An Act making appropriations for sundry Independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, offices, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and for other purposes
PL 91-126 (H.R.12307), enacted 11/26/1969

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Public Law 91-126 
A N A C T 
November 26,1969 
Making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, com- 
[H.R. 12307] 
missions, corporations, agencies, offices, and the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hovise of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the followinsr 
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appropriated, for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, com- Housing and 
missions, corporations, agencies, offices, and the Department of Hous- men^"Appropr^"-
ing and Urban Development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, tion Act, 1970. 
and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF T H E PRESIDENT 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Council, established by section 201 of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Act of 1958, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2471), including hire of pas- 
72 stat. 427; 
senger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the General Services Adminis-
tration for security guard services, and services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, $500,000. 
so stat. 4i6. 
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Emergency Preparedness, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, reimbursement ot 
the General Services Administration for security guard services, hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, and expenses of attendance of cooperating 
officials and individuals at meetings concerned with the work of emer-
gency planning, $5,000,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
For expenses necessary for the conduct of telecommunications func-
tions assigned to the Director of Telecommunications Management, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,795,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $500,000 of the foregoing amount shall remain avail-
able for telecommunications studies and research until expended. 
DEFENSE MOBILIZATION FUNCTIONS or FEDERAL AGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to assist other Federal agencies to perform 
civil defense and defense mobilization functions, including pay-
ments by the Department of Labor to State employment security 
agencies for the full cost of administration of defense manpower 
mobilization activities, $3,200,000. 
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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Science and Teclmology, 
including partial support of the Environmental Quality Council and 
the Citizens' Advisory. Committee on Environmental Quality, and 
80 Stat. 416. 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,958,000. 
FUNDS 
APPROPRIATED TO 
THE PRESIDENT 
APPALACHIAN RECXIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized by the 
Ante^^^*^2i'' 
Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, except 
40 use app. 1. 
expenses authorized by section 105 of said Act, including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicle?, to 
remain available until expended, $282,500,000, of which $175,000,000 
shall be available for the Appalachian Development Highway System, 
but no part of any appropriation in this Act shall be available for 
expenses in connection with commitments for contracts or grants for 
the Appalachian Development Highway System in excess of the 
amount herein appropriated. 
DISASTER RELIEF 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act of Sep-
* 64 Stat. 1109. 
tember 30, 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1855-1855g), the Disaster 
Ante. p. 125. 
Relief Act of 19C)9 (Public Law 91-79) and section 9 of the Disaster 
lllTcHss^e 
Relief Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-769), authorizing assistance to 
States and local governments in major disasters, $170,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided. That not to exceed 3 per centum 
of the foregoing amount shall be available for administrative expenses. 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Cochairman and his alter-
nate on the Appalachian Regional Commission and for payment of 
the Federal share of the administrative expenses of the commission, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, $890,000. 
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; not to exceed $10,000 for medical examinations performed for 
veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; payment in advance for 
library membership in societies w^hose publications are available to 
members only or to members at a price lower than to the general public; 
not to exceed $300,000 for performing the duties imposed upon the 
5°usc*isou 
Commission by chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passen-
1508. 
ger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; $40,778,500, including funding of Interagency 
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Boards of Examiners, together with not to exceed $7,364,000 for neces-
sary expenses incurred during the current fiscal year in tlie administra-
tion of the retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred from 
the trust funds "Civil Service retirement and disability 
fund", 
"Employees life insurance fund", "Employees health benefits fund", 
and "Retired employees health benefits fund", in such amounts as may 
be determined by the Civil Service Commission, without regard to the 
provisions of any other Act, but this provision shall not affect the 
authority of 5 U.S.C. 8348(a) and section 1(b) of Public Law 89-205 
Ante. p. 137. 
(79 Stat. 840), providing for additional administrative expenses to 
effect annuity adjustments under 5 U.S.C. 8340, section 1(c) of Public 
si stat. 215; 
Law 89-205 (79 Stat. 840) and section 1 of Public Law 89-314 (79 ^"'"' "' '^^' 
Stat. 1162) : Provided, That $600,000 of this appropriation shall be 
available to carry out the provisions of Executive Order 10422 of 
January 9,1953, as amended, prescribing procedures for making avail- nj^te.^^^ ^^^ 
able to the Secretary General of the United Nations, and the executive 
heads of other international organizations, certain information con-
cerning United States citizens employed, or being considered for 
employment by such organizations, including advances or reimburse-
ments to the applicable appropriations or funds of the Civil Service 
Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses 
incurred by such agencies under said Executive Order: Provided 
fur-
ther, That members of the International Organizations Employees 
Loyalty Board may be paid actual transportation expenses, and per 
diem in lieu of subsistence under 5 L^.S.C. 5702, while traveling on offi- ^^^^ ^^^VgV^' 
cial business away from their homes or regular places of business, 
including periods while en route to and from and at tlie place where 
their services are to be performed. 
No part of the appropriation herein made to the Civil Service Com-
mission shall be available for the salaries and expenses of the Legal 
Examining Unit in the Examining and Personnel Utilization Division 
of the Commission, establisihed pursuant to Executive Order 9358 of 
July 1, 1943. 
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ANNUITIES UNDER SPECIAL ACTS 
P. 256.°'"^" 
For payment of annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 1944, as 
amended (48 U.S.C. 1373a), and the Act of August 19, 1950, as Jl^^^^-J^'^^ 
amended (33 U.S.C. 771-775), $1,265,000. 
641!;" 465; 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES HEALTH 
BENEFITS 
!1 Stat. 51? 
520. 
For payment of Government contributions with respect to retired 
employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, 
s° ^^^Vig^"' 
and the Retired Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), 
5 use 8901-
as amended, $41,185,000, to remain available until expended. 
^gia. 
PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND 
For financing the estimated cost of new and increased annuity bene-
fits, during the current fiscal year, as provided by part I I I of Public 
Law 87-793 (76 Stat. 868), $73,000,000, to be credited to the civil 
service retirement and disability fund. 
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of tlie Commission, as authorized by law, 
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 
8i^stat!*2ol°^' 
"U.S.C. 5901-5902) ; not to exceed $281,000 for land and structures; 
not to exceed $10,000 for improvement and care of grounds and repairs 
to buildings; not to exceed $500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; $22,225,000. 
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the work of the Commission, as author-
ized by law, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as 
80 Stat. 416. 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $500 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, $16,400,000. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902), and services as authorized hj 5 U.S.C. 3109, $19,500,000: 
Provided, 
That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be 
expended upon any investigation hereafter provided by concurrent 
resolution of the Congress until funds are appropriated subsequently 
to the enactment of such resolution to finance the cost of such 
investigation. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of real property 
management and related activities as provided by law; rental of build-
ings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; mov-
ing Government agencies (including space adjustments) in connection 
with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of building space; acqui-
sition by purchase or otherwise of real estate and interests therein; 
and contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings 
and moving; $307,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
available to provide such fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other 
facilities on private or other property not in Government ownership or 
control as may be appropriate to enable the United States Secret Serv-
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^^^ ^^ perform its protective functions pursuant to title 18, U.S.C. 3056. 
REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT or PUBLIC BUILDINGS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to alter public 
buildings and to acquire additions to sites pursuant to the Public 
^^40 use 601 
Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479) and to alter other Federally-
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owned buildings and to acquire additions to sites tliereof, including 
grounds, approaches and appurtenances, wharves and piers, together 
with the necessary dredging adjacent thereto; and care and safeguard-
ing of sites; preliminary planning of projects by contract or otherwise; 
maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; $61,600,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided^ That for the purposes of 
this appropriation, buildings constructed pursuant to the Public Build-
ings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (40 U.S.C. 856) and the Post 
^^ stat. sis. 
Office Department Property Act of 1954 (39 U.S.C. 2104 et seq.), and 
^4 stat. 590. 
buildings under the control of another department or agency where 
alteration of such buildings is required in connection with the moving 
of such other department or agency from buildings then, or thereafter 
to be, under the control of General Services Administration shall be 
considered to be public buildings. 
CONSTRUCTION, PUBLIC BUILDINGS PROJECTS 
For an additional amount for expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
necessary to construct and acquire public buildings projects and alter 
public buildings by extension or conversion where the estimated cost 
for a project is in excess of $200,000, pursuant to the Public Building-s 
Act of 1959 (713 Stat. 479), including fallout shelters and equipment 
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for such buildings, $26,533,000, and not to exceed $500,000 of this "°*^* 
amount shall be available to the Administrator for construction or 
alteration of small public buildings outside the District of Columbia 
as the Administrator approves and deems necessary, all to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That a total amount of $7,336,400 
heretofore appropriated for projects located at Porthill, Idaho, Cam-
bridge, Massachusetts, Detroit, Michigan, Helena, Montana, Pitts-
burgh, Green Tree, Pennsylvania, Westerly, Rhode Island, and 
Houston, Texas, under this heading in the Independent Offices Appro-
priation Acts, 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966 and the Independent Offices 
^e stat. 723. 
and Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriation 
73 stat! esi! 
Act, 1968, respectively, are hereby made available for the purposes 
79 stat. 527. 
of this appropriation: Provided further^ That the foregoing amounts 
shall be available for public buildings projects at locations and at 
maximum construction improvement costs (excluding funds for sites 
and expenses) as follows: 
Post office and Federal office buildings, Talladega, Alabama, in 
addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $76,000; 
Border station, Alaska Highway, Alaska, in addition to the sum 
heretofore appropriated, $398,000; 
Federal office building, Los Angeles County, California, in 
addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $1,258,000; 
Federal office building, Chicago, Illinois, in addition to the sum 
lieretofore appropriated, $13,285,000; 
Post office and courthouse. Concord, New Hampshire, (Claims), 
in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $47,900; 
Charles A. Buckley Post Office and Federal office building, 
Bronx, New York, formerly Post office and Federal office build-
ing, Bronx, New York, in addition to the sum heretofore appro-
priated, $3,948,000; 
Courthouse and Federal office building, Rochester, New York, 
in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $2,085,000; 
Courthouse and Federal office building, San Antonio, Texas, in 
addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $1,075,500; 
81 Stat. 346. 
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Federal Binean of Investigation Academ}-, Quant'co, Virginia; 
in addition to the sum lieretoi'ore appropriated, $7,896,000; 
Federal Bureau of Investigation building (substructure), Dis-
trict of Columbia, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, 
$3,800,000: Pror'/ded further. That the foregoing limits of costs 
may be exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in other 
projects, but by not to exceed 10 per centum. 
SITES AND EXPENSES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS PROJECTS 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary in connection with 
the construction of public buildings projects not otherwise provided 
for, including preliminary planning by contract 
or otherwise, 
$11,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
PAYMENTS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS PURCHASE CONTRACTS 
For payments of principal, interest, taxes, and any other obligations 
under contracts entered into pursuant to the Public Buildings Pur-
chase Contract Act of 1954 (40 U.S.C. 356), $2,400,000. 
Stat. 518. 
EXPENSES, UNITED STATES COURT FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to provide 
directly or indirectly, additional space for the United States Courts 
incident to expansion of facilities (including rental of buildings in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere and moving and space adjust-
ments), and furniture and furnishings, $1,250,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES, FEDERAL SUPPLY SERVICE 
For expenses, no^ otherwise provided, necessary for supply distri-
bution, procurement, inspection, operation of the stores depot system 
(including contractual services incident to receiving, handling, and 
shipping warehouse items), and other supply management and 
related activities, as authorized by law, $77,515,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES, NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses in connection with Federal records manage-
ment and related activities, as provided by law, including reimburse-
ment for security guard services, and contractual services incident to 
movement or disposal of records, $21,350,000. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS GRANTS 
For allocation to Federal agencies, and for grants to State and local 
agencies and nonprofit organizations and institutions, for the collect-
ing, describing, preserving and compiling, and publishing of docu-
mentary sources significant to the history of the United States, 
$350,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATING EXPENSES, TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS 
SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of transportation, communications, and other 
public utilities management and related activities, as provided bv law, 
80 Stat. 416. 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,150,000. " 
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OPERATING EXPENSES, PROPERTY MANACiEMENT AND DISPOSAL SERVICE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for carrying out 
the functions of the Administrator witli respect to the utilization of 
excess property; the disposal of surplus property; the rehabilitation 
of personal property; the appraisal of real and personal property; the 
national stockpile established by the Strategic and Critical Materials 
Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98-98h); the supplemental stockpile 
^o stat. 596. 
established by section 104(b) of the Agricultural Trade Development 
and Assistance Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 456, as amended by 73 Stat. 607); 
7 use i704. 
the national industrial reserve established by the National Industrial 
Reserve Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. 451^62) ; including services as author- 
^^ stat. 1225. 
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and reimbursement for security guard services, 
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$29,000,000, to be derived from proceeds from transfers of excess prop-
erty, disposal of surplus property, and sales of stockpile materials: 
Provided^ That during the current fiscal year the General Services 
Administration is authorized to acquire leasehold interests in property, 
for periods not in excess of twenty years, for the storage, securityj and 
maintenance of strategic, critical, and other materials in the national 
and supplemental stockpiles provided said leasehold interests are at 
nominal cost to the Government: Provided further^ That during the 
current fiscal year there shall be no limitation on the value of surplus 
strategic and critical materials which, in accordance with section 6 of 
the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 
98e), may be transferred without reimbursement to the national stock-
pile : Provided further^ That during the current fiscal year materials 
in the inventory maintained under the Defense Production Act of 1950, 
as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061-2166), and excess materials in the ^^ ^^^^' ''^^^ 
national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile, the disposition of 
which is authorized by law, shall be available, w ithout reimbursement, 
for transfer at fair market value to contractors as payment for expenses 
(including transportation and other accessorial expenses) of acquisi-
tion of materials, or of refining, processing, or otherw ise beneficiating 
materials, or of rotating materials, pursuant to section 3 of the 
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98b), and 
of processing and refining materials pursuant to section 303(d) of the 
Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 
2093(d)). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATOR 
For expenses of executive direction for activities under the control 
of the General Services Administration, $1,926,000: Provided^ That 
not to exceed $500 shall be available for reception and representation 
expenses. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958, as 
amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), $335,000: Fwv«<^e<^, That the Adminis- siltfuMa!'^' 
trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treas-
ury such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 
sections (a) and (e) of such Act. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS F U N D 
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Funds available to General Services Administration for adminis-
trative operations, in support of program activities, shall be expended 
and accounted for, as a whole, through a single fund: Provided, That 
costs and obligations for such administrative operations for the respec-
tive program activities shall be accounted for in accordance with 
systems approved by the General Accounting Office: Provided 
further^ 
That the total amount deposited into said account for the current fiscal 
year from fuildfe made available to General Services Administration 
in this Act shall not exceed $13,800,000: Provided 
further^ 
That 
amounts deposited into said account for administrative operations 
for each program shall not exceed the amounts included in the 
respective program appropriations for such purposes. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
The appropriate appropriation o? fund available to the General 
Services Administration shall be credited with (1) cost of operation, 
protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included 
as part of rentals received from Government corporations pursuant to 
61 Stat. 584. 
j^w (40 U.S.C. 129); (2) reimbursements for services performed in 
respect to bonds and other obligations under the jurisdiction of the 
General Services Administration, issued by public authorities. States, 
or other public bodies, and such services in respect to such bonds or 
obligations as the Administrator deems necessary and in the public 
interest may, upon the request and at the expense of the issuing 
agencies, be provided from the appropriate foregoing appropriation; 
and (3) appropriations or funds available to other agencies, and trans-
ferred to the General Services Administration, in connection with 
property transferred to the General Services Administration pursuant 
62 Stat. 1225. 
to the Act of July 2, 1948 (50 U.S.C. 451ff), and such appropriations 
or funds may be so transferred, with the approval of the Bureau of the 
Budget. 
Appropriations to the General Services Administration under the 
heading "Construction, Public Buildings Projects" shall be available, 
40 ^sctli' 
subject to the provisions of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 for (1) 
note. 
acquisition of bui^ings and sites thereof by purchase, condemnation, 
or otherwise, including prepayment of purchase contracts, (2) exten-
sion or conversion of Government-owmed buildings, and (3) construc-
tion of new buildings, in addition to those ret forth under that 
appropriation: Provided, 
That nothing herein shall authorize an 
expenditure of funds for acquisition, extension or conversion, or con-
struction without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and House of Representatives. 
Funds available to the General Services Administration shall be 
available for the hire of passenger motor veh'cles. 
No part of any money appropriated by this or any other Act for any 
agency of the executive branch of the Government shall be used during 
the current fiscal year for the purchase within the continental limits 
of the United States of any typewriting machines except in accordance 
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with regulations issued pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. 
Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appropriation made available to 
the General Services Administration for the current fiscal year by this 
Act may be transferred to any other such appropriation, but no such 
appropriation shall be increased thereby more than 2 per centum: 
Provided, That such transfers shall apply only to operating expenses, 
and shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount of $2,000,000. 
Appropriations available to any department or agency during the 
current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including maintenance or 
operating expenses, shall also be available for (a) reimbursement to the 
General Services Administration for those expenses of renovation and 
alteration of buildings and facilities which constitute public improve-
ments, performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 
(73 Stat. 479) or other applicable law, and (b) transfer or reimburse-
ment to applicable appropriations to said Administration for rents 
and related expenses, not otherwise provided for, of providing subject 
to Executive Order 11035, dated July 9, 1962, directly or indirectly, 
suitable general purpose space for any such department or agency, in 
the District of Columbia or elsewhere. 
No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for 
the payment of rental on lease agreements for the accommodation of 
Federal agencies in buildings and improvements which are to be 
erected by the lessor for such agencies at an estimated cost of construc-
tion in excess of $200,000 or for the payment of the salary of any 
person who executes such a lease agreement: Provided, That the fore-
going proviso shall not be applicable to projects for which a prospectus 
for the lease construction of space has been submitted to the Congress 
and approval made in the same manner as for the public buildings 
construction projects pursuant to the Public Buildings Act of 1959. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 
ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including 
research, development, operations, services, minor construction, main-
tenance, repair, and alteration of real and personal property; and pur-
chase, hire, maintenance, and operation of other than administrative 
aircraft necessary for the conduct and support of aeronautical and 
space research and development activities of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, $3,006,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES 
For advance planning, design, and construction of facilities for the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for the acquisi-
tion or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law, 
$53,233,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESEARCH AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of research in Government laboratories, man-
agement of programs and other activities of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, not otherwise provided for, including uni-
63 Stat. 377. 
40 use 471 
note. 
Transfer of 
funds. 
40 use 601 
40 use 490 
note. 
81 Stat. 206. 
Transfer of 
funds. 
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forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-
80 Stat. 508; 
5902) ; miiior construction: awards: hire, maintenance and operation 
oi administrative aircraft; purchase (not to exceed thirty-five for 
replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and main-
tenance, repair, and alteration of real and personal property; 
$637,400,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into under this 
appropriation for maintenance and operation of facilities, and for 
other services, to be provided during the next fiscal year. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation made available to 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration by this Act may 
be transferred to any other such appropriation. 
Not to exceed $35,000 of the appropriation "Research and Program 
Management" in this Act for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall be available for scientific consultations or 
extraordinary expense, to be expended upon the approval or authority 
of the Administrator and his determination shall be final and 
conclusive. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the National 
64 Stat. 149. 
Sciencc Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), 
Title I X of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (42 U.S.(^ 
72 Stat. 1601. 
1876-1879), the National Sea Grant College and P r o g r a m Act of 1966, 
80 Stat. 998. 
(33 U.S.C. 1121-1124), aud the Act to establish a National Medal of 
73 Stat. 431. 
Science (42 U.S.C. 1880-1881), including award of graduate fellow-
80 Stat. 416. 
ships; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; purchase of two air-
craft; maintenance and operation of four aircraft and purchase of 
flight services for research support; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses; 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-
5902) ; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; and 
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security 
guard services; $438,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the foregoing amount not less than $37,600,000 shall be 
available for tuition, gramts, and allowances in connection with a 
program of supplementary training for secondary school science and 
mathematics teachers: Provided further, That receipts for scientific 
support services and materials furnished by the National Research 
^Campus 
Centers may be credited to this appropriation : A7\d provided 
further. 
'oTn/aTof 
That if an institution of higher education receiving funds hereunder 
payments. 
determines after affording notice and opportunity for hearing to an 
individual attending, or employed by, such institution, that such indi-
vidual has, after the date of enactment of this Act, willfully refused 
to obey a lawful regulation or order of such institution and that such 
refusal was of a serious nature and contributed to the disruption of 
the administration of such institution, then the institution shall deny 
any further payment to, or for the benefit of, such individual. 
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department 
determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United 
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231 
States, for the translation and publication of science information, as 
authorized by section 104(b) (3) of the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704(b) (3)), 
so stat. 1529. 
$2,000,000: Provided^ That this appropriation shall be available in 
addition to other appropriations to the National Science Foundation, 
for payments in the foregoing currencies. 
RENEGOTIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Renegotiation Board, including hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $4,000,000. 
80 Stat. 416. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by law (5 LLS.C. 5901-5902), and services as authorized 
s° ^*^Vnfi°^' 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $20,416,000. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the 
Selective Service System, as authorized by title I of the Military Selec-
tive Service Act of 1967 (62 Stat. 604), as amended, including services 
si stat. ^100,, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; expenses of attendance at meetings 451, 
^^^* 
and of training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 
Service System, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 2301-2318) for civilian 
|°usc 4iof.' 
employees; hire of motor vehicles; purchase of thirteen passenger 4ug and note's. 
motor vehicles for replacement only; not to exceed $76,000 for the 
National Selective Service Appeal Board; and $96,000 for the National 
Advisory Committee on the Selection of Physicians, Dentists, and 
Allied Specialists; $68,348,000: Provided, That during the current fis-
cal year, the President may exempt this appropriation from the provi-
sions of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the interest 
3i use ees. 
of national defense. 
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
For the payment of compensation, pensions, gratuities, and allow-
ances, including burial awards, burial flags, subsistence allowances for 
vocational rehabilitation, emergency and other officers' retirement pay, 
adjusted-service credits and certificates, as authorized by law; and for 
payment of amounts of compromises or settlements under 28 U.S.C. 
2677 of tort claims potentially subject to the offset provisions of 38 ^° |t^t. 307^ 
U.S.C. 351, $5,041,355,000, to remain available until expended. 
76 stat! 950. ' 
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[83 STAT. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or 
on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 31 
38 use 8of-^' 
(except section 1504), and 33-39), $742,200,000, to remain available 
805; 1501-1905. 
uutll expended. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, 
servicemen's indemnities, and service-disabled veterans insurance, to 
remain available until expended, $13,753,000, of which $6,500,000 shall 
be derived from the Veterans Special Term Insurance Fund. 
MEDICAL CARE 
For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of hospi-
tals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for furnishing, as 
authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration including care and treat-
ment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Adminis-
tration, and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies and equipment; 
maintenance and operation of farms and burial grounds; repairing, 
altering, improving or providing facilities in the several hospitals and 
homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 
employees and purchase of materials; uniforms or allowance therefor 
si^stS^'ioe?^' 
^ authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); and aid to State homes as 
82 Stat. 448. 
authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 641) ; $1,541,701,000, plus reimburse-
ments : Provided, That allotments and transfers may be made from this 
appropriation to the Public Health Service of the Department of 
Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Army, Navy, and Air Force 
of the Department of Defense, for disbursements by them under the 
various headings of their applicable appropriations, of such amounts 
as are necessary for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the 
Veterans Administration. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for carrying out programs of medical and 
prosthetic research and development, as authorized by law, to remain 
available until expended, $54,638,000. 
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for administration of the medical, hospital, 
domiciliary, construction and supply, research, employee education 
and training activities, as authorized by law, and for carrying but the 
80 Stat. 1375. 
provisious of section 5055, title 38, United States Code, relating to 
pilot programs and grants for exchange of medical information, 
$16,950,000. 
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233 
GENERAL OPERATINO EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by law; not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle 
(medium sedan for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration 
for security guard services; $220,865,000: Provided, That no part of 
this appropriation shall be used to pay in excess of twenty-two per-
sons engaged in public relations work. 
CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITAL AND DOMICILIARY FACILITIES 
For hospital and domiciliary facilities, for planning and for major 
alterations, improvements, and repairs and extending any of the facil-
ities under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration or for any 
of the purposes set forth in sections 5001, 5002, and 5004, title 38, 
United States Code, including necessary expenses of administration, go^stat^'1*372^^' 
$69,152,000, to remain available until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION or STATE NURSING HOMES 
For grants to assist the several States to construct State home facili-
ties for furnishing nursing home care to veterans, as authorized by 
law (38 U.S.C. 5031-5037), $4,000,000, l o remain available until 
7 8stat. 501. 
June 30, 1972. 
(IRANTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
For payment to the Republic of the Philippines of grants, as author-
ized by law (38 U.S.C. 631-634), $1,362,000. 
72 stat. ii45; 
80 Stat. 859. 
PAYMENT OF PARTICIPATION SALES INSUFFICIENCIES 
For the payment of such insufficiencies as may be required by the 
Government National Mortgage Association, as trustee, on account of 
outstanding beneficial interests or participations in Direct loan revolv-
ing fund assets or Loan guaranty revolving fund assets authorized by 
the Independent Offices and Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment Appropriation Act, 1968, to be issued pursuant to section 
si stat, 341. 
302(c) of the Federal National Mortgage Ass<:)ciation Charter Act, as 
amended (12 U.S.C. 1717(c)), $5,716,000. 
78 stat. 800: 
LOAN GUARANTY REVOLVING FUND 
50 Stat. 164; 
82 Stat. 542. 
During the current fiscal year, the Loan guaranty revolving fund 
shall be available for expenses, but not to exceed $425,000,000, for 
property acquisitions and other loan guaranty and insurance opera-
tions under Chapter 37, title 38, United States Code, except adminis- 8o^stat!'26^;^°^ 
trative expenses, as authorized by section 1824 of such title: Provided. 
82 stat.' iie. 
That the unobligated balances including retained earnings of the 182^7"^^^^°^' 
Direct loan revolving fund shall be available, during the current fiscal 74 stat. 532,. 
year, for transfer to the Loan guaranty revolving fund in such 
amounts as may be necessary to provide for the timely payment of 
obligations of such fund and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs 
shall not be required to pay interest on amounts so transferred after 
the time of such transfer. 
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[83 STAT. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Transfers of 
funds. 
Xot to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation for the current 
fiscal year for "Compensation and pensions", "Readjustment benefits", 
and "Veterans insurance and indemnities" may be transferred to any 
otlier of the mentioned appropriations, but not to exceed 10 per 
centum of the appropriations so augmented. 
Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the 
current fiscal year for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
80 Stat. 416. 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
The appropriation available to the Veterans Administration for the 
current fiscal year for "Medical care" shall be available for funeral, 
burial, and other expenses incidental thereto (except burial awards 
so^statf^ig^^^' 
authorized by 38 U.S.C. 902), for beneficiaries of the Veterans Admin-
istration receiving care under such appropriations. 
No part of the appropriations in this Act for the Veterans Admin-
istration (except the appropriation for "Construction of hospital and 
domiciliary facilities") shall be available for the purchase of any site 
for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home. 
No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be available for hos-
pitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled 
under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimburse-
ment of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed 
by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
CIVIL DEFENSE 
OPEKATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for carrying out 
civil defense activities, including the hire of motor vehicles; and finan-
cial contributions to the States for civil defense purposes, as authorized 
by law, $49,200,000: Provided, That not to exceed $19,400,000 shall be 
available for allocation under section 205 of the Federal Civil Defense 
8/2^^tat.^533; 
s^^^ of 1950^ as amended. 
50 u s e app. 
2286. 
RESEARCH, SHELTER SURVEY AND MARKING 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for studies and 
research to develop measures and plans for civil defense; continuing 
shelter surveys, marking, stocking, and equipping surveyed spaces; and 
constructing and equipping Federal regional operating centers; $20,-
050,000, to remain available until expended: Provkled, That not to 
exceed $1,800,000 of this appropriation may be transferred to appro-
priations of the Department of Defense available for military con-
struction for construction of Federal regional operating centers, 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
CIVIL 
DEFENSE 
Appropriations contained in this Act for carrying out civil defense 
activities shall not be available in excess of the limitations on appro-
priations contained in section 408 of the Federal Civil Defense Act, as 
iiltftTiM.''''' 
amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2260). _ 
No part of any appropriation in this Act shall be available for the 
construction of warehouses or for the lease of warehouse space in any 
building which is to be constructed specifically for civil defense 
activities. 
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235 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND 
WELFARE 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
SERVICE 
EMERGENCY HEALTH 
For expenses necessary for carrying out emergency planning and 
preparedness functions of the Health Services and Mental Health 
Administration, and procurement, storage (including underground 
storage), distribution, and maintenance of emergency civil defense 
medical supplies and equipment, as authorized by section 201(h) of 
the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2281 (h)), and, 82^stat?\"75'''^' 
except as otherwise provided, sections 301 and 311 of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to emergency health services, $4,000,000, to 
^s ^tau 69^:i. 
remain available until expended. 
243. 
TITLE I I 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
HOUSING 
AND 
URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
RENEWAL AND HOUSING 
ASSISTANCE 
GRANTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD 
FACILITIES 
For grants authorized by section 703 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3103), $40,000,000, to remain 
79stat.49i. 
available until expended. 
ALASKA HOUSING 
For assistance in the provision of housing and related facilities for 
Alaska natives and other Alaska residents, as authorized by section 
1004 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3371), with which shall be merged the unexpended 
^o stat. i284. 
balances of funds heretofore appropriated pursuant to such authoriza-
tion, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAMS 
For grants for urban renewal, fiscal year 1970, as an additional 
amount for urban renewal programs, as authorized by title I of the 
Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1450 et seq.) and section 68"tar*62'2-^' 
314 of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1452a), 79 stat! 457J 
$250,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided., That no ^^ ^'^*- ^'^^' 
part of any appropriation in this Act shall be used for administrative yg stau*792; ' 
expenses in connection with commitments for grants aggregating more ^2 stat. 603. 
than the total of amounts available in the current year from the 
amounts authorized for making such commitments through June 30, 
1967, plus the additional amounts appropriated therefor. 
REHABILITATION LOAN F U N D 
For the revolving fund established pursuant to section 312 of the 
Housing Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1452b), $45,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
78 Stat. 790; 
82 Stat. 523. 
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[83 STAT. 
LOW RENT PUBLIC HOUSING ANNUAL 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
For the payment of annual contributions to public housing agencies 
in accordance with section 10 of the United States Housing Act of 
50 Stat. 891. 
1937^ as amended (42 U.S.C. 1410),$473,500,000. 
COLLEGE HOUSING 
82 Stat. 604. 
12 u s e 1749. 
For payments authorized by section 1705 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1968, $2,500,000: Provided, That the limitation 
otherwise applicable to the total payments that may be required in any 
fiscal year by all contracts entered into under such section is increased 
by $6,500,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of programs of renewal and 
housing assistance, not otherwise provided for, $37,000,000. 
METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT 
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING GRANTS 
For "Comprehensive planning grants" as authorized by section 701 
82 Stat. 526. 
of the Housiug Act of 1954, as amended (40 U.S.C. 461), $50,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT TRAINING 
PROGRAMS 
For matching grants to States for training and related activities, 
and for expenses of providing technical assistance to State and local 
governmental or public bodies (including studies and publication of 
information), as authorized by title V I I I of the Housing Act of 1964 
(20 U.S.C. 801-805), $3,000,000. 
78 Stat. 802. 
FELLOWSHIPS FOR CITY PLANNING AND URBAN 
STUDIES 
For fellowships for city planning and urban studies as authorized 
8iltal!V6^7°^' 
by section 810 of the Housing Act of 1964 (20 U.S.C. 811), $500,000. 
N E W COMMUNITY 
ASSISTANCE 
For supplementary grants as authorized by title IV of the Housing 
8
2 Stat. 516. 
^ud Urban Development Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3911), $2,500,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
OPEN SPACE LAND PROGRAMS 
For grants as authorized by title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, 
8o^statfV2 79^' 
^^ amended (42 U.S.C. 1500-1500e), and the provision of technical 
assistance to State and local public bodies (including the undertaking 
of studies and publication of information), $75,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That no part of this appropriation 
may be used for financing a grant in excess of 50 per centum of the 
cost of any activity or project. 
GRANTS FOR BASIC WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES 
For grants authorized by section 702 of the Housing and Urban 
^9 stat^.^4^90; 
Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3102), $135,000,000, to remain 
9 sf=. ^^4 
available until expended. 
82 Stat. 534. 
82 Stat. 533. 
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237 
GRANTS TO AID ADVANCE ACQUISITION OF LAND 
For grants authorized by section 704 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3104), $2,500,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of programs of metropolitan 
development, not otherwise provided for, $7,500,000. 
MODEL CITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS 
MODEL C I T I E S PROGRAMS 
For financial assistance and administrative expenses in connection 
with planning and carrying out comprehensive city demonstration 
programs, as authorized by title I of the Demonstration Cities and 
Metropolitan 
Development Act of 
1966 
(80 Stat. 1255-1261), 33^2^use 3301. 
$575,000,000 for the fiscal year 1970, to remain available until June 
30,1971. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of programs of Model Cities 
and governmental relations, not otherwise provided for, $550,000, 
together with not to exceed $6,750,000 to be derived from the appropri-
ation for "Model cities programs": Provided^ That no part of this or 
any other appropriation in this Act may be used to provide metro-
politan expediters, or for the administration or implementation of 
section 204 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development 
Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-754). 
URBAN TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH 
URBAN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For grants and necessary expenses of programs of research and 
studies relating to housing and urban problems, not otherwise pro-
vided for, as authorized by law (12 U.S.C. l701d-3; I701e; I701f; 42 
U.S.C. 3532; 42 U.S.C. 3372-3373), including carrying out the func- ^sltat^^'/-^^ 
tions of the Secretary under section 1(a) (l)(i) of Reorganization 79 stat 667-
Plan No. 2 of 1968, $25,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $900,000 so^stat. 1286. 
of the foregoing amount shall be available for administrative expenses 
^^ ^*^'' ^ ^^ 
80 Stat. 1262. 
42 u s e 3334, 
369. 
49 u s e 1608 
note. 
LOW INCOME HOUSING DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAMS 
For low income housing demonstration programs pursuant to sec-
tion 207 of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1436), y^l.l'^^i^^^'' 
$2,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation for 
"Urban research and technology": Provided, That no part of any 
appropriation in this Act shall be available for administrative 
expenses in connection with contracts to make grants in excess of the 
amount herein appropriated. 
238 
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[83 STAT. 
MORTGAGE CREDIT 
HOMEOWNERSHIP AND RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
For homeownership assistance payments, authorized by section 235, 
and. for interest reduction payments as authorized by section 236 of 
^
^
1
^
2 use 1715Z. 
the National Housing Act, as amended (82 Stat. 477 and 498), 
$26,500,000: Provided, That the limitation on total payments that may 
be required in any fiscal year by all contracts entered into under sec-
tion 235 is increased by $90,000,000, and the limitation on total pay-
ments under those entered into under section 236 is increased by 
$85,000,000. 
RENT SUPPLEMENT 
PROGRAM 
For rent supplement payments authorized by section 101 of the 
II use nofs 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, $23,000,000: Provided, 
and note. 
That the limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum payments 
that may be required in any fiscal year by all contracts entered into 
under such section is increased by $50,000,000: Provided further, That 
no part of the foregoing appropriation or contract authority shall be 
used for incurring any obligation in connection with any dwelling 
unit or project which is not either part of a workable program for 
community improvement meeting the requirements of section 101(c) 
68 Stat. 623. 
of ^he Houslug Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1451 (c)), or which 
is without local official approval for participation in this program. 
LOW AND MODERATE INCOME SPONSOR FUND 
For the low and moderate income sponsor fund, authorized by sec-
tion 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 
490), $2,000,000. 
SALARIES AND 
EXPENSES 
12 u s e 1701x. 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Housing 
Administration in carrying out functions delegated by the Secretary 
under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, 
79 Stat. 451. 
^s amended (12 U.S.C. 1701s), and section 106 and title XIV of the 
1
2 use 1701X. 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 490 and 590), 
1720. 
" 
not otherwise provided for, $3,500,000. 
FEDERAL INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION 
' 
'^* ^ 
FLOOD 
I N S U R A N C E 
For necessary administrative expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in carrying out the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 
572), $2,400,000. 
42 u s e 4001 
note. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the Secretary 
pursuant to title VIII of the Civil Eights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
82 Stat. 81. 
3601), section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 
1
2 use 1701U. 
(82 Stat. 476), title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
78 Stat. 252. 
2000d), and Executive Orders 11063 (27 Fed. Reg. 11527) and 11246, 
42 use 1982 
as amended (30 Fed. Reg. 12319, 32 Fed. Reg. 14303), $6,000,000, 
note, 2000e note. 
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239 
D E r A R T M E N T A L 
M A N A G E M E N T 
GEN ERAL ADM INISTR ATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Secretary, not otlier-
wise provided for, in overall program planning and direction in the 
Department, including not to exceed $2,500 for official recejition and 
representation expenses, $9,000,000. 
REGIONAL MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 
For necessary administrative expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of management and program coordination in the regional offices of 
the Department, $10,500,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For additional capital for the fund established pursuant to section 
7(f) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1965 (79 Stat. 670), $4,338,000, to remain available until expended. 
42 use 3535. 
PAYMENT OF PARTICIPATION SALES INSUFFICIENCIES 
For the payment of such insufficiencies as may be required by the 
Government National Mortgage Association, as trustee, on account of 
outstanding beneficial interests or participations in assets of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development (including the Govern-
ment National Mortgage Association) authorized by the Independent 
Offices and Department of Housing and Urban Development Appro-
priation Act, 1968, to be issued pursuant to section 302(c) of the Fed- 
^^ ^'^'* ^''^• 
eral National Mortgage Association Charter Act, as amended, 80^^8131^*164°°' 
$56,238,000. 
1
2 use 1717. 
TITLE III—CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies, respectively, are hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and 
in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments 
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 
of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may 
^J fl^n ^^Q' 
be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Budget for 
the current fiscal year for each such corporation or agency except as 
hereinafter provided: 
FEDERAL 
HOME LOAN 
BANK BOARD 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND NONADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, 
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK BOARD 
Not to exceed a total of $5,300,000 shall be available for administra-
tive expenses of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, which may pro-
cure services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and contracts for such 
services with one organization may be renewed annually, and uniforms 
or allowances therefor in accordance with law (5 U.S.C. 5901-590*2), 81^313^*20^6°^' 
and said amount shall be derived from funds available to the Federal 
Home Loan Bank Board, including those in the Federal Home Loan 
Bank Board revolving fund and receipts of the Board for the current 
31 u s e 849. 
80 Stst. 416. 
82 Stat. 856. 
12 u s e 1425a 
240 
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[83 STAT. 
fiscal year and prior fiscal years, and the Board may utilize and may 
make payment for services and facilities of the Federal home loan 
banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the Federal Savings and Loan Insur-
ance Corporation, and other agencies of the Government (including 
payment for office space) : Provided^ That all necessary expenses in 
connection with the conservatorship of institutions insured by the 
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation or activities relating 
to section 5A(f) or 6(i) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, section 
47 Stat. 727, 
5(d) of the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, or section 406(c), 407, or 
80 sta? \1)28' 
^^^ ^^ ^^'^ National Housing Act and all necessary expenses (including 
1
2 use 1464. 
services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other 
^s ^'^^2 V^^' 
personal services) in connection with the handling, including the pur-
80 Stat. 1036. 
cliase, sale, and exchange, of securities on behalf of Federal home loan 
82 Stat. 5. 
banks, and the sale, issuance, and retirement of, or payment of interest 
173^0,^1^73oa^.^^' 
o
^
^
? debeuturcs or bonds, under the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as 
amended, shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the 
purposes hereof: Provided furthe7\ That members and alternates of 
the Federal Savings and Loan Advisory Council shall be entitled to 
reimbursement from the Board as approved by the Board for trans-
portation expenses incurred in attendance at meetings of or concerned 
with the work of such Council and may be paid not to exceed $25 per 
diem in lieu of subsistence: Provided further^ That expenses of any 
functions of supervision (except of Federal home loan banks) vested in 
or exercisable by the Board shall be considered as nonadministrative 
expenses: Provided further^ That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
furtherj 
That, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, except for 
the limitation in amount hereinbefore specified, the administrative 
expenses and other obligations of the Board shall be incurred, allowed, 
and paid in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Home Loan 
47 Stat. 725. 
g^nk Act of JuW 22, 1932, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1421-1449) : Pro-
vided further. 
That the nonadministrative expenses (except those 
included in the first proviso hereof) for the supervision and exami-
nation of Federal and State chartered institutions (other than special 
examinations determined bv the Board to be necessary) shall not 
exceed $13,800,000. 
CONSTRUCTION or HEADQUARTERS FACILITY 
The limitation on obligations which may be incurred by the Board 
in connection with the acquisition of real property for, and the con-
struction, development, furnishing, and equipping of, a headquarters 
facility in the District of Columbia, as authorized by law (12 U.S.C. 
80 Stat. 1
2 93. 
1438(c) (7)), is increased by $8,400,000. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL SAVINGS AND 
LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION 
Not to exceed $360,000 shall be available for administrative ex-
penses, which shall be on an accrual basis and shall be exclusive of 
interest paid, depreciation, properly capitalized expenditures, ex-
penses in connection with liquidation of insured institutions or activi-
ties relating to section 406 (c), 407, or 408 of the National Housing Act, 
liquidation or handling of assets of or derived from insured institu-
tions, payment of insurance, and action for or toward the avoidance, 
termination, or minimizing of losses in the case of insured institutions, 
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241 
legal fees and expenses, and payments for expenses of the Federal 
Home Loan Bank Board determined by said Board to be properly 
allocable to said (Corporation, and said Corporation may utilize and 
may make payments for services and facilities of the Federal home 
loan banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the Federal Home Loan Bank 
Board, and other agencies of the (jovernment: Provided^ 
That, not-
withstanding any other provisions of this Act, except for the limita-
tion in amount hereinbefore specified, the administrative expenses and 
other obligations of said Corporation shall be incurred, allowed and 
paid in accordance with title I V of the Act of June 27, 19;^, as 
amended (12 U.S.C. 1724-l730b). 
48 Stat. 1255. 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
HOUSIXG 
AND 
I 
RBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
LIMITATION OX ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, HOUSING FOR THE 
ELDERLY OR LlANDicArrED 
Not to exceed $1,200,000 of funds in the revolving fund established 
pursuant to section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended (12 
U.S.C. I701q et seq.), shall be available for administrative expenses. y/stft^Vs^y^^' 
lilMITATlON ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, COLLEGE HouSING LOANS 
Not to exceed $1,100,000 of the funds available for making loans 
for college housing and other facilities shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses in connection with such loans (12 U.S.C. 1749--
I749d). 
64 Stat. 77; 
77 Stat. 437. 
69 Stat. 642. 
42 u s e 1491-
LlMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, PtBLIC FACILITY LOANS 
Not to exceed $1,000,000 of funds in the revolving funds established 
pursuant to title I I of the Housing Amendments of 1955, as amended, 
shall be available for administrative exi3enses. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, REVOLVING 
F U N D 
(LIQUIDATING 
PROGRAMS) 
During the current fiscal year not to exceed $100,000 shall be avail-
able for administrative expenses, but this amount shall be exclusive of 
expenses necessary in the case of defaulted obligations to protect the 
interests of the Government. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE 
AND NONADMINISTRATIVE 
EXPENSES, 
FEDERAL HOUSING 
ADMINISTRATION 
For administrative ex^^enses in carrying out duties imposed by or 
pursuant to law, not to exceed $12,500,000 of the various funds of the 
Federal Housing Administration shall be available, in accordance 
Avith the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701) : Pro- 
^s stat. i246 
Vi'dcd. That funds shall be available for contract actuarial services 
(not to exceed $1,500) : Provided 
further. 
That 
nonadministrative 
expenses classified by section 2 of Public I ^ w 387, approved Octo-
ber 25, 1949, shall not exceed $105,000,000. 
H 
I'^'c'ijoi. 
242 
PUBLIC LAW 91-126-NOV. 26, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, GOVERNMENT NATIONAL 
MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
Xot to exceed $5,000,000 sliall be available for administrative ex-
penses, which shall be on accrual basis, and shall be exclusive of interest 
paid, expenses (including expenses for fiscal agency services performed 
on a contract or fee basis) in connection with the issuance and servic-
ing of securities, depreciation, properly capitalized expenditures, fees 
for servicing mortgages, expenses (including services performed on a 
force account, contract or fee basis, but not including other personal 
services) in connection with the acquisition, protection, operation, 
maintenance, improvement, or disposition of real or personal property 
belonging to said Association or in which it has an interest, cost of 
salaries, wages, travel, and other expenses of persons employed outside 
of the continental United States, and all administrative expenses re-
imbursable from other Government agencies and from the Federal Na-
tional Mortgage Association: Provided^ That the distribution of ad-
ministrative expenses to the accounts of the Association shall be made 
in accordance with generally recognized accounting principles and 
practices. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, LOW RENT PUBLIC HOUSING 
Administrative expenses of carrying out the provisions of the 
Ignited States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1401-
50 Stat. 888. 
1433) sliall be provided for from amounts appropriated therefor in this 
Act, excej^t that necessary expenses of providing representatives at the 
sites of non-Federal projects in connection with the construction of 
such projects by public housing agencies with aid under the L^nited 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, shall be compensated by such 
agencies by the payment of fixed fees which in the aggregate will cover 
the costs of rendering such services, and expenditures for such purpose 
shall be considered nonadministrative expenses, and funds received 
from such payments may be used only for the payment of necessary ex-
penses of providing such representatives. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Where appropriations in titles I and II of this Act are 
expendable for travel expenses of employees and no specific limitation 
has been placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may 
not exceed the amounts set forth therefor in the budget estimates sub-
mitted for the appropriations: Provided^ That this section shall not 
apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials of local boards 
and appeal boards of the Selective Service System; to travel per-
formed directly in connection with care and treatment of medical 
beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration; or to payments to inter-
agency motor pool where separately set forth in the budget schedules. 
Employees, 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in titles I and II 
restoration^of' 
of this Act shall be available to pay the salary of any person filling a 
position. 
position, other than a temporary position, formerly held by an 
employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States 
and has satisfactorily completed his period of active military or naA al 
service and has within ninety days after his release from such service 
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PUBLIC LAW 91-126-NOV. 26, 1969 
243 
or from liospitalization continuing after distiharge for a period of not 
more than one 3'ear made application for restoration to his former 
position and has been certified by the Civil Service Commission as still 
qualified to i)erform the duties of his former position and has not been 
restored thereto. 
SEC. 403. No part of any appropriation made available by the pro- ^^^^ estate, 
visions of titles I and II of this Act shall be used for the purchase or 
sale of real estate or for the purpose of establishing new offices outside 
the District of Columbia: Provided, That this limitation shall not 
apply to programs which have been approved by the (^ongress and 
appropriations made therefor. 
SEC. 404. No jjart of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of ^^"^^^^^^ °'' 
the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency P'"°P^^^" 
included in this Act, shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the 
Congress. 
SEC. 405. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of ^o^k^umu^i-
the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency tion.' 
included in this Act, shall be used to pay the compensation of any 
employee engaged in personnel W'Ork in excess of the number that 
would be provided by a ratio of one such employee to one hundred and 
thirty-five, or a part thereof, full-time, part-time, and intermittent 
employees of the corporation or agency concerned: Provided, That for 
purposes of this section employees shall be considered as engaged in 
personnel work if they spend half-time or more in personnel adminis-
tration consisting of direction and administration of the personnel 
program; employment, placement, and separation; job evaluation and 
classification; employee relations and services; wage administration; 
and processing, recording, and reporting. 
SEC. 406. Appropriations and funds available for the administrative 
uniforms, etc. 
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall 
be available in the current fiscal year for purchase of uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) ; hire gi^statf'ioe?^' 
of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 LT.S.C. 
3109. 
80 Stat. 416. 
SEC. 407. Funds made available for the Department of Housing and ^^J^lf^^ ^""lices 
Urban Development under title I I I of this Act shall be available, 
Avithout regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal 
services on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making pay-
ment for services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Associa-
tion or Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Reserve 
banks or any member thereof. Federal home loan banks, and any in-
sured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831). 
64 stat. 873. 
SEC. 408. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used for 
Research 
l^ayment, through grants or contracts, to recipients that do not share 
in the cost of conducting research resulting from proposals for projects 
not specifically solicited by the Government: Provided. That the ex-
tent of cost sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of in-
terest of the grantee or contractor and the Government in the research. 
SEC. 409. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 410. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to finance 
interdepart-
interdepartmental boards, commissions, councils, committees, or simi- ™x^^ensl^s'^°"^^' 
lar groups under sec. 214 of the Independent Offices Appropriation 
244 
PUBLIC LAW 91-127-NOV. 26, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
59 Stat. 134. 
Payments to 
convicted rioters, 
prohibition. 
Federal em-
ployees, limita-
tion, exception. 
Ante, p. 83. 
Short title. 
Act, 1946 (31 U.S.C. 691) which do not have prior and specific Con-
gressional approval of such method of financial support. 
SEC. 411. No part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
used to pay the salary of any Federal employee who is convicted in any 
Federal, State, or local court of competent jurisdiction, of inciting, 
promoting, or carrying on a riot, or any group activity resulting in 
material damage to property or injury to persons, found to be in 
violation of Federal, State, or local laws designed to protect persons 
or property in the community concerned. 
SEC. 412. Positions in the agencies covered by this Act, whether 
financed from funds contained in this Act or from other sources, may 
be filled during the fiscal year 1970 without regard to the provisions 
of section 201 of Public Law 90-364, and such positions shall not be 
taken into consideration in determining numbers of employees under 
subsection (a) of that section or numbers of vacancies under subsection 
(b) of that section. 
This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices and Department 
of Housing and Urban Development Appropriation Act, 1970". 
Approved November 26, 1969. 
Public Law 91-127 
AN A C T 
November 26,1969 
r^^ ^-
[H.R. 11612] 
Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and for other purposes. 
Department of 
Agriculture and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriation 
Act, 1970. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepreHentatlveH of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and for other pur-
poses ; namely: 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TITLE I—GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
A(}RICULTUUAL R E S E A K C 1 £ 
S E R V I C E 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to perform agricultural research relating to 
production, utilization, marketing, nutrition and consumer use, to