An Act making appropriations for the Executive office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1955, and for other purposes
PL 83-428 (H.R.8583), enacted 06/24/1954

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Appropriations. 
SEC. 4. FoF the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 
2 and 3 of this Act there are hereby authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as the Congress may from time to time determine to be 
necessary. 
Approved June 24, 1954. 
Public Law 427 
CHAPTER 358 
June 24, 1954 
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ACT 
[S. 1004] 
TQ amend section 86, Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the 
District of Columbia, as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
District of Co- United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 86, 
"Employment of Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of 
parolees, etc. 
ColumMa, as amended (sec. 1-316, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), is 
amended (a) by striking therefrom the words "person convicted of 
bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime, nor any", and (b) by 
adding at the end thereof the following: "Except upon the written 
approval of the Commissioners, or of an official or officials of the 
District acting pursuant to rules and regulations issued by the Com-
missioners, no person who has been convicted of a felony in the District 
of Columbia or of an offense in any other jurisdiction which, if com-
mitted in the District, would be a felony, shall be employed in or by 
the government of the District of Columbia or any agency thereof." 
Approved June 24, 1954. 
Public Law 428 
CHAPTER 359 
June 24, 1954 
[H. R. 8583] 
Independent Of-
f i c e s Appropria-
tion Act, 1955. 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for'the Executive Office and sundry independent execu-
tive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, 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 and sundry independent 
executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and 
offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1955, namely: 
TITLE I 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF T H E PRESIDENT 
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT 
For compensation of the President, including an expense allowance 
at the rate of $50,000 per annum, as authorized by the Act of January 
63 Stat. 4. 
19,1949 (3 U. S. C. 102), $150,000. 
; 
T H E WHITE HOUSE OFFICE 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for The White 
House Office, including not to exceed $215,000 for services as author-
60 Stat. 810. 
ized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at 
such per diem rates for individuals as the President may specify, and 
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273; 
other personal services without regard to the provisions of law regu-
lating the employment and compensation of persons in the Govern-
ment service; newspapers, periodicals, teletype news service, and 
travel and official entertainment expenses of the President, to be 
accounted for solely on his certificate; $1,895,000. 
EXECUTIVE MANSION AND GROUNDS 
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, $366,200. 
BUREAU or THE BUDGET 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Bureau of the 
Budget, including newspapers and periodicals (not exceeding $200); 
teletype news service (not exceeding $900) ; not to exceed $70,000 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 
so stat. sio. 
not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; $3,382,500: Provided^ 
That the Bureau of the Budget is authorized, without regard to 
section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949, to place two additional 
t^vic'iiotl 
positions in grade GS-18 and two additional positions in grade GS-17 
of the General Schedule established by said Act. 
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 newspapers and periodicals (not exceeding 
so stat. 23. 
$200) ; not exceeding $15,000 for expenses of travel; and press clij)-
pings (not exceeding $300) ; $285,000, together with the unobligated 
balance of funds appropriated for this purpose in the "Supplemental 
Appropriation Act, 1954". 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the National 
Security Council, including services as authorized by section 15 of 
the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not in excess of 
so stat. sio. 
$50 per diem for individuals; acceptance and utilization of voluntary 
and uncompensated services; and expenses of attendance at meetings 
concerned with work related to the activity of the Council; $215,000. 
OFFICE OF DEFENSE MOBILIZATION 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Office of 
Defense Mobilization, including newspapers and periodicals (not 
exceeding $500) ; hire of passenger motor vehicles; reimbursement 
of the General Services Administration for security guard service; and 
expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of 
this appropriation; $2,161,000, of which $161,000 shall be available 
for the Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee: 
Provided^ 
That contracts for not to exceed eight persons under this appropria-
tion for temporary or intermittent services as authorized by section 15 
of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), may be renewed annually. 
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FUNDS APPKOPKIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
: 
EMERGENCY FUND FOR TH2 PRESIDENT 
NATIONAL D E F E N S E 
For expenses necessary to enable the President, through such officers 
or agencies of the Government as he may designate, and without 
regard to such provisions of law regarding the expenditure of Govern-
ment funds or the compensation and employment of persons in the 
Government service as he may specify, to provide in his discretion for 
emergencies affecting the national interest, security, or defense which 
may arise at home or abroad during the current fiscal year, $150,000, 
together with not to exceed $600,000 of the unobligated balance in such 
fund on June 30, 1954: 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 
transmitted pursuant to law during the Eighty-third Congress, second 
session, and Eighty-fourth Congress, first session, and such appro-
priation denied after consideration thereof by the Senate or House of 
: I: 
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 
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 $50 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 organization and operations of such agency or of other agencies 
in the executive branch, $300,000, to remain available until expended, 
and which shall be available without regard to the provisions of 
31 use 665. 
subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended. 
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INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
,rj . , 
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ADVISORY COMMIII'EE ON WEATHER CONTROL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Committee on Weather 
15 use 311 note. Coutrol, established by the Act of August 13, 1953 (67 Stat. 559), 
including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
60 Stat. 810. 
1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $120,000. 
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AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, as authorized by the 
60 Stat. 317. 
Act of Juue 26, 1946 (36 U. S. C. 121, 123-132, 138), including the 
acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; purchase 
and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and 
monuments outside of the United States and its Territories and 
, : 
possessions at a cost not exceeding $500; not to exceed $12,000 for 
expenses of travel; rent of office and garage space in foreign countries; 
purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; and 
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insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries when required 
by law of such countries; $775,000: 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 serving 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 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 
fur-
ther, That the Commission may reimburse other Government agencies, 
including the Armed Forces, for salary, pay, and allowances of per-
sonnel assigned to it. 
Construction of memorials and cemeteries: For expenses necessary 
for the permanent design and construction of memorials and ceme-
teries in foreign countries as authorized by the Act of June 26, 194G 
(36 U. S. C. 121, 123-182, 138b), and the Act of August 5, 1947 (50 
U. S. C. App. 1819), including purchase of one passenger motor 
vehicle for replacement only, and not to exceed $41,276 for expenses 
of travel, $3,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Commission is hereby authorized to erect such works of 
architecture and art in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific 
as may be determined by the Commission with the consent of the 
Secretary of the Army: Provided further, That the Commission may 
reimburse other Government agencies, including the Armed Forces, 
for salary, pay, and allowances of personnel assigned to it. 
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 
S t a t i o n aUow--
ance> 
Reimbursements. 
60 Stat. 317. 
61 Stat. 779. 
National 
Memo-
r i a l Cemetery of 
the Pacific. 
Operating expenses: For necessary operating expenses of the Com-
mission in carrying out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1946, including the employment of aliens; rental in or near the District 
of Columbia only if no suitable Government-owned space is available 
in such area as determined by the General Services Administration; 
services authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
U. S. C. 55a) ; maintenance and operation of aircraft; publication 
and dissemination of atomic information; purchase, repair, and 
cleaning of uniforms; purchase of newspapers and periodicals (not 
to exceed $5,000) ; official entertainment expenses (not to exceed 
$5,000); not to exceed $2,564,130 for expenses of travel; reimburse-
ment of the General Services Administration for security guard 
services; not to exceed $37,232,900 for personal services; and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; $1,098,962,300, together with the un-
expended balances, as of June 30, 1954, of prior year appropriations 
made available under this head to the Atomic Energy Commission: 
Provided, That of such amounts $100,000 may be expended for objects 
of a confidential nature and in any such case the certificate of the 
Commission as to the amount of the expenditure and that it is deemed 
inadvisable to specify the nature thereof shall be deemed a sufficient 
voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended: Pro-
vided further. That from this appropriation transfers of sums may be 
made to other agencies of the Government for the performance of the 
work for which this appropriation is made, and in such cases the sums 
so transferred may be merged with the appropriation to which trans-
ferred : Provided further. That no part of this appropriation shall 
be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee (except such 
officers and employees whose compensation is fixed by law, and scien-
60 Stat. 775. 
4 2 u s e 
1 8 0 1 
note. 
60 Stat. 810. 
T r a n s f e r 
funds. 
of 
S a l a r y restric-
tion. 
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63 Stat. 954. 
5 use 1071 note. 
Co s t - p l u s - a-
fixed-fee contract, 
etc. 
42 u s e 
1801 
note. 
Unexpended bal-
ances. 
Reactor 
r e -
search and con-
struction. 
Construction re-
strictions. 
Contract pay-
ments. 
tific and technical personnel) whose position would be subject to the 
Classification Act of 1949, as amended, if such Act were applicable 
to such position, at a rate in excess of the rate payable under such 
Act for positions of equivalent difficulty or responsibility: Provided 
further^ That no part of this appropriation shall be used in connection 
with the payment of a fixed fee to any contractor or firm of contractors 
engaged under a cost-plus-a-fixed-iee contract or contracts at any 
installation of the Commission, where that fee for community man-
agement is at a rate in excess of $90,000 per annum, or for the opera-
tion of a transportation system where that fee is at a rate in excess 
of $45,000 per annum. 
Plant and equipment: For expenses of the Commission in connec-
tion with the purchase and construction of plant and the acquisition of 
equipment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary in carrying 
out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, including pur-
chase of land and interests in land; purchase of aircraft; purchase 
(not to exceed two hundred and fifty-eight for replacement only) and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; $110,882,400, to remain available 
until expended: Provided^ That the unexpended balances of prior 
year appropriations made available under this head shall be merged 
with this appropriation: Provided further^ That in addition to funds 
allocated for research and development for reactors the Commission 
may expend from funds provided under this head such sum as may 
be necessary, not to exceed $7,000,000, for beginning of research or 
construction of such reactors, without regard to any other provision 
of this Act: Provided further^ That no part of the foregoing appro-
priation shall be available for the construction of any office building, 
residence, warehouse or similar structure, utility, or other specific 
portion or unit of a project, unless funds are available for the com-
pletion of such building, utility, or other specific portion or unit of 
such project. 
The foregoing proviso shall not be construed to prevent 
the purchase of land for any project, the construction of any new 
building or procurement of any machinery, equipment or materials 
therefor, nor any utility nor any portion or unit of a specific project 
if the funds are available to pay the cost of such land, the cost of such 
building, machinery, equipment or materials, or the cost of such utility 
or the cost of any such specific portion or unit of such project: 
Provided further^ That no part of this appropriation shall be used— 
(A) to start any new construction project for which an estimate 
was not included in the budget for the current fiscal year unless 
it be a substitute therefor within the limits of cost included in 
the budget; and 
(B) to start any new construction project the currently esti-
mated cost of which exceeds by thirty-five per centum the 
estimated cost included therefor in such budget: Provided 
fur-
ther^ That not to exceed $2,500,000 of the funds herein provided 
may be transferred to the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of 
Commerce, for the construction or improvement of access roads 
in the United States to sources of uranium ore. 
No part of the appropriations herein made to the Atomic Energy 
Commission shall be available for payments under any contract here-
after negotiated without advertising by the Commission, except 
contracts with any foreign government or any agency thereof and 
contracts for source material with foreign prodxicers, unless such con-
tract includes a clause to the effect that the Comptroller General of 
the United States or any of his duly authorized representatives shall 
until the expiration of three years after final payment have access 
to and the right to examine any directly pertinent books, documents, 
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papers, and records of the contractor or any of his subcontractors 
engaged in the performance of and involving transactions related to 
such contracts or subcontracts: Provided^ That no part of such appro-
priations shall be available for payments under any such contract 
which includes any provision precluding an audit by the General 
Accounting Office of any transaction under such contract. 
Any appropriation available under this Act or heretofore made to 
the Atomic Energy Commission may initially be used subject to 
limitations in this Act during the fiscal year 1955 to finance the pro-
curement of materials, services, or other costs which are a part of 
work or activities for which funds have been provided in any other 
appropriation available to the Commission: Provided^ That appro-
priate transfers or adjustments between such appropriations shall 
subsequently^ be made for such costs on the basis of actual applica-
tion determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting 
principles. 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation under this head 
may be transferred to any other such appropriation but no such 
appropriation shall be increased by more than 5 per centum by any 
such transfers, and any such transfers shall be reported promptly to 
the appropriations committees of the House and Senate. 
No part of any appropriation herein made to the Atomic Energy 
Commission shall be used to confer a fellowship on any person who 
advocates or who is a member of an organization or party that advo-
cates the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force 
or violence or with respect to whom the Commission finds, upon 
investigation and report by the Civil Service Commission on the 
character, associations, and loyalty of whom, that reasonable grounds 
exist for belief that such person is disloyal to the Government of the 
United States: Provided, That any person who advocates or who is 
a member of an organization or party that advocates the overthrow 
of the Government of the United States by force or violence and 
accepts employment or a fellowship the salary, wages, stipend, grant, 
or expenses for which are paid from any appropriation contained 
herein 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 penal clause shall be in addi-
tion to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing 
law. 
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 
GAD audit. 
T r a n s f e r 
funds. 
of 
Restriction. 
R e p o r t to Con-
gress! o n a l Com> 
mittees. 
A E C 
f e l l o w -
ships. 
Dl s l o y alty re-
strictions. 
Penalty. 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to 
exceed $29,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); not to exceed $10,000 for medical 
examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee 
basis; travel expenses of examiners acting under the direction of the 
Commission, and expenses of examinations and investigations held in 
Washington and elsewhere; not to exceed $100 for the purchase of 
newspapers and periodicals (excluding scientific, technical, trade or 
traffic periodicals, for official use) ; payment in advance for library 
membership in societies whose publications are available to members 
only or to members at a price lower than to the general public; not to 
exceed $65,000 for performing the duties imposed upon the Commis-
sion by the Act of July 19, 1940 (54 Stat. 767); reimbursement of the 
General Services Administration for security guard services for pro-
tection of confidential files; not to exceed $443,000 for expenses of 
travel; and not to exceed $5,000 for actuarial services by contract, 
without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended; 
60 Stat. 810« 
5 u s e 
llSk-llSn. 
41 use 5. 
118i. 
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Emergency trans-
fers. 
L e g a l Examin-
ing Unit. 
3 C F R 
1 9 4 3 
Supp., p. 30. 
Definitions. 
60 Stat. 237. 
5 u s e 1001. 
Officers allocat-
ing supe r V1 s o r y 
positions. 
International oi^ 
ganlzationa, 
e m -
ployees. 
3 CFR, 
1 9 5 3 
Supp., p. 57. 
67 Stat. 426. 
63 Stat. 166. 
5 u s e 835 note. 
$15,575,600: Provided^ That no details from any executive department 
or independent establishment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere 
to the Commission's central office in Washington or to any of its 
regional offices shall be made during the current fiscal year, but this 
shall not affect the making of details for service as members of the 
boards of examiners outside the immediate offices of the Commission 
in Washington or of the regional directors, nor shall it affect the 
making of details of persons qualified to serve as expert examiners on 
special subjects: Provided further^ That the Civil Service Commis-
sion shall have power in case of emergency to transfer or detail any 
of its employees to or from its office or field force. 
No part of the appropriations herein made to the Civil Service 
Commission shall be available for the salaries and expenses of the 
Legal Examining Unit in the Examining and Personnel Utilization 
Division of the Commission, established pursuant to Executive Order 
9358 of July 1, 1943, or for the compensation or expenses of any 
member of a board of examiners (1) who has not made affidavit that 
he has not appeared in any agency proceeding within the preceding 
two years, and will not thereafter while a board member appear in 
any agency proceeding, as a party, or in behalf of a party to the pro-
ceeding, before an agency in which an applicant is employed who 
has been rated or will be rated by such member; or (2) who, after 
making such affidavit, has rated an applicant who at the time of the 
rating is employed by an agency before which the board member has 
appeared as a pa^ty, or in behalf of a party, within the preceding two 
years: Provided^ That the definitions of "agency''^ "agency proceed-
ing", and "party" in section 2 of the Administrative Procedure Act 
shall apply to these terms as used herein. 
No part of appropriations herein shall be used to pay the com-
pensation of officers and employees of the Civil Service Commission 
who allocate or reallocate supervisory positions in the classified civil 
service solely on the size of the group, section, bureau, or other organi-
zation unit, or on the number of subordinates supervised. References 
to size of the group, section, bureau, or other organization unit or the 
number of subordinates supervised may be given effect only to the 
extent warranted by the workload of such organization unit and 
then only in combination with other factors, such as the kind, diffi-
culty, and complexity of work supervised, the degree and scope of 
responsibility delegated to the supervisor, and the kind, degree, and 
value of the supervision actually exercised. 
Investigations of United States citizens for employment by interna-
tional organizations: For expenses necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended, 
prescribing procedures for making available to the Secretary General 
of the United Nations, and the executive heads of other international 
organizations, certain information concerning United States citizens 
employed, or being considered for employment by such organizations, 
$400,000, together with not to exceed $500,000 of the unobligated 
balance of funds appropriated for this purpose in the "Supplemental 
Appropriation Act, 1954": Provided^ That this appropriation shall 
be available for advances or reimbursements to the applicable appro-
priations or funds of the Civil Service Commission and the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred by such agencies under 
said Executive order: Provided further^ That members of the Inter-
national Organizations Employees Loyalty Board may be paid actual 
transportation expenses, and per diem in lieu of subsistence authorized 
by the Travel Expense Act of 1949 while traveling on official business 
away from their homes or regular places of business, including periods 
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while en route to and from and at the place where their services are 
to be performed: Provided further^ That nothing in sections 281 or 
283 of title 18, United States Code, or in section 190 of the Revised 
62 stat. 697. 
Statutes (5 U. S. C. 99) shall be deemed to apply to any person because 
of appointment for part-time or intermittent service as a- member of 
the International Organizations Employees Loyalty Board in the 
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Civil Service Commission as established by Executive Order 10422, 
dated January 9, 1953, as amended. 
Annuities, Panama Canal construction employees and Lighthouse 
Annuities. 
Service widows: For payment of annuities authorized by the Act of 
May 29, 1944, as amended (48 U. S. C. 1373a), and the Act of August 
58 stat. 258. 
19,1950 (64 Stat. 465), $2,354,000. _ 
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Payment to the civil-service retirement and disability fund for 
increases in annuities provided by the Act of July 16, 1952: For pay-
ment to the "civil-service retirement and disability fund" for the cost, 
as heretofore determined by the Civil Service Commission, of increases 
in annuities provided by the Act of July 16, 1952 (66 Stat. 723), for 
s use 736c. 
the fiscal year 1955, $29,623,000. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses in performing the 
duties of the Commission as authorized by law, including newspapers 
(not to exceed $175), land and structures (not to exceed $4,000), 
special counsel fees, improvement and care of grounds and repairs to 
buildings (not to exceed $16,000), services as authorized by section 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), purchase of not to 
eo stat. gio. 
exceed nine passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only, in the 
event adequate vehicles cannot be obtained by transfer from other 
departments or agencies, and not to exceed $90,000 for expenses of 
travel, $6,544,400, together with not to exceed $150,000 of the unob-
ligated balance of funds appropriated for this purpose in the "First 
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1954". 
67 stat. 301. 
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the work of the 
Commission, as authorized by law, including not to exceed $220,000 
for expenses of travel; purchase (one for replacement only) and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $500 for newspapers; 
$4,150,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for special 
counsel and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 
2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), but at rates not exceeding $50 per diem for 
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individuals. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade 
Commission, including not to exceed $500 for newspapers, services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
55a), and not to exceed $144,250 for expenses of travel, $4,045,000: 
eo stat. gio. 
Provided, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be ex-
pended upon any investigation hereafter provided by concurrent 
resolution of the Congress until funds are appropriated subsequently 
to the enactment of such resolution to finance the cost of such investi-
gation : Provided further^ That no part of the foregoing appropria-
tion shall be available for a statistical analysis of the consumer's dollar. 
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GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the General 
Accounting Office, including newspapers and periodicals (not exceed-
ing $500), and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
60 Stat. 810. 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $31,981,000: Provided, That the 
fourth paragraph under the heading "General Accounting Office" in 
Public Law 137, approved August 31,1951 (65 Stat. 274), as amended 
by Public Law 455, approved July 5, 1952 (66 Stat. 399), is further 
amended by changing "four positions in grade GS-18" to "five posi-
tions in grade GS-18", and "thirteen positions in grade GS-16" to 
"twelve positions in grade GS-16". 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
Public 
B u i l d -
ings Service. 
Dispersal of de-
partmental 
f u n c -
tions. 
63 Stat. 377. 
40 u s e 471 note. 
47 Stat. 412. 
Dispersal of de-
partmental 
f u n c -
tions. 
Operating expenses. Public Buildings Service: For necessary 
expenses of real property management and related activities as pro-
vided by law; repair and improvement of public buildings and 
grounds (including furnishings and equipment) under the control of 
the General Services Administration; rental.of buildings in the Dis-
trict of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving Government 
agencies in connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer 
of building space; demolition of buildings; acquisition by purchase or 
otherwise and disposal by sale or otherwise of real estate and interests 
therein; and not to exceed $182,000 for expenses of travel; $95,960,000: 
Provided^ That the foregoing appropriation shall not be available to 
effect the moving of Government agencies from the District of Colum-
bia into buildings acquired to accomplish the dispersal of depart-
mental functions of the executive establishment into areas outside of 
but accessible to the District of Columbia. 
Emergency operating expenses: For necessary emergency expenses 
of the General Services Administration not otherwise provided for, 
for operation, maintenance, protection, repair, alterations, and 
improvements of public buildings and grounds (including furnishings 
and equipment) to the extiBnt that such buildings and grounds are 
under the control of the General Services Administration for such 
purposes as are provided for in Public Law 152, Eighty-first Congress, 
as amended; rental of buildings or parts thereof in the District of 
Columbia and elsewhere, including repairs, alterations, and improve-
ments necessary for proper use by the Government, without regard to 
section 322 of the Act of June 30,1932, as amended (40 U. S. C. 278a); 
restoration of leased premises; moving Government agencies in con-
nection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of building 
space; and not to exceed $24,300 for expenses of travel; $15,647,000: 
Provided, That of this amount, such sums as may be determined by 
the General Services Administrator to be necessary may be paid into 
other appropriations of the General Services Administration only for 
purposes of accounting: Provided further^ That no part of this appro-
priation shall be available to effect the moving of Government agencies 
from the District of Columbia to accomplish the dispersal of 
departmental functions. 
Repair, improvement, and equipment of federally owned buildings 
outside the District of Columbia: For expenses necessary for the 
repair, alteration, preservation, renovation, improvement, equipment, 
and demolition of federally owned buildings outside the District of 
Columbia, not otherwise provided for, inchiding grounds, approaches 
and appurtenances, wharves and piers, together with the necessary 
dredging adjacent thereto; acquisition of land as authorized by title 
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III of the Act of June 16, 1949 (40 U. S. C. 297); not to exceed 
$100,000 for expenses of travel; and care and safeguarding of sites 
acquired for Federal buildings; $12,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
Buildings management fund: For additional working capital for 
the "Buildings management fund", authorized by the Act approved 
July 12, 1952 (66 Stat. 594), $500,000, to remain available without 
fiscal year limitation. 
Operating expenses. Federal Supply Service: For 
necessary 
expenses of personal property management and related activities as 
provided by law; including not to exceed $300 for the purchase of 
newspapers and periodicals; and not to exceed $40,600 for expenses of 
travel; $2,600,000. 
Expenses, general supply fund: For expenses necessary for opera-
tion of the general supply fund (except those authorized b j law to be 
charged to said fund), including contractual services incident to 
receiving, handling, and shipping warehouse items; not to exceed 
$250 for purchase of newspapers and periodicals; and not to exceed 
$93,100 for expenses of travel; $12,066,800: Provided, That during 
the current fiscal year the general supply fund shall be available for 
the purchase of not to exceed twelve passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only and for the acquisition of thirteen such vehicles 
from excesses reported by other agencies, or from forfeitures: Pro-
vided further, That funds available to the General Services Adminis-
tration for the current fiscal year shall be available for the hire of 
passenger motor vehicles. 
Operating expenses. National Archives and Records Service: For 
necessary expenses in connection with Federal records management 
and related activities as provided by law; and not to exceed $30,750 
for expenses of travel; $5,000,000, of which $100,000 shall remain 
available until expended for nitrate film conversion. 
Administrative operations: For necessary expenses of executive 
direction for activities under the control of the General Services 
Administration, of administrative operations for activities under 
regular appropriations for "Operating expenses", and of processing 
and determining renegotiation rebates; including not to exceed 
$63,600 for expenses of travel; and not to exceed $250 for purchase 
of newspapers and periodicals; $3,789,500. 
Refunds under Renegotiation Act: For refunds under section 201 
(f) of the Renegotiation Act of 1951, the unobligated balance of the 
appropriations granted under this head for the fiscal years 1952, 1953, 
and 1954, shall remain available until June 30, 1956: Provided, That 
to the extent refunds are made from this appropriation of excessive 
profits collected under the Renegotiation Act and retained by the 
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, or its successors, or any of its 
subsidiaries, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, or its successors, 
or the appropriate subsidiary shall reimburse this appropriation. 
Strategic and critical materials: Funds available for this purpose 
during the current fiscal year shall be available for personal services 
(not to exceed $7,000,000), services as authorized by section 15 of the 
Act of August 2, 1946 (5 IT. S. C. 55a), and not to exceed $139,000 of 
such funds shall be available for expenses of travel: Provided, That 
any funds received as proceeds from sale or other disposition of mate-
rials on account of the rotation of stocks under said Act shall be 
deposited to the credit, and be available for expenditure for the 
purposes, of this appropriation: Provided further. That during the 
current fiscal year, there shall be no limitation on the value of surplus 
strategic and critical materials which, in accordance with subsection 
6 (a) of the Act of July 23, 1946 (60 U. S. C. 98e (a)), may be trans-
63 Stat. 198. 
40 u s e 
297, 
2 97a. 
Federal Suppl y 
Service. 
NARS. 
65 Stat. 23. 
50 u s e 
app. 
1231. 
60 Stat. 810. 
60 Stat. 598. 
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[68 S T A T . 
60 Stat. 596. 
50 u s e 98note. 
62 Stat. 184. 
61 Stat. 584. 
62 Stat. 1225. 
50 u s e 451 note. 
Typewriting ma-
chines. 
63 Stat. 377. 
40 u s e 471 note. 
terred to stockpiles established in accordance with said Act: Provided 
fwther^ That no part of funds available shall be used for construction 
of warehouses or tank storage facilities. 
Strategic and critical materials (liquidation of contract authori-
zation) : For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority 
heretofore granted under this head, to enter into contracts for the 
purpose of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act of 
July 23, 1946, not to exceed $27,600,000 may be expended from funds 
previously appropriated under the title "Strategic and critical mate-
rials": Provided^ That this amount may be disbursed through the 
appropriation "Strategic and critical materials" but shall be accounted 
for separately therein. 
Hospital facilities in the District of Columbia (liquidation of con-
tract authorization) : For payment of obligations incurred pursuant 
to authority provided under the head "Hospital Center, District 
of Columbia", in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, 
to enter into contracts for construction, $4,500,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided^ 
That this amount may be disbursed 
through the appropriation "Hospital facilities in the District of 
Columbia", but shall be accounted for separately therein. 
The appropriate foregoing appropriation to the General Services 
Administration shall be credited with (1) advances or reimburse-
ments for salaries and administrative expenses chargeable against 
other appropriations of the General Services Administration, and 
such salaries and expenses may be paid from such foregoing appro-
priation; (2) cost of maintenance, upkeep, and repair included as 
f)art of rentals received from Government corporations pursuant to 
aw (40 U. S. C. 129) ; (3) reimbursements for services performed in 
respect to bonds and other obligations under the jurisdiction of the 
General Services Administration, issued by public authorities. States, 
or other public bodies, and such services in respect to such bonds 
or obligations as the Administrator deems necessary and in the public 
interest may, upon the request and at the expense of the issuing agen-
cies, be provided from the appropriate foregoing appropriation; and 
(4) appropriations or funds available to other agencies, and trans-
ferred to the General Services Administration, in connection with 
property transferred to the General Services Administration pursuant 
to the Act of July 2,1948 (50 U. S. C. 451ff), and such appropriations 
or funds may, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, be so 
transferred. 
During the current fiscal year, no part of any money appropriated 
in this or any other Act shall be used during any quarter of such fiscal 
year to purchase within the continental limits of the United States 
typewriting machines (except bookkeeping and billing machines) at 
a price which exceeds 90 per centum of the lowest net cash price, plus 
applicable Federal excise taxes, accorded the most-favored customer 
(other than the Government, the American National Red Cross, and 
the purchasers of typewriting machines for educational purposes 
only) of the manufacturer of such machines during the six-month 
period immediately preceding such quarter: Provided^ That the pur-
chase, utilization, and disposal of typewriting machines shall be per-
formed in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. 
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283 
HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Office of the 
Administrator, including rent in the District of Columbia; services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
55a); not to exceed $169,325 for expenses of travel; expenses of attend-
ance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work of the 
agency; the salary of a special counsel, but not in addition to staff 
otherwise authorized, at the salary rate of grade GS-18 so long as 
such position is occupied by the initial incumbent thereof; and trans-
portation expenses and not to exceed $25 per diem in lieu of subsistence, 
as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
73b-2), for persons serving without compensation as members of any 
advisory committee established pursuant to title VI of the Housing 
Act of 1949; $2,868,500, including additional costs of establishing 
and operating a central staff for investigation and compliance func-
tions for the Housing and Home Finance Agency, and the Adminis-
trator's general supervision and coordination responsibilities under 
Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1947 shall hereafter carry full 
authority to assign and reassign functions, to reorganize and to make 
whatever changes, including the reallocation and transfer of adminis-
trative expense funds and authority where applicable, necessary to 
promote economy, efficiency and fidelity in the operations of the 
Housing and Home Finance Agency: Prodded^ That necessary ex-
penses of inspections and of providing representatives at the site of 
projects being undertaken by local public agencies pursuant to title I 
of the Housing Act of 1949 and of projects financed through loans to 
educational institutions authorized by title IV of the Housing Act 
of 1950, shall be compensated by such agencies or institutions by the 
payment of fixed fees which in the aggregate will cover the costs of 
rendering such services, and expenses for such purpose shall be con-
sidered nonadministrative; and for the purpose of providing such 
inspections, the Administrator may utilize any agency and such agency 
may accept reimbursement or payment for such services from such 
institutions or the Administrator, and shall credit such amounts to the 
appropriations or funds against which such charges have been made, 
but such nonadministrative expenses shall not exceed $500,000. 
Capital grants for slum clearance and urban redevelopment: For 
an additional amount for payment of capital grants as authorized 
by title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1453, 
1456), $39,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, 
That before approving any local slum clearance program under title I 
of the Housing Act of 1949, the Administrator shall give consideration 
to the efforts of the locality to enforce local codes and regulations relat-
ing to adequate standards of health, sanitation, and safety for dwell-
ings and to the feasibility of achieving slum clearance objectives 
through rehabilitation of existing dwellings and areas: Provided 
further, 
That the authority under title I of the National Housing 
Act shall be used to the utmost in connection with slum rehabilitation 
needs. 
60 Stat. 810. 
60 Stat. 80 8> 
63 Stat. 439. 
12 u s e 1701h. 
61 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 
133y-16 
note. 
63 Stat. 414. 
4 2 u s e 
1 4 5 1-
1460. 
64 Stat. 77. 
12 u s e 
1 74 9-
1749c. 
63 S t a t . 
4 1 6 . 
417. 
4 2 u s e 
1451-
1460. 
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PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
Administrative expenses: For administrative expenses of the Public 
Housing Administration, $6,950,000, to be merged with and expended 
under the authorization for such expenses contained in title I I of 
this Act. 
Annual contributions: For the payment of annual contributions to 
public housing agencies in accordance with section 10 of the United 
50 Stat. 891. 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1410), $63,950,000. 
REDUCTION IN APPROPRIATIONS 
Defense housing: The sum of $4,500,000 of funds heretofore appro-
priated under this head is hereby rescinded, and such amount shall be 
covered into the Treasury promptly upon enactment of this Act: 
Pr(yvided^ That the amount hereby rescinded may be reduced by an 
amount determined by the Administrator to be required as a reserve 
for overruns and contingencies in connection with projects heretofore 
4 2^us c ^1*5 91 ijssigned for construction pursuant to Public Law 139 (Eighty-second 
Congress). 
INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION 
note. 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the 
60 Stat. 1049. 
purposes of Act of August 13, 1946 (25 U. S. C. 70), creating an 
Indian Claims Commission, $117,000, of which not to exceed $3,560 
shall be available for expenses of travel. 
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION 
General expenses: For necessary expenses of the Interstate Com-
merce Commission not otherwise provided for, including not to 
exceed $5,000 for employment of special counsel; services as authorized 
60 Stat. 810. 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not 
to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; newspapers (not to exceed 
$200) ; purchase of not to exceed twenty passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only; and not to exceed $260,000 for expenses of 
travel; $9,816,000, of which $100,000 shall be available for valuations 
of pipelines and $1,100,000 shall be available for the Section of Com-
plaints, Bureau of Motor Carriers: Provided^ That Joint Board 
members and cooperating State commissioners may use Government 
transportation requests when traveling in connection with their duties 
as such. 
Defense transport activities: For expenses necessary to enable the 
Commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission who has been 
delegated functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
so % c ^^p p. amended, to carry out such functions, including expenses of attendance 
2061. 
' at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation, 
$170,000. 
Railroad safety: For expenses necessary in performing functions 
authorized by law (45 U. S. C. 1-15, 17-21, 35-46, 61-64; 49 U. S. C. 
26) to insure a maximum of safety in the operation of railroads, 
including authority to investigate, test experimentally, and report on 
the use and need of any appliances or systems intended to promote 
the safety of railway operation, including those pertaining to block-
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285 
signal and train-control systems, as autliorized by the joint resolution 
approved June 30, 1906, and the Sundry Civil Act of May 27, 1908 
(45 U. S. C. 35-37), and to require carriers by railroad subject to the 
Act to install automatic train-stop or train-control devices as pre-
scribed by the Commission (49 U. S. C. 26), including the employment 
of inspectors and engineers, and including not to exceed $163,050 for 
expenses of travel, $974,500. 
Locomotive inspection: For expenses necessary in the enforcement 
of the Act of February 17, 1911, entitled "An Act to promote the 
safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling 
common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their loco-
motives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto", as 
amended (45 U. S. C. 22-34), including not to exceed $112,620 for 
expenses of travel, $709,500. 
INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON T H E POTOMAC RIVER 
BASIN 
Contribution to Interstate Commission on the Potomac River 
Basin: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay in advance to 
the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin the Federal 
contribution toward the expenses of the Commission during the cur-
rent 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. 
NATIONAL 
ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE 
FOR 
AERONAUTICS 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Committee, 
including one Director at not to exceed $17,500 per annum so long as 
the position is held by the present incumbent; contracts for the making 
of special investigations and reports and for engineering, drafting 
and computing services; equipment; not to exceed $310,000 for 
expenses of travel; maintenance and operation of aircraft; purchase 
of two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; not to exceed 
$100 for newspapers and periodicals; and services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; $51,000,000, 
together with not to exceed $1,000,000 of the unobligated balance of 
funds appropriated for this purpose in the "First Independent Offices 
Appropriation Act, 1954". 
Construction and equipment: For construction and equipment at 
laboratories and research stations of the Committee, $4,620,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
34 Stat. 838. 
35 Stat. 325. 
41 Stat. 498. 
36 Stat. 913. 
33 u s e 567b. 
60 Stat. 810. 
67 Stat. 309. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL HOUSING AUTHORITY 
Maintenance and operation of properties: For the maintenance 
and operation of properties under title I of the District of Columbia 
Alley Dwelling Authority Act, $43,000: Provided^ That all receipts 
derived from sales, leases, or other sources shall be covered into the 
Treasury of the United States monthly: Provided further^ That so 
long as funds are available from appropriations for the foregoing 
purposes, the provisions of section 507 of the Housing Act of 1960 
(Public Law 475, Eighty-first Congress), shall not be effective. 
52 Stat. 1186. 
D. C.Code 5-103 
to 5-111. 
64 Stat. 81. 
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[68 STAT. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
D, C. C o d e !• 
1001 to 1-1113. 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, as authorized by 
the National Capital Planning Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 781), including 
'
e
o
^ Stat. Viot* 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U. S. C. 55a) ; not to exceed $100 for the purchase of newspapers 
and periodicals; not to exceed $6,000 for expenses of travel; payment 
in advance for membership in societies whose publications or services 
are available to members only or to members at a price lower than to 
the general public; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for 
replacement only; and transportation and not to exceed $15 per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of 
60 Stat. 808. 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 73b-2), for members of the Commission 
serving without compensation; $143,000. 
Land acquisition, National Capital park, parkway, and playground 
^^^^•c.Code8-102 system: Under authority of the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), 
as amended, for necessary expenses for the National Capital Planning 
Commission for acquisition of land for the park, parkway, and play-
ground system of the National Capital, to remain available until 
expended, $545,000, of which (a) $135,000 shall be available for the 
purposes of section 1 (a) of said Act of May 29, 1930, (b) $126,000 
shall be available for the purposes of section 1 (b) thereof, and (c) 
$284,000 shall be available for the purposes of section 4 thereof: Pro-
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vided, That not exceeding $26,4^0 of the funds available for land 
acquisition purposes shall be used during the current fiscal year for 
necessary expenses of the Commission (other than payments for land) 
in connection with land acquisition. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the 
purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended 
64Stat. 149. 
(42 U. S. C. 1861-1875), including award of graduate fellowships; 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
60 Stat. 810. 
(5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $89,500 for expenses 
of travel; not to exceed $150 for the purchase of newspapers and 
periodicals; and reimbursement of the General Services Administra-
tion for security guard services; $12,250,000, to remain available until 
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expended. 
KENEGOTIATION BOAKD 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Renegotiation 
Board, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with 
the purposes of this appropriation; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $108,000 for expenses of travel; and services as author-
60 Stat. 810. 
ized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at 
rates not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; $4,500,000, 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to 
exceed $500 for the purchase of newspapers; not to exceed $125,000 
for expenses of travel; and services as authorized by section 15 of the 
60 Stat. 810. 
Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; $4,750,000. 
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287 
SELECTIVE 
SERVICE 
SYSTEM 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the operation 
and maintenance of the Selective Service System, as authorized by 
title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 
|5 usc'app,45i. 
604), as amended, including services as authorized by section 15 of 471. 
the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; not to exceed $250 for the 
^ stat. sio. 
purchase of newspapers and periodicals; not to exceed $75,000 for 
expenses of travel. National Administration, Planning, Training, 
and Records Management; not to exceed $190,000 for expenses of 
travel. State Administration, Planning, Training, and Records Serv-
icing; $92,500 for the National Selective Service Appeal Board, of 
which not to exceed $3,875 shall be available for expenses of travel; 
and $205,000 for the National Advisory Committee on the Selection 
of Doctors, Dentists, and Allied Specialists, of which not to exceed 
$30,000 shall be available for expenses of travel; $29,003,063: Pro-
vided, That during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt 
this appropriation from the provisions of subsection (c) of section 
3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, whenever he deems such 
3i use ees. 
action to be necessary in the interest of national defense. 
Appropriations for the Selective Service System may be used for the 
oestru c t i o n of 
destruction of records accumulated under the Selective Training and 
Service Act of 1940, as amended, which are hereby authorized to be 
fousca^^^'ais. 
destroyed by the Director of Selective Service after compliance with 
the procedures for the destruction of records prescribed pursuant to 
the Records Disposal Act of 1943, as amended (44 U. S. C. 366-380) : 
57 stat. 380. 
Provided, That no records may be transferred to any other agency 
without the approval of the Director of Selective Service. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, not otherwise pro-
vided for, of the Small Business Administration, including news- 
• 
papers and periodicals (not exceeding $500), expenses of attendance 
at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $2,025,000, together with not to 
exceed $100,000 of the unobligated balance of funds appropriated for 
this purpose in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1954; and in 
67 stat. 427. 
addition, not to exceed $2,350,000 may be transferred to this appro-
priation from the Revolving Fund, Small Business Administration, 
for administrative expenses in connection with activities financed 
under said Fund. 
REVOLVING FUND, SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
For additional capital for the Revolving Fund authorized by the 
Small Business Act of 1953, to be available without fiscal year limita- 
67 stat. 232. 
tion, $25,000,000. 
isusceamote. 
REVOLVING r U N D , SMALL DEFENSE PLANTS ADMINISTRATION 
The Revolving Fund authorized by paragraph (2) of subsection 
(a) of section 714 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, 
^s stat. 139. 
shall remain available during the fiscal year 1955 for payment of 2163a." c app. 
obligations and direct costs under contracts entered into during the 
fiscal year 1953. 
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[68 STAT. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
Salaries and expenses, Smithsonian Institution: For all necessary 
expenses for the preservation, exhibition, and increase of collections 
from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government and 
from other sources; for the system of international exchanges between 
the United States and foreign 
countries; for 
anthropological 
researches among the American Indians and the natives of lands 
under the jurisdiction or protection of the United States, independ-
ently or in cooperation with State, educational, and scientific organi-
zations in the United States, and the excavation and preservation of 
archeological remains; for maintenance of the Astrophysical Observ-
atory and making necessary observations in high altitudes; for the 
administration of the National Collection of Fine Arts; for the 
administration, construction, and maintenance of laboratory and 
other facilities on Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, under the 
4t^trsc'^i^3 8i- pi'ovisions of the Act of July 2, 1940, as amended by the provisions 
1387. 
of Keorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1946; for the maintenance 
5°use* i33y-i6 ^ud administration of a national air museum as authorized by the 
"°M*stat. 997. 
^ct of August 12, 1946 (20 U. S. C. 77) ; including not to exceed 
$35,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
60 Stat. 810. 
1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; not to exceed $15,225 for expenses of travel; 
purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards and elevator 
conductors; repairs and alterations of buildings and approaches; and 
preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations for publica-
tions; $3,000,000. 
Salaries and expenses. National Gallery of Art: For the upkeep 
and operation of the National Gallery of Art, the protection and care 
of the works of art therein, and administrative expenses incident 
thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as 
20 use 7
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amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolu-
tion 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as authorized by 
60 Stat. 810. 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; payment in 
advance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for member-
ship in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose pub-
lications or services are available to members only, or to members at 
a price lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, and clean-
ing of uniforms for guards and elevator operators; purchase or rental 
of devices and services for protecting buildings and contents thereof, 
and maintenance and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; 
purchase of one passenger motor vehicle, for replacement only; not 
to exceed $1,800 for expenses of travel; and not to exceed $15,000 for 
restoration and repair of works of art for the National Gallery of 
Art by contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, 
or organizations at such rates or prices and under such terms and con-
ditions as the Gallery may deem proper; $1,300,000. 
SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Subversive 
Activities Control Board, including services as authorized by section 
60 Stat. 810. 
15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), not to exceed $12,500 
for expenses of travel, and not to exceed $100 for the purchase of 
newspapers and periodicals, $170,000, together with not to exceed 
$115,000 of the unobligated balance of funds appropriated for this 
purpose in the "First Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1954" 
6 7 Stat. 3 11, and "The Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1954". 
46 Stat. 701. 
19 u s e 
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289 
TARIFF COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Tariff Com-
mission, including subscriptions to newspapers (not to exceed $200), 
not to exceed $13,500 for expenses of travel, and contract stenographic 
reporting services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 
2, 1946 (6 U. S. C. 55a), $1,327,000: Provided, That no part of this 
so stat. sio. 
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 he 
or any member of his family has any special, direct, and pecuniary i^as. 
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 branch of the government 
unless reimbursement is made for the cost thereof. 
TENNESSEE 
VALLEY 
AUTHORITY 
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Tennessee 
Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended (16 U. S. C , ch. 12A), 
\lvicUl 
including purchase (not to exceed one) and hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft, and purchase (not to exceed one hundred and 
fifty for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$120,000,000, to remain available until expended, and to be available 
for the payment of obligations chargeable against prior appropria-
tions : Provided, That no funds appropriated for the Tennessee Valley 
Restrictions. 
Authority by this paragraph shall be used for the maintenance or 
operation of any aircraft for passenger service that is not specifically 
confined to the active operation of the official business of the Tennessee 
Valley Authority by officers or employees of such Authority, and not 
to exceed $673,000 (exclusive of travel for work in connection with 
the construction of transmission lines, dams, and steam plants) of 
funds available to the Tennessee Valley Authority shall be used for 
expenses of travel: Provided further, That no part of funds available 
for expenditure by this agency shall be used, directly or indirectly, 
to acquire a building for use as an administrative office of the Ten-
nessee Valley Authority unless and until the Director of the Bureau 
of the Budget, following a study of the advisability of the proposed 
acquisition, shall advise the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives and the Tennessee Valley 
Authority that the acquisition has his approval: Provided 
further, 
That there shall be available for resource development activities pur-
suant to the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended, not 
to exceed $1,000,000, of which $400,000 shall be derived from this 
appropriation and $600,000 shall be derived from proceeds of opera-
tions of the Tennessee Valley Authority. 
THE 
TAX 
COURT 
OF 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including contract 
stenographic reporting services and not to exceed $45,000 for travel 
expenses, $1,000,000: Provided, 
That travel expenses of the judges 
shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 
39777 O—55—pt. 1 
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[68 S T -
VETEKANS ADMINISTRATION 
Public relations 
work. 
Educational a t -
tendance reports. 
25 Stat. 450. 
T r a n s f e r 
funds. 
of 
Dental services. 
General operating expenses: For necessary operating expenses of 
the Veterans Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
expenses incidental to securing employment for war veterans; pur-
chase of fifteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; not 
to exceed $6,000 for newspapers and periodicals; not to exceed 
$2,800,000 for expenses of travel of employees; and not to exceed 
$43,700 for preparation, shipment, installation, and display of 
exhibits, photographic displays, moving pictures, and other visual 
educational information and descriptive material, including purchase 
or rental of equipment; $167,672,300: Provided^ That no part of this 
appropriation shall be used to pay in excess of twenty persons 
engaged in public relations work: Provided fnrther^ That no part of 
any appropriation shall be used to pay educational institutions for 
reports and certifications of attendance at such institutions an allow-
ance at a rate in excess of $1 per month for each eligible veteran 
enrolled in and attending such institution. 
Medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses: For 
expenses necessary for administration of the medical, hospital, domi-
ciliary, special service, construction and supply, research, and 
employee education and training activities; expenses necessary for 
carrying out programs of medical research and of education and 
training of employees, as authorized by law: and not to exceed $834,388 
for expenses of travel of employees paid from this appropriation; 
$14,654,000. 
Inpatient care: For expenses necessary for the maintenance and 
operation of hosiptals and domiciliary facilities and for the care and 
treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration in facilities 
not under the jurisdiction of tlie Veterans Administration as author-
ized by law, including the furnishing of recreational articles and 
facilities; maintenance and operation of farms; repairing, altering, 
improving or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 
under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration, not otherwise 
provided for, either by contract, or by the hire of temporary employees 
and purchase of materials; purchase of sixty passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only; not to exceed $315,000 for expenses of 
travel of employees; and aid to State or Territorial homes in con-
formity with the Act approved August 27, 1888, as amended (24 
U. S. C. 134) for the support of veterans eligible for admission to 
Veterans Administration facilities for hospital or domiciliary care; 
$598,127,000, including the sum of $7,134,500 for reimbursable services 
performed for other Government agencies and individuals: Provided, 
That allotments and transfers may be made from this appropriation 
to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (Public Health 
Service), the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Interior Departments, for 
disbursement by them under the various headings of their applicable 
appropriations, of such amounts as are necessary for the care and 
treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration: Provided 
further^ That the foregoing appropriation is predicated on furnishing 
inpatient care and treatment to an average of 127,000 beneficiaries 
during the fiscal year 1955, excluding members in State or Territorial 
homes, and if a lesser number is experienced such appropriation shall 
be expended only in proportion to the average number of beneficiaries 
furnished such care and treatment. 
Outpatient care: For expenses necessary for furnishing outpatient 
care to beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration, as avithorized 
by law, including not to exceed $178,000 for expenses of travel of 
employees; $82,134,000, of which not exceeding $11,200,000 shall be 
68 
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291 
available for outpatient fee basis dental care: Provided^ That no part 
of this appropriation shall be available for outpatient dental services 
and treatment, or related dental appliances with respect to a service-
connected dental disability which is not compensable in degree unless 
such condition or disability is shown to have been in existence at time 
of discharge and application for treatment is made within one year 
after discharge or by December 31,1954, whichever is later: Provided 
further^ That this limitation shall not apply to adjunct outpatient 
dental services or appliances for any dental condition associated with 
and held to be aggravating disability from such other service-incurred 
or service-aggravated injury or disease. 
Maintenance and operation of supply depots: For expenses neces-
sary for maintenance and operation of supply depots, including not 
to exceed $4,400 for expenses of travel of employees, and purchase of 
two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $1,654,000. 
Compensation and pensions: For the payment of compensation, 
pensions, gratuities, and allowances (including burial awards author-
ized by Veterans Administration Regulation Numbered 9 (a), as 
amended, and subsistence allowances authorized by part VII of Vet-
erans Regulation la, as amended), authorized under any Act of Con-
gress, or regulation of the President based thereon, including emer-
gency officers' retirement pay and annuities, the administration of 
which is now or may hereafter be placed in the Veterans Administra-
tion, and for the payment of adjusted-service credits as provided in 
sections 401 and 601 of the Act of May 19, 1924, as amended (38 
U. S. C. 631 and 661), $2,435,000,000, to be immediately available and 
to remain available until expended. 
Readjustment benefits: For the payment of benefits to or on behalf 
of veterans as authorized by titles II, III, and V, of the Servicemen's 
Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, and title II of the Veterans 
Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952, and for supplies, equipment, 
and tuition authorized by part VII and payments authorized by 
part I X of Veterans Administration Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as 
amended, $387,000,000, together with the unexpended balance as of 
June 30, 1954, remaining in the appropriation for "Veterans miscel-
laneous benefits" to be immediately available and to remain available 
until expended: Provided^ That no part of any appropriation to the 
Veterans Administration shall be available, in connection with any 
loan authorized by title III of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 
1944, as amended (38 U. S. C. 694-694n), for payment to the lender 
by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, or for credit on the loan, 
of an amount equivalent to 4 per centum of the amount originally 
loaned, guaranteed or insured by the Veterans Administration: Pro-
vided further^ That no right to any such payment shall accrue after 
September 1, 1953, but the foregoing proviso shall not apply with 
respect to payments based on guarantees made, or certificates of com-
mitments issued, prior to said date or commitments for loans made by 
the Veterans Administration. 
Military and naval insurance: For military and naval insurance, 
$4,932,000, to remain available until expended. 
Hospital and domiciliary facilities: For hospital and domiciliary 
facilities, for planning and for extending, with the approval of the 
President, any of the facilities under the jurisdiction of the Veterans 
Administration or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 1 and 2 
of the Act approved March 4, 1931 (38 U. S. C. 438j-k) or in section 
101 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (38 U. S. C. 693a), 
to remain available until expended, $47,000,000: Provided^ That not-
withstanding any other provisions of existing law the Veterans 
Administration is authorized to advance not to exceed $2,000,000 from 
Limitation. 
38 u s e ch. 12A. 
43 Stat. 125. 
58 Stat. 287. 
38 u s e 701, 694-
694", ch. 12A, 
66 Stat. 663. 
38 u s e 911-984. 
38 u s e ch. 12A. 
59 Stat. 626. 
Time limitation. 
46 Stat. 1550. 
58 Stat. 284. 
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[68 STAT. 
construction funds previously appropriated, to the city of Cleveland, 
Ohio, for the construction or extension of necessary water facilities to 
the site of the proposed Veterans Administration hospital, this amount 
to be repaid by the city of Cleveland in cash or water over a period of 
years as determined by the Veterans Administration and the city of 
Cleveland. 
National service life insurance: For the payment of benefits and 
for transfer to the national service life insurance fund, in accordance 
38 use 8?8.** 
with the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, 
$30,570,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That 
certain premiums shall be credited to this appropriation as provided 
by the Act. 
Servicemen's indemnities: For payment of liabilities under the 
38Usc*8sinote. Servicemeu's Indemnity Act of 1951, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
Grants to the Republic of the Philippines: For payment to the 
Republic of the Philippines of grants in accordance with the Act of 
62 Stat. 1210. 
July 1^ 1948 (50 u . S. C. App. 1991-1996), for expenses incident to 
medical care and treatment of veterans, $1,564,000. 
Major alterations, improvements, and repairs: For all necessary 
expenses of major alterations, improvements, and repairs to regional 
offices, supply depots, and hospital and domiciliary 
facilities, 
$3,480,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no part 
of the foregoing appropriation shall be used to commence any major 
alteration, improvement, or repair unless funds are available for the 
completion of such work; and no funds shall be used for such work 
at any facility if the Veterans Administration is reasonably certain 
that the installation will be abandoned in the near future. 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation for the current 
fiscal year for "Compensation and pensions", "Readjustment benefits", 
"Military and naval insurance", "National service life insurance", and 
"Servicemen's indemnities", may be transferred, to any other of the 
mentioned appropriations, but not to exceed 10 per centum of the 
appropriation so augmented. 
Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the 
current fiscal year for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
60 Stat. 810. 
(5U. S. C. 55a). 
Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the 
current fiscal year for "Inpatient care" and "Outpatient care" shall be 
available for funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto 
(except burial awards authorized by Veterans Administration Regu-
38 use ch. 12A. jation Numbered 9 (a), as amended), for beneficiaries of the Veterans 
Administration receiving care under such appropriations. 
No part of the appropriations in this Act for the Veterans Adminis-
tration (except the appropriation for "Hospital and domiciliary 
facilities") shall be available for the purchase of any site for or 
toward the construction of any new hospital or home. 
No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be available for hos-
pitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled 
under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimburse-
ment of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed 
by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs. 
REDUCTIONS I N 
APPROPRIATIONS 
The appropriation heretofore granted for "Soldiers' and sailors' 
civil relief" is hereby reduced by the sum of $500,000, and said amount 
shall be carried to the surplus of the Treasury. 
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293 
The appropriations heretofore granted for "Vocational rehabilita-
tion revolving fund (Act of Mar. 24, 1943)", are hereby reduced by 
the sum of $400,000, and said amount shall be carried to the surplus 
of the Treasury. 
WAR CLAIMS COMMISSION 
57 Stat. 43. 
38 use ch. 12A. 
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS 
For payment of claims, as authorized by the War Claims Act of 
1948, as amended, from funds deposited in the Treasury to the credit 
fo^usc^ap'p. 
of the war claims fund created by section 13 (a) of said Act, such 2001 note, 
sums as may be necessary, to be available to the Secretary of the 
Treasury for payment of claims under sections 4 (a), 4 (b) (2), 5 
(a) through (e), 6, and 7 of said Act to the payees named and in the 
amounts stated in certifications by the War Claims Commission and 
the Secretary of Labor or their duly authorized representatives, which 
certifications shall be in lieu of any vouchers which might otherwise 
be required: Provided^ That this appropriation shall not be available 
for administrative expenses: Provided further^ That no claims shall 
be allowed or paid under the provisions of said War Claims Act of 
1948 from any funds other than those covered into the Treasury pur-
suant to the provisions of section 39 of the Trading With the Enemy 
|^ us*c ^pttg. 
Act of October 6, 1917, as amended, as provided by section 13 (a) 
of said War Claims Act of 1948. 
2ou. ^^^ ^ ^ ^' 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to complete the activities of the War Claims 
Commission, including services as authorized by section 15 of the 
Act of August 2, 194^ (6 U. S. C. 55a); expenses of attendance at 
meetings concerned w^th the purposes of this appropriation; not to 
exceed $4,000 for expenses of travel; and advances or reimbursements 
to other Government agencies for use of their facilities and services 
in carrying out the functions of the Commission; $515,000, to be 
derived only from the war claims fund created by section 13 (a) of 
the War Claims Act of 1948 (Public Law 896, approved July 3,1948) 
and not to be available for obligation after March 31, 1955. 
60 Stat. 810. 
50 
2012. u s e a p p. 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 102. Where appropriations in this title are expendable for 
travel expenses of employees and no specific limitation has been 
placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not 
exceed the amount set forth therefor in the budget estimates sub-
mitted for the appropriations: Promded^ That this section shall not 
apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials of local boards 
and appeal boards of the Selective Service System. 
SEC. 103. Where appropriations in this title are expendable for 
the purchase of newspapers and periodicals and no specific limitation 
has been placed thereon, the expenditures therefor under each such 
appropriation may not exceed the amount of $50: Provided^ That this 
limitation shall not apply to the purchase of scientific, technical, 
trade, or traffic periodicals necessary in connection with the perform-
ance of the authorized functions of the agencies for which funds are 
herein provided. 
SEC. 104, No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall 
be available to pay the salary of any person filling a position, other 
than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has 
left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satis-
Travelexpenses. 
Newspaper and 
p e r i o d i c a l pur-
chases. 
Positions form-
erly held by per-
s o n s e n t e ring 
Armed Forces. 
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[68 S T A T , 
factorily completed his period of active military or naval service and 
has within ninety days after his release from such service or from 
hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more 
than one year made application for restoration to his former position 
and has been certified by the Civil Service Commission as still quali-
fied to perform the duties of his former position and has not been 
restored thereto. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations contained in this title, available for ex-
penses of travel shall be available, when specifically authorized by the 
head of the activity or establishment concerned, for expenses of attend-
ance at meetings of organizations concerned with the function or 
activity for which the appropriation concerned is made. 
SEC. 106. No part of any appropriations made available by the pro-
visions of this title shall be used for the purchase or sale of real estate 
or for the purpose of establishing new offices outside the District of 
Columhisi: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to programs 
which have been approved by the Congress and appropriations made 
therefor. 
SEC. 107. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall 
be used to pay the compensation of any employee engaged in personnel 
work in excess of the number that would be provided by a ratio of one 
such employee to one hundred and thirty-five, or a part thereof, full-
time, part-time, and intermittent employees of the agency concerned: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section employees shall be con-
sidered as engaged in personnel work if they spend half time or more 
in personnel administration consisting of direction and administration 
of the personnel program; employment, placement, and separation; 
job evaluation and classification; employee relations and serv-
ices; training; wage administration; and processing, recording, and 
reporting. 
Non^piicabuity. 
gsc. 108. Nouc of the sectious under the head "Independent Offices, 
General Provisions" in this title shall apply to the Housing and Home 
Finance Agency or the Tennessee Valley Authority. 
A t t e n d a nee at 
meetings* 
R e a l 
e s t a t e 
sales, etc. 
Personnel work. 
TITLE II—CORPORATIONS 
61 Stat. 584. 
31 u s e 849. 
The following corporations and agencies, respectively, are hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and 
accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments 
m 
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of 
the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be nec-
essary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Budget for the 
fiscal year 1955 for each such corporation or agency, except as herein-
after provided: 
HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 
Federal National Mortgage Association: Not to exceed $3,238,000 
shall be available for administrative expenses, which shall be on an 
accrual basis, and shall be exclusive of interest paid, deprecia-
tion, properly capitalized expenditures, fees for servicing mortgages, 
expenses (including services performed on a force account, contract, 
or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection 
with the acquisition, protection, operation, maintenance, improvement, 
or disposition of real or personal property belonging to said Associa-
tion or in which it has an interest, cost of salaries, wages, travel, and 
other expenses of persons employed outside of the continental United 
States, expenses of services performed on a contract or fee basis in 
68 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 428-JUNE 24, 1954 
295 
connection with the performance of legal services, and all administra-
tive expenses reimbursable from other Government agencies; and said 
Association may utilize and may make payment for services and 
facilities of the Federal Reserve banks and other agencies of the 
Government: Provided, 
That the distribution of administrative 
expenses to the accounts of the Association shall be made in accord-
ance with generally recognized accounting principles and practices: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $87,750 shall be available for 
expenses of travel: Provided further, That administrative expenses 
not under limitation for the purposes set forth in the budget schedules 
for the fiscal year 1955 shall not exceed $150,000. 
Office of the Administrator, housing loans to educational institu-
tions : Xot to exceed $375,000 shall be available for all administrative 
expenses, which shall be on an accrual basis, of carrying out the func-
tions of the Office of the Administrator under the program of housing 
loans to educational institutions (title IV of the Housing Act of 1950, 
12 U. S. C. 1749-I749d), but this amount shall be exclusive of payment 
64 stat. 77. 
for services and facilities of the Federal Reserve banks or any member 
thereof, the Federal home-loan banks, and any insured bank within 
the meaning of the Act creating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpo-
ration (Act of August 23, 1935, as amended, 12 U. S. C. 264) which stau^^^.* ^®*' ^^ 
has been designated by the Secretary of the Treasury as a depository 
of public money of the United States: Provided, That not to exceed 
$19,000 shall be available for expenses of travel. 
Office of the Administrator, revolving fund 
(liquidating pro-
grams) : There is established as of June 30, 1954, a revolving fund, 
and the Administrator is authorized to credit said fund with all 
moneys hereafter obtained or now held by him or by any constituent 
agency of the Housing and Home Finance Agency or any other official 
thereof, and to account under said fund for all assets and liabilities, 
in connection with (1) community facilities provided or assisted under 
title I I of the Lanham Act, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1531-1534), or 
ss stat. aei. 
under title I I I of the Defense Housing and Community Facilities and 
Services Act of 1951, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1592-1592n) ; (2) loans 
65 stat. 303. 
or advances made pursuant to title V of the War Mobilization and 
Reconversion Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 791), or the Act of October 13, 
1949 (40 U. S. C. 451-458); (3) functions transferred under Reorgani-
zation Plan No. 23 of 1950 (5 U. S. C. 133z-15, note), or authorized 
under sections 102, 102a, 102b, and 102c of the Housing Act of 1948, 
as amended (12 U. S. C. 1701g-1701g-3); (4) notes or other obliga-
tions purchased pursuant to the Alaska Housing Act, as amended 
(48 U. S. C, 484 (a)) ; (5) subsistence homesteads and greentowns 
(Acts of June 29, 1936, 49 Stat. 2035, and May 19, 1949, 63 Stat. 68); 
(6) public war housing under title I of the Lanham Act, as amended 
(42 U. S. C. 1521-1524), and defense housing under title I I I of the 
Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Services Act of 1951, 
as amended (42 U. S. C. 1592-1592n) ; and (7) veterans' re-use housing 
under title V of the Lanham Act, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1571-1575) : 
Provided, That said fund shall be available for all necessary expenses 
(including administrative expenses) in connection with the liquida-
tion of the programs carried out pursuant to the foregoing provisions 
of law, including operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition 
of facilities, and for disbursements pursuant to putstanding commit-
ments against moneys herein authorized to be credited to said fund, 
repayment of obligations to the Treasury, and refinancing and refund-
ing operations on existing loans: Provided further, That any amount 
in said fund which is determined to be in excess of requirements for 
the purposes hereof shall be declared and paid as liquidating dividends 
to the Treasury not less often than annually: Provided further, That 
63 Stat. 841. 
64 Stau 1279. 
62 Stat. 
Stat. 312. 
63 Stat. 
1275; 65 
58. 
40 u s e 431-434. 
54 Stat. 
65 Stat. 
59 Stat. 
112s. 
303. 
260. 
PUBLIC LAW 428-JUNE 24, 1954 
[68 STAT. 
during the current fiscal year not to exceed $3,940,000 shall be available 
for administrative expenses (including not to exceed $265,000 for 
travel) for the foregoing purposes, but this amount shall be exclusive 
of costs of services performed on a contract or fee basis in connection 
with termination of contracts and legal services on a contract or fee 
basis and of payment for services and facilities of the Federal Reserve 
banks or any member thereof, any servicer approved by the Federal 
National Mortgage Association, the Federal home-loan banks, and any 
insured bank within the meaning of the Act of August 23, 1935, as 
amended, creating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (12 
fl ^iTs'c^^i^s 11- U- ^- ^- 2^"^) which has been designated by the Secretary of the 
1831. 
Treasury as a depository of public money of the United States: Pro-
vided further^ That after the effective date of this Act no additional 
notes or obligations shall be purchased from funds appropriated pur-
63 Stat. 59. 
g^ant to the Alaska Housing Act, as amended (48 U. S. C. 484 (d)), 
except for the furtherance or refinancing of an existing loan: Pro-
vided further^ That except for extensions, or refinancing, of existing 
obligations the authority to issue obligations to the Secretary of the 
Treasury under section 1 (4) of Reorganization Plan No. 23 of 1950 
fus^c \Vil'-\s (S U. S. C. 1332-15, note), shall terminate on June 30,1954: Provided 
note. 
further^ That all expenses, not otherwise specifically limited in this 
Act, in connection with the programs administered pursuant to the 
foregoing provisions of law shall not exceed $20,000,000. 
Home Loan Bank Board: Not to exceed a total of $775,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses of the Home Loan Bank Board, 
and shall be derived from funds available to the Home Loan Bank 
Board, including those in the Home Loan Bank Board revolving fund 
and receipts of the Federal Home Loan Bank Administration, the 
Federal Home Loan Bank Board, or the Home Loan Bank Board for 
the current fiscal year and prior fiscal years, and the Board may utilize 
and may make payment for services and facilities of the Federal 
home-loan banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the Federal Savings and 
Loan Insurance Corporation, and other agencies of the Government: 
Provided^ That all necessary expenses in connection with the con-
servatorship of institutions insured by the Federal Savings and Loan 
Insurance Corporation and all necessary expenses (including services 
performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal 
services) in connection with the handling, including the purchase, sale, 
and exchange, of securities on behalf of Federal home-loan banks, and 
the sale, issuance, and retirement of, or payment of interest on, deben-
tures or bonds, under the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as amended, 
shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes 
hereof: Provided further^ That not to exceed $35,000 shall be available 
for expenses of travel: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provisions of this Act, except for the limitation in amount here-
inbefore specified, the administrative expenses and other obligations 
of the Board shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with 
the provisions of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of July 22, 1932, 
47 Stat. 725. 
as amended (12 U. S. C. 1421-1449) : Provided further, That the non-
administrative expenses for the examination of Federal and State 
chartered institutions shall not exceed $2,395,000. 
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation: Not to exceed 
$455,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, which shall 
be on an accrual basis and shall be exclusive of interest paid, depre-
ciation, properly capitalized expenditures, expenses in connection 
with liquidation of insured institutions, liquidation or handling of 
assets of or derived from insured institutions, payment of insurance, 
and action for or toward the avoidance, termination, or minimizing 
of losses in the case of insured institutions, legal fees and expenses, 
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297 
and payments for administrative expenses of the Home Loan Bank 
Board determined by said Board to be properly allocable to said 
Corporation, and said Corporation may utilize and may make pay-
ment for services and facilities of the Federal home-loan banks, the 
Federal Reserve banks, the Home Loan Bank Board, and other 
agencies of the Government: Provided^ That not to exceed $6,500 
shall be available for expenses of travel: Provided 
further^ 
That 
notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, except for the 
limitation in amount hereinbefore specified, the 
administrative 
expenses and other obligations of said Corporation shall be incurred, 
allowed and paid in accordance with title IV of the Act of June 27, 
1934, as amended (12 U. S. C. 1724-1730). 
Federal Housing Administration: In addition to the amounts 
available by or pursuant to law (which shall be transferred to this 
authorization) for the administrative expenses in carrying out duties 
imposed by or pursuant to law, not to exceed $5,150,000 of the various 
funds of the Federal Housing Administration shall be available for 
expenditure, in accordance with the National Housing Act, as amended 
(12 U. S. C. 1701) : Provided^ That, except as herein otherwise 
provided, all expenses and obligations of said Administration shall 
be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of 
said Act: Provided 
further^ That not to exceed $175,000 shall be 
available for expenses of travel: Provided further, That funds avail-
able for expenditure shall be available for contract actuarial services 
(not to exceed $1,500) ; and purchase of periodicals and newspapers 
(not to exceed $500) : Provided further^ That expenditures for non-
administrative expenses classified by section 2 of Public Law 387, 
approved October 25,1949, shall not exceed $25,000,000. 
Public Housing Administration: Of the amounts available by law 
for the administrative expenses of the Public Housing Administra-
tion in carrying out duties imposed by law including funds appro-
priated by title I of this Act not to exceed $6,950,000, shall be avail-
able for such expenses, including not to exceed $500,000 for expenses 
of travel; and expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations 
concerned with the work of the Administration: Provided, That neces-
sary expenses of providing representatives of the Administration 
at the sites of non-Federal projects in connection with the construc-
tion of such non-Federal projects by public housing agencies with the 
aid of the Administration, shall be compensated by such agencies by 
the payment of fixed fees which in the aggregate in relation to the 
development costs of such projects will cover the costs of rendering 
such services, and expenditures by the Administration for such pur-
pose shall be considered nonadministrative expenses, and funds 
received from such payments may be used only for the payment of 
necessary expenses of providing representatives of the Administra-
tion at the sites of non-Federal projects: Provided further^ That all 
expenses of the Public Housing Administration not specifically lim-
ited in this Act, in carrying out its duties imposed by law, shall not 
exceed $1,530,000: Provided further^ That during the fiscal year 1955 
the Commissioner shall continue to make every effort to refund all 
local bonds held by the Public Housing Administration under the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended. 
CORPORATIONS—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds of, or available for expenditure by, 
any corporation or agency included in this title shall be used to pay 
i\\^ compensation of any employee engaged in personnel work in 
excess of the number that would be provided by a ratio of one such 
48 Stat. 1255. 
48 Stat. 1246. 
63 Stat. 905. 
12 u s e 1702. 
50 Stat. 888. 
42 u s e 1430. 
Personnel work. 
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employee to one hundred and thirty-five, or a part thereof, full-time, 
part-time, and intermittent employees of the agency concerned: Pro-
vided^ 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 personnel program; employment, placement, and separation; 
job evaluation and classification; employee relations and services; 
training; committees of expert examiners and boards of civil-service 
examiners; wage administration; and processing, recording, 
reporting. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
and 
Strikes or ovei^ 
throw of U. S. Gov 
emmentt 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
P u b l i c i t y 
propaganda. 
Short title. 
SEC. 301. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or 
of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included 
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 affi-
davit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a 
strike against the Government of the United States, is not a member 
of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right 
to strike against the Government of the United States, or that such 
person does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that 
advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by 
force or violence: Provided further^ That any person who engages 
in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a 
member of an organization of Government employees that asserts 
the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or 
who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, 
the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or 
violence and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are 
paid from any appropriation or fund contained in this Act shall be 
guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than 
$1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided 
further^ That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and 
not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. 
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or 
of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency 
included in this Act, shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the 
Congress. 
SEC. 303. This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices Appro-
priation Act, 1955." 
Approved June 24, 1954. 
Public Law 429 
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o« loc^ 
AN ACT 
June 28, 1954 
[H. R. 1005] 
To authorize the establishment of the Fort Union National Monument, in the 
State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
tilnll Mo^numratl United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to 
N. Mex. 
Establishment.