An Act making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, offices, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and for other purposes
PL 90-550 (H.R.17023), enacted 10/04/1968

82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
937 
Public Law 90-550 
AN ACT 
October 4, 1968 
Making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, com- 
[H. R. 17023] 
missions, corporations, agencies, offices, and the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hmise of Rejyresentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
independent of-
•' . 
, 
„ 
"
^ 
• 
,1 
m 
l^ 
iices and Depart-
siims are appropriated, out of any money in the i reasury not other- ment o
f Housing 
A
\ ise appropriated, for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, ^"f vthan De-
.i i. 
i 
' 
. 
J 
• ^ 
«? 
1 ii 
T\ 
a
. 
J. 
J velopment Appro-
commissions, corporations, agencies, omces, and the JJepiartment 01 priation Act, i969. 
Housing and L rban Development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1969, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF T H E PRESIDENT 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Council, established by section 201 of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Act of 1958, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2471), including hire of ypstVt%^^'^' 
passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services, and services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $500,000. 
so stat. 4i6. 
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PLANNING 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Emergency Planning, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, reimbursement of 
the General Services Administration for security guard services, hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, and expenses of attendance of cooperating 
officials and individuals at meetings concerned with the work of emer-
gency planning, $4,850,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
For expenses necessary for the conduct of telecommunications func-
tions assigned to the Director of Telecommunications Management, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,675,000: Pro-
vided^ That not to exceed $500,000 of the foregoing amount shall re-
main available for telecommunications 
udies and research until 
expended. 
(iviL DEFENSE AND DEFENSE MOBILIZATION FUNCTIONS OF FEDERAL 
AGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to assist other Federal agencies to perform 
civil defense and defense mobilization functions, including payments 
by the Department of Labor to State employment security agencies 
for the full cost of administration of defense manpower mobilization 
activities, $3,100,000. 
938 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
80 Stat. 416. 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Science and Technology, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C 3109, $1,800,000. 
FUNDS 
APPROPRIATED TO 
THE PRESIDENT 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized by the 
Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, except 
40 use a'pp. 1- 
expenses authorized by section 105 of said Act, including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$173,600,000, to remain available until expended. 
DISASTER RELIEF 
79 Stat. 5; 
11 Stat. 257. 
64 Stat. 1109. 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act of 
September 30,1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1855-1855g) and section 9 
42 us^c /ss^s^ee. ^^ t^^® DlsasteT Relief Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-769), authorizing 
assistance to States and local governments in major disasters, $10,-
000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That not to 
exceed 3 per centum of the foregoing amount shall be available for 
administrative expenses. 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Cochairman and his alternate 
on the Appalachian Regional Commission and for payment of the 
Federal share of the administrative expenses of the Commission, in-
cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, $850,000. 
CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Civil Aeronautics Board, including 
hire of aircraft; hire of j)assenger motor vehicles; services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized 
^^so^stat^.^sos; 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); and not to exceed $1,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $9,350,000. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT 
AUTHORIZATION ) 
For payments to air carriers of so much of the compensation fixed 
and determined by the Civil Aeronautics Board under section 406 of 
72 Stat. 763. 
the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1376), as is payable by 
the Board, $45,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
939 
CIVIL SEKVICE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
80 Stat. 416. 
For necessary expenses, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; not to exceed $10,000 for medical examinations performed for 
veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; payment m advance for 
library membership in societies whose publications are available to 
members only or to members at a price lower than to the general 
public; not to exceed $161,000 for performing the duties imposed upon 
the Commission by chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code; and not 
5°u|*p*" "^o'': 
to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses; ^sog. 
$37,200,000, including funding of Interagency Boards of Examiners, 
together with not to exceed $6,460,000 for necessary expenses incurred 
during the current fiscal year in the administration of the retirement 
and insurance programs, to be transferred from the trust funds "Civil 
Service retirement and disability fund", "Employees life insurance 
fund'-, "Employees health benefits fund", and "Retired employees 
health benefits fund", in such amounts as may be determined by the 
Civil Service Commission, without regard to the provisions of any 
other Act, but this provision shall not affect the authority of 5 U.S.C. 
8348(a) and section 1(b) of Public Law 89-205 (79 Stat. 840), pro- 
si stat. 218. 
viding for additional administrative expenses to effect annuity adjust-
ments under 5 U.S.C. 8340, section 1 (c) of Public Law 89-205 (79 Stat, 
s 1 stat. 215. 
840) and section 1 of Public Law 89-314 (79 Stat. 1162) : Provided, 
That $700,000 of this appropriation shall be available to carry out the 
provisions of Executive Order 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended, 
22 use 287 
prescribing procedures for making available to the Secretary General 
of the United Nations, and the executive heads of other international 
organizations, certain information concerning LTnited States citizens 
employed, or being considered for employment by such organizations, 
including advances or reimbursements to the applicable appropriations 
or funds of the Civil Service Commission and the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation for expenses incurred by such agencies under said 
Executive Order: Provided further, That members of the Interna-
tional Organizations Employees Loyalty Board may be paid actual 
transportation expenses, and per diem in lieu of subsistence under 5 
L'.S.C. 5702, while traveling on official business away from their homes 
8° S'^'- 498. 
or regular places of business, including periods while en route to and 
from and at the place where their services are to be performed. 
No part of the appropriations herein made to the Civil Service Com-
mission shall be available for the salaries and expenses of the I^gal 
Examining Unit in the Examining and Personnel Utilization Division 
of the Commission, established pursuant to Executive Order 9358 of 
July 1, 1943. 
3CFR1943-
*' 
' 
1948 comp., 
ANNUITIES UNDER SPECIAL ACTS 
p. 256. 
For payment of annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 1944, as 
amended (48 U.S.C. 1373a), and the Act of August 19, 1950, as 
ss stat. 257 
amended (33 U.S.C. 771-775), $1,350,000. 
'°6rslat'°465 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES HEALTH 
BENEFITS 
81 Stat. 518, 
520. 
For payment of Government contributions with respect to retired 
employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, 
so stat. 599; 
and the Retired Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat, ^^^usc 89oi-
849), as amended, $40,748,000, to remain available until expended. 
8913. 
940 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND 
For financing the estimated cost of new and increased annuity bene-
fits, during the current fiscal year, as provided by part I I I of Public 
Law 87-793 (76 Stat. 868), $72,000,000, to be credited to the civil serv-
ice retirement and disability fund. 
COMMISSION ON EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL SALARIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Executive, Legislative, 
and Judicial Salaries, authorized by section 225 of the Postal Revenue 
2 use 351-361. 
and Federal Salary Act of 1967 (81 Stat. 642-645), $100,000. 
F E D E R A L COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in performing the duties of the Commission 
as authorized by law, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
gj8o^stat.^508; 
authoHzed by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); not to exceed $41,000 for 
land and structures; not to exceed $11,000 for improvement and care 
of grounds and repairs to buildings; not to exceed $500 for official 
reception and representation expenses; special counsel fees; services 
80 Stat. 416. 
a
^
g authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase of one passenger motor 
vehicle for replacement only, $19,750,000. 
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the work of the Commission, as author-
ized by law, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $500 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $15,100,000. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902), and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $16,000,000: 
Provided^ That no part of the foregoing approj)riation shall be ex-
pended upon any investigation hereafter provided by concurrent 
resolution of the Congress until funds are appropriated subsequently 
to the enactment of such resolution to finance the cost of such 
investigation. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of real property 
management and related activities as provided by law; rental of 
buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; 
moving Government agencies (including space adjustments) in con-
nection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of building space; 
acquisition by purchase or otherwise of real estate and interests 
therein; and contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing 
note. 
82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
941 
buildings and moving; $275,000,000: Provided^ That this appropria-
tion shall be available to provide such fencing, lighting, guard booths, 
and other facilities on private or other property not in Government 
ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable the United 
States Secret Service to perform its protective functions pursuant to 
title 18, U.S.C. 3056. 
REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to alter public 
buildings and to acquire additions to sites pursuant to the Public 
Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479) and to alter other Federally- _ 4o use ecu 
owned buildings and to acquire additions to sites thereof, including ""'" 
grounds, approaches and appurtenances, wharves and piers, together 
with the necessary dredging adjacent thereto; and care and safeguard-
ing of sites; preliminary planning of projects by contract or otherwise; 
maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; $80,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided^ That for the purposes of 
this appropriation, buildings constructed pursuant to the Public Build-
ings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (40 U.S.C. 356) and the Post Office 
^s stat. sis. 
Department Property Act of 1954 (39 U.S.C. 2104 et seq.), and build- 
74 stat. 590. 
ings under the control of another department or agency where altera-
tion of such buildings is required in connection with the moving of 
such other department or agency from buildings then, or thereafter to 
be, under the control of General Services Administration shall be con-
sidered to be public buildings. 
SITES AND EXPENSES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS PROJECTS 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary in connection with 
the construction of public buildings projects not otherwise provided 
for, as .specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropria-
tion Acts of 1959 and 1960, including preliminary planning of public 
^2 stat. loee; 
buildmgs projects by contract or otherwise, $10,995,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
PAYMENTS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS PURCHASE CONTACTS 
For payments of principal, interest, taxes, and any other obligations 
under contracts entered into pursuant to the Public Buildings Purchase 
Contract Act of 1954 (40 U.S.C. 356), $2,400,000. 
EXPENSES. LTNITED STATES COURT FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to provide 
directly or indirectly, additional space for the United States Courts 
incident to expansion of facilities (including rental of buildings in 
the District of Columbia and elsewhere and movng and space adjust-
ments), and furniture and furnishings, $750,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES, FEDERAL SUPPLY SERVICE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, necessary for supply distri-
bution, procurement, inspection, operation of the stores depot system 
(including contractual services incident to receiving, handling, and 
shipping warehouse items), and other supply management and related 
activities, as authorized by law, $72,500,000. 
73 Stat. 505 
942 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
OPERATING EXPENSES, NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses in connection with Federal records man-
agement and related activities, as provided by law, including reim-
bursement for security guard services, and contractual services inci-
dent to movement or disposal of records, $18,300,000. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS GRANTS 
For allocation to Federal agencies, and for grants to State and 
local agencies and nonprofit organizations and institutions, for the 
collecting, describing, preserving and compiling, and publishing of 
documentary sources significant to the history of the United States, 
$350,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATING EXPENSES, TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS 
SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of transportation, communications, and 
other public utilities management and related activities, as provided 
80 Stat. 416. 
by law, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,150,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL SERVICE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for carrying out 
the functions of the Administrator with respect to the utilization 
of excess property; the disposal of surplus property; the rehabilita-
tion of personal property; tlie appraisal of real and personal prop-
erty; the national stockpile established by the Strategic and Critical 
60 Stat. 596. 
Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98-98h); the supplemental 
stockpile established by section 104(b) of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 456, as amended 
7^usc 1704 
\,y 73 Stat. 607); the national industrial reserve established by the 
62 Stat. 1225. 
Xatloual Industrial Reserve Act of 1948 (50 IT.S.C. 451-462); in-
cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and reimbursement 
for security guard services, $28,500,000, to be derived from proceeds 
from transfers of excess property, disi)osa] of suri)lus property, and 
sales of stockpile materials: ProrJded. Tliat during the current fiscal 
year the General Services Administration is authorized to acquire 
leasehold interests in property, for periods not in excess of twenty 
years, for the storage, security, and maintenance of strategic, critical, 
and other materials in the national and supplemental stockpiles [)ro-
vided said leasehold interests are at nominal cost to the (lovernment: 
Provided further. That during the current fiscal year there shall be 
no limitation on the value of surplus strategic and critical materials 
which, in accordance with section 6 of the Strategic and Critical Ma-
terials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98e), may be transferred without 
reimbursement to the national stockpile: Provided 
further. 
That 
during the current fiscal year materials in the inventory maintained 
under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 IT.S.C. 
64 Stat. 798. 
A p p . 2061-2166), and excess materials in the national stockpile and 
the supplemental stockpile, the disposition of which is authorized by 
law, shall be available, without reimbursement, for transfer at fair 
market value to contractors as payment for expenses (including trans-
portation and other accessorial expenses) of acquisition of materials, 
or of refining, processing, or otherwise beneficiating materials, or of 
rotating materials, pursuant to section 3 of the Strategic and (^ritical 
Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98b), and of j)rocessing and 
refining materials pursuant to section 303(d) of the Defense Pro-
65 Stat. 134. 
ductiou Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. A p p . 2093(d)). 
note 
82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
943 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATOR 
For expenses of executive direction for activities under the control 
of the General Services Administration, $1,820,000: Provided^ That 
not to exceed $500 shall be available for reception and representation 
expenses. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE FACILITIES FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS 
For cariying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 (72 
Stat. 838), $267,000: Provided, That the Administrator of General 
^^us*c'io2'^noi 
Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as 
may be necessaiy to carry out the provisions of sections (a) and (e) 
of such Act. 
EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Presidential 
Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102, note), $900,000, to remain 
78 stat. 153 
available until June 30,1970. 
ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS FUND 
Funds available to General Services Administration for adminis-
trative operations, in support of program activities, shall be expended 
and accounted for, as a whole, through a single fund: Provided, That 
costs and obligations for such administrative operations for the respec-
tive program activities shall be accounted for in accordance with sys-
tems approved by the General Accounting OiRce: Provided 
further, 
That the total amount deposited into said account for the current fiscal 
year from funds made available to General Services Administration 
m this Act shall not exceed $13,700,000: Provided 
further, 
That 
amounts deposited into said account for administrative operations for 
each program shall not exceed the amounts included in the respective 
program appropriations for such purposes. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
The appropriate appropriation or fund available to the General 
Services Administration shall be credited with (1) cost of operation, 
protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as 
part of rentals received from Government corporations pursuant to 
law (40 U.S.C. 129); (2) reimbursements for services performed in 
61 stat. 584. 
respect to bonds and other obligations under the jurisdiction of the 
General Services Administration, issued by public authorities. States, 
or other public bodies, and such services m respect to such bonds or 
obligations as the Administrator deems necessary and in the public 
interest may, upon the request and at the expense of the issuing 
agencies, be provided from the appropriate foregoing appropriation; 
and (3) appropriations or fmids available to other agencies, and 
transferred to the General Services Administration, in connection 
with property transferred to the General Services Administration 
pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1948 (50 U.S.C. 451ff), and such 
62 stat. 1225. 
appropriations or funds may be so transferred, with the approval of no^te.^^^ '^^^ 
the Bureau of the Budget. 
Appropriations to the General Services Administration under the 
heading "Construction, Public Buildings Projects" shall be available, 
subject to the provisions of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 for (1) 
73 sta^-479. 
acquisition of buildings and sites thereof by purchase, condemnation, note. 
944 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
63 Stat. 377. 
40 use 471 
note. 
Transfers of 
funds. 
40 use 601 
note. 
40 use 490 
note. 
80 Stat. 416. 
or otherwise, including prepayment of purchase contracts, (2) exten-
sion or conversion of Government-owned buildings, and (3) construc-
tion of new buildings, in addition to those set forth under that 
appropriation: Provided., That nothing herein shall authorize an 
expenditure of funds for acquisition, extension or conversion, or con-
struction without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and House of Eepresentatives. 
Funds available to the General Services Administration shall be 
available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
No part of any money appropriated by this or any other Act for 
any agency of the executive branch of the Government shall be used 
during the current fiscal year for the purchase within the continental 
limits of the United States of any typewriting machines except in 
accordance with regulations issued pursuant to the provisions of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended. 
Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appropriation made available 
to the General Services Administration for the current fiscal year by 
this Act may be transferred to any other such appropriation, but no 
such appropriation shall be increased thereby more than 2 per centum: 
Provided. That such transfers shall apply only to operating expenses, 
and shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount of $2,000,000. 
Appropriations available to any department or agency during the 
current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including maintenance or 
operating expenses, shall also'be available for (a) reimbursement to 
the General Services Administration for those expenses of renovation 
and alteration of buildings and facilities which constitute public 
improvements, performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act 
of 1959 (73 Stat. 479) or other applicable law, and (b) transfer or 
reimbursement to applicable appropriations to said Administration 
for rents and related expenses, not otherwise provided for, of provid-
ing subject to Executive Order 11035, dated July 9, 1962, directly or 
indirectly, suitable general purpose space for any such department or 
agency, in the District of Columbia or elsewhere. 
No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for 
the payment of rental on lease agreements for the accommodation of 
Federal agencies in buildings and improvements which are to be 
erected by the lessor for such agencies at an estimated cost of construc-
tion in excess of $200,000 or for the payment of the salary of any per-
son who executes such a lease agreement: Provided^ That the foregoing 
proviso shall not be applicable to projects for which a prospectus for 
the lease construction of space has been submitted to the Congress and 
approval made in the same manner as for the public buildings construc-
tion projects pursuant to the Public Buildings Act of 1959. 
INTERSTATE COMMEECE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $23,846,000, of which 
$150,000 shall be available for valuation of pipelines: Provided, That 
Joint Board members and cooperating State commissioners may use 
Government transportation requests when traveling in connection with 
their duties as such. 
82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
945 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 
ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including 
research, development, operations, services, minor construction, sup-
plies, materials, equipment; maintenance, repair, and alteration of real 
and personal property; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and opera-
tion of other than administrative aircraft necessary for the conduct 
and support of aeronautical and .space research and development 
activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
$3,370,300,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION OF FAciLrriES 
For advance planning, design, and construction of facilities for the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for the acquisi-
tion or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law, 
$21,800,000, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operation of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, not otherwise provided for, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-
5902); minor construction; supplies, materials, services, and equip- so stat. sos; 
ment; awards; hire, maintenance and operation of administrative air- ^^ ^*^*' ^°^' 
craft; purchase (not to exceed ten for replacement only) and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; and maintenance, repair, and alteration of 
real and personal property; $603,173,000: Provided^ That contracts 
may be entered into under this appropriation for maintenance and 
operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during 
the next fiscal year. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation made available 
Transfer of 
to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration by this Act 
may be transferred to any other such appropriation. 
Not to exceed $35,000 of the appropriation "Administrative Opera- 
scientific con-
tions" in this Act for the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis- ^" ^ '°"^' 
tration shall be available for scientific consu'ltations or extraordinary 
expense, to be expended upon the approval or authority of the Admin-
istrator and his determination shall be final and conclusive. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875) 
64 stat. i49. 
Title I X of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 
1876-1879), the National Sea Grant Colleges and Program Act of 
72 stat. leoi. 
1966 (80 Stat. 998), and the Act to establish a National Medal of „„^j^ "^^ ^^'^^ 
Science (42 U.S.C. 1880-1881), including award of graduate fellow- ""ya'stat. 431. 
ships; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; miaintenance and opera- 
8° stat. 4le. 
tion of three aircraft and purchase of flight services for research 
946 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
support; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses; uniforms or allowances 
81*3^^206°*' 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia; and reimbursement of tlie 
General Services Administration for security guard services; $400,-
000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
foregoing amount not less than $37,600,000 shall be available for 
tuition, grants, and allowances in connection with a program of sup-
plementary training for secondary school science and mathematics 
teachers: Provided further, That receipts for scientific support serv-
ices and materials furnished by the National Research Centers may be 
credited to this appropriation: And provided 
further, 
That if an 
institution of higher education receiving funds hereunder determines 
after affording notice and opportunity for hearing to an individual 
attending, or employed by, such institution, that such individual has, 
after the date of enactment of this Act, willfully refused to obey a 
lawful regulation or order of such institution and that such refusal 
was of a serious nature and contributed to the disruption of the 
administration of such institution, then the institution shall deny 
any further payment to, or for the benefit of, such individual. 
EENEGOTIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Renegotiation Board, including hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $3,000,000. 
80 Stat. 416. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), and services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $17,830,000. 
SELECTIVE 
SERVICE 
SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the 
Selective Service System, as authorized by title I of the Military 
81 ^'s^^-3^°° 
Selective Service Act of 1967 (62 Stat. 604), as amended, including 
451 
^^^' 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; expenses of attendance at 
meetings and of training for uniformed personnel assigned to the 
80 Stat. 432. 
Selective Service System, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 2301-2318) 
4us and^notis. 
for civiUau employees; hire of motor vehicles; purchase of thirteen 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; not to exceed $71,000 
for the National Selective Service Appeal Board; and $60,000 for the 
National Advisory Committee on the Selection of Physicians, Dentists, 
and Allied Specialists; $63,568,000: Provided, That during the current 
fiscal year, the President may exempt this appropriation from the 
provisions of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, 
31 use 665. 
as amended, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the 
interest of national defense. 
82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
947 
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
For the payment of compensation, pensions, gratuities, and allow-
ances, including burial awards, burial flags, subsistence allowances 
for vocational rehabilitation, emergency and other officers' retirement 
pay, adjusted-service credits and certificates, as authorized by law; 
and for payment of amounts of compromises or settlements under 28 
U.S.C. 2677 of tort claims potentially subject to the offset provisions so stat. 307. 
of 38 U.S.C. 351, $4,654,336,000, to remain available until expended. 
72 Stat. 1124; 
6 Stat. 950. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or on 
behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 31 
(except section 1504), and 33-39), $612,000,000, to remain available 
72 stat. ii67; 
I •! 
T 
-I 
80 Stat. 12"28* 
until expended. 
38 use so 1, 
1501-1905. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, 
servicemen's indemnities, and service-disabled veterans insurance, to 
remain available until expended, $11,850,000, of which $2,500,000 shall 
be derived from the Veterans Special Term Insurance Fund. 
MEDICAL CARE 
For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of hos-
pitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for furnishing, as 
authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration including care and treat-
ment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Adminis-
tration, and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies and equipment; 
maintenance and operation of farms and burial grounds; repairing, 
altering, improving or providing facilities in the several hospitals and 
homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 
employees and purchase of materials; uniforms or allowance therefor 
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) ; and aid to State homes 
so stat. 508; 
as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 641) ; $1,420,264,000, i)lus reimburse- ^Vfslat^.^loo. 
ments: P7'ovided, That allotments and transfers may l)e made fnmi 
this appropriation to the Public Health Service of the Department of 
Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Army, Navy, and Air Force 
of the Department of Defense, for disbursements by them under the 
various headings of their applicable appropriations, of such amounts 
as are necessary for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the 
Veterans Administration. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for carrying out programs of medical and 
prosthetic research and development, as authorized by law, to remain 
available until expended, $46,850,000. 
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for administration of the medical, hospital, 
domiciliary, construction and supply, research, employee education and 
training activities, as authorized by law, and for carrying out the 
provisions of section 5055, title 38, United States Code, relating to so stat. 1375. 
948 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
pilot programs and grants for exchange of medical information, 
$14,200,000. 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by law; not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle 
(medium sedan for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration 
for security guard services; $195,000,000: Provided, That no part of 
this appropriation shall be used to pay in excess of twenty-two persons 
engaged in public relations work. 
CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITAL, AND DOMICILIARY FACILITIES 
For hospital and domiciliary facilities, for planning and for major 
alterations, improvements, and repairs and extending any of the 
facilities under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration or 
for anj^ of the purposes set forth in sections 5001, 5002, and 5004, title 
80^818^*1372^^' 
^^' United States Code, including necessary expenses of administra-
tion, $7,926,000, to remain available until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE NURSING HOMES 
For grants to assist the several States to construct State home facili-
ties for furnishing nursing home care to veterans, as authorized by law 
(38 U.S.C. 5031-5037), $4,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 
1971. 
GRANTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
78 Stat. 501. 
72 Stat. 1145; 
80 Stat. 859. 
For payment to the Republic of the Philippines of grants, as author-
ized by law (38 U.S.C. 631-634), $1,776,000. 
LOAN GUARANTY REVOLVING FUND 
During the current fiscal year, the Loan guaranty revolving fund 
shall be available for expenses, but not to exceed $450,000,000, for prop-
erty acquisitions and other loan guaranty and insurance operations 
8o^star'26^^°^' 
u^^®^ Chapter 37, title 38, United States Code, except administrative 
38 use 1801- 
expenses, as authorized by section 1824 of such title: Provided, That 
^ ^1^ s a 
*^® unobligated balances including retained earnings of the Direct loan 
tat. 533. 
revolving fund shall be available, during the current fiscal year, for 
transfer to the Loan guaranty revolving fund in such amounts as may 
be necessary to provide for the timely payment of obligations of such 
fund and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs shall not be required 
to pay interest on amounts so transferred after the time of such 
transfer. 
PAYMENT OF PARTICIPATION SALES INSUFFICIENCIES 
For the payment of such insufficiencies as may be required by the 
Federal National Mortgage Association, as trustee, on account of out-
standing beneficial interests or participations in Direct Loan Revolv-
ing Fund assets or Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund assets authorized 
by law to be issued pursuant to section 302(c) of the Federal Na-
8o^s^aT^i'64°°' 
^^oiisl Mortgage Association Charter Act, as amended, $9,505,000. 
1236. 
12 u s e 1717. 
82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
949 
ADMIXISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation for the current 
fiscal year for "Compensation and pensions", ''Readjustment bene-
fits", and "Veterans insurance and indemnities" may be transferred 
to any other of the mentioned appropriations, but not to exceed 10 
per centum of the appropriations so augmented. 
Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the 
current fiscal year for salaries and expenses shall be available for serv- 
^^ ^^^^ ^^, 
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
The appropriation available to the Veterans Administration for 
tlie current fiscal year for "Medical care" shall be available for fu-
neral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto (except burial 
awards authorized by 38 U.S.C. 902), for beneficiaries of the Veterans go^stat^ag^/'^' 
Administration receiving oare under such appropriations. 
Xo part of the appropriations in this Act for the Veterans Admin-
istration (except the appropriation for "Construction of hospital and 
domiciliary facilities") shall be available for the purchase of any site 
for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home. 
No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be available for hos-
pitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled 
under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimburse-
ment of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed 
by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
CIVIL DEFENSE 
--rcii ?-
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for carrying out 
civil defense activities, including the hire of motor vehicles; and 
financial contributions to the States for civil defense purposes, as 
authorized by law, $48,040,000, and in addition, $500,000 which shall 
be derived by transfer from Civil Defense Procurement Fund estab-
lished by the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2264) : Provided, That not to exceed $19,100,000 shall be avail- 
^^ ^'^*- ^^• 
able for allocation under section 205 of the Federal Civil Defense 
Act of 1950, as amended. 
78ltlt^23"^' 
RESEARCH, SHELTER SURVEY AND MARKING 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for studies and 
research to develop measures and plans for civil defense; and con-
tinuing shelter surveys, marking, stocking, and equipping surveyed 
spaces; $12,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
CIVIL DEFENSE 
Appropriations contained in this Act for carrying out civil defense 
activities shall not be available in excess of the limitations on appro-
priations contained in section 408 of the Federal Civil Defense Act, as 
amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2260). 
No part of any appropriation in this Act shall be available for the 
construction of warehouses or for the lease of warehouse space in any 
building which is to be constructed specifically for civil defense 
activities. 
50 u s e app. 
2286. 
64 Stat. 1257; 
72 Stat. 534. 
950 
PUBLIC L
A
W 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
TITLE II 
DEPAKTMENT 
OF 
HOUSING 
AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
R E N E W A L AND HOUSING 
ASSISTANCE 
HOUSING FOR T H E ELDERLY OR HANDICAPPED 
FUND 
73 Stat. 667; 
79 Stat. 457. 
42 u s e 3371. 
79 Stat. 491. 
For the revolving fund established pursuant to section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959, as amended (12 U.S.C. ITOlq et seq.), $25,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
ALASKA HOUSING 
For assistance in the provision of housing and related facilities for 
Alaska natives and other Alaska residents, as authorized by section 
1004 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act 
of 1966 (80Stat. 1284-1285),$1,000,000. 
GRANTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITIES 
For grants authorized by section 703 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3103), $35,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
LOW RENT PUBLIC HOUSING A N N U A L CONTRIBUTIONS 
For the payment of annual contributions to public housing agencies 
in accordance with section 10 of the United States Housing Act of 
5
0 Stat. 891. 
1937^ as amended (42 U.S.C. 1410), $350,000,000. 
URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAMS 
For grants for urban renewal, fiscal year 1970, as an additional 
amount for urban renewal programs, as authorized by title I of the 
6sltlT622-^' 
Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1450 et seq.) and section 
7
9 Stat! 4
5
7
^ 477. 314 of the Housiug Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1452a), 
^8 stat^^629; 
$750,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no 
part of any appropriation in this Act shall be used for administative 
expenses in connection with commitments for grants aggregating more 
than the total of amounts available in the current year from the 
amounts authorized for making such commitments through June 30, 
1968, plus the additional amounts appropriated therefor. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of programs of renewal and 
housing assistance, not otherwise provided for, $34,000,000. 
METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT 
URBAN P L A N N I N G 
GRANTS 
For an additional amount for "Urban planning grants", $43,838,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
78 Stat. 792. 
82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
951 
OPEN SPACE LAND PROGRAMS 
For grants as authorized by title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 1500-1500e), and the provision of technical 7/1^11^*49^^.^" 
assistance to St^ite and local public bodies (including the undertaking so stat. 1279. 
of studies and publication of information), $75,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That no part of any appropriation 
in this Act shall be used for administrative exj)enses in connection with 
commitments entered into during the current fiscal year for grants 
aggregating more than the total amounts available in the current year 
from amounts heretofore appropriated for making such commitments 
through June 30,1967, plus the additional amount appropriated herein: 
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation may be used for 
financing a grant in excess of 50 per centum of the cost of any activity 
or project. 
GRANTS FOR BASIC WATER AND SEWER 
FACILITIES 
For grants authorized by section 702 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3102), $165,000,000, to remain 
^9 stat. 490. 
available until expended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of programs of metropolitan 
development, not otherwise provided for, $7,000,000. 
DEMONSTRATIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS 
MODEL C I T I E S PROGRAMS 
For financial assistance and administrative expenses in connection 
with planning and carrying out comprehensive city demonstration 
programs, as authorized by title I of the Demonstration Cities and 
^letropolitan Development Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 1255-1261), including ^^^2 use 3301 -
$312,500,000 for grants for urban renewal projects within approved 
city demonstration programs, to be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation "Urban renewal programs'' for the fiscal year 1969 in 
accordance with and subject to the provisions of section 113 of said 
Act, $625,000,000: Provided, That the amount appropriated herein for so sta^ mo. 
other than urban renewal programs shall remain available until June 
30,1970. 
COMMUNITY DEVEU)PMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS 
For matching grants to States for training and related activities, 
and for expenses of providing technical assistance to State and local 
governmental or public bodies (including studies and publication of 
mformation), as authorized by title VIII of the Housing Act of 1964 
(20 U.S.C. 801-805), $3,000,000. 
78 stat. 802. 
FELLOWSHIPS FOR CITY PLANNING AND URBAN STUDIES 
For fellowships for city planning and urban studies as authorized 
by section 810 of the Housing Act of 1964 (20 U.S.C. 811), $5(X),000. ^^ ^'^t- i^''-
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of programs of demonstra-
tions and intergovernmental relations, not otherwise provided for, 
$1,400,000, together with not to exceed $6,000,000 to be derived from 
the appropriation for "Model cities programs": Provided, That no 
part of this or any other appropriation in this Act may be used to 
-600 O - 69 - 63 
952 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
80 Stat. 1262. 
42 u s e 3334. 
70 Stat. 1113; 
63 Stat. 431. 
42 use 3531 et 
seq., 3372, 3373. 
75 Stat. 165; 
79 Stat. 503. 
79 Stat. 451. 
12 use 1701! 
68 Stat. 623. 
provide metropolitan expediters, or for the administration or imple-
mentation of section 204 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropoli-
tan Development Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-754). 
URBAN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses of programs of research and studies relat-
ing to housing and urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as 
authorized by law (12 U.S.C. 1701d-3; ITOle; ITOlf; 79 Stat. 668; 
80 Stat. 1286-1287), $11,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $500,-
000 of the foregoing amount shall be available for administrative 
expenses. 
LOW INCOME HOUSING DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS 
For low income housing demonstration programs pursuant to sec-
tion 207 of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1436), 
$2,000,000: Provided, That no part of any appropriation in this Act 
shall be available for administrative expenses in connection with con-
tracts to make grants in excess of the amount herein appropriated. 
MORTGAGE CREDIT 
RENT S U P P L E M E N T PROGRAM 
For rent supplement payments authorized by section 101 of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, $12,000,000: Provided, 
That the limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum payments 
that may be rec[uired in any fiscal year by all contracts entered into 
under such section is increased by $30,000,000: Provided further, That 
no part of the foregoing appropriation or contract authority shall 
be used for incurring any obligation in connection with any dwelling 
unit or project which is not either part of a workable program for 
community improvement meeting the requirements of section 101(c) 
of the Housing Act of 1949^ as amended (42 U.S.C. 1451(c)), or 
which is without local official approval for participation in this 
program. 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Housing 
Administration in carrying out functions under section 101 of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, delegated by the 
Secretary, $1,350,000. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Secretary, not other-
wise provided for, in overall program planning and direction in the 
Department, including not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $6,000,000. 
REGIONAL M A N A G E M E N T AND SERVICES 
For necessary administrative expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of management and program coordination in the regional offices of 
the Department, $6,500,000. 
PAYMENT OP PARTICIPATION SALES INSUFFICIENCIES 
For the payment of such insufficiencies as may be required by the 
Federal National Mortgage Association, as trustee, on account of out-
standing beneficial interests or participations in assets of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development (including the Federal 
82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
953 
National Mortgage Association) authorized by law to be issued pur-
suant to section 302(c) of the Federal National Mortgage Association 
Charter Act, as amended, $47,638,000. 
8oltar\'64^°i 236 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
12 use 1717. 
SEC. 102. Where appropriations in this title are expendable for 
Travel ex-
travel expenses of employees and no specific limitation has been placed P^"^*^-
thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not exceed the 
amounts set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for the 
appropriations: Provided^ That this section shall not apply to travel 
performed by uncompensated officials of local boards and appeal 
boards of the Selective Service System; to travel performed in con-
nection with the investigation of aircraft accidents by the Civil Aero-
nautics Board; to travel performed directly in connection with care 
and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration; 
or to payments to interagency motor pool where separately set forth in 
the budget schedules. 
SEC. 103. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall Z°el^s°en\.eTin'^ 
be available to pay the .salary of any person filling a position, other Ai^ed Force""^ 
than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has left 
to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily 
completed his period of active military or naval service and has within 
ninety days after his release from such service or from hospitalization 
continuing after discharge for a period of not more than one year 
made application for restoration to his former position and has been 
certified by the Civil Service Commission as still qualified to perform 
the duties of his former position and has not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 104. No part of any appropriation made available by the pro- 
R^^i estate 
visions of this title shall be used for the purchase or sale of real estate r^^rictTon."^ ^^ ^' 
or for the purpose of establishing new offices outside the District of 
Columbia: Provided^ That this limitation shall not apply to programs 
which have been approved by the Congress and appropriations made 
therefor. 
TITLE 
III—COEPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies, respectively, are hereby 
authorized to make .such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and 
in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments with-
out regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be neces- 
^i stat. 584. 
sary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Budget for the cur- 
^^ "^^ ^''^ 
rent fi.scal year for each such corporation or agency, except as herein-
after provided: 
FEDERAL 
HOME 
LOAN 
BANK BOARD 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND NONADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, 
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK BOARD 
Not to exceed a total of $5,000,000 shall be available for administra-
tive expenses of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, which may 
procure services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and contracts for such 
^o stat. 4i6. 
services with one organization may be rencAved annually, and uni-
forms or allowances therefor in accordance with law (5 U.S.C. 5901-
5902), and said amount shall be derived from funds available to the gf sta\^*2o"*' 
Federal Home Loan Bank Board, including those in the Federal 
Home Loan Bank Board revolving fund and receipts of the Board 
for the current fiscal year and prior fiscal yearSj and the Board may 
954 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
utilize and may make payment for services and facilities of tlie Fed-
eral home-loan banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the Federal Savings 
and Loan Insurance Corporation, and other agencies of the Gov-
ernment (including payment for office space) : Provided., That all 
necessary expenses in connection with the conservatorship of institu-
tions insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corpora-
tion or activities relating to section 6(1) of the Federal Home Loan 
80 sfa!' ISs 
^^^.^ -^^*' section 5(d) of the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, or 
12 use 1426, 
section 407 or 408 of the National Housing Act and all necessary 
1464. 
expenses (including services performed on a contract or fee basis, 
73 stat^69\.^^' 
^^^ ^^^t iucludlug otlier personal services) in connection with the 
1
2 use 1730, 
handling, including the purchase, sale, and exchange, of securities on 
^"^^^^^ 
behalf of Federal home-loan banks, and the sale, issuance, and retire-
ment of, or payment of interest on, debentures or bonds, under the 
Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as amended, shall be considered as 
nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof: Provided 
fur-
ther., That members and alternates of the Federal Savings and Loan 
Advisory Council shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Board 
as approved by the Board for transportation expenses incurred in 
attendance at meetings of or concerned with the work of such Council 
and may be paid not to exceed $25 per diem in lieu of subsistence: 
Provided further., That expenses of any functions of supervision (ex-
cept of Federal home-loan banks) vested in or exercisable by the 
Board shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses: Provided 
further., That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses: Provided further^ That, notwith-
standing any other provisions of this Act, except for the limitation in 
amount hereinbefore specified, the administrative expenses and other 
obligations of the Board shall be incurred, allowed,, and paid in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the F'ederal Home Loan Bank Act 
of July 22, 1932, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1421-1449) : Provided 
fur-
ther., That the nonadministrative expenses (except those included in 
the first proviso hereof) for the supervision and examination of Fed-
eral and State chartered institutions (other than special examina-
tions determined by the Board to be necessary) shall not exceed 
$14,396,000. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTOATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL SAVINGS AND 
LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION 
Not to exceed $340,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, 
which shall be on an accrual basis and shall be exclusive of interest 
paid, depreciation, properly capitalized expenditures, exj>enses in con-
nection with liquidation of insured institutions or activities relating to 
section 407 or 408 of the National Housing Act, liquidation or handhng 
of assets of or derived from insured institutions, payment of insurance, 
and action for or toward the avoidance, termination, or minimizing of 
losses in the case of insured institutions, legal fees and expenses, and 
payments for expenses of the Federal Home Ijoan Bank Board deter-
mined by said Board to be properly allocable to said Corporation, and 
said Corporation may utilize and may make payments for services and 
facilities of the Federal home-loan banks, the Federal Eeserve banks, 
the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and other agencies of the Grov-
ernment: Provided., That, notwithstanding any other provisions of this 
Act, except for the limitation in amount hereinbefore specified, the 
administrative expenses and other obligations of said Corporation 
shall be incurred, allowed and paid in accordance with title IV of the 
48 Stat. 1255. 
^^^ ^f j ^ ^ c 27, 1934, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1724-1730b). 
82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
955 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
HOUSING 
AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, HOUSING FOR THE 
ELDERLY OR HANDICAPPED 
Not to exceed $1,272,000 of funds in the revolving fund established 
pursuant to section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended (12 
U.S.C. iTOlq et seq.), shall be available for administrative expenses. 
^^ stat. es?; 
79 Stat. 457. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, COLLEGE HOUSING LOANS 
Not to exceed $2,275,000 shall be available for all administrative 
expenses of carrying out the program of housing loans to educational 
institutions (12 U.S.C. 1749-1749d). 
64 stat. 77; 
^ 
' 
77 Stat. 437. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, PUBLIC FACILITY LOANS 
Not to exceed $1,227,000 of funds in the revolving fund established 
pursuant to title I I of the Housing Amendments of 1955, as amended, 
^^ ^*^*- ^'•2. 
shall be available for administrative expenses. 
149^"^^ ^*'^ 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, REVOLVING FUND 
(LIQUIDATING PROGRAMS) 
During the current fiscal year not to exceed $100,000 shall be avail-
able for administrative expenses, but this amount shall be exclusive 
of expenses necessary in the case of defaulted obligations to protect 
the interests of the Government. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIV'E AND NONADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
For administrative expenses in carrying out duties imposed by or 
pursuant to law, not to exceed $11,675,000 of the various funds of the 
Federal Housing Administration shall be available, in accordance with 
the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701) : Provided, 
"^^ stat. i246. 
That funds shall be available for contract actuarial services (not to 
exceed $1,500) : Provided further, That nonadministrative expenses 
classified by section 2 of Public Law 387, approved October 25, 1949, ^^ f ^'- ^°^-
shall not exceed $93,000,000. 
' ' ^"^ '''°^-
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL NATIONAL 
MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
Not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses, which shall be on accrual basis, and shall be exclusive of 
interest paid, expenses (including expenses for fiscal agency services 
performed on a contract or fee basis) in connection with the issuance 
and servicing of securities, depreciation, properly capitalized expendi-
tures, fees for servicing mortgages, expenses (including services per-
formed on a force account, contract or fee basis, but not including 
other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, protection, 
operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of real or per-
sonal property belonging to said Association or in which it has an 
interest, cost of salaries, wages, travel, and other expenses of persons 
employed outside of the continental United States, and all adminis-
trative expenses reimbursable from other Government agencies: 
Provided, 
That the distribution of administrative expenses to the 
accounts of the Association shall be made in accordance with generally 
recognized accounting principles and practices. 
956 
PUBLIC LAW 90-550-OCT. 4, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
50 Stat. 888. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, LOW RENT PUBLIC HOUSING 
Administrative expenses of carrying out the provisionsof the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1401-1433) shall be 
provided for from amounts appropriated therefor in this Act, except 
that necessary expenses of providing representatives at the sites of 
non-Federal projects in connection with the construction of such proj-
ects by public housing agencies with aid under the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937, as amended, shall be compensated by such agencies by 
the payment of fixed fees which in the aggregate will cover the costs of 
rendering such services, and expenditures tor such purpose shall be 
considered nonadministrative expenses, and funds received from such 
payments may be used only for the payment of necessaiiy expenses of 
providing such representatives. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Publicity or 
propaganda. 
Personnel work. 
Uniforms, etc. 
80 Stat. 508; 
81 Stat. 206. 
80 Stat. 416. 
Legal and bank-
ing services. 
64 Stat. 873. 
Research 
projects. 
Interdepart-
mental groups, 
expenses. 
SEC. 301. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or 
of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency 
included in this Act, shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the 
Congress. 
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of 
the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency 
included in this Act, shall be used to pay the compensation of any 
employee engaged in personnel work in excess of the number that 
would be provided by a ratio of one such employee to one hundred and 
thirty-five, or a part thereof, full-time, part-time, and intermittent 
employees of the corporation or agency concerned: Provided^ That 
for purposes of this section employees shall be considered as engaged 
in personnel work if they spend half-time or more in personnel admin-
istration consisting of direction and administration of the personnel 
program; employment, placement, and separation; job evaluation and 
classification; employee relations and services; wage administration; 
and processing, recording, and reporting. 
SEC. 303. Appropriations and funds available for the administrative 
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall 
be available in the current fiscal year for purchase of uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109. 
SEC. 304. Funds made available for the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development under title I I I of this Act shall be available, 
without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal 
services on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making pay-
ment for .services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Associa-
tion, Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal home-
loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-
1831). 
SEC. 305. None of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay 
any recipient of a grant for the conduct of a research project an 
amount equal to as much as the entire cost of such project. 
SEC. 306. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 307. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to finance 
interdepartmental boards, commissions, councils, committees, or simi-
lar groups under sec. 214 of the Independent Offices Appropriation 
82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-551-OCT. 4, 1968 
957 
Act, 1946 (31 U.S.C. 691) which do not have prior and specific Con- 59 stat. 134. 
gressional approval of such method of financial support, except that 
during the fiscal year 1969, appropriations of interested departments 
and agencies made in this and other appropriation Acts shall be avail-
able, in aggregate amounts not to exceed those listed herein, for contri-
butions toward expenses of the following committees: President's 
Council on Youth Opportunity, $357,000; Interagency Committee on 
Mexican-American Affairs, $485,000; U.S.—Mexico Commission for 
Border Development and Friendship, $300,000; National Council on 
Indian Opportunity, $100,000. 
SEC. 308. No part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be hibuertrcon'-°' 
used to pay the salary of any Federal employee who is convicted in victed rioters. 
any Federal, State, or local court of competent jurisdiction, of inciting, 
promoting, or carrying on a riot, or any group activity resulting in 
material damage to property or injury to persons, found to be in 
violation of Federal, State, or local laws designed to protect persons 
or property in the community concerned. 
This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices and Department 
^^"""t "*^*-
of Housing and Urban Development Appropriation Act, 1969". 
Approved October 4, 1968. 
Public Law 90-551 
AN A C T 
October 4, 1968 
To extend the provisions of the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development 
[5.386(3] 
Act of 1964. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and, House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 4(a) of 
commercial 
the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964 (16 search^and oe-
U.S.C. 779b (a)), is amended by changing the words "for the next fiscal veiopment Act o
f 
year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and for the ^^^s sr^^l'j?*'"*' 
four" to "for the fiscal year beginning Jul^ 1,1969, and for the three". 
SEC. 2. Section 4(c) of the Commercial Fisheries Research and 
Development Act of 1964 is amended by changing the words "for the 
fiscal year beginning aftfer the date of enactment of this Act," to "for 
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1969,". 
SEC. 3. Section 4(b) of the Commercial Fisheries Research and 
Development Act of 1964 is amended by changing the words "for the 
next fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
for the succeeding fiscal year, $400,000 in each such year, and for the 
next three succeeding fiscal years, $650,000 in each such year," to "for 
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1969, and for the three succeeding 
fiscal years, $650,000 in each such year,". 
SEC. 4. The provisions of this Act shall be effective July 1,1969. 
Effective date. 
Approved October 4, 1968.