An Act making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes
PL 87-290 (H.R.7035), enacted 09/22/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 8 7 - 2 9 0 - S E P T . 22, 1961 
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Public Law 87-290 
AN ACT 
September 22, 1961 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, 
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and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the following ^ Departments o
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sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Ireasury not other- Education and 
wise appropriated, for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Educa- welfare Appropria-
tion, and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending **°" ^'^^^ ^^^2. 
June 30, 1962, namely: 
T I T L E I — D E P A R T M E N T O F L A B O R 
Department of 
Labor Appropria-
tion Act, 1962. 
OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Secretary of Labor 
(hereafter in this title referred to as the Secretary), purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle for replacement only at not to exceed $5,000, 
$1,796,000, of which not more than $2,000 shall be for official enter-
tainment expenses. 
BUREAU OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Bureau of Labor-Management 
Reports, $5,775,000. 
BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL LABOR AFFAIRS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the conduct of international labor affairs, 
$500,000. 
OFFICE or 
THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Solicitor, $1,116,000. 
BUREAU or LABOR STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the promotion of industrial safety, 
employment stabilization, and amicable industrial relations for labor 
and industry; performance of safety functions of the Secretary under 
the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
784(c).) and the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers'Compensation g^^^ ^gg,;' ^'*^' *^ 
Act, as amended (72 Stat. 835); performance of the functions vested in 
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the Secretary by sections 8 (D) and (c) of the Welfare and Pension 
Plans Disclosure Act (72 Stat. 997); and not less than $276,000 for the 
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work of the President's Committee on Employment of the Physically 
Handicapped, as authorized by the Act of July 11,1949 (63 Stat. 409) ; 
$3,258,000: Provided^ That no part of the appropriation for the Presi-
74 Stat. 913. 
54 Stat. 890. 
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[75 STAT. 
dent's Committee shall be subject to reduction or transfer to any other 
department or agency under the provisions of any existing law; includ-
ing purchase of reports and of material for informational exhibits. 
BUREAU OF VETERANS' EEEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to render assistance in connection with the 
exercise of reemployment rights under section 8 of the Selective 
Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 308), 
55 Stat. 626. 
the Scrvice Extension Act of 1941, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 351), 
the Army Reserve and Retired Personnel Service Law of 1940, as 
54 Stat. 858. 
amended (50 U.S.C. App. 401), and section 9 of the Universal Military 
62 Stat, 614. 
Training and Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 459), and the Reserve 
50 use 925 note. Forccs Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 598), $633,000. 
BUREAU OF APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary to conduct a pro-
gram of encouraging apprentice training, as authorized by the Acts of 
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March 4, 1913 (5 U.S.C. 611), and August 16, 1937 (29 U.S.C. 50), 
50 Stat. 664. 
$4^976,000. 
BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY 
LIMITATION ON SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the general administration of the 
employment service and unemployment compensation programs, 
including temporary employment of persons, without regard to the 
civil-service laws, for the farm placement migratory labor program; 
not more than $10,500,000 may be expended from the employment 
security administration account in the Unemployment trust fund, of 
which $1,369,000 shall be for carrying into effect the provisions of 
title IV (except section 602) of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act 
58 Stat. 293. 
of 1944. 
38 O S C 2010-
2014. 
LIMITATION ON GRANTS TO STATES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION 
AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ADMINISTRATION 
For grants in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 6, 
48 Stat. 113. 
1933, as amended (29 U.S.C. 49-49n), for carrying into effect section 
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602 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, for grants to the. 
States as authorized in title I I I of the Social Security Act, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 501-503), including, upon the request of any State, the 
purchase of equipment, and the payment of rental for space made 
available to such State in lieu of grants for such purpose, for necessary 
expenses including purchasing and installing of air-conditioning 
equipment in connection with the operation of employment office 
facilities and services in the District or Columbia, and for the acquisi-
tion of a building through such arrangements as may be required to 
provide quarters for such offices and facilities in the District of 
Columbia 
and 
for 
the 
District 
of 
Columbia 
Unemployment 
Compensation Board, including conveyance by the Commissioners 
of the District 
of 
Columbia to the United 
States of 
title 
to the land on which such building is to be situated, subject to 
the same conditions with respect to the use of these funds for such 
purposes as are applicable to the procurement of buildings for other 
49 Stat. 626. 
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State employment security agencies, and for expenses not otherwise 
grovided for, necessary for carrying out title XV of the Social 
ecurity Act, as amended (68 Stat. 1130), not more than $405,000,000 ^^42 u s c i36i-
may be expended from the employment security administration 
account in the Unemployment trust fund, of which $15,000,000 shall 
be available only to the extent necessary to meet increased costs of 
administration resulting from changes in a State law or increases in 
the numbers of claims filed and claims paid or increased salary costs 
resulting from changes in State salary compensation plans embracing 
employees of the State generally over those upon which the State's 
basic grant (or the allocation for the District of Columbia) was based, 
which increased costs of administration cannot be provided for by 
normal budgetary adjustments: Provided^ That notwithstanding any 
provision to the contrary in section 302(a) of the Social Security Act, 
as amended, the Secretary of T^abor shall from time to time certify to 
49 stat. (526. 
the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State found to be 
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in compliance with the requirements of the Act of June 6, 1933, and, 
except in the case of Guam and the Virgin Islands, with the provisions 
of section 303 of the Social Securitv Act, as amended, such amounts 
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as he determines to be necessary for the proper and efficient administra-
tion of its unemployment compensation law and of its public employ-
ment offices: Provided further^ That such amounts as may be agreed 
upon by the Department of Labor and the Post Office Department 
shall be used for the payment, in such manner as said parties may 
jointly determine, of postage for the transmission of official mail 
matter in connection with the administration of unemployment com-
pensation systems and employment services by States receiving grants 
herefrom. 
In carrying out the provisions of said Act of June 6,1933, the provi- 
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sions of section 303(a) (1) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 
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relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards 
on the merit basis, shall apply. 
None of the funds appropriated by this title to the Bureau of withholding o
f 
Employment Security for grants-in-aid of State agencies to cover, in ^"Rtstriction. 
whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies, including the 
salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, shall 
be withheld from the said agencies of any States which have estab-
lished by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit system 
and classification and compensation plan covering the selection, tenure 
in office, and compensation of their employees, because of any disap-
proval of their personnel or the manner of their selection by the 
agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or 
employees. 
Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after 
May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under title I I I of 
the Social Security Act, as amended, and under the Act of June 6, 49 a^at^. ^5^26.^^^ 
1933, as amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal 29 use 49-49n. * 
year, such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the 
expenditures made thereunder for payments under such title and 
under such Act of June 6, 1933, to be charged to tlie appropriation 
therefor for that fiscal year: Provided, That the payments made pur-
suant to this paragraph shall not exceed the amount paid to the States 
for the first quarter of the current fiscal year. 
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PAYMENT TO THE FEDERAL EXTENDED COMPENSATION ACCOUNT 
For payment into the Federal extended compensation account of the 
unemployment trust fund, as repayable advances, as authorized by 
section 13 of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation 
Act of 1961, $340,000,000, to remain available only until September 30, 
Ante, p. 14. 
1962. 
ADVANCES TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT, U N E M -
PLOYMENT TRUST FUND 
For an additional amount for capital for the Revolving fund, 
$20,000,000. 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND 
EX-SERVICEMEN 
For payments to unemployed Federal employees and ex-servicemen, 
either directly or through payments to States, as authorized by title 
42 % c * U61. ^ ^ °* *^® '^^^^^^ Security Act, as amended, $147,000,000. 
1370. 
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Unemployment compensation for Federal emplovees and ex-service-
men, next succeeding fiscal year: F o r making, alter May 31 of the 
current fiscal year, payments to States, as aumorized by title XV of 
the Social Security Act, as amended, such amounts as may be required 
for payment to unemployed Federal employees and ex-servicemen for 
the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, and the obligations 
and expenditures thereunder shall be charged to the appropriation 
therefor for that fiscal year: Provided, That the payments made pur-
suant to this paragraph shall not exceed the amount paid to the States 
for the first quarter oi the current fiscal year. 
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIES, MEXICAN FARM LABOR PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to enable the Department to determine com-
pliance with the provisions of contracts entered into pursuant to the 
65 Stat. 119.^^ ^ Act of July 12,1951, as amended, $720,000. 
1468. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, MEXICAN FARM LABOR PROGRAM 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out 
the functions of the Department of Labor under the Act of July 12, 
65 Stat. 119. 
1951^ as amended (7 U.S.C. 1461-1468), including temporary employ-
ment of persons without regard to the civil-service laws, $926,000, 
which shall be derived by transfer from the Farm labor supply revolv-
ing fund. 
BUREAU OF EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses and not to exceed $103,225 
for the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board, $3,834,000, together 
with not to exceed $55,000 to be derived from the fund created by 
section 44 of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation 
44 Stat. 1444. 
Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 944). 
39 Stat. 742; 48 
Stat. 35 I. 
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EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION CLAIMS AND EXPENSES 
For the payment of compensation and other benefits and expenses 
(except administrative expenses) authorized by law and accruing 
during the current or any prior fiscal year, including payments to 
other Federal agencies for medical and hospital services pursuant to 
agreement approved by the Bureau of Employees' Compensation; 
continuation of payment of benefits as provided for under the head 
"Civilian War Benefits" in the Federal Security Agency Appropria-
tion Act, 1947; the advancement of costs for enforcement of recoveries 
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in third-party cases; the furnishing of medical and hospital services 
and supplies, treatment, and funeral and burial expenses, including 
transportation and other expenses incidental to such services, treat-
ment, and burial, for such enrollees of the Civilian Conservation 
Corps as were certified by the Director of such Corps as receiving 
hospital services and treatment at Government expense on June 30, 
1943, and who are not otherwise entitled thereto as civilian employees 
of the United States, and the limitations and authority of the Act of 
September 7,1916, as amended (5 U.S.C. 796), shall apply in provid-
ing such services, treatment, and expenses in such cases and for pay-
ments pursuant to sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 
1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); $64,000,000: Provided, That, in the 
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adjudication of claims under section 42 of the said Act of 1916, for use app. 2063, 
benefits payable from this appropriation, authority under section 32 ^
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of the Act to make rules and regulations shall be construed to include 
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the nature and extent of the proofs and evidence required to establish 
the right to such benefits without regard to the date of the injury or 
death for which claim is made. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the work of 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including advances or reimbursement 
to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for services 
rendered, $12,667,000. 
R E V I S I O N O F T H E C O N S U M E R P R I C E INDEX 
For expenses necessary to enable the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
to revise the Consumer Price Index, including not to exceed $250,000 
for temporary employees at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Labor 
(but not to exceed a rate equivalent to that for general schedule grade 
9) without regard to the civil service laws and Classification Act of 
1949, as amended, $2,100,000. 
WOMEN'S BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the work of the Women's Bureau, as 
authorized by the Act of June 5, 1920 (29 U.S.C. 11-16), including 
4i stat. 987. 
purchase of reports and material lor informational 
exhibits, 
$668,000. 
63 Stat. 954. 
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WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
52 Stat. 1060. 
29 u s e 201. 
49 Stat. 2036. 
Citation of title. 
For expenses necessary for performing the duties imposed by the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, and the Act to pro-
vide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the making of con-
tracts by the United States, approved June 30, 1936, as amended (41 
U.S.C. 35-45), including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered, 
$17,307,000. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Labor Appropriation 
Act, 1962". 
Department of TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND 
Health, Education, 
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priation Act, 1962. 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, of the Food and 
Drug Administration, including reporting and illustrating the results 
of investigations; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and scientific 
equipment; payment in advance for special tests and analyses by con-
tract; and payment of fees, travel, and per diem in connection with 
studies of new developments pertinent to food and drug enforcement 
operations; $23,000,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, CERTIFICATION, INSPECTION, AND OTHER SERVICES 
For expenses necessary for the listing, certification or inspection of 
certain products, and for the establishment of tolerances for pesticides 
and color additives, in accordance with sections 406, 408, 504, 506, 507, 
604, 702A, and 706 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as 
amended (21 U.S.C. 346, 346a, 354, 356, 357, 364, 372a, and 376), the 
aggregate of the advance deposits during the current fiscal year to 
cover payments of fees for services in connection with such certifica-
tions, inspections, or establishment of tolerances, to remain available 
until expended. 
The total amount herein appropriated shall be avail-
able for purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and scientific equipment; 
expenses of advisory committees; and the refund of advance deposits 
for which no service has been rendered. 
PHARMACOLOGICAL-ANIMAL LABORATORY BUILDING 
For plans, specifications, and construction of a special pharma-
cological-animal laboratory for the Food and Drug Administration, 
$1,750,000, to remain available until expended. 
FREEDMEN'S HOSPITAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary; for operation and maintenance, including 
repairs; furnishing, repairing, and cleaning of wearing apparel used 
by employees in the performance of their official duties; transfer of 
funds to the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, Howard Uni-
versity" for salaries of technical and professional personnel detailed 
to the hospital; payments to the appropriation of Howard University 
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tion. 
Payments by D.C. 
for actual cost of heat, light, and power furnished by such university; 
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$3,736,000: Provided, That no intern or resident physician receiving '*^s*aiir^"i^tVi 
compensation from this appropriation on a full-time basis shall receive 
compensation in the form of wages or salary from any other appro-
priation in this title: Provided further, That the District of Columbia 
shall pay by check to Freedmen's Hospital, upon the Surgeon Gen-
eral's request, in advance at the beginning of each quarter, such amount 
as the Surgeon General calculates will be earned on the basis of rates 
approved by the Bureau of the Budget for the care of patients cer-
tified by the District of Columbia. 
Bills rendered by the Surgeon 
General on the basis of such calculations shall not be subject to audit 
or certification in advance of payment; but proper adjustment of 
amounts which have been paid in advance on the basis of such cal-
culations shall be made at the end of each quarter: Provided 
further, 
That the Surgeon General may delegate the responsibilities imposed 
upon him by the foregoing proviso. 
OFFICE or EDUCATION 
PROMOTION AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the provisions of section 3 of the Vocational Educa-
tion Act of 1946, as amended (20 U.S.C. 15j), and section 202 of said 
Act (20 U.S.C. 15bb), section 1 of the Act of March 3,1931 (20 U.S.C. 
30), the Act of March 18, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 31-33), and section 9 of 
the Act of August 1, 1956 (20 U.S.C. 34), including $4,000,000 for 
extension and improvement of practical nurse training under title 
II of the Vocational Education Act of 1946, as amended, which sum 
shall be available under such title also for the expansion and improve-
ment of programs of practical nurse training in effect prior to August 
2, 1956, and $180,000 for vocational education in the fishery trades 
and industry including distributive occupations therein, $33,672,000: 
Provided, That the amount of allotment which States and Territories 
are not prepared to use may be reapportioned among other States and 
Territories applying therefor for use in the programs for which the 
funds were originally apportioned. 
60 Stat. 775. 
70 Stat. 926. 
46 Stat. 1489. 
64 Stat. 27. 
70 Stat. 909. 
70 Stat. 925. 
Ante, p. 44. 
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FURTHER ENDOWMENT OF COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC 
ARTS 
For carrying out the provisions of section 
1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 329), $8,194,000. 
of the Act of June 29, 
74 Stat. 525. 
LAND-GRANT COLLEGE AID 
For an additional payment to the State of Hawaii, as authorized by 
section 14(e) of the Hawaii Omnibus Act (Public Law 86-624, 
approved July 12,1960), $3,775,000. 
74 Stat. 414. 
GRANTS FOR LIBRARY SERVICES 
For grants to the States, pursuant to the Act of June 19, 1956, as 
amended (20 U.S.C. 351-358), $7,500,000. 
70 Stat. 293. 
PAYMENTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS 
For payments to local educational agencies for the maintenance 
and operation of schools as authorized by the Act of September 30, 
1950, as amended (20 U.S.C, ch. 13), $85,700,000: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall also be available for carrying out the provisions 
of section 6 of such Act. 
64 Stat. 1100. 
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ASSISTANCE FOR 
SCHOOL 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for providing school facilities and for 
grants to local educational agencies in federally affected areas, as 
authorized by the Act of September 23, 1950, as amended (20 U.S.C., 
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the current fiscal year of technical services rendered by other agencies, 
$24,850,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no 
part of this appropriation shall be available for salaries or other direct 
expenses of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. 
DEFENSE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES 
For grants, loans, and payments under the National Defense Educa-
2ousc40inote. tion Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 1580-1605), $211,557,000, of which 
$75,145,000 shall be for capital contributions to student loan funds and 
loans for non-Federal capital contributions to student loan funds, of 
which not to exceed $1,300,000 shall be for such loans for non-Federal 
capital contributions; $54,000,000 shall be for grants to States and 
loans to nonprofit private schools for science, mathematics, or modem 
foreign language equipment and minor remodeling oi facilities; 
$3,750,000 shall be for grants to States for supervisory and other serv-
ices; $12,800,000 shall be for grants to States for area vocational 
education programs; and $15,000,000 shall be for grants to States for 
testing, guidance, and coxmseling:. Provided, 
That no part of this 
appropriation shall be available for the purchase of science, mathe-
matics, and modern language teaching equipment, or equipment suit-
able for use for teaching in such fields of education, which can be 
identified as originating in or having been exported from a Com-
munist country, unless such equipment is unavailable from any other 
source: Provided further, That no part of this aj)propriation shall be 
available for graduate fellowships awarded initially under the pro-
visions of the Act after the date of enactment of the Department of 
Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1962, which are 
not found by the Commissioner of Education to be consistent with the 
purpose of the Act as stated in section 101 thereof. 
Loans and payments under the National Defense Education Act, 
next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the current 
fiscal year, loans and payments under title I I of the National Defense 
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2 ^4*29. Educatiou Act, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year 
such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the 
expenditures made thereunder to be charged to the appropriation 
for the same purpose for that fiscal year: Provided, 
That the pay-
ments made pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed the amount 
paid for the same purposes for the first quarter of the current fiscal 
year. 
EXPANSION OF TEACHING I N EDUCATION OF THE MENTALLY RETARDED 
For grants to public or other nonprofit institutions of higher learn-
ing and to State educational agencies, pursuant to the Act of Sep-
72 Stat. 1777. 
tember 6,1958, as amended (20 U.S.C. 611-617), $1,000,000. 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Education, including sur-
veys, studies, investigations, and reports regarding libraries; coordi-
nation of library service on the national level with other lorms of 
adult education; development of library service throughout the 
country; purchase, distribution, and exchange of educational docu-
ments, motion-picture films, and lantern slides; $11,594,000. 
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH 
For cooperative research, surveys, and demonstrations in education 
as authorized by the Act of July 26, 1954 (20 U.S.C. 331-332), 
es stat. 533. 
$5,000,000. 
OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 
GRANTS TO STATES 
For grants to States in accordance with the Vocational Rehabilita-
tion Act, as amended, $64,450,000, of which $62,950,000 is for voca-
tional rehabilitation services under section 2 of said Act; and 
^^ stat. 552. 
$1,500,000 is for extension and improvement projects under section 3 
^^^^^ 31 notes. 
of said Act: Provided^ That allotments under section 2 of said Act 
to the States for the current fiscal year shall be made on the basis of 
$90,000,000, and this amount shall be considered the sum available 
for allotments under such section for such fiscal year. 
Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after 
May 31, of the current fiscal year, grants to States under sections 
2 and 3 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, for the first 
quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be neces-
sary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made thereunder 
to be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year: Pro-
vided^ That the payments made pursuant to this paragraph shall not 
exceed the amount paid to the States for the first quarter 01 the current 
fiscal year. 
RESEARCH AND TRAINING 
For grants and other expenses (except administrative expenses) for 
research, training, traineeships, and other special projects, pursuant 
to section 4 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, for 
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expenses of carrying out the training functions provided for in section 
7 of said Act, and for expenses of studies, investigations, demonstra- 
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tions, and reports, and of dissemination of information with respect 
thereto pursuant to section 7 of said Act, $20,250,000. 
RESEARCH AND TRAINING 
(SPECIAL 
FOREIGN 
CURRENCY 
PROGRAM) 
For purchase of foreign currencies which accrue under title I of 
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as ^^(^^*' g
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amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), for the purposes authorized by section 
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104(k) of that Act, and tor carrying out the functions of the Office 
^^ stat. 275. 
of Vocational Rehabilitation under the International Health Research 
Act of 1960 (74 Stat, 364), to remain available until expended, ^^2^2 use 2101 
$1,372,000, which shall be available to purchase currencies which the "° 
Treasury Department shall determine to be excess to the normal 
requirements of the United States. 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary in carrying out 
Musc'aStes. t^® provisions of the Vocational Eehabilitation Act, as amended, and 
20 use 10 7- of the Act approved June 20, 1936 (20 U.S.C., ch. 6A), as amended, 
$2,325,000. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
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PREAMBLE 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Public Health Service 
58 Stat. 682. 
^.ct, as amended (42 U.S.C., ch. 6A) (hereinafter referred to as the 
Act), and other Acts, including expenses for active commissioned of-
ficers in the Reserve Corps and for not to exceed two thousand six 
hundred commissioned officers in the Regular Corps; expenses inci-
dent to the dissemination of health information in foreign countries 
through exhibits and other appropriate means; expenses of primary 
and secondary schooling of dependents, in foreign countries, of Public 
Health Service personnel stationed in foreign countries, in amounts 
not to exceed an average of $285 per student, when it is determined by 
the Secretary that the schools, if any, available in the locality are un-
able to provide adequately for the education of such dependents, and 
for the transportation of such dependents between such schools and 
their places of residence when the schools are not accessible to such 
dependents by regular means of transportation; not to exceed $1,000 
for entertainment of visiting scientists when specifically approved by 
the Surgeon General; purchase, erection, and maintenance of tempor-
ary or portable structures; and for the payment of compensation to 
consultants or individual scientists appointed for limited periods of 
42 use 209. 
^ijng pursuant to section 207(f) or section 207(g) of the Act at rates 
established by the Surgeon General not to exceed $19,000 per annum; 
as follows: 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, major repair, improvement, extension, and equip-
ment of Public Health Service facilities, not otherwise provided, 
including plans and specifications and acquisition of sites, $16,630,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
ACCIDENT P R E V E N T I O N 
42 use 241. 
rp^ carry out section 301 of the Act, and for expenses necessary for 
demonstrations and training personnel for State and local health work 
42 use 246. 
pursuant to section 314(c) of the Act, with respect to accident pre-
vention, $3,618,000. 
CHRONIC DISEASES AND HEALTH OF THE AGED 
42 use 243. 
rp^ cB,TTy out sectiou 311 of the Act, and for expenses necessary for 
research, demonstrations, and technical assistance under section 301 
of the Act and demonstrations and training personnel for State and 
42 use 246. 
local health work under section 314(c) of the Act, with respect to 
chronic diseases and health problems of the aged, $3,958,000. 
*r5STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 87-290-SEPT. 22, 1961 
599 
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE ACTIVITIES 
To carry out, except as otherwise provided for, those provisions 
of sections 301, 311, 314(c), and 361 of the Act relating to the preven- 3/^2 use 241, 243, 
tion and suppression of communicable and preventable diseases, and 
the interstate transmission and spread thereof, including the purchase 
of not to exceed three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; 
and hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; $10,000,000. 
COMMUNITY HEALTH PRACTICE AND RESEARCH 
To carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided, sections 306, 309, 
311, and 314(c) of the Act and for expenses, not otherwise provided ^^^ use 242d, 
for, necessary for research, technical assistance, and demonstrations 
pursuant to section 301 of the Act, $23,961,000. 
CONTROL o r TUBERCULOSIS 
To carry out the purposes of section 314(b) of the Act, $6,493,000, 
42 use 246. 
of which $500,000 shall be available for grants of money, services, 
supplies and equipment to States, and with the approval of the respec-
tive State health authority, to counties, health districts and other 
political subdivisions of the States for the control of tuberculosis in 
such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the Surgeon Gen-
eral may determine, and of which not less than $3,500,000 shall be avail-
able only for grants to States, to be matched by an equal amount of 
State and local funds expended for the same purpose, for direct 
expenses of prevention and case-finding projects, including salaries, 
fees, and travel of personnel directly engaged in prevention and case 
finding and the necessary equipment and supplies used directly in 
prevention and casefinding operations, but excluding the purchase of 
care in hospitals and sanatoriums. 
CONTROL OF VENEREAL DISEASES 
To carry out the purposes of sections 314(a) and 363 of the Act with 
^^ "^^ 2'*^* ^^e-
respect to venereal diseases and for grants of money, services, supplies, 
equipment, and use of facilities to States, as defined in the Act, and 
with the approval of the respective State health authorities, to counties, 
health districts, and other political subdivisions of the States, for 
venereal disease control activities, in such amounts and upon such 
terms and conditions as the Surgeon General may determine; 
$6,000,000. 
DENTAL SERVICES AND RESOURCES 
To carry out section 311 of the Act, and for expenses necessary for 
^
^
2 use 243. 
research, demonstrations, and technical assistance under section 301 
of the Act, with respect to dental health activities, except as otherwise 
provided for the National Institute of Dental Eesearch, $2,500,000. 
NURSING SERVICES AND RESOURCES 
To carry out section 311 of the Act, and for expenses necessary for 
research, demonstrations, and technical assistance pursuant to section 
301 of the Act, with respect to nursing services and resources, and to 
carry out section 307 of the Act, $7,675,000. 
4 2 
29 Iz. 
u s e 
291-
42 u s e 
68 
42 
29 iv. 
Stat. 
use 
62 Stat. 
4 2 
288c. 
29 In. 
462. 
29 1s-
598. 
u s e 
288-
600 
PUBLIC LAW 87-290-SEPT. 22, 1961 
[75 STAT. 
HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES 
To carry out the provisions of title VI of the Act, as amended, 
$203,000,000, of which $140,028,000 plus $9,972,000 which the Surgeon 
General is authorized and directed to transfer from the sums set forth 
herein for section 636 and for grants or loans for facilities pursuant to 
part G shall be for grants or loans for hospitals and related facilities 
pursuant to part C, $1,200,000 shall be for the purposes authorized in 
section 636, and $60,000,000 shall be for grants or loans for facilities 
pursuant to part G, as follows: $20,000,000 for diagnostic or treatment 
centers, $20,000,000 for hospitals for the chronically ill and impaired, 
$10,000,000 for rehabilitation facilities, and $10,000,000 for nursing 
homes: Promded^ That allotments under such parts C and G to the 
several States for the current fiscal year shall be made on the basis 
of amounts equal to the limitations specified herein. 
AIR POLLUTION 
sta?. lit' ^"' '^ 
To carry out the Act of July 14,1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1857-
1857f), for expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of section 
301 of the Act relating to air pollution, and to carry out the Act of 
note! "^^ ^^"^ June 8, 1960 (74 Stat. 162), including purchase of not to exceed one 
passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; and hire, maintenance, 
and operation of aircraft; $8,800,000, to remain available only until 
June 30,1962. 
MILK, FOOD, INTERSTATE, AND COMMUNITY 
SANITATION 
^^42 use 241, 243, 
'JQ carry out sections 301, 311, and 361 of the Act, and for expenses 
necessary for demonstrations and training personnel for State and 
42 use 246. 
local health work under section 314(c) of the Act, with respect to milk, 
food, and community sanitation, and interstate quarantine activities, 
including purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor vehicle for 
replacement only, $7,424,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 
To carry out sections 301 and 311 of the Act, and for expenses 
necessary for demonstrations and training personnel for State and 
local health work under section 314(c) of the Act, with respect to 
occupational health, including purchase of not to exceed two passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, $3,981,000. 
RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH 
To carry out sections 301,311, and 314(c) of the Act, with respect to 
radiological health, including grants for training of radiological 
health specialists; purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only; and hire, maintenance, and operation 
of aircraft; $10,647,000. 
WATER SUPPLY AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL 
To carry out sections 301, 311, and 361 of the Act with respect to 
water supply and water pollution control, and to carry out the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 466-466d, 466f-
466k), $15,028,000, including $2,700,000 for grants to States and 
20^**' ^^' ^°^' $300,000 for grants to interstate agencies under section 5 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; and purchase of not to 
exceed two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only. 
70 Stat. 498. 
75 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 87-290-SEPT. 22, 1961 
601 
GRANTS 
FOR 
WASTE 
TREATMENT 
WORKS 
CONSTRUCTION 
For payments under section 6 of the Water Pollution Control Act, 
as amended (33 U.S.C. 466e), $50,000,000. 
70 S t a t, 502; 
Ante, pp. 206, 207. 
HOSPITALS 
AND 
MEDICAL 
CARE 
For carrying out the functions of the Public Health Service, not 
otherwise provided for, under the Act of August 8, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 
150), including $2,422,000 to be available only for payments for 
eo stat. 903. 
medical care of 
dependents and retired 
personnel under 
the 
Dependents' Medical Care Act (37 U.S.C, chap. 7) and under sections 
^o ^*^*- "o. 
321, 322, 324, 326, 331, 332, 341, 343, 344, 502, and 504 of the Act, 
42 use 24 8 et 
section 810 of the Act of July 1, 1944, as amended (33 U.S.C. 763c), ^^'^' 
Private Law 419 of the Eighty-third Congress, as amended, and ^^^^ ^^^*- ^'^^'' ^^ 
Executive Order 9079 of February 26, 1942, including purchase and 
3CFRi943Cum. 
exchange of farm products and livestock; purchase of not to exceed ^"PP" P- '^*'^-
three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and purchase of 
firearms and ammunition; $49,835,000, of which $1,200,000 shall be 
available only for payments to the State of Hawaii for care and 
treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy: Provided, That when the 
Public Health Service establishes or operates a health service program 
for any department or agencyj payment for the estimated cost shall 
be made in advance for deposit to the credit of this appropriation: 
Provided 
further, 
That this appropriation shall be available for 
medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization of retired 
ships' officers and members of crews of Coast and Geodetic Survey 
vessels, and their dependents, and for payment therefor: 
Provided 
further, That the limitation under the head "Hospitals and medical 
^^ ^*^*- ^®^-
care" in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appro-
priation Act, 1959, on the amount available for payments for medical 
care of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents' 
Medical Care Act (37 U.S.C, chap. 7) is increased from "$1,866,000" 
to "$1,880,000". 
FOREIGN QUARANTINE 
ACTIVITIES 
For carrying out the purposes of sections 361 to 369 of the Act, 
*^ "^^ 264-272. 
relating to preventing the introduction of communicable diseases 
from foreign countries, the medical examination of aliens in accord-
ance with section 325 of the Act, and the care and treatment of 
quarantine detainees pursuant to section 322(e) of the Act in private 
^^ "sc 252,249. 
or other public hospitals when facilities of the Public Health 
Service are not available, including insurance of official motor vehicles 
in foreign countries when required by law of such countries, $6,084,000, 
of which $734,000 shall be available for construction of wharf facili-
ties at the Rosebank Quarantine Station. 
GENERAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF H E A L T H 
For the activities of the National Institutes of Health, not other-
wise provided for, including research fellowships and grants for 
research projects and training grants pursuant to section 301 of the 
Act; regulation and preparation of biologic products, and conduct of 
^^ ^^^ ^^^• 
research related thereto; and grants of therapeutic and chemical sub-
stances for demonstrations and research; $127,637,000: Provided, That 
funds advanced to the National Institutes of Health management 
fund from appropriations included in this Act shall be available for 
not to exceed $2,500 for entertainment of visiting scientists when 
64207 0-62—41 
70A Stat. 134. 
602 
PUBLIC LAW 87-290-SEPT. 22, 1961 
[75 STAT. 
specifically approved by the Surgeon General: Provided further, That 
all appropriations made to the Public Health Service in this Act, and 
available for research or training projects, may be expended pursuant 
to contracts made on a cost or other basis for supplies and services, 
including indemnification of contractors to the extent and subject to 
the limitations provided in title 10, United States Code, section 2354, 
except that approval and certification required thereby shall be by the 
Surgeon General. 
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 
To enable the Surgeon General, upon the recommendations of the 
National Advisorjr Cancer Council, to make grants-in-aid for research 
and training projects relating to cancer; to cooperate with State 
health agencies, and other public and private nonprofit institutions, 
in the prevention, control, and eradication of cancer by providing 
consultative services, demonstrations, and grants-in-aid; and to other-
42 use 281-286. ^jgg ^arry out the provisions of title IV, part A, of the Act; $142,836,-
000: Provided, That amounts appropriated under this head in the 
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 
74 Stat. 767. 
1961, for plaus and specifications for a research facility for the 
National Cancer Institute shall remain available until June 30, 1962. 
MENTAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of sections 
42 use 241-246. 301^ 302, 303, 311, 312, and 314(c) of the Act with respect to mental 
diseases, $108,876,000. 
NATIONAL HEART INSTITUTE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the National 
« use 2t7^note ^eart Act, $132,912,000, of which $1,000,000, to remain available 
until December 31,1962, shall be available for plans and specifications 
for a gerontological research building and appurtenant facilities. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL RESEARCH 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the 
Surgeon General to carry out the purposes of the Act with respect to 
dental diseases and conditions, $17,340,000. 
ARTHRITIS AND METABOLIC DISEASE ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act relating 
to arthritis, rheumatism, and metabolic diseases, $81,831,000. 
ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE ACTIVITIES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out 
the purposes of the Act relating to allergy and infectious diseases, 
$56,091,000, of which $250,000 shall be available for payment to the 
Gorgas Memorial Institute for maintenance and operation of the 
Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, and of which $750,000 shall be available 
for modernization, including renovation and alterations, planning and 
construction, of the Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana. 
75 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 87-290-SEPT. 22, 1961 
603 
NEUROLOGY AND BLINDNESS ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act relating 
to neurology and blindness; to cooperate with State health agencies, 
.and other public and private nonprofit institutions, in the prevention, 
control, and eradication of neurological and sensory diseases and 
blindness by providing for consultative services, training, demonstra-
tions, and other control activities, directly and through grants-in-aid, 
$70,812,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH MANAGEMENT F U N D 
The paragraph under this head in the Department of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1958 (71 Stat. 220) is 
amended by striking out the words "cost of such operation" in the 
second sentence of such paragraph, and inserting in lieu thereof 
"reasonable value of the meals served". 
42 u s e 290. 
GRANTS FOR CANCER RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For making grants, as authorized by section 433(a) of the Act, 
for the construction of cancer research facilities, $5,000,000. 
64 Stat. 444. 
42 u s e 289c. 
HOSPrrAL AND MEDICAL FACILITY RESEARCH 
For research and demonstration in the development and utilization 
of services and hospital and other medical facilities, including grants 
for construction and equipment of experimental or demonstration hos-
pitals and other medical facilities, as authorized by section 636 of the 
Act, $10,000,000: Provided^ That none of these funds shall be used 
to pay in excess of two-thirds of the cost of such construction and 
equipment: Provided further^ That this paragraph shall be effective 
onl^ upon enactment into law of H.R. 4998, Eighty-seventh Congress, 
or similar legislation. 
42 u s e 291n. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For grants pursuant to the Health Research Facilities Act of 1956, 
as amended by the Act of August 27, 1958 (72 Stat. 933), $30,000,000. 
42 u s e 292c. 
SCIENTIFIC ACTTVrriES OVERSEAS (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For purchase of foreign currencies which accrue under title I of the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), for the purposes authorized by section 
104(k) of that Act, and for carrying out the functions of the Public 
Health Service, not otherwise provided for, under the International 
Health Research Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 364), to remain available until 
expended, $9,000,000, which shall be available to purchase currencies 
which the Treasury Department shall determine to be excess to the 
normal requirements of the United States. 
68 Stat. 
72 Stat, 
455. 
275. 
22 
note. 
u s e 
2 1 0 1 
NATIONAL HEALTH STATISTICS 
For expenses of thfe National Center for Health Statistics in carry-
ing out the provisions of sections 301, 305, 312(a), 313, 314(c), and 
315 of the Act, $4,642,000. 
42 u s e 
2 4 1 , 
242c, 
244a, 245, 
246, 247. 
70 Stat. 960. 
604 
PUBLIC LAW 87-290-SEPT. 22, 1961 
[75 STAT. 
OPERATIONS, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out the 
National Library of Medicine Act (42 U.S.C. 275), $2,066,000. 
RETIRED PAY OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
For retired pay of commissioned officers, as authorized by law, and 
for payments under the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act 
37 us^c not^is foi °^ 1953, such amount as may be required during the current fiscal 
371,372,373-381." 
y e a r . 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL 
For the divisions and offices of the Office of the Surgeon General 
and for miscellaneous expenses of the Public Health Service not 
appropriated for elsewhere, including preparing information, articles, 
and publications related to public health; and conducting studies and 
demonstrations in public health methods, $5,375,000. 
SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL 
SALARIES AN]> EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of the 
hospital, including clothing for patients, and cooperation with organi-
zations or individuals in the scientific research into the nature, causes, 
prevention, and treatment of mental illness, $5,105,000. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, alterations, extension, and equipment, of buildings 
and facilities on the grounds of the hospital, including preparation of 
plans and specifications, advertising, and supervision of construction, 
$575,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That the 
unexpended balances of appropriations as of June 30j 1961, heretofore 
made available for construction, improvement, extension, or equipment 
of any Saint Elizabeths Hospital facilities, shall be merged with this 
appropriation. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON SALARIES AND EXPENSES, BURF^U OF OLD-AGE AND 
SURVIVORS INSURANCE 
For necessary expenses, not more than $241,070,000 may be expended 
from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund: Pro-
vided^ That such amounts as are required shall be available to pav the 
cost of necessary travel incident to medical examinations for verifying 
disabilities of individuals who file applications for disability deter-
42 use 401-425. minatious under title I I of the Social Security Act, as amended, and 
for acquisition of land adjacent to the site of the Social Security 
Building in Baltimore County, Maryland: Provided further^ That 
$10,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be apportioned for use 
pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes as amended (31 U.S.C. 
665), only to the extent necessary to process claims workloads not 
anticipated in the budget estimates and after maximum absorption 
of the costs of such claims workload within the existing limitation has 
been achieved. 
70 Stat. 823. 
42 u s e 421. 
75 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 87-290-SEPT. 22, 1961 
605 
Advances to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after 
May 31 of the current fiscal year, advances to States under section 
221(e) of the Social Security Act, as amended, for the first quarter 
of the next succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary from 
the above authorization may be expended from the Federal old-age 
and survivors insurance trust fund. 
GRANTS 
TO STATES 
FOR 
PUBLIC 
ASSISTANCE 
For grants to States for old-age assistance, medical assistance for 
the aged, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind, and aid to the 
permanently and totally disabled, as authorized in titles I, IV, X, 
and XIV of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C., ch. 7, 
subchs. I, IV, X, and XIV), $2,401,200,000, of which such amount as 
may be necessary shall be available for grants for any period in the 
prior fiscal year subsequent to March 31 of that year. 
HOSPITALIZATION 
AND 
SERVICES 
FOR REPATRIATED 
MENTALLY 
ILL 
AMERICAN 
NATIONALS 
For necessary expenses of carrying out the provisions of the Act 
of July 5,1960 (74 Stat. 308), and for care and treatment in accordance 
24 use 321-329. 
with the Acts of March 2,1929, and October 29,1941, as amended (24 
U.S.C. 191a, 196a), $364,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, BUREAU 
OF PUBLIC 
ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary for the Bureau of Public Assistance, 
$3,442,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, CHILDREN'S BUREAU 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Act of April 9, 1912, 
as amended (42 U.S.C, ch. 6), and title V of the Social Security Act, 
as amended (42 U.S.C, ch. 7, subch. V), including purchase of reports 
and material for the publications of the Children's Bureau and of 
reprints for distribution, $2,668,000: Provided^ That no part of any 
appropriation contained in this title shall be used to promulgate or 
carry out any instructions, order, or regulation relating to the care 
of obstetrical cases which discriminate between persons licensed under 
State law to practice obstetrics: Provided further^ That the foregoing 
proviso shall not be so construed as to prevent any patient from 
having the services of any practitioner of her own choice, paid for out 
of this fund, so long as State laws are complied with: Provided 
fur-
ther^ That any State plan which provides standards for professional 
obstetrical services in accordance with the laws of the State shall be 
approved. 
GRANTS FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD WELFARE 
For grants for maternal and child-health services, services for crip-
pled children, and child-welfare services as authorized in title V, 
parts 1, 2, and 3, of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C, 
ch. 7, subch. V; 74 Stat. 995-997), $69,100,000, of which $25,000,000 
shall be available for services for crippled children, $25,000,000 for 
maternal and child-health services, $18,750,000 for child-welfare serv-
ices, and $350,000 for research or demonstration projects in child wel-
fare: Provided^ That any allotment to a State pursuant to section 
502(b) or 512(b) of such Act shall not be included in computing for 
42use702,712. 
note. 
606 
PUBLIC L
A
W 87-290-SEPT. 22, 1961 
[75 STAT. 
42 use 704,714. ^j^g purposBS of subsectioHS (a) and (b) of sections 504 and 514 of such 
Act an amount expended or estimated to be expended by the State: 
Provided further, That $1,000,000 of the amount available under sec-
42 use 702. 
tJQji 502(b) of such Act shall be used only for special projects for 
mentally retarded children. 
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH OR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS IN SOCIAL SECURITY 
For grants, contracts, and jointly financed cooperative arrange-
ments for research or demonstration projects under section 1110 of the 
Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1310), $700,000. 
RESEARCH AND TRAINING (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For purchase of foreign currencies which accrue under Title I of the 
6
8 Stat. 45S. 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), for the purposes authorized by section 
7
2 Stat. 275. 
104(k^ of that Act, and for carrying out the functions of the Social 
Security Administration under the International Health Research Act 
2 2 use 2101 of 1960 (74 Stat. 364), to remain available until expended, $1,607,000, 
which shall be available to purchase currencies which the Treasury 
Department shall determine to be excess to the normal requirements 
of the United States. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Commissioner of Social 
Security, $590,000, together with not to exceed $322,000 to be trans-
ferred from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund. 
Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after 
May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under titles I, 
A2 use 301 et jy^ Y, X, and XIV, respectively, of the Social Security Act, as 
amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, such 
sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expendi-
tures made thereunder for payments under each of such titles to be 
charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year: Provided, 
That the payments made under each of such titles pursuant to this 
paragraph shall not exceed the amount paid for the first quarter of 
the current fiscal year. 
In the administration of titles I, IV, V, X, and XIV, respectively, 
of the Social Security Act, as amended, payments to a State under 
any of such titles for any quarter in the period beginning April 1 of 
the prior year, and ending June 30 of the current year, may be made 
with respect to a State plan approved under such title j)rior to or 
during such period, but no such payment shall be made with respect 
to any plan tor any quarter prior to the quarter in which such plan 
was submitted for approval. 
seq. 
75 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 87-290-SEPT. 22, 1961 
607 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
EDUCATION OF THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20 U.S.C. 
101-105), $400,000. 
GALLAUDET COLLEGE 
20 Stat. 468. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the partial support of Gallaudet College, including personal 
services and miscellaneous expenses, and repairs and improvements, 
as authorized by the Act of June 18,1954 (Public Law 420), $1,256,000: 
^8 stat. 265. ^
^
_ 
Provided, That Gallaudet College shall be paid by the District of 1025 e't s'e°q. 
Columbia, in advance at the beginning of each quarter, at a rate not 
less than $1,295 per school year for each student attending and receiv-
ing instructions in elementary or secondary education pursuant to the 
Act of March 1,1901 (31 D.C. Code 1008). 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, alteration, renovation, equipment, and improve-
ment of buildings and facilities on the grounds of Gallaudet College, 
as authorized by the Act of June 18, 1954 (Public Law 420), under 
the supervision of the General Services Administration, including 
planning, architectural, and engineering services, $601,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the partial support of Howard University, including personal 
services and miscellaneous expenses and repairs to buildings and 
grounds, $7,007,000. 
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS 
For necessary expenses for the preparation of plans and specifica-
tions for construction, under the supervision of the General Services 
Administration, on the grounds of Howard University, of a men's 
dormitory, a warehouse service building, and site planning, including 
architectural and engineering services, $211,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION 
OF 
BUILDINGS 
For the construction and equipment of a physical education building 
and powerplant facilities under the supervision of the General Serv-
ices Administration, on the grounds of Howard University, including 
engineering and architectural services and travel, $4,447,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION 
OF AUDITORIUM-FINE 
ARTS 
BUILDING 
For payment of obligations incurred under authority previously 
provided, to enter into contracts for the construction of the auditorium-
fine arts building, $95,000. 
608 
PUBLIC LAW 87-290-SEPT. 22, 1961 
[75 S T A T . 
OFFICE 
OF T H E 
SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Secretary, $2,382,000, 
together with not to exceed $352,000 to be transferred from the Federal 
old-age and survivors insurance trust fund. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE 
OF FIELD 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Field Administration, 
$3,265,000, together with not to exceed $1,247,000 to be transferred 
from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and not 
to exceed $38,000 to be transferred from the Operating fund. Bureau 
of Federal Credit Unions. 
63 Stat. 385. 
40 u s e 4i84. 
SURPLUS PROPERTY UTILIZATION 
For expenses necessarv for carrying out the provisions of subsections 
203 (j), (k), (n), and (o), of the Federal Property and Administra-
tive Services Act of 1949, as amended, relating to disposal of real and 
personal excess property for educational purposes, civil defense pur-
poses, and protection of public health, $862,000. 
W i t h h o l d i n g of 
fund s. 
Restriction. 
Motor 
v e h i c l e 
transfers. 
Research grants. 
Entert a i n m e n t 
expenses. 
Health research 
grants. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF T H E GENERAL COUNSEL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the General Counsel, 
$713,000, together with not to exceed $29,000 to be transferred from 
the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, certification, inspection, and 
other services", and not to exceed $667,000 to be transferred from the 
Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this title to the Social 
Security Administration for grants-in-aid of State agencies to cover, 
in whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies, including 
the salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, 
shall be withheld irom the said agencies of any States which have 
established by legislative enactment and have in oj)eration a merit 
system and classification and compensation plan covering the selection, 
tenure in office, and compensation of their employees, because of any 
disapproval of their personnel or the manner of their selection by the 
agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or 
ernployees. 
SEC. 203. The Secretary is authorized to make such transfers of 
motor vehicles, between bureaus and offices, without transfer of funds, 
as may be required in carrying out the operations of the Department. 
SEG. 204. None of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay 
any recipient of a grant for the conduct of a research project an amount 
for indirect expenses in connection with such project in excess of 15 
per centum of the direct costs. 
SEC. 205. The Secretary is authorized to make available not to 
exceed $1,000 from funds available for salaries and expenses under 
this title for entertainment, not otherwise provided for, of officials, 
visiting scientists, and other experts of other countries. 
SEC. 206. Appropriations to the Public Health Service available for 
research grants pursuant to the Public Health Service Act shall also 
be available, on the same terms and conditions as apply to non-Federal 
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institutions, for research grants to hospitals of the Service, or to Saint 
Elizabeths Hospital. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Health, Education, 
and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1962". 
citation o
f titie. 
TITLE III—NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to 
carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Rela-
tions Act, 1947, as amended (29 U.S.C. 141-167), and other laws, sH iTu ^^^' " 
$19,989,000: Provided, 
That no part of this appropriation shall be 
available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers 
or used in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders 
concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as 
referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935 (29 U.S.C. 152), 
and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as 
amended, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition employees engaged 
in the maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and 
waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis 
and at least 95 per centum of the water stored or supplied thereby is 
used for farming purposes. 
TITLE IV—NATIONAL M E D I I T I O N BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of the Rail-
way Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188), including temporary 
employment of referees under section 3 of the Railway Labor ^^A«*, as 
amended, at rates not in excess of $100 per diem; and emergency 
boards appointed by the President pursuant to section 10 of said Act 
(45 U.S.C. 160); $1,804,000. 
TITLE V—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
LIMITATION ON SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Railroad Retirement 
Board, 
$9,740,000, to be derived from the Railroad retirement account. 
TITLE VI—FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION 
SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the functions 
vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 
171-180,182), including expenses of the Labor-Management Panel as 
provided in section 205 of said Act; expenses of boards of inquiry ap-
pointed by the President pursuant to section 206 of said Act; tempo-
rary employment of arbitrators, conciliators, and mediators on labor 
relations at rates not in excess of $75 per diem; and Government-listed 
telephones in private residences and private apartments for official use 
in cities where mediators are officially stationed, but no Federal 
Mediation and Conciliation Service office is maintained; $4,388,000. 
44 Stat. 577. 
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TITLE VII—INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE 
POTOMAC RIVER BASIN 
CONTRIBUTION TO INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON T H E POTOMAC RIVER BASIN 
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay in advance to the 
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin the Federal contri-
bution toward the expenses of the Commission during the current 
fiscal year in the administration of its business in the conservancy 
district established pursuant to the Act of July 11,1940 (54 Stat. 748), 
$5,000. 
TITLE VIII—UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' HOME 
60 Stat. 810. 
Library member-
ships. 
Uniforms. 
68 Stat. 1114. 
Att e n d a n c e at 
meetings. 
Short title. 
LIMITATION ON OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL OI]Tr.AY 
For maintenance and operation of the United States Soldiers' Home, 
to be paid from the Soldiers' Home permanent fund, $6,052,000: Pro-
vided^ That this appropriation shall not be available for the payment 
of hospitalization of members of the Home in United States Army 
hospitals at rates in excess of those prescribed by the Secretary of the 
Army, upon the recommendation of the Board of Commissioners of 
the Home and the Surgeon General of the Army. 
TITLE IX—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 901. Appropriations contained in this Act, available for sal-
aries 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. 902. Appropriations contained in this Act available for salaries 
and expenses shall be available for payment in advance for dues 
or fees for library membership in organizations whose publications 
are available to members only or to members at a price lower than to 
the general public and for payment in advance for publications avail-
able only upon that basis or available at a reduced price on prepubli-
cation orders. 
SEC. 903. Appropriations contained in this Act available for salaries 
and expenses shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor 
as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
2131). 
SEC. 904. Appropriations contained in this Act available for salaries 
and expenses shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings 
which are concerned with the functions or activities for which the 
appropriation is made or which will contribute to improved conduct, 
supervision, or management of those functions or activities. 
This Act may be cited as the "Departments of Labor, and Health, 
Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1962". 
Approved September 22, 196i.