An Act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.
PL 84-855 (H.R.12350), enacted 07/31/1956

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Nothing contained in this subsection shall require the resubmission 
of any information required under paragraphs (2) and (3) of this 
subsection which has been reported pursuant to this subsection and 
which remains unchanged. 
(b) In any instance in which the Commission, officer, or other 
appropriate authority so required to submit such report may find full 
public disclosure of any or all of the above-specified items to be detri-
mental to the national security, such Commission, officer, or authority 
is authorized— 
(1) to omit in such annual report those items with respect to 
which full public disclosure is found to be detrimental to the 
national security, 
(2) to inform the Congress of such omission, and 
(3) at the request of any congressional committee to which 
such report is referred, to present all information concerning 
such items. 
Approved July 31, 1956, '5:10 p. m. 
Public Law 855 
CHAPTER 805 
AN ACT 
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, 
IH. R. 12350] 
and for other purposes. 
July 31, 1956 
Be it enacted ty the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following m|ntai° Apift'opnl^ 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- "<>" Act, 1957. 
wise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations (this Act 
may be cited as the "Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957") 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1957, and for other purposes, namely: 
CHAPTEK I 
DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FARMERS' HOME ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $1,000,000: 
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available only upon enact-
ment into law of H. R. 11544, Eighty-fourth Congress, or similar 
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legislation amending the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as 
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amended. 
OFFICE or THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Office of the General Counsel", 
$45,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available only 
upon enactment into law of H. R. 11544, Eighty-fourth Congress, or 
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similar legislation amending the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, ^°TilV?*'inn«?* 
as amended. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON INCREASED INDUSTRIAL USE O F 
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
For expenses necessary for the Commission on Increased Industrial 
Use of Agricultural Products, established by section 209 of the Act 
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of May 28, 1956 (70 Stat. 201), including services as authorized by 
60 Stat. 810. 
the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), and expenses of attendance 
at meetings, $150,000. 
CHAPTER II 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION 
Operation and regulation: For an additional amount for "Opera-
tion and regulation," $10,000,000; and the limitation under this head 
in the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriation 
Ante, p. 315. 
^g^, 1957, ou the amount available for hire of aircraft is increased 
from "$370,000" to "$570,000". 
Establishment of air navigation facilities: For an additional 
amount for "Establishment of air navigation facilities" $35,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
MARITIME ACTIVITIES 
Ship construction: For an additional amount for "Ship construc-
tion" for design, construction, outfitting, and preparation for opera-
tion of a nuclear-powered merchant ship, $18,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided^ That the limitation under this head 
in the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriation 
Ante, p. 317. 
^^^^ 1957, ou the amount which may be transferred to "Salaries and 
expenses," for administrative and warehouse expenses for the current 
fiscal year, is increased from "$1,115,000" to "$1,215,000": Provided 
further^ That this paragraph shall be effective only upon enactment 
Ante, p. 731. 
jnto k w of H. R. 6243, Eighty-fourth Congress. 
BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS 
REIMBURSEMENT TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For reimbursement to the Highway Fund, District of Columbia, for 
part cost of construction of highway-railroad grade separation under-
pass at a point in the southeast section of the District of Columbia in 
the vicinity of East Capitol Street, $200,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
Federal-aid highways (Trust Fund): For carrying out the pro-
23 ^*c la^note. visious of the Federal-Aid Road Act of July 11, 1916, as amended 
and supplemented, which are attributable to Federal-aid highways, 
to remain available until expended, not more than $800,000,000, to 
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund; which sum is composed 
of $186,500,000, the balance of the amount authorized to be appro-
priated for the fiscal year 1955, $610,500,000, a part of the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1956, and $30,401, 
$14,097, $1,034,766, and 
$985,204, the latter 
sums being 
for 
reimbursement of the sums expended for the repair or reconstruction 
of highways and bridges which have been damaged or destroyed by 
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floods, 
liurricaues, or landslides, as provided by Section 4 of the Act 
64 Stat! 789! 
approved June 8, 1938, section 7 of the Act approved July 13, 1943, 
and Section 9 of the Act approved September 7, 1950, as amended 
(23 U. S. C. 13a, and 13b), and section 7 of the Act approved June 
66 Stat. 161. 
25, 1952, and $935,532 for reimbursement of the sums expended for 
the design and construction of highway bridges upon and across 
23 use 64-69. 
^ams in accordance with the Act of July 29, 1946 (60 Stat. 709): 
Provided^ That at such time, but no later than June 30, 1957, as the 
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Secretary of the Treasury, after consulting with the Secretary of 
Commerce, determines that the amounts available and estimated to 
become available in the Highway Trust Fund during the fiscal year 
1957 are sufficient for carrying out, on a current basis, the provisions 
of the Federal-Aid Koad Act of July 11,1916, as amended and supple- 
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mented, this appropriation shall reimburse the appropriations for 
"Federal-aid highways" for all expenditures subsequent to June 
30, 1956. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
Reduction in appropriations: The appropriation granted under 
this head in the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies 
Appropriation Act, 1957, and the unexpended balances as of June 
^"**' P' ^^^' 
30, 1956, of appropriations granted under this head for prior fiscal 
years are rescinded effective June 30, 1957, or such earlier date as 
all expenditures from such appropriations made after June 30, 1956, 
have been reimbursed by appropriations from the highway trust 
fund: Provided, That the sums rescinded shall revert to the general 
fund. 
CHAPTER I I I 
FOREIGN OPERATIONS 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF WASHINGTON 
Not to exceed $2,500 of the funds previously made available for 
Administrative Expenses of the Bank shall be available for the pur-
chase of one motor vehicle for replacement only. 
CHAPTER IV 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE SPACE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the President's Advisory Commission on 
Presidential Office Space, $20,000: Provided, That this paragraph 
shall be effective only upon enactment into law of S. 4228, 84th Con-
gress, or similar legislation. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
Operating expenses, Public Buildings Service: For an additional 
amount 
for 
"Operating 
expenses, Public 
Buildings 
Service", 
$2,500,000. 
HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 
FLOOD INSURANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Federal Flood Insurance Act 
of 1956, including rent in the District of Columbia; services as author-
ized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at 
«° ^tat. sio. 
rates not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; and expenses of 
attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work 
under this appropriation; $500,000: Provided, That this appropria-
tion shall be effective only upon the enactment into law of the Federal 
Flood Insurance Act of 1956 (S. 3732, Eighty-fourth Congress). 
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PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
Ante, p< 355. 
Administration expenses: For an additional amount for "Adminis-
trative expenses", $200,000 and the limitation under this head in title 
II of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1957, on administra-
tive expenses of the Public Housing Administration is increased 
from "$12,475,000" to "$12,675,000" and the limitation thereunder on 
the amount available for expenses of travel is increased 
from 
"$950,000" to "$980,000": Provided, 
That this paragraph shall be 
effective only upon the enactment into law of legislation authorizing 
the Administration to enter into new contracts for loans and annual 
contributions after July 31, 1956. 
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
The limitation under this head in title I I of the Independent Offices 
Ante. p. 354. 
Appropriation Act, 1957, on administrative expenses of the Associa-
tion is increased from "$3,775,000" to "$4,025,000", and the limitation 
thereunder on expenses of travel is increased from "$150,000" to 
"$175,000": Provided, 
That $100,000 of the foregoing increase in 
administrative expenses shall be available only upon the enactment 
into law of the amendments to subsection 303 (b) of the National 
Housing Act, as amended, contained in S. 3855, Eighty-fourth Con-
gress, with respect to nonrefundable capital contributions by mort-
gage sellers, or legislation of similar effect. 
CHAPTER V 
DEPARTMENT OF T H E INTERIOR AND RELATED 
AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF T H E INTERIOR 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
ACQUISITION OP STRATEGIC MINERALS 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of the 
"Domestic Tungsten, Asbestos, Fluorspar, and Columbium-Tantalum 
Production and Purchase Act of 1956" (Public Law 733, approved 
Ante, p. 579. 
July 19, 1956), including services as authorized by section 15 of the 
60 Stat. 810. 
Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $21,000,000, to remain avail-
able until December 31,1958: Provided, That this appropriation shall 
not be available for expenses incurred in connection with materials 
procured under said Act after their transfer to the strategic or supple-
mental stockpile. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
RESOURCES M A N A G E M E N T 
For an additional amount for "Resources management", $250,000. 
P A Y M E N T TO P I N E RIDGE SIOUX TRIBE OF INDIANS 
For payments, as authorized by law, to certain members of the 
Pine Ridge Sioux Tribe of Indians, in settlement of their claims for 
damages resulting from the establishment of the Pine Ridge aerial 
gunnery range, $437,500, to remain available until expended. 
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F I S H AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for "Construction", $1,060,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
FISHERIES LOAN FUND 
For initial capital for the fisheries loan fund, for financing and 
refinancing of operations, maintenance, replacement, repair, and 
equipment of fishing gear and vessels; and for research into the basic 
problems of fisheries, as authorized by law, $10,000,000, of which not 
to exceed $250,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: 
Provided, That this paragraph shall be effective only upon enactment 
into law of S. 3275, Eighty-fourth Congress, or similar legislation. 
DEPAKTMENT OF AGKICULTUKE 
FOREST SERVICE 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR CACHE NATIONAL FOREST 
For the acquisition of lands within the boundaries of the Cache 
National Forest, Utah, $50,000, to remain available until expended. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ALEXANDER HAMILTON BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
For an additional amount for "Alexander Hamilton Bicentennial 
Commission", $40,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That section 7 of the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to 
establish a commission for the celebration of the two hundredth anni-
versary of the birth of Alexander Hamilton", approved August 20, 
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1954, is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 7. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, tho^f/eT^"""" ^"" 
not to exceed $25,000, in addition to the sum of $175,000 heretofore 
authorized to be appropriated, as the Congress may determine to be 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution." 
THEODORE ROOSEVELT CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
For an additional amount for "Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Com-
mission", $163,400, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
this paragraph shall become effective only upon the enactment into 
law of S. 3386, Eighty-fourth Congress. 
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL 
COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses of the Booker T. Washington Centennial 
Commission to carry out the year-long celebration of the one hun-
dredth anniversary of the birth of Booker T. Washington and to 
promote the spirit of interracial goodwill, and revive interest in the 
practical policies, programs, principles, and philosophies of Booker 
T. Washington, $225,000, to remain available until expended. 
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Ante, p. 397. 
44 Stat. 1444. 
33 u s e 944. 
Ante, p. 425. 
Ante, p. 293. 
67 Stat. 522. 
20 use 291-311. 
60 Stat. 810. 
68 Stat. 655. 
29 use 34. 
CHAPTER VI 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for "Salaries and 
expenses", $300,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
created by section 209 of the Highway Revenue Act of 1956. 
BuKEAu OF EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION 
Salaries and expenses: Not to exceed $47,000 may be derived from 
the fund created by section 44 of the Longshoremen's and Harbor 
Workers' Compensation Act, as amended (33 U. S. C. 906), for the 
purposes of the appropriation granted under this head in the Depart-
ment of Labor Appropriation Act, 1957. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE 
OFFICE OF EDUCATION 
Promotion and further development of vocational education: For 
an additional amount for "Promotion and further development of 
vocational education" for grants to States for extension and improve-
ment of practical nurse training, $2,000,000: Provided, 
That this 
paragraph shall be effective only upon enactment of S. 3958, Eighty-
fourth Congress. 
Grants for library services: For grants to the States pursuant to 
the Act of June 19,1956 (Public Law 597), $2,050,000. 
Payments to school districts: For an additional amount for "Pay-
ments to school districts", $34,050,000. 
Assistance for school construction: For an additional amount for 
providing school facilities and for grants to local educational agencies 
in federally affected areas, as authorized by title I I I and title IV of 
the Act of September 23, 1950, as amended, including payments upon 
applications filed on or before June 30,1956, and not to exceed $500,000 
for necessary expenses of technical services rendered by other agencies 
and not to exceed $15,000,000 for title IV, $108,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That no part of this appropriation 
shall be available for salaries or other direct expenses of the Depart-
ment of Health, Education, and Welfare: Provided further, That this 
paragraph shall be effective only upon enactment into law of H. R. 
11695, Eighty-fourth Congress, or similar legislation. 
Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for "Salaries and 
expenses", $270,000: Provided, That of this amount (a) $85,000 shall 
be available only upon enactment into law of H. R. 11695, Eighty-
fourth Congress, or similar legislation, and (b) $45,000 shall be avail-
able only upon enactment of H. R. 11549 or S. 3958, Eighty-fourth 
Congress. 
Salaries and expenses: For salaries and expenses for the President's 
Committee on Education Beyond the High School, including services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
55a), and expenses of attendance at meetings, $150,000. 
OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 
For an additional amount for "Grants to States and other agencies", 
$1,000,000, for grants for special projects under section 4 (a) (2) : 
Provided, That not more than $2 of these funds shall be expended for 
any project for each $1 that the grantee, or the grantee and the State, 
Ante, p . 502. 
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expends for the same purpose: Prmnded further^ That this paragraph 
shall be effective only upon enactment of S. 3875, Eighty-fourth 
Congress. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
Assistance to States, general: For an additional amount for "Assist-
ance to States, general", including $1,000,000 for grants for graduate 
training of professional public health personnel, pursuant to the 
provisions of the Health Amendments Act of 1956, $1,040,000: Pro-
vided^ That this paragraph shall be effective only upon the enactment 
into law of S. 3958, Eighty-fourth Congress. 
Grants for waste treatment works construction: For payments under 
section 6 of the Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, $50,000,000, 
to remain available only until June 30,1958. 
Sanitary engineering activities: For an additional amount for 
"Sanitary engineering activities", for carrying out the purposes of 
the Act of July 9, 1956 (Public Law 660), not otherwise provided 
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for, $3,000,000, including $1,800,000 for grants to States and $200,000 
for grants to interstate agencies. 
Hospitals and medical care: For an additional amount for "Hos-
pitals and medical care," including $2,000,000 for grants for advanced 
training of professional nurses, pursuant to the provisions of the 
Health Amendments Act of 1956, $2,050,000: Provided, That this 
paragraph shall be effective only upon the enactment into law of 
S. 3958, Eighty-fourth Congress. 
Operating expenses, National Institutes of Health: For an addi-
tional amount for "Operating expenses, National Institutes of Health", 
$200,000, for administration of the Health Research Facilities Act of 
1956: Provided, 
That this paragraph shall be effective only upon 
enactment of S. 849, Eighty-fourth Congress. 
Construction of dental research building: For the preparation of 
plans and specifications for construction of buildings and facilities for 
the National Institute of Dental Research, in accordance with the 
National Dental Research Act, as amended (42 U. S. C. 288), $200,000. 
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Grants for construction of health research facilities: For grants 
pursuant to the Health Research Facilities Act of 1956, $30,000,000: 
^"'«' P- ^^^• 
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available only upon enact-
ment into law of S. 849, Eighty-fourth Congress. 
Construction of animal quarters: For construction of facilities for 
housing animals for the National Institutes of Health, including 
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reparation of plans, equipment, and the temporary diversion of such 
acilities for office space, $1,371,000. 
General office building: For plans and specifications preparatory to 
construction of a general office building, National Institutes of Health, 
$300,000. 
Construction of library facilities: For the preparation of plans, 
specifications, and drawings for the National Library of Medicine, 
$350,000: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall become effective 
only Upon enactment into law of S. 3430, Eighty-fourth Congress. 
CHAPTER V I I 
PUBLIC WORKS 
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 
OPERATING 
EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Commission in carrying 
out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, including the 
t\^*v% c^'ioi i 
Ante, 
p. 717. 
note. 
69225 O -57 -53 (Vol. 70) 
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60 Stat. 810. 
69 Stat. 471. 
Confidential ex-
penditures. 
T r a n s f e r 
of 
funds. 
Community man-
agement and trans-
portation fees. 
employment of aliens; rental in or near the District of Columbia; 
services authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 IT. 
S. C. 55a); purchase of equipment; purchase, maintenance, and opera-
tion of aircraft; publication and dissemination of atomic information; 
purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms; purchase of newspapers 
and periodicals (not to exceed $5,000) ; official entertainment expenses 
(not to exceed $15,000) ; not to exceed $3,500,000 for expenses of travel, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations con-
cerned with the function or activity for which this appropriation is 
made; reimbursement of the General Services Administration for 
security guard services; not to exceed $44,150,000 for personal services; 
purchase (not to exceed three hundred and six for replacement only) 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $1,740,400,000, together with the 
unexpended balances, as of June 30,1956, of prior year appropriations 
made available under this head to the Atomic Energy Commission, 
and, in addition, any moneys (except sums received from disposal of 
property under the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 (42 U. S. 
C. 2301)) received by the Commission, notwithstanding the provisions 
of section 3617 of the Eevised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 484) : Provided, 
That of such amounts $100,000 may be expended for objects of a con-
fidential nature and in any such case the certificate of the Commission 
as to the amount of the expenditure and that it is deemed inadvisable 
to specify the nature thereof shall be deemed a sufficient voucher 
for the sum therein expressed to have been expended: Provided 
fur-
ther, That from this appropriation transfers of sums may be made to 
other agencies of the Government for the performance of the work for 
which this appropriation is made, and in such cases the sums so trans-
ferred may be merged with the appropriation to which transferred: 
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used 
in connection with the payment of a fixed fee to any contractor or 
firm of contractors engaged under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract 
or contracts at any installation of the Commission, where that fee 
for community management is at a rate in excess of $90,000 per annum, 
or for the operation of a transportation system where that fee is at a 
rate in excess of $45,000 per annum. 
68 Stat. 919. 
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note. 
Procurement fi-
nancing. 
PLANT ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For expenses of the Commission in connection with the purchase 
and construction of plant and other expenses incidental thereto neces-
sary in carrying out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or 
any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or ex-
pansion ; and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $158,300,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the obligated balance as of 
June 30, 1956, of amounts included in appropriations to the Atomic 
Energy Commission for "Plant and equipment", for the activity 
"Equipment not included in construction projects", shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for "Operating ex-
penses", and the remaining balance of such appropriations shall be 
merged with this appropriation: Provided further, That, in the event 
additional feed materials capacity is constructed by private industry 
v/ith its own funds, the amounts included in this appropriation for 
such construction may be transferred to the appropriation for 
"Operating expenses". 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Any appropriation available under this or any other Act to the 
Atomic Energy Commission may initially be used subject to limita-
tions in this Act during the fiscal year 1957 to finance the procurement 
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in 
T r a n s f e r 
of 
funds. 
Fellowships. 
Di s l o y alty re-
of materials, services, or other costs which are a part of work or 
activities for which funds have been provided in any other appro-
priation available to the Commission: Provided, 
That appropriate 
transfers or adjustments between such appropriations shall subse-
quently be made for such costs on the basis of actual application 
determined 
in accordance with generally 
accepted 
accounting 
principles. 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation herein made to 
the Atomic Energy Commission may be transferred to any other 
such appropriation, but no such appropriation shall be increased by 
more than 5 per centum by any such transfers, and any such transfers 
shall be reported promptly to the Appropriations Committees of the 
House and Senate. 
No part of any appropriation herein made to the Atomic Energy 
Commission shall be used to confer a fellowship on any person who strictions^ 
advocates or who is a member of an organization or party that ad-
vocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States by 
force or violence or with respect to whom the Commission finds, upon 
investigation and report by the Civil Service Commission on the char-
acter, associations, and loyalty of whom, that reasonable grounds exist 
for belief that such person is disloyal to the Government of the United 
States: Provided, That any person who advocates or who is a member 
of an organization or party that advocates the overthrow of the 
Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts 
employment or a fellowship the salary, wages, stipend, grant, or 
expenses for which are paid from any appropriation contained herein 
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 penal clause shall be in addition to, 
and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. 
DEPARTMENT O F T H E INTERIOE 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for "Operation and maintenance, South-
eastern Power Administration", $500,000. 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for "Operation and maintenance", 
$195,000. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION 
For an additional amount for "Construction and rehabilitation", 
$12,750,000, of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for the 
construction of safety and public use facilities at the Alamogordo 
Dam, Carlsbad Project, New Mexico; and not to exceed $25,000 shall 
be available for the construction of safety and public use facilities at 
the Dickinson Unit, North Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to participate in 
the construction of the bridge required in the construction of the Glen 
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Canyon Unit, Arizona, Colorado River storage project; and may 
transfer for this purpose to the Secretary of the Interior funds avail-
able for the construction of public lands highways: Pro'oided^ That 
the amount transferred shall not exceed the cost of placing such bridge 
upon and across the dam under the provisions of the Act of July 29, 
1946 (60 Stat. 709; 21 U. S. C. 64-70). 
23 use 64-69. 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE—CIVIL 
FUNCTIONS 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
THE ARMY 
RIVERS AND HARBORS AND FLOOD CONTROL 
CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL 
For an additional amount for "Construction, general", $2,520,000. 
CHAPTER V I I I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
Appropriations granted under this head for the fiscal year 1957 shall 
be available for contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Parliamen-
Ante, p. 523. 
tiiry Coufercnce, as authorized by the Act of July 11, 1956 (Public 
Law 689), in an amount not to exceed $6,000. 
MISSIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For an additional amount for "Missions to international organiza-
tions", $30,000. 
CLEVELAND PAN AMERICAN GAMES 
For necessary expenses of the I I I Pan American Games, 1959, 
$100,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That this ap-
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ropriation shall be effective only upon the enactment into law of the 
II Pan American G'ames Act of 1956 (S. J. Resolution 186, 84th 
Congress) or similar legislation. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
P R E S I D E N T ' S S P E C I A L I N T E R N A T I O N A L PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for the "President's Special International 
Program", for United States participation in the Universal and Inter-
national Exhibition of Brussels, 1958, $4,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That thisjparagraph shall be effective onlj 
Poat, p. 778. 
upon enactment into law of S. 3116, Eighty-fourth Congress, or simi-
lar legislation. 
CHAPTER I X 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
BUREAU OF NARCOTICS 
Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for "Salaries 
and expenses", $200,000. 
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PUBLIC LAW 856-AUG. 1, 1956 
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CHAPTEE X 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS AND SUITS 
For the payment of claims in excess of $250, approved by the Com-
missioners in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Februarv 
11,1929, as amended (45 Stat. 1160; 46 Stat. 500; 65 Stat. 131), $10,000. to^'i'iosf 
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DIVISION OF EXPENSES 
The sum appropriated in this Act for the District of Columbia shall 
be paid out of the general fund of the District of Columbia, as defined 
in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for fiscal year 1957. 
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CHAPTEE X I 
LEGISLATIVE 
BEANCH 
HOUSE OF EEPRESENTATIVES 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
Joint Committee on Internal Eevenue Taxation: For an additional 
amount for the Joint Committee on Internal Eevenue Taxation, 
$50,000. 
CHAPTEE X I I 
CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES, AUDITED CLAIMS, AND JUDGMENTS 
For payment of claims for damages as settled and determined by 
departments and agencies in accord with law, audited claims certified 
to be due by the General Accounting Office, and judgments rendered 
against the United States by United States district courts and the 
United States Court of Claims, as set forth in Senate Document Num-
bered 143, Eighty-fourth Congress, $1,312,538, together with such 
amounts as may be necessary to pay interest (as and when specified in 
such judgments or in certain of the settlements of the General Account-
ing Office or provided by law) and such additional sums due to in-
creases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in for-
eign currency: Provided, That no judgment herein appropriated for 
shall be paid until it shall have become final and conclusive against the 
United States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise: Pro-
vided further, That, unless otherwise specifically required by law or 
by the judgment, payment of interest wherever appropriated for herein 
shall not continue for more than thirty days after the date of approval 
of this Act. 
Approved July 31, 1956. 
Public Law 856 
CHAPTER 807 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
August I. 1956 
Approving the relinquishments of the consular jurisdiction of the United States 
[s. j . Res. 16;>] 
in Morocco. 
Whereas the laws of the United States invest the ministers and consuls 
of the United States in certain countries, including Morocco, with 
judicial authority so far as the exercise of the same is allowed by