An Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes
PL 87-144 (H.R.7851), enacted 08/17/1961

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Public Law 87-144 
AN ACT 
August 17, 1961 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
[H. R. 7851] 
June 30, 1962, and for other purposes. 
D e p a I' tment of 
Defense ^propri-
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following _ 
_ 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- ationAci.lQei 
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, for mili-
tary functions administered by the Department of Defense, and for 
other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
MILITARY 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 tern--
porary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of 
the Army on active duty (except those undergoing reserve training), 
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, $3,697,000,000, and, in addition, 
$340,000,000, of which $240,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from 
the Army stock fund, and $100,000,000 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 tem-
porary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members 
of the Navy on active duty (except those undergoing reserve training), 
midshipmen and aviation cadets, and 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, 
$2,692,000,000, and, in addition, $55,000,000, of which $35,000,000 shall 
be derived by transfer from the Navy stock fund, and $20,000,000 
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 tem-
porary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of 
the Marine Corps on active duty (except those undergoing reserve 
training), and expenses of apprehension and delivery of deserters, 
prisonei-s, and members absent without leave, including payment 
of rewards of not to exceed $25 in any one case, $629,000,000, and, 
in addition, $11,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the Marine 
Corps stock fund. 
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MILITARY PEORSONNEL, 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 tem-
porary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of 
the Air Force on active duty (except those undergoing reserve train-
ing), cadets and aviation cadets, and 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, 
$4,197,000,000, and, in addition, $64,000,000, of which $44,000,000 
shall be derived by transfer from the Air Force stock fund, and $20,-
000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Air Force industrial 
fund. 
RESERVE PERSONNEI-., ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Armjr Reserve on active duty 
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or 
equivalent duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers^ Training 
Corps, as authorized by law, $221,000,000. 
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, 
$84,600,000. 
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, $26,400,000. 
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' Training 
Corps, as authorized by law, $56,000,000. 
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 under-
going training or while performing drills or equivalent duty, as 
authorized by law, $235,000,000: Provided^ That obligations jnay be 
incurred under this appropriation without regard to section 107 of 
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title 32, United States Code. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on duty 
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under sections 265, 8033, and 8496 of title 10, United States Code, or 4/1° ^3/'^*' " ' 
while undergoing training or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty, as authorized by law, $47,000,000: Prov^ed, 
That obligations 
may be incurred under this appropriation without regard to section 
107 of title 32, United States Code. 
7OA stat. 599. 
RETIRED PAY, DEPARTMENT or DEFENSE 
For retired pay and retirement pay, as authorized by law, of mili-
tary personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 
and the Air Force, including the reserve components thereof, retainer 
pay for personnel of the inactive Fleet Reserve, and payments under 
the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953, $920,000,000. \l stat so 1. 
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notes. 
TITLE I I 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the oper-
ation and maintenance of the Army, including administration; medi-
cal and dental care of personnel entitled thereto by law or regulation 
(including charges of private facilities for care of military personnel 
on duty or leave, except elective private treatment), and other meas-
ures necessary to protect the health of the Army; care of the dead; 
chaplains' activities; awards and medals; welfare and recreation; 
information and educational services for the Armed' Forces; recruit-
ing expenses,; meals furnished under contract for selective service 
registrants called for induction and applicants for enlistment while 
held under observation; subsistence of prisoners at disciplinary bar-
racks, and of civilian employees as authorized by law; expenses of 
apprehension and delivery of prisoners escaped from disciplinary 
barracks, including payment of rewards not exceeding $25 in any 
one case, and expenses of confinement of such prisoners in nonmili-
tary facilities; donations of not to exceed $25 to each prisoner upon 
each release from confinement in a disciplinary barracks; military 
courts, boards, and commissions; authorized issues of articles for use 
of app)licants for enlistment and persons in military custody; trans-
portation services,; communications services, including construction 
of communication systems; maps and similar data for military pur-
poses; 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; utility 
services for buildings erected at private cost, as authorized by law (10 
U.StC. 4778), and buildings on military reservations authorized by 
7OA stat. 270. 
Army regulations to be used for a similar purpose; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; tuition and fees incident to training of military per-
sonnel 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; exchange fees, and losses in the 
accounts of disbursing officers or agents m accordance with law; 
expenses of inter-American cooperation, as authorized for the Navy 
by law (10 U.S.C. 7208) for Latin-American cooperation; not to 
7OA stat. 443. 
exceed $5,101,000 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be 
expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Armv, 
and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confi-
dential military purposes, and his determination shall be final and 
conclusive 
upon 
the 
accounting 
officers 
of 
the 
Government, 
$3,735,710,000. 
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, including 
aircraft and vessels; modification of aircraft; design and alteration of 
vessels; training and education of members of the Navy; administra-
tion; procurement of military personnel; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; welfare and recreation; medals, awards, emblems, and other 
insignia; transportation of things (including transportation of house-
hold effects of civilian employees) ; industrial mobilization; medical 
and dental care; care of the dead; lease of facilities; Latin-American 
cooperation; charter and hire of vessels; relief of vessels in distress,; 
maritime salvage services; military communications facilities on mer-
chant vessels; dissemination of scientific information; administration 
of patents, trademarks, copyrights; losses in exchange and in accounts 
of disbursing officers, as authorized by law; 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; utility 
services for buildings erected at private cost as authorized by law 
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^jO U.S.C. 7580), and buildings on military reservations authorized by 
Navy regulations to be used for welfare and recreational purposes; 
conduct of schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, and other instructional, 
entertainment, and welfare expenses for the enlisted men; procure-
ment of services, special clothing, supplies, and equipment; installa-
tion of equipment in public or private plants; exploration, prospect-
ing, conservation, development, use, and operation of the Naval 
petroleum reserves, as authorized by law; not to exceed $5,500,000 for 
emergency and extraordinary expenses, as authorized by section 7202 
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^f ^j^le 10, T^ited 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; 
$2,889,535,000, of which $1,100,000 shall be transferred to the appro-
priation "Salaries and expenses", Weather Bureau, Department of 
Commerce, fiscal year 1962, and $16,980,000 shall be transferred to 
the appropriation "Operating expenses". Coast Guard, fiscal year 
1962, for the operation of ocean stations. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
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 per-
sonnel, including tuition and other costs incurred at civilian schools; 
welfare and recreation; utility services for buildings erected at private 
cost as authorized by law, and buildings on military reservations 
authorized by Navy regulations to be used for welfare and recreational 
purposes; conduct of schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, and other 
instructional, entertainment, and welfare 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; losses in 
exchange and in accounts of disbursing officers, as authorized by law; 
operation of station hospitals, dispensaries and dental clinics; and 
departmental salaries; $187,300,000. 
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion, maintenance, and administration of the Air Force, including 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 facilities; field 
printmg plants; hire of passenger motor vehicles; recruiting adver-
tising expenses; training and instruction of military personnel of the 
Air Force, including tuition and related expenses; pay, allowances, 
and travel expenses of contract surgeons; utility services for buildings 
erected at private cost as authorized bj^ law (10 U.S.C. 9778), and 
7OA stat. 591. 
buildings on military reservations authorized by Air Force regulations 
to be used for welfare and recreational purposes; rental of land or 
purchase of options to rent land without reference to section 3648, 
Revised Statutes, as amended, use or repair of private property, and 
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other necessary expenses of combat maneuvers; authorized issues of 
articles for use of applicants for enlistment and persons in military 
custody; exchange fees, and losses or deficiencies in the accounts of 
disbursing officers and their agents, as authorized by law; 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 decorations; expenses of 
courts, boards, and commissions; expenses for inter-American cooper-
ation as authorized for the Navy by section 7208 of title 10, United 
^^^ stat. 443. 
States Code, for Latin-American cooperation; industrial mobilization, 
including maintenance of reserve plants and equipment and procure-
ment planning; special services by contract or otherwise; rations 
(including commutation thereof) for E^pplicants for enlistment; and 
not to exceed $6,000,000 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, 
to be expended on the approval or authoritjr 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; 
$4,486,740,000, of which not to exceed $16,000,000 shall be available for 
the operation and maintenance of the Air Force Academy. 
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; personal 
services in the National Guard Bureau and services of personnel of 
the National Guard employed as civilians without regard to their 
military rank, and the number of caretakers authorized to be employed 
under provisions of law (32 U.S.C. 709) may be such as is deemed 
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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, regimental, and battalion com-
manders while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 
regulations when specifically authorized oy the Chief, National Guard 
Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army National Guard of the 
several States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of 
Columbia, as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, modifica-
tion, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment (including 
aircraft); $171,000,000: Provided^ That obligations may be incurred 
under this appropriation without i-egard to section 107 of title 32, "^^^ s*** **'• 
United States Code: Provided further^ That obligations not exceeding 
$10,000 for each project may be incurred for extension, modification, 
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and alteration of armory facilities, as authorized by chapter 133, title 
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are made necessary by military requirements of the Federal 
Government. 
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 aircraft; 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 by law for Air National Guard personnel 
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; 
$199,600,000: Provided, That the number of caretakers authorized to 
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y^^ employed under the provisions of law (32 I>.S.C. 709) may be 
such as is deemed necessary by the Secretary 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 
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to sectiou 107 of title 32, United States Code. 
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, $500,000: 
Provided, That travel expenses of civilian members of the National 
Board shall be paid in accordance with the Standardized Government 
Travel Regulations, as amended. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ALASKA COMMUNICATION 
SYSTEM, 
ARMY 
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improve-
ment of the Alaska Communication System, $6,300,000, and, in addi-
tion, not to exceed 15 per centum of the current fiscal year receipts 
of the Alaska Communication System may be merged with and used 
for the purposes of this appropriation and charges for station agent 
agreements may be paid from receipts of the Alaska Communication 
System. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 
including purchase (not to exceed one for replacement only) and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $60,000 for emergency 
and extraordinary expenses, to be expended under the direction of the 
Secretary of Defense for such purposes as he deems proper, and his 
determination thereon shall be final and conclusive; $20,000,000. 
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CLAIMS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
For payment of claims (except as provided in appropriations for 
civil functions administered by the Department o'f the Army) as 
authorized by law; claims, not otherwise provided for in section 715, 
title 32, United States Code (not to exceed $1,000 in any one case), 
74 stat. 878. 
for damages to or loss of private property incident to the operation 
of Army and Air National Guard camps of instruction, either during 
the stay of units of said organizations at such camps or while en 
route thereto or therefrom; claims for damages arising under training 
contracts 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, DEPARTMENT OF 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-
ments under this item of appropriation shall be made quarterly to 
the Appropriations Committees of the Congress. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COURT or MILITARY APPEALS, 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the Court of Military 
Appeals, $445,000. 
TITLE I I I 
PROCUREMENT 
PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND MISSILES, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and modi-
fication of missiles, armament, ammunition, equipment, vehicles, ves-
sels, and aircraft for the Army and the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps; purchase of not to exceed three thousand one hundred and 
fifty-nine passenger motor vehicles for replacement only (including 
thirty at not to exceed $2,900 each) ; expenses which in the discretion 
of the Secretary of the Army are necessary in providing 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; $2,532,602,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
PROCUREMENT OF AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and mod-
ernization of aircraft, missiles, equipment, including ordnance, spare 
parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of 
public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and 
such lands, andJnterests therein, may be acquired, and construction 
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title by the Attorney General 
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as required hj section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and pro-
curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 
in public or private plants; $2,680,888,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the construction^ acquisition, or con-
version of 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 critical 
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 interests therein, 
may- be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon ^rior to approval 
of title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised 
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Statutes, as amended; $2,897,860,000, 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 thousand 
three hundred and sixty-eight passenger motor vehicles (including 
seven at not to exceed ^,900 each) for replacement only; expansion 
of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, 
and such lands, and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc-
tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title by the Attorney 
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General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine 
tools in public or private plants; $852,012,000, 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 seventeen passenger motor vehicles which shall be 
for replacement only, $264,600,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 accessories 
therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public and private 
plants, Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land without regard 
70A Stat. 590. 
to sectiou 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 
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Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as 
amended; reserve plant and equipment lay 
away; and other expenses 
necessary for the foregoing purposes, including rents and transporta-
tion of things; $3,199,614,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not less than $514,500,000 shall be available only for the pro-
curement of long-range bombers: Provided, That during the current 
fiscal year there may be merged' with this appropriation not to exceed 
$225,000,000 of the unobligated balances of appropriations previously 
granted for "Aircraft, missiles, and related procurement", and "Pro-
curement other than aircraft and missiles". 
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AIRLIFT MODERNIZATION, AIR FORCE 
For development, construction, procurement, production, and modi-
fication of transport aircraft, including spare parts and accessories 
therefor; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools in public or privateplants; $401,604,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided^ lliat no part of the funds pro-
vided in this paragraph shall be available for the procurement of 
aircraft for assignment to scheduled passenger service. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, j)rocurement, and modification of missiles, rock-
ets, and related equipment, including spare parts and accessories 
therefor, ground handling equipment, and training devices; expan-
sion of public and private plants. Government-owned equipment and 
installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisi-
tion of land without regard to section 9774 of title 10, United States 
'<*^ s*"*' 5»°-
Code, 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 laya- 
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way; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 
including rents and transportation of things; $2,744,784,000, 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 lor; the purchase of not to 
exceed three thousand four hundred and sixty-nine passenger motor 
vehicles, for replacement only; and expansion of public and private 
plants. Government-owned equipment and installation thereof m such 
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, without regard 
to section 9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing pur- 
7OA stat, S9o. 
poses, and such land, and interests therein, may be acquired and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title by the 
Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as 
amended; $1,100,932,000, to remain available until expended. 
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MISCELLANEOUS PROCUREMENT ACCOUNTS 
Appropriations available to the Department of Defense for "Pro-
curement of ordnance and ammunition, Na^^/^", "Aircraft, missiles, 
and related procurement", and "Procurement other than aircraft and 
missiles", shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 1961. 
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, $1,203,200,000, to remain available until expended. 
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RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for' basic and applied scientific researcli, 
development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized 
by law, $1,301,470,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, AIR 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, $2,403,260,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$185,800,000 shall be available only for the Dyna-Soar program. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY, 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
For expenses necessary for such advanced research projects as may 
be designated and determined by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant 
to law, $186,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, 
That such amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense 
to have been made available for related programs in other appropria-
tions available to the Department of Defense during the current fiscal 
year may be transferred to and merged with this appropriation to be 
available for the same purposes and time period: Promded 
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. 
EMERGENCY FUND, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
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. 
TITLE V 
CIVIL DEFENSE, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for carrying 
out civil defense activities, including the hire of motor vehicles and 
the providing of fallout shelters in existing or new Government-owned 
or leased buildings, as authorized by law, $207,600,000. 
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TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEP. 601. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense g^fil^^n/^^ °' *'°"' 
and the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, 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 sec-
tion 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), under reflations 
^o ^tat. sio. 
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, and to pay in connection there-
with travel expenses of individuals, including actual transportation 
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. 602. During the curi-ent fiscal year, provisions of law prohibit- 
Nonciti^zens. 
ing 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. 603. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
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tor insurance oi oincial motor vehicles m foreign countries, when 
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 no funds 
Restrictions, 
available from prior appropriations to component departments 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, stenographers, and typists 
receiving, or prospective file clerks, stenographers^ and typists who 
will receive, compensation at a rate below the minimum rate of pay 
for positions allocated to grade GS-5 under the Classification Act of 
1949, as amended. 
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SEC. 604. Any appropriation available to the Army, Navy, or the 
Prisoners of'wliri 
Air Force may, under such regiilations as the Secretary concerned «
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may prescribe, be used for expenses incident to the maintenance, pay, 
and allow^ances of prisoners of war, other persons in Army, Navy, or 
Air Force custody whose status is determined by the Secretary con-
cerned to be similar to prisoners of war, and persons detained in such 
custody pursuant to Presidential proclamation. 
SEC. 605. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense . Land 
tion. 
a i; q u 1 s 1-
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. 
72 stat. 1459. 
SEC. 606. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
current fiscal year shall be available, (a) except as authorized by the 
Act of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 236-244), for primary and ^^ ^tat. 1100. 
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 
A s s i s t ance to 
small business. 
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70A Stat. 442. 
j^^vj by sectioii 7204 of title 10,^United States Code, in amounts not 
exceeding an average of $275 per student, when 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 
Occupied areas, dependents; (b) for expenses in connection with administration of 
occupied areas; (c) for payment of rewards as authorized for the 
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j^avy by sectiou 7209 (a) of title 10, United States Code, for informa-
tion leading to the discovery of missing naval property or the recovery 
mint"''**"*'^ ^"**^' 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 
56 Stat. 654. 
administering the provisions of 43 U.S.C. 315q, rentals may be paid in 
advance. 
on'^M''itc '°' ^"*' 
^^^* ^^^" Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the cur-
rent 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 (except disciplinary barracks) and to each person 
discharged for fraudulent enlistment; (b) authorized issues of articles 
to prisoners (except those in disciplinary barracks); (c) subsistence 
of selective service registrants called for induction, applicants for 
enlistment while held under observation, prisoners (except those in 
disciplinary barracks), and supernumeraries when necessitated by 
emergent military circumstances; (d) reimbursement for subsistence 
of enlisted personnel while sick in hospitals; and (e) expenses of pris-
oners confined in nonmilitaify facilities: Provided^ That section 212 
stl?. JlsV '*°^' ^^ ^^ ^h® 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. 608. 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 
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 
bj^ small independent enterprises in the United States, and by other-
wise helping to give small business an opportunity to participate in 
the furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds 
appropriated by this Act. 
Mess operations. 
§jjc. 609. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
for expenses of operation of messes (other than organized messes the 
operating expenses of which are nnanced principally from non-
appropriated funds) at which meals are sold to officers or civilians 
except under regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, which 
shall (except under imusual or extraordinary circumstances) establish 
rates for such meals sufficient to provide reimbursement of operating 
expenses 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 payments 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 per-
mitted to eat in the general mess by the commanding officer of the 
installation, shall pay the commuted ration cost or such meal or 
meals. 
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377 
S^C). '610. 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. 611. 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 pur-
suant to section 2665 oi title 10, United States Code, from amounts 
7OA stat. 149. 
received as proceeds from the sale of any such property: Provided^ 
That a report of receipts and disbursements under this limitation 
Report ito con-
shall be made quarterly to the Committees on Appropriations of the mufees?^ c o m-
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 Secre-
tary of Defense or an Assistant Secretary of Defense designated by 
him determines, with respect to each facility involved, that the opera-
tion of such facility is in the national interest. 
SEC. 612. (a) During the current fiscal year, the President may thorfzations"" ^"^ 
exempt appropriations, fund, 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, 
^i use eses. 
as amended, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the 
interests of national defense. 
(b) Upon determination by the President that such action is neces-
sary, 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 R.S. 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). 
(c) Upon determination by the President that it is necessary to 
Military person-
increase the number of military personnel on active duty beyond the "*^' ^
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number for which funds are provided in this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense is authorized to provide for the cost of such increased mili-
tary personnel, as an excepted expense in accordance with the provi-
sions of Revised Statutes 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). 
SEC. 613. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available ^^^^J^ missary 
in connection with the operation of commissary stores of the agencies 
of the Department of Defense for the cost of purchase (induding 
commercial transportation in the United States to the place of sale 
but excluding all transportation outside the United States) and 
maintenance of operating equipment and supplies, and for the actual 
or esthnated cost of utilities as may be furnished by the Government 
and of shrinkage, spoilage, and pilferage of merchandise under the 
control of such commissary stores, except as authorized under regula-
tions promulgated by the Secretaries of the 
ilitary departments con-
cerned, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, which regula-
tions shall provide for reimbursement therefor to the appropriations 
concerned and, notwithstanding 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 regulations as may be issued pursuant to this section 
all utilities may be furnished without cost to the commissary stores 
outside the continental United States and in Alaska: Provided fur- _ 
ther^ That no appropriation jiontained 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 certi-
fied that items normally procured from commissary stores are not 
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F l i g h t pay for 
certain officers. 
69 Stat. 20; 72 
Stat. 124 
H o u s e h o l d 
goods. 
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[75 S T A T . 
otherwise 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, 
^ Proficiency fly- 
g^Q Qi^ 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 204(b) of the 
Career Compensation Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 802) as amended, to cer-
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tain members of the Armed Forces otherwise 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. 615. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for expense of transportation, packing, crating, temporary 
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 relieving them 
from a dutv station beyond the United States or in Alaska on or after 
July 1,1953. 
SEC, 616. 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 jurisdiction of the vessels concerned. 
Legal training. 
gp(. Qi^^ Nouc of the fuuds 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 621 of this Act, 
Obligated funds, 
gj,Q (j^g. Not more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in this 
Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal year 
shall be obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year: Pro-
vided, 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, 
^^use of real prop- 
gj,^. ^^9 X)uring the curreiit fiscal year the agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense may 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 De-
fense may accept real property, services, and commodities from for-
eign countries for the use of the United States in accordance with 
Transfer of ves-
sels. 
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379 
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 grfs*1ionIi*°co''mr 
within thirty days after the end of each quarter the Secretary of ""st^la^'^ ^"***^ 
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. 620. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available to ^eiif ^ment*^^'*'^^ 
the Department of Defense for research and development may be ^ ^'"*"' 
used for the purposes of section 2353 of title 10, United States Code, 
^^^ ^tat. i34. 
and for purposes related to research and development for which 
expenditures are specifically authorized in other appropriations of 
the service concerned. 
SEC. 621. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be avail- 
Tuition pay-
able for the payment of more than 75 per centum of charges of edu- "*" ^' * '^' 
cational 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. 622. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be expended 
L°^?tV re quire-
for the support of any formally enrolled student in basic courses of ment. 
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. 623. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be pro/uc't"7'restric-
available for the procurement of any article of food, clothing, cotton, tion. 
spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, or wool (whether in the form of 
fiber or yam or contained in fabrics, materials, or manufactured 
articles) not grown, reprocessed, 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, spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, or wool grown, reproc-
essed, reused, or produced in the United States or its possessions 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 posses-
sions: Provided further, That no funds herein appropriated shall be 
used for the payment of a price differential on contracts hereafter 
made for the purpose of relieving economic dislocations: 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. 624. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used drfe^^etc.^' ^^""' 
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 lacilities are not obtainable from commercial sources at 
reasonable rates. 
SEC. 625. During the current fiscal year, appropriations of the 
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Department of Defense shall be available for reimbursement to the 
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Foreign quarters. 
66 Stat. 622. 
Furnishings. 
Uniforms. 
68 Stat. 1114. 
P r o m o t i o n of 
rifle practice. 
Legislative liai-
son activities. 
Civil Air 
c a r -
riers. 
Motor 
hire. 
vehicle 
Travel expenses. 
Post Office Department for payment of costs of commercial air trans-
portation of military mail between the United States and foreign 
countries. 
SEC. 626. Appropriations of the Department of Defense available 
for the payment of rental allowances shall be available for the leasing 
of quarters in foreign countries constructed under the authority of 
section 302 of Public Law 534, approved July 14, 1952, for assign-
ment as public quarters to military personnel of the Department of 
Defense. 
SEO. 627. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
for the purchase of household furnishings and automobiles from mili-
tary and civilian personnel on duty outside the continental United 
States, for the purpose of resale at cost to incoming personnel, and 
for providing furnishings, without charge, in other than public quar-
ters 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 advantageous to the Government. 
SEC. 628. During the current fiscal year appropriations available 
to the Department of Defense for pay of civilian employees shall be 
available for uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by the 
Act of September 1,1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131). 
SEC. 629. 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 Roserve Officers' Training Corps attending regional, 
national, or international rifle matches. 
SEC. 630. Funds provided in this Act for congressional liaison activ-
ities of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, 
the Department of the Air Force, and the Office 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. 631. Of the funds made available by this Act for the services 
of the Military Air Transport Service, $80,000,000 shall be available 
only for procurement of commercial air transportation service from 
carriers participating 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 practica-
ble : Provided^ That the Secretary of Defense shall specify in such pro-
curement, performance characteristics for aircraft to be used based 
upon modern aircraft operated by the civil airfleet. 
SEC. 632. Not to exceed $12,000,000 of the funds m§,de available in 
this Act for the purpose shall be available for the 'hire of motor 
vehicles: Provided^ That the Secretary of Defense, imder 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. 633. Not less than $7,500,000 of the funds made available in 
this Act for travel expenses in connection with temporary duty and 
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permanent change of station of civilian and militarv personnel of the 
Department of Defense shall be available only for the procurement of 
commercial passenger sea transportation service on American-flag 
vessels. 
SEC. 634. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available 
to the Department of Defense for Operation and Maintenance may be 
used for civilian clothing, not to exceed $40 in cost for enlisted per-
sonnel: (1) discharged for misconduct, unfitness, unsuitability, or 
otherwise than honorably; (2) sentenced by a civil court to confine-
ment in a civil prison or interned or discharged as an alien enemy; 
(3) discharged prior to completion of recruit training under honor-
able conditions for dependency, hardship, minority, disability, or for 
the convenience of the Government. 
SEC. 635. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense, 
should he deem it advantageous to the national defense to accelerate 
any strategic or tactical missile or satellite program, may transfer 
u.ider the authority and terms of the Emergency Fund, an additional 
$150,000,000 for the acceleration of such missile or satellite program or 
programs: Provided^ That the transfer authority made available under 
the terms of the Emergency Fund appropriation contained 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. 636. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be avail-
able for paying the costs of advertising by any defense contractor, 
except advertising for which payment is made from profits, and such 
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 dis-
posal of scrap or surplus materials acquired by the contractor in the 
performance of a defense contract. 
SEC. 637. Funds appropriated in this Act for maintenance and 
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. 
SEC. 638. 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 author-
ity and terms of the Emergency Fund an additional $200,000,000: 
Provided^ That the transfer authority made available under the terms 
of the Emergency Fund Appropriation contained in this Act is hereby 
broadened to meet the requirements of this section: Provided further^ 
That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Appropriations Com-
mittees of the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to 
this authority. 
SEC. 639. (a) All payments of additional pay for foreign duty made 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act to enlisted members of 
the United States Air Force who served on any of the artificial 
CivUian clotb-
ing. 
Transferor funds 
for missile pro* 
gram. 
Notice to con-
gressional 
com-
mittees. 
A d v e r t i s i n g 
C
O st s, prohibition. 
L i m i t a t i o n on 
funds. 
Notice to con-
gressional c o m-
mittees. 
Texas Towers. 
F o r e i g n duty 
pay. 
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Short title. 
islands (known as Texas Towers) located off the coast of the United 
States on the outer continental shelf are hereby validated. 
Any such 
member or former member who has made repayment to the United 
States of any amount so paid to him as additional pay for foreign 
duty is entitled to have refunded to him the amount repaid. 
(b) The Comptroller General of the United States, or his designee, 
shall relieve disbursing officers, including special disbursing agents, 
of the United States from accountability or responsibility for any 
payments described in the first paragraph of this Section, and shall 
allow credits in the settlement of the accounts of those officers or 
agents for payments which are found to be free from fraud and 
collusion. 
(c) Appropriations available to the United States Air Force for 
the pay and allowances of enlisted personnel shall be available for 
payments under this Section. 
SEC. 640. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, 1962". 
Approved August 17, 1961. 
August 17, 1961 
[H. R. 4323] 
Public Law 87-145 
AN ACT 
To amend the Career Compensation Act of 1949 with respect to special pay for 
diving duty, and for other purposes. 
Uniformed' serv-
ices. 
Uiving 
d u t y , 
special pay. 
63 Stat. 810. 
37 u s e 235. 
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c h n i c a l 
amendments. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 205 of 
the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended (37 U.S.C. 236), 
is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 205. (a) Members of the uniformed services entitled to re-
ceive basic pay and assigned by competent orders to the duty of diving 
shall be entitled to receive, in addition to basic pay, special pay at a 
rate not to exceed $110 per month for periods during which diving 
duty is actually performed, under such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by the Secretary concerned. 
"(b) No member of the uniformed services shall be entitled to re-
ceive the special pay authorized pursuant to this section in addition 
to incentive pay authorized pursuant to section 204 of this Act. 
"(c) The President may, in time of war, suspend the payment of 
diving-duty pay." 
SEC. 2. Section 204(a) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, 
as amended (37 U.S.C. 235 (a)), is further amended— 
(1) by striking out clauses (8), (9), and (12), and the word 
"and" at the end of clause (12); 
(2) by redesignating clauses (10), (11), and (13) as "(8)", 
"(9)", and "(10)", respectively; and 
(3) by adding the word "and" after the semicolon at the end 
of clause (9). 
SEC. 3. Section 204(c) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, 
as amended (37 U.S.C. 235 (c)), is further amended by striking out 
"(13)" and inserting "(10)" in lieu thereof. 
Approved August 17, 1961.