An Act making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the Judiciary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes
PL 82-495 (H.R.7289), enacted 07/10/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 495-JULY 10, 1952 
549 
Public Law 495 
CHAPTER 651 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the 
Judiciary, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1953, and for other purposes. 
BQ it eriacted hy the Senate amd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, 
and the Judiciary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State not otherwise 
provided for, including expenses authorized by the Foreign Service 
Act of 1946, as amended (22 U. S. C. 801-1158), not otherwise pro-
vided 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 pro-
vided for under this appropriation; purchase (not to exceed three 
for replacement only) 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
maintenance and operation of aircraft outside the continental 
United 
States; printing 
and 
binding outside the 
continental 
United 
States without 
regard to section 11 of 
the Act 
6i 
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 organiza-
tions which issue publications to members only, or to members at a 
price lower than the others; rental of tie lines and teletype equip-
ment ; 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; exam-
ination of estimates of appropriations in the field; ice and drinking 
water for use abroad; excise taxes on negotiable instruments abroad; 
loss by exchange; radio communications; payment in advance for sub-
scriptions to commercial information, telephone and similar services 
abroad; relief, protection, and burial of American seamen, and alien 
seamen in foreign countries and in the United States Territories and 
possessions; expenses incurred in acknowledging services of officers 
and orews of foreign vessels and aircraft in rescuing American sea-
men, 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 United States from foreign countries persons 
charged with crime; and procurement by contract or otherwise, of 
services, supplies, and facilities, as follows: (1) translating, (2) analy-
sis 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, 
including minor construction on Government-owned properties, (5) 
fuel and utilities for Government-owned or leased property abroad, 
and (6) rental or lease, for periods not exceeding ten years, of offices, 
buildings, grounds, and living quarters for the use of the Foreign 
July 10, 1952 
[H. R. 7289] 
D e p a rtments of 
S t a t e , J u s t i c e , 
C o m m e r c e , 
and 
The Judiciary ftp-
p r o p r i a tion Act, 
1953. 
D e p a r t m ent of 
S t a t e 
Appropria-
tion Act, 1953. 
60 Stat. 999. 
60 Stat. 713. 
40 Stat. 1270. 
60 Stat. 810. 
62 Stat. 825. 
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63 Stat. 384. 
64 Stat. 12. 
22 u s e 
1 6 2 1 
note. 
60 Stat. 810. 
60 Stat. 1026. 
60 Stat. 663. 
44 Stat. 405. 
22 u s e 297. 
Restriction. 
Service, for which payments may be made in advance; $76,000,000: 
Provided^ That pursuant to section 201 (c) of the Act of June 30, 
1949 (41U. S. C. 231 (c)), passenger motor vehicles in 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 replace-
ment shall not exceed $3,000 in the case of the chief of mission auto-
mobile at each diplomatic mission (except that two 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. 
INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to enable the Commission to settle certain 
claims of the Government of the United States on its own behalf and 
on behalf of American nationals against foreign governments as 
authorized by Public Law 455, approved March 10, 1950, including 
expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the 
purpose of this appropriation; hire of passenger motor vehicles for 
field use only; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 
2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); and employment of aliens; $161,419. 
KEPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES 
For representation allowances as authorized by section 901 (3) of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U. S. C. 1131), $650,000. 
ACQUISITION or BUILDINGS ABROAD 
For carrying into effect the Act of July 25,1946 (22 U. S. C. 295b), 
including the initial alterations, repair, and furnishing of buildings 
acquired under said Act, $6,500,000, which is exclusively for expendi-
ture under the provisions of said Act which relate to payments repre-
senting the value of foreign property or credits: Provided^ That, when 
specifically authorized by the Secretary of State or such Assistant 
Secretary as he may designate, section 6 of the Act of May 7, 1926, 
may be construed as including leaseholds of not less than ten years. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to meet 
unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv-
ice, to be expended pursuant to the requirement of section 291 of the 
Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 107), $1,100,000: 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 necessary to meet annual obligations to international 
organizations, the Government of Panama, and Gorgas Memorial 
Institute, pursuant to treaties, conventions, or specific Acts of Con-
gress, $30,484,749. No representative of the United States Govern-
ment in any international organization after fiscal year 1953 shall 
make any commitment requiring the appropriation of funds for a 
contribution by the United States in excess of 331^ per centum of the 
budget of any international organization for which the appropriation 
for the United States contribution is contained in this Act: Provided^ 
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however^ That this section shall not apply to the United States repre-
sentatives to the inter-American organizations. 
No representative of the United States Government to any inter-
national organization of which the United States is not now a member 
shall, unless specifically authorized in an appropriation Act or other 
law, make any commitment requiring the appropriation of funds for a 
contribution by the United States in excess of 33% per centum of the 
budget of such international organization. 
MISSIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses necessary for permanent representation to certain 
international organizations in which the United States participates 
pursuant to treaties, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress, includ-
ing expenses authorized by the pertinent Acts and Conventions provid-
ing 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 of passenger motor vehicles; printing and binding, without 
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; $1,321,112: Provided^ 
That the provisions of section 8 of the United Nations Participation 
Act of 1945, as amended, and regulations thereunder, applicable to 
expenses incurred pursuant to that Act, may be applicable to the obli-
gation and expenditure of funds in connection with United States 
participation in the International Civil Aviation Organization. 
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 services 
without regard to civil-service and classification laws; 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) ; 
employment of aliens; travel expenses without regard to the Standard-
ized Government Travel Regulations and to the rates of per diem 
allowances in lieu of subsistence expenses under the Travel Expense 
Act of 1949; not to exceed $15 per diem in lieu of subsistence for 
persons serving without compensation in an advisory capacity while 
away from their homes or regular places of business; rent of quarters 
by contract or otherwise; hire of passenger motor vehicles; contribu-
tions for the share of the United States in expenses of international 
organizations; and printing and binding without regard to section 11 
of the Act of March 1,1919 (44 U. S. C. I l l ) ; $1,500,000, of which not 
to exceed a total of $100,000 may be expended for representation 
allowances as authorized by section 901 (3) of the Act of August 
13, 1946 (22 U. S. C. 1131) and for entertainment. 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES 
AND MEXICO 
For expenses necessary to enable the United States to meet its 
obligations under the treaties of 1884,1889,1905,1906,1933, and 1944 
between the United States and Mexico, and to comply with the other 
laws applicable to the United States Section. International Boundary 
and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, including opera-
60 Stat. 999. 
4 0 Stat. 1270. 
63 Stat. 736. 
22 u s e 287e. 
60 Stat. 999. 
63 Stat. 166. 
5 u s e 835 note. 
40 Stat. 1270. 
60 Stat. 1026. 
24 Stat. 1011; 26 
S t a t . 1 5 1 2 ; 
35 
Stat. 1863; 34 Stat, 
2953; 48 Stat. 1621; 
59 Stat. 1219. 
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64 Stat. 846. 
22 u s e 277ci-l-
277d-4. 
tion and maintenance of the Kio Grande rectification, canalization, 
flood control, bank protection, boundary fence, and sanitation projects; 
detailed plan preparation and construction (including surveys and 
operation and maintenance and protection during construction); Rio 
Grande emergency flood protection; expenditures for the purposes 
set forth in sections 101 through 104 of Public Law 786, approved Sep-
tember 13, 1950; purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement only; purchase of planographs and lithographs; and leas-
ing of private property to remove therefrom sand, gravel, stone, and 
other materials, without regard to section 3709 of the Eevised Statutes, 
as amended (41 U. S. C. 5); as follows: 
48 Stat. 1621. 
49 Stat. 660. 
55 Stat. 338. 
64 Stat. 846. 
2 2 u s e 
277d-l 
note. 
59 Stat. 1219. 
'••••>Qe = i s ^ r 
»?oi: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, regular boundary activities, including 
examinations, preliminary surveys, and investigations, $900,000: Pro-
vided, That expenditures for the Rio Grande bank protection project 
shall be subject to the provisions and conditions contained in the ap-
propriation for said project as provided by the Act approved April 
25,1945 (59 Stat. 89). 
CONSTRUCTION 
r < 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of projects author-
ized by the Convention concluded February 1, 1933, between the 
United* States and Mexico, the Acts approved August 19, 1935, as 
amended (22 U. S. C. 277-277f), August 29,1935 (49 Stat. 961), June 
4, 1936 (49 Stat. 1463), June 28, 1941 (22 U. S. C. 277f), September 
13, 1950 (Public Law 786), and the projects stipulated in the treaty 
between the United States and Mexico signed at Washington on 
February 3, 1944, $11,150,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, 
That no expenditures shall be made for the lower Rio 
Grande flood-control project for construction on any land, site, or 
easement in connection with this project except such as has been ac-
quired by donation and the title thereto has been approved by the 
Attorney General of the United States: Provided further, 
That the 
Anzalduas Diversion Dam shall not be operated for irrigation or water 
supply purposes in the United States unless suitable arrangements 
have been made with the prospective water users for repayment to the 
Government of such portions of the costs of said dam as shall have 
been allocated to such purposes by the Secretary of State. 
RIO GRANDE EMERGENCY FLOOD PROTECTION 
For emergency flood-control work, including protection, recon-
struction, and repair of all structures under the jurisdiction of the 
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and 
Mexico, threatened or damaged by floodwaters of the Rio Grande, 
which have heretofore been authorized and erected under the provi-
sions of treaties between the United States and Mexico, or in pursuance 
of Federal laws authorizing improvements on the Rio Grande, 
$50,000, to remain available until expended. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to perform the obli-
gations of the United States pursuant to conventions between the 
United States and Canada signed May 26, 1930 (50 Stat. 1355) and 
January 29, 1937 (50 Stat. 1351), treaties between the United States 
and Great Britain, in respect to Canada, signed January 11, 1909 (36 
Stat. 2448) and Feburary 24,1925 (44 Stat. 2102), the treaty between 
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1 UST 694. 
1 UST 230. 
T r a n s f e r of 
funds. 
the United States and Canada signed February 27, 1950, and Con-
vention between the United States and Costa Rica signed May 31, 
1949, including stenographic reporting services by contract; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; the United States share of the expenses of 
the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission, the Inter-
national Fisheries Commission, and the Inter-American Tropical 
Tuna Commission, which except for the expenses of the members, may 
be advanced to the respective Commissions; $505,344 to be disbursed 
under the direction of the Secretary of State and to be available also 
for additional expenses of the American Sections, International Com-
missions, 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 
determine to be necessary; and special and technical investigations in 
connection with matters falling within the Commission's jurisdiction: 
Provided^ That the Secretary of State is authorized to transfer to any 
department or independent establishment of the Government, with 
the consent of the head thereof, funds from this appropriation for 
direct expenditure by such department or establishment for such 
investigations. 
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. 
INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL ACTTVITIES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Department of State to carry 
out international information and educational activities as author-
ized by the United States Information and Educational 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 53 stat. 1290. 
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 (Public Law 861), includ-
ing employment, without regard to the civil-service and classification 
laws, of (1) persons on a temporary 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 col-
loquial speech in foreign languages (such aliens to be investigated 
for such employment in accordance with procedures established by 
the Secretary of State and the Attorney General); travel expenses 
of aliens employed abroad for service in the United States and depend-
ents 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 attend-
ance at meetings concerned with activities provided for under this 
62 Stat. 6. 
60 Stat. 754; 
63 Stat. 630. 
64 Stat.-1081. 
Temporary 
sonnel. 
Aliens. 
60 Stat. 999. 
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20 Stat. 216. 
60 Stat. 810. 
31 u s e 529. 
appropriation (not to exceed $8,000); entertainment within the 
United States (not to exceed $5,000) ; purchase (not to exceed six) 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; insurance of official motor vehi-
cles in foreign countries when required by the law of such countries; 
purchase of space in publications abroad, without regard to the provi-
sions of law set forth in 44 U, S. C. 322; services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; advance of 
funds notwithstanding section 3648 o
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^ the Revised Statutes as 
amended; 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; 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, translation, and engineer-
ing services, by contract or otherwise; and purchase of objects for 
presentation to foreign governments, schools, or organizations; 
$87,325,000, of which sum, $100,000 may be made available to one or 
more private international broadcasting licensees for the purpose of 
developing and broadcasting, under private auspices but under the 
supervision of the Department of State, radio programs to Western 
Europe and Latin America, which programs shall be designed to 
cultivate friendships with the peoples of the countries in those areas, 
and to build improved international understanding: Promded^ That 
not to exceed $50,000 may be used for representation abroad: Pro-
vided further^ That passenger motor vehicles used abroad exclu-
sively for the purposes of this appropriation may be exchanged 
or sold, pursuant to section 201 (c) of the Act of June 30, 1949 
(41 U. S. C. 231 (c)), and the exchange 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 station wagons, shall not exceed $1,400: 
Provided 
further^ That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 
3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U. S. C. 665), the Depart-
ment of State is authorized in making contracts for the use of inter-
national 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 in the acquisition of 
leasehold interests payments may be made in advance for the entire 
term or any part thereof: Provided 
further^ That funds herein 
appropriated shall not be used to purchase more than 75 per centum 
of the effective daily broadcasting time from any person or cor-
poration holding an international short-wave broadcasting license 
from the Federal Communications Commission without the consent 
nhM?""^^*"*"'* ^^ ^^^^ licensee: Provided further^ That funds appropriated herein 
shall be available for payment to private organizations abroad in pur-
suance of contracts entered into for the processing and distribution 
of motion-picture films. 
PHILIPPINE REHABILITATION 
Not to exceed $195,705 of the unobligated balance of the consolidated 
appropriation provided under this head in the Department of State 
65 Stat. 581. 
Appropriation Act, 1952, shall remain available until June 30, 1954, 
under the terms and conditions specified under this head in the 
63 Stat. 455. 
Department of State Appropriation Act, 1950, for carrying out the 
63 Stat. 384. 
I n t e r n a t i o nsd 
short-wave r a d i o 
stations. 
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purposes of section 311 of the Philippine Eehabilitation Act of 1946, 
"o^u*s c^"pp 
as authorized by section 3 of the Act of July 2,1948 (Public Law 882). i79i(f). 
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS, UNITED STATES AND PANAMA 
For the settlement of claims as authorized by the claims convention 
between the United States and Panama, signed January 26, 1950, 
approved by the Senate of the United States August 9, 1950, ratified 
by the President of the United States August 18, 1950, and ratified 
by Panama and entered into force October 11,1950; $53,800, to remain 
available until expended. 
1 U S T 685. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 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 Kevised Statutes 
(41U.S.C.22). 
SEC. 103. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6 of the Act 
of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 555), or the provisions of any other law, 
the Secretary of State may, in his absolute discretion, during the cur-
rent fiscal year, terminate the employment of any officer or employee of 
the Department of State or of the Foreign Service of the United 
States whenever he shall deem such termination necessary or advisable 
in the interests of the United States. 
SEC. 104. 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 th-e 
Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 543). 
SEC. 105. Appropriations under this title available for expenses in 
connection 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, shall be 
available for such expenses when any part of such travel or transpor-
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. 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding 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. 107. During the current fiscal year and when purchases are 
made with foreign currencies, the Department of State is authorized to 
purchase for use abroad any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of 
busses, ambulances, and station wagons), at a cost of not to exceed the 
equivalent of $2,200 for each such vehicle. 
SEC. 108. Appropriations under this title for "Salaries and 
expenses", "International contingencies", and "Missions to interna-
tional organizations" are available for reimbursement of the General 
Services Administration for security guard services for protection of 
confidential files. 
SEC. 109. The Secretary of State, with the approval of the Bureau 
of the Budget, shall prescribe the maximum rates (not to exceed $12 
per day) of per diem in lieu of subsistence (or of similar allowances 
therefor) payable 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-
C o n t r a c t s i n 
foreign countries. 
T e r m i nation of 
employment. 
5 u s e 652. 
E x c h a n g e 
funds. 
o f 
Travel expenses. 
Vehicles. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Se c u r ity guard 
services. 
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P u r c h a s e of 
foreign currencies. 
Restrictions. 
Citation of title. 
D e p artment of 
Justice Appropria-
tion Act, 1953. 
diction of any Government agency, and said rates may be fixed without 
regard to any provision of law in limitation thereof. 
SEC. 110. During the current fiscal year not less than $20,000,000 in 
the aggregate from appropriations under this title, exclusive of Acqui-
sition of Buildings Abroad, shall be used to purchase foreign cur-
rencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the United 
States for carrying out the purposes of said appropriations. 
SEO. 111. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall 
be used to pay the salary or expenses of any person assi^ed to or 
serving in any office of any of the several States of the United States 
or any political subdivision thereof. 
SEO. 112. 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. 113. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall 
be used to pay any expenses incident to or in connection with partici-
pation in the International Materials Conference. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of State Appropriation 
Act, 1953". 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
t 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessarj^ for the administration of the Department 
of Justice and for examination of judicial offices, including miscel-
laneous and emergency expenses authorized or approved by the Attor-
ney General or his Administrative Assistant; and examination of 
estimates of appropriations in the field; $2,375,000. 
60 Stat. 809. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Department of 
Justice not otherwise provided for, including miscellaneous and emer-
gency 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); $9,900,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred 
laws, $3,500,000: 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, includ-
ing purchase of not to exceed seven passenger motor vehicles; services 
in Alaska in collecting evidence for the United States when specifically 
directed by the Attorney General; and firearms and ammunition; 
$13,750,000, 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. 
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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 $160,000 
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); $1,COO,000: Provided, That no part of 
the sum herein appropriated shall be used to pay any witness more 
than one attendance fee for any one calendar day. 
64 Stat. 380. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, CLAIMS OF PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY 
For expenses necessary for payment of claims of persons of Japanese 
ancestry, pursuant to the Act of July 2,1948 (50 U. S. C. 1981-1987), 
$745,000, of which not to exceed $245,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses. 
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 preserva-
tion 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 De-
partment of State as may be directed by the Attorney General, in-
cluding purchase (not to exceed two hundred and thirty-five for re-
placement 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 
concerned with the purposes of this appropriation; payment of re-
wards ; and not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a 
confidential character, to be expended under the direction of the At-
torney General, and to be accounted for solely on his certificate; $84,-
400,000: Provided, That of the amount herein appropriated $100,000 
is to be held as a reserve for emergencies arising in connection with kid-
napping, extortion, and bank robbery, to be released for expenditure in 
such amounts and at such times as the Attorney General may determine: 
Provided further, 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: Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation hereafter is authorized, without regard to the Classi-
fication Act of 1949, to place twenty positions in grade GS-16 in the 
General Schedule established by the Classification Act of 1949. 
None of the funds appropriated for the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion shall be used to pay the compensation of any civil-service employee. 
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE 
62 Stat. 1231. 
s o u s e 
app. 
1981-1987. 
Protection of the 
President. 
Rewards. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e lOTlnote. 
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 
PUBLIC LAW 495-.JULY 10, 1952 
[66 STAT. 
the immigration laws, for work performed; payment of rewards; 
not to exceed $35,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential 
character, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney Gen-
eral 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 appropriation; purchase (not to exceed 
one hundred and sixty-five, of which one hundred and twenty-five are 
for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase 
(not to exceed four for replacement only) and maintenance and opera-
tion of aircraft; firearms and ammunition; refunds of head tax, main-
tenance bills, immigration fines, and other items properly returnable, 
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 
ervii^"/ guard jncideut thereto; reimbursement of the General Services Administra-
tion for security guard services for protection of confidential files; 
and maintenance, care, detention, surveillance, parole, and transpor-
tation of alien enemies and their wives and dependent children, includ-
ing return of such persons to place of bona fide residence or to such 
other place as may be authorized by the Attorney General; $40,399,000. 
;. " V 
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 not to 
exceed $534,000 for departmental personal services; not to exceed 
$13,500 for expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations con-
cerned with the purposes of this appropriation; purchase of not to 
exceed eight passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, including 
one bus at not to exceed $20,000; compilation of statistics relating to 
prisoners in Federal and non-Federal penal and correctional institu-
tions ; 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, 
63 Stat. 167. 
damage, or destruction of personal property (31 U. S. C. 238); fire-
arms and ammunition; 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 
64j|tat^ m . 
of July 28,1950 (Public Law 626) ; $25,000,000: 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. 
' 
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, 
$824,000, of which $700,000 is for liquidation of obligations incurred 
pursuant to authority granted under this head in the Department of 
64 Stat. 618. 
Justicc Appropriation Act, 1951, to enter into contracts for replace-
ment of a power plant at the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, 
Georgia: Provided, That labor of the United States prisoners may be 
used for work performed under this appropriation: Provided 
further, 
That the limitation under this head in the Supplemental Appropria-
65 Stat. 736. 
^JQJ^ ^(>^ Q
-
f 1952^ Qu the amount available for construction of a com-
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559 
plete Federal jail at Anchorage, Alaska, is increased from "$400,000" 
to "$484,000". 
SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES PRISONERS 
For support of United States prisoners in non-Federal institutions 
and in the Territory of Alaska, including necessary clothing and 
medical aid, and payment of rewards; $2,400,000. 
OFFICE OF ALIEN PROPERTY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF ALIEN PROPERTY 
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 $3,800,000 shall be available in the 
current fiscal year for the general administrative expenses of the 
Office of Alien Property, including rent of private or Government-
owned space in the District of Columbia; and expenses of attendance 
at meetings of organizations concerned with the purposes of this 
authorization: Provided further^ That on or before November 1 of 
the current fiscal year, the Attorney General shall make a report to 
the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives giving detailed information on all administrative and 
nonadministrative expenses incurred during the next preceding fiscal 
year in connection 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 
Justice. 
and expenses, general administration", Department of 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—^DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
40 Stat. 411. 
50 u s e app. 1. 
R e p o r t to Con-
gressional Commit-
tees. 
SEC. 202. Not to exceed $350,000 in the aggregate from the appro-
priations made in this title for general administration, general legal 
activities, and United States attorneys and marshals shall be available, 
without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, for compensation 
(not to exceed $11,800 per annum) of special attorneys and special 
assistants to the Attorney General and to United States attorneys 
not otherwise provided for: Provided, That reports be submitted to 
the Congress on the 1st of July and January showing the names of the 
persons employed under the foregoing limitation, the annual rate 
of compensation or amount of any fee paid to each, together with a 
description of their duties. 
SEC. 203. 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. 204. 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. 205. Appropriations and authorizations made in this title which 
are available for expenses of attendance at meetings shall be expended 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
License requlre-
m e n t s f o r attor-
neys. 
R e i m bursement 
to U.S. 
At t e n d a n c e at 
meetings. 
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[66 
S T A T . 
60 Stat. 810. 
Supervisory per-
sonnel, etc. 
S u i t s for adju-
dication of w a t e r 
rights. 
Citation of title. 
D e p a r t m ent of 
Conunerce Appro-
priation Act, 1953. 
'60 Stat. 810. 
64 Stat. 823. 
15 u s e 
1151-
11S7.„ 
60 Stat. 810. 
for such purposes in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 
Attorney General. 
SEC. 206. 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). 
SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated by this title may be used 
to pay the compensation of (1) any individual in a supervisory posi-
tion who engages in the practice of exercising his authority, with 
respect to any employee under his supervision, in such manner as to 
prevent such employee from performing any w^ork, or (2) any such 
employee who is so prevented from performing any work by reason of 
such practice. 
SEC, 208. (a) Consent is hereby given to join the United States as 
a defendant in any suit (1) for the adjudication of rights to the use of 
water of a river system or other source, or (2) for the administration 
of such rights, where it appears that the United States is the owner of 
or is in the process of acquiring water rights by appropriation under 
State law, by purchase, by exchange, or otherwise, and the United 
States is a necessary party to such suit. 
The United States, when a 
party to any such suit, shall (1) be deemed to have waived any right to 
plead that the State laws are inapplicable or that the United States is 
not amenable thereto by reason of its sovereignty, and (2) shall be 
subject to the judgments, orders, and decrees of the court having juris-
diction, and may obtain review thereof, in the same manner and to the 
same extent as a private individual under like circumstances: Pro-
vided, That no judgment for costs shall be entered against the United 
States in any such suit. 
(b) Summons or other process in any such suit shall be served upon 
the Attorney General or his designated representative. 
(c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing the 
joinder of the United States in any suit or controversy in the Supreme 
Court of the United States involving the right of States to the use of 
the water of any interstate stream. 
(d) None of the funds appropriated by this title may be used in the 
preparation or prosecution of the suit in the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of California, Southern Division, by 
the United States of America against Fallbrook Public Utility District, 
a public service corporation of the State of California, and others. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Justice Appropriation 
Act, 1953". 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
Orp^ICE o r THE SECRETARY 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Office of the 
Secretary of Commerce (hereafter in this title referred to as the Sec-
retary) including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates for individuals not to exceed 
$50 per diem; and teletype news service (not exceeding $1,000); 
$1,877,000. 
Technical and scientific services: For expenses necessary for the 
dissemination of technological, scientific, and engineering informa-
tion to business and industry as authorized by the Act of September 
9, 1950 (Public Law 776), including not to exceed $2,000 for services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
55a), $264,500. 
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561 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
Salaries and expenses, Bureau of the Census: For expenses necessary 
for collecting, compiling, and publishing current census statistics pro-
vided for by law; for searching census records and supplying infor-
mation with respect to age and citizenship certification; and for gen-
eral administration, including enumerators at rates to be fixed without 
regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended; and services as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), 
at rates for individuals not to exceed $50 per diem; $6,810,935. 
Seventeenth decennial census: For expenses necessary for taking, 
compiling, and publishing the seventeenth decennial census including 
the census of housing as authorized by law (13 U. S. C. 201-219; 42 
U. S. C. 1442), including f)ersonal services at rates to be fixed by the 
Secretary of Commerce without regard to the Classification Act of 
1949, as amended; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; and compensation of employees of 
the Department of Commerce and other departments and independent 
establishments of the Government who may be detailed for field work; 
$1,700,000, to remain available until December 31, 1952, and to be 
merged w^ith the appropriation made under this head in the Depart-
ment of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1952. 
Censuses of business, transportation, manufactures and mineral 
industries: For expenses necessary to prepare for taking, compiling, 
and publishing the censuses of business, transportation, manufactures 
and mineral industries as authorized by law, including personal serv-
ices by contract or otherwise at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of 
Commerce without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as 
amended; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 
2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates for individuals not to exceed $50 
per diem; and additional compensation of Federal employees tem-
porarily detailed for field work under this appropriation; $1,390,300, 
to remain available until December 31, 1953, and to be merged with 
the appropriation made under this head in the Department of Com-
merce Appropriation Act, 1952. 
Census of agriculture: For expenses necessary to prepare for tak-
ing, compiling, and publishing the 1955 census of agriculture, as 
authorized by law, including personal services by contract or other-
wise at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Commerce without regard 
to the Classification Act of 1949,.as amended; services as authorized 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates 
for individuals not to exceed $50 per diem; and additional compensa-
tion of Federal employees temporarily detailed for field work under 
this appropriation; $120,700. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 10 71 note. 
60 Stat. 810. 
4 6 S t a t . 
Stat. 441. 
21;63 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
60 Stat. 810, 
65 Stat. 587. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
60 Stat. 810. 
65 Stat. 587. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
60 Stat. 810. 
CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Civil Aero-
nautics Administration in carrying out the provisions of the Civil 
Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended (49 U. S. C. 401), the Act of 
August 8, 1950 (49 U. S. C. 457), and other Acts incident to the 
enforcement of safety regulations; maintenance and operation of air 
navigation facilities and air traffic control; furnishing advisory serv-
ice to States and other public and private agencies in connection with 
the construction or improvement of airports and landing areas; and 
the disposal of surplus airports; including hire of aircraft (not exceed-
ing $295,000); the operation and maintenance of eighty-five aircraft; 
contract stenographic reporting services; fees and mileage of expert 
and other witnesses; examination of estimates of appropriations in the 
field; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
52 Stat. 973. 
64 Stat. 417. 
PUBLIC LAW 495-JULY 10, 1952 
[66 ST A T . 
60 Stat. 810. 
Transfer of facil-
ities. 
52 Stat. 973, 
Washington N a-
tional Airport. 
1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); purchase (not to exceed twenty-five for replace-
ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase and 
repair of skis and snowshoes; $105,594,000, and the Departments of the 
Air Force, Army and Navy are authorized to transfer to the Civil 
Aeronautics Administration without charge, subject to the approval of 
the Bureau of the Budget, aircraft (for replacement only), aircraft 
engines, parts, flight equipment, and hangar, line, and shop equipment 
excess to the needs of such Departments: Provided^ That there may 
be credited to this appropriation, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, and other public authorities for expenses incurred in 
the maintenance and operation of airport traffic control towers. 
Establishment of air-navigation facilities: For an additional amount 
for the acquisition and establishment by contract or purchase and hire 
of air-navigation facilities, including the equipment of additional 
civil airways for day and night flying; the construction of additional 
necessary lighting, radio, and other signaling and communicating 
structures and apparatus; the alteration and modernization of existing 
air-navigation facilities; the acquisition of the necessary sites by lease, 
condemnation or grant; the construction and furnishing of quarters 
and related accommodations for officers and employees of the Civil 
Aeronautics Administration and the Weather Bureau stationed at 
remote localities not on foreign soil where such accommodations are 
not otherwise available; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not 
to exceed $200,000 for emergency repairs and replacement of facilities 
damaged by fire, flood, or storm; to remain available until expended, 
$11,091,499, of which $3,641,499 is for liquidation of obligations 
incurred under authority heretofore granted to enter into contracts 
for the foregoing purposes: Provided^ That transfers may be made 
from this appropriation to the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, 
Civil Aeronautics Administration", for costs of maintenance and 
operation of aircraft for initial flight checking of facilities established 
under this appropriation (not to exceed $290,500); for necessary 
expenses in connection with the transportation by air to and from and 
within the Territories of the United States of materials and equip-
ment secured under this appropriation (not to exceed $115,000); and 
for necessary administrative costs (not to exceed $325,000) : Provided 
further^ That the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force are 
authorized during the current fiscal year to transfer without charge, 
subject to the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, air-navigation 
and communication facilities, including appurtenances thereto, to 
the Civil Aeronautics Administration. 
Technical development and evaluation: For expenses necessary in 
carrying out the provisions of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as 
amended (49 U. S. C. 401), relative to such developmental work and 
service testing as tends to the creation of improved air-navigation 
facilities, including landing areas, aircraft, aircraft engines, pro-
pellers, appliances, personnel, and operation methods; acquisition of 
necessary sites by lease or grant; and operation and maintenance of five 
aircraft, which shall be in addition to the number authorized herein 
under the appropriation for "Salaries and expenses, Civil aeronautics 
Administration"; $1,162,972. 
Maintenance and operation, Washington National Airport: For 
expenses incident to the care, operation, maintenance, and protection 
of the Washington National Airport, including purchase of one pas-
senger motor vehicle for replacement only; purchase, cleaning, and 
repair of uniforms; and arms and ammunition; $1,350,000. 
Construction, Washington National Airport: For an additional 
amount for "Construction, Washington National Airport", including 
acquisition of land necessary for an access road to the airport, $28,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
66 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 495-JULY 10, 1952 
563 
Federal-aid airport program, Federal Airport Act: For carrying 
out the provisions of the Federal Airport Act of May 13, 1946, as 
4°9%c^i'ioi 
amended (except section 5 (a)), to be available until June 30, 1955, note. 
$19,821,154, of which (1) $11,075,000 shall be for projects in the States 
in accordance with section 6 of said Act, (2) $320,000 for projects in 
49 use iios. 
Puerto Rico, (3) $30,000 for projects in the Virgin Islands, (4) $200,-
000 for projects in the Territory of Hawaii, (^5) $125,000 for projects 
in the Territory of Alaska, (6) $5,500,000 for liquidation of obligations 
incurred under authority heretofore granted to enter into contracts 
for the foregoing purposes, and (7) $2,571,154 shall be available as 
one fund for necessary planning, research, and administrative ex-
penses; including purchase (not to exceed ten for replacement only) 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; of which $2,571,154 not to exceed 
$450,000 may be transferred to the appropriation "Salaries and 
expenses. Civil Aeronautics Administration", to provide for necessary 
administrative expenses, including the maintenance and operation of 
aircraft: Provided^ That the appropriation under this head for the 
next preceding fiscal year is hereby merged with this appropriation 
^^ ^**^ sss. 
and the contract authorization heretofore granted for the foregoing 
purposes may hereafter be accounted for under this head. 
Maintenance and operation of public airports. Territory of Alaska: 
For expenses necessary for the maintenance, improvement, and opera-
tion of public airports in the Territory of Alaska, as authorized by 
law (48 U. S. C. 485 c-h); including arms and ammunition; and pur- 
^2 stat. 278. 
chase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms; $433,594. 
Air navigation development: For expenses necessary for planning 
and developing a national system of aids to air navigation and air 
traffic control common to military and civil air navigation, including 
research, experimental investigations, purchase and development, by 
contract or otherwise, of new types of air navigation aids (including 
plans, specifications and drawings) ; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and aircraft; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 
2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates for individuals not in excess of $50 
^ s*"*- Elo-
per diem; acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; payments in 
advance under contracts for research or development work; and not 
to exceed $85,000 for administrative expenses; $1,750,000. 
CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD 
Civil Aeronautics Board, salaries and expenses: For necessary ex-
penses of the Civil Aeronautics Board, including contract stenographic 
reporting services; employment of temporary guards on a contract 
or fee basis; salaries and traveling expenses of employees detailed to 
attend courses of training conducted by the Government or industries 
serving aviation; expenses of examination of estimates of appropria-
tions in the field; purchase (not to exceed two for replacement only) 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and hire, operation, maintenance, 
and repair of aircraft; $3,800,000. 
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the 
provisions of the Act of August 6, 1947 (33 U. S. C. 883a-883i), in- 
^i stat. 737. 
eluding purchase of not to exceed three passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only; lease of sites and the erection of temporary build-
ings for tide, magnetic or seismological observations; hire of aircraft; 
operation, maintenaiice, and repair of an airplane: extra compensation 
at not to exceed $15 per month to each member of the crew of a vessel 
when assigned duties as recorder or instrument observer, and at not to 
exceed $1 per day for each station to employees of other Federal 
93300 0 - 5 3 - 3 9 
564 
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[66 STAT. 
60 Stat. 810. 
agencies while making oceanographic observations or tending seismo-
graphs ; not to exceed $25,000 for services as authorized by section 15 
of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; pay, allowances, gratu-
ities, transportation of dependents and household effects, and payment 
of funeral eimenses, as authorized by law, for not to exceed 185 com-
missioned officers on the active list; and pay of commissioned 
officers retired in accordance with law; $12,535,000: Provided^ 
equipment!*' °' 
That the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force are 
authorized during the current fiscal year to transfer without re-
imbursement to the Coast and Geodetic Survey, subject to the ap-
proval of the Bureau of the Budget, landing craft, launches, marine 
engines, electronic equipment, automotive vehicles, parts, equipment, 
and supplies, excess to the needs of such Departments, which will 
serve to expedite surveys in Alaska for national defense: 
Provided 
fwrther^ That during the current fiscal year, this appropriation shall 
be reimbursed for press costs and costs of paper for charts published 
. . . 
by the Coast and Geodetic Survey and furnished for the official 
use of the military departments of the Department of Defense. 
BUREAU OF rOBEIGN AND DOKESTIC COMMERCE 
Departmental salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the 
., , 
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce at the seat of government, 
including the purchase of commercial and trade reports, and not to 
exceed $50,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
60 Stat. 810. 
August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $2,792,932: Provided, That expenses 
of field studies or surveys conducted by departmental personnel of the 
Bureau shall be payable from the amount herein appropriated. 
Field office service: For expenses necessary to operate and maintain 
regional, district, and cooperative branch offices for the collection and 
dissemination of information useful in the development and improve-
^; 
ment of commerce throughout the United States and its possessions, 
$1,965,000. 
Export control: For expenses necessary for carrying out the pro-
5ou«:*app.202i visious of the Export Control Act of 1949, as amended, relating to 
"°in'o* * o/n 
export controls, including services as authorized by section 15 of the 
A
n o*„* o,n 
^^^ ^^ August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $50 per 
diem for individuals, $5,750,000, of which not to exceed $1,300,000 
may be transferred to the Bureau of Customs, Treasury Department, 
for enforcement of the export control program, and of which not to 
exceed $105,000 may be transferred to the appropriation for "Salaries 
and expenses" under the Office of the Secretary. 
PATENT OFFICE 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Patent Office, 
including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates for individuals not to exceed $75 per 
diem (not to exceed $25,000) ; expenses of transporting to foreign 
governments publications of patents issued by the Patent Office; and 
defense of suits instituted against the Commissioner of Patents; 
$12,000,000: Provided, That the headings of the drawings for patented 
cases may be multigraphed in the Patent Office for the purpose of 
photolithography. 
BUREAU o r PUBLIC ROADS 
General administrative expenses: Necessary expenses of admin-
istration, including advertising (including advertising in the city of 
Washington for work to be performed m areas adjacent thereto), 
purchase of thirty-five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, 
60 Stat. 810. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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565 
and the maintenance and repairs of experimental highways, shall be 
paid, in accordance with law, from appropriations available to the 
Bureau of Public Koads. 
Of the total amount available from appropriations of the Bureau of 
Public Roads for general administrative expenses, pursuant to the 
provisions of section 21 of the Act of November 9, 1921, as amended 
(23 U. S. C. 21), $100,000 shall be available for all necessary ex-
penses to enable the President to utilize the services of the Bureau of 
Public Roads in fulfilling the obligations of the United States under 
the Convention on the Pan-American Highway Between the United 
States and Other American Republics (51 Stat. 152), cooperation with 
several governments, members of the Pan American Union, in connec-
tion with the survey and construction of the Inter-American High-
way, and for performing engineering service in Pan-American 
countries for and upon thfe request of any agency or governmentJil 
corporation of the United States. 
Federal-aid highways: For carrying out the provisions of the Act 
of July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented (23 U. S. C. 1-22, 
24^105, 107-117), to remain available until expended, $325,000,000, 
which sum is composed of $322,491,000, a part of the amount author-
ized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1951, and $2,038,463 and 
$470,537, 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 floods, hurricanes, or landslides, as 
provided by section 4 of the Act approved June 8, 1938, and section 7 
of the Act approved July 13,1943 (23 U. S. C. 13a and 13b). 
Forest highways: For expenses, not otherwise provided for, neces-
sary for carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal 
Highway Act of November 9,1921, as amended (23 U. S. C. 23, 23a), 
to remain available until expended, $18,000,000, which sum is composed 
of $1,400,000, the remainder of the amount authorized to be appro-
priated for the fiscal year 1951, and $16,600,000, a part of the amount 
authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1952: Provided^ 
That this appropriation shall be available for the rental, purchase, 
construction, or alteration of buildings and sites necessary for the 
storage and repair of equipment and supplies used for road con-
struction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such item under 
this authorization shall not exceed $15,000. 
Inter-American Highway: For necessary expenses of continuing 
the survey and construction of the Inter-American Highway, in 
accordance with the provisions of the Act of December 26, 1941 (55 
Stat. 860), as amended by section 11 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act 
of 1950, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
Access roads (Act of S^tember 7,1950) : For an additional amount 
for "Access roads (Act of September 7, 1950)", for carrying out the 
provisions of section 12 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1^50, as 
amended, to remain available until expended, $15',(XX),000, of which 
$10,000,000 is for liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to the 
contract authority granted by the Act of October 16, 1951 (65 Stat. 
422). 
General provisions—^Bureau of Public Roads: None of the money 
appropriated for the work of the Bureau of Public Roads during 
the current fiscal year shall be paid to any State on account of any proj-
ect on which convict labor shall be employed, but this provision shall 
not apply to labor performed by convicts on parole or probation. 
During the current fiscal year authorized engineering or other serv-
ces in connection with the survey, construction, and maintenance, or 
improvement of roads may be performed for other Government agen-
cies, cooperating foreign countries and State cooperating agencies 
and reimbursement for such services (which may include deprecia-
In t e r-American 
Highway. 
42 Stat. 217. 
39 Stat. 355. 
52 Stat. 634. 
57 Stat. 561. 
42 Stat. 218. 
64 Stat. 789. 
64 Stat. 785. 
23 u s e 3a note. 
23 u s e 106 note. 
Services for other 
agencies, etc. 
Warehouse main' 
tenance, etc. 
60 Stat. 810. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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[66 STAT. 
tion on engineering and road-building equipment used) shall be 
credited to the appropriation concerned. 
During the current fiscal year appropriations for the work of the 
Bureau of Public Roads shall be available for expenses of warehouse, 
maintenance ^nd the procurement, care, and handling of supplies, ma-
terials, and equipment for distribution to projects under the super-
* 
vision of the Bureau of Public Roads, or for sale or distribution to 
other Government activities, cooperating foreign countries and State 
cooperating agencies, and the cost of such supplies and materials or 
the value of such equipment (including the cost of transportation and 
handling) may be reimbursed to current applicable appropriations. 
piiil,**itcf^ '"'*' 
Appropriations to the Bureau of Public Roads may be used in 
emergency for medical supplies and services and other assistance 
necessary for the immediate relief of employees engaged on hazardous 
work under that Bureau, and for teniporary services as authorized 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), but at rates 
for individuals not in excess of $100 per diem. 
NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Act 
31 Stat. 1449. 
approved March 3,1901, as amended (15 U. S. C. 271-278; Public Law 
i'*s^u*sc^^2 7 2, 61^5 approved J\ily 22, 1950), including improvements to buildings^ 
278a-278c. 
' grouuds, and other plant facilities, as authorized by section 2 of the 
15 use' isi: 
Act of July 21,1950 (Public Law 618); building of temporary experi-
mental structures; purchase (not to exceed five for replacement only) 
and hire of passenger mptor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000 for 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
U. S. C. 55a) at rates not to exceed $00 per diem for individuals; as 
follows: 
Operation and administration: For the general operation and 
administration of the Bureau; improvement and care of the grounds; 
plant equipment; not to exceed $175,000 for construction and equip-
ment of cafeteria facilities; and maintenance and protection of build-
ings, including repairs and alterations thereto; $1,351,000. 
64^stat.^ ^c ^
2 7 2 
Rcsearch and testing: For research, testing and, other activities, as 
278a-278c. 
' authorized by the Act of July 22, 1950 (Public LaAv 619), and not 
otherwise provided for, $4,000,000. 
Radio propagation and standa]^"ds: For development and mainte-
nance of primary standards of measurement of electrical quantities at 
radio frequencies; calibrating and certifying radio measuring instru-
ments, apparatus, and standards in terms of the national primary 
standards; investigation of the phenomena affecting the propagation 
of radio waves; and the broadcasting of radio signals of standard fre-
quency ; $2,750,000: Provided^ That during the current fiscal year the 
maximum base rate of compensation for employees appointed pursuant 
15 us^c 285° 286. to the Act of July 21, 1950 (Public Law 618), shall be $7,040 per 
annum. 
WEATHER BUREAU 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Weather 
Bureau, including maintenance and operation of aircraft; not to 
exceed $25,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 65a) ; not to exceed $10,000 for maintenance 
of a printing office in the City of Washington, as authorized by law; 
and purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; 
$27,250,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the maxi-
mum amount authorized under section 3 (a) of the Act of June 2, 
1948 (15 U. S. C. 327), for extra compensation to employees of other 
Government agencies for taking and transmitting meteorological ob-
60 Stat. 810. 
62 Stat. 286. 
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567 
servations, shall be $5 per day; and the maximum base rate of pay 
authorized under section 3 (b) of said Act, for employees conducting 
meteorological investigations in the Arctic region, shall be $6,000 
per annum, except that not more than five of such employees at any 
one time may receive a base rate of $8,500 per annum, and such em-
ployees may be appointed without regard to the Classification Act 
of 1949. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—^DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
SEC. 302. During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations 
and funds available to the Department of Commerce shall be available 
for the activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (Public Law 
390), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by said Act, 
SEC. 303. Appropriations of the Department of Commerce available 
for salaries and expenses shall be available for attendance at meetings 
of organizations concerned with the activities for which the appropri-
ations are made. 
SEC. 304. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6 of the Act of 
August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 555), or the provisions of any other law, 
the Secretary of Commerce may, in his absolute discretion, during the 
current fiscal year, terminate the employment of any officer or em-
ployee of the Department of Commerce whenever he shall deem such 
termination necessary or advisable in the best interests of the United 
States. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Commerce Appropri-
ation Act, 1953". 
TITLE IV—THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
63 Stat. 907. 
S u s e S96a. 
5 u s e 652. 
eUation of title. 
T h e J u d i c i a r y 
Appropriation Act, 
1953, 
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, 
$1,017,900. 
PRINTING AND BINDING SUPREME COURT REPORTS 
For printing and binding the advance opinions, preliminary prints, 
and bound reports of the Court, $91,200. 
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 
For miscellaneous expenses to be expended as the Chief Justice may 
approve, $46,450. 
CARE o r THE BUILDING 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-13d), including improvements, 
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 sections 
3709, as amended,, and 3744 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5, 
16); $174,100. 
48 Stat. 668. 
568 
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[66 S T A T . 
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 
approvedby the chief judge, $20^,700. 
, 
CUSTOMS COURT 
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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, $467,000: Provided, That traveling expenses of judges 
of the Customs Court shall be paid upon the written certificate 
,, , 
of the judge. 
CouRT OF 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, $613,800. 
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, $3,700. 
V 
OTHER COURTS AND SIKVICES 
HAWAH 
For salaries of the chief justice and two associate justices of the 
Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii, of judges of the circuit 
courts in Hawaii, and of judges retired under title 28, United States 
Code, section 373, $120,000. 
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); and justices and judges retired or resigned under 
62 Stat. 903. 
^ j ^ ^ £8, United States Code, sections 371, 372, and 373; $5,120,000. 
SALARIES 
OP 
CLERKS 
OF 
COURTS 
For salaries of clerks of United States courts of appeals and United 
' 
States district courts, their deputies, and other assistants, $4,991,850. 
PROBATION SYSTEM 
For salaries of probation officers and their clerical assistants, as 
62 Stat. 843. 
authocized by title 18, United States Code, sections 3654 and 3656, 
$2,420,000: Provided, 
That nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued to abridge the right of the district judges to appoint probation 
62 Stat. 904. 
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569 
officers, or to make such orders as may be necessary to govern pro-
bation officers in their own courts: Provided further^ That no part ^.^frobation of-
of this appropriation shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of 
^^"strictionon 
any probation officer who, in the judgment of the chief or presiding salary, etc. 
judge certified to the Attorney General, fails to carry out the official 
orders of the Attorney General with respect to supervising or fur-
nishing information concerning any prisoner released conditionally or 
O
H parole from any Federal peHal or correctional institution. 
SALABIES OF CRIERS 
For salaries of criers as authorized by title 26, United States Code, 
sections 713 (a) and 755, $600,000. 
FEES OF COMMISSIONERS 
For fees of the United States commissioners and other committing 
magistrates acting under title 18, United States Code, section 3041, 
including fees and expenses of conciliation commissioners, United 
States courts, including the objects and subject to the conditions 
specified for such fees and expenses of conciliation commissioners in 
the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1937, $543,000. 
62 Stat. 920. 
62 Stat. 815. 
49 Stat. 1327. 
4 1 Stat. 558. 
FEES OF JURORS 
For fees, expenses, and costs of jurors; meals and lodging for 
jurors in Alaska, as provided by section 193, title II, of the Act Of 
June6,1900 (31 Stat. 362) ; and compensation for jury commissioners; 
$2,800,000: Provided^ That the compensation of jury commissioners 
for the District of Columbia shall conform to the provisions of section 
1401, title 11 of the District of Columbia Code. 
MISCELLANEOUS SALARIES 
For salaries of all officials and employees of the Federal judiciary, 
not otherwise specifically provided for, $2,900,000: 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 
"ul*c*Ion'*note. 
that the salary of a secretary shall conform with that of the General 
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 
Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and of compensation paid for 
^ use 1121. 
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. 
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 
For miscellaneous expenses of the United States courts and their 
officers; rent in the District of Columbia; purchase of firearms and 
ammunition; and purchase of envelopes without regard to the Act of 
^9 use 355. 
June 26, 1906 (34 Stat. 476); $837,200: Provided, That this appro-
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[66 STAT. 
priation shall be available for payment of the cost of contract statis-
tical services for the Office of Register of Wills of the District of 
Columbia: Provided further^ That not to exceed $1,000 of this appro-
priation shall be available for the payment of fees to attorneys 
appointed in accordance with the Act of June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 625), 
not exceeding $25 in any one case. 
D. C. C o d e 21-
308. 
TRAVEL EXPENSES 
For necessary traveling expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
incurred by the Judiciary, including traveling expenses of probation 
, 
officers and their clerks, $715,000: Provided, That this sum shall be 
available, in an amount not to exceed $8,500, for expenses of attendance 
at meetings concerned with the work of Federal probation when 
incurred on the written authorization of the Director of the Adminis-
trative Office of the United States Courts. 
SALARIES 
OF 
COURT REPORTERS 
For salaries of court reporters for the district courts of the United 
62 Stat. 921. 
Statcs, as authorized by title 28, United States Code, section 753, 
$1,100,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts, including travel, advertising, rent in the District of 
Columbia and elsewhere, and examination of estimates for appropria-
tions in the field, $580,000. 
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS, DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED 
STATES 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For repairs and improvements to the courthouse, including repair 
and maintenance of the mechanical equipment, and for labor and 
material and every item incident thereto, $7,100, to be expended under 
the direction of the Architect of the Capitol. 
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For repairs and improvements to the United States Court of Appeals 
Building, including repair and maintenance of the mechanical equip-
ment and for labor and material and every item incident thereto, $3,700, 
to be expended under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol. 
SALARIES OF REFEREES 
For salaries of referees as authorized by the Act of June 28, 1946 
60 Stat. 326. 
(^^ ^ g Q gg) ^ $879,000 to be derived from the referees' salary fund 
established in pursuance of said Act. 
EXPENSES OF REFEREES 
For miscellaneous expenses of referees, United States courts, 
including the salaries of their clerical assistants, travel, purchase of 
39 use 355. 
envelopes without regard to the Act of June 26, 1906 (34 Stat. 476), 
$1,165,000 to be derived from the referees' expense fund established 
60 Stat. 327. 
j ^ pursuaucc of the Act of June 28, 1946 (11 U. S. C. 68 (c) (4)). 
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571 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 
SEC. 402. Sixty per centum of the expenditures for the District Court 
of the United States for the District of Columbia from all appro-
priations 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. 403. The reports of the United States Court of Appeals for 
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. 
SEC. 404. When the buildings in Judiciary Square now occupied 
by the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia 
and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 
are vacated by such courts, the Architect of the Capitol shall cease to 
perform any duties in connection with such buildings and any duties 
theretofore performed by him with respect to these buildings shall 
thereafter be performed by the General Services Administration. 
Such amounts of the appropriations herein provided for expenditure 
for such buildings by the Architect of the Capitol as may be unobli-
gated at the time of transfer of duties shall be transferred by the 
Architect of the Capitol to the General Services Administration. 
This title may be cited as "The Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1953". 
B u i l d i n g s va-
cated by courts in 
Judiciary Square. 
TITLE V—FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, 
INCORPORATED 
The following corporation is hereby authorized to make such ex-
penditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority avail-
able to such corporation, and in accord with Hw, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 
as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs 
set forth in the Budget for the fiscal year 1953 for such corporation, 
except as hereinafter provided: 
Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated: Not to exceed $368,000 
of the funds of the Corporation shall be available for its adminis-
trative expenses, and not to exceed $432,000 for the expenses of voca-
tional training of prisoners, both amounts to be computed on an ac-
crual 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 acquisition, construction, 
operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of 
facilities and other property belonging to the Corporation or in 
which it has an interest. 
Citation of title. 
59 Stat. 598. 
3 1 u s e 849. 
TITLE VI-<JENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of throw*'*/cfo 
the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included in mentT ° 
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-
o V er-
V e m -
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[66 S T A T . 
Affidavit. 
Penalty clause. 
Chauffeurs. 
P u b l i c ity 
propaganda. 
R e s t r i c tion on 
appointments. 
Nonapplic ability. 
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 
has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike 
against the Government of the United States, is not a member of an 
organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike 
against the Government of the United States, or that such person does 
not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, 
the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or 
violence: Provided further, That any person who engages in a strike 
against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an 
organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike 
against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or 
who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of 
the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts 
employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appro-
priation or fund contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, 
upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for 
not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above 
penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any 
other provisions of existing law. 
SEC. 602. Except for the automobiles officially assigned to the Secre-
tary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Commerce, auto-
mobiles assigned for operation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
and one-half of the chauffeur-driven automobiles in operation in the 
Departments on July 1, 1951, no part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any civilian 
employee of the Government of the District of Columbia whose pri-
mary duties consist of acting as chauffeur of any Government-owned 
passenger motor vehicle (other than a bus or ambulance), unless such 
appropriation is specifically authorized to be used for paying the com-
pensation of employees performing such duties. 
SEC. 603. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not heretofore author-
ized by the Congress. 
SEC. 604. No part of any appropriation or authorization contained 
in this Act shall be used to pay compensation of any incumbent 
appointed to any civil office or position which may become vacant after 
July 1,1952, through the fiscal year 1953: Provided, That this inhibi-
tion shall not apply— 
(a) to not to exceed 25 per centum of all vacancies; 
(b) to positions filled from within the department; 
(c) to offices or positions required by law to be filled by appoint-
ment of the President by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate; 
(d) to the Department of Justice; 
(e) to the Judiciary Branch; 
(f) to the Civil Aeronautics Administration; 
(g) to the operational personnel of the Weather Bureau, 
National Bureau of Standards, the Field Office Service of the 
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Coast and Geodetic 
Survey, and the Bureau of Public Roads; 
(h) to the Patent Office; 
(i) to the Civil Aeronautics Board; 
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573 
(j) to employees under the provisions of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1946 as amended; 
(k) to construction personnel, International Boundary and 
Water Commission, United States and Mexico; 
(1) to employees in grades CPC-1 and 2: 
Provided 
further^ That when the total number of personnel in a 
department subject to this section has been reduced to 90 per centum 
of the total provided for in the budget estimates for 1953, this section 
may cease to apply. 
SEC. 605. (a) No appropriation or authorization contained in this 
Act shall be available to pay— 
(1) for personal services of personnel above basic rates; 
(2) for transportation of things (other than mail); or 
(3) for travel of employees, 
more than 90 per centum of the amount which the budget estimates 
heretofore submitted in connection with appropriation or authoriza-
tion contemplated would be expended therefrom for such purposes, 
respectively; and the total amount of each appropriation, any part of 
which is available for such purpose, is hereby reduced by an amount 
equal to 10 per centum of the amount requested in such budget esti-
mates for such purpose less an amount representing the reduction, if 
any, between the amount requested for such purpose in the budget 
estimates and the amount appropriated herein for such purpose, 
(b) This section shall not apply to— 
(1) construction, International Boundary and Water Commis-
sion, United States and Mexico. 
(2) the Foreign Service, Department of State. 
(3) the Department of Justice. 
(4) the Civil Aeronautics Administration. 
(5) the Civil Aeronautics Board. 
(6) the operational personnel of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 
tlie Bureau of Public JRoads, the National Bureau of Standards, 
and the Weather Bureau. 
(7) the Field Office Service of the Bureau of Foreign and Do-
mestic Commerce. 
(8) the Patent Office. 
(9) Bureau of the Census. 
(10) the Judiciary Branch. 
SKC. 606. No part of the money appropriated by this Act to any 
department or made available for expenditure by any corporation 
included in this Act which is in excess of 871/2 per centum of the amount 
required to pay the compensation of all persons the aggregate budget 
estimates for personal services heretofore submitted to the Congress 
for the fiscal year 1953 contemplated would be employed by such 
department or corporation during such fiscal year in the performance 
of— 
(1) functions performed by a person designated as an informa-
tion specialist, information and editorial specialist, publications 
and information coordinator, press relations officer or counsel, 
photographer, radio expert, television expert, motion-picture 
expert, or publicity expert, or designated by any similar title, or 
(2) functions performed by persons who assist persons perform-
ing the functions described in (1) in drafting, preparing, editing, 
typing, duplicating, or disseminating public information publica-
tions or releases, radio or television scripts, magazine articles, 
photographs, motion pictures, and similar material, 
60 Stat. 999. 
22 u s e 801 note. 
Personal 
s e r v -
ices, travel, etc. 
Reduction of ap-
propriation. 
Nonapplicability. 
Information a n d 
editorial functions. 
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[66 S T A T . 
Short title. 
shall be available to pay the compensation of persons performing the 
functions described in (1) or (2). No person whose only performance 
of the functions described in (1) or (2) of the preceding sentence is in 
activities necessary for the enforcement of law, promotion of safety 
of human life, dissemination of weather information, or scientific 
experimentation, or whose compensation is paid from funds appro-
priated specifically for International Information and Educational 
Activities shall be deemed to be engaged in the performance of the 
functions so described. 
This Act may be cited as the "Departments of State, Justice, Com-
merce, and The Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1953". 
Approved July 10, 1952. 
July 10, 1952 
[H.R. 5327] 
Public Law 496 
CHAPTER 652 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of July 26, 1946 (Public Law 551, Seventy-ninth Congress), 
relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds by the city of Anchorage, 
Alaska. 
Anchorage, Alas-
ka. 
B o n d s for pub-
lic works. 
60 Stat. 70 1. 
60 Stat. 703. 
Be it enacted l)y the Senate and Home of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first two 
sections of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the city of Anchorage, 
Alaska, to issue bonds in a sum not to exceed $5,000,000 for the purpose 
of constructing, reconstructing, improving, extending, bettering, 
repairing, equipping, or acquiring public works of a permanent char-
acter, and to provide for the payment thereof, and for other purposes", 
approved July 26, 1946 (Public Law 551, Seventy-ninth Congress), 
are amended to read as follows: 
"That the city of Anchorage, Alaska, is hereby authorized to issue 
and sell its bonds in an amount not to exceed $12,500,000, for the 
purpose of constructing, reconstructing, improving, extending, better-
ing, repairing, equipping, or acquiring public works of permanent 
character for said city. 
"SEC. 2. Such public works shall include but not be limited to water 
facilities, sewers and sewage-disposal facilities, heating plants, and 
distribution facilities, electric and steam power and light plants and 
distribution facilities, telephone plants and distribution facilities, 
streets and street improvements, corporation or equipment yards, city-
hall additions, jails, fire halls, libraries, and school buildings." 
SEC. 2. The third sentence of section 3 of such Act is amended to 
read as follows: "Not less than twenty days' notice of such election 
shall be given to the public by posting notices of same in three con-
spicuous places within the corporate limits of the city of Anchorage, 
Alaska." 
SEC. 3. Section 8 of said Act is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 8. The city of Anchorage is hereby authorized to enter into 
contracts with the United States of America or any agency or instru-
mentality thereof to obtain a grant or loan of money funds to aid in 
the construction of water facilities, sewers and sewage-disposal facili-
ties, heating plants and distribution facilities, electric and steam 
power and light plants and distribution facilities, telephone plants 
and distribution facilities, stadia, gymnasia, auditoria and athletic 
fields, streets and street improvements, corporation or equipment 
yards, city-hall additions, jails, fire halls, libraries, and school build-
ings." 
Approved July 10, 1952.