An Act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes
PL 83-172 (H.R.4828), enacted 07/31/1953

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Public Law 172 
CHAPTER 298 
AN A C T 
july31. 1953 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 
[H. R. 4828] 
ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes. 
Interior Depart-
ment A p p r o p r ia-
tion Act, 1954. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
TITLE 
I—DEPARTMENT 
OF THE INTERIOR 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the 
Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, namely: 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
ENFORCEMENT OF CONNALLY HOT OIL ACT 
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For expenses necessary for controlling the interstate shipment of 
contraband oil as required by law (15 U. S. C. 715), $150,000. 
^9 stat. 30. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUl'HEASTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy 
pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 
(16 U. S. C. 825s), as applied to the southeastern power area, $1,080,000. 
=8 stat. 89o. 
For expenses of planning for the construction and acquisition of 
transmission lines, substations, and appurtenant facilities to carry out 
the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U. S. C. 
825s), as applied to the southeastern power area, $50,000. 
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to negotiate a 
disposition of all real and personal property acquired by contract or 
otherwise out of or by color of appropriations in either the 1952 or 1953 
Interior Department Appropriation Acts under the heading "Con- g^^s sta^. 249; 66 
struction. Southeastern Power Administration" for the Clark Hill-
Greenw^ood transmission facility to the Greenwood County Electric 
Power Commission, a public agency of the State of South Carolina, 
having first completed payments due on property so acquired. 
The 
disposition of such property shall be on such terms as wdll reimburse 
the United States and the proceeds therefrom shall be deposited in 
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
When said disposition has been eifected the unexpended balance of 
the appropriation made in the Interior Department Appropriation 
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Act, 1952 (65 Stat. 248), under the heading "Construction, South-
eastern Power Administration", and the unexpended balance of the 
appropriation made in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 
1953 (66 Stat. 445), under the same heading for the Clark Hill-
Greenwood facilities, shall be carried to the surplus funds and covered 
into the Treasury. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHW^ESTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power trans-
mission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy pursuant 
to the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 
U. S. C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern power area, $1,600,000. 
ss stat. 89o. 
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CONTINUING r U N D , SOUTHWESTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
Not to exceed $1,200,000 shall be available during- the current fiscal 
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year from the continuing fund for all costs in connection with the 
purchase of electric power and energy, and rentals for the use of trans-
mission facilities. 
RESEARCH I N T H E UTILIZATION OF SALINE WATER 
For expenses necessary to carry out provisions of Public Law 448, 
4 2^u°sc^i^9 5 1- approved July 3, 1952, authorizing studies of the conversion of saline 
1958. 
water for beneficial consumptive uses, $400,000. 
COMMISSION OF F I N E ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a Commission 
36 Stat. 3 71. 
of Fine Arts (40 U. S. C. 104), including payment of actual traveling 
expenses of the members and secretary of the Commission in attending 
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meetings and committee meetings of the Commission either within or 
outside the District of Columbia, to be disbursed on vouchers approved 
by the Commission, $21,200. 
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BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION 
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CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, 
and appurtenant facilities, as authorized by law, to remain available 
until expended, $38,866,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of the Bonne-
ville transmission system and of marketing electric power and energy, 
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$6,004,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations of the Bonneville PoAver Administration shall be 
available to carry out all the duties imposed upon the Administrator 
pursuant to law. 
Appropriations made herein to the Bonneville 
Power Administration shall be available in one fund, except that the 
appropriation herein made for operation and maintenance shall be 
available only for the service of the current fiscal year. 
Restriction. 
^ Q ^ ^Q excccd 12 per centum of the appropriation for construction 
herein made for the Bonneville Power Administration shall be avail-
able for construction work by force account or on a hired-labor basis, 
except in case of emergencies, local in character, so declared by the 
Bonneville Power Administrator. 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
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M A N A G E M E N T OF LANDS AND R E S O U R C E S 
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For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement, develop-
ment, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, and performance of 
other functions, as authorized by law, in the management of lands and 
their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Manage-
surveys of lands. ^
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on a reimbursable basis for surveys of lands other than those under 
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the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management: Provided 
fur-
ther, That, for the purpose of surveying federally controlled or inter-
mingled lands, contributions toward the cost thereof may be accepted. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction of access roads on the revested Oregon and Cali-
fornia Railroad grant lands; acquisition of rights-of-way and of 
existing connecting roads adjacent to such lands; to remain available 
until expended, $2,000,000: Provided, That the amount appropriated 
herein for road construction shall be transferred to the Bureau of 
Public Eoads, Department of Commerce: Provided further, That said 
sum is hereby made a reimbursable charge against the Oregon and 
California land-grant fund and shall be reimbursed to the general 
fund in the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of the second 
paragraph of subsection (b) of title I I of the Act of August 28, 1937. 
5° ^tat. 876. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be avail-
able for purchase of one aircraft for replacement only; purchase, 
erection, and dismantlement of temporary structures, and alteration 
and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities 
to which the United States has title: Provided, That of appropriations 
herein made for the Bureau of Land Management expenditures in 
connection with the revested Oregon and California Railroad and 
reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands (other than expendi-
tures for construction of access roads and for acquisition of rights-
of-way and of existing connecting roads adjacent to such lands) 
shall be reimbursed from the 25 per centum referred to in section C, 
title II, of the Act approved August 28, 1937, of the special fund 
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designated the "Oregon and California Land Grant Fund" and section 
4 of the Act approved May 24, 1939, of the special fund designated 
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the "Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Fund". 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For construction, purchase, and maintenance of range improve- ^ 
ments pursuant to the provisions of sections 3 and 10 of the Act of 
June 28,1934, as amended (43 U. S. C. 315), sums equal to the aggre- 
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gate of all moneys received, during the current fiscal year, as range 
improvement fees under section 3 of said Act and of 25 per centum of 
all moneys received, during the current fiscal year, under section 15 
of said Act, to remain available until expended. 
43 use 3i5m. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to provide health, education, and welfare 
services for Indians, either directly or in cooperation with States and 
other organizations, including payment (in advance or from date of 
admission), of care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses of Indians 
in boarding homes, institutions, or schools; grants and other assist-
ance to needy Indians; maintenance of law and order, and payment of 
rewards for information or evidence concerning violations of law on 
Indian reservations or lands; and operation of Indian arts and crafts 
shops and museums; $52,000,000. 
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BESOUECES MANAGEMENT 
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For expenses necessary for management, development, improve-
ment, and protection of resources and appurtenant facilities under the 
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including payment of 
irrigation assessments and charges; acquisition of water rights; con-
ducting agricultural experiments and demonstrations; advances for 
Indian industrial and business enterprises; and development of Indian 
arts and crafts as authorized by law; $13,253,760. 
Restrictions. 
Picacho 
voir, Ariz. Reser^ 
Wapato irrigation 
project. Wash. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, major repair, and improvement of irrigation and 
power systems, buildings, utilities, roads and trails, and other facili-
ties ; acquisition of lands and interests in lands; pref)aration of lands 
for farming; and architectural and engineering services by contract; 
to remain available until expended; $15,869,000: Provided, That no 
part of the sum herein appropriated shall be used for the acquisition 
of land within the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, New 
Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming outside of the boundaries 
of existing Indian reservations: Provided further, That no part of 
this appropriation shall be used for the acquisition of land or water 
rights within the States of Nevada, Oregon, and Washington either 
inside or outside the boundaries of existing reservations: 
Provided 
further, That of the amount included herein for the construction of 
roads and trails, such part of the amount as determined by the Com-
missioner of Indian Affairs shall be available only for roads and trails 
which State and local governments agree to take over and maintain 
when the improvement is completed: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may transfer without exchange of funds to the Devils Lake 
Sioux Tribe of the Fort Totten Reservation, the East Side and Crow 
Hill day schools together with the lands on which they are situated 
whenever it is determined they are no longer needed for Bureau 
purposes: Provided 
further. 
That the Secretary is authorized to 
purchase, without regard to the prohibition against the purchase of 
land from appropriations for Construction, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
contained in this or any other Act, not to exceed fifteen hundred acres 
of nonreservation lands in Arizona, and necessary rights-of-way and 
easements required for the enlargement of the Picacho Reservoir of 
the San Carlos Indian irrigation project, and approximately five acres 
of allotted Indian lands within the Yakima Indian Reservation, Wash-
ington, for use of the Wapato irrigation project. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the general administration of the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs, including such expenses in field offices, $3,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the revolv-
ing fund for loans) shall be available for expenses of exhibits; pur-
chase of ice for official use of employees; and expenses required by 
continuing or permanent treaty provisions. 
TRIBAL, FUNDS 
In addition to the tribal funds authorized to be expended by existing 
law, there is hereby appropriated $3,040,000 from tribal funds not 
otherwise available for expenditure for the benefit of Indians and 
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Indian tribes, including pay and travel expenses of employees; care, 
tuition and other assistance to Indian children attending public and 
private schools (which may be paid in advance or from date of 
admission); purchase of land and improvements on land, title to which 
shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the tribe 
for which purchased; lease of lands and water rights; compensation 
and expenses of attorneys and other persons employed by Indian 
tribes under approved contracts; pay, travel and other expenses of 
tribal officers, councils, and committees thereof, or other tribal organi-
zations, including mileage for use of privately owned automobiles and 
per diem in lieu of subsistence at rates established administratively but 
not to exceed those applicable to civilian employees of the Government; 
relief of Indians, without regard to section T of the Act of May 27, 
1930 (46 Stat. 391), including cash grants; and employment of a 
recreational director for the Menominee Reservation and a curator 
for the Osage Museum, each of whom shall be appointed with the 
approval of the respective tribal councils and without regard to the 
classification laws: Provided^ That in addition to the amount appro-
priated herein, tribal funds may be advanced to Indian tribes during 
the current fiscal year for such purposes as may be designated by the 
governing body of the particular tribe involved and approved by the 
Secretary: Provided^ however^ That no part of this appropriation or 
other tribal funds shall be used for the acquisition of land or water 
rights within the States of Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Wyo-
ming, either inside or outside the boundaries of existing Indian 
reservations, if such acquisition results in the property being exempted 
from local taxation. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
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For carrying out the functions of the Bureau of Reclamation as 
provided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 
Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) 
and other Acts applicable to that Bureau, as follows: 
18 u s e 4124. 
Recreational di-
rector; curator. 
43 u s e 372 et 
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 
For engineering and economic investigations of proposed Federal 
reclamation projects and studies of water conservation and develop-
ment plans; engineering and economic investigations, as a basis for 
legislation, and for reports thereon to Congress, relating to projects 
for the development and utilization of the water resources of Alaska; 
formulating plans and preparing designs and specifications for au-
thorized Federal reclamation projects or parts thereof prior to initial 
allocation of appropriations for construction of such projects or parts; 
and activities preliminary to the reconstruction, rehabilitation and 
betterment, financial adjustment, or extension of existing projects; 
to remain available until expended; $3,000,000, of which $2,400,000 
shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $500,000 shall be 
derived from the Colorado River development fund: Provided^ That 
the expenditure of any sums from this appropriation for investiga-
tions of any nature requested by States, municipalities, or other 
interests shall be upon the basis of the State, municipality, or other 
interest advancing at least 50 per centum of the estimated cost of such 
investigations: Providsd 
further^ That, except as herein expressly 
provided with respect to investigations in Alaska, no part of this 
appropriation shall be expended in the conduct of activities which are 
not authorized by law. 
Reports. 
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Limitations. 
53 Stat. 1192. 
43 u s e 485f. 
Restrictions. 
CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION 
For construction and rehabilitation of authorized reclamation proj-
ects or parts thereof (including power transmission facilities) and for 
other related activities, as authorized by law, to remain available until 
expended, $116,269,660, of Avhich $52,509,206 shall be derived from the 
reclamation fund: Provided^ That not to exceed $268,000 shall be avail-
able toward the emergency rehabilitation of the Dalton Gardens 
Irrigation Project, Idaho, to be repaid in full under conditions satis-
factory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further^ That not 
to exceed $222,000 shall be available toward the emergency rehabili-
tation of the Avondale Irrigation Project, Idaho, to be repaid in full 
under conditions satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Pro-
vided further^ That the Bureau of Keclamation is authorized to expend 
not to exceed $300,000 for emergency flood protective work and minor 
completion work on the irrigation system of the Buford-Trenton 
Project of which the portion thereof found by the Secretary to be 
properly allocable to irrigation pursuant to allocations to be made 
under section 7 (b) of the Keclamation Project Act of 1939 shall be 
repaid under terms satisfactory to the Secretary and to the water 
users: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of the amount 
appropriated herein for the Missouri Eiver Basin Project shall be non-
reimbursable representing that portion of the cost of Pactola Dam 
allocated to furnishing a water supply for Ellsworth Air Force Base: 
Provided further.. That no part of this appropriation shall be avail-
able for other than the completion of field engineering, survey 
work, and preliminary designs of the Southwest Contra Costa 
County Water District System and no repayment contract shall be 
executed or construction begun until plans have been submitted to 
and approved by the Congress through its legislative and appro-
priation procedures, after submission of a report to the Congress 
by the Secretary of the Interior (1) on the cost and feasibility 
01 said project, including the necessary distribution system and (2) 
on the rates required to be charged to the ultimate consumers: Pro-
vided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to 
initiate the construction of transmission facilities within those areas 
covered by power wheeling service contracts which include provision 
for service to Federal establishments and preferred customers, except 
those transmission facilities for which construction funds have been 
heretofore appropriated, those facilities which are necessary to carry 
out the terms of such contracts or those facilities for which the Secre-
tary of the Interior finds the wheeling agency is unable or unwilling to 
provide for the integration of Federal projects or for service to a 
Federal establishment or preferred customer: Provided further, That 
in order to promote agreement among the States of Nebraska, 
Wyoming, and Colorado, and to avoid any possible alteration of exist-
ing vested water rights, no part of this or of any prior appropriation 
shall be used for construction or for further commitment for construc-
tion of the Glendo unit or any feature thereof, until a definite plan 
report thereon has been completed, reviewed by the States of 
Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado, and approved by Congress: Pro-
vided further, That no part of this or any other appropriation shall 
be available for the initiation of construction under the terms of 
reclamation law of any dam or reservoir or water supply, or any tun-
nel, canal or conduit for water, or water distribution system related 
to such dam or reservoir until the Secretary shall certify to the Con-
gress that an adequate soil survey and land classification has been made 
and that the lands to be irrigated are susceptible to the production of 
agricultural crops by means of irrigation or that the successful 
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irrigability of those lands and their susceptibility to sustained produc-
tion of a<^ricultural crops by means of irrigation has been demon-
strated in practice: Provided further, That no part of this or prior 
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appropriations shall be used for construction, nor for further com-
mitments to construction of Moorhead Dam and Reservoir, Montana, 
or any feature thereof until a definite plan report thereon has been 
completed, reviewed by the States of Wyoming and Montana, and 
approved by the Congress. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For operation and maintenance of reclamation projects or parts 
thereof and of other facilities, as authorized by law; and for a soil 
and moisture conservation program on lands under the jurisdiction of 
the Bureau of Reclamation, pursuant to law, $19,500,000, of which 
$15,075,290 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $2,179,710 
shall be derived from the Colorado River dam fund, including (not-
withstanding the provisions of the First Deficiency Appropriation 
Act, 1944, relating thereto) operation and maintenance of Palo Verde 
^s stat. 157. 
Weir: Provided, That funds advanced for operation and mainte-
nance of reclamation projects or parts thereof shall be deposited to the 
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credit of this appropriation and may be expended for the same objects 
and in the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be expended, 
and the unexpended balances of such advances shall be credited to the 
appropriation for the next succeeding fiscal year. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of general administration and related func-
tions in the offices of the Commissioner of Reclamation and in the 
regional offices of the Bureau of Reclamation, $4,500,000, to be derived 
from the reclamation fund and to be nonreimbursable pursuant to the 
Act of April 19, 1945 (43 U. S. C. 877) : Provided, That no part of 
any other appropriation in this Act shall be available for activities 
or functions budgeted for the current fiscal year as general adminis-
trative expenses. 
EMERGENCY FUND 
For an additional amount for the emergency fund as authorized 
by the Act of June 26, 1948 (43 U. S. C. 502), $400,000, to be derived 
" stat. 1052. 
from the reclamation fund, special fund, and to remain available 
until expended for the purposes specified in said Act. 
SPECIAL FUNDS 
Sums herein referred to as being derived from the reclamation 
fund, the Colorado River dam fund, or the Colorado River develop-
ment fund, are appropriated from the special funds in the Treasury 
created by the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 IJ. S. C. 391), the Act of 
32 stat. 388. 
December 21, 1928 (43 U. S. C. 6l7a), and the Act of July 19, 1940 
^^ stat. 1057. 
(43 U. S. C. 618a), respectively. 
Such sums ghall be transferred, 
^^ stat. 774. 
upon request of the Secretary, to be merged with and expended under 
the heads herein specified; and the unexpended balances of sums 
transferred for expenditure under the heads "Operation and Main-
tenance" and "General Administrative Expenses" shall revert and be 
credited to the special fund from which derived. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Damage claims. 
Rewards. 
58 Stat. 486. 
49 Stat. 666. 
59 Stat. 54. 
Missouri R i v e r 
Basin project. 
C o n s t r u e t ion 
work by force ac-
count, etc. 
Appropriations to the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for 
payment of claims for damage to or loss of property, personal injury, 
or death arising out of activities of the Bureau of Reclamation; pay-
ment, except as otherwise provided for, of compensation and expense 
of persons on the rolls of the Bureau of Reclamation appointed as 
authorized by law to represent the United States in the negotiation 
and administration of interstate compacts without reimbursement or 
return under the reclamation laws; rewards for information or evi-
dence concerning violations of law involving property under the 
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation; performance of the func-
tions specified under the head "Operation and Maintenance Admin-
istration", Bureau of Reclamation, in the Interior 
Department 
Appropriation Act, 1945; preparation and dissemination of useful 
information including recordings, photographs, and photographic 
prints; and studies of recreational uses of reservoir areas, and investi-
gation and recovery of archeological and paleontological remains in 
such areas in the same manner as provided for in the Act of August 
21, 1935 (16 U. S. C. 461-467) : Provided, That no part of any appro-
priation made herein shall be available pursuant to the Act of April 
19, 1945 (43 U. S. C. 377), for expenses other than those incurred on 
behalf of specific reclamation projects except "General Administrative 
Expenses" and amounts provided for reconnaissance, basin surveys, 
and general engineering and research under the head "General 
Investigations". 
Allotments to the Missouri River Basin project from the appro-
priation under the head "Construction and Rehabilitation" shall be 
available additionally for said project for those functions of the 
Bureau of Reclamation provided for under the head "General Inves-
tigations" (but this authorization shall not preclude use of the appro-
priation under said head within that area), and for the continuation 
of investigations by agencies of the Department on a general plan for 
the development of the Missouri River Basin. 
Such allotments may 
be expended through or in cooperation with State and other Federal 
agencies, and advances to such agencies are hereby authorized. 
Sums appropriated herein which are expended in the performance 
of reimbursable functions of the Bureau of Reclamation shall be 
returnable to the extent and in the manner provided by law. 
No part of any appropriation for the Bureau of Reclamation, con-
tained in this Act or in any prior Act, which represents amounts earned 
under the terms of a contract but remaining unpaid, shall be obligated 
for any other purpose, regardless of when such amounts are to be paid: 
Provided, That the incurring of any obligation prohibited by this 
paragraph shall be deemed a violation of section 665 of title 31 of the 
United States Code. 
No funds appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation for operation 
and maintenance, except those derived from advances by water users, 
shall be used for the particular benefit of lands (a) within the bound-
aries of an irrigation district, (b) of any member of a water users' 
organization, or (c) of any individual, w^hen such district, organi-
zation, or individual is in arrears for more than twelve months in the 
payment of charges due under a contract entered into with the United 
States pursuant to laws administered by the Bureau of Reclamation. 
Not to exceed 12 per centum of the construction allotment made by 
the Bureau of Reclamation for any project from the appropriation 
"Construction and Rehabilitation" contained in this Act shall be 
available for construction work by force account or on a hired-labor 
basis; except that not to exceed $225,000 may on approval of the 
Commissioner be expended for construction work by force account 
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on any one project or Missouri Basin unit when the work is unsuitable 
for contract or when excessive bids are received; and except in cases 
of emergencies local in character, so declared by the Commissioner. 
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the Geological Survey to perform 
surveys, investigations, and research covering topography, geology, 
and the mineral and water resources of the United States, its Terri-
tories and possessions; classify lands as to mineral character and water 
and power resources; give engineering supervision to power permits 
and Federal Power Commission licenses • enforce departmental regula-
tions applicable to oil, gas, and other mining leases, permits, licenses, 
and operating contracts; and publish and disseminate data relative 
to the foregoing activities; $27,750,000, of which $3,700,000 shall be 
available only for cooperation with States or municipalities for water 
resources investigations: Provided^ That the share of the Geological 
Survey in any topographic mapping or water resources investigations 
carried on in cooperation with any State or municipality shall not 
exceed 50 per centum of the cost thereof. 
C ooperation with 
States, etc. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The amount appropriated for the Geological Survey shall be avail-
able for reimbursement of the General Services Administration for 
security guard service for protection of confidential files; contracting 
for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo-
physical or other specialized surveys when it is administratively 
determined that such procedures are in the public interest; con-
struction and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant 
facilities; acquisition of lands for gaging stations; and payment 
of compensation and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Geo-
logical Survey appointed, as authorized by law, to represent the 
United States in the negotiation and administration of interstate com-
pacts, including not to exceed $10,000 for the person appointed by the 
President to participate as the representative of the United States in 
the administration of the compact consented to by the Act of May 31, 
1949 (Public Law 82): Provided^ That notwithstanding the provi-
sions of any other law, the President is authorized to appoint a retired 
officer as such representative, without prejudice to his status as a 
retired Army officer, and he shall receive such compensation and 
expenses in addition to his retired pay. 
BUREAU OF MINES 
Arkansas R iv er 
compact. 
63 Stat. 145. 
Appointment o f 
retired Army offi-
cer. 
CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES 
For expenses necessary for promoting the conservation, exploration, 
development, production, and utilization of mineral resources, 
including fuels, in the United States, its Territories, and possessions; 
developing synthetics and substitutes; producing and distributing 
helium; and controlling fires in inactive coal deposits on public lands, 
and on private lands, with the consent of the owner; $15,928,180: 
Provided^ That the Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to 
make suitable arrangements with owners of private property or with 
a State or its subdivisions for payment of a sum equal to not less 
than one-half the amount of expenditure to be made for control or 
extinguishment of fires in inactive coal deposits from funds pro-
Fire control. 
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vided under the authorization of this Act except that expenditure 
of Federal funds for this purpose in any privately owned operating 
coal mine shall be limited to investigation and supervision. 
H E A L T H AND SAFETY 
For expenses necessary for promotion of health and safety in mines 
and in the minerals industries, as authorized by law, $5,060,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and improvement of facilities under the jurisdic-
tion of the Bureau of Mines, to remain available until expended, 
$425,000. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration of the Bureau of 
Mines, including such expenses in the regional offices, $1,300,000. 
Acceptanc e 
lands, etc. 
of 
Sale of power to 
nojvF e d e r a 1 pur-
chasers. 
58 Stat. 190. 
30 u s e 321-325. 
T r a n s f e r 
of 
funds. 
43 Stat. 1111. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations and funds available to the Bureau of Mines may be 
expended for providing transportation services in isolated areas for 
employees, student dependents of employees, and other pupils, and 
such activities may be financed under cooperative arrangements; 
temporary and emergency contracts for personal services and 
employment of persons without regard to civil-service regulations as 
required in the conduct of programs for the control of fires in inactive 
coal deposits and flood prevention in anthracite mines; purchase and 
bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue 
and first-aid work: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to 
accept lands, buildings, equipment and other contributions from pub-
lic and private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with 
other agencies. Federal, State, or private: Provided 
further, 
That 
power produced in the operation of the power plant of the Bureau of 
Mines at Louisiana, Missouri, in excess of the Bureau's needs may be 
sold to non-Federal purchasers, but the expenses of the Bureau in the 
production and sale of such excess power shall not exceed the total 
amount of such sales, and expenditures for the production of excess 
power shall not be deemed a charge against the total appropriations 
authorized by the Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act, as amended: Provided 
further, That the sums made available for the current fiscal year to 
the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force for the acquisition 
of helium from the Bureau of Mines shall be transferred to the Bureau 
of Mines, and said sums, together with all other payments to the 
Bureau of Mines for helium, shall be credited to the special helium 
production fund, established pursuant to the Act of March 3, 1925, 
as amended (50 U. S. C. 164 (c)) : Provided further, That the Bureau 
of Mines is authorized, during the current fiscal year, to sell directly 
or through any Government agency, including corporations, any metal 
or mineral product that may be manufactured in pilot plants operated 
by the Bureau of Mines, and the proceeds of such sales shall be 
covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
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NATIONAL PARK 
SERVICE 
MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION 
For expenses necessary for the management and protection of 
the areas and facilities administered by the National Park Service, 
including protection of lands in process of condemnation; and for 
plans, investigations, and studies of the recreational resources (exclu-
sive of preparation of detail plans and working drawings) and arch-
aeological values in river basins of the United States (except the 
Missouri Kiver Basin); $8,786,550. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall hereafter report in detail all 
Repot, 
proposed awards of concession leases and contracts, including renew-
als thereof, sixty days before such awards are made, to the President 
of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives for trans-
mission to the appropriate committees. 
MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES 
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and reha-
bilitation of roads (including furnishing special road maintenance 
service to defense trucking permittees on a reimbursable basis), trails, 
buildings, utilities, and other physical facilities essential to the oper-
ation of areas administered pursuant to law by the National Park 
Service, $8,300,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
37 Stat. 460. 
16 
u s e 
4 6 0 c 
note. 
For construction and improvement, without regard to the Act of 
August 24, 1912, as amended (16 U, S. C. 451), of roads, trails, park-
ways, buildings, utilities, and other physical facilities; and the acqui-
sition of lands, interests therein, improvements, and water rights; to 
remain available until expended; $18,916,300. 
CONSTRUCTION (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority con-
tained in section 4 (b) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952 (66 
Stat. 159), $1,500,000. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration of the National 
Park Service, including such expenses in the regional offices, $1,268,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be available for 
cleaning and repair of uniforms for National Capital Parks police 
'"' • ' 
and guards; and the objects and purposes specified in the Act of 
August 7, 1946 (16 U. S. C. 17j-2). 
eo stat. sss. 
F I S H AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES 
For expenses necessary for conservation, management, protection, 
and utilization of fish and wildlife resources, and for the performance 
of other authorized functions related to such resources; operation of 
the industrial properties w^ithin the Crab Orchard National Wildlife 
Refuge (61 Stat. 770) ; maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle 
on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge; purchase or rent of land, 
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and functions related to wildlife management in California (16 U. S. C. 
62 Stat. 238. 
695-695c); leasing and management of lands for the protection of the 
Florida Key deer; and not to exceed $30,000 for payment, in the 
discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning 
violations of laws administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service; 
$7,000,000; and in addition, there are appropriated amounts equal to 
25 per centum of the proceeds covered into the Treasury during the 
next preceding fiscal year from the sale of sealskins and other products, 
to remain available for expenditure during the current and next 
succeeding fiscal years for management and investigation of fish and 
wildlife resources of Alaska, including construction. 
w 
/ 
; 
INVESTIGATIONS OF RESOURCES 
For expenses necessary for scientific and economic studies and 
investigations respecting conservation, management, protection, and 
utilization of fish and wildlife resources, including related aquatic 
plants and products; collection, compilation, and publication of in-
formation concerning such studies and investigations; and the per-
formance of other functions related thereto; as authorized by law; 
$4,460,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
v 
For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities 
required in the conservation, management, protection, and utilization 
of fish and wildlife resources and the acquisition of lands and interests 
therein; to remain available until expended, $435,600. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration of the Fish and 
Wildlife Service, including such expenses in the regional offices, 
$775,000. 
ADMINISTRATION OF PRIBILOF ISLANDS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of February 26, 1944, as 
58 Stat. 100. 
amended (16 U. S. C. 631a-631q), there are appropriated amounts 
equal to 60 per centum of the proceeds covered into the Treasury dur-
ing the next preceding fiscal year from the sale of sealskins and other 
products, to remain available for expenditure during the current and 
next succeeding fiscal years. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available 
for purchase of not to exceed six aircraft, for replacement only; 
publication and distribution of bulletins as authorized by law (7 
34 Stat. 690. 
[J g Q ^i^^ . ratious or commutation of rations for officers and 
crews of vessels at rates not to exceed $3 per man per day; repair 
' 
of damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation 
ch^s^^^a'nd ^"^ areas caused by operations of the Fish and Wildlife Service; options 
for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; 
facilities incident to such public recreational uses on conservation areas 
as are not inconsistent with their primary purposes; and the main-
tenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities 
under the jurisdiction of the Fish and Wildlife Service and to which 
the United States has title, and which are utilized pursuant to law in 
connection with management and investigation of fish and wildlife 
resources. 
Aircraft and sur-
face vessels. 
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OFFICE OF TERRITORIES 
ADMINISTRATION OF TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of Territories and 
for the departmental administration of the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands, under the jurisdiction of the Department of the 
Interior, including expenses of the offices of the Governors of Alaska, 
Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, as authorized by law (48 U. S. C , 
fy^sV^t'.^H^^^^i 
sees. 61, 531, 1422, 1431a (c)) ; expenses of the Government of the stat. nss. 
Virgin Islands as authorized by law (48 U. S. C. 1405); compensation 
^9 stat. iso?. 
and mileage of members of the legislatures in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, 
and American Samoa as authorized by law (48 U. S. C , sees. 87, 599, stat'.^i4*6; w^stat! 
1421d (e), and 1431a (c)); compensation and expenses of the judiciary 39i. 
in American Samoa as authorized by law (48 U. S. C. 1431a (c)); 
45 stat. 1253. 
care of insane as authorized by law for Alaska (48 U. S. C. 46-50); 
56 stat. 782. 
painting of the Jesse Lee Orphanage in Alaska; grants to the Virgin 
Islands and American Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, 
for support of governmental functions; and personal services, house-
hold equipment and furnishings, and utilities necessary in the opera-
tion of the several Governors' houses; $3,782,300: Provided, That the 
Territorial and local governments herein provided for are authorized 
to make purchases through the General Services Administration: 
Provided further, That appropriations available for the Administra-
tion of Territories may be expended for the purchase, charter, mainte-
nance, and operation of aircraft and surface vessels for official pur-
poses and for commercial transportation purposes found by the 
Secretary to be necessary. 
TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 
For expenses necessary for the Department of the Interior in 
administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands pur-
suant to the Trusteeship Agreement approved by Public Law 204, 
Eightieth Congress, including the expenses of the High Commis- 
^^ ijsc 2^8Vnote. 
sioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; compensa-
tion and expenses of the judiciary of the Trust- Territory of the 
Pacific Islands; grants to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 
in addition to local revenues, for support of governmental functions; 
$4,000,000: Promded, That all financial transactions of the Trust 
Territory, including such transactions of all agencies or instrumen- 
, , 
talities established or utilized by such Trust Territory, shall be audited 
by the General Accounting Office in accordance with the provisions 
of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (42 Stat. 23), as amended, 
3i use 1. 
and the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 34) : Provided 
f| ^*g^^' g^s^t^ote. 
further. That the government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
Islands is authorized to make purchases through the General Services 
Administration: Provided 
further, 
That appropriations available 
for the Administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 
may be expended for the purchase, charter, maintenance, and opera-
tion of aircraft and surface vessels for official purposes and for com-
mercial transportation purposes found by the Secretary to be neces-
sary in carrying out the provisions of article 6 (2) of the Trustee-
ship agreement approved by Public Law 204, Eightieth Congress: 
Provided further. That the succession of the Island Trading Company 
is hereby extended to December 31, 1954, and the time within which 
the amount of the reserve for Navy subsidies shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, as required by the Interior Depart-
ment Appropriation Act, 1953, is hereby extended to the said date: 
^^ ®
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^
*
* ^^** 
Provided further, That after June 30,1954, no funds appropriated by 
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[67 S T A T . 
this or any other Act and no funds which are available or which may 
become available from any source whatever shall be used for admin-
istration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, except as may 
be specifically authorized by law: Promded 
further, 
That no new 
activity requiring expenditures of Federal funds shall be initiated 
without specific prior approval of Congress. 
63 Stat. 627. 
48 u s e 486note. 
ALASKA PUBLIC WORKS 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary for carrying out 
the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1949 (Public Law 264), to 
remain available until June 30, 1955, $12,000,000, of which not to 
exceed $400,000 shall be available for administrative expenses. 
CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, ALASBIA 
For construction of roads, tramways, buildings, ferries, bridges, and 
trails, including surveys and plans for new road construction; and 
acquisition of lands or interests in lands by purchase, donation, con-
demnation, or otherwise; $14,600,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS, ALASKA 
For operation and maintenance of roads, tramways, buildings, 
ferries, bridges, and trails, $3,000,000. 
C o n s t r u c t i o n 
work by force ac-
count, etc. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The total of the amounts herein appropriated for construction, 
operation and maintenance of roads in Alaska shall be available in 
one fund, except that the appropriation herein made for operation 
and maintenance shall be available only for the service of the current 
fiscal year. 
Not to exceed 17% per centum of the amount herein appropriated for 
construction of roads in Alaska shall be available for construction 
work by force account, or on a hired-labor basis. 
Transfer of funds. 
CONSTRUCTION, ALASKA RAILROAD 
For the authorized work of the Alaska Railroad, including improve-
ments and new construction, to remain available until expended, 
$4,215,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head may 
be transferred to the Alaska Railroad Revolving Fund for purposes 
of accounting and administration. 
39 Stat. 
S a l a r y 
tions. 
750. 
limit£ 
j 
ALASKA RAILROAD REVOLVING FUND 
The Alaska Railroad Revolving Fund shall continue available until 
expended for the work authorized by law, including operation of 
facilities under the jurisdiction of the railroad in Mount McKinley 
National Park; operation and maintenance of oceangoing or coastwise 
vessels by ownership, charter, or arrangement with other branches of 
the Government service, for the purpose of providing additional facili-
ties for transportation of freight, passengers, or mail, when deemed 
necessary for the benefit and development of industries or travel in 
the area served; and payment of compensation and expenses as author-
ized by section 42 of the Act of September 7, 1916 (5 U. S. C. 793), to 
be reimbursed as therein provided: Provided, 
That no one other 
than the general manager of said railroad, and one assistant general 
manager at not to exceed $13,000 per annum, shall be paid an annual 
salary out of said fund of more than $11,000. 
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275 
VIRGIN ISLANDS PUBLIC WORKS 
For an additional amount to carry out the provisions of the Act of 
December 20,1944 (58 Stat. 827), $1,100,000: Promded, That the esti-
mated project costs specified in said Act of December 20, 1944, shall 
not constitute limitations on amounts that may be expended for such 
projects. 
ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior 
(referred to herein as the Secretary), including teletype rentals and 
service, $2,325,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, 
aliens may be employed during the current fiscal year in the field service 
of the Department for periods of not more than thirty days in cases 
of emergency caused by fire, flood, storm, act of God, or sabotage. 
SEC. 102. Appropriations in this Act available for travel expenses 
shall be available, for expenses of attendance of officers and employees 
at meetings or conventions of members of societies or associations 
concerned with the work of the bureau or office for which the appro-
priation concerned is made. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this Act shall be available for 
expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the 
approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replace-
ment or repair of buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment 
damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: 
Provided^ That no funds shall be made available under this authority 
until funds specifically made available to the Department of the 
Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer 
(within each bureau or office) of any appropriation in this Act, in addi-
tion to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several 
agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest or 
range fires on or threatening lands under jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment of the Interior: Provided^ That appropriations made in this Act 
for fire suppression purposes shall be available for the payment of 
obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year. 
SEO. 105. Appropriations made in this Act shall be available for 
operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wher-
ever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy, 
and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered to 
any other activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act of 
June 30, 1932 (31 U. S. C. 686) : Provided, That reimbursements for 
cost of supplies, materials and equipment, and for services rendered 
may be credited to the appropriation current at the time such reim-
bursements are received. 
SEC. 106. Appropriations made in this Act shall be available for 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U. S. C. 55a) when authorized by the Secretary, at rates not to 
exceed $100 per diem for individuals, and in total amount not to 
exceed $250,000; maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; examination of esti-
mates of appropriations in the field; payment for telephone service 
in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 
approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized 
by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations 
E m p l o y m e n t of 
aliens. 
Att e n d a n c e at 
meetings. 
E m e r g e ncy re-
construction. 
Emergency p r e-
vention of fires. 
O p e r a t i o n of 
warehouses, etc. 
4 7 Stat. 417. 
R e imbur s erne nt s. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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Passenger motor 
vehicles. 
Personal 
s e r v -
ices. 
which issue publications to members only or at a price to members 
lower than to subscribers who are not members. 
SEC. 107. Funds appropriated in this title shall be available for 
the purchase of not to exceed fifty passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only; and the Secretary is authorized to make such 
transfers of motor vehicles, between bureaus and offices, without 
transfer of funds, as may be required in carrying out the operations 
of the Department. 
SEC. 108. (a) Not to exceed $250,000 of the funds appropriated in 
this title shall be available to pay the compensation of all persons the 
budget estimates for personal services heretofore submitted to the 
Congress for the fiscal year 1954 contemplated would be employed 
by such department, agency, or corporation during such fiscal year 
in the performance of— 
(1) function performed by a person designated as an informa-
tion specialist, information and editorial specialist, publications 
and information coordinator, press relations officer or counsel, 
photographer, radio expert, television expert, motion picture 
expert, or publicity expert, or designated by any similar title, or 
(2) functions performed by persons who assist persons per-
forming the functions described in (1) in drafting, preparing, 
editing, typing, duplicating or disseminating public information, 
publications or releases, radio or television scripts, magazine 
articles, photographs, motion picture and similar material, shall 
be available to pay the compensation of persons performing the 
functions described in (1) or (2), 
(b) This section shall not apply to the preparation for publication 
of reports and maps resulting from authorized scientific and engi-
neering investigations and surveys, to photography incident to the 
compilation and reproduction of maps and reports, or publications of 
the National Park Service, or to photocopying of permanent records 
for preservation. 
TITLE II—VIRGIN ISLANDS CORPORATION 
63 Stat. 875. 
REVOLVING FUND 
For an additional amount for the revolving fund established under 
this head in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1950, to provide for 
advances to the Virgin Islands Corporation as authorized by law, 
$1,028,000. 
GRANTS 
For payment to the Virgin Islands Corporation in the form of 
grants as authorized by law, $1,080,000. 
59 Stat. 598. 
31 u s e 849. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
During the current fiscal year the Virgin Islands Corporation is 
hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
funds available to it and in accord with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal-year limitations as 
provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, 
as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out its programs as set 
forth in the budget for the fiscal year 1954: Provided, 
That not to 
exceed $130,000 shall be available for administrative exj)enses (to be 
computed on an accrual basis) of the Corporation, covering the cate-
gories set forth in the 1954 Budget estimates for such expenses. 
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TITLE III—FEDERAL COAL MINE SAFETY 
BOARD OF REVIEW 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Coal Mine Safety Board of 
Review, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $80,000. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or 
of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included 
in this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person 
who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States 
or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that 
asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United 
States, or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advo-
cates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force 
or violence: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall 
be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affi-
davit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in 
a strike against the Government of the United States, is not a member 
of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right 
to strike against the Government of the United States, or that such 
person does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization 
that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States 
by force or violence: Provided further, That any person who engages 
in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a 
member of an organization of Government employees that asserts 
the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or 
who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, 
the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or 
violence, and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are 
paid from any appropriation or fund contained in this Act shall be 
guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than 
$1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided 
further, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not 
in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided 
further, That in cases of emergency, caused by fire, flood, storm, act 
of God, or sabotage, persons may be employed for periods of not more 
than thirty days and be paid salaries and wages without the necessity 
of inquiring into their membership in any organization. 
TITLE V—REDUCTIONS IN APPROPRIATIONS 
Amounts available to the Department of the Interior from appro-
priations are hereby reduced in the sums hereinafter set forth, such 
sums to be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury 
immediately upon the approval of this Act: 
OFFICE or THE SECRETARY 
Construction, Southwestern Power Administration, $1,264,300; 
60 Stat. 810. 
Strikes or over-
throw of Govern-
ment. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
BUREAU OF RECIiAMATION 
Construction and Rehabilitation, Missouri Basin Project, $600,000. 
This Act may be cited as the "Interior Department Appropriation 
Act, 1954". 
Approved July 31, 1953. 
Short title.