An Act making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes
PL 86-703 (H.R.11390), enacted 09/02/1960

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or the offspring or eggs therefrom, which was so transported, de-
livered, carried, or shipped by any means whatsoever, as aforesaid; 
or 
"Whoever, having acquired any of the foregoing properties which 
was so transported, delivered, carried, or shipped by any means what-
ever, as aforesaid, makes any false record, account, laoel or identifi-
cation thereof; or". 
Approved September 2, 1960. 
Public Law 86-703 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, 
and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the SeTiate and Hou8e 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-
wise appropriated, for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1961, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOE 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
September 2, 1960 
[H. R. 11390] 
D ep artments of 
Labor, and Health, 
E d u c a t i o n , and 
Welfare Appropria -
tion Act, 1961. 
D ep artment o f , 
L,ebor 
Appropria- ' 
tion Act, 1961. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Secretary of Labor 
(hereafter in this title referred to as the Secretary), $1,758,800, of 
which not more than $354,860 shall be for international labor affairs 
and not to exceed $2,000 shall be for official entertainment expenses. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
The p,aragraph under this head in the Department of Labor Ap-
propriation Act, 1958 (71 Stat. 210) is amended to read as follows: 
"Working capital fund: There is hereby established a working 
capital fund, to be available without fiscal year limitation, for ex-
penses necessary for the maintenance and operation of (1) a central 
reproduction service; (2) a central visual exhibit service; (3) a 
central supply service for supplies and equipment for which ade-
quate stocks may be maintained to meet in whole or in part the re-
quirements of the Department; (4) a central tabulating service; (5) 
telephone, mail and messenger services; (6) a central accounting and 
payroll service; and (7) a central laborers' service: Provided, 
That 
any stocks of supplies and equipment on hand or on order shall be 
used to capitalize such fund: Provided further, That such fund shall 
be reimbursed in advance from funds available to bureaus, offices, and 
agencies for which such centralized services are performed at rates 
which will return in full all expenses of operation, including reserves 
for accrued annual leave and depreciation of equipment." 
LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE 
ACTIVITIES 
5 u s e 622a. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the performance of the functions vested 
in the Secretary by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure 
Act of 1959, $5,250,000. 
73 Stat. 5 19. 
29 u s e 401 note. 
33 u s e 94 1. 
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OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Solicitor, $2,706,300. 
BUREAU or LABOR STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the promotion of industrial safety, em-
ployment stabilization, and amicable industrial relations for labor and 
industrj'^; performance of safety functions of the Secretary under the 
stllfis. 
'''^^'' " Federal Employees'Compensation Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 784(c)) 
and the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as 
amended (72 Stat. 835) ; performance of the functions vested in the 
Secretary by sections 8 (b) and (c) of the Welfare and Pension Plans 
29 use 307. 
Disclosure Act (72 Stat. 997); and not less than $225,000 for the work 
of the President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handi-
capped, as authorized by the Act of July 11, 1949 (63 Stat. 409); 
$2,376,000: Provided^ That no part of the appropriation for the Presi-
dent's Committee shall be subject to reduction or transfer to any 
other department or agency under the provisions of any existing law; 
including purchase of reports and of material for informational 
exhibits. 
BUREAU OF VETERANS' EEEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to render assistance in connection with the 
exercise of reemployment rights under section 8 of the Selective Train-
54 Stat. 890. 
ing and Service Act of 1940, as amended (50 U.S.C. A p p . 308), the 
55 Stat. 626. 
Service Extension Act of 1941, as amended (50 U.S.C. A p p . 351), the 
A r m y Reserve and Retired Personnel Service L a w of 1940, as amended 
54 Stat. 858. 
(50 U.S.C. A p p . 401), and section 9 of the Universal Military Train-
62 Stat. 614. 
ing and Service Act (50 U.S.C. A p p . 459), and the Reserve Forces 
50 use 925 note. Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 598), $594,300. 
BUREAU OF APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary to conduct a pro-
gram of encouraging apprentice training, as authorized by the Acts 
37 Stat. 736. 
of March 4,1913 (5 U.S.C. 611), and August 16,1937 (29 U.S.C. 50), 
" " 
" 
$4,061,000. 
BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the general administration of the em-
ployment service and unemployment compensation programs, includ-
ing temporary employment of persons, without regard to the civil-
service laws, for the farm placement migratory labor program; $7,457,-
000, of which $1,260,000 shall be for carrying into effect the provisions 
7 2 Stat. 12 7 3, of title IV (except section 602) of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act 
50 Stat. 664. 
1221, 1222. 
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2014. 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION AND 
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ADMINISTOATION 
For grants in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 
48Stat. 113. 
6, 1933, as amended (29 U.S.C. 49-49n), for carrying into effect sec-
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tion 602 of the Servicemen's Keadjustment Act of 1944, for grants 
to the States as authorized in title I I I of the Social Security Act, as 
38 use 2011. 
amended (42 U.S.C. 501-503), including, upon the request of any 
49 stat. 626. 
State, the purchase of equipment, and the payment of rental for 
space made available to such State in lieu of grants for such purpose, 
for necessary expenses including purchasing and installing of air-
conditioning equipment in connection with the operation of employ-
ment office facilities and services in the District of Columbia, and for 
the acquisition of a building through such arrangements as may be 
required to provide quarters for such offices and facilities in the Dis-
trict of Columbia and for the District of Columbia Unemj)loyment 
Compensation Board, including conveyance by the Commissioners of 
the District of Columbia to the United States of title to the land on 
which such building is to be situated, subject to the same conditions 
with respect to the use of these funds for such purposes as are ap-
plicable to the procurement of buildings for other State employment 
security agencies, and for expenses not otherwise provided for, nec-
essary for carrying out title X V of the Social Security Act, as .ot?, ^ ^^ ^^ei-
amended (68 Stat. 1130), $325,819,000, of which $15,000,000 shall 
be available only to the extent necessary to meet increased costs of 
administration resulting from changes in a State law or increases 
in the numbers of claims filed and claims paid or increased salary 
costs resulting from changes in State salary compensation plans 
embracing employees of the State generally over those upon which 
the State's basic grant (or the allocation for the District of Colum-
bia) was based, which increased costs of administration cannot be 
provided for by normal budgetary adjustments: Provided^ That 
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in section 302(a) of 
the Social Security Act, as amended, the Secretary of Labor shall 
49 ^at^ 626. 
from time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for pay-
ment to each State found to be in compliance with the requirements 
of the Act of June 6, 1933, and, except in the case of Puerto Rico, 
Guam, and the Virgin Islands, with the provisions of section 303 of 
the Social Security Act, as amended, such amounts as he determines 
^'^ ^^c 503. 
to be necessary for the proper and efficient administration of its un-
employment compensation law and of its public employment offices: 
Provided further^ That such amounts as may be agreed upon by the 
Department of Labor and the Post Office Department shall be used 
for the payment, in such manner as said parties may jointly de-
termine, of postage for the transmission of official mail matter in 
connection with the administration of unemployment compensation 
systems and employment services by States receiving grants here-
from. 
In carrying out the provisions of said Act of June 6, 1933, the pro- 
29 use 49-49n. 
visions of section 303(a) (1) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 
42 use 503. 
relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards 
on the merit basis, shall apply. 
None of the funds appropriated by this title to the Bureau of Em- 1^^^,^^°^^"^ °^ 
ployment Security for grants-in-aid of State agencies to cover, in 
Restriction, 
whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies, including the 
salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, shall 
be withheld from the said agencies of any States which have estab-
lished by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit system 
and classification and compensation plan covering the selection, tenure 
in office, and compensation of their employees, because of any disap-
proval of their personnel or the manner of their selection by the 
agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or 
employees. 
48 Stat. 113. 
29 u s e 49-49n. 
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Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, alter 
May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under title I I I 
42 use 501-^503. ^^ ^^^ Social Security Act, as amended, and under the Act of June 6, 
29usc49-49n.' 1933, as amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal 
year, such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the 
expenditures made thereunder for payments under such title and under 
such Act of June 6,1933, to be charged to the appropriation therefor 
for that fiscal year. 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND 
EX-SERVICEMEN 
For payments to unemployed Federal employees and ex-servicemen, 
either directly or through payments to States, as authorized by title 
4 2%^sc'i36i- ^^ 
o^ *^® ^^^^^^ Security Act, as amended, $107,000,000. 
1370. 
Unemployment compensation for Federal employees and ex-
servicemen, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 
of the current fiscal year, payments to States, as authorized by title 
X V of the Social Security Act, as amended, such amounts as may 
be required for payment to unemployed Federal employees and ex-
servicemen for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, 
and the obligations and expenditures thereunder shall be charged 
to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year. 
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIES, MEXICAN FARM LABOR PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to enable the Department to determine 
compliance with the provisions of contracts entered into pursuant 
f u T c ^ M e 1- ^^ the Act of July 12,1951, as amended, $1,105,700. 
1468. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, MEXICAN FARM LABOR PROGRAM 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out 
the functions of the Department of Labor under the Act of July 
12, 1951 (65 Stat. 119), as amended, including temporary employ-
ment of persons without regard to the civil-service laws, $1,404,100, 
which shall be derived by transfer from the Farm labor supply re-
volving fund: Promded, That reimbursement to the United States 
under agreements hereafter entered into pursuant to section 502 
65 Stat. 119. 
of the Act of October 31, 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1462), shall 
include all expenses of program operations except those compliance 
activities of the type separately provided for herein. 
BUREAU OF EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses and not to exceed $97,000 
for the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board, $3,098,300, to-
gether with not to exceed $51,700 to be derived from the fund created 
by section 44 of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Com-
44 Stat. 1444. 
peusatiou Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 906). 
33 u s e 944. 
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E M P L O Y E E S ' COMPENSATION CLAIMS AND EXPENSES 
For the payment of compensation and other benefits and expenses 
(except administrative expenses) authorized by law and accruing dur-
ing the current or any prior fiscal year, including payments to other 
Federal agencies for medical and hospital services pursuant to a^ee-
ment approved by the Bureau of Employees' Compensation; continua-
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60 Stat. 696. 
tion of payment of benefits as provided for under the head "Civilian 
War Benefits" in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 
1947; the advancement of costs for enforcement of recoveries in third-
party cases; the furnishing of medical and hospital services and sup-
plies, treatment, and funeral and burial expenses, including trans-
portation and other expenses incidental to such services, treatment, 
and burial, for such enroUees of the Civilian Conservation Corps as 
were certified by the Director of such Corps as receiving hospital 
services and treatment at Government expense on June 30, 1943, and 
tvho are not otherwise entitled thereto as civilian employees of the 
UnitedStates, and the limitations and authority of the Act of Septem-
ber 7,1916, as amended (5 U.S.C. 796), shall apply in providing such stll Isf.' ''^^' "^^ 
services, treatment, and expenses in such cases and for payments pur-
suant to sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948 (50 
" »at. 1242. 
U.S.C. App. 2012); $62,200,000: Provided, That, in the adjudication u s e app. 2603. 
of claims under section 42 of the said Act of 1916, for benefits payable 2004. 
from this appropriation, authority under section 32 of the Act to 
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make rules and regulations shall be construed to include the nature 
and extent of the proofs and evidence required to establish the right 
to such benefits without regard to the date of the injury or death for 
which claim is made. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the work 
of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including advances or reimburse-
ment to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for 
services rendered, $10,519,000. 
REVISION OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 
For expenses necessary to enable the Bureau of Labor Statistics to 
revise the Consumer Price Index, including temporary employees at 
rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Labor without regard to the civil 
service laws and Classification Act of 1949, as amended, $1,250,000, to 
5 ufcTlonliote. 
remain available until June 30,1964. 
WOMEN'S BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the work of the Women's Bureau, as 
authorized by the Act of June 5, 1920 (29 U.S.C. 11-16), including 
^^ ^tat. 987. 
purchase of reports and material for informational exhibits, $520,900. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for performing the duties imposed by the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, and the Act to pro- 
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vide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the making of con-
tracts by the United States, approved June 30, 1936, as amended (41 
U.S.C. 35^5), including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered, 
$11,529,000. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Labor Appropriation 
Act, 1961". 
49 Stat. 2036. 
Citation of title. 
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He°afth."Educ*rtion; TITLE II—DEPAKTMENT O F HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND 
and Welfare Appro- 
WELFARE 
priation Act, 1961. 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, of the Food and 
Drug Administration, including not to exceed $80,000 for construc-
tion of a laboratory barn at the Agricultural Research Center, Belts-
ville, Maryland; reporting and illustrating the results of investiga-
tions; purchase of chemicals^ apparatus, and scientific equipment; 
payment in advance for special tests and analyses by contract; and 
payment of fees, travel, and per diem in connection with studies of 
new developments pertinent to food and drug enforcement opera-
tions; $16,852,000. 
PHARMACOLOGICAL-ANIMAIJ LABORATORY BUILDING 
For plans and specifications for a special pharmacological-animal 
laboratory for the Food and Drug Administration, $100,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, CERTIFICATION, INSPECTION, AND OTHER 
SERVICES 
For expenses necessary for the certification or inspection of certain 
products, and for the establishment of tolerances for pesticides, in 
accordance with sections 406, 408, 504, 506, 507, 604, 702A, and 706 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 
U.S.C. 346, 346a, 354, 356, 357, 364, 372a, and 376), the aggregate of 
the advance deposits during the current fiscal year to cover pay-
ments of fees for services in connection with such certifications, in-
spections, or establishment of tolerances, to remain available until 
expended. The total amount herein appropriated shall be avail-
able for purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and scientific equipment; 
expenses of advisory committees; and the refund of advance d!eposits 
for which no service has been rendered. 
FREEDMEN'S HOSPITAL 
Interns; resident 
physicians. 
Sal ary restric-
tions. 
P ay m e nt s 
D. C. 
b y 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance, including 
repairs; furnishing, repairing, and cleaning of wearing apparel 
used by employees in the performance of their official duties; trans-
fer of funds to the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, Howard 
University" for salaries of technical and professional personnel de-
tailed to the hospital; payments to the appropriation of Howard 
University for actual cost of heat, light, and power furnished by 
such university; $3,294,600: Provided^ That no intern or resident 
physician receiving compensation from this appropriation on a full-
time basis shall receive compensation in the form of wages or salary 
from any other appropriation in this title: Provided further, 
That 
the District of Columbia shall pay by check to Freedmen's Hospital, 
upon the Surgeon General's request, in advance at the beginning of 
each quarter, such amount as the Surgeon General calculates will be 
earned on the basis of rates approved by the Bureau of the Budget 
for the care of patients certified by the District of Columbia. 
Bills 
rendered by the Surgeon General on the basis of such calculations 
60 Stat. 
70 Stat. 
43 Stat. 
46 Stat. 
64 Stat. 
70 Stat. 
775. 
926. 
18. 
1489. 
27. 
909. 
70 Stat. 925. 
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shall not be subject to audit or certification in advance of payment; 
but proper adjustment of amounts which have been paid in advance 
on the basis of such calculations shall be made at the end of each 
quarter: Provided further^ That the Surgeon General may delegate 
the responsibilities imposed upon him by the foregoing proviso. 
OFFICE OF EDUCATION 
PROMOTION AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the provisions of section 3 of the Vocational 
Education Act of 1946, as amended (20 U.S.C. 15j), and section 202 
of said Act (20 U.S.C. 15bb), section 4 of the Act of March 10, 
1924 (20 U.S.C. 29), section 1 of the Act of March 3,1931 (20 U.S.C. 
30), the Act of March 18, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 31-33), and section 9 of 
the Act of August 1, 1956 (20 U.S.C. 34), including $4,000,000 for 
extension and improvement of practical nurse training under title 
I I of the Vocational Education Act of 1946, as amended, which sum 
shall be available under such title also for the expansion and im-
provement of programs of practical nurse training in effect prior to 
August 2, 1956, and $180,000 for vocational education in the fishery 
trades and industry including distributive occupations therein, 
$33,702,081: Provided^ That the amount of allotment which States 
and Territories are not prepared to use may be reapportioned among 
other States and Territories applying therefor for use in the pro-
grams for which the funds were originally apportioned. 
FURTHER ENDOWMENT OF COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE AND THE 
MECHANIC ARTS 
For carrying out the provisions of section 22 of the Act of June 29, 
1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 329), $2,501,500. 
GRANTS FOR LIBRARY SERVICES 
For grants to the States, pursuant to the Act of June 19, 1956, as 
amended (20 U.S.C. 351-358), $7,500,000. 
PAYMENTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS 
For an additional amount for "Payments to school districts", fiscal 
year 1959, $7,362,000. 
For payments to local educational agencies for the maintenance and 
operation of schools as authorized by the Act of September 30, 1950, 
as amended (20 U.S.C, ch. 13), $187,310,000: Provided, That this 
H^Si i^^i^c, 
appropriation shall also be available for carrying out the provisions 
of section 6 of such Act. 
ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for providing school facilities and for 
grants to local educational agencies in federally affected areas, as 
authorized by the Act of September 23, 1950, as amended (20 U.S.C., 
ch. 19), including not to exceed $1,000,000 for necessary expenses dur- 
20 ^C*6M-*645 
ing the current fiscal year of technical services rendered by other 
agencies, $63,392,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That no part of this appropriation shall be available for salaries or 
other direct expenses of the Department of Health, Education, and 
Welfare. 
49 Stat. 439. 
70 Stat. 293. 
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DEFENSE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES 
For grants, loans, and payments under the National Defense Edu-
2ousc4oinote. nation Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 1580^1605), $173,050,000, of which 
$44,000,000 shall be for capital contributions to student loan funds 
and loans for non-Federal capital contributions to student loan funds, 
of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be for such loans for non-
Federal capital contributions; $57,750,000 shall be for grants to States 
and loans to nonprofit private schools for science, mathematics, or 
modern foreign language equipment and minor remodeling of facilities 
and for grants to States for supervisory and other services; $9,000,000 
shall be for grants to States for area vocational education programs; 
and $15,000,000 shall be for grants to States for testing, guidance, 
and counseling: Provided further^ That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be available for the purchase of science, mathematics, and 
modern language teaching equipment, or equipment suitable for use 
for teaching in such fields of education, which can be identified as 
originating in or having been exported from a Communist country, 
unless such equipment is unavailable from any other source. 
Grants, loans, and payments under the National Defense Educa-
tion Act, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of 
the current fiscal year, loans, and payments under all titles of the 
National Defense Education Act, for the first quarter of the next 
succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be necessary, the obligations 
incurred and the expenditures made thereunder to be charged to the 
appropriation for the same purpose for that fiscal year. 
EXPANSION or TEACHING IN EDUCATION or THE MENTALLY RETARDED 
For grants to public or other nonprofit institutions of higher learn-
ing and to State educational agencies, pursuant to the Act of Septem-
20^sc6n!6-i7. ^^"^ ^' 1^^^ (2^ U.S.C. 61), $1,000,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessar}^ for the Office of Education, including sur-
veys, studies, investigations, and reports regarding libraries; co-
ordination of library service on the national level with other forms 
of adult education; development of library service throughout the 
country; purchase, distribution, and exchange of educational docu-
ments, motion-picture films, and lantern slides; and cooperative re-
search, surveys, and demonstrations in education as authorized by the 
68 Stat. 533. 
Act of July 26, 1954 (20 U.S.C. 331-332); $13,400,000, of which not 
less than $550,000 shall be available for the Division of Vocational 
Education as authorized. 
SALARIES A N D E X P E N S E S (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For purchase of foreign currencies which accrue under title I of 
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 
68 Stat. 456. 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), for the purposes authorized by section 
72 Stat. 275. 
104(k) of that Act, to remain available until expended, $30,750, 
of which not less than $14,400 shall be available to purchase currencies 
which the Treasury Department shall determine to be excess to the 
normal requirements of the United States: Provided, That this ap-
propriation shall not be used for the purchase of currencies avail-
able in the Treasury for the purposes of section 104(f) of such Act, 
unless such currencies are excess to the normal requirements of the 
United States. 
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OFFICE OP VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 
GRANTS TO STATES 
For grants to States in accordance with the Vocational Rehabili-
tation Act, as amended, $56,200,000, of which $54,700,000 is for vo- 
^^^l^'-af^^-^es. 
cational rehabilitation services under section 2 of said Act; and $1,-
600,000 is for extension and improvement projects under section 3 
of said Act: Provided^ That allotments under section 2 of said Act 
to the States for the current fiscal year shall be made on the basis of 
$70,000,000, and this amount shall be considered the sum available 
for allotments under such section for such fiscal year. 
Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after 
May 31 of the current fiscal year, grants to States under sections 2 
and 3 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, for the first 
quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be neces-
sary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made thereunder 
to be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year: Pro-
vided^ That the payments made pursuant to this paragraph shall not 
exceed the amount paid to the States for the first quarter of the current 
fiscal year. 
RESEARCH AND TRAINING 
For grants and other expenses (including not to exceed $150,000, 
in addition to funds provided elsewhere, for administrative expenses) 
for research, training, traineeships, and other special projects, pur-
suant to section 4 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, 
^^ "^^ ^'*' 
for expenses of carrying out the training functions provided for in 
section 7 of said Act, and for expenses of studies, investigations, de- 
^^ ^^'^ ^^' 
monstrations, and reports, and of dissemination of information with 
respect thereto pursuant to section 7 of said Act, $15,430,000. 
RESEARCH AND TRAINING 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For purchase of foreign currencies which accrue under title I of the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), for the purposes authorized by section 104 
68 stat. 456. 
(k) of that Act, to remain available until expended, $930,000, of which 
''^ ^tat. 275. 
not less than $780,000 shall be available to purchase currencies which 
the Treasury Department shall determine to be excess to the normal 
requirements of the United States: Provided^ That this appropriation 
shall not be used for the purchase of currencies available m the Treas-
ury for the purposes of section 104(f) of such Act, unless such cur-
rencies are excess to the normal requirements of the United States. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary in carrying out 
the provisions of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, 
29 use 31 notes. 
and of the Act approved June 20, 1936 (20 U.S.C, ch. 6A), as 
^^ ^tat. iss9. 
amended, $1,871,000. 
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PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Public Health Service 
Act, as amended (42 U.S.C, ch. 6A) (hereinafter referred to as the 
J§i^c'20i-^92i. 
Act), and other Acts, including expenses for active commissioned 
officers in the Reserve Corps and for not to exceed two thousand one 
hundred commissioned officers in the Regular Corps; expenses inci-
dent to the dissemination of health information in foreign countries 
through exhibits and other appropriate means; and for expenses of 
764 
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[74 STAT. 
primary and secondary schooling of dependents, in foreign countries, 
of Public Health Service personnel stationed in foreign countries, 
in amounts not to exceed an average of $250 per student, when it is 
determined by the Secretary that the schools, if any, available in the 
locality are unable to provide adequately for the education of such 
dependents, and for the transportation of such dependents between 
such schools and their places of residence when the schools are not 
accessible to such dependents by regular means of transportation; 
and for the payment of compensation to consultants or individual 
scientists appointed for limited periods of time pursuant to section 
42 use 209. 
207(f) or section 207(g) of the Act at rates established by the Sur-
geon General not to exceed $19,000 per annum: Provided^ That sec-
42 use 210. 
^JQjj 208(g) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, is amended 
by striking out "eighty-five", and inserting in lieu thereof "one hun-
dred and fifty", and by striking out "seventy-three" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "one hundred and fifteen"; as follows: 
ASSISTANCE TO STATES, 
GENERAL 
To carry out the purposes, not otherwise specifically provided for, 
of section 314(c) of the Act; to provide consultative services to 
42 use 246, 243. States pursuaut to section 311 of the Act; to make field investigations 
42 use 241. 
and demonstrations pursuant to section 301 of the Act; to provide 
for collecting and compiling mortality, morbidity, and vital statis-
42 use 242d. 
j-j^jg. ^^^ ^Q provide traineeships pursuant to section 306 of the Act; 
$24,620,000. 
CONTROL o r 
TUBERCULOSIS 
42 use 246. 
To carry out the purposes of section 314(b) of the Act, $6,430,000, 
of which not less than $4,000,000 shall be available only for grants 
to States, to be matched by an equal amount of State and local funds 
expended for the same purpose, for direct expenses of prevention 
and case-finding projects including salaries, fees, and travel of per-
sonnel directly engaged in prevention and case finding and the neces-
sary equipment and supplies used directly in prevention and case-
finding operations, but excluding the purchase of care in hospitals 
and sanatoriums. 
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE ACTIVITIES 
42 use 246,266. 
Xo Carry out the purposes of sections 314(a) and 363 of the Act 
with respect to venereal diseases and for grants of money, services, 
supplies, equipment, and use of facilities to States, as defined in the 
Act, and with the approval of the respective State health authorities, 
to counties, health districts, and other political subdivisions of the 
States, for venereal disease control activities, in such amounts and 
upon such terms and conditions as the Surgeon General may deter-
mine ; and to carry out, except as otherwise provided for, those pro-
42 use 241, 243, visious of sectious 301, 311, and 361 of the Act relating to the pre-
vention and suppression of other communicable and preventable 
diseases, and the interstate transmission and spread thereof, includ-
ing the purchase, erection, and maintenance of portable buildings; 
purchase of not to exceed four passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only; and hire, maintenance, and operation of 
aircraft; 
$14,116,000. 
264. 
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765 
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, necessary to carry out those 
provisions of sections 301, 311, 314(c), and 361 of the Act relating to j/e^^l?. ^^^' ^'*^' 
environmental health, including enforcement of applicable quaran-
tine laws and interstate quarantine regulations, and for carrying out 
the purposes of the Acts of July 14,1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1857- ^,1^ |V1* ^"' ^^ 
1857f), and July 9, 1956 (33 U.S.C. 466-466d, 466f-466k), including 
7o stat. 498. 
$2,700,000 for grants to States and $300,000 for grants to interstate 
agencies; purchase of not to exceed eleven passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 
and purchase, erection, and maintenance of portable buildings; 
$27,640,000, to remain available only until June 30,1961. 
GRANTS FOR WASTE TREATMENT WORKS CONSTRUCTION 
For payments under section 6 of the Water Pollution Control Act, 
as amended (33 U.S.C. 466e), $45,000,000, to remain available only 
^o stat. 502. 
until June 30, 1962: Provided, That allotments under such section 6 
for the current fiscal year shall be made on the basis of $50,000,000. 
BUREAU OF STATE SERVICES MANAGEMENT FUND 
For the purpose of facilitating the economical and efficient conduct 
of operations in the Bureau of State Services which are financed by 
two or more appropriations where the costs of operation are not read-
ily susceptible of distribution as charges to such appropriations, there 
is hereby established the Bureau of State Services management fund. 
Such amounts as the Surgeon General may determine to represent a 
reasonable distribution of estimated costs among the various appro-
priations involved may be advanced each year to this fund and shall 
be available for expenditure for such costs under such regulations 
as may be prescribed by the Surgeon General: Provided, That funds 
advanced to this fund shall be available only in the fiscal year in which 
they are advanced: Provided further. That final adjustments of ad-
vances in accordance with actual costs shall be effected wherever prac-
ticable with the appropriations from which such funds are advanced. 
GRANTS FOR HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION 
For grants and loans under parts C, D, and G, title VI, of the 
Act, as amended, $186,200,000, of which $150,000,000 shall be for ^^ stat. 1042; es 
hospitals and related facilities pursuant to part C, $1,200,000 shall be 
42 '^u s'c 29 id, 
for the purposes authorized in section 636 of part D of the Act, and ^^53'^3/^*900 
$35,000,000 shall be for facilities pursuant to part G, as follows: 
42 use 29in. 
$7,500,000 for diagnostic or treatment centers, $7,500,000 for hospitals 
for the chronically ill and impaired, $10,000,000 for rehabilitation 
facilities, and $10,000,000 for nursing homes: Provided, That allot-
ments under such parts C and G to the several States for the current 
fiscal year shall be made on the basis of amounts equal to the limita-
tions specified herein. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES 
For salaries and expenses incident to carrying out title VI of the 
Act, as amended, $1,675,000. 
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[74 STAT. 
HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CARE 
For carrying out the functions of the Public Health Service under 
60 Stat. 903. 
thc Act of August 8, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 150), including $2,445,000 to be 
available only for payments for medical care of dependents and re-
tired personnel under the Dependents' Medical Care Act (37 U.S.C, 
37usc'40inote. chap. 7) and under sections 307, 321, 322, 324, 326, 331, 332, 341, 343, 
344, 502, and 504 of the Public Health Service Act, section 810 of the 
J^ use 242e et ^.^t of July 1, 1944, as amended (33 U.S.C. 763c), Private Law 419 
^^68 Stat. A74. 
of the Eighty-third Congress, as amended, and Executive Order 9079 
3CFR 1943 Cum. of February 26,1942, including purchase and exchange of farm prod-
supp., p. 1101. 
^^^g ^^^ livestock; conducting research on technical nursing standards 
and furnishing consultative nursing services; purchase of not to exceed 
seven passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and purchase 
of firearms and ammunition; $55,213,000, of which $1,200,000 shall be 
available only for payments to the State of Hawaii for care and treat-
ment of persons afflicted with leprosy: Provided^ That when the Public 
Health Service establishes or operates a health service program for 
any department or agency, payment for the estimated cost shall be 
made in advance for deposit to the credit of this appropriation: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for medi-
cal, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization of retired ships' 
officers and members of crews of Coast and Geodetic Survey vessels, 
and their dependents, and for payment therefor. 
FOREIGN 
QUARANTINE 
ACTIVITIES 
42 use 264-272. 
For Carrying out the purposes of sections 361 to 369 of the Act, 
relating to preventing the introduction of communicable diseases 
from foreign countries, the medical examination of aliens in accord-
ance with section 325 of the Act, and the care and treatment of quar-
antine detainees pursuant to section 322(e) of the Act in private or 
other public hospitals when facilities of the Public Health Service are 
not available, including insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries when required by law of such countries, $4,931,000. 
INDIAN 
H E A L T H 
ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Surgeon General to carry out 
68 Stat. 674. 
the purposcs of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2001) ; pur-
chase of not to exceed twenty-seven passenger motor vehicles, of which 
fourteen shall be for replacement only; hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles and aircraft; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone serv-
ice in private residences in the field, when authorized under regula-
tions approved by the Secretary; and the purposes set forth in sec-
-/2USC 248,249. ^ions 321, 322(d), 324, and 509 of the Public Health Service Act; 
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$48,276,000. 
CONSTRUCTION OF INDIAN 
H E A L T H 
FACILITIES 
For construction, major repair, improvement, and equipment of 
health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters for per-
sonnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisi-
tion of sites; purchase and erection of portable buildings; purchase 
of trailers; and provision of domestic and community sanitation fa-
cilities for Indians; $9,714,000, to remain available until expended. 
42 u s e 25 2, 249. 
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PUBLIC LAW 86-703-SEPT. 2, 1960 
767 
GENERAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
For the activities of the National Institutes of Health, not other-
wise provided for, including research fellowships and grants for 
research projects and training grants pursuant to section 301 of the 
Act; regulation and preparation of biologic products, and conduct 
42 use 241. 
of research related thereto; and grants of therapeutic and chemical 
substances for demonstrations and research; $83,900,000: Provided^ 
That funds advanced to the National Institutes of Health manage-
ment fund from appropriations included in this Act shall be avail-
able for purchase of not to exceed ten passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only; not to exceed $2,500 for entertainment of visiting 
scientists when specifically approved by the Surgeon General; and 
erection of temporary structures: Provided further^ That all appro-
priations made to the Public Health Service in this Act, and avail-
able for research or training projects, may be expended pursuant to 
contracts made on a cost or other basis for supplies and services, 
including indemnification of contractors to the extent and subject 
to the limitations provided in title 10, United States Code, section 
2354, except that approval and certification required thereby shall 
""^^ ^*^*- ^^'^• 
be by the Surgeon General. 
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 
To enable the Surgeon General, upon the recommendations of the 
National Advisory Cancer Council, to make grants-in-aid for research 
and training projects relating to cancer; to cooperate with State 
health agencies, and other public and private nonprofit institutions, 
in the prevention, control, and eradication of cancer by providing 
consultative services, demonstrations, and grants-in-aid; and to other-
wise carry out the provisions of title IV, part A, of the Act; 
42 use 281. 
$111,000,000, of which $700,000, to remain available until December 
31,1961, shall be available for plans and specifications for a research 
facility for the National Cancer Institute. 
MENTAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of sections 
301, 302, 303, 311, 312, and 314(c) of the Act with respect to mental 
42use 241-246. 
diseases, $100,900,000. 
NATIONAL HEART INSTITUTE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the National 
Heart Act, $86,900,000. 
62 stat. 464. 
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DENTAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
For expenses not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the 
Surgeon General to carry out the purposes of the Act with respect 
to dental diseases and conditions, $15,500,000. 
ARTHRITIS AND METABOLIC DISEASE ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act relating 
to arthritis, rheumatism, and metabolic diseases, $61,200,000. 
768 
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[74 S T A T . 
ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE ACTIVITIES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out 
the purposes of the Act relating to allergy and infectious diseases, 
$44,000,000, of which $750,000 shall be available for payment to the 
Gorgas Memorial Institute for maintenance and operation of the 
Gorgas Memorial Laboratory and for construction and equipment of 
facilities. 
NEUROLOGY AND BLINDNESS ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act relating 
to neurology and blindness, $56,600,000. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For grants pursuant to the Health Research Facilities Act of 1956, 
42 use 292 note, ^s amended by the Act of August 27,1958 (72 Stat. 933), $30,000,000. 
CONSTRUCTION OF MENTAL HEALTH-NEUROLOGY RESEARCH FACILITY 
For construction of a combined basic and collaborative research 
facility for the National Institutes of Mental Health and Neurological 
Diseases and Blindness, including a physical biology component, and 
including plans and specifications fixed and semifixed equipment, 
access roads and parking facilities, extension of existing power, re-
frigeration and other utility systems, $12,139,000, to be derived by 
transfer from "Mental health activities" and "Neurology and blind-
ness activities", as determined by the Surgeon General. 
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For purchase of foreign currencies which accrue under title I of the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as 
68 Stat. 456. 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), for the purposes authorized by section 
104(k) of that Act, to remain available until expended, $3,707,000, of 
which not less than $3,459,000 shall be available to purchase currencies 
which the Treasury Department shall determine to be excess to the 
normal requirements of the United States: Provided^ That this appro-
priation shall not be used for the purchase of currencies available in 
the Treasury for the purposes of section 104(f) of such Act, unless 
such currencies are excess to the normal requirements of the United 
States. 
OPERATIONS, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 
72 Stat. 275. 
70 Stat. 960. 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out the 
National Library of Medicine Act (42 U.S.C. 275), $1,662,000. 
RETIRED PAY OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
For retired pay of commissioned officers, as authorized by law, and 
payments under the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 
67 Stat. 501. 
1953, such amount as may be required during the current fiscal year. 
37USC371note. 
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BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, major repair, improvement, extension, and equip-
ment of Public Health Service facilities, not otherwise provided, 
including plans and specifications and acquisition of sites, $3,470,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the balances of 
appropriations heretofore made available for construction, major 
repair, improvement, extension, or equipment of any Public Health 
74 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 86-703-SEPT. 2, 1960 
769 
Service facilities (except construction of Indian health facilities) and 
remaining unexpended on June 30, 1960, shall be merged with this 
appropriation. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the divisions and offices of the Office of the Surgeon General 
aaid for miscellaneous expenses of the Public Health Service not 
appropriated for elsewhere, including preparing information, articles, 
and publications related to public health; and conducting studies 
and demonstrations in public health methods, $6,900,000. 
SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of the 
hospital, including purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for 
replacement onl^, clothing for patients, and cooperation with organi-
zations or individuals in the scientific research into the nature, causes, 
prevention, and treatment of mental illness, $4,095,000. 
MAJOR REPAIRS ANl) PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For miscellaneous construction, alterations, repairs, and equipment, 
on the grounds of the hospital, including preparation of plans and 
specifications, advertising, and supervision of construction, $345,000, 
to remain available until June 30,1962. 
CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT, TREATMENT AND CAFETERIA 
BUILDING 
For construction and equipment of a treatment and cafeteria build-
ing at Saint Elizabeths Hospital, $4,493,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
EXTENSION AND MODERNIZATION OF ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 
For expenses necessary for the extension and modernization of the 
administration building at Saint Elizabeths Hospital, $501,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON SALARIES AND EXPENSES, BUREAU OF OLD-AGE AND 
SURVIVORS INSURANCE 
For necessary expenses, not more than $203,200,000 may be ex-
pended from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund: 
Provided^ That such amounts as are required shall be available to pay 
the cost of necessary travel incident to medical examinations for ver-
ifying disabilities of individuals who file applications for disability 
determinations under title I I of the Social Security Act, as amended: 
-^susc 401-425. 
Provided further^ That $10,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be 
apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes 
as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), onlv to the extent necessary to process 
claims workloads not anticipated in the budget estimates and after 
maximum absorption of the costs of such claims workload within the 
existing limitation has been achieved. 
Advances to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after 
May 31 of the current fiscal year, advances to States under section 
221 (e) of the Social Security Act, as amended, for the first quarter of 
'•^ use 421. 
the next succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary from the 
48232 0-61-49 
42 use 301 et 
seq. 
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770 
PUBLIC LAW 86-703-SEPT. 2, 1960 
[74 STAT. 
above authorization may be expended from the Federal old-age and 
survivors insurance trust fund. 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 
For grants to States for old-age assistance, aid to dependent chil-
dren, aid to the blind, and aid to the permanently and totally dis-
abled, as authorized in titles I, IV, X, and XIV of the Social Security 
Act, as amended (42 U.S.C, ch. 7, subchs. I, IV, X, and XIV), 
$2,083,000,000, of which such amount as may be necessary shall be 
available for grants for any period in the prior fiscal year subsequent 
to March 31 of that year. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, BUREAU OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary for the Bureau of Public Assistance, $2,348,-
400. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, CHILDREN'S BUREAU 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Act of April 9, 1912, 
as amended (42 U.S.C, ch. 6), and title V of the Social Security 
.q? 7oi^t lej. ^' ^^^' ^ amended (42 U.S.C, ch. 7, subch. V), including purchase of 
reports and material for the publications of the Children's Bureau and 
of reprints for distribution, $2,360,500: Provided^ That no part of any 
appropriation contained in this title shall be used to promulgate or 
carry out any instructions, order, or regulation relating to the care 
of obstetrical cases which discriminate between persons licensed under 
State law to practice obstetrics: Provided further^ That the foregoing 
proviso shall not be so construed as to prevent any patient from having 
the services of any practitioner of her own choice, paid for out of 
this fund, so long as State laws are complied with: Provided 
further^ 
That any State plan which provides standards for professional ob-
stetrical services in accordance with the laws of the State shall be 
approved. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN AND 
YOUTH 
For necessary expenses for publication of reports, recommendations, 
guides, and other documents, provision of consultative or clearing-
house services, and other followup activities following the 1960 White 
House Conference on Children and Youth, including the expenses of 
continued employment of a conference director and other expenses 
incident to preparation of a final report of the President's national 
committee on such conference, $150,000. 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD WELFARE 
For grants to States for maternal and child-health services, services 
for crippled children, and child-welfare services as authorized in 
title V, parts 1, 2, and 3, of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 
U.S.C, ch. 7, subch. V), $51,833,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be 
available for services for crippled children, $18,167,000 for maternal 
and child-health services, and $13,666,000 tor child-welfare services: 
Provided, That any allotment to a State pursuant to section 502(b) or 
42 use 702, 712. 5^2 (b) of such Act shall not be included in computing for the purposes 
42USC704. 714. ^f subsectlous (a) and (b) of sections 504 and 514 of such Act an 
amount expended or estimated to be expended by the State: Provided 
further. That $1,000,000 of the amount available under section 502(b) 
of such Act shall be used only for special projects for mentally 
retarded children. 
42 u s e 
301 et 
seq. 
74 S T A T . ] 
P U B U C LAW 86-703-SEPT. 2, 1960 
771 
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH OR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS IN SOCIAL SECURITY 
For grants, contracts, and jointly financed cooperative arrange-
ments for research or demonstration projects under section 1110 of the 
Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1310), $350,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Commissioner of 
Social Security, $350,800, together with not to exceed $278,000 to be 
transferred from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust 
fund. 
Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after 
May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under titles I, 
IV, V, X, and XIV, respectively, of the Social Security Act, as 
amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, 
such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the ex-
penditures made thereunder for payments under each of such titles 
to be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year. 
In the administration of titles I, IV, V, X, and XIV, respectively, 
of the Social Security Act, as amended, payments to a State under 
any of such titles for any quarter in the period beginning April 1 
of the prior year, and ending June 30 of the current year, may be 
made with respect to a State plan approved under such title prior 
to or during such period, but no such payment shall be made with 
respect to any plan for any quarter prior to the quarter in which 
such plan was submitted for approval. 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE 
BLIND 
EDUCATION 
O F THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20 U.S.C. 
101-105), $400,000. 
GALLAUDET COLLEGE 
SALARIES A N D 
EXPENSES 
For the partial support of Gallaudet College, including personal 
services and miscellaneous expenses, and repairs and improvements, as 
authorized by the Act of June 18, 1954 (Public Law 420), $994,000: 
^s g«J:^26s. ^^^ 
Provided, 
That Gallaudet College shall be paid by the District of 1
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(!lolumbia, in advance at the beginning of eacn (Quarter, at the rate of 
$1,295 per school year for each student attending and receiving 
instruction in elemeptary or secondary education pursujtnt to the Act 
of March 1,1901 (31 D.C. Code 1008). 
31 stat. 844. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, alteration, renovation, equipment, and improve-
ment of buildings and facilities on the grounds of Gallaudet College, 
as authorized by the Act of June 18, 1954 (Public Law 420), under 
the supervision of the General Services Administration, including 
planning, architectural, and engineering services, an auditorium, a 
classroom and dormitory building, Kendall School, maintenance build-
ing, apartments, roads, walks, and grading, $2,512,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
20 Stat. 468. 
772 
PUBLIC LAW 86-708-SEPT. 2, 1960 
[74 STAT. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the partial support of Howard University, including personal 
services and miscellaneous expenses and repairs to buildings and 
grounds, $5,090,000. 
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS 
For necessary expenses for the preparation of plans and specifica-
tions for construction, under the supervision of the General Services 
Administration, on the grounds of Howard University, of a classroom 
building and a women's dormitory, including architectural and engi-
neering services, $225,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS 
For the construction and equipment of a home economics building 
and powerplant facilities under the supervision of the General Serv-
ices Administration, on the grounds of Howard University, includ-
ing engineering and architectural services and travel, $1,433,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
OFFICE or THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Secretary, $2,077,000, 
together with not to exceed $305,000 to be transferred from the Federal 
old-age and survivors insurance trust fund. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF FIELD ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Field Administration, 
$2,762,000, together with not to exceed $942,000 to be transferred 
from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and not 
to exceed $36,000 to be transferred from the Operating fund. Bureau 
of Federal Credit Unions. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the General Counsel, $600,-
000, together with not to exceed $27,000 to be transferred from the 
appropriation "Salaries and expenses, certification, inspection, and 
other services", and not to exceed $552,000 to be transferred from the 
Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund. 
SURPLUS PROPERTY UTILIZATION 
For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of subsec-
tions 203 (j), (k), (n), and (o), of the Federal Property and Admin-
40 use 48*4' 
istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, relating to disj)osal of real 
and personal excess property for educational purposes, civil defense 
purposes, and protection of public health, $751,000. 
WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON AGING 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of the White 
72 Stat. 1746. 
Housc Conference on Aging Act, including rent in the District of 
Columbia, $760,000. 
74 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 86-703-SEPT. 2, 1960 
773 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
The paragraph under this head in the Federal Security Agency 
Appropriation Act, 1953 (66 Stat. 369) is amended to read as follows: 
42 use 905. 
Working capital fund: There is hereby established a working capital 
fund, to be available without fiscal year limitation, for expenses neces-
sary for the maintenance and operation of (1) a central reproduction 
service; (2) a central visual exhibit service; (3) a central supply 
service for supplies and equipment for which adequate stocks may 
be maintained to meet in whole or in part the requirements of the 
Department; (4) a central tabulating service; (5) telephone, mail, 
and messenger services; (6) a central accounting and payroll service; 
and (7) a central laborers' service: Provided^ That any stocks of sup-
plies and equipment on hand or on order shall be used to capitalize 
such fund: Provided further^ That such fund shall be reimbursed in 
advance from funds available to bureaus, offices, and agencies for 
which such centralized services are performed at rates which will 
return in full all expenses of operation, including reserves for accrued 
annual leave and depreciation of equipment. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this title to the Social fjf'ds!*'*'"^'^"^ "^ 
Security Administration for grants-m-aid of State agencies to cover. 
Restriction, 
in whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies, including 
the salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, 
shall be withheld from the said agencies of any States which have 
established by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit 
system and classification and compensation plan covering the selection, 
tenure in office, and compensation of their employees, because of any 
disapproval of their personnel or the manner of their selection by the 
agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or 
employees. 
SEC. 203. The Secretary is authorized to make such transfers of tri^sfers''**'^''** 
motor vehicles, between bureaus and offices, without transfer of funds, 
as may be required in carrying out the operations of the Department. 
SEC. 204. None of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay any 
Research grants. 
recipient of a grant for the conduct of a research project an amount 
for indirect expenses in connection with such project in excess of 15 
per centum of the direct costs. 
SEC. 205. Except as otherwise provided under the appropriation to 
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the Public Health Service for "Buildings and facilities", any ob-
ligational authority for planning or construction of any building made 
available to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 
which otherwise expires for obligation on June 30,1960, shall remain 
available until June 30,1961. 
SEC. 206. The Secretary is authorized to make available not to ex- ex^e"ns*s*^'"'"*"* 
ceed $1,000 from funds available for salaries and expenses under this *''^*"^^*' 
title for entertainment, not otherwise provided for, of officials, visit-
ing scientists, and other experts of other countries. 
SEC. 207. Appropriations to the Public Health Service available for 
Health research 
research grants pursuant to the Public Health Service Act shall also ^^^^^' 
be available, on the same terms and conditions as apply to non-Federal 
institutions, for research grants to hospitals of the Service or to Saint 
Elizabeths Hospital. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Health, Education, 
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and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1961". 
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TITLE III—NATIONAL LABOK EELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board 
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Re-
el Stat. 136. 
lations Act, 1947 as amended (29 U.S.C. 141-167, 73 Stat. 541-546) 
and other laws, including rental of space in the District of Columbia 
area, $17,300,000: Provided^ That no part of this appropriation shall 
be available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers 
or used in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or 
orders concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural la-
borers as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935 (29 
U.S.C. 152), and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations 
Act, 1947, as amended, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of 
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2 Stat. 1060. 
June 25, 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition em-
ployees engaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, 
reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, 
nonprofit basis and at least 95 per centum of the water stored or sup-
plied thereby is used for farming purposes. 
TITLE IV—NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of the Rail-
44 Stat. 577. 
way Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188), including tem-
porary employment of referees under section 3 of the Railway Labor 
Act, as amended, at rates not in excess of $100 per diem; and emer-
gency boards appointed by the President pursuant to section 10 of said 
Act (45 U.S.C. 160); $1,555,000. 
TITLE V—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
LIMITATION ON SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Railroad Retirement Board, 
$9,485,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement account. 
TITLE VI—FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION 
SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the functions 
vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 
61 Stat. 152. 
171-180, 182), including expenses of the Labor-Management Panel 
as provided in section 205 of said Act; expenses of boards of inquiry 
appointed by jthe President pursuant to section 206 of said Act; tem-
porary employment of arbitrators, conciliators, and mediators on labor 
relations at rates not in excess of $75 per diem; and Government-listed 
telephones in private residences and private apartments for official 
use in cities where mediators are officially stationedj but no Federal 
Mediation and Conciliation Service office is maintained; $3,905,400. 
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TITLE VII—INTEKSTATE COMMISSION ON T H E 
POTOMAC RIVER BASIN 
CONTRIBUTION TO INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN 
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay in advance to 
the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin the Federal 
contribution toward the expenses of the Commission during the 
current fiscal year in the administration of its business in the con-
servancy district established pursuant to the Act of July 11, 1940 
(54 Stat. 748), $5,000. 
33 use 567b. 
TITLE VIII—UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' HOME 
LIMITATION ON OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For maintenance and operation of the United States Soldiers' Home, 
to be paid from the Soldiers' Home permanent fund, $5,664,000: 
Provided^ That this appropriation shall not be available for the pay-
ment of hospitalization of members of the Home in United States 
Army hospitals at rates in excess of those prescribed by the Secre-
tary of the Army, upon the recommendation of the Board of Com-
missioners of the Home and the Surgeon General of the Army. 
TITLE IX—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
P ub 1 i c i t y 
propaganda. 
SEC. 901. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the 
Congress. 
SEC. 902. Appropriations contained in this Act, available for salaries 
and expenses, shall be available for services as authorized by section 
15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). 
eo stat. sio. 
SEC. 903. Appropriations contained in this Act available for salaries 
Library membei-
and expenses shall be available for payment in advance for dues or ^
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fees for library membership in organizations whose publications are 
available to members only or to members at a price lower than to the 
general public and for*payment in advance for i)ublications available 
only upon that basis or available at a reduced price on prepublication 
orders. 
SEC. 904. Appropriations contained in this Act available for salaries 
uniforms. 
and expenses snail be available for uniforms or allowances therefor 
as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 LT.S.C. 
2131). 
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SEC. 905. Appropriations contained in this Act available for salaries me'^tin^" '*^"''* ^* 
and expenses shall be available for expenses of attendance at meet- ""^^ "'^^* 
ings which are concerned with the functions or activities for which 
the appropriation is made or which will contribute to improved con-
duct, supervision, or management of those functions or activities. 
This Act may be cited as the "Departments of Labor, and Health, 
Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1961". 
Approved September 2, 1960. 
Short title.