An Act making appropriations for the Department of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes
PL 84-195 (H.R.5046), enacted 08/01/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 195-AUG. 1, 1956 
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Public Law 195 
CHAPTER 437 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, 
and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of JRepresentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1956, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
August 1,1955 
[H. R. 5046] 
D e p artments of 
Labor, and Health, 
E d u c a t i o n , and 
W e l f a r e , and te-
lated 
a g e n c i e s 
Appropriation Act, 
1956. 
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 Secre-
tary) , including the conduct of a program of promoting employment 
of the older worker, and including services as authorized by section 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); teletype news serv-
ice; and payment in advance when authorized by the Secretary for 
dues or fees for library membership in organizations whose publica-
tions are available to members only or to members at a price lower 
than to the general public; $1,587,000, of which not more than $145,000 
shall be for international labor affairs. 
60 Stat. 810. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Office of the 
Solicitor, $1,482,900. 
BUREAU OF 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)) ; performance of the functions vested in 
the Secretary by title I of the Labor-Management Relations Act, 
1947 (29 U. S. C. 159 (f) and (g)) ; not to exceed $50,000 for improv-
ing the conditions of migratory labor; and not less than $130,000 for 
the work of the President's Committee on National Employ the 
Physically Handicapped Week, as authorized by the Act of July 11, 
1949 (63 Stat. 409), and provided further that no part of the appro-
priation for the President's Committee shall be subject to reduction 
or transfer to any other department or agency under the provisions 
of any existing law; including purchase of reports and of material 
for informational exhibits and expenses of attendance of cooperating 
officials and consultants at conferences concerned with the work of the 
Bureau of Labor Standards; $817,500. 
63 Stat. 865. 
61 Stat. 136. 
BUREAU OF VETERANS' REEMPLOYMENT 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), the Service P^xtension Act of 1941, as amended, 
the Army Reserve and Retired Personnel Service I^aw of 1940, as 
54 Stat. 890. 
55 Stat. 626. 
50 u s e app. 351. 
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54 Stat. 858. 
50 u s e app. 40 1. 
62 Stat. 614; 65 
Stat. 86. 
50 u s e app. 459. 
57 Stat. 162. 
amended, and section 9 of the Universal Military Training and 
Service Act, and, under the Act of June 23, 1943, as amended (50 
U. S. C. App. 1472), of persons who have performed service in the 
Merchant Marine, $360,500. 
so Stat. 664. 
BUREAU o r APPRENTICESHIP 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to enable the Secre-
tary to conduct a program of encouraging apprentice training as 
authorized by the Act of August 16,1937 (29 U. S. C. 50), $3,150,000. 
60 Stat. 810. 
58 Stat. 293. 
38 u s e 695-695f. 
48 Stat. 113. 
38 u s e 695b. 
49 Stat. 626. 
38 u s e 991-999. 
4 2 u s e 
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1370. 
42 u s e 502. 
42 u s e 503. 
BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the general 
administration of the employment service and unemployment com-
pensation programs, including temporary employment of persons, 
without regard to the civil-service laws, for the farm placement migra-
tory labor program; and not to exceed $10,000 for services as author-
ized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); 
$5,021,250, of which $900,000 shall be for carrying into effect the provi-
sions of title IV (except section 602) of the Servicemen's Readjustment 
Act of 1944. 
Grants to States for unemployment compensation and employment 
service administration: For grants in accordance with the provisions 
of the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended (29 U. S. C. 49-49n), for 
carrying into effect section 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 in connection with the operation 
of employment office facilities and services in the District of Columbia, 
and for expenses not otherwise provided for, necessary for carrying 
out title IV of the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 
(66 Stat. 684) and title XV of the Social Security Act, as amended 
(68 Stat. 1130), $250,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be available 
only to the extent that the Secretary finds 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 notwithstand-
ing any provision to the contrary in section 302 (a) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, as amended, the Secretary of Labor shall from time to time 
certify to the Secretary to the Treasury for payment to each State 
found to be in compliance with the requirements of the Act of June 6, 
1933, and, except in the case of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, 
with the provisions of section 303 of the Social Security Act, as 
amended, such amounts as he determines to be necessary for the proper 
and efficient administration of its unemployment compensation law 
and of its public employment 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 unem-
ployment compensation systems and employment services by States 
receiving grants herefrom. 
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In carrying out the provisions of said Act of June 6, 1933, the 
provisions of section 303 (a) (1) of the Social Security Act, as 
42 use so3. 
amended, relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel 
standards on a merit basis, shall apply. 
None of the funds appropriated by this title to the Bureau of 
Employment Security 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 from the said agencies of any States which have 
established by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit 
system and classification and compensation plan covering the selec-
tion, 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 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 
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6, 1933, as amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal 48 stat. 113. 
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 the appropriation 
therefor for that fiscal year. 
Unemployment compensation for veterans: For payments to unem-
ployed veterans as authorized by title IV of the Veterans' Readjust-
ment Assistance Act of 1952, $120,000,000. 
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Unemployment compensation for veterans, next succeeding fiscal 
year: For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments 
to States, as authorized by title IV of the Veterans' Readjustment 
Assistance Act of 1952, such sums as may be necessary to pay benefits 
for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, and the obliga-
tions and expenditures thereunder shall be charged to the appropria-
tion therefor for that fiscal year. 
Unemployment compensation for Federal employees: For payments 
to unemployed Federal employees, either directly or through pay-
ments to States, as authorized by title XV of the Social Security Act, 
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as amended, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
i37o. 
Unemployment compensation for Federal employees, next succeed-
ing fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 
payments to States, as authorized by title XV of the Social Security 
Act, as amended, such amounts as may be required for payment to 
unemployed Federal employees for the first quarter of the next succeed-
ing fiscal year, and the obligations and expenditures thereunder shall 
be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year. 
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, 1951 (Public Law 
78), as amended, including temporary employment of persons without 
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regard to the civil service laws, $1,135,000. 
BURKAIT OF E M P L O Y E E S ' COMPENSATION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary administrative expenses and 
not to exceed $112,000 for the Employees' Compensation Appeals 
Board, $2,174,500, together with not to exceed $100,000 to be derived 
from the War Claims Fund created by section 13 (a) of the War 
Claims Act of 1948 (50 U. S. C. 2012). 
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Employees' compensation fund: For the payment of compensation 2012. 
and other benefits and expenses (except administrative expenses) 
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60 Stat. 696. 
39 Stat. 742. 
s o u s e 
2003, 2004. 
s o u s e 
2012. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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 Appropriation Act, 1947; the advancement of costs 
for enforcement of recoveries 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, treatment, and burial, for such enroUees 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 providing such services, treatment, and expenses in such cases; such 
amount as may be required during the current fiscal year: Provided^ 
That this appropriation shall be available for payments pursuant to 
sections 4 (c) and 5 (f) of the War Claims Act of 1948 (50 U. S. C. 
2012) and shall be credited with advances or reimbursements there-
for from the War Claims Fund created by section 13 (a) of said War 
Claims Act of 1948. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the work of the 
Bureau, including advances or reimbursement to State, Federal, and 
local agencies and their employees for services rendered, and not to 
exceed $15,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act 
of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $6,065,000. 
41 Stat. 987. 
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 purchase of reports and material for informational 
exhibits, $348,000. 
52 Stat. 1060. 
29 u s e 201. 
49 Stat. 2036. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for performing the 
duties imposed by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 
and the Act to provide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the 
making of contracts 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, and not to exceed $3,000 for expenses of attendance of 
cooperating officials and consultants at conferences concerned with the 
work of the Division, $6,162,000. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Citation of title. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 102. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for stenographic reporting services as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), 
and for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the func-
tion or activity for which any such appropriation is made. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Labor Appropriation 
Act, 1956". 
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401 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND 
WELFARE 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
Education of the blind: For carrying out the Act of August 4,1919, 
as amended (20 U. S. C. 101), $224,000. 
4i stat. 272. 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses for carrying out the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 301-
392); the Tea Importation Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 41-50) ; the gt" «?•; ^T^tit! 
Import Milk Act (21 U. S. C. 141-149); the Federal Caustic Poison 1101,i406;42stat." 
Act (15 U. S. C. 401-411); and the Filled Milk Act, as amended (21 ^*^^-
U. S. C. 61-64); including purchase of not to exceed forty-three 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; reporting and illus-
trating the results of investigations; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, 
and scientific equipment; not to exceed $2,000 for payment in advance 
for special tests and analyses by contract; and payment of fees, travel, 
and per diem in connection with studies of new developments pertinent 
to food and drug enforcement operations; $5,484,000. 
Salaries and expenses, certification, inspection, and other services: 
For expenses necessary for the certification or inspection of certain 
products, and for the establishment of tolerances for pesticides, 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. 
346,348,354,356,357,364,372a, and 376), the aggregate of the advance g^s2 stat. 1
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deposits during the current fiscal year to cover payments of fees for 463.* 
services in connection with such certifications, inspections, or establish-
ment of tolerances, to remain available until expended. The total 
amount herein appropriated shall be available for personal services; 
purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and scientific equipment; purchase 
of not to exceed four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only ; 
expenses of advisory committees; and the refund of advance deposits 
for which no service has been rendered. 
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 University" for salaries of technical and professional per-
sonnel detailed to the hospital; payments to the appropriation of 
Howard University for actual cost of heat, light, and power furnished 
by such university; $2,880,000: Provided, That no intern or resident tio^t^^^'^ restrio 
physician receiving comj>ensation from this appropriation on a full-
time basis shall receive compensation in the form of wages or salary 
from any other appropriation in this title: Provided further, That the Dut?rJ:t"of'coiuSj-
District of Columbia shall pay by check to Freedmen's Hospital, upon tia. 
the Surgeon General'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 certified 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 calculations shall be made at the end of each quarter: Provided 
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further^ That the Surgeon General may delegate the responsibilities 
imposed upon him by the foregoing proviso. 
GALLAUDET COLLEGE 
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), $539,000: Provided, That Gallaudet College shall be paid by the 
District of Columbia, in advance at the beginning of each quarter, 
at the rate of $1,295 per school year for each student attending and 
receiving instruction in elementary or secondary education pursuant to 
31 Stat. 844. 
^^^ ^^^ ^f March 1,1901 (31 D. C. Code 1008). 
Construction: For the construction and equipment of buildings 
and facilities on the grounds of Gallaudet College, as authorized by 
D! cf*code' 31- the Act of June 18, 1954 (Public Law 420), under the supervision of 
1025 to 31-1032. 
the General Services Administration, including planning, architec-
tural, and engineering services, $2,225,000, to remain available until 
expended, as follows: For a physical education and activities building, 
heating plant, laundry, and shop, together with alterations and in-
stallations in connection with such construction. 
For a girls' dormi-
tory, together with alterations and installations in connection with 
such construction. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
Salaries and expenses: For the partial support of Howard Uni-
versity, including personal services and miscellaneous expenses and 
repairs to buildings and grounds, $2,875,400. 
Construction of buildings: For alterations, revision, extension, and 
installation of underground telephone conduit for telephone distribu-
tion system, under the supervision of General Services Administration, 
on the grounds of Howard University, including engineering services, 
$122,000, to remain available until expended. 
Construction of law building (liquidation of contract authoriza-
tion) : For payment of obligations incurred under authority pre-
viously provided, to enter into contracts for the construction of the 
law building, $457,100. 
Construction of administration building (liquidation of contract 
authorization) : For payment of obligations incurred under authority 
previously provided, to enter into contracts for the construction of the 
administration building, $405,500. 
Construction of men's dormitory (li€[uidation of contract authoriza-
tion) : For payment of obligations incurred under authority pre-
viously provided, to enter into contracts for the construction of the 
men's dormitory, $1,146,000. 
OFFICE OF EDUCATION 
Promotion and further development of vocational education: For 
carrying out the provisions of section 3 of the Vocational Education 
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(20 U.S.C. 29), section lofthe Act of March 3,1931 (20 U. S. C. 30), 
and the Act of March 18,1950 (20 U. S. C. 31), $26,500,000: Provided, 
That the apportionment to the States under the Vocational Education 
Act of 1946 shall be computed on the basis of not to exceed $26,325,000 
for the current fiscal year: Provided 
further^ That not more than 
$1,500,000 of this appropriation shall be available for vocational 
education in distributive occupations. 
4 3 Stat. 18; 46 
Stat. 1489; 64 Stat. 
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Further endowment of colleges of agriculture and the mechanic 
arts: For carrying out the provisions of section 22 of the Act of June 
29,1935, as amended (7 U. S. C. 329), $2,501,500. 
^^ stat. 439. 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Office of Edu-
cation, including surveys, studies, investigations, and reports regard-
ing libraries; fostering coordination of public and school library 
service; coordination of library service on the national level with other 
forms of adult education; developing library participation in Federal 
projects; fostering Nation-wide coordination of research materials 
among libraries, interstate library coordination and the development 
of library service throughout the country; purchase, distribution, and 
exchange of educational documents, motion-picture films, and lantern 
slides; collection, exchange, and cataloging of educational apparatus 
and appliances, articles of school furniture and models of school build-
ings illustrative of foreign and domestic sj'stems and methods of edu-
cation, and repairing the same: $3,050,000, of which not less than 
$480,000 shall be available for the Division of Vocational Education 
as authorized: Provided, That all receipts from non-Federal agencies 
representing reimbursement for expenses of travel of employees of the 
Office of Education performing advisory functions to the said agencies 
shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit 
of this appropriation. 
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. 236-244), 
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$65,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall also be available 
for carrying out the provisions of section 6 of such Act. 
Assistance for school construction: For an additional amount for 
providing school facilities and for grants to local educational agen-
cies in federally affected areas, as authorized by title I I I of the Act 
of September 23, 1950, as amended by the Act of August 8, 1953, and 
the Act of August 31,1954 (20 U. S. C. 291-301), inchiding not to ex- 
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ceed $750,000 for necessary expenses of technical services rendered by 
other agencies, $24,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for salaries 
or other direct expenses of the Department of Health, Education, and 
Welfare. 
Salaries and expenses. White House Conference on Education: For 
carrying out the Act of July 26, 1954 (68 Stat. 532), including serv- 
|g W^MioT""' 
ices as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 L. S. C. 
55a), $200,000. 
OFFICE OF VOCATIOXAL REHABILITATIOX 
Grants to States and other agencies: For grants to States and other 
agencies in accordance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as 
5§ fifi- ,^". 
amended, $33,750,000, of which $30,000,000 is for vocational rehabilita-
tion services under section 2 of said Act; $1,500,000 is for extension and 
improvement projects under section 3 of said Act: and $2,250,000 is for 
special projects under section 4 of said Act: Provided, That not more 
than $2 of the funds made available for special projects under section 
4 (a) (2) of said Act shall be expended for any project for each $1 
that the grantee, or the grantee and the State, expends for the same 
purpose: Provided further. That allotments under section 2 of said 
Act to the States for the current fiscal year shall be made on the basis 
of $36,000,000, 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 ^^ "^^ ^^' ^^* 
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quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be nec-
essary, 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 of the 
current fiscal year. 
Training and traineeships: For training and traineeships pursuant 
to section 4 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, and 
29 use 34, 37. 
fQj. carrying out the training functions provided for in section 7 of 
said Act, $2,075,000. 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary in carrying out the 
29 use 31-42. 
provisions of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, and of 
49 Stat. 1559. 
the Act approved June 20, 1936 (20 U. S. C , ch. 6A), as amended, 
including not to exceed $3,000 for production, purchase, and distri-
bution of educational films; $1,000,000. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Public Health Service 
58 Stat. 682. 
^g^, as amended (42 U. S. C , ch. 6A) (hereinafter referred to as the 
Act), and other Acts, including expenses for active commissioned 
officers in the Reserve Corps and for not to exceed one thousand five 
hundred commissioned officers in the Regular Corps, as follows: 
Assistance to States, general: To carry out the purposes, not other-
wise specifically provided for, of section 314 (c) of the Act; to pro-
vide consultative services to States pursuant to section 311 of the Act; 
to make field investigations and demonstrations pursuant to section 
4^2use 246, 243, 301 of the Act; to provide for collecting and compiling mortality, 
morbidity, and vital statistics; and not to exceed $1,000 for entertain-
ment of officials of other countries when specifically authorized by 
the Surgeon General; $13,660,000. 
Venereal diseases: To carry out the purposes of sections 314 (a) 
42use 246, 266. ^ud 363 of the Act with respect to venereal diseases including the 
operation and maintenance of centers for the diagnosis and treat-
ment of persons afflicted with 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 the foregoing purposes, in such amounts 
and upon such terms and conditions as the Surgeon General may 
determine; $3,500,000. 
42 use 246. 
Tuberculosis: To carrv out the purposes of section 314 (b) of the 
Act, $6,000,000, of which not less than $4,500,000 shall be available 
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 case-finding operations, but excluding the purchase of care in 
hospitals and sanatoria. 
Communicable diseases: To carry out, except as otherwise provided 
2^42 use 241, 243, for, those provisions of sections 301, 311, and 361 of the Act relating 
to the prevention and suppression of communicable and preventable 
diseases, and the interstate transmission and spread thereof, includ-
ing the purchase, erection, and maintenance of portable buildings; 
and hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; $5,250,000. 
Sanitary engineering activities: For expenses, not otherwise pro-
vided, necessary to carry out those provisions of sections 301, 311, 
24^6!^4.^*^' ^^^' 314 (c), and 361 of the Act relating to sanitation and other aspects 
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of environmental health, including enforcement of applicable quaran-
tine laws and interstate quarantine regulations, and for carrying out 
the purposes of the Water Pollution Control Act (33 U. S. C. 466-466 
( j ) ) ; $3,500,000. 
Buildings and facilities, Cincinnati, Ohio: For purchase and in-
stallation of additional equipment and supplies for the building and 
facilities at the Kobert A, Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, Cincin-
nati, Ohio, $415,000, to remain available until expended. 
Disease and sanitation investigations and control. Territory of 
Alaska: To enable the Surgeon General to conduct, in the Service, 
and to cooperate with and assist the Territory of Alaska in the con-
duct of, activities necessary in the investigation, prevention, treat-
ment, and control of diseases, and the establishment and maintenance 
of health and sanitation services pursuant to and for the purposes 
specified in sections 301, 311, 314 (without regard to the provisions 
of subsections (d), (f), (h), and (j) and the limitations set forth in 
subsection (c) of such section), 361 and 363 of the Act, including the 
hire, operation, and maintenance of aircraft, and the purchase, erec-
tion, and maintenance of portable buildings, $1,125,000, 
Surveys and planning for hospital construction: The funds ap-
propriated under this head in The Supplemental Appropriation Act, 
1955, shall not remain available for expenditure after June 30, 1957. 
Grants for hospital construction: For payments under parts C and 
G, title VT, of the Act, as amended, to remain available until expended, 
$111,000,000, of which $90,000,000 shall be for payments for hospitals 
and related facilities pursuant to part C, the remainder to be for pay-
ments for facilities pursuant to part G, as follows: $6,500,000 for 
diagnostic or treatment centers, $6,500,000 for hospitals for the chron-
ically ill and impaired, $4,000,000 for rehabilitation facilities, and 
$4,000,000 for nursing homes: Provided^ 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: Provided further^ That the Surgeon General may allocate 
from the above sums not to exceed $1,200,000 for the purposes author-
ized in section 636 of the Act. 
Salaries and expenses, hospital construction services: For salaries 
and expenses incident to carrying out title VI of the Act, as amended, 
$1,250,000. 
Hospitals and medical care: For carrying out the functions of the 
Public Health Service under the Act of August 8, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
150), and under sections 321, 322, 324, 326, 331, 332, 341, 343, 344, 502, 
504, and 710 of the Public Health Service Act, Private Law 419 of the 
Eighty-third Congress, as amended, and Executive Order 9079 of Feb-
ruary 26, 1942, including purchase and exchange of farm products 
and livestock; conducting research on technical nursing standards and 
furnishing consultative nursing services; purchase of not to exceed 
one ambulance, for replacement only; and purchase of firearms and 
ammunition; $34,326,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be exclusively 
available for payments to the Territory of Hawaii for care and treat-
ment of persons afflicted Avith leprosy: Provided^ That when the 
Public Health Service establishes or operates a health service program 
for any department or agency, payment for the estimated cost shall be 
made in advance for deposit to the credit of this appropriation. 
Foreign quarantine service: For carrying out the purposes of sec-
tions 361 to 369 of the Act, relating to preventing the introduction of 
communicable diseases from foreign countries, the medical examina-
tion of aliens in accordance with section 325 of the Act, and the care 
and treatment of quarantine detainees pursuant to section 322 (e) of 
the Act in private or other public hospitals when facilities of the 
62 Stat. 1155. 
42 u s e 241. 243, 
246, 264. 266. 
68 Stat. 810. 
60 Stat. 1042. 
4 2 u s e 29 Id-
29 Ih. 
60 Stat. 903. 
42 u s e 248, 249, 
251, 253, 255-257, 
259, 260, 220, 222, 
249 note; 33 USe 
763c. 
68 Stat. A74. 
3 e F R 1943 eum. 
Supp. p. 1101. 
42 u s e 264-272. 
42 u s e 252, 249. 
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[69 STAT. 
Public Health Service are not available, including insurance of official 
motor vehicles in foreign countries when required by law of such 
countries; purchase of not to exceed thirteen passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only; $3,000,000. 
Indian health activities: For expenses necessary to enable the Sur-
geon General to carry out the purposes of the Act of August 5, 1954 
4
^
2 ^^s'c^^2b 0 1 (Public Law 568), including services as authorized by section 15 of the 
2004. 
' Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) (including not to exceed $10,000 
for such services at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals, 
when authorized by the Surgeon General) ; purchase of not to exceed 
seventy-two passenger motor vehicles, of which forty-seven shall be 
for replacement only; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 
purchase of reprints: payment for telephone service in private resi-
dences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the 
Secretary; and the purposes set forth in sections 321 and 509 of the 
42use248. 227. p^bii^ Health Service Act; $33,840,000: PrpriV/e</, That the Surgeon 
General is authorized to transfer from this appropriation to other 
appropriations of the Public Health Service such amounts as he may 
determine are required in such appropriations for Indian health 
activities. 
Construction of Indian health facilities: For construction, major 
repair, improvement, and equipment of health and related auxiliary 
facilities, including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, 
specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites; purchase and erec-
tion of portable buildings; and purchase of trailers; $5,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided^ That such expenditures 
may be made through the Department of the Interior. 
National Institutes of Health, operating expenses: For the activities 
of the National Institutes of Health, not otherwise provided for, in-
cluding research fellowships and grants for research projects pursuant 
42 use 241. 
j-Q section 301 of the Act; not to exceed $1,000 for entertainment of vis-
iting scientists when specifically approved by the Surgeon General; 
erection of temporary structures; and grants of therapeutic and 
chemical substances for demonstrations and research; $5,899,000: Pro-
vided^ That the Surgeon General is authorized to advance to this 
appropriation from other appropriations to the Public Health Service 
Auch amounts as are determined to be necessary for the foregoing 
purposes and for activities performed on a centralized basis: Pro-
vided further^ That the Surgeon General is authorized to operate 
facilities at the National Institutes of Health for the sale of meals to 
employees and others at rates determined by him to be sufficient to 
recover the cost of such operation and the proceeds thereof shall be 
Release oi ce^r- credited to this appropriation: Provided further. That the Surgeon 
t a i n r e s e a r c n 
. 
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/ 
7 
, 
, 
cs 
, 
equipment. 
(xeueral IS authonzed, upon recommendation of the Psational Advi-
sory Health Council, to donate or release to a university, hospital, or 
other nonprofit organization any right, title, claim, or interest of 
the United States with respect to research and related equipment 
and other tangible property under the jurisdiction of the Service and 
acquired by such institutions prior to December 1046 pursuant to 
its contract with the United States through the Office of Scientific 
Research and Development. 
National Cancer Institute: To enable the Surgeon General, upon 
the recommendations of the National Advisory 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 eradica-
tion of cancer by providing consultative services, demonstrations, and 
grants-in-aid; and to contract for supplies and services by negotiation, 
41 use 5. 
without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, in connection 
69 S T A T . ] 
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407 
with the chemotherapy program; and to otherwise carry out the 
provisions of title IV, part A, of the Act; $24,828,000. 
Mental health activities: For expenses necessary for carrying out 
the provisions of sections 301, 302, 303, 311, 312, and 314 (c) of the 
Act with respect to mental diseases, and including erection of tempo-
rary structures, $17,761,000. 
National Heart Institute: For expenses necessary to carry out 
the purposes of the National Heart Act, $18,778,000. 
Dental health activities: 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, $2,136,000. 
Arthritis and metabolic disease activities: For expenses necessary 
to carry out the purposes of the Act relating to arthritis, rheumatism, 
and metabolic diseases, $10,740,000. 
Microbiology activities: For expenses necessary to carry out the 
purposes of the Act relating to microbiology, including the regulation 
and preparation of biologic products, $7,580,000. 
Neurology and blindness activities: For expenses necessary to carry 
out the purposes of the Act relating to neurology and blindness, 
$9,861,000. 
Gorgas Memorial Laboratory: For payment to the Gorgas Memo-
rial Institute for maintenance and operation of the Gorgas Memo-
rial Laboratory, $147,000. 
Retired pay of commissioned officers: For retired pay of com-
missioned officers, as authorized by law, and payments under the 
Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953, $1,225,000. 
Salaries and expenses: 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 ])ublications related to public health; and 
conducting studies and demonstrations in ])ublic health methods; 
$2,762,000: Provided^ That there may be transferred from any ap-
propriation to the Public Health Service in the ])e])artment of 
Health, PMucation, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1955, to any 
other such apj)ropriation such amounts as the Surgeon General may 
determine for the cost of activities relating to jjoliomyelitis during 
the fiscal year 1955: Provided further, That subsection (g) of sec-
tion 208 of the Public IFealth Service Act (42 U. S. C. 210 (g)) 
is amended by striking out the word "thirty" and inserting in lieu 
thereof the word "sixty". 
42 u s e 281-286. 
42USC241-244, 
246. 
62 Stat. 464. 
42 u s e 287 note. 
67 Stat. 501. 
37 u s e 371 note. 
Poliomyelitis. 
68 Stat. 440. 
Professional and 
s c i e n t i f i c posi-
tions. 
64 Stat. 447. 
SAINT KLIZAHETIIS HOSPITAL 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the maintenance 
and operation of the hospital, including purchase of clothing for 
patients and cooperation with organizations or individuals in the 
scientific reseai-ch into the nature, causes, prevention and treatment 
of mental illness, $2,527,000. 
Major repairs and preservation of buildings and grounds: For 
miscellaneous construction, alterations, repairs, and equipment, on 
ihe grounds of the hospital, including i)rei)aration of i)lans and speci-
fications, advertising, and supervision of construction, $6()(),0()(), to 
remain available until June 30, 1957: Provided, That any i)art of 
this amount may be transferred to the General Services Adminis-
tration. 
Construction, maximum security building: For expenses necessary 
for the preparation of plans and specifications for a maximum secu-
rity building at Saint Elizabeths Hospital, $269,000. 
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[69 S T A T . 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Old-A^e and Survivors Insurance: 
For necessary expenses, including furnishing, repairing, and cleaning 
of wearing apparel and equipment used by building guards; not more 
than $86,000,000 may be expended from the Federal old-age and 
survivors insurance trust fund: Provided^ That such amounts as are 
required shall be available to pay the cost of necessary travel incident 
to medical examinations for verifying disabilities of individuals who 
file applications for disability determinations under title I I of the 
42 use /o"*422. ^ocial Security Act, as amended. 
Advances to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after 
May 31 of the current fiscal year, advances to States under section 221 
42 use III'. 
(6) 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. 
Construction, Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance: For 
construction of an office building and appurtenant facilities for the 
Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, including equipment, 
acquisition of land (including donations thereof), and preparation 
of plans and specifications, $3,870,000, to be derived from the Federal 
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund which, together with 
sums heretofore appropriated for these purposes, shall establish a 
limit of cost of $25,370,000, such sums to be consolidated and 
accounted for as one fund and to remain available until expended: 
Provided^ That any funds derived from the default of the bond for 
construction of access roads in connection with the acquisition of such 
land shall be available for expenditure to construct such access roads. 
Grants to States for public assistance: For grants to States for 
old-age assistance, 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 IT. S. C , ch. 
stau 5*s1: *^°' ^^ ^^ subchs. I, IV, X, and XIV), $1,400,000,000, of which such amount 
as may be necessary shall be avaihible for grants for any period in 
the prior fiscal year subsequent to March 31 of that year. 
Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Public Assistance: For expenses 
necessary for the liureau of Public Assistance, $1,541,250. 
Salaries and expenses. Children's Bureau: For necessary expenses 
in carrying out the Act of April 9, 1912, as amended (42 IT. S. C , 
49 aat! 6
2
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9
. 
^^^- ^) ? 
'^^^^ 
^^^^^ ^ ^f 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 distribu-
tion, $1,040,000: Provided^ That no i)art of any appro])riation con-
tained 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 \inder State law 
to practice obstetrics: Provided further^ That the foregoing proviso 
shall not be so construed as to prevent any patient from havnig the 
services of any practitioner of her own choice, paid for out of this 
fund, so long as State laws are complied with: Provided 
further^ 
That any State plan which provides standards for professional obstet-
rical services in accordance with the laws of the State shall be 
approved. 
Grants to States for maternal and child welfare: For grants to 
States for maternal and child-health services, services for crippled 
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. 
49 Stat. 629. 
7^ ^nhch. V), $34,156,600, of which $15,000,000 shall be available 
42 u s e ch. 7. 
42 u s e ch. 7. 
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PUBLIC LAW 195-AUG. 1, 1955 
409 
only for grants to States for services for crippled cliildren: 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 the purposes of 
subsections (a) and (b) of sections 504 and 514 of such Act an amount yot^'?!^^/^^' '^^' 
expended or estimated to be expended by the State. 
Salaries and expenses, Office of the Commissioner: For expenses 
necessary for the Office of the Commissioner of Social Security, 
$173,000, together with not to exceed $130,000 to be transferred 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, 
IV, V, 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 
expenditures made thereunder for payments under each of such titles 
to be charged to the appropriation therefor for that 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 prior 
to or during such period, but no such payment shall be made with 
respect to any plan for any quarter prior to the quarter in which such 
plan was submitted for approval. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
Salaries and expenses. Office of the Secretary: For expenses neces-
sary for the Office of the Secretary, $1,400,000, together with not to 
exceed $200,000 to be transferred from the Federal old-age and survi-
vors insurance trust fund. 
Salaries and expenses. Office of Field Administration: For expenses 
necessary for the Office of Field Administration, $1,800,000, together 
with not to exceed $400,000 to be transferred from the Federal old-age 
and survivors insurance trust fund. 
Salaries and expenses. Office of the General Counsel: For expenses 
necessary for the Office of the General Counsel, $372,500, together 
with not to exceed $22,500 to be transferred from the appropriation 
"Salaries and expenses, certification and inspection services", and not 
to exceed $370,000 to be transferred from the Federal old-age and 
survivors insurance trust fund. 
Surplus property utilization: For expenses necessary for carrying 
out the provisions of subsections 203 (j) and (k) of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, 
|3 ^^\i ^^^' 
relating to disposal of real and personal excess property for educa-
tional purposes and protection of public health, $400,000. 
REDUCTION I N CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION 
Howard University: The contract authorization heretofore granted 
under the head "Construction, Howard University", for the women's 
dormitory units is reduced in the amount of $179,200. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 202. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for payment in advance for dues or fees 
for library membership in organizations whose publications are avail-
able to members only or to members at a price lower than to the gen-
eral public. 
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[69 S T A T . 
60 Stat. 810. 
Travel, etc., ex-
penses. 
S t a t e agencies 
for grants in aid. 
T r a n s f e r s 
of 
motor vehicles. 
Citation of title. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for services as authorized by section 15 
of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a). 
SEC. 204. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for travel expenses and for expenses of 
attendance at meetings concerned with the functions or activities for 
which such appropriations are made. 
SEC. 205. 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 from the said agencies of any States which have 
established 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 
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 
employees. 
SEC. 206. 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. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Health, Education, 
and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1956". 
61 Stat. 136. 
60 Stat. 810. 
29 u s e 152. 
61 Stat. 137. 
29 u s e 203. 
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 Relations Act, 1947 (29 U. S. C. 141-167), and 
other laws, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned 
with the work of the Board when specifically authorized by the Chair-
man or the General Counsel; and services as authorized by section 15 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; $8,000,000: 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 (49 Stat. 450), and as amended by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in section 3 
(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1060), 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. 
60 Stat. 810. 
44 Stat. 582,586. 
60 Stat. 810. 
TITLE IV—NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the National 
Mediation Board, including stenographic reporting services as author-
ized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), 
$435,000. 
Arbitration and emergency boards: For expenses necessary for 
arbitration boards established under section 7 of the Railway Labor 
Act, as amended (45 U. S. C. 157), and emergency boards appointed 
by the President pursuant to section 10 of said Act (45 LT. S. C. 160), 
including stenographic reporting services as authorized by section 15 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $250,000. 
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411 
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the National Rail-
road Adjustment Board, includinj^ steno^rai)hic reporting services as 
authorized by section 15 of tlie Act of August 2,1946 (5 IT. S. C. 55a), 
so stat. sio. 
$502,000, of which not less than $175,000 shall be available for compen-
sation (at rates not in excess of $75 per diem) and expenses of referees 
appointed pursuant to section 3 of the Railway Labor Act, as 
^^ ^*|^- S78-
amended. 
TITLE V—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
Salaries and expenses. Railroad Retirement Board (trust fund) : 
For expenses necessary for the Railroad Retirement Board, inchiding 
not to exceed $1,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned 
with the work of the Board, when specifically authorized by the 
Board; stenographic reporting services as authorized by section 15 of 
the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; and uniforms or allowances 
^° ^*°*- 8^°' 
therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 
1114) ; $6,100,000 to be derived from the railroad retirement account: 
susc 2131 note. 
Provided, That whenever there is duly tendered to the Board, by any 
person, any claim for unemployment compensation pursuant to the 
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, such claim shall be accepted 
by the Board without delay and appropriate administrative action for 
the allowance or disallowance of such claim shall be taken by the Board 
at the earliest practicable time. 
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 Rela-
tions Act, 1947 (29 IT. S. C. 171-180,'l82), including expenses of the 
^* s*«*- ^". 
Labor-Management Panel as ])rovi(led in section 205 of said Act; 
temporary employment of arbitrators, conciliators, and mediators on 
labor relations at rates not in excess of $75 per diem; expenses of 
attendance at meetings concerned with lalM)r and industrial relations; 
and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 IT. S. C. 55a) ; $3,124,000. 
^ 
60 stat. 810. 
Boards of inquiry: To enable the Service to pay necessary expenses 
of boards of inquiry aj)|)ointed by the President pursuant to section 
206 of the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 IT. S. C. 176- 
«^ ^tat. iss. 
180, 182), including sei'vices as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), and rent in the District of Columbia, 
eo «*-*• 8^-
$10,000. 
TITLE VII—INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON T H E 
POTOMAC RIVER BASIN 
Contribution to Interstate (^munissiim on the Potomac River Basin : 
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay in advance to the Inter-
state Commission on the Potomac River Basin the Federal contribu-
tion toward the ex])enses of the (bmmission 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. 
33 use S67b. 
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[69 ST A T , 
TITLE VIII—UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' HOME 
For maintenance and operation of the United States Soldiers' Home, 
to be paid from the Soldiers' Home permanent fund, $4,400,000, of 
which $265,200 shall remain available until expended for plans and 
construction of buildings and facilities: Provided^ That this appro-
priation 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. 
Strikes or over-
t h r o w of Govern-
ment. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
P u b l l c i t y or 
propaganda. 
Personnel work. 
Short title. 
TITLE IX—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 901. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be 
used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a strike 
against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an 
organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike 
against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or is 
a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the 
Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided^ 
That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima 
facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not contrary 
to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against the Gov-
ernment of the United States, is not a member of an organization of 
Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Gov-
ernment of the United States, or that such person does not advocate, 
and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow 
of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided 
further^ That any person who engages in a strike against the Govern-
ment of the United States, or who is a member of an organization 
of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the 
Government of the United States, or who advocates, or who is a mem-
ber of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Govern-
ment of the United States by force or violence and accepts employment 
the salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation con-
tained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, 
shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 
one year, or both: Provided further^ That the above penalty clause 
shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions 
of existing law. 
SEC. 902. No part of any approi)riation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purj)()ses not authorized by the 
Congress. 
SEC. 903. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be 
used to pay compensation of any employee engaged in personnel work 
in excess of the number that would be provided oy a ratio of one such 
employee to one hundred and five, or a ])art thereof, full-time, part-
time, and intermittent employees of the agency concerned: Provided^ 
That for purposes of this section employees shall be considered as 
engaged in personnel work if they spend half time or more in personnel 
administration consisting of direction and administration of the per-
sonnel program; employment, placement, and separation; job evalu-
ation and classification; em])loyee relations and services; training; 
committees of expert examiners and boards of civil-service examiners; 
wage administration; and processing, recording, and reporting. 
This Act may be cited as the "Departments of Labor, and Health, 
Education, and Welfare, and related agencies Appropriation Act, 
1956." 
Approved August 1, 1955,