, woven silk and woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for cartridge 
cloth, or wool (whether in the form of fiber or yarn or contained m 
fabrics, materials, or manufactured articles) not grown, reprocessed, 
Vessel transfer. 
Legal training, 
restriction. 
Obligated funds 
1964. 
Use of foreign 
real property. 
Report to con-
gressional com-
mittees and Budg-
et Bureau. 
Research and 
development. 
70A Stat. 134. 
Tuition pay-
ments, etc. 
ROTC, loyalty 
requirement. 
Procurement of 
products, re-
striction. 
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[77 
STAT. 
Bakery, laun-
dry facilities, etc. 
Air mail. 
Reimbursement. 
Furnishings, 
resale. 
Uniforms. 
68 Stat. 1114. 
Transfer of 
ammunition. 
reused, or produced in the United States or its possessions, except to 
the extent that the Secretary of the Department concerned shall 
determine that a satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of any 
articles of food or clothing or any form of cotton, woven silk and 
woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, or wool grown, 
reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States or its posses-
sions cannot be procured as and when needed at United States market 
prices and except procurements outside the United States in support 
of combat operations, procurements by vessels in foreign waters and 
emergency procurements or procurements of perishable foods by 
establishments located outside the United States for the personnel 
attached thereto: Provided^ That nothing herein shall preclude the 
procurement of foods manufactured or processed in the United States 
or its possessions: Provided 
further^ That no funds herein appro-
priated shall be used for the payment of a price differential on con-
tracts hereafter made for the purpose of relieving economic disloca-
tions : Provided further^ That none of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used except that, so far as practicable, all contracts shall 
be awarded on a formally advertised competitive bid basis to the 
lowest responsible bidder. 
SEC. 524. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, 
laundry, or dry-cleaning facility in the United States, its Territories 
or possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify 
in writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be 
furnished by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial 
sources at reasonable rates. 
SEC. 525. During the current fiscal year, appropriations of the 
Department of Defense shall be available for reimbursement to 
the Post Office Department for pavment of costs of commercial 
air transportation of military mail between the United States and 
foreign countries. 
SEC. 526. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
for the purchase of household furnishings and automobiles from 
military and civilian personnel on duty outside the continental 
United States, for the purpose of resale at cost to incoming per-
sonnel, and for providmg furnishings, without charge, in other 
than public quarters occupied by military or civilian personnel 
of the Department of Defense on duty outside the continental United 
States or in Alaska, upon a determination, under 
regulations 
approved by the Secretary of Defense, that such action is advanta-
geous to the Government. 
SEC. 527. During the current fiscal year appropriations avail-
able to the Department of Defense for pay of civilian employees 
shall be available for uniforms, or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131). 
SEC. 528. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
shall, upon requisition of the National Board for the Promotion of 
Rifle Practice, and without reimbursement, transfer from agencies of 
the Department of Defense to the Board ammunition from stock or 
which has been procured for the purpose in such amounts as he may 
determine. 
Such appropriations of the Department of Defense available for 
obligation during the current fiscal year as may be designated by the 
Secretary of Defense shall be available for the travel expenses of 
military and naval personnel, including the reserve components, and 
members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps attending regional, 
national, or international rifle matches. 
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269 
SEC. 529. Funds provided in this Act for congressional liaison activi- 
congressional 
ties of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the uaison activities. 
Department of the Air Force, and the OiRce of the Secretary of 
Defense shall not exceed $950,000: Provided^ That this amount shall be 
available for apportionment to the Department of the Army, the 
Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, and the 
Office of the Secretary of Defense as determined by the Secretary of 
Defense. 
SEC. 530. Of the funds made available by this Act for the services of 
civii reserve 
the Military Air Transport Service, $80,000,000 shall be available only ai-- "^et. 
for procurement of commercial air transportation service from carriers 
jDarticipating in the civil reserve air fleet program; and the Secretary 
of Defense shall utilize the services of such carriers which qualify as 
small businesses to the fullest extent found practicable: Provided^ That 
the Secretary of Defense shall specify in such procurement, perform-
ance characteristics for aircraft to be used based upon modem air-
craft operated by the civil air fleet. 
SEC. 531. Not to exceed $11,800,000 of the funds made available 
Motor vehicle 
in this Act for the purpose shall be available for the hire of motor hire. 
vehicles: Provided^ That the Secretary of Defense, under circum-
stances where the immediate movement of persons is imperative, 
may, if he deems it to be in the national interest, hire motor vehicles 
for such purpose without regard to this limitation. 
SEC. 532. Not less than $7,500,000 of the funds made available in 
Travel ex-
this Act for travel expenses in connection with temporary duty and p^nses. 
permanent change of station of civilian and military personnel of the 
Department of Defense shall be available only for the procurement 
of commercial passenger sea transportation service on American-flag 
vessels. 
SEC. 533. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available 
civilian cioth--
to the Department of Defense for operation may be used for civilian ^"s-
clothing, not to exceed $40 in cost for enlisted personnel: (1) dis-
charged for misconduct, unfitness, unsuitability, or otherwise than 
honorably; (2) sentenced by a civil court to confinement in a civil 
prison or Interned or discharged as an alien enemy; (3) discharged 
prior to completion of recruit training under honorable conditions 
for dependency, hardship, minority, disability, or for the convenience 
of the Government. 
SEC. 534. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be avail- 
Defense con-
able for paying the costs of advertising by any defense contractor, tracts. 
except advertismg for which payment is made from profits, and such cotfr.*"^*'''"^ 
advertising shall not be considered a part of any defense contract cost. 
The prohibition contained in this section shall not apply with respect 
to advertising conducted by any such contractor, in compliance with 
regulations which shall be promulgated by the Secretary of Defense, 
solely for (1) the recruitment by that contractor of personnel required 
for the performance by the contractor of obligations arising under a 
defense contract, (2) the procurement of scarce items required by the 
contractor for the performance of a defense contract, or (3) the 
disposal of scrap or surplus materials acquired by the contractor in 
the performance of a defense contract. 
SEC. 535. Funds appropriated in this Act for maintenance and 
Facilities, main-
repair of facilities and installations shall not be available for acquisi-
tion of new facilities, or alteration, expansion, extension, or addition 
of existing facilities, as defined in Department of Defense Directive 
7040.2, dated January 18, 1961, in excess of $25,000: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Defense may amend or change the said directive 
during the current fiscal year, consistent with the purpose of this 
section. 
tenance and 
repair. 
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[77 STAT. 
Transfer of 
funds, authority. 
Notice to con-
gressional com-
mittees. 
Contract pay-
ments in foreign 
countries. 
Research proj-
ects, indirect 
expenses. 
Use of private-
ly owned ship-
yards. 
Restriction. 
Short title. 
SEC. 536. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
may, if he deems it vital to the security of the United States and 
in the national interest to further improve the readiness of the 
Armed Forces, including the reserve components, transfer under 
the authority and terms of the Emergency Fund an additional 
$200,000,000: Provided^ That the transfer authority mad© avail-
able under the terms of the Emergency Fund appropriation con-
tained in this Act is hereby broadened to meet the requirements of 
this section: Provided further^ That the Secretary of Defense shall 
notify the Appropriations Committees of the Congress promptly 
of all transfers made pursuant to this authority. 
SEC. 537. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to make payments under contracts for any program, project, 
or activity in a foreign country unless the Secretary of Defense or 
his designee, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury 
or his designee, certifies to the Congress that the use, by purchase 
from the Treasury, of currencies of such country acquired pursuant 
to law is not feasible for the purpose, stating the reason therefor. 
SEC. 538. None of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay 
any recipient of a grant for the conduct of a research project an 
amount for indirect expenses in connection with such project in excess 
of 20 per centum of the direct costs. 
SEC. 539. Of the funds made available in this Act for repair, altera-
tion, and conversion of naval vessels, at least 35 per centum shall be 
available for such repair, alteration, and conversion in privately owned 
shipyards: Provided^ That if determined by the Secretary of Defense 
to be inconsistent with the public interest based on urgency of require-
ment to have such vessels repaired, altered, or converted as required 
above, such work may be done in Navy or private shipyards as he may 
direct. 
SEC. 540. No part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
used to conduct or assist in conductmg any program (including but 
not limited to the payment of salaries, administrative expenses, and 
the conduct of research activities) related directly or indirectly to the 
establishment of a national service corps or similar domestic peace 
corps type of program. 
SEC. 541. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, 1964." 
Approved October 17, 1963. 
October 17, 1963 
[H. R. 4842] 
Public Law 88-150 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to extend the time of annual meetings, 
and for other purposes. 
Federal Credit 
Union Act, amend-
ment. 
73 Stat. 631. 
Be it encucted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 11 of 
the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1760) is amended by striking 
out "during the month of the following January" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "during the following January, February, or March . 
SEC. 2. Section 13 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 
1761a) is amended by striking out ", except that the treasurer shall be 
the general manager of the corporation" in the fourth sentence. 
Approved October 17, 1963.