An Act making appropriations for the Executive Office of the President, the Department of Commerce, and sundry agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes
PL 87-125 (H.R.7577), enacted 08/03/1961

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1,908.58 feet to the point of intersection of the centerline of Roop 
Street with the centerline of Main Street of the city of Susanville; 
thence south 73 degrees 10 minutes east along said centerline of Main 
Street 1,525.6 feet to the centerline of Weatherlow Street of said city; 
thence continuing along said centerline of Main Street of said city 
south 73 degrees 08 minutes 15 seconds east 1,264.25 feet; thence con-
tinuing along said centerline of Main Street south 73 degrees 37 min-
utes 15 seconds east 445.12 feet; thence north 19 degrees 52 minutes 45 
seconds east 40.07 feet to the northerly line of the California State 
Highway and the true point of beginning; running thence north 19 
degrees 52 minutes 45 seconds east 229.20 feet; thence south 73 degrees 
07 minutes 15 seconds east 115.0 feet; thence south 15 degrees 22 min-
utes 45 seconds west 227.80 feet to the northerly right of way line of 
the California State Highway, and thence north 73 degrees 37 minutes 
15 seconds west along the said northerly right of way line of the Cali-
fornia State Highway, a distance of 136 feet to the true point of 
beginning. 
PARCEL 2. Lots numbered 1, 2, and 3 of block numbered 18 of 
the east addition to the city of Susanville, as shown on the map entitled 
"Map of East Addition to Susanville, Lassen County, California", 
filed in the office of the county recorder of Lassen County, California, 
January 6, 1911. 
Approved August 3, 1961. 
Public Law 87-125 
August 3, 1961 
[H. R. 7577] 
General Govern-
ment Matters, De-
partment of Com-
merce, and Related 
Agencies 
Appro-
priation Act, 1962. 
63 Stat. 4. 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Executive OflBce of the President, the Department 
of Commerce, and sundry agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30,1962, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and 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 Executive Office of the President, the 
Department of Commerce, and sundry agencies for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1962, namely: 
TITLE I 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF T H E PRESIDENT 
COMPENSATION OF T H E PREsmENX 
For compensation of the President, including an expense allowance 
at the rate of $50,000 per annum as authorized oy the Act of January 
19,1949 (3U.S.C. 102),$150,000. 
T H E W H I T E HOUSE OFFICE 
60 Stat. 810. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the White House Office, including not to 
exceed $215,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at such per diem rate^ for individuals 
as the President may specify, and other personal services without 
regard to the provisions of law regulating the employment and com-
pensation of persons in the Government service; newspapers, period-
icals, teletype news service, and travel, and official entertainment 
expenses of the President, to be accounted for solely on his certificate; 
$2,495,000. 
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SPECIAL PROJECTS 
For expenses necessary to provide staff assistance for the President 
in connection with special projects, to be expended in his discretion 
and without regard to such provisions of law regarding the expendi-
ture of Government funds or the compensation and employment of 
persons in the Government service as he may specify, $1,500,000: 
Provided^ That not to exceed 10 per centum of this appropriation may 
be used to reimburse the approi)riation for "Salaries and expenses. 
The White House Office", for administrative services. 
EXECUTIVE MANSION AND GROUNIMS 
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing, 
improvement, heating and lighting, including electric power and 
fixtures, 
of the Executive Mansion and the Executive Mansion 
grounds, and traveling expenses, to be expended as the President may 
determine, notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other Act, 
$528,000. 
BUREAU OF THE BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Bureau of the Budget, including not 
to exceed $125,000 for expenses of travel, and not to exceed $20,000 
for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $75 per diem for individuals, 
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$5,517,000. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out its functions 
under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), including not 
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exceeding $10,000 for expenses of travel, and not to exceed $345,000 
for salaries, $414,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Security Council, includ-
ing services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 
(5 U.S.C. 55a), and acceptance and utilization of voluntary and 
eostat. aio. 
uncompensated services, $554,000. 
PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON LABOR-MANAGEMENT POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the President's Advisory Committee on 
Labor-Management Policy, established by Executive Order 10918 
of February 16, 1961, including rent in the District of Columbia 
26 F. R. 1427. 
either for the Committee or for Federal agencies displaced in the 
interests of the Committee, services as authorized by section 15 of the 
Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but at rates for individuals not 
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to exceed $100 per diem, and $25 per diem in lieu of subsistence for 
members of the Committee while away from their homes or regular 
places of business, $200,000.. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO T H E PRESIDENT 
EMERGENCY FUND FOR THE PRESIDENT, NATIONAL DEFENSE 
For expenses necessary to enable the President, through such 
officers or agencies of the Government as he may designate, and with-
out regard to such provisions of law regarding the expenditure of 
Government funds or the compensation and employment of persons 
in the Government service as he may specify, to provide in his dis-
cretion for emergencies affecting the national interest, security, or 
defense which may arise at home or abroad during the current fiscal 
year, $1,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall 
be available for allocation to finance a function or project for which 
function or project a budget estimate of appropriation was trans-
mitted pursuant to law during the Eighty-seventh Congress, and such 
appropriation denied after consideration thereof by the Senate or 
House of Representatives or by the Committee on Appropriations 
of either body. 
EXPENSES OF MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT 
For expenses necessary to assist the President in improving the 
management of executive agencies and in obtaining greater economy 
and efficiency through the establishment of more efficient business 
methods in Government operations, 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, by allocation to any agency 
or office in the executive branch for the conduct, under the general 
direction of the Bureau of the Budget, of examinations and appraisals 
of, and the development and installation of improvements in, the or-
ganization and operations of such agency or of other agencies in the 
executive branch, $350,000, to remain available until expended, and 
to be available without regard to the provisions of subsection (c) of 
31 use let 
section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary^ for the general administration of the De-
partment of Commerce, including expenses necessary to carry out the 
uote "^ ^ ^^^ provisions of the Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 259), 
and not to exceed $2,000 for official entertainment, $3,620,000. 
AVIATION WAR RISK INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND 
The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to make such ex-
penditures, within the limits of funds available pursuant to section 
1306 of the Act of August 23,1958 (72 Stat. 803), and in accordance 
with section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 849), as may be necessary in carrying out the 
programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for avia-
tion war risk insurance activities under said Act: Provided, That this 
fund shall be effective only upon the enactment into law during the 
Eighty-seventh Congress of legislation extending the provisions of 
title X I I I of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 800-806). 
49 use 1536. 
61 Stat. 584. 
49 use 1531. 
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BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, and publishing 
current census statistics provided for by law, $10,594,000. 
1962 CENSUS OF GOVERNMENTS 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary for preparing for, 
taking, compiling, and publishing the 1962 census of governments as 
authorized by law, $1,096,000, to remain available until June 30,1964. 
EIGHTEENTH DECENNIAL CENSUS 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary for preparing for, 
taking, compiling, and publishing the Eighteenth Decennial Census, 
as authorized by law, $3,630,000, to remain available until Decem-
ber 31, 1962. 
1963 CENSUSES OF BUSINESS, TRANSPORTATION, MANUFACTURES, AND 
MINERAL INDUSTRIES 
For expenses necessary for preparing for, taking, compiling, and 
publishing the 1963 censuses of business, transportation, manufactures, 
and mineral industries, as authorized by law, $1,000,000, to remain 
available until December 31,1966. 
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of 
August 6,1947, as amended (33 U.S.C. 883a-883i), including uniforms 
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or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 
1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); lease of sites and the erection of 
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temporary buildings for tide, magnetic or seismolo^ical observations; 
hire of aircraft; operation, maintenance, and repair of an airplane; 
pay, allowances, gratuities, transportation of dependents and house-
hold effects, and payment of funeral expenses, as authorized by law, 
for not to exceed an annual average of 185 commissioned officers on 
the active list; payments under the Uniform Services Contingency 
Option Act of 1953; and pay of commissioned officers retired in 
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accordance with law; $18,725,000, of which $809,000 shall be avail-
able for retirement pay of commissioned officers: Provided^ That dur-
ing the current fiscal year, this appropriation shall be reimbursed for 
at least press costs and costs of paper for charts published by the 
Coast and Geodetic Survey and lurnished for the official use of the 
military departments of the Department of Defense. 
CONSTRUCTION OF SURVEYING SHIPS 
For necessary expenses for the design, supervision, construction, 
equipping, and outfitting of surveying vessels, as authorized by the 
Act of August 6, 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883i), $14,185,000, to remain avail- 
^i stat. 788. 
able until expended. 
63 Stat. 62. 
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OFFICE OF FIELD SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to operate and mp.intain field offices for the 
collection and dissemination of information useful in the development 
and improvement of commerce throughout the United States and its 
possessions, $3,163,000. 
BUSINESS AND DEFENSE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES 
A N D 
EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Business and Defense Services Ad-
ministration, $4,211,800. 
BUREAU OF FOREIGN COMMERCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Foreign Commerce, in-
cluding trade centers abroad; employment of aliens by contract for 
service abroad; rental of space, for periods not exceeding five years, 
and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; advance of funds 
under contracts abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner au-
thorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28 of the 
United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; the 
purchase of commercial and trade reports and not to exceed $10,000 
for representation expenses abroad; $4,900,000. 
PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of promotion of travel to the United States, 
including travel offices abroad; employment of aliens by contract for 
service aoroad; rental of space, for periods not exceeding five years, 
and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; advance of funds 
under contracts abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner au-
thorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28 of the United 
States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; and not to 
exceed $9,600 for representation expenses abroad; $2,500,000. 
EXPORT CONTROL 
For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of the Ex-
l o ^ c ' w . 2021 p o ^ Control Act of 1949, as amended, relating to export controls, 
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including awards of compensation to informers under said Act and 
67 Stat. 577. 
as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1953 (22 U.S.C. 401), $3,480,-
000 of which not to exceed $1,237,000 may be advanced to the Bureau 
of Customs, Treasury Department, for enforcement of the export con-
trol program, and of which not to exceed $80,400 may be advanced 
to the appropriation for "Salaries and expenses" under "General 
administration". 
OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Business Economics, 
$1,600,000. 
63 Stat. 62. 
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MARITIME ACTIVITIES 
SHIP CONSTRUCTION 
For construction-differential subsidy and cost of national-defense 
features incident to construction of ships for operation in foreign 
commerce (46 U.S.C. 1152, 1154); for construction-differential sub- sttl^fs. 
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sidy and cost of national-defense features incident to the reconstruc-
tion and reconditioning of ships under title V of the Merchant Marine 
Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1154); and for acquisition of used 
ships pursuant to section 510 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as 
amended (46 U.S.C. 1160); $98,000,000, to remain available until stit.^so/'"* " 
expended: Provided, That transfers may be made to the appropriation 
for the current fiscal year for "Salaries and expenses" for adminis-
trative and warehouse expenses (not to exceed $3,150,000) and for re-
serve fleet expenses (not to exceed $500,000), and any such transfers 
shall be without regard to the limitations under that appropriation 
on the amounts available for such expenses. 
OPERATING-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDIES (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT 
AUTHORIZATION) 
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For the payment of obligations incurred for operating-differential 
subsidies granted on or after January 1, 1947, as authorized by the 
Merchant Marine Actj 1936, as amended, and in appropriations hereto-
fore made to the United States Maritime Commission, $182,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That no contracts shall 
be executed during the current fiscal year by the Federal Maritime 
Board which will obligate the Government to pay operating-differen-
tial subsidy on more than two thousand four hundred voyages in any 
one calendar year, including voyages covered by contracts in effect 
at the beginning of the current fiscal year. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For expenses necessary for research, development, fabrication, and 
test operation of experimental facilities and equipment; studies to 
improve water transportation systems; and supporting services related 
to nuclear ship operation; $6,500,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That transfers may be made to the appropriation 
for the current fiscal year for "Salaries and expenses" for adminis-
trative expenses (not to exceed $600,000), and any such transfers 
shall be without regard to the limitation under that appropriation on 
the amount available for such expenses: Provided further, That the 
unexpended balances as of June 30, 1961, available for research and 
development under appropriations heretofore granted under the head 
**Ship construction" shall be merged with this appropriation. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for carrying into effect the Merchant Marine 
Act, 1936, and other laws administered by the Federal Maritime Board 
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and the Maritime Administration, $15,600,000, within limitations as 
follows: 
Administrative expenses, including not to exceed $1,125 for enter-
tainment of officials of other countries when specifically authorized 
by the Maritime Administrator, and not to exceed $1,250 for repre-
sentation allowances, $9,300,000; 
Maintenance of shipyard facilities and operation of warehouses, 
$1,000,000; 
Reserve fleet expenses, $5,300,000. 
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MARITIME TRAINING 
For training cadets as officers of the Merchant Marine at the Mer-
chant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, including pay and 
allowances for personnel of the United States Maritime Service, as 
authorized by law (46 U.S.C. 1126, 63 Stat. 802, 64 Stat. 794, 66 Stat. 
aei use 231 et 79^ ^nd 70 Stat. 25); not to exceed $2,500 for contingencies for the 
Superintendent, United States Merchant Marine Academy, to be 
expended in his discretion; purchase of two passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only; and uniform and textbook allowances for cadet 
midshipmen, at an average yearly cost of not to exceed $300 per 
cadet; $3,218,000: Provided, 
That, except as herein provided for 
uniform and textbook allowances, this appropriation shall not be used 
for compensation or allowances for cadets. 
STATE MARINE SCHOOLS 
For financial assistance to State marine schools and the students 
thereof as authorized by the Maritime Academy Act of 1958 (72 Stat, 
note*. "^^ ^^* ' 622-624), $1,270,000, of which $250,000 is for maintenance and repair 
of vessels loaned by the United States for use in connection with such 
State marine schools, and $1,020,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, is for liquidation of obligations incurred under authority 
granted by said Act, to enter into contracts to make payments for ex-
penses incurred in the maintenance and support of marine schools, 
and to pay allowances for uniforms, textbooks, and subsistence of 
cadets at State marine schools. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
MARITIME ACTIVITIES 
No additional vessel shall be allocated under charter, nor shall any 
vessel be continued under charter by reason of any extension of 
chartering authority beyond June 30, 1949, unless the charterer shall 
agree that the Maritime Administration shall have no obligation upon 
redelivery to accept or pay for consumable stores, bunkers, and slop-
chest items, except with respect to such minimum amounts of bunkers 
as the Maritime Administration considers advisable to be retained on 
the vessel and that prior to such redelivery all consumable stores, 
slopchest items, and bunkers over and above such minimums shall 
be removed from the vessel by the charterer at his own expense. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Maritime Ad-
ministration is authorized to furnish utilities and services and make 
necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy 
involving Government property under control of the Maritime Ad-
ministration, and payments received by the Maritime Administration 
for utilities, services, and repairs so furnished or made shall be 
credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Pro-
vided, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occu-
pancy on account of items other than such utilities, services, or re-
pairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
No obligations shall be incurred during the current fiscal year from 
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the construction fund established by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, 
or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and limitations con-
tained in this Act, or in any prior appropriation Act, and all receipts 
which otherwise would be deposited to the credit of said fund shall 
be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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INLAND WATERWAYS CORPORATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $2^000 shall be available for administrative expenses 
to be determined m the manner set forth under the title "General 
expenses" in the Uniform System of Accounts for Carriers by Water 
of the Interstate Commerce Commission (effective January 1, 1947). 
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) 
(not to exceed $25,000); and defense of suits instituted against the 
Commissioner of Patents; $24,860,000. 
BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS 
LIMITATION ON GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Necessary expenses of administration and research (not to exceed 
$33,400,000), including maintenance of a National Register of Re-
voked Motor Vehicle Operators' Licenses, as authorized by law (74 
Stat. 526), and purchase of forty-seven passenger motor vehicles of 
which thirty shall be for replacement only, shall be paid, in accord-
ance with law, from appropriations made available by this Act to the 
Bureau of Public Roads and from advances and reimbursements re-
ceived by the Bureau of Public Roads. 
Of the total amount available from appropriations of the Bureau 
of Public Roads for general administrative and research expenses 
pursuant to the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 104 
(a), $100,000 shall be available for carrying out the provisions of 
title 23, United States Code, section 309. 
72stat. 889.914. 
23USC 313 note. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(TRUST FUND) 
72 Stat. 885. 
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, 
which are attributable to Federal-aid highways, to remain available 
until expended, $2,990,600,000, or so much thereof as may be available 
in and derived from the "Highway trust fund"; which sum is com-
posed of $1,820,616,736, the balance of the amount authorized for the 
fiscal year 1960, and $1,162,983,264 (or so much thereof as may be 
available in and derived from the "Highway trust fund"), a part of 
the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1961, 
$6,363,325 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 title 23, 
United States Code, section 125, and $636,675 for reimbursement of 
^^ stat. 612. 
the sums expended for the design and construction of bridges upon 
and across dams, as provided by title 23, United States Code, section 
3 2 0 . 
72 Stat. 917. 
FOREST HIGHWAYS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions 
of title 23, United States Code, section 204, pursuant to contract au- 
'^stat. 907,906. 
thorization granted by title 23 United States Code, section 203, to 
remain available until expended, $27,400,000, which sum is composed 
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of $2,250,000, the balance of the amount authorized to be appropriated 
for the fiscal year I960, and $25,150,000, a part of the amount author-
ized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1961: 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 construction and 
maintenance but the total cost of any such item under this authoriza-
tion shall not exceed $15,000. 
PUBLIC LANDS HIGHWAYS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions 
72 Stat. 908.906. of title 23, United States Code, section 209, pursuant to the contract 
authorization granted by title 23, United States Code, section 203, to 
remain available until expended, $3,000,000, which sum is composed 
of $300,000, the balance of the amount authorized to be appropriated 
for the fiscal year 1961, and $2,700,000, a part of the amount author-
ized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1962. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS 
Not to exceed $10,000 may be expended during the current fiscal 
vear for services of individuals employed pursuant to section 15 of 
60 Stat. 810. 
the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates in excess of $50 
per diem. 
NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS 
RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL SERVICES 
For expenses necessary in performing the functions authorized by 
31 Stat. 1449. 
tlie Act of March 3,1901, as amended (15 U.S.C. 27l-278e), including 
general administration; operation, maintenance, alteration, and pro-
tection of grounds and facilities; and improvement and construction 
of facilities as authorized by the Act of September 2,1958 (15 U.S.C. 
72 Stat. 1711. 
.278d); $22,000,000, of which not to exceed $1,800,000 shall be avail-
able for payments to the "Working capital fund". National Bureau 
of Standards, for additional capital: Provided^ That during the cur-
rent fiscal year the maximum base rate of compensation for employees 
appointed j)ursuant to the Act of September 2,1958 (15 U.S.C. 278e), 
shall be equivalent to the entrance rate of GS-12. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL SERVICES (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 
68 Stat. 455. 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), for the purposes authorized by section 
72 Stat. 275. 
io4(k) of that Act, to remain available until expended, $1,000,000, 
which shall be available to purchase currencies which the Treasury 
Department shall determine to be excess to the normal requirement 
of the United States. 
PLANT AND FACILITIES 
For expenses incurred, as authorized by section 1 of the Act of 
72 Stat. 1711. 
September 2,1958 (15 U.S.C. 278c-278e), in the acquisition, construc-
tion, improvement, alteration, or emergency repair of buildings, 
grounds, and other facilities including a nuclear research reactor ana 
associated laboratories; a warehouse and an addition to the cryogenics 
laboratory and equipment for the main laboratory building, Boulder, 
Colorado; a standard frequency broadcast station (including land and 
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equipment); land for an acce^ road to a radio field station; a building 
and seawall at Maui, Hawaii; and procurement and installation ot 
special research equipment and facilities therefor; $10,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided^ That the limitation under 
this head in the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Ap-
propriation Act, 1960, on the full cost of additions to the radio labora- 
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tory building is increased from "$1,215,000" to "$1,450,000". 
CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for "Construction of facilities", includ-
ing construction, equipment, and expenses of occupying the facilities, 
$35,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not 
to exceed $500,000 of this amount shall be available for payment to 
the "Working capital fund". National Bureau of Standards, for addi-
tional capital for purchase of equipment. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
The Working capital fund shall be available, during the current 
fiscal year, for the purchase of not to exceed three passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only. 
WEATHER BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Weather Bureau, including main-
tenance 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. 
55a); purchase of upper air supplies for delivery through December 
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31, of the next fiscal year; and not to exceed $10,000 for maintenance 
of a printing office in the city of Washington, as authorized by law; 
$56,250,000. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For expenses necessary for the conduct of research by the Weather 
Bureau, mcludin^ development and service testing of equipment; 
operation and maintenance of aircraft; not to exceed $25,000 for serv-
ices as authorized b^ section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 
55a); and for acquisition, establishment, and relocation of research ^° ^
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facilities and related equipment; $9,000,000, to remain available un-
tilJune 30,1964. 
ESTABLISHMENT OF METEOROLOGICAL FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for the acquisition, establishment, and 
relocation of operational facilities and related equipment, including 
the alteration and modernization of existing facilities, and for the 
acquisition of land; $5,250,000, to remain available until June 30, 
1964: Provided, That the appropriations heretofore granted under 
this head shall be merged with this appropriation. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
SEC. 202. During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations 
and funds available to the Department of Commerce shall be avail-
able for the activities specified in the Act of October 26,1949 (5 U.S.C. 
63 Stat. 907. 
596a), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by said Act. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations in this title available for salaries and ex-
penses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
ices as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 
60 Stat. 810. 
55a), but, unless otherwise specified, at rates for individuals not to 
exceed $75 per diem; and uniforms, or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
2131). 
68 Strt. 1114. 
note. 
TITLE III—THE PANAMA CANAL 
CANAL ZONE GOVERNMENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For operating expenses necessary for the Canal Zone Government, 
including operation of the Postal Service of the Canal Zone; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
68 Stat. 1114. 
ized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); 
expenses incident to conducting hearings on the Isthmus; expenses of 
special training of employees of the Canal Zone Government as 
s^usc 2301 and authorized by law (63 Stat. 602; 72 Stat. 327); contingencies of the 
Governor; residence for the Governor; medical aid and support of 
the insane and of lepers and aid and support of indigent persons 
legally within the Canal Zone, including expenses of their deporta-
tion when practicable; and payments of not to exceed $50 in anv one 
case to persons within the Government service who shall furnish blood 
for transfusions; $20,800,000. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For acquisition of land and land under water and acquisition, con-
struction, and replacement of improvements, facilities, structures, and 
equipment, as authorized by law (2 C.Z. Code, sees. 3 and 16; 63 Stat. 
600), including the purchase of not to exceed seven passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only for police-type use without regard to 
the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; and 
expenses incident to the retirement of such assets; $2,300,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided^ That notwithstanding the limita-
tion under this head in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 
74 Stat. 827. 
1961, appropriations for "capital outlay" may be used for expenses 
related to the construction of quarters for non-U.S. citizen employees 
at a unit cost not exceeding $16,500. 
PANAMA CANAL COMPANY 
CORPORATION 
The Panama Canal Company is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to it and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and 
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by 
Vi use ill' 
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 current fiscal year for such corporation, except as 
hereinafter provided: 
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279 
LIMITATION ON GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, 
PANAMA CANAL COMPANY 
Not to exceed $7,824,000 of the funds available to the Panama Canal 
Company shall be available during the current fiscal year for general 
and administrative expenses of the Company, which shall be computed 
on an accrual basis. Funds available to the Panama Canal Company 
for operating expenses shall be available for the purchase of not to 
exceed eighteen passenger motor vehicles of which fourteen are for 
replacement only, and for uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131). 
^8 stat. n u . 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THE PANAMA CANAL 
SEC. 301. The Governor of the Canal Zone is authorized to employ 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
U.S.C. 55a), in an amount not exceeding $30,000: Provided, That the 
^o stat. sio. 
rates for individuals shall not exceed $100 per diem. 
SEC. 302. The Canal Zone Government is authorized to transfer to 
the Federal Aviation Agency, without reimbursement, such facilities 
and improvements within the Cardenas townsite in the Canal Zone 
as may be mutually agreed upon by such agencies, and the value of the 
property so transferred shall be determined in accordance with sec-
tion 246 (b) of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code. Payments to the Treas-
ury otherwise required by section 246(e) of title 2 of the Canal Zone 
Code shall be reduced by the amount of such value. 
SEC. 303. The Panama Canal Bridge presently under construction 
as authorized by the Act of July 23, 1956 (Ch. 665, 70 Stat. 596) shall 
hereafter be designated the "Thatcher Ferry Bridge". 
TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ADVISORY COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of 
September 24,1959 (73 Stat, 703-706), $375,000. 
s use 2371-2378. 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Amer-
ican Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition of land 
or interest in land in foreign countries; purchase and repair of uni-
forms for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments outside 
of the United States and its territories and possessions; not to exceed 
$77,000 for expenses of travel; rent of office and garage space in for-
eign countries; purchase (one for replacement only) and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; and insurance of official motor vehicles in for-
eign countries when required by law of such countries; $1,360,000: 
Provided, That where station allowance has been authorized by the 
Department of the Army for officers of the Army serving the Army 
at certain foreign stations, the same allowance shall be authorized for 
officers of the Armed Forces assigned to the Commission while serv-
ing at the same foreign stations, and this appropriation is hereby 
made available for the payment of such allowance: Provided 
further, 
That when traveling on business of the Commission, officers of the 
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[75 S T A T . 
Armed Forces serving as members or as secretary of the Commission 
may be reimbursed for expenses as provided for civilian members of 
the Commission: Provided further^ That the Commission shall reim-
burse other Government agencies, including the Armed Forces, for 
salary, pay, and allowances of personnel assigned to it. 
CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORIALS AND CEMETERIES 
Appropriations heretofore granted under this head shall not be 
available for obligation after June 30,1962. 
FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry on the activities of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized by 
60 Stat, 810. 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) ; allowances 
and benefits similar to those provided by title I X of the Foreign 
1030.^^* ^°^*" Service Act of 1946, as amended, as determined by the Commission; 
^^22 use 113 1- expenses of packing, shipping, and storing personal effects of per-
sonnel assigned abroad; rental or lease, for such periods as may be 
necessary, of office space and living quarters for personnel assigned 
abroad; maintenance, improvement, and repair of properties rented 
or leased abroad, and furnishing fuel, water, and utilities for such 
properties; insurance on official motor vehicles abroad; and advances 
of funds abroad; not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of travel; advances 
or reimbursements to other Government agencies for use of their facili-
ties and services in carrying out the functions of the Commission; 
hire of motor vehicles for field use only; and employment of aliens; 
$625,000, and in addition $40,000 (to l)e merged with this appropri-
ation) to be derived from the War claims fund created by section 
%\^^ko%^. 
1^(*) of the War Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012a). 
2012. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to such Corporation, and in accord 
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without re-
gard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Gov-
31 us^'l/g.* 
ernment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary 
in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 
fiscal year for such Corporation, except as hereinafter provided: 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY 
DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
Not to exceed $425,000 shall be available for administrative ex-
penses which shall be computed on an accrual basis, including not to 
exceed $2,000 for official entertainment expenses to be expended upon 
the approval or authority of the Administrator, purchase of one pas-
senger motor vehicle for replacement only, and services as authorized 
60 Stat. 810,. 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates for 
individuals not to exceed $100 per day: Provided^ That not to exceed 
$5,000 may be expended for services of individuals employed at rates 
in excess of $50 per day. 
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281 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small 
Business Administration, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$6,750,000, and in addition there may be transferred to this appropria-
tion not to exceed $18,447,000 from the revolving fund, Small Busi-
ness Administration, and not to exceed $397,000 from the fund for 
liquidation of Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans, Small Busi-
ness Administration, for administrative expenses in connection witli 
activities financed under said funds: Provmed. That the amount au-
thorized for transfer from the revolving fund. Small Business Ad-
ministration, may be increased, with the approval of the Director of 
the Bureau of the Budget, by such amount (not exceeding $500,000) 
as may be required to finance administrative expenses incurred in the 
making of disaster loans: Provided further^ That 10 per centum of 
the amount authorized to be transferred from the revolving fund, 
Small Business Administration, shall be apportioned for use, pursu-
ant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, only in such 
^i use ees. 
amounts and at such times as may be necessary to carry out the busi-
ness loan program. 
REVOLVING FUND 
For additional capital for the revolving fund authorized by the 
Small Business Act of 1953, as amended, to oe available without fiscal \l ^J*^- g^f|« 
year limitations, $20,000,000. 
SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Subversive Activities Control Board, 
including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), not to exceed $30,000 for expenses of travel, and 
«
> stat. sio. 
not to exceed $500 for the purchase of newspapers and periodicals, 
$395,000. 
TARIFF COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Tariff Commission, including sub-
scriptions to newspapers (not to exceed $300), not to exceed $60,000 
for expenses of travel, and services as authorized by section 15 of the 
Act of A u ^ s t 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $75 per 
so stat. s lo. 
diem for individuals, $2,770,000: Provided, 
That no part of this 
appropriation shall be used to pay the salary of any member of the 
Tariff Commission who shall hereafter participate in any proceedings 
under sections 336, 337, and 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, wherein 
t | ^|*c'^i3 3 6. 
he or any member of his family has any special, direct, and pecuniary i338. 
interest, or in which he has acted as attorney or special representative: 
Provided further, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall 
be used for making any special study, investigation, or report at the 
request of any other agency of the executive oranch of the Govern-
ment unless reimbursement is made for the cost thereof. 
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TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
60 Stat. 810. 
Citizenship pro-
visions. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
Enforcement. 
Exceptions. 
Qu art er s and 
cost-of-living al-
lowances. 
5 U S C 3 0 3 3 -
3039. 
Senate di s a p -
pro v al of nom-
inees. 
USCA; 
Lifetime 
F e d e r a l 
Digest; 
Modem 
F e d e r a l 
Practice Digest. 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 501. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with 
section 16 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 78), for the purchase 
of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses and ambulances^, 
is hereby fixed at $1,500 except station wagons for which the maxi-
mum shall be $1,950. 
SEC. 502. Unless otherwise specified and during the current fiscal 
year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other 
Act shall oe used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee 
of the Government of the United States (including any agency the 
majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the 
United States) whose post of duty is in continental United States un-
less such person (1) is a citizen of the United States, (2) is a person 
in the service of the United States on the date of enactment of this 
Act who, being eligible for citizenship, had filed a declaration of in-
tention to become a citizen of the United States prior to such date, 
(3) is a person who owes allegiance to the United States, or (4) is an 
alien from Poland or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the 
United States for permanent residence: Provided^ That for the pur-
pose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person shall be 
considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section 
with respect to his status have been complied with: Provided 
further, 
That any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony 
and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $4,000 or imprisoned 
for not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above 
penal clause shall be m addition to, and not in substitution for, any 
other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment 
made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this sec-
tion shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. 
This 
section shall not apply to citizens of the Republic of the Philippines 
or to nationals of those countries allied with the United States in the 
current defense effort, or to temporary employment of translators, or 
to temporary employment in the field service (not to exceed sixty 
days) as a result of emergencies. 
SEC. 503. Appropriations of the executive departments and inde-
pendent establishments for the current fiscal year, available for ex-
penses of travel or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are here-
by made available for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allow-
ances, in accordance with title I I of the Act of September 6, 1960 (74 
Stat. 793). 
SEC. 504. No part of any appropriation for the current fiscal year 
contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any person for the 
filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated after 
the Senate has voted not to approve the nomination of said person. 
SEC. 505. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act for the current fiscal year shall be used to pay in excess of 
$4 per volume for the current and future volumes of the United States 
Code Annotated, and such volumes shall be purchased on condition and 
with the understanding that latest published cumulative annual pocket 
parts issued prior to the date of purchase shall be furnished free of 
charge, or in excess of $4.25 per volume for the current or future 
volumes of the Lifetime Federal Digest, or in excess of $6.50 per 
volume for the current or future volumes of the Modern Federal 
Practice Digest. 
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283 
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this or any other Act for ad- ex^enTe^s?^^*'*"''* 
ministrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations 
and agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 841), shall be available, in addition to objects 
^^ ^^*- *^^-
for which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District 
of Columbia; services in accordance with section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); and the objects specified under this 
^ ^^*- ^^°-
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure 
of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they are 
made available: Provided^ That in the event any functions budgeted 
as administrative expenses are subsequently transferred to or paid 
from other funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 507. No part of any funds of or available to any wholly owned p^chas^ or"c''o"nI 
Government corporation shall be used for the purchase or construe- stmction. 
tion, or in making loans for the purchase or construction of any office 
building, without specific authority in law therefor, primarily for 
occupancy by any department or agency of the United States Govern-
ment or by any corporation owned by the United States Government. 
SEC. 508. Pursuant to section 1415 of the Act of July 15, 1952 (66 
Fo'eign credits. 
Stat. 662), foreign credits (including currencies) owed to or owned 
^^ ^^^ ^2'*' 
by the United States may be used by Federal agencies for any purpose 
for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (includ-
ing the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing the use of such 
credits), only when reimbursement therefor is made to the Treasury 
from applicable appropriations of the agency concerned: Provided, 
That such credits received as exchange allowances or proceeds of sales 
of personal property may be used in whole or part payment for ac-
quisition of similar items, to the extent and in the manner author-
ized by law, without reimbursement to the Treasury: 
Provided 
further^ That nothing in section 1415 of the Act of July 15, 1952, or 
^^ stat. 662. 
m this section shall be construed to prevent the making of new or 
the carrying out of existing contracts, agreements, or executive agree-
ments for periods in excess of one year, in any case where such con-
tracts, agreements, or executive agreements for periods in excess of 
one year were permitted prior to the enactment of this Act under sec-
tion 32(b) (2) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended (50 
U.S.C. App. 1641 (b) (2)), and the performance of all such contracts, 
^o »«*• ^^^• 
agreements^ or executive agreements shall be subject to the availability 
of appropriations for the purchase of credits as provided by law. 
SEC. 509. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any propagi,ida.' *' °^ 
other Act, or of the funds available for expenditure by any individual, 
corporation, or agency included in this or any other Act, shall be used 
for publicity or propaganda purposes designed to support or defeat 
legislation pending before Congress. 
This Act may be cited as the "General Government Matters, Depart- 
short title, 
ment of Commerce, and Belated Agencies Appropriation Act, 1962". 
Approved August 3, 1961.