An Act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes
PL 84-219 (H.R.7278), enacted 08/04/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 219-AUG. 4, 1955 
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P u b l i c Law 219 
CHAPTER 541 
August 4, 1955 
^N ACT 
[H- R- 7278] 
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, 
and for other purposes. 
Supplemental ^ -
p r o p r i a tion Act, 
1956. 
Ante, p. 51. 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Be it enacted by 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, to supply supplemental appropriations (this Act 
may be cited as the "Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1956") for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes, namely: 
CHAPTER I 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $25,000 of funds appropriated under this head in the 
Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appro-
priation Act, 1956, for research, shall be available for construction of a 
building at the United States Range Livestock Experiment Station, 
Miles City, Montana. 
ANIMAL DISEASE LABORATORY FACILITIES 
For preparation of plans and specifications for construction of 
facilities for animal disease research and control, and for surveys to 
determine the cost of acquiring and altering facilities which may be 
made suitable for such work, including employment pursuant to the 
second sentence of section 706 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 
U. S, C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U. S. C. 55a), $250,000, to remain available until expended. 
COMMODITY EXCHANGE AUTHORITY 
For an additional amount for "Commodity Exchange Authority", 
$33,000. 
FARMERS' HOME ADMINISTRATION 
50 Stat. 524. 
7 u s e 1007-1009. 
65 Stat. 240. 
LOAN AUTHORIZATIONS 
For an additional amount for "Loan authorizations", for loans under 
title I I of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, 
$15,000,000: Provided^ That not to exceed the foregoing amount shall 
be borrowed in one account from the Secretary of the Treasury in 
accordance with the provisions set forth under this head in the Depart-
ment of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $350,000. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For an additional amount for "Office of the General Counsel", 
$40,000. 
Ante, p. 29. 
Ante, p. 172. 
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AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM SERVICE 
Not to exceed $5,000,000 of the appropriation under the head 
"Agricultural Conservation Program Service", in the Department of 
Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 
1955, shall be available for the purposes specified under the head 
es stat. 311. 
"Agricultural conservation program", in the Second Supplemental 
Appropriation Act, 1955, and shall be merged with the amount pro-
vided therein. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
For the purpose of assisting the Commodity Credit Corporation in 
selling its agricultural commodities, the position of sales manager is 
hereby authorized in grade 17 of the General Schedule of the Classi-
fication Act of 1949, as amended, in accordance with the standards and 
procedures of that Act. 
CHAPTER I I 
DEPARTMENT O F COMMERCE 
CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATION AND REGULATION 
For an additional amount for "Operation and regulation", 
$600,000. 
CONSTRUCTION, WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT 
For an additional amount for "Construction, Washington National 
Airport", including construction, alterations, and repairs, $2,600,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
CoAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $159,000. 
MARITIME ACTIVITIES 
MARITIME TRAINING 
For an additional amount for "Maritime training", $100,000; and 
the limitation under this head in the Department of Commerce Appro-
priation Act, 1956, on the amount available for transfer to applicable 
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appropriations of the Public Health Service for services rendered to 
the Maritime Administration is increased by $5,000. 
REPAIR OF R E S E R V E FLEET \'ESSELS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT 
AUTHORIZATION) 
The limitation under this head in the Department of Commerce and 
Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1956, on the amount which may 
be advanced to the appropriation, "Salaries and expenses, maritime 
activities," for administrative expenses is increased from "$150,000" 
to "$225,000". 
Ante, p. 230. 
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BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS 
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INTER-AMERICAN H I G H W A Y 
For an additional amount for "Inter-American Highway", as 
Ante. p. 244. 
authorized by the Act of July 1, 1955 (Public Law 129), $37,730,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
WEATHER BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $500,000; 
and the limitation under this head in the Department of Commerce 
Ante. p. 234. 
^^(j Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1956, on the amount avail-
able for improvement and operation of hurricane, severe storm, and 
tornado warning services, including research and construction of 
related facilities, is increased from "$4,250,000" to "$4,750,000". 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
67 Stat. 232. 
15 u s e 631 note. 
Post, p . 547. 
Ante, p . 237. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small 
Business Administration, including expenses of attendance at meet-
ings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $2,000,000; and in addition there may be 
transferred to this appropriation not to exceed $2,865,000 from the 
Revolving Fund, Small Business Administration, and not to exceed 
$535,000 from the fund for Liquidation of Reconstruction Finance 
Corporation Disaster Loans, Small Business Administration, for 
administrative expenses in connection with activities financed under 
said funds: Provided, That the amount authorized for transfer from 
the Revolving Fund, Small Business Administration, may be increased, 
with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, by such amount as 
may be required to finance administrative expenses incurred in the 
making of disaster loans. 
REVOLVING FUND 
For additional capital for the Revolving Fund authorized by the 
Small Business Act of 1953, as amended, to be available without fiscal 
year limitation, $25,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation and 
the appropriation to the Small Business Administration for "Salaries 
and expenses", for the fiscal year 1956, shall be available only upon the 
enactment into law of S. 2127, Eighty-fourth Congress, first session, 
or similar legislation, continuing the Small Business Administration 
during the fiscal year 1956. 
UNITED STATES T A R I F F COMMISSION 
That part of title I I I of Public Law 121, Eighty-fourth Congress, 
approved June 30, 1955, which pertains to the appropriation for the 
Tariff Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, is hereby 
amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a colon and 
adding the following additional proviso: ''•And provided 
further, 
That that part of the foregoing appropriation which is for expenses 
of travel shall be available, when specifically authorized by the Chair-
man of the Tariff Commission, for expenses of attendance at meetings 
of organizations concerned with the functions and activities of the 
said Commission". 
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CHAPTEE I I I 
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
453 
CONSTRUCTION 
For the preparation of detail plans and specifications of a Central 
Intelligence Agency headquarters installation and for other purposes 
as authorized by title IV of the Act of July 15, 1955 (Public Law 
^"t®' P* 349. 
161), to remain available until expended, $5,500,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY FUNCTIONS 
INTERSERVICE ACTIVITIES 
ACCESS ROADS 
For advances to the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Com-
merce, for the purposes of section 6 of the Defense Highway Act of 
1941 (55 Stat. 765), as amended, and section 12 of the Federal-Aid 
Highway Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 785), as amended, when projects 
authorized therein are certified as important to the national defense 
by the Secretary of Defense, $2,250,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
LORAN 
S T A T I O N S 
For construction of additional Loran Stations by the Coast Guard, 
to remain available until expended, $4,200,000, which shall be trans-
ferred to the appropriation, "Acquisition, construction, and improve-
ments". Coast Guard. 
^"'«' P- 74. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
23 u s e 106 and 
note. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tempo-
rary or permanent public works, military installations, and facilities, 
for the Army, as authorized by the Act of September 28,1951 (Public 
Law 155), the Act of July 14, 1952 (Public Law 534), the Act of 
August 7, 1953 (Public Law 209), the Act of July 27, 1954 (Public 
Law 534), the Act of September 1, 1954 (Public Law 765), and the 
Act of July 15, 1955 (Public Law 161), without regard to section* 
1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; to remain available until expended, 
$485,077,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation for 
"Procurement and production, Army". 
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 
65 Stat. 336. 
66 Stat. 606. 
67 Stat. 440. 
68 S t a t . 5 3 7 , 
1119. 
Ante, p. 324. 
10 u s e 1339; 40 
u s e 259, 267. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY 
For an additional amount for acquisition, construction, installation, 
and equipment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, and facilities for the Navy, as authorized by the Act of 
September 28,1951 (Public Law 155), the Act of July 14,1952 (Public 
Law 534), the Act of August 7,1953 (Public Law 209), the Act of July 
27,1954 (Public Law 534), the Act of September 1,1954 (Public Law 
765), and the Act of July 15,1955 (Public Law 161), without regard 
to sections 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended; including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; furniture for public quarters; and 
65 Stat. 343. 
66 Stat. 609. 
67 Stat. 441. 
68 S t a t . 5 3 9 , 
1120. 
Ante, p. 329. 
10 u s e 1339; 40 
u s e 259, 267. 
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personnel in the Bureau of Yards and Docks and other personal serv-
ices necessary for the purposes of this appropriation; $442,628,300, 
to remain available until expended. 
AUDITED CLAIMS 
Applicable current appropriations of the Department of the Navy 
shall be available for the payment of claims certified by the Comp-
troller General to be otherwise due, in the amounts stated below, from 
the following appropriations: 
"Maintenance, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts", fiscal year 1943, 
$171.48; 
"Pay, subsistence, and transportation. Navy", fiscal year 1943, 
$3,344.24; 
"Maintenance, Bureau of Ships", fiscal year 1946, $5,838.42; and 
"Transportation of things. Navy", fiscal year 1948, $1,359.86. 
DEPARTMENT or THE AIR FORCE 
64 Stat. 829. 
50 u s e 881 note. 
65 Stat. 350. 
66 Stat. 613. 
67 Stat. 444. 
68 Stat. 47, 543. 
Ante,,p. 337. 
10 u s e 1339; 40 
u s e 259, 267. 
Ante, p. 347. 
Ante, p. 324. 
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tracts. 
Expediting con-
struction. 
Bakeries, 
laun-
dries, etc. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR rr>RCE 
For an additional amount for acquisition, construction, installation, 
and equipment of temporary or permanent public works, military 
installations, and facilities for the Air Force as authorized by the Act 
of September 11, 1950 (Public Law 783), the Act of September 28, 
1951 (Public Law 155), the Act of July 14, 1952 (Public Law 534), 
the Act of August 7,1953 (Public Law 209), the Act of April 1, 1954 
(Public Law 325), the Act of July 27, 1954 (Public Law 534), the 
Act of September 1,1954 (Public Law 765), and of the Act of July 15, 
1955 (Public Law 161), without regard to sections 1136 and 3734, 
Revised Statutes, as amended; including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, including research and development facilities at Wright-
Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio; to remain available until 
expended, $994,291,000 of which $255,000,000 shall be derived by 
transfer 
from the appropriation "Procurement and production. 
Army": Provided, That not to exceed $350,000 of this appropriation 
shall be used for the purposes authorized by section 303 of the Act 
of July 15,1955 (Public Law 161). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 302. Funds appropriated to the military departments for mili-
tary public works in prior years are hereby made available for mili-
tary public works authorized for each such department by the Act of 
July 15,1955 (Public Law 161). 
SEC 303. None of the funds appropriated in this chapter shall be 
expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for 
work where cost estimates exceed $25,000 to be performed within the 
continental United States without the specific approval in writing 
of the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 
SEC. 304, None of the funds appropriated in this chapter shall be 
expended for additional costs involved in expediting construction, 
unless the Secretary of Defense certifies such costs to be necessary to 
])rotect the national interest and establishes a reasonable completion 
date for each such project, taking into consideration the urgency of 
the requirement, the type and location of the project, the climatic and 
seasonal conditions affecting the construction and the application of 
economical construction practices. 
SEC. 305. None of the funds appropriated in this chapter shall be 
used for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, 
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laundry, or dry-cleaning facility in the United States, its Terri-
tories or possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not 
certify, in writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to 
be furnished by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial 
sources at reasonable rates. 
SEC. 306. Funds appropriated to the military departments for con-
struction are hereby made available for advance planning, construc-
tion design and architectural services, as authorized by section 504 of 
the Act of September 28,1951 (Public Law 155). 
65 Stat. 364. 
CHAPTER IV 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL FUNCTIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
GOVERNMENT AND RELIEF IN OCCUPIED AREAS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet the 
responsibilities and obligations of the United States in connection 
with the government or occupation of the Ryukyu Islands, including, 
subject to such authorizations and limitations as may be prescribed by 
the head of the department or agency concerned, tuition, travel 
expenses, and fees incident to instruction in the United States or 
elsewhere of such persons as may be required to carry out the provi-
sions of this appropriation; travel expenses and transportation; 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
U. S. C. 55a), at rates not in excess of $50 per diem for individuals not 
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to exceed ten in number; translation rights, photographic work, edu-
cation exhibits, and dissemination of information, including preview 
and review expenses incident thereto; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and aircraft; repair and maintenance of buildings, utilities, facilities, 
and appurtenances; and such supplies, commodities, and equipment 
as may be essential to carry out the purposes of this appropriation; 
$3,000,000, of which not to exceed $1,210,000 shall be available for 
administrative and information and education expenses: Provided^ 
That the general provisions of the Appropriation Act for the current 
fiscal year for the military functions of the Department of the Army 
shall apply to expenditures made by that Department from this appro-
priation : Provided further, That expenditures from this appropria-
tion may be made outside continental United States, when necessary 
to carry out its purposes, without regard to sections 355,1136,3648, and no^|. V^Ssc^^a^™? 
3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, civil service or classification laws, 31 u s c 5 2 9; 46 
or provisions of law prohibiting payment of any person not a citizen 
of the United States: Provided further, That expenditures from this 
appropriation may be made, when necessary to carry out its purposes, 
without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended, and 
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the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947 (41 U. S. C. 151-161): 
^2 stat. 21. 
Provided further, That expenditures may be made hereunder for the 
purposes of economic rehabilitation in the Ryukyu Islands in such 
manner as to be consistent with the general objectives of titles I I and 
I I I of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, and in the manner authorized 
by sections 505 (a) and 522 (e) thereof: Provided 
further, 
That gs^^fl's:*'*"'*'*'' 
funds appropriated hereunder and unexpended at the time of the 
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termination of occupation by the United States, of any area for which {757^178^2.*"'*^*' 
such funds are made available, may be expended by the President for 
the procurement of such commodities and technical services, and com-
modities procured from funds herein or heretofore appropriated for 
government and relief in occupied areas and not delivered to such an 
area prior to the time of the termination of occupation, may be 
tions 
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utilized by the President, as may be necessary to assist in the mainte-
nance of the political and economic stability of such areas: Provided 
fvxrther^ That before any such assistance is made available, an agree-
ment shall be entered into between the United States and the recog-
nized government or authority with respect to such area containing 
such undertakings by such government or authority as the President 
may determine to be necessary in order to assure the efficient use of 
such assistance in furtherance of such purposes: Provided 
further^ 
That such agreement shall, when applicable, include requirements and 
undertakings corresponding to the requirements and undertakings 
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specified in section 303 of the Mutual Security Act of 1954: Provided 
further^ That funds appropriated hereunder may be used, insofar as 
practicable, and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed 
by the head of the department or agency concerned to pay ocean 
transportation charges from ITnited States ports, including territorial 
ports, to ports in the Ryukyus for the movement of supplies donated 
to, or purchased by. United States voluntary nonprofit relief agencies 
registered with and recommended by the Advisory Committee on 
Voluntary Foreign Aid or of relief packages consigned to individuals 
residing m such areas: Provided further^ That under the rules and 
regulations to be prescribed, the head of the department or agency 
concerned shall fix and pay a uniform rate per pound for the ocean 
transportation of all relief packages of food or other general classi-
Hcation of commodities shipped to the Ryukyus regardless of methods 
of shipment and higher rates charged by particular agencies of trans-
portation, but this proviso shall not apply to shipments made by 
Transfer of func- individuals to individuals: Provided 
further^ That the President 
may transfer to any other department or agency any function or func-
tions provided for under this appropriation, and there shall be trans-
ferred to any such department or agency without reimbursement and 
without regard to the appropriation from which procured, such prop-
erty as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to 
relate primarily to any function or functions so transferred. 
CORPORATION 
The following corporation is hereby authorized to make such ex-
penditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority avail-
able to such corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 
as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
31 use 849.' 
-^^^9 ^s amended, as may be necessary in carrying oiit the programs 
set forth in the budget for the fiscal year 1956 for such corporation, 
except as hereinafter provided: 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF WASHINGTON 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE LIMITATION 
Not to exceed $1,500,000 (to be computed on an accrual basis) of 
the funds of the Export-Import Bank of Washington shall be avail-
able during the current fiscal year for all administrative expenses 
of the bank, including services as authorized by section 15 of the 
60 Stat. 810. 
Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) at rates not to exceed $50 per 
diem for individuals: Provided^ That necessary expenses (including 
special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not includ-
ing other personal services, and fees or dues to international organiza-
tions of credit institutions engaged in financing foreign trade) in con-
nection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, or 
disposition of any real or personal property belonging to the bank 
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or in which it has an interest, including expenses of collections of 
pledged collateral, or the investigation or appraisal of any property 
in respect to which an application for a loan has-been made, shall 
be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof. 
CHAPTEK V 
GENEKAL GOVERNMENT MATTERS 
E X E C U T I V E OFFICE O F T H E PRESIDENT 
OFFICE OF DEFENSE MOBILIZATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", for carrying 
out the provisions of section 7 of the Act of June 21,1955 (Public Law 
86), $50,000. 
Ante, p . 166. 
FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION 
INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS 
For expenses necessary to enable the Commission to settle certain 
claims as authorized by the Act of March 10, 1950, as amended (22 
U. S. C. 1621-1627), including expenses of attendance at meetings of 
*^ ^*^*' ^^' 
organizations concerned with the purpose of this appropriation; serv-
ices as authorized by section 15 of the Act of A u ^ s t 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 
55a), at rates not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; and employ-
ment of aliens; $400,000: Provided, 
That this paragraph shall be 
effective only upon enactment into law of H. R. 6382, Eighty-fourth 
Congress, first session. 
PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON VETERANS' PENSIONS 
For expenses necessary for a special study of the veterans' compensa-
tion and pensions program, to be expended as the President may 
direct, $300,000. 
SEC. 502. Appropriations contained in title I of the General Govern-
ment Matters Appropriation Act, 1956, available for expenses of travel 
shall be available, when specifically authorized by the head of the 
activity or establishment concerned, for expenses of attendance at 
meetings of organizations concerned with the function or activity 
for which the appropriation concerned is made. 
CHAPTER VI 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for "Operations", $825,000. 
SURVEYS, PLANS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for studies and 
research to develop measures and plans for evacuation, shelter, and 
the protection of life and property, as authorized by section 201 (d) 
60 Stat. 810. 
Post, p. 562. 
Ante, p . 192. 
s o u s e 
a p p . 
2281. 
40 u s e 
3 5 6 
note. 
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64 Stat. 1248. 
of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended, including 
2281.^^^ ^^^' services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
60 Stat. 810. 
(5 U. S. C. 55a), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
.SALARIES AND EXPENSES, CIVIL DEFENSE FUNCTIONS OF FEDERAL AGENCIES 
For necessary expenses to enable departments and agencies to dis-
charge civil defense responsibilities delegated under the authority of 
section 201 (b) of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the 
purposes of this appropriation, and the purchase of materials and sup-
plies necessary thereto, $1,500,000. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
SITES AND PLANNING, PURCHASE CONTRACT, AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS 
PROJECTS 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Public 
Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 518), $15,000,000, 
to remain available until expended and to be in addition to and avail-
able for the same purposes as any unobligated balances which have 
been or may be made available, by any law enacted during the first 
session of the Eighty-fourth Congress, for carrying out the purposes 
of said Act: Provided, That any such unobligated balances may be con-
solidated with this appropriation. 
REPAIR, IMPROVEMENT, AND EQUIPMENT or FEDERALLY OWNED 
BUILDINGS OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For an additional amount for "Repair, improvement, and equip-
ment of federally owned buildings outside the District of Columbia", 
$1,150,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
limitation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation 
Ante, p. 203. 
^f,\_^ 1956, ou the amount available for expenses of travel, is increased 
from "$145,000" to "$155,000". 
OPERATING EXPENSES, FEDERAL SUPPLY SERVICE 
For an additional amount for "Operating expenses. Federal Supply 
Service", $200,000; and the limitation under this head in the Inde-
Ante, p. 203. 
peiideiit Offices Appropriation Act, 1956, on the amount available for 
travel expenses is increased by $1,000. 
EXPENSES, GENERAL SUPPLY FUND 
For an additional amount for "Expenses, general supply fund", 
$1,000,000, of which $300,000 shall be for nonrecurring moving and 
space costs in connection with the relocation of warehouse management 
and other employees into office space in regional warehouses; and the 
limitation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation 
Ante, p. 203. 
^^t, 1956, O
U the amount available for expenses of travel is increased 
by $22,500. 
OPERATING EXPENSES, NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE 
Ante, p 204. 
-pov au additional amount for "Operating expenses, National 
Archives and Records Service", $122,500. 
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STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS 
459 
Ante, p. 204. 
68 Stat. 456. 
The apprepriation granted under this head in the Independert 
Offices Appropriation Act, 1956, shall be available for necessary ex-
penses for transportation and handling, within the United States 
(including charges at United States ports), storage, security, and 
maintenance of strategic and critical materials acquired for the sup-
plemental stockpile pursuant to section 104 (b) of the Agricultural 
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U. S. C. 1704 (b)). 
HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 
PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1955, for "Annual contribu- 
^'^*^' P* 207. 
tions", $4,100,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY TRAINING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security Training Com-
mission, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates for individuals not in excess 
of $50 per diem, and contracts with temporary or part-time employees 
may be renewed annually; and expenses of attendance at meetings 
concerned with the purposes of this appropriation; $40,000. 
60 Stat. 810. 
SELECTIVE 
SERVICE 
SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $180,000 of the amount made available under this 
head in the Independent Offices xlppropriation Act, 1956, for 
registration, classification, and induction activities of local boards, 
shall be available during the current fiscal year for expenses of the 
National Advisory Committee on the Selection of Physicians, Dentists, 
and Allied Specialists, including not to exceed $30,000 for expenses 
of travel. 
CHAPTER VII 
DEPARTMENT O F T H E INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For an additional amount for "Management of lands and resources", 
$250,000. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
Ante, p. 208. 
PAYMENT TO CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE OF INDIANS 
For deposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of the 
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of Indians for rehabilitation and relo-
cation in accordance with the provisions of section V of the Act of 
September 3,1954 (Public Law 776), $5,160,000. 
68 Stat. 1192. 
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TRIBAL FUNDS 
For an additional amount for "Tribal funds", $200,000, from funds 
to the credit of the Indians of California as defined and enrolled 
25 use 651-657. under the Act of May 18, 1928 (45 Stat. 602), as amended, the 
successors in interest to claims against the United States as therein 
provided, for payment of expenses, other than attorney fees, hereto-
fore or hereafter incurred by attorneys prosecuting the claims of the 
Indians of California before the Indian Claims Commission under 
contracts approved by the Secretary of the Interior. 
BUREAU OP MINES 
CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES 
For an additional amount for "Conservation and development of 
mineral resources", $1,200,000. 
Ante, p. 352. 
DRAINAGE OF ANTHRACITE MINES 
For contributions as authorized by the Act "To provide for the 
conservation of anthracite coal resources through measures of flood 
control and anthracite mine drainage, and for other purposes" (Public 
Law 162, approved July 15, 1955), $8,500,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
F I S H AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
INVESTIGATIONS OF RESOURCES 
For an additional amount for "Investigations of resources", 
$730,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for "Construction", $750,000, of which 
$455,000 shall be available for the construction of fish-cultural facili-
ties below Norfork Dam, Arkansas, to remain available until expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Ante, p. 367. 
FOREST SERVICE—SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", for national 
forest protection and management, $300,000: Provided, 
That this 
appropriation shall be effective only upon enactment into law of 
H. R. 5891, Eighty-fourth Congress. 
ALEXANDER HAMILTON BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
Post, p. 681. 
For an additional amount for "Alexander Hamilton Bicentennial 
Commission", $120,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall become effective only upon the enact-
ment into law of S. 1395. 
BOSTON NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of 
June 16, 1955 (69 Stat. 136, 137, 138), $40,000, to remain available 
until June 30,1957. 
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461 
JOHN MARSHALL BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 
COMMISSION 
For an additional amount for "John Marshall Bicentennial Cele-
bration Commission" for carrying out the provisions of the Act of 
August 13, 1954 (68 Stat. 702), including entertainment, $82,500, to 
remain available until December 31,1955. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses of construction of a building for the Museum 
of History and Technology, as authorized by the Act of June 28, 1955 
(Public Law 106), including the preparation of plans and specifica-
tions, not to exceed $75,000 for services as authorized by section 15 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed 
$100 per diem for individuals, and incidental expenses of the Regents 
of the Smithsonian Institution and of the Joint Congressional Com-
mittee established by said Act, $2,288,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided^ That the expenses of the Joint Congressional 
Committee shall be paid upon certification of the Chairman of said 
Committee. 
SOO LOCKS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMISSION 
Funds appropriated for the Soo Locks Centennial Celebration Com-
mission in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1955 (Public 
Law 24, Eighty-fourth Congress), shall be available for expenses 
of official entertainment. 
CHAPTER VIII 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $250,000. 
BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY 
Ante, p. 189. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Anto, p. 32. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, MEXICAN FARM LABOR PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, Mexican farm 
labor program", $650,000: Provided, That this amount shall be avail-
able only upon enactment into law of H. R. 3822, Eighty-fourth Con-
gress, or similar legislation, extending authority for the importation 
of Mexican agricultural workers. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $1,500,000: 
Provided, That this amount and the amount appropriated in this Act 
for "Salaries and expenses. Office of the Solicitor", shall be available 
only upon enactment into law of S. 2168, Eighty-fourth Congress, or 
similar legislation, increasing the minimum wage. 
Post, 
p. 615. 
Post, 
p. 711. 
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[69 STAT. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", including 
hire of motor vehicles, $300,000, to be available for enforcement of 
food and drug laws relating to poliomyelitis vaccine. 
GALLAUDET COLLEGE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", fiscal year 
''' 
1955, for payment of retroactive pay increases granted by administra-
tive action, comparable to those authorized by the Federal Employees 
Salarv Increase Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 172), $5,400, to be derived by 
transfer from the appropriation "Grants to States for public assist-
ance", Social Security Administration, fiscal year 1955. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", fiscal year 
1955, for payment of retroactive pay increases granted by administra-
tive action, comparable to those authorized by the Federal Employees 
Salary Increase Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 172), $76,000, to be derived by 
transfer from the appropriation "Grants to States for public assist-
ance", Social Security Administration, fiscal year 1955. 
OFFICE OF EDUCATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, White House 
Conference on Education", $220,000. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
ASSISTANCE TO STATES, GENERAL 
For an additional amount for "Assistance to States, general", 
$4,500,000, to be available only for grants to States for planning and 
operating a program for distribution and use of poliomyelitis vaccine. 
SANITARY ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES 
For an additional amount for "Sanitary engineering activities", 
$1,190,000, to remain available only until June 30, 1956, for the pur-
Ante. p. 322. 
poses of the Act of July 14,1955 (Public Law 159). 
MENTAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
For an additional amount for "Mental health activities", $250,000. 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR POLIOMYELITIS VACCINATION 
For grants to States for carrying out the purposes of the Polio-
myelitis Vaccination Assistance Act of 1955, $30,000,000: Provided^ 
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463 
That this appropriation shall become effective only upon the enactment 
into law of H. R. 7126 or S. 2501, Eighty-fourth Congress. 
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CXDNSTRUCTION OF HOUSING FACILITIES FOR ANIMALS 
For construction of facilities for housing animals for the National 
Institutes of Health, including equipment and preparation of plans 
and specifications, $600,000. 
CHAPTER I X 
PUBLIC WORKS 
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 
PLANT AND EQUIPMENT 
For expenses of the Commission in connection 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 1954, including the acquisition or condem- 
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acquisition, construction, or expansion; purchase of aircraft; pur-
chase (not to exceed four hundred and seventy-nine for replacement 
only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $256,327,000, to remain 
available until expended and $2,900,000 which shall be available for 
the construction of a community hospital at Oak Ridge, Tennessee: 
Provided^ That, in addition to transfers otherwise authorized by law, 
$90,000,000 of unexpended balances available under this head shall 
i)e transferred to the appropriation "Operating Expenses, Atomic 
Energy Commission." 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE—CIVIL 
FUNCTIONS, 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
THE ARMY 
RIVERS AND HARBORS AND FLOOD CONTROL 
CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL 
For an additional amount for "Construction, general", $5,551,014. 
CHAPTER X 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $1,970,000, 
of which $233,000 shall be available for rents in the District of Co-
lumbia. 
INTERNATIONAL CONTINGENCIES 
For an additional amount for "International 
contingencies", 
$1,000,000. 
EXTENSION AND REMODELING, STATE DEPARTMENT BUILDING 
For expenses necessary for planning the extension and remodeling, 
under the supervision of the General Services Administration, of the 
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[69 S T A T . 
State Department Building, Washington, District of Columbia, to 
remain available until expended, $1,000,000, to be transferred to the 
General Services Administration. 
PAYMENT TO THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA 
After the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Mutual Under-
standing and Cooperation, signed January 25, 1955, by the United 
States of America and the Republic of Panama (Senate Executive 
F , Eighty-fourth Congress, first session; ratification advised by the 
Senate), the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be paid annually 
(in lieu of the annual payment provided under this head in the 
67 Stat. 368. 
Department of State Appropriation Act, 1954), out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,930,000 as a payment 
to the Republic of Panama in accordance with article I thereof. 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED 
STATES 
AND MEXICX) 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $75,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS AND MARSHALS 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, United States 
attorneys and marshals", $1,160,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, CLAIMS OF PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1955, for "Salaries and 
expenses, claims of persons of Japanese ancestry", $275,000, for the 
50 ^xfi c"ip p. payment of claims authorized by the Act of July 2, 1948 (50 U. S. C. 
1981-1987. 
1981-7). 
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T H E JUDICIARY 
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED 
STATES 
SALARIES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries", $90,000. 
COURT OF CUSTOMS AND PATENT APPEALS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $40,000. 
CUSTOMS COURT -• 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $67,500. 
69 STAT.] 
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465 
COURT OF CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $40,000. 
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER JUDICIAL SERVICES 
SALARIES OF JUDGES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries of judges", $2,678,000. 
SALARIES OF REFBREES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries of referees", $70,000, to be 
derived from the referees' salary fund established in pursuance to the 
Act of June 28,1946, as amended (11U. S. C. 68). 
^° stat. 326. 
UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $336,630. 
FUNDS 
APPROPRIATED 
TO 
THE 
PRESIDENT 
EMERGENCY F U N D FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to take such measures 
as he deems appropriate to meet extraordinary or unusual circum-
stances arising in the international affairs of the Government, $5,000,-
000, to remain available until expended, for use in the President's dis-
cretion and without regard to such provisions of law as he may specify: 
Provided^ That the President shall transmit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, 
not less often than quarterly, a full report of expenditures under this 
appropriation. 
CHAPTER X I 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
BUREAU OF ACCOUNTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $185,000. 
COAST GUARD 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Operating expenses", $7,000,000. 
RETIRED PAY 
For an additional amount for "Retired pay", $2,600,000. 
RESERVE TRAINING 
For an additional amount for "Reserve training", $228,000. 
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[69 STAT. 
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT 
OFFICE OF FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL 
CITY DELIVERY CARRIERS 
60 Stat. 582. 
YoT an additional amount, fiscal year 1947, for "City delivery car-
riers", $10,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation 
"Railway Mail Service", fiscal year 1947. 
CORPORATION 
FEDERAL FACILITIES CORPORATION 
The amount of the Corporation's funds made available under this 
Ante, p. 75. 
head in title I of the Treasury-Post Office Appropriation Act, 1956, 
for administrative expenses of the Corporation, is increased from 
$800,000 to $975,000. 
CHAPTER X I I 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for "Department of General Administra-
tion", $190,000: Provided, That for the purpose of assessing and re-
assessing real property in the District of Columbia $35,000 of this 
appropriation shall be available for services as authorized by section 
60 Stat. 810. 
15 of the /^ct of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), but at rates for in-
dividuals not in excess of $100 per diem. 
COURTS 
67 Stat. 283. 
-poT an additional amount, fiscal year 1954, for "United States 
courts", $132,812. 
HEALTH DEPARTMENT 
67 Stat. 284. 
YoT an additional amount, fiscal year 1954, for "Medical charities", 
$43,120. 
PUBLIC WELFARE 
67 Stat. 286. 
YoY au additional amount, fiscal year 1954, for "Operating expenses, 
protective institutions", $137,936. 
PERSONAL SERVICES, WAGE-SCALE EMPLOYEES 
For pay increases for wage-scale employees, to be transferred by the 
Commissioners of the District of Columbia to the appropriations and 
funds of said District for the fiscal year 1956 from which said em-
ployees are properly payable, $448,047, of which $65,645 shall be 
payable from the highway fund, $75,108 from the water fund, and 
$38,945 from the sanitary sewage works fund; said increases in com-
pensation to be effective on the first day of the first pay period be-
ginning after June 30,1955: Provided, That no retroactive compensa-
tion or salary shall be payable in the case of any individual not in the 
service of the municipal government of the District of Columbia on 
the date of approval of this Act, except that such retroactive com-
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46T 
pensation or salary shall be paid in the case of a deceased officer or 
employee, or of a retired officer or employee, for services rendered 
after the effective date of the increase. 
SALARY INCREASES, POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN 
The provisions of title I I of Public Law 123, approved June 30, 
1955, shall apply also to costs in the fiscal year 1955 of pay increases 
^"te, p. 240. 
granted by or pursuant to Public Law 
, Eighty-fourth Congress: 
Provided, That this paragraph shall be effective only upon enactment 
into law of either S. 2428 or H. R. 7159, or similar legislation. 
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CAPITAL OUTLAY 
PUBLIC BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 
Ante, p. 257. 
The appropriation for "Capital outlay, public building construc-
tion", contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1956, 
shall be available for preparation of plans and specifications for a 
warehouse at the Children's Center and the erection of the following 
structures, including the treatment of grounds: Branch library build-
ing in Woodridge, new Metropolitan Police Women's Bureau Building 
(including the installation of telephones, telephone switchboard, and 
teletypewriter system), and new fire engine house in the vicinity of 
Twenty-fourth and Irving Streets Southeast (including instruments 
for receiving alarms and connecting said house to the fire alarm 
system). 
AUDITED CLAIMS 
For an additional amount for the payment of claims, certified to 
be due by the accounting officers of the District of Columbia, under 
appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or credited 
to the general fund of the District of Columbia as provided by law 
(D. C. Code, title 47, sec. 130a), being for the service of the fiscal year 
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1953 and prior fiscal years, as set forth in House Document Numbered 
199 (Eighty-fourth Congress), $252,036, together with such further 
sums as may be necessary to pay the interest on audited claims for 
refunds at not exceeding 4 per centum per annum as provided by law 
(D. C. Code, title 47, sec. 2413d). 
66 stat. 546. 
DIVISION or 
EXPENSES 
The sums appropriated in this Act for the District of Columbia 
shall, unless otherwise specifically provided for, be paid out of the 
general fund of the District of Columbia, as defined in the District of 
Columbia Appropriation Acts for the fiscal years involved. 
CHAPTER X I I I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
Miscellaneous items: For an additional amount for Miscellaneous 
items, exclusive of labor, fiscal year 1955, $185,835. 
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[69 STAT. 
CHAPTER XIV 
CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES, AUDITED CLAIMS, AND 
JUDGMENTS 
For payment of claims for damages as settled and determined by 
departments and agencies in accord with law, audited claims certified 
to oe due by the General Accounting Office, and judgments rendered 
against the United States bj^ United States district courts and the 
United States Court of Claims, as set forth in Senate Document 
Numbered 75 and House Document Numbered 184, Eighty-fourth 
Congress, $8,117,528, together with such amounts as may be necessary 
to pay interest (as and when specified in such judgments or in certain 
of the settlements of the General Accounting Office or provided by 
law) and such additional sums due to increases in rates of exchange 
as may be necessary to pay claims in foreign currency: Provided^ 
That no judgment herein appropriated for shall be paid until it shall 
have become final and conclusive against the United States by failure 
of the parties to appeal or otherwise: Provided further. That, unless 
otherwise specifically required by law or by the judgment, payment 
of interest wherever- appropriated for herein shall not continue for 
more than thirty days after the date of approval of this Act. 
CHAPTER XV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
UNIFORM ALLOWANCES 
SEC. 1501. The following appropriations and funds available to the 
departments and agencies, for the fiscal year 1956, shall be available 
for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of 
5use2131 note. September 1, 1954, as amended (68 Stat. 1114 and 69 Stat. 49): 
Legislative branch: 
Architect of the Capitol: 
"Capitol Buildings"; 
"Senate Office Buildings"; 
"House Office Buildings"; 
Independent offices: 
Civil Service Commission. "Salaries and expenses"; 
Federal Trade Commission: "Salaries and expenses"; 
General Accounting Office: "Salaries and expenses"; 
Interstate Commerce Commission: The appropriation available 
for the pay of employees entitled to uniforms or allowances therefor 
under said Act; 
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: "Salaries and 
expenses"; 
National Labor Relations Board: "Salaries and expenses"; 
Securities and Exchange Commission: "Salaries and expenses"; 
Smithsonian Institution: "Salaries and expenses, National Gallery 
of Art"; 
Veterans' Administration: 
"General operating expenses"; 
"Medical administration and miscellaneous operating ex-
penses" ; 
"Maintenance and operation of supply depots"; 
Department of Agriculture: 
"Office of the Secretary": 
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46!) 
Commodity Credit Corporation: "Limitation on administrative 
expenses"; 
Department of Commerce: 
()ffice of the Secretary: 
"Salaries and expenses"; 
"Working capital fund"; 
Bureau of the Census: "Salaries and expenses"; 
Civil Aeronautics Administration: "Operation and regulations"; 
Maritime activities: "Salaries and expenses"; 
National Bureau of Standards: "Working capital fund"; 
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: 
Freedmen's Hospital: "Salaries and expenses"; 
Public Health Service: 
"Assistance to States, general"; 
"Venereal diseases"; 
"Tuberculosis"; 
"Communicable diseases"; 
"Sanitary engineering activities"; 
"Disease and sanitation investigations and control. Territory of 
Alaska"; 
"Hospitals and medical care"; 
"Foreign quarantine service"; 
"Indian health activities"; 
"National Institutes of Health, operating expenses"; 
"National Cancer Institute"; 
"Mental health activities"; 
"National Heart Institute"; 
"Dental health activities"; 
"Arthritis and metabolic disease activities"; 
"Microbiology activities"; 
"Neurology and blindness activities"; 
Saint Elizabeths Hospital: "Salaries and expenses"; 
Social Security Administration: "Salaries and expenses. Bureau 
of Old Age and Survivors Insurance"; 
Department of the Interior: 
Office of the Secretary: 
"Salaries and expenses"; 
"Working capital fund"; 
Bureau of Indian Affairs: "Education and welfare services"; and 
Department of Labor: 
Office of the Secretary: "Salaries and expenses". 
SEC. 1502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or ^^^^ 
of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included in ment. 
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 (jovernment of the United States by 
force or violence: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit 
Affidavit, 
shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the 
affidavit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in 
a strike against the 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 advo-
cates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force, 
or violence: Provided further, That any person who engages in a strike 
Penalty, 
against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an 
strikes or ovei^ 
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orj^aiiization of (xoverninent 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 T'nited States by force or violence and accepts 
employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appro-
priation or fund contained in this or any other 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 sub-
stitution for, any other provisions of existing law. 
Approved August 4, 1955. 
Public Law 220 
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CHAPTER 542 
Augurt 4,19SS 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[H.J. Re». 359] 
,p^ authorize the designation of October 22, 1955, as National Olympic Day. 
N ational Ol yonpi c 
Day. 
Whereas the XVIth Olympic Games of the modern era will be held 
in Melbourne, Australia, November 22 to December 8, 1956, with 
Winter Games to be held at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, January 26 
to February 5,1956; and 
Whereas these games will afford an opportunity of bringing together 
young men and women representing more than seventy nations, of 
many races, creeds, and stations in life and possessing various habits 
and customs, all bound by the universal appeal of friendly athletic 
competition, governed by rules of sportsmanship and dedicated to 
the principle that the important thing is for each and every partici-
pant to do his very best to win in a manner that will reflect credit 
upon himself or herself, and the country represented; and 
Whereas the peoples of the world in these trynig times require above 
all else occasions for friendship and understanding, and among the 
most telling things which influence people of other countries are the 
acts of individuals and not those of governments; and 
Whereas experiences afforded by the Olympic Games make a unique 
contribution to common understanding and mutual respect among 
all peoples; and 
Whereas previous Olympic Games have proved that competitors and 
spectators alike have been imbued with ideals of friendship, chiv-
alry, and comradeship and impressed with the fact that accomplish-
ment is reward in itself; and 
Whereas the United States Olympic Association is presently engaged 
in assuring maximum support for the teams representing the United 
States at Melbourne and Cortina d'Ampezzo; and 
Whereas a day set aside by this Nation for a rededication to the 
amateur ideal could accomplish great good in encouraging good will 
for these games: Therefore be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the President of the 
United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation des-
ignating the 22d of October 1955 as National Olympic Day and urging 
all citizens of our county to do all in their power to support the XVIth 
Olympic Games and the Winter Games to be held m 1956, and to 
insure that the United States will be fully and adequately represented 
in these games. 
Approved August 4, 1955.