Joint resolution establishing in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund within the contingent fund of the House of Representatives
PL 83-208 (H.J.Res.316), enacted 08/07/1953

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(5) Agencies for which appropriations or funds were made available 
by the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1953, or the Civil 
Functions Appropriation Act, 1953 
(6) The agencies named in subsection (b) of this section. 
(b) In no event shall the number of passenger-carrying vehicles 
which may be operated during the current fiscal year at the seat of 
government under any appropriation or authorization for the Depart-
ment of Labor, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 
the National Labor Relations Board, the National Mediation Board, 
the Railroad Retirement Board, or the Federal Mediation and Con-
ciliation Service exceed 50 per centum of the number in use as of 
June 30, 1951. 
SEC. 1316. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no 
funds shall be available in this or any other Act for the purchase of 
furniture by any department or agency in any branch of the Govern-
ment if such requirements can reasonably be met, as determined by 
the Administrator of General Services, by transfer of excess furniture 
including rehabilitated furniture from other departments and agen-
cies pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949, as amended. 
SEC. 1317. The appropriations, authorizations, and authority with 
respect thereto in this Act or any regular annual appropriation Act 
for the fiscal year 1954 which has not been enacted into law prior to 
July 1, 1953, shall be available from and including such date for the 
purposes respectively provided in such appropriations, authorizations, 
and authority. 
All obligations incurred during the period between 
June 30,1953, and the date of enactment of this Act or the applicable 
Act in anticipation of such appropriations, authorizations, and 
authority are hereby ratified and confirmed if in accordance with the 
respective terms thereof. 
Approved August 7, 1953. 
66Stat. 517,579. 
Passenger v e-
hicle s, re strictlotv. 
Furniture. 
63 Stat. 377. 
40 u s e 471 note. 
A v a i l a b i l i t y of 
appr opr iations, 
etc. 
Public Law 208 
CHAPTER 341 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Establishing in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund within the 
contingent fund of the House of Representatives. 
August 7,1953 
[HTJ. 
Res. 316] 
Resolved by the /Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That there is hereby estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States, a revolving fund within 
•the contingent fund of the House of Representatives for a joint 
Senate and House Recording Facility (hereinafter referred to as the 
Facility), for the purpose of administering the duties of the Facility. 
(a) All balances of the Facility on hand on the date of enactment 
of this joint resolution and all monies hereafter received by the Facility 
from'sales or rentals, the sale of any equipment, or from any other 
source, shall be deposited in the revolving fund by the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives and shall be available for disbursement 
from said revolving fund by the Clerk of the House, for the care, 
maintenance, operation, and other expenses of the Facility, upon 
vouchers signed jointly by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives. 
(b) The coordinator of the Facility shall give bond to the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives with one or more sureties, in the 
penal sum of $20,000, with condition for the faithful performance of 
his duties and the preservation and security of all property in his care. 
Approved August 7, 1953. 
Joint Senate and 
H o u s e Recording 
Facility. 
Revolving fund. 
Bond.