An Act making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and the Judiciary and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes
PL 84-133 (H.R.5502), enacted 07/07/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 133-JULY 7, 1955 
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Public Law 133 
CHAPTER 279 
July 7, 1955 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 550 2] 
Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice, the Judiciary, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, ]9o6, and for other 
puiT)oses. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Ilou^e of Representatives 
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the Judiciary, and sunis are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
App^opriat'u)n"AcT, '^vise appropriated, for the Departments of State and Justice, the 
Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30,1956, 
namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
1956. 
60 Stat. 999. 
60 Stat. 713. 
40 Stat. 1270. 
60 Stat. 810. 
62 Stat. 825. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State not otherwise 
provided for, including the cost of transporting to and from a place 
of storage and the cost of storing the furniture and household and 
personal effects of an employee of the Foreign Service who is assigned 
to a post at which he is unable to use his furniture and effects, under 
such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe; expenses authorized 
by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U. S. C. 801-1158), 
not otherwise provided for; expenses of the National Commission on 
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Cooperation as authorized by 
sections 3, 5, and 6 of the Act of July 30,1946 (22 U. S. C. 287o, 287q, 
287r); expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with activities 
provided for under this appropriation; purchase (not to exceed four 
for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; printing 
and binding outside the continental United States without regard to 
section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. I l l ) ; services as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; 
purchase of uniforms; insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries when required by law of such countries; dues for library 
membership in organizations which issue publications to members 
only, or to members at a price lower than the others; rental of tie lines 
and teletype equipment; employment of aliens, by contract for services 
abroad; refund of fees erroneously charged and paid for passports; 
establishment, maintenance, and operation of passport and despatch 
agencies; ice and drinking water for use abroad; excise taxes on 
negotiable instruments abroad; radio communications; payment in 
advance for subscriptions to commercial information, telephone and 
similar services abroad; relief, protection, and burial of American 
seamen, and alien seamen from United States vessels in foreign 
countries and in the United States Territories and possessions; 
expenses incurred in acknowledging services of officers and crews of 
foreign vessels and aircraft in rescuing American seamen, airmen, or 
citizens from shipwreck or other catastrophe abroad; rent and expenses 
of maintaining in Egypt, Morocco, and Muscat, institutions for 
American convicts and persons declared insane by any consular court, 
and care and transportation of prisoners and persons declared insane; 
expenses, as authorized by law (18 U. S. C. 3192), of bringing to the 
L^nited States from foreign countries persons charged with crime; and 
procurement by contract or otherwise, of services, supplies, and facili-
ties, as follows: (1) translating, (2) analysis and tabulation of 
technical information, (3) preparation of special maps, globes, and 
geographic aids, (4) maintenance, improvement, and repair of 
diplomatic and consular properties in foreign countries, held under 
leaseholds of less than ten years and fuel and utilities for such proper-
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ties, and (5) rental or lease, for periods less than ten years, of offices, 
buildings, grounds, and living quarters for the use of the Foreign 
Service, for which payments may be made in advance • $66,760,000, 
of which not less than $8,000,000 shall, if possible, be used to purchase 
foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the 
United States: Provided, That pursuant to section 201 (c) of the Act 
of June 30, 1949 (40 U. S. C. 481 (c)), passenger motor vehicles in 
63 stat. 384. 
possession of the Foreign Service abroad may be exchanged or sold 
and the exchange allowances or proceeds of such sales shall be available 
without fiscal year limitation for replacement of an equal number of 
such vehicles and the cost, including the exchange allowance, of each 
such replacement shall not exceed $3,000 in the case of the chief of 
mission automobile at each diplomatic mission (except that fifteen such 
vehicles may be purchased at not to exceed $3,600 each) and $1,400 
in the case of all other such vehicles except station wagons: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available by this appropriation 
shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of the Metals and 
Minerals staff in the Office of Economic Affairs: Provided 
further. 
That hereafter the position of Budget Officer of the Department shall 
Budget officer. 
be in GS-18 in the General Schedule established by the Classification 
Act of 1949 so long as the position is held by the present incumbent. 
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REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES 
60 Stat. 1026. 
44 Stat. 403. 
For representation allowances as authorized by section 901 (3) of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U. S. C. 1131), $575,000. 
ACQUISITION OF BUILDINGS ABROAD 
For necessary expenses of carrying into effect the Foreign Service 
Buildings Act, 1926, as amended (22 U. S. C. 292-300), including 
personal services in the United States and abroad; salaries, expenses 
and allowances of personnel and dependents as authorized by the 
Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U. S. C. 801-1158); 
eo stat. 999. 
expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with activities provided 
for under this appropriation; and services as authorized by section 15 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $8,500,000, of which 
«» stat. sio. 
not less than $7,500,000 shall be used to purchase foreign currencies 
or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the United States, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, 
That not to exceed 
$900,000 may be used for administrative expenses during the current 
fiscal year. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPIX)MATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to meet un-
foreseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, 
to be expended pursuant to the requirement of section 291 of the 
Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 107), $1,000,000: Provided, That the 
Secretary of State may delegate to subordinate officials the authority 
vested in him by section 291 of the Revised Statutes pertaining to 
certification of expenditures. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet annual 
obligations of membership in international multilateral organizations, 
pursuant to treaties, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress, 
$28,115,905. 
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MISSIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses necessary for permanent representation to certain 
international organizations in which the United States participates 
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pursuant to treaties, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress, includ-
ing expenses authorized by the pertinent Acts and Conventions pro-
viding for such representation; attendance at meetings of societies 
or associations concerned with the work of the organizations; salaries, 
expenses, and allowances of personnel and dependents as authorized 
by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U. S. C. 801-
1158); hire oi passenger motor vehicles; printing and binding, without 
40 Stat. 1270. 
regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. I l l ) ; 
and purchase of uniforms for guards and chauffeurs; $1,075,000: 
Provided, That the provisions of section 8 of the United Nations 
22 use 287e. 
Participation Act of 1945, as amended, and regulations, thereunder, 
applicable to expenses incurred pursuant to that Act, may be appli-
cable to the obligation and expenditure of funds in connection with 
United States participation in the International Civil Aviation 
Organization. 
60 Stat. 999. 
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INTERNATIONAL CONTINGENCIES 
For necessary expenses of participation by the United States upon 
approval by the Secretary of State, in international activities which 
arise from time to time in the conduct of foreign affairs and for which 
specific appropriations have not been provided pursuant to treaties, 
conventions, or special Acts of Congress, including personal serv-
ices without regard to civil-service and classification laws; salaries, 
expenses and allowances of personnel and dependents as authorized 
60 Stat. 999. 
by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U. S. C. 801-
1158); employment of aliens; travel expenses without regard to the 
Standardized Government Travel Regulations and to the rates of 
per diem allowances in lieu of subsistence expenses under the Travel 
sulcfsas^tfote. 
Expense Act of 1949; travel expenses for persons serving without 
compensation in an advisory capacity while away from their homes 
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or regular places of business not in excess of those authorized for reg-
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ular officers and employees traveling under this appropriation; rent 
of quarters by contract or otherwise; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
contributions for the share of the United States in expenses of inter-
national organizations; and printing and binding without regard to 
40 Stat. 1270. 
gectiou 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. I l l ) ; $1,300,000, 
of which not to exceed a total of $100,000 may be expended for repre-
sentation allowances as authorized by section 901 (3) of the Act of 
60 Stat. 1026. 
August 13,1946 (22 U. S. C. 1131) and for entertainment. 
INI'ERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES 
AND MEXICO 
For expenses necessary to enable the United States to meet its obli-
stat.!^fi; 3°5siat^ gatious uuder the treaties of 1884, 1889, 1905, 1906, 1933, and 1944 
il^siat* ^hii^'^h 
between the United States and Mexico, and to comply with the other 
Stat. 1219. 
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laws applicable to the United States Section, International Boundary 
and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, including opera-
tion and maintenance of the Rio Grande rectification, canalization, 
flood control, bank protection, water supply, power, irrigation, bound-
ary fence or demarcation, and sanitation projects; detailed plan 
preparation and construction (including surveys and operation and 
maintenance and protection during construction); Rio Grande emer-
gency flood protection; expenditures for the purposes set forth in 
64 Stat. 846. 
scctions 101 through 104 of the Act of September 13,1950 (22 U. S. C. 
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277d-l-277d-4); purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement only; purchase of planographs and lithographs; and leasing 
of private property to remove therefrom sand, gravel, stone, and other 
materials, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, 
as amended (41 U. S. C. 5); as follows; 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses not otherwise ])rovided for, including 
examinations, preliminary surveys, and investigations, $435,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For operation and maintenance of projects or parts thereof, as 
enumerated above, including gaging stations, $1,200,000: Provided^ 
That expenditures for the Rio Grande bank protection project shall 
be subject to the provisions and conditions contained in the appro-
priation for said project as provided by the Act approved April 25, 
1945 (59 Stat. 89). 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to perform the obli-
gations of the United States pursuant to treaties between the United 
States and Great Britain, in respect to Canada, signed January 11, 
1909 (36 Stat. 2448) and February 24, 1925 (44 Stat. 2102), the 
treaty between the United States and Canada signed February 27, 
1950, including stenographic reporting services by contract; hire of 
^ UST 694. 
passenger motor vehicles; $285,000, to be disbursed under the direction 
of the Secretary of State, and to be available also for additional 
expenses of the American Sections, International Commissions, as 
hereinafter set forth: 
International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, the 
salary of one Commissioner on the part of the United States who shall 
serve at the pleasure of the President (the other Commissioners to 
serve in that capacity without compensation therefor) ; salaries of 
clerks and other employees appointed by the Commissioners on the 
part of the United States with the approval solely of the Secretary 
of State; travel expenses and compensation of witnesses in attending 
hearings of the Commission at such places in the United States and 
Canada as the Commission or the American Commissioners shall deter-
mine to be necessary; and special and technical investigations in 
connection with matters falling within the Commission's jurisdiction: 
Provided, That transfers of funds may be made to other agencies of 
the Government for the performance of work for which this appro-
priation is made. 
International Boundary Commission, United States, Alaska, and 
Canada, the completion of such remaining work as may be required 
under the award of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal and the existing 
treaties between the United States and Great Britain; commutation 
of subsistence to employees while on field duty, not to exceed $6 per 
day each (but not to exceed $3 per day each when a member of a field 
party and subsisting in camp) ; hire of freight and passenger motor 
vehicles from temporary field employees; and payment for timber 
necessarily cut in keeping the boundary line clear. 
62 Stat. 
53 Stat. 
60 Stat. 
63 Stat. 
64 Stat. 
60 Stat. 
60 Stat. 
6. 
1290, 
754. 
630. 
1081. 
999. 
810. 
31 u s e 529. 
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INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the 
United States to meet its obligations in connection with participation 
in international fisheries commissions pursuant to treaties or conven-
tions, and implementing Acts of Congress; $455,000: Provided, That 
the United States share of such expenses may be advanced to the 
respective commissions: Provided 
further, That this appropriation 
shall not be used to pay the expenses of attendance at official inter-
national conferences. 
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to enable the 
Department of State to carry out international educational exchange 
activities, as authorized by the United States Information and Educa-
tional Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U. S. C. 1431-1479), and the Act of 
August 9, 1939 (22 U. S. C. 501), and to administer the programs 
authorized by section 32 (b) (2) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, 
as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 1641 (b)), the Act of August 24, 1949 
(20 U. S. C. 222-224), and the Act of September 29,1950 (20 U. S. C. 
225), including salaries, expenses, and allowances of personnel and 
dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as 
amended (22 U. S. C. 801-1158); expenses of attendance at meetings 
concerned with activities provided for under this appropriation; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; entertainment within the IJnited States 
(not to exceed $1,000); services as authorized by section 15 of the 
Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); advance of funds notwith-
standing section 3648 of the Revised Statutes as amended; and actual 
expenses of preparing and transporting to their former homes the 
remains of persons, not United States Government employees, who 
may die away from their homes while participating in activities 
authorized under this appropriation; $18,000,000, of which not less 
than $8,000,000 shall be used to purchase foreign currencies or credits 
owed to or owned by the Treasury of the United States: Provided, 
That not to exceed $3,300,000 may be used for administrative expenses 
during the current fiscal year. 
GOVERNMENT IN OCCUPIED AREAS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet the 
responsibilities and obligations of the United States in Germany and 
Austria (including those arising under the supreme authority assumed 
by the United States on June 5, 1945, and under contractual arrange-
ments with the Federal Republic of Germany), under such regula-
tions as the Secretary of State may prescribe, including one deputy 
to the United States chief of mission in Germany at a salary of 
$17,500 and the United States Member of the Board for the Validation 
of German Bonds in the United States at a salary of $14,800; services 
60 Stat. 810. 
ag authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
55a), at rates not in excess of $50 per diem for individuals; payment 
of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of 
section 2672, as amended, of title 28 of the United States Code when 
such claims arise in foreign countries; expenses for translation and 
reproduction rights; acquisition, maintenance, operation, and distri-
bution of rehabilitation materials and equipment for Germany and 
Austria; medical and health assistance for the civilian population 
of Germany and Austria; expenses incident to maintaining discipline 
and order (including trial and punishment by courts established by 
or under authority of the President); purchase^ rental, operation, 
62 Stat. 983. 
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and maintenance of printing and binding machines, equipment, and 
devices abroad; hire of passenger motor vehicles; transportation to 
Germany or Austria of property donated for the purposes of this 
appropriation; unforeseen contingencies (not to exceed $150,000), to 
be accounted for pursuant to the provisions of section 291 of the 
Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 107) ; representation allowances (not 
to exceed $45,000) similar to those authorized by section 901 (8) of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U. S. C. 1131); $7,750,000: Pro-
vided^ That provisions of law, including current appropriation Acts, 
applicable to the Department of State shall be available for applica-
tion to expenditures made from this appropriation: Provided 
further^ 
That when section 601 of the Economy Act of 1932, as amended (31 
U. S. C. 686), is employed to carry out the purposes of this appro-
priation the requisitioned agency may utilize the authority contained 
in this appropriation : Provided, further^ That expenditures from this 
appropriation may be made outside the continental United States, 
when necessary to carry out its purposes, without regard to sections 
355 and 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended: Provided further^ That 
for the purposes of this appropriation appointments may be made to 
the Foreign Service Reserve without regard to the four-year limita-
tion contained in section 522 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946: 
Provided further^ That when the Department of the Army, under the 
authority of the Act of March 3, 1911, as amended (10 U. S. C. 1253), 
furnishes subsistence supplies to personnel of civilian agencies of the 
United States (Tovernment serving in Germany and Austria, payment 
therefor by such personnel shall be made at the same rate as is paid 
by civilian personnel of the Department of the Ai-my serving in 
Germany and Austria, respectively. 
RAMA ROAD, NICARAGUA 
For an additional amount for necessary exj)enses for the survey 
and construction of the Rama Road, Nicaragua, in accordance with 
the provisions of section 5 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952 
(66 Stat. 160), as supplemented by section 8 of the Federal-Aid 
Highway Act of 1954 (Public Law 350, approved May 6, 1954), 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That trans-
fer of funds may be made from this appropriation to the Depart-
ment of Commerce for the performance of work for which the appro-
priation is made. 
GENERAL PKOVISIOKS—DEPARTMENT OP STATE 
SEC. 102. Contracts entered into in foreign countries involving 
expenditures from any of the appropriations under this title shall 
not be subject to the provisions of section 3741 of the Revised Statutes 
(41U. S. C. 22). 
SEC. 103. The exchange of funds for payment of expenses in con-
nection with the operation of diplomatic and consular establishments 
abroad shall not be subject to the provisions of section 3651 of the 
Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 543). 
SEC. 104. Appropriations under this title available for expenses in 
connection with travel of personnel outside the continental United 
States, including travel of dependents and transj)ortation of personal 
effects, household goods, or automobiles of such j^ersonnel shall be 
available for such expenses Avhen any part of such travel or transi)or-
tation begins in the current fiscal year pursuant to travel orders issued 
in that year, notwithstanding the fact that such travel or transporta-
tion may not be completed during the current fiscal year. 
60 Stat. 1026. 
47 Stat. 417. 
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60 Stat. 1009. 
22 u s e 922. 
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supplies. 
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68 Stat. 74. 
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foreign countries. 
E x c h an g e 
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funds. 
Travel expenses. 
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Vehicles. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Security guard 
services. 
Per diem rotes. 
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Restrictions. 
UN membership. 
Communist China. 
Citation of tiUe. 
SEC. 105. NotAvithstanding the provisions of section 16a of the Act 
of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 78 (a)), Government-owned vehicles 
may be used in foreign countries for transportation of United States 
Government employees from their residence to the office and return 
when public transportation facilities are unsafe or are not available: 
Provided, That each Chief of Mission shall have prior authority from 
the Secretary of State to approve such transportation. 
SEC. 106. Appropriations under this title for "Salaries and ex-
penses", "International contingencies", and "Missions to inter-
national organizations" are available for reimbursement of the 
General Services Administration for security guard services for pro-
tection of confidential files. 
SEC. 107. The Secretary of State, with the approval of the Bureau 
of the Budget, shall prescribe the maximum rates (not to exceed $12 
per day) ot per diem in lieu of subsistence (or of similar allowances 
therefor) pay^able while away from their own countries to foreign 
participants m any exchange of persons program, or in any program 
of furnishing technical information and assistance, under the juris-
diction of any Government agency, and said rates may be fixed with-
out regard to any provision of law in limitation thereof. 
SEC. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall 
be used to pay the salary or expenses of any person assigned to or 
serving in any office of any of the several States of the United States 
or any political subdivision thereof. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds appropriated in this title shall be used 
(1) to pay the United States contribution to any international organi-
zation which engages in the direct or indirect promotion of the prin-
ciple or doctrine of one world government or one world citizenship; 
(2) for the promotion, direct or indirect, of the principle or doctrine 
of one world government or one world citizenship. 
SEC. 110. It is the sense of the Congress that the Communist Chinese 
Government should not be admitted to membership in the United 
Nations as the representative of China. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of State Appropriation 
Act. 1956". 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
Administrative 
Assistant Attorney 
General. 
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60 Stat. 809. 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES, GENERAL A D M I N I S T R A T I O N 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department 
of Justice and for examination of judicial offices, including purchase 
(one for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
miscellaneous and emergency expenses authorized or approved by the 
Attorney General or his Administrative Assistant; $2,570,000: Pro-
vided, That hereafter the compensation of the Administrative Assist-
ant Attorney General shall be $17,500 per annum so long as the 
position is held by the present incumbent. 
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SALARIES AND 
E X P E N S E S , GENERAL l^GAL ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Department 
of Justice not otherwise provided for, including miscellaneous and 
emergency expenses authorized or approved by the Attorney General 
or his Administrative Assistant; and advances of public moneys pur-
suant to law (31 U. S. C. 529); $9,300,000. 
69 STAT.] 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred 
laws, $3,100,000: Provided^ That none of this appropriation shall 
be expended for the establishment and maintenance of permanent 
regional offices of the Antitrust Division. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS AND MARSHALS 
For necessary expenses of the offices of United States attorneys and 
marshals and United States district attorneys in Alaska, including 
purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, 
including one bus at not to exceed $9,000; services in Alaska in collect-
ing evidence for the United States when specifically directed by the 
Attorney General; and firearms and ammunition; $17,240,000, of 
which not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for the employment of 
temporary deputy marshals in lieu of bailiffs at a rate not to exceed 
$10 per day: Provided, 
That of the amount herein appropriated 
$12,000 may be used for the emergency replacement of one prisoner-
carrying bus upon certificate of the Attorney General. 
SPECIAL TEMPORARY ATTORNEYS AND ASSISTANTS 
For compensation and expenses of special temporary attorneys and 
assistants to the Attorney General, and to the United States attorneys 
and other miscellaneous employees not otherwise provided for, 
employed by the Attorney General and with his approval by the 
United States attorneys, in special matters and cases without regard 
to civil-service and classification laws, $300,000: Provided, That the 
amount paid as compensation out of the funds herein appropriated 
to any person employed hereunder shall not exceed $15,000 per annum. 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For expenses, mileage, and per diems of witnesses and for per diems 
in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law, and not to exceed $175,000 
for such compensation and expenses of witnesses (including expert 
witnesses) or informants pursuant to section 1 of the Act of July 28, 
1950 (5 U. S. C. 341) and sections 4244-48 of title 18, United States 
64 stat. 380. 
Code; $1,350,000: Provided, That no part of the sum herein appro- 
^3 stat. 686. 
priated shall be used to pay any witness more than one attendance fee 
for any one calendar day. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, CLAIMS OF PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRX 
For administrative expenses necessary for payment of claims of 
persons of Japanese ancestry, pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1948 W s^*^ i^a^i. 
(50 U. S. C. 1981-1987), $200,000. 
i98i-i987. 
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the detection and prosecution of crimes 
against the United States; protection of the person of the President 
of the United States; acquisition, collection, classification and pres-
ervation of identification and other records and their exchange with 
the duly authorized officials of the Federal Government, of States, 
cities, and other institutions; and such other investigations regarding 
official matters under the control of the Department of Justice and 
the Department of State as may be directed by the Attorney General, 
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Director. 
Compensation. 
Limitation. 
including purchase (not to exceed three hundred for replacement 
only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase at not to exceed 
$10,000, for replacement only, of one armored motor vehicle; firearms 
and ammunition; not to exceed $10,000 for taxicab hire to be used 
exclusively for the purposes set forth in this paragraph; not to exceed 
$4,500 for expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations con-
cerned with the purposes of this appropriation; payment of rewards; 
and not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confi-
dential character, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney 
General, and to be accounted for solely on his certificate; $88,000,000: 
Provided^ That the compensation of the Director of the Bureau shall 
be $20,000 per annum so long as the position is held by the present 
incumbent. 
None of the funds appropriated for the Federal Bureau of Investi-
gation shall be used to pay the compensation of any civil-service 
employee. 
IMMIGRATION AKD NATURALIZATION SERVICE 
5 u s e 2131 note. 
Assistant c o m -
missioners. 
Aircraft. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the admin-
istration and enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, natu-
ralization, and alien registration, including advance of cash to aliens 
for meals and lodging while en route; payment of allowances (at a rate 
not in excess of $1 per day) to aliens, while held in custody under the 
immigration laws, for work performed; payment of rewards; uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 
1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1114); not to exceed $35,000 to meet unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended under the 
direction of the Attorney General and accounted for solely on his 
certificate; not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of attendance at 
meetings of organizations concerned with the purposes of this appro-
priation; purchase (not to exceed one hundred and seventy for 
replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase 
(not to exceed seven for replacement only) and maintenance and 
operation of aircraft; firearms and ammunition; refunds of head tax, 
maintenance bills, immigration fines, and other items properly return-
able, except deposits of aliens who become public charges and deposits 
to secure payment of fines and passage money; operation, maintenance, 
remodeling, and repair of buildings and the purchase of equipment 
incident thereto; reimbursement of the General Services Administra-
tion for security guard services for protection of confidential files and 
for rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; and maintenance, 
care, detention, surveillance, parole, and transportation of alien 
enemies and their wives and dependent children, including return of 
such persons to place of bona fide residence or to such other place as 
may be authorized by the Attorney General; $44,000,000: Provided^ 
That the compensation of the five assistant commissioners shall be at 
the rate of grade GS-16 so long as the positions are filled by the 
present incumbents: Provided 
further^ That of the amount herein 
appropriated not to exceed $50,000 may be used for the emergency 
replacement of aircraft upon certificate of the Attorney General. 
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FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, BUREAU OF PRISONS 
For expenses necessary for the administration, operation, and main-
tenance of Federal penal and correctional institutions, including 
supervision of United States prisoners in non-Federal institutions 
and their support in Alaska; not to exceed $13,500 for expenses of 
attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the purposes 
of this appropriation; purchase of not to exceed twenty-two (of which 
eighteen shall be for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; compilation of statistics relating to prisoners in Federal 
and non-Federal penal and correctional institutions; furnishing of 
insignia, uniforms, and other distinctive wearing apparel necessary 
for employees in the performance of their official duties; payment 
pursuant to law of claims of employees for loss, damage, or destruction 
of personal property (31 U. S. C. 238) ; firearms and ammunition; 
medals and other awards; payment of rewards; purchase and exchange 
of farm products and livestock; construction of buildings at prison 
camps; and acquisition of land as authorized by section 7 of the Act 
of July 28, 1950 (5 U. S. C. 341f) ; ^28,800,000: Provided, That there 
may be transferred to the Public Health Service such amounts as may 
be necessary, in the discretion of the Attorney General, for direct 
expenditure by that Service for medical relief for inmates of Federal 
penal and correctional institutions: Provided 
further. 
That the 
Attorney General hereafter is authorized, without regard to the Clas-
sification Act of 1949, to place three positions in grade GS-16 in the 
General Schedule established by the Classification Act of 1949: 
Provided further. That hereafter the compensation of the Director of 
the Bureau shall be $17,500 per annum so long as the position is held 
by the present incumbent. 
63 Stat. 167. 
64 Stat. 381. 
GS-16 positions. 
63 Stat. 963. 
5 u s e 1112. 
Director. 
Compensation. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings 
and facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, including 
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account, 
$875,000: Provided, 
That labor of United States prisoners may be 
used for work performed under this appropriation. 
SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES PRISONERS 
For support of United States prisoners in non-Federal institutions 
except in the Territory of Alaska, including necessary clothing and 
medical aid, and payment of rewards; $3,000,000. 
OFFICE OF ALIEN PROPERTY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
The Attorney General, or such officer as he may designate, is hereby 
authorized to pay out of any funds or other property or interest 
vested in him or transferred to him pursuant to or with respect to the 
Trading With the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917, as amended (50 
U. S. C. App.), necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the powers 
and duties conferred on the Attorney General pursuant to said Act: 
Provided, That not to exceed $2,800,000 shall be available in the cur-
rent fiscal year for th^ 
-neral administrative expenses of the Office 
of Alien Property, 11 
ing rent of private or Government-owned 
space in the District of uolumbia; and expenses of attendance at meet-
40 Stat. 411. 
50 u s e app. 1. 
54402 O - 55 - 1£ 
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Report t 
gressional 
mittees. 
o Con-
C o m-
Attomeys. 
License require-
ment. 
Reim bu r sem ent 
to U.S. 
A tt e n d a nee at 
meetings. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Citation of Utle. 
ings of organizations concerned with the purposes of this authoriza-
tion : Provided further^ That on or before November 1 of the current 
fiscal year, the Attorney General shall make a report to the Appro-
priations Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
giving detailed information on all administrative and nonadministra-
tive expenses incurred during the next preceding fiscal year in con-
nection with the activities of the Office of Alien Property: 
Provided 
further^ That of the total amount herein authorized the amount of 
$100,000 is to be transferred to the appropriation for "Salaries and 
expenses, general administration". Justice. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT or JUSTICE 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this title may be used 
to pay the compensation of any person hereafter employed as an 
attorney (except foreign counsel employed in special cases) unless 
such person shall be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an 
attorney under the laws of a State, Territory, or the District of 
Columbia. 
SEC. 203. Sixty per centum of the expenditures for the offices of the 
United States attorney and the United States marshal for the District 
of Columbia from all appropriations in this title shall be reimbursed 
to the United States from any funds in the Treasury of the United 
States to the credit of the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 204. Appropriations and authorizations made in this title which 
are available for expenses of attendance at meetings shall be expended 
for such purposes in accordance with regulations prescribed oy the 
Attorney General. 
SEC. 205. Appropriations and authorizations made in this title 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). 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Justice Appropriation 
Act, 1956". 
TITLE III—THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES 
For the Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices, and all other 
officers and employees, whose compensation shall be fixed by the Court, 
except as otherwise provided by law, and who may be employed and 
assigned by the Chief Justice to any office or work of the Court, 
$1,022,400. 
PRINTING AND BINDING SUPREME COURT REPORTS 
For printing and binding the advance opinions, preliminary prints, 
and bound reports of the Court, $91,200. 
3IISCELLANE0US EXPENSES 
For miscellaneous expenses to be expended as the Chief Justice may 
approve, $49,950. 
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275 
CARE OF THE BUIUJINGS AND GROUNDS 
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the Architect 
of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon him by the Act 
approved May 7,1934 (40 U. S. C. 13a-13b), including improvements, 
^s stat. 668. 
maintenance, repairs, equipment, supplies, materials, and appurte-
nances; special clothing for workmen; and personal and other services 
(including temporary labor without reference to the Classification and 
Retirement Acts, as amended), and for snow removal by hire of men 
and equipment or under contract without compliance with section 
3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (41 U. S. C. 5); $367,400. 
AUTOMOBILE FOR THE CHIEF JUSTICE 
For purchase, exchange, lease, driving, maintenance, and operation 
of an automobile for the Chief Justice of the United States, $5,835. 
PREPARATION OF RULES FOR CIVIL PROCEDURE 
The amount made available under this head in the Judiciary 
Appropriation Act, 1955, shall remain available until June 30, 1956. 
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COURT OF CUSTOMS AND PATENT APPEALS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of the chief judge, four associate judges, and all 
other officers and employees of the court, and necessary expenses of 
the court, including exchange of books, and traveling expenses, as may 
be approved by the chief judge, $235,755. 
CUSTOMS COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of the chief judge, eight judges, and all other officers 
and employees of the court, and necessary expenses of the court, 
including exchange of books, and traveling expenses, as may be 
approved by the chief judge, $598,270: Provided, 
That traveling 
expenses of judges of the Customs Court shall be paid upon the 
written certificate of the judge. 
COURT or CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of the chief judge, four associate judges, seven regular 
and six additional commissioners, and all other officers and employees 
of the Court, and for other necessary expenses, including stenographic 
and other fees and charges necessary in the taking of testimony, and 
travel, $622,700. 
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary repairs and improvements to the Court of Claims 
buildings, to be expended under the supervision of the Architect of 
the Capitol, $12,000. 
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COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER JUDICIAL SERVICES 
SALARIES OF JUDGES 
For salaries of circuit judges; district judges (including judges of 
the district courts of Alaska, the Virgin Islands, the Panama Canal 
Zone, and Guam); justices and judges of the Supreme Court and 
circuit courts of the Territory of Hawaii; justices and judges retired 
or resigned under title 28, United States Code, sections 371, 372, and 
62 Stat. 903. 
373. and annuities of widows of justices of the Supreme Court of the 
United States in accordance with title 28, United States Code, section 
375; $5,728,000. 
SALARIES OF SUPPORTING PERSONNEL 
For salaries of all officials and employees of the Federal Judiciary, 
not otherwise specifically provided for, $14,000,000: Provided^ That 
the compensation of secretaries and law clerks of circuit and district 
judges shall be fixed by the Director of the Administrative Office 
without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, except 
that the salary of a secretary shall conform with that of the General 
Ante, p. 172. 
Schedule grades (GS) 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8, as the appointing judge shall 
determine, and the salary of a law clerk shall conform with that of the 
General Schedule grades (GS) 5, 7, 9, 11, or 12, as the appointing 
judge shall determine, subject to review by the judicial council of the 
circuit if requested by the Director, such determination by the judge 
otherwise to be final: Provided 
further^ That (exclusive of step-
increases corresponding with those provided for by title VII of the 
s uicfi*i2i-i"i25. Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and of compensation paid for 
temporary assistance needed because of an emergency) the aggregate 
salaries paid to secretaries and law clerks appointed by one judge shall 
not exceed $10,560 per annum, except in the case of the chief judge 
of each circuit and the chief judge of each district court having five 
or more district judges, in which case the aggregate salaries shall not 
exceed $14,355 per annum. 
FEES o r JURORS AND COMMISSIONFJIS 
For fees, expenses, and costs of jurors (including meals and lodging 
for jurors in Alaska, as provided by section 193, title II, of the Act 
of June 6, 1900, 31 Stat. 362); compensation of jury commissioners; 
and fees of United States commissioners and other committing magis-
trates acting under title 18, United States Code, section 3041; 
$4,500,000. 
TRAVEL AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 
For necessary travel and miscellaneous expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, incurred by the Judiciary, including the purchase of 
firearms and ammunition, the cost of contract statistical services for 
the office of Register of Wills of the District of Columbia and not to 
exceed $1,000 for the payment of fees to attorneys appointed in accord-
ance with the Act of June 8,1938 (52 Stat. 625), not exceeding $25 in 
any one case, $2,276,750: Provided^ That this sum shall be available, 
in an amount not to exceed $8,500 for expenses of attendance at meet-
ings concerned with the work of Federal Probation when incurred on 
the written authorization of the Director of the Administrative Office 
of the United States Courts, 
62 Stat. 81S. 
D. C. C o d e 21-
308. 
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277 
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF T H E UNITED STATES COURTS 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts, including travel, advertising, and rent in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere, $606,250. 
SALARIES o r REFEREES 
For salaries of referees as authorized by the Act of June 28, 1946, 
as amended (11 U. S. C. 68), not to exceed $1,151,400, to be derived 
from the referees' salary fund established in pursuance of said Act. 
60 SUt. 326. 
EXPENSES OF REFEREES 
For miscellaneous expenses of referees. United States courts, 
including the salaries of their clerical assistants, travel, purchase of 
envelopes without regard to the Act of June 26, 1906 (34 Stat. 476), 
not to exceed $1,650,500, to be derived from the referees' expense fund 
established in pursuance of the Act of June 28, 1946, as amended 
(11 U.S.C.68(c) (4)). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 
39 u s e 355. 
60 Stat. 327. 
Reimbur aement 
to U. S. 
SEC. 302. Sixty per centum of the expenditures for the District 
Court of the United States for the District of Columbia from all 
appropriations under this title and 30 per centum of the expenditures 
for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 
from all appropriations under this title shall be reimbursed to the 
United States from any funds in the Treasury to the credit of the 
District of Columbia. 
SEC. 303. The reports of the United States Court of Appeals for Appeais.^^repwtsf 
the District of Columbia shall not be sold for a price exceeding that 
approved by the court and for not more than $6.50 per volume. 
This title may be cited as the "Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1956". 
citation of tiue. 
TITLE IV—UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to enable the United States Information 
Agency, as authorized by Reorganization Plan Numbered 8 of 1953, 
f'lfs^c lali-is 
and the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, note-
as amended (22 U. S. C. 1431 et seq.), to carry out international 
62 stat. 6. 
information activities, including employment, without regard to 
the civil-service and classification laws, of (1) persons on a tenipo-
rary basis (not to exceed $120,000), (2) aliens within the United 
States, and (3) aliens abroad for service in the United States 
relating to the translation or narration of colloquial speech in 
foreign languages (such aliens to be investigated for such employ-
ment in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary 
of State and the Attorney General) ; travel expenses of aliens em-
ployed abroad for service in the United States to and from the United 
States; salaries, expenses, and allowances of personnel and dependents 
as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 
U. S. C. 801-1158); expenses of attendance at meetings concerned 
with activities provided for under this appropriation (not to exceed 
$6,000); entertainment within the United States (not to exceed 
$1,000); hire of passenger motor vehicles; insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries when required by the law of such coun-
tries ; purchase of space in publications abroad, without regard to the 
60 Stat. 999. 
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[69 STAT. 
20 Stat. 216. 
60 SUt. 810. 
62 Stat. 983. 
31 u s e 529. 
63 Stat. 166. 
5 u s e 835 note. 
Information 
e s -
t a b l i s h m e n t s 
abroad. 
E
rovisions of law set forth in 44 IT. S. C. 322; services as authorized 
y section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 tJ. S. C. 55a); payment 
of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of 
section 2672, as amended, of title 28 of the United States Code when 
such claims arise in foreign countries; advance of funds notwith-
standing section 3648 of the Revised Statutes as amended; purchase 
of caps for personnel employed abroad; dues for library mem-
bership in organizations which issue publications to members only, 
or to members at a price lower than to others; employment of aliens, 
bv contract, for service abroad; purchase of ice and drinking water 
abroad; payment of excise taxes on negotiable instruments abroad; 
loss by exchange; cost of transporting to and from a place of storage 
and the cost of storing the furniture and household and personal effects 
of an employee of the Foreign Service who is assigned to a post at 
which he is unable to use his furniture and effects, under such regu-
lations as the Director may prescribe; actual expenses of preparing 
and transporting to their former homes the remains of persons, not 
United States Government employees, who may die away from their 
homes while participating in activities authorized under this appro-
priation; radio activities and acquisition and production of motion 
pictures and visual materials and purchase or rental of technical 
equipment and facilities therefor, narration, script-writing, transla-
tion, and engineering services, by contract or otherwise; maintenance, 
improvement, and repair of properties used for information activities 
in foreign countries; fuel and utilities for Government-owned or 
leased property abroad; rental or lease for periods not exceeding five 
years of offices, buildings, grounds, and living quarters for officers 
and employees engaged in informational activities abroad; travel 
expenses for employees attending official international conferences, 
without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations 
and to the rates of per diem allowances in lieu of subsistence expenses 
under the Travel Expense Act of 1949, but at rates not in excess of 
comparable allowances approved for such conferences by the Secretary 
of State; and purchase of objects for presentation to foreign govern-
ments, schools, or organizations; $85,000,000, of which not less than 
$8,000,000 shall be used to purchase foreign currencies or credits owed 
to or owned by the Treasury of the United States and of which appro-
priation not less than $200,000 shall be available for contracts with one 
or more private international broadcasting licensees for the purpose 
of developing and broadcasting under private auspices, but under the 
general supervision of the United States Information Agency, radio 
programs to Latin America, Western Europe, Africa, as well as other 
areas of the free world, which programs shall be designed to cultivate 
friendship with the peoples of the countries in those areas, and to 
build improved international understanding: Provided^ That not to 
exceed $50,000 may be used for representation abroad: Provided 
fur-
ther^ That this appropriation shall be available for expenses in connec-
tion with travel of personnel outside the continental United States, 
including travel of dependents and transportation of personal effects, 
household goods, or automobiles of such personnel, when any part of 
such travel or transportation begins in the current fiscal year pursuant 
to travel orders issued in that year, notwithstanding the fact that such 
travel or transportation may not be completed during the current 
year: Provided further^ That funds may be exchanged for payment of 
expenses in connection with the operation of information establish-
ments abroad without regard to the provisions of section 3651 of 
the Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 543) : Provided further, That passen-
ger motor vehicles used abroad exclusively for the purposes of this 
appropriation may be exchanged or sold, pursuant to section 201 (c) 
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279 
of the Act of June 30, 1949 (40 U. S. C. 481 (c)), and the exchange 
e^ stat. 384. 
allowances or proceeds of such sales shall be available for replacement 
of an equal number of such vehicles and the cost, including the 
exchange allowance of each such replacement, except buses and station 
wagons, shall not exceed $1,400: Provided 
further^ That, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended (31 U. S. C. 665), the United States Information Agency 
is authorized in making contracts for the use of international short-
wave radio stations and facilities, to agree on behalf of the United 
States to indemnify the owners and operators of said radio stations 
and facilities from such funds as may be hereafter appropriated for 
the purpose against loss or damage on account of injury to persons 
or property arising from such use of said radio stations and facilities: 
Provided further^ That existing appointments and assignments to the 
Foreign Service Reserve for the purposes of foreign information and 
educational activities which expire during the current fiscal year may 
be extended for a period of one year in addition to the period of 
appointment or assignment otherwise authorized: Provided 
further^ 
That funds appropriated herein shall be available for payment to 
private organizations abroad in pursuance of contracts entered into 
for the processing and distribution of motion-picture films. 
TITLE V—FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO T H E PRESIDENT 
REFUGEE RELIEF 
For expenses necessary to enable the President, by transfer to such 
officer or agency of the Government as may be appropriate, to carry 
out the provisions of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953 (Public Law 
203, approved August 7, 1953), including services as authorized by 
5ous^*app?i97i 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not 
in excess of $50 per diem for individuals; printing and binding out-
side the continental United States without regard to section 11 of 
the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. I l l ) ; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the pur-
pose of this appropriation; not to exceed $89,000 for expenses of a 
confidential nature, to be accounted for solely on the certificate of 
the officer to whom funds are transferred by the President from this 
appropriation; and of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be for 
capital for the making of loans; $15,000,000: Provided^ That funds 
appropriated herein shall be available in accordance with authority 
granted hereunder or under authority governing the activities of the 
Government agencies to which such funds are allocated. 
TITLE VI—FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, 
INCORPORATED 
The following corporation is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to such corporation, and in accord with the law, and to 
make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government (Corpora-
tion Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out 
%\ use'U9'. 
the programs set forth in the Budget for the fiscal year 1956 for sucli 
corporation, except as hereinafter provided: 
note. 
60 Stat. 810. 
40 Stat. 1270. 
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Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated: Not to exceed $377,000 
of the funds of the Corporation shall be available for its administra-
tive expenses, and not to exceed $473,000 for the expenses of vocational 
training of prisoners, both amounts to be computed on an accrual 
basis and to be determined in accordance with the Corporation's 
prescribed accounting system in effect on July 1, 1946, and shall be 
exclusive of depreciation, payment of claims, expenditures which the 
said accounting system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 
of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and shipping 
expenses, and expenses in connection with acc^uisition, construction, 
operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of 
facilities and other property belonging to the Corporation or in 
wliich it has an interest. 
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
strikes or over-
t h r o w of Govern-
ment. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
I\iblicity or prop-
aganda. 
International Ma-
terials Conference. 
Short title. 
SEC. 701. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of 
tlie funds available for expenditure by any corporation included in 
this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who 
engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or 
who is a member of an organization of Government employees that 
asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United 
States, or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advo-
cates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force 
or violence: Provided^ That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall 
be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit 
lias not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike 
against the Government of the United States, is not a member of an 
organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike 
against the Government of the United States, or that such person does 
not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, 
the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or 
violence: Provided further^ That any person who engages in a strike 
against the Government of the United States or who is a member 
of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to 
strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, 
or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow 
of the Government of the United States by force or violence and 
accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any 
appropriation or fund contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony 
and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned 
for not more than one year, or both: Provided further^ That the above 
l)enalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any 
other provisions of existing law. 
SEC. 702. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not heretofore authorized 
by the Congress. 
SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used to pay any expenses incident to or in connection with partici-
pation in the International ]\Laterials Conference. 
This Act may be cited as the "Departments of State and Justice, the 
Judiciary, and related agencies Appropriation Act, 1956". 
Approved Jiily 7, 1955.