An Act to authorize appropriations for the procurement of vessels and aircraft and construction of shore and offshore establishments, and to authorize the average annual active duty personnel strength for the Coast Guard
PL 92-343 (H.R.13188), enacted 07/10/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-343-JULY 10, 1972 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 102. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles. 
SEC. 103. Whenever any office or position not specifically established 
by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein or 
46Stat. 32. 
whenever the rate of compensation or designation of any position 
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appropriated for herein is different from that specifically established 
for such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and the desig-
nation of the position, or either, appropriated for or provided herein, 
shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the 
provisions herein for the various items of official expenses of Members, 
officers, and committees of the Senate and House, and clerk hire for 
Senators and Members shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
SEC. 104. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
Fiscal year 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless "™it«t^<»"-
expressly so provided herein. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriation 
s^ort title. 
Act, 1973*'. 
Approved July 10, 1972. 
Public Law 92-343 
AN ACT 
Tulyl0,1972 
T(» authorize appropriations for the procuremeut of vessels and aircraft and 
[H. R. 13188] 
construction of shore and offshore establishments, and to authorize the average 
annual active duty personnel strength for the Coast Guard. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatlres 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That funds are G^;^" ^°°"' 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1973 for the use AppropriaUon 
of the Coast Guard as follows: 
authorization; 
personnel strength. 
VESSELS 
For procurement and increasing capability of vessels, $81,740,000. 
A. Procurement— 
(1) replace one icebreaker. 
B. Increasing capability— 
(1) renovate and improve selected buoy tenders. 
(2) conductmajor repairs on cutter (polar icebreaker) Glacier. 
(3) renovate two Wind class polar icebreakers for interim 
service. 
(4) abate pollution from vessels. 
AIRCRAFT 
For procurement and extension of service life of 
aircraft, 
$18,100,000. 
A. Procurement 
(1) two long range search aircraft. 
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(2) an administrative aircraft. 
(3) a long range search and rescue helicopter. 
B. Extension of service life 
(1) repair outer wings on nine HC-130 aircraft. 
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Bridge owners, 
payments. 
33 use 511. 
Housing facili-
ties, lease. 
63 Stat. 532; 
84 Stat. 305. 
CONSTRUCTION 
F'or establishment or development of installations and facilities by 
jioquisition, construction, conversion, extension, or installation of per-
manent or temporary public works, including the preparation of sites 
and furnishing of appurtenances, utilities, and equipment for the 
following, $46,040,000. 
(1) Marshfield and Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts: 
modernize radio station facilities; 
(2) Brooklyn, New York: construct barracks and messing 
facility at air station; 
'Z) Fort Hancock, New Jersey: rebuild Sandy Hook Station; 
[4) Portsmouth, Vir^nia: construct new base (phase I I ) ; 
^5) Islamorada, Florida: construct permanent facilities; 
(6) Monterey, California: rebuild Monterey Station and con-
struct moorings at Santa Cruz; 
(7) Coos Bay, Oregon: construct new air station; 
(8) Cape May, New Jersey: expand electrical capacity at train-
ing center; 
(9) Yorktown, Virginia: construct barracks at training center; 
(10) Cocoa Beach, Florida: establish C-130 aircraft facility 
at Patrick Air Force Base; 
(11) Fort Pierce, Florida: rebuild station; 
(12) Port Isabel, Texas: renovate station; 
(13) Dana, Indiana: renovate barracks at Loran Station; 
(14) Various locations: abate pollution from stations; 
(15) Washington, District of Columbia: procure and install 
National Eesponse Center Information System equipment; 
(16) Various locations: aids to navigation projects on selected 
waterways; 
(17) Various locations: automate light stations; 
(18) Presque Isle, Maine: construction station for Loran-C 
development projects; 
(19) Houston, Texas: establish marine traffic control system; 
(20) Various locations: public family quarters; 
(21) Various locations: advance planning, survey, design, and 
architectural services; project administratioi;! costs; acquire sites 
in connection with projects not otherwise authorized by law; 
(22) Curtis Bay, Maryland: construction supply building at 
the Coast Guard yard; 
(23) Cheboygan, Michigan: rebuild moorings for Coast Guard 
Cutter Mackinaw. 
SEC. 2. For fiscal year 1973 the Coast Guard is authorized an 
average active duty personnel strength of 39,449, and an end of year 
strength of 39,541. 
SEC. 3. For fiscal year 1973 for the use of the Coast Guard for pay-
ments under the Act of June 21, 1940 (54 Stat. 497), as amended, to 
bridge owners for the cost of alteration of railroad and public highway 
bridges to permit the free navigation of the navigable waters of the 
United States, $12,500,000. 
SEC. 4. Section 475, title 14, Lmited States Code, is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 
"(a) The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard 
is operating is authorized to lease housing facilities at or near Coast 
Guard installations, wherever located, for assignment as public quar-
ters to military personnel and their dependents, if any, without rental 
charge upon a determination by the Secretary, or his designee, that 
there is a lack of adequate housing facilities at or near such Coast 
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Guard installations. Such public housing facilities may be leased on an 
individual or multiple-unit basis. Expenditures for the rental of such 
housing facilities may not exceed the average authorized for the 
Department of Defense in any year except where the Secretary of the 
Department in which the Coast Guard is operating finds that the 
average is so low as to prevent rental of necessary housing facilities 
in some areas, in which event he is authorized to reallocate existing 
funds to high-cost areas so that rental expenditures in such areas 
exceed the average authorized for the Department of Defense." 
(2) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows: 
••(e) The authority provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this 
section shall expire on June 30,1973." 
(3) by adding new subsections (f) and (g) as follows: 
"(f) The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard 
is operating shall annually, not later than April 1, commencing April 1. 
1973, file with the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
President of the Senate a complete report of the utilization of the 
authority granted in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) during the 
preceding calendar year. 
"(g) The authority conferred by subsection (a), (b), (c) or (d) 
may not be utilized after April 1, 1973, unless all reports required 
by subsection (f) have been filed with the Congress." 
Approved July 10, 1972. 
Limitation. 
Expiration date. 
84 Stat. 305. 
14 u s e 475. 
Report to Con-
gre s s. 
Public Law 92-344 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the government of the District of CoUimbiu and other 
activities chargeable in v^^hole or in part against the revenues of said District 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and for other purposes. 
July 10, 1972 
[H. R. 15259] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Re'prese7itatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following-
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1973, and for other purposes, namely: 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For payment to the following funds of the District of Columbia 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973: $181,500,000 to the general 
fund; $2,550,000 to the water fund; and $1,524,000 to the sanitary 
sewage works fund, as authorized by the District of Columbia Revenue 
Act of 1947, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47-2501 (a)); and the Act 
of May 18, 1954 (D.C. Code, sec. 43-1541 and 1611). 
LOANS TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For loans to the District of Columbia, as authorized by the Act of 
December 9, 1969 (83 Stat. 320), the Act of May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 
105, 110), the Act of June 2, 1950 (64 Stat. 195), and the Act of 
June 12,1960 (74 Stat. 210), $130,819,000, which together with balances 
of previous appropriations for this purpose, shall remain available 
until expended and be advanced upon request of the Commissioner, as 
follows: To the general fund, $90,968,000, to the highway fund, 
$16,706,000, to the water fund, $2,933,000, to the sanitary sewage works 
fund, $13,960,000, and to the metropolitan area sanitary sewage works 
fund, $6,252,000. 
District of 
Columbia Appro-
priation Act, 1973. 
85 Stat. 654. 
68 Stat. 102, 
108. 
D.C. Code 
1441 note. 
D.C. 
1604. 
Code 
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84 Stat. 1930. 
D.C. 
D.C. 
1540. 
D.C. 
1620. 
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