An Act making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes
PL 83-170 (H.R.5246), enacted 07/31/1953

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Public Law 170 
CHAPTER 296 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and 
Welfare, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1954, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ajnerica in Congress assembled, That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, 
and Welfare, and related independent agencies, for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1954, namely: 
[uly31, 1953 
[H. R. 5246] 
Departments of 
Labor and Health, 
E d u c a t i o n , and 
Welfare Appropria-
tion Act, 1954. 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
OFFICE OF T H E SECRETARY 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Office of the 
Secretary of Labor (hereafter in this title referred to as the Secre-
tary), including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); teletype news service; any payment 
in advance when authorized by the Secretary for dues or fees for 
library membership in organizations w^hose publications are available 
to members only or to members at a price lower than to the general 
public; $1,350,000. 
OFFICE OF T H E SOLICITOR 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Office of the 
Solicitor, $1,475,000: Provided, 
That hereafter the compensation of 
the Solicitor shall be at a rate equal to the rate established by law 
for grade GS-18. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STANDARDS 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the promotion of 
industrial safety, employment stabilization, and amicable industrial 
relations for labor and industry; performance of safety functions of 
the Secretary under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, as 
amended (5 U. S. C. 784 (c)); performance of the functions vested 
in the Secretary by title I of the Labor-Management ^Relations Act, 
1947 (29 U. S. C. 159 (f) and (g)) ; and not to exceed $70,000 for the 
w^ork of the President's Committee on National Employ the Physi-
cally Handicapped Week, as authorized by the Act of July 11, 1949 
(63 Stat. 409), including purchase of reports and of material for 
informational exhibits and expenses of attendance of cooperating 
officials and consultants at conferences concerned with the work of the 
Bureau of Labor Standards; $700,003. 
BUREAU OF V E T E R A N S ' REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to render assistance 
in connection with the exercise of reemployment rights under section 
8 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended (50 
U. S. C. App. 308), the Service Extension Act of 1941, as amended, 
the Army Reserve and Retired Personnel Service Law of 1940, as 
amended, and section 9 of the Universal Military Training and Serv-
ice Act, and, under the Act of June 23, 1943, as amended (50 U. S. C. 
App. 1472), of persons who have performed service in the Merchant 
Marine, $300,000. 
Dep a r t m e n t of 
L a b o r Appropri£>-
tion Act, 1954. 
60 Stat. 810. 
63 Stat. 865. 
61 Stat. 136. 
54 Stat. 890. 
55 Stat. 626. 
50 u s e app. 362. 
54 Stat. 858. 
50 u s e app. 401-
405. 
62 Stat. 614; 65 
Stat. 75. 
50 u s e app. 459. 
57 Stat, 162. 
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50 Stat. 664. 
BUREAIT OF APPREKTICESHIP 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to enable the Secre-
tary to conduct a program of encouraging apprentice training, as 
authorized by the Act of August 16, 1937 (29 U. S. C. 50), $3,230,000. 
60 Stat. 810. 
58 Stat. 293. 
38USC695-695f. 
48 Stat. 113. 
38 use 695b. 
4 9 Stat. 626. 
38 use 991-999. 
42 use 502. 
42 use 503. 
Personnel stand-
ards. 
S t a t e agencies 
for grants-in-aid. 
BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the general 
administration of the employment service and unemployment compen-
sation programs, including temporary employment of persons, without 
regard to the civil-service laws, for the farm placement migratory 
labor program; and not to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; $5,300,000, 
of which $1,100,000 shall be for carrying into effect the provisions of 
title IV (except section 602) of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 
1944. 
Grants to States for unemployment compensation and employment 
service administration: For grants in accordance with the provisions 
of the Act of June 6,1933, as amended (29 U. S. C. 49-49n), for carry-
ing into effect section 602 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 
1944, for grants to the States as authorized in title III of the Social 
Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C. 501-503), including, upon the 
request of any State, the purchase of equipment and the payment of 
rental for space made available to such State in lieu of grants for 
such purpose, for necessary expenses in connection with the operation 
of employment office facilities and services in the District of Columbia, 
and for expenses not otherwise provided for, necessary for carrying 
out title IV of the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 
(66 Stat. 684), $192,205,000, of which $6,000,000 shall be available only 
to the extent that the Secretary finds necessary to meet increased costs 
of administration resulting from changes in a State law or increases 
in the numbers of claims filed and claims paid over those upon 
which the State's basic grant (or the allocation for the District 
of Columbia) was based, which increased costs of administra-
tion cannot be provided for by normal budgetary adjustments: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in section 
302 (a) of the Social Security Act, as amended, the Secretary of 
Labor shall from time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury 
for payment to each State found to be in compliance with the require-
ments of the Act of June 6,1933, and, except in the case of Puerto Rico 
and the Virgin Islands, with the provisions of section 303 of the Social 
Security Act, as amended, such amounts as he determines to be neces-
sary for the proper and efficient administration of its unemployment 
compensation law and of its public employment offices: 
Provided 
further', That such amounts as may be agreed upon by the Depart-
ment of Labor and the Post Office Department shall be used for the 
payment, in such manner as said parties may jointly determine, of 
postage for the transmission of official mail matter in connection with 
the administration of unemployment compensation systems and 
employment services by States receiving grants herefrom. 
In carrying out the provisions of said Act of June 6, 1933, the pro-
visions of section 303 (a) (1) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 
relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards 
on a merit basis, shall apply. 
None of the funds appropriated by this title to the Bureau of 
Employment Security for grants-in-aid of State agencies to cover, in 
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whole or in part, tlie cost of operation of said agencies including the 
salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, shall 
be withheld from the said agencies of any States which have estab-
lished by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit system 
and classijfication and compensation plan covering the selection, tenure 
in office, and compensation of their employees, because of any disap-
proval of their personnel or the manner of their selection by the 
agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or 
employees. 
Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after 
May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under title I I I 
of the Social Security Act, as amended, and under the Act of June 6, 
1933, as amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal 
year, such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the 
expenditures made thereunder for payments under such title and under 
such Act of June 6, 1933, to be charged to the appropriation therefor 
for that fiscal year. 
Unemployment compensation for veterans: For payments to unem-
ployed veterans as authorized by title IV of the Veterans' Readjust-
ment Assistance Act of 1952, $38,500,000. 
Salaries and expenses, Mexican farm labor program: For expenses, 
not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out the functions of the 
Department of Labor under the Act of July 12, 1951 (Public Law 
78), including temporary employment of persons without regard to 
the civil service laws, $1,250,000. 
49 Stat. 626. 
42 u s e 501-503. 
48 Stat. 113. 
29 use 49-49n. 
66 Stat. 684. 
38 use 991-999. 
65 Stat. 119. 
7 use 1461-1468. 
BUREAU OF EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary administrative expenses and 
not to exceed $87,000 for the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board, 
$2,000,000, together with not to exceed $90,000 to be derived from the 
War Claims Fund created by section 13 (a) of the War Claims Act of 
1948 (50 U . S . C. 2012). 
Employees' compensation fund: For the payment of compensation 2o"i2 
and other benefits and expenses (except administrative exi)enses) 
authorized by law and accruing during the current or any prior fiscal 
year, including payments to other Federal agencies for medical and 
hospital services pursuant to agreement approved by the Bureau of 
Employees' Compensation; continuation of payment of benefits as 
provided for under the head "Civilian War Benefits" in the Federal 
Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the advancement of costs 
for enforcement of recoveries in third-party cases; the furnishing of 
medical and hospital services and supplies, treatment, and funeral 
and burial expenses, including transportation and other expenses 
incidental to such services, treatment, and burial, for such enrollees 
of the Civilian Conservation Corps as were certified by the Director 
of such Corps as receiving hospital services and treatment at Oov-
ernment expense on June 30, 1943, and who are not otherwise entitled 
thereto as civilian employees of the United States, and the limitations 
and authority of the Act of September 7,1916, as amended (5 U. S. C. 
796), shall apply in providing such services, treatment, and expenses 
in such cases; such amount as may be required during the current 
fiscal year: Provided^ That this appropriation shall be available for 
payments pursuant to sections 4 (c) and 5 (f) of the War Claims Act 
of 1948 (50 U. S. C. 2012) and shall be credited with advances or 
reimbursements therefor from the War Claims Fund created by section 
13 (a) of said War Claims Act of 1948. 
62 Stat. 124 7. 
50 u s e 
app, 
60 Stat. 696. 
39 Stat. 742. 
50 U S C 
2003,2004. 
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TAT. 
60 Stat. 810. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the work of the 
Bureau, including advances or reimbursement to State, Federal, and 
local agencies and their employees for services rendered, and not to 
exceed $15,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $5,345,000. 
41 Stat. 987. 
WOMEN S BUREAU 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the work of 
the Women's Bureau, as authorized by the Act of June 5, 1920 (29 
U. S. C 11-16), including purchase of reports and material for infor-
mational exhibits, $350,000. 
52 Stat. 1060. 
29 use 201. 
49 Stat. 2036. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for performing the 
duties imposed by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 
and the Act to provide conditions for the purchase of supplies and 
the making of contracts by the United States, approved June 30, 1936, 
as amended (41 U. S. C. 35-45), including reimbursement to State, 
Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspection services 
rendered, and not to exceed $3,000 for expenses of attendance of co-
operating officials and consultants at conferences concerned with the 
work of the Division, $6,250,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
60 Stat. 810. 
Transfer of funds. 
SEC. 102. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for stenographic reporting services as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), 
for examination of estimates of appropriations in the field, and for 
expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the function or 
activity for which any such appropriation is made. 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation in this 
title for salaries and expenses may be transferred to any other such 
appropriation, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more 
than 5 per centum by any such transfer: Provided^ That no such 
transfer shall be used for creation of new functions within the Depart-
ment, nor shall the total amount transferred in fiscal year 1954 
exceed $100,000. 
Leave payments. 
gj,^ ]^04. Not to excccd 5 per ceiitum of any appropriation in this 
title available for salaries and expenses may be transferred to any 
other such appropriation for the purpose of paying annual leave of 
employees separated from the service as a result of reductions of 
appropriations provided herein, but the transfer authority provided 
herein shall not extend beyond December 31, 1953. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Labor Appropriation 
Act. 1954". 
Citation of title. 
Department of 
Health Education, 
and Welfare Appro-
priationAct, 1954. 
41 Stat. 272. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, 
AND WELFARE 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
Education of the blind: For carrying out the Act of August 4,1919, 
as amended (20 U. S. C. 101), $175,000. 
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COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR T H E DEAF 
Salaries and expenses: For the partial support of Columbia Institu-
tion for the Deaf, including personal services and miscellaneous 
expenses, and repairs and improvements, $410,000: Provided^ That the 
Columbia Institution for the Deaf, shall be paid by the District of 
Columbia, in advance at the beginning of each quarter, at the rate of 
$1,150 per school year for each student attending said Institution pur-
suant to the Act of March 1, 1901 (31 D. C. Code 1008). 
For an additional amount for the construction of buildings to 
accommodate deaf children at the Columbia Institution for the Deaf, 
$11,000. 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses for carrying out the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 301-
392) ; the Tea Importation Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 41-50); the 
Import Milk Act (21 U. S. C. 141-149) ; the Federal Caustic Poison 
Act (15 U. S. C. 401-411); and the Filled Milk Act, as amended (21 
U. S. C. 61-64) ; reporting and illustrating the results of investiga-
tions ; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and scientific equipment; not 
to exceed $2,000 for payment in advance for special test and analyses by 
contract; and payment of fees, travel, and per diem in connection with 
studies of new developments pertinent to food and drug enforcement 
operations; $5,200,000. 
Salaries and expenses, certification and inspection services: For 
expenses necessary for the certification or inspection of certain products 
in accordance with sections 406, 504, 506, 507, 604, 702A, and 706 of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 346, 
354, 356, 357,364, 372a, and 376), the aggregate of the advance deposits 
during the current fiscal year to cover payment of fees by applicants for 
certification or inspection of such products, to remain available until 
expended. 
The total amount herein appropriated shall be available 
for personal services; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and scientific 
equipment; and the refund of advance deposits for which no service 
has been rendered. 
F R E E D M E N ' S HOSPITAL 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for operation and 
maintenance, including repairs; furnishing, repairing, and cleaning of 
wearing apparel used by employees in the performance of their official 
duties; transfer of funds to the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, 
Howard University" for salaries of technical and professional per-
sonnel detailed to the hospital; payments to the appropriation of 
Howard University for actual cost of heat, light, and power furnished 
by such university; $3,104,000: Provided, That no intern or resident 
physician receiving compensation from this appropriation on a full-
time basis shall receive compensation in the form of wages or salary 
from any other appropriation in this title: Provided further, That the 
District of Columbia shall pay by check to Freedmen's Hospital, upon 
the Surgeon General's request, in advance at the beginning of each 
quarter, such amount as the Surgeon General calculates will be earned 
on the basis of rates approved by the Bureau of the Budget for the care 
of patients certified by the District of Columbia. 
Bills rendered by the 
Surgeon General on the basis of such calculations shall not be subject 
to audit or certification in advance of payment; but proper adjustment 
of amounts which have been paid in advance on the basis of such calcu-
lations shall be made at the end of each quarter: Provided 
further. 
That the Surgeon General may delegate the responsibilities imposed 
upon him by the foregoing proviso. 
31 Stat. 844. 
5 2 S t a t . 
1040; 
29 S t a t . 
604; 44 
Stat. 1101, 1406; 
42 Stat. 1486. 
52 Stat. 1049; 55 
Stat. 851; 59 Stat. 
463. 
S a l a r y re stric-
tion. 
Payment by Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
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HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
Salaries and expenses: For the partial support of Howard Univer-
sity, including personal services and miscellaneous expenses and 
repairs to buildings and grounds, $2,535,000. 
Construction of buildings: For the purchase and installation of a 
vacuum pump in the steam system, $20,000. 
OFFICE OF EDUCATION 
Promotion and further development of vocational education: For 
carrying out the provisions of section 3 of the Vocational Education 
12 us^c U!' 
^ct of 1946 (20 U. S. C. 15), section 4 of the Act of March 10, 1924 
43 Stat. 18.* 
(20 U. S. C. 29), section 1 of the Act of March 3,1931 (20 U. S. C. 30), 
M Stat! 2?: 
and the Act of March 18, 1950 (Public Law 462), $18,673,261: Pro-
20 use 31-33. 
qnded, That the apportionment to the States under the Vocational 
Education Act of 1946 shall be computed on the basis of not to exceed 
$18,498,261 for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That not more 
than $450,000 of this appropriation shall be available for vocational 
education in distributive occupations. 
Further endowment of colleges of agriculture and the mechanic 
arts: For carrying out the provisions of section 22 of the Act of 
7%fc%2l^' 
June 29, 1935, as amended, $2,501,500. 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Office of 
Education, including surveys, studies, investigations, and reports 
regarding libraries; fostering coordination of public and school library 
service; coordination of library service on the national level with other 
forms of adult education; developing library participation in Federal 
projects; fostering Nation-wide coordination of research materials 
among libraries, interstate library coordination and the development 
of library service throughout the country; purchase, distribution, and 
exchange of educational documents, motion-picture films, and lantern 
slides; collection, exchange, and cataloging of educational apparatus 
and appliances, articles of school furniture and models of school 
buildings illustrative of foreign and domestic systems and methods 
of education, and repairing the same; $2,800,000, of which not less 
than $480,000 shall be available for the Division of Vocational Educa-
tion as authorized: Provided, 
That all receipts from non-Federal 
agencies representing reimbursement for expenses of travel of 
employees of the Office of Education performing advisory functions 
to the said agencies shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United 
States to the credit of this appropriation. 
Payments to school districts: For payments to local educational 
agencies for the maintenance and operation of schools as authorized 
20 free 23^°244. by the Act of September 30,1950 (Public Law 874), $66,500,000: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall also be available for carrying out 
Proj*^^rRi^?^2- the provisions of section 6 of such Act: Provided further, That for the 
tion, taxation. 
fiscal year beginning July 1, 1952, and for each succeeding fiscal year, 
all land lying within the boundaries of the Boulder Canyon Project 
Reservation shall be considered Federal property within the meaning 
of Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress, second session; but this 
proviso shall not be construed as to interfere with State taxation of 
leasehold interests: Provided 
further, 
That any tax collected for 
school purposes on any leasehold interest within the boundaries of 
the Boulder City Union School District on and after July 1, 1953, 
shall be deducted under section 3 (g) of said Act. 
School construction : The amount made available under this head in 
the Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1953, for necessary expenses 
66 Stat. 364. 
^f techuical services rendered by other agencies is increased from 
"$750,000" to "$1,250,000". 
29 use 33. 
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OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 
Payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico): 
For payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico) 
in accordance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended 
(29 U. S. C , ch, 4), including payments, in accordance with regulations 
^7 stat. 374. 
of the Secretary, for one-half of necessary expenditures for the acquisi-
tion of vending stands or other equipment in accordance with section 
3 (a) (3) (C) of said Act for the use of blind persons, such stands or 
other equipment to be controlled by the State agency, $23,000,000, of 
which not to exceed $195,000 shall be available to the Secretary for 
providing rehabilitation services to disabled residents of the District 
of Columbia, as authorized by section 6 of said Act, which latter 
29 use 36. 
amount shall be available for administrative expenses in connection 
with providing such services in the District of Columbia: Provided^ 
That not to exceed 15 per centum of the appropriation shall be used 
for administrative purposes: Provided further^ That after payment sttufs°'^*^°"'"^""** 
of amounts certified to be due for prior fiscal years, the funds herein 
appropriated shall be apportioned among the States in accordance 
with regulations promulgated by the Secretary to insure equitable 
maintenance and improvement of State programs; and the obligation 
of the United States to any State under such Act for fiscal year 1954 
shall not exceed the amount so apportioned to such State: Provided 
further^ That the amount apportioned to a State for fiscal year 1955 
shall not exceed one dollar for each 75 cents contributed by the State 
for the same purpose. 
Payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico), 
next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the current 
fiscal year, payments to States in accordance with the Vocational 
Rehabilitation Act, as amended (including the objects specified in the 
29 use 41. 
preceding paragraph), for the first quarter of the next succeeding 
fiscal year such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and 
the expenditures made thereunder to be charged to the appropriation 
therefor for that fiscal year: Provided^ That the payments made pur-
suant to this paragraph shall not exceed the amount paid to the States 
for the first quarter of the current fiscal year. 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary in carrying out the 
provisions of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, and of 
^9 use 41. 
the Act approved June 20, 1936 (20 U. S. C , ch. 6A), including not 
49 stat. 1559. 
to exceed $3,000 for production, purchase, and distribution of edu-
cational films; $655,500. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Public Health Service 
Act, as amended (42 U. S. C , ch. 6A) (hereinafter referred to 
s8 stat. 682. 
as the Act), and other Acts, including expenses for active commis-
sioned officers in the Reserve Corps and for not to exceed one thousand 
five hundred commissioned officers in the Regular Corps; as follows: 
Venereal diseases: To carry out the purposes of sections 314 (a) and 
363 of the Act with respect to venereal diseases including the opera- 
^'^ use 246,266. 
tion and maintenance of centers for the diagnosis and treatment of per-
sons afflicted with venereal diseases; and for grants of money, services, 
supplies, equipment, and use of facilities to States, as defined in the 
Act, and with the approval of the respective State health authorities, 
to counties, health districts, and other political subdivisions of the 
States, for the foregoing purposes, in such amounts and upon such 
terms and conditions as the Surgeon General may determine; 
$5,000,000. 
42 use 246. 
4 2 use 243. 
42 use 241. 
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Tuberculosis: To carry out the purposes of section 314 (b) of the 
Act, $6,000,000. 
Assistance to States, general: To carry out the purposes, not other-
Avise specifically provided for, of section 314 (c) of the Act; to provide 
consultative services to States pursuant to section 311 of the Act; to 
make field investigations and demonstrations pursuant to section 301 
of the Act; and to provide for collecting and compiling mortality, 
morbidity, and vital statistics; $13,250,000, of which not more than 
$2,400,000 shall be available for personal services. 
Communicable diseases: To carry ovit, except as otherwise provided 
264^ use 241,243, ^^^^ those provisious of sections 301, 311, and 361 of the Act relating 
to the prevention and suppression of communicable and preventable 
diseases, and the interstate transmission aiid spread thereof, including 
the purchase, erection, and maintenance of portable buildings; and 
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; $5,000,000, of which not 
less than $400,000 shall be used for studies, prevention, and control 
activities on poliomyelitis. 
Engineering, sanitation, and industrial hygiene: For expenses, not 
otherwise provided, necessary to carry oi^t those provisions of sections 
246! 2^:^'*^'^'*^' 
^^^1' ^'^^^ ''^^^ (^)' ^^^^ "^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ relating to sanitation and other 
aspects of environmental health, including enforcement of applicable 
quarantine laws and interstate quarantine regulations, and for carry-
ing out the purposes of the Water Pollution Control Act (33 U. S. C. 
62 Stat. 1155. 
466-466 (j)) ; $3,162,500. 
Disease and sanitation investigations and control. Territory of 
Alaska: To enable the Surgeon General to conduct, in the Service, and 
to cooperate with and assist the Territory of Alaska in the conduct of, 
activities necessary in the investigation, prevention, treatment, and 
control of diseases, and the establishment and maintenance of health 
and sanitation services pursuant to and for the purposes specified in 
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4
^
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^ 2'M^ I'eV.^'*^' sections 301, 311, 314 (without regard to the provisions of subsections 
(d), (f), (h), and (j) and the limitations set forth in subsection (c) 
of such section), 361 and 363 of the Act, including the hire, operation, 
and maintenance of aircraft, and the purchase, erection, and mainte-
nance of portable buildings, $1,082,000. 
Grants for hospital construction: For payments for hospital con-
4°2%°s'c^°2''9id- struction under part C, title VI, of the Act, as amended, to remain 
29ih. 
available until expended, $65,000,000: Provided, That allotments under 
such part C to the several States for the current fiscal year shall be 
made on the basis of an amount equal to the appropriation granted 
herein. 
Grants for hospital construction (liquidation of contract authoriza-
tion) : For payment of obligations incurred under authority hereto-
fore granted under this head, $19,700,000. 
Salaries and expenses, hospital construction services: For salaries 
42usc*29i29*in ^^^ expeuses incident to carrying out title VI of the Act, as amended, 
$875,000. 
Hospitals and medical care: For carrying out the functions of the 
60 Stat. 903. 
Public Health Service under the Act of August 8,1946 (5 U. S. C. 150), 
25? 2^3^ 255-25 7' ^ud uudcr sectious 321,322,324,326,331,332,341,343,344, 502,504, and 
259', 26o',22o,222', 710 of the PubHc Health Service Act, and Executive Order 9079 of 
7630^°*^' ^^ ^^^ February 26, 1942, including purchase and exchange of farm products 
r- ?, S ^^.'r, J ^ 1^ and livestock; conducting research on technical nursing standards and 
1101. 
furnishing consultative nursing services; and purchase oi firearms and 
ammunition; $33,100,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be exclusively 
available for payments to the Territory of Hawaii for care and treat-
ment of persons afflicted with leprosy: Provided, That when the Public 
Health Service establishes or operates a health service program for 
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any department or agency, payment for the estimated cost shall be 
made in advance for deposit to the credit of this appropriation. 
Foreign quarantine service: For carrying out the purposes of sec-
tions 361 to 369 of the Act, relating to preventing the introduction of 
^^ "^^ 264-272. 
communicable diseases from foreign countries, the medical examination 
of aliens in accordance with section 325 of the Act, and the care and 
^^ ^^^ ^^^' 
treatment of quarantine detainees pursuant to section 322 (e) of the 
^^ ^^^ 249. 
Act in private or other public hospitals when facilities of the Public 
Health Service are not available, including insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries when required by law of such countries; 
$2,900,000. 
National Institutes of Health, operating expenses: For the activities 
of the National Institutes of Health, not otherwise provided for, 
including research fellowships and grants for research projects pur-
suant to section 301 of the Act; not to exceed $1,000 for entertainment 
^2 use 241. 
of visiting scientists when specifically approved by the Surgeon 
General; erection of temporary structures; and grants of therapeutic 
and chemical substances for demonstrations and research; $4,675,000: 
Provided, That the Surgeon General is authorized to advance to this 
appropriation from other appropriations to the Public Health Service 
such amounts as are determined to be necessary for the foregoing pur-
poses and for activities performed on a centralized basis: Provided 
^^^* of meais. 
fit/rther, That the Surgeon General is authorized to operate facilities 
at the National Institutes of Health for the sale of meals to employees 
and others at rates determined by him to be sufficient to recover the cost 
of such operation and the proceeds thereof shall be credited to this 
appropriation. 
National Cancer Institute: To enable the Surgeon General, upon 
the recommendations of the National Advisory Cancer Council, to 
make grants-in-aid for research and training projects relating to can-
cer; to cooperate with State health agencies, and other public and 
private nonprofit institutions, in the prevention, control, and eradica-
tion of cancer by providing consultative services, demonstrations, and 
grants-in-aid; and to otherwise carry out the provisions of title IV, 
^^ use 281-286. 
part A, of the Act; $20,237,000. 
Mental health activities: For expenses necessary for carrying out 
the provisions of sections 301, 302, 303, 311, 312, and 314 (c) of the ^^f^ use 241-244. 
Act with respect to mental diseases, $12,095,000. 
National Heart Institute: For expenses necessary to carry out the 
purposes of the National Heart Act, $15,168,000. 
62 ^^^^-^^^^^^^^^ 
Dental health activities: For expenses not otherwise provided for, 
necessary to enable the Surgeon General to carry out the purposes of 
the Act with respect to dental diseases and conditions, $1,740,000. 
Arthritis and metabolic disease activities: For expenses necessary to 
carry out the purposes of the Act relating to arthritis, rheumatism, and 
metabolic diseases, $7,000,000. 
Microbiology activities: For expenses necessary to carry out the 
purposes of the Act relating to microbiology, including the regulation 
and preparation of biologic products, $5,738,000. 
Neurology and blindness activities: For expenses necessary to carry 
out the purposes of the Act relating to neurology and blindness, 
$4,500,000. 
Construction of research facilities (liquidation of contract authori-
zation) : for payment of obligations incurred pursuant to authority 
granted to enter into contracts for construction of a combined hospital 
and research building as authorized in the Federal Security Agency 
Appropriation Acts of 1949 and 1950, to be transferred to the General stat.?9i' '*°^' ^^ 
Services Administration, $2,500,000. 
27000 O - 53 - 19 
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[67 STAT. 
Ketired pay of commissioned officers: For retired pay of commis-
sioned officers, as authorized by law, $1,197,000, to remain available 
dirty.*"^^ *° ^*'"^* ^iitil expended: Provided^ That hereafter a commissioned officer of 
the Public Health Service who has been retired may be recalled to 
active duty, other than in time of war, with his consent. 
Salaries and expenses: For the divisions and offices of the Office of 
J, . . 
the Surgeon General and for miscellaneous expenses of the Public 
Health Service not appropriated for elsewhere, including preparing 
information, articles, and publications related to public health; con-
ducting studies and demonstrations in public health methods; and 
carrying on international health activities, including not to exceed 
$1,000 for entertainment of officials of other countries when specifi-
cally authorized by the Surgeon General; $2,900,000. 
Service and supply fund: For additional working capital for the 
"Service and supply fund," created by title II of the Act of July 3, 
59 Stat. 370. 
1945 (42 U. S. C. 231), uot to cxcccd $200,000, to be derived by transfer 
from such other funds appropriated in this Act to the National 
Institutes of Health as the Surgeon General may determine, to remain 
available until expended: Provided^ That any stocks of supplies and 
equipment of the Public Health Service related to services financed 
under this fund may also be used to capitalize said fund. 
prIp^^tions°^ ^^" 
Administrative provisions: During tiie current fiscal year, and with 
the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, there may be transferred 
from any annual appropriation to the Public Health Service to any 
other such appropriation such additional amounts as may be required 
for pay and allowances of the active commissioned officers herein 
authorized, but any amounts so transferred shall not exceed 5 per 
centum of any such appropriation and no such appropriation shall be 
increased by more than 5 per centum as a result of any such transfers. 
SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL 
Salaries and expenses: For exjjenses necessary for the maintenance 
,^, ., 
.-J 
and operation of the hospital, including purchase of clothing for 
patients and cooperation with organizations or individuals in the scien-
tific research into the nature, causes, prevention and treatment of 
, , ; , _ . , 
mental illness, $2,417,000. 
Major repairs and preservation of buildings and grounds: For mis-
cellaneous construction, alterations, repairs, and equipment, on the 
j, , . ,. 
grounds of the hospital, including preparation of plans and specifica-
tions, advertising, and supervision of construction, $399,600: Provided^ 
That any part of this amount may be transferred to the General 
Services Administration. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance: 
For necessary expenses, including furnishing, repairing, and cleaning 
of wearing apparel and equipment used by building guards; not more 
than $62,750,000 may be expended from the Federal old-age and sur-
vivors insurance trust fund. 
Construction, Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance: For 
preparing for construction of an office building and appurtenant facili-
ties for the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, including 
equipment, acquisition of land (including donations thereof), and 
preparation of plans and specifications, $1,500,000, to be derived from 
the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and to remain 
'
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. 
available until expended. 
3 7 Stat. 79. 
49 Stat. 629. 
O b s t e t r i c al 
cases. 
67 STAT.] 
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265 
Grants to States for public assistance: For grants to States for 
old-age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind, and aid 
to the permanently and totally disabled, as authorized in titles I, IV, 
X, and X I V of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C, ch. 7, 
subchs. I, IV, X, and X I V ) , $1,340,000,000, of which such amount as stlt^.^ssl.' " ° ' ^^ 
may be necessary shall be available for grants for any period in the 
prior fiscal year subsequent to March 31 of that year. 
Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Public Assistance: For expenses 
necessary for the Bureau of Public Assistance, $1,550,000. 
Salaries and expenses. Children's Bureau: For necessary expenses in 
carrying out the Act of April 9,1912, as amended (42 U. S. C , ch. 6), 
and title V of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C , ch. 7, 
subch. V), including purchase of reports and material for the publica-
tions of the Children's Bureau and of reprints for distribution, 
$1,525,000: Provided^ That no part of any appropriation contained in 
this title shall be used to promulgate or carry out any instructions, 
order, or regulation relating to the care of obstetrical cases which dis-
criminate between persons licensed under State law to practice 
obstetrics: Provided 
further^ That the foregoing proviso shall not 
be so construed as to prevent any patient from having the services 
of any practitioner of her own choice, paid for out of this fund, 
so long as State laws are complied with: Promded 
further^ That 
any State plan which provides standards for professional obstetrical 
services in accordance with the laws of the State shall be approved. 
Grants to States for maternal and child welfare: For grants to States 
for maternal and child-health services, services for crippled children, 
and child-welfare services as authorized in title V, parts 1, 2, and 3, of 
the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C, ch. 7, subch. V), 
^9 stat. 629. 
$30,000,000: Provided^ That any allotment to a State pursuant to sec-
tion 502 (b) or 512 (b) of such Act shall not be included in computing yg^^ m^^"^' ^^^' 
for the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of sections 504 and 514 of 
such Act an amount expended or estimated to be expended by the 
. , ; > 
State. 
Salaries and expenses. Office of the Commissioner: For expenses 
necessary for the Office of the Commissioner for Social Security, 
j , ; 
, = . 
$173,000, together with not to exceed $123,500 to be transferred from 
the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund. 
Operating fund. Bureau of Federal Credit Unions: For additional 
working capital for the fund established by section 5 of the Federal 
Credit Union Act (12 U. S. C. 1755), $250,000, to be available for the 
"^^ ^tat. 1217. 
purposes of such fund without fiscal year limitation: Provided^ That 
interest, 
this amount shall be treated as a loan to such fund and shall bear 
interest, payable annually, at a rate determined by the Secretary of 
the Treasury after taking into consideration the average rate of 
interest payable upon all marketable interest-bearing obligations of 
the United States: Provided further^ That beginning not later than 
> - • --- -
July 1, 1955, such amount shall be paid from such fund into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts at an annual rate of not less than 
one-tenth of such amount. 
Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 
31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under titles I, IV, V, 
X, and XIV, respectively, of the Social Security Act, as amended, 
^'^ ^sc ch. 7. 
for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may 
be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made there-
under for payments under each of such titles to be charged to the 
appropriation therefor for that fiscal year. 
In the administration of titles I, IV, V, X, and XIV, respectively, 
of the Social Security Act, as amended, payments to a State under 
any of such titles for any quarter in the period beginning April 1 of 
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[67 STAT. 
the prior year, and ending June 30 of the current year, may be made 
with respect to a State plan approved under such title prior to or dur-
ing such period, but no such payment shall be made with respect to 
any plan for any quarter prior to the quarter in which such plan was 
^ 
^ ^ 
;;' •; '• 
submitted for approval. 
OFFICE OF T H E SECRETARY 
Salaries and expenses, OiRce of the Secretary: For expenses 
necessary for the OiRce of the Secretary, $1,150,000, together with not 
;: . -
^ 
to exceed $171,000 to be transferred from the Federal old-age and 
survivors insurance trust fund. 
:;, , f
. 
Salaries and expenses, Office of Field Services: For expenses neces-
sary for the Office of Field Services, $1,835,000, together with not to 
ia 
v: 
exceed $375,000 to be transferred from the Federal old-age and sur-
vivors insurance trust fund. 
Salaries and expenses, Office of the General Counsel: For expenses 
necessary for the Office of the General Counsel, $350,000, together with 
not to exceed $22,500 to be transferred from the appropriation "Sal-
aries and expenses, certification and inspection services", and not to 
exceed $365,000 to be transferred from the Federal old-age and sur-
vivors insurance trust fund. 
Surplus property disposal: For expenses necessary for carrying out 
the provisions of subsections 203 (j) and (k) of the Federal Property 
fnfi<tX'IaI' 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, relating to 
4 U U s e 4 8 4 . 
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disposal or real and personal excess property lor educational purposes 
and protection of public health, $255,000. 
REDUCTIONS I N CONTRACT 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
The contract authorization granted under the head "National 
Heart Institute", in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 
63 Stat. 291. 
j950^ jg hereby reduced by the amount of $3,124, 
The contract authorization granted under the head "Construction 
of research facilities. Public Health Service" in title I I of the Fed-
63 Stat. 291. 
eral Security Appropriation Act of 1950 is hereby reduced by the 
sum of $800,000. 
REDUCTIONS I N APPROPRIATIONS 
Amounts available from appropriations are hereby reduced in the 
sums hereinafter set forth, such sums to be carried to the surplus fund 
and covered into the Treasury immediately upon the approval of this 
Act, except as otherwise indicated: 
"Grants to States, municipalities, etc., for plan preparation, water 
pollution control", $200,000; 
"Research facilities, National Institute of Dental Research" Federal 
63 Stat. 291. 
Security Appropriation Act, 1950, $23,573.49; 
"Payments to States for surveys and programs for hospital con-
struction" : The balance remaining unexpended on the date of approval 
of this Act; 
"Grants for surveys and school construction": The balance of the 
amount appropriated under section 101 of Public Law 815, Eighty-first 
1051 ^*^** ^^^' Congress, second session (which sum was included under this head in 
20 use 251. 
chapter V of the Supplemental Appropriation Act of 1951), which is 
unexpended on December 31, 1953. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC 202. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for examination of estimates of appropria-
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257 
tions in the field, and for payment in advance for dues or fees for 
library membership in organizations whose publications are available 
to members only or to members at a price lower than to the general 
public. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for services as authorized by section 15 of 
the Act of August 2,1946 (5U. S. C. 55a). 
SEO. 204. Appropriations under this title available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for travel expenses and not to exceed 
$75,000 of such funds shall be available for expenses of attendance at 
meetings concerned with the functions or activities for which such 
appropriations are made: Provided^ That hereafter appropriations to 
the Public Health Service for salaries and expenses shall be available 
for reimbursement to commissioned officers of the Service for the use 
of taxicabs and other means of conveyance (including reimbursement 
for use of privately owned vehicles) within and around their desig-
nated posts of duty, such reimbursement to be on the same basis and 
subject to the same limitations as for civilian officers and employees, 
and subject to the approval of the Surgeon General or his authorized 
agent. 
SEC. 205. None of the funds appropriated by this title to the Social 
Security Administration for grants in aid of State agencies to cover, 
in whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies including the 
salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, shall 
be withheld from the said agencies of any States which have established 
by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit system and 
classification and compensation plan covering the selection, tenure in 
office, and compensation of their employees, because of any disapproval 
of their personnel or the manner of their selection by the agencies 
of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or employees. 
SEC. 206. The Secretary is authorized to make such transfers of 
motor vehicles, between bureaus and offices, without transfer of funds, 
as may be required in carrying out the operations of the Department. 
SEC. 207. Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation from 
the general fund of the Treasury in this title available for salaries 
and expenses may be transferred to any other such appropriation for 
the purpose of paying annual leave of employees separated from the 
service as a result of reductions of appropriations provided herein, 
but the transfer authority provided herein shall not extend beyond 
December 31,1953. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Health, Education, 
and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1954". 
60 Stat. 810. 
Travel expenses. 
Use of taxicabs, 
etc. 
S t a t e agencies 
for grants-in aid. 
M o t o r vehicle 
transfers. 
Leave payments. 
Citation of title. 
TITLE III—NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the National 
Labor Relations Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U. S. C. 141-167), and 
other laws, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned 
with the work of the Board when specifically authorized by the Chair-
man or the General Counsel; and services as authorized by section 15 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; %^,n?>,000: Provided, 
That no part of this appropriation shall be available to organize or 
assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection with 
investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining 
units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) 
of the Act of July 5, 1935 (49 Stat. 450), and as amended by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in sections 3 
(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1060), and including in said 
National L a b o r 
Relations B o a r d 
Appropriation Act, 
1954. 
61 Stat. 136. 
60 Stat. 810. 
61 Stat. 137. 
29 u s e 152,203. 
258 
PUBLIC LAW 170-JULY 31, 1953 
[67 ST A T . 
Citation of title. 
definition employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of 
ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or oper-
ated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 per centum of the 
water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 
This title may be cited as the "National Labor Relations Board 
Appropriation Act, 1954". 
National Media-
tion Board Appro-
priation Act 
1954. 
60 Stat. 810. 
44 Stat. 582,586. 
60 Stat. 810. 
TITLE IV—NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the National 
Mediation Board, including stenographic reporting services as author-
ized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), 
$429,000. 
Arbitration and emergency boards: For expenses necessary for 
arbitration boards established under section 7 of the Railway Labor 
Act, as amended (45 U. S. C. 157), and emergency boards appointed 
by the President pursuant to section 10 of said Act (45 U. S. C. 160), 
including stenographic reporting services as authorized by section 15 
of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $138,000. 
60 Stat. 810. 
45 u s e 153. 
Citation of title. 
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the National 
Railroad Adjustment Board, including stenographic reporting serv-
ices as authorized by section.l5 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 
55a), $497,000, of which not less than $181,000 shall be available for 
compensation (at rates not in excess of $75 per diem) and expenses of 
referees appointed pursuant to section 3 of the Railway Labor Act, 
as amended. 
This title may be cited as the "National Mediation Board Appro-
priation Act, 1954". 
Railroad Retire-
ment Board Appro-
priation Act, 1954. 
60 Stat. 810. 
TITLE V—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
Salaries and expenses. Railroad Retirement Board (trust fund) : 
For expenses necessary for the Railroad Retirement Board, including 
not to exceed $1,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned 
with the work of the Board when specifically authorized by the Board; 
purchase of one passenger motor vehicle, for replacement only; and 
stenographic reporting services as authorized by section 15 of the Act 
of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); $6,207,000, to be derived from the 
railroad retirement account. 
'-
Citation of title. 
F e d e r a l Media-
tion and Concilia-
tion S e r v i c e Ap-
propriation A c t , 
1954. 
' " •"-' 
• 
REDUCTION I N APPROPRIATIONS 
Payment to railroad retirement account: Appropriations granted 
under this head for the fiscal year 1951 and prior fiscal years are 
hereby reduced by the sum of $18,656,682, which shall be carried to the 
surplus of the Treasury. 
This title may be cited as the "Railroad Retirement Board Appro-
priation Act, 1954". 
TITLE VI—FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION 
SERVICE 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Service to 
carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Rela-
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PUBLIC LAW 170-JULY 31, 1953 
259 
tions Act, 1947 (29 U. S. C. lYl-180, 182), including expenses of the 
Labor-Management Panel as provided in section 205 of said Act; 
temporary employment of arbitrators, conciliators, and mediators on 
labor relations at rates not in excess of $75 per diem; expenses of 
attendance at meetings concerned with labor and industrial relations; 
and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U.S.C. 55a); $3,200,000. 
Boards of inquiry: To enable the Service to pay necessary expenses 
of boards of inquiry appointed by the President pursuant to section 206 
of the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U. S. C. 176-180, 
182), including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), and rent in the District of Columbia, 
$10,000. 
This title may be cited as the "Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service Appropriation Act, 1954". 
61 Stat. 152. 
60 Stat. 810. 
61 Stat. 155. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Citation of title. 
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a 
strike against the Government of the United States or who is a 
member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the 
right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who 
advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, the over-
throw of the Government of the United States by force or violence: 
Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered 
prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not 
contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against 
the Government of the United States, is not a member of an organiza-
tion 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 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. 702. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the 
Congress. 
SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used to pay the compensation of any employee engaged in person-
nel work in excess of the number that would be provided by a ratio 
of one such employee to one hundred and 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 consid-
ered 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; 
Strikes or ovei^ 
t h r o w of Govern-
ment. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
F\ibl ic ity or prop-
aganda. 
Personnel work. 
PUBLIC LAW 171-JULY 31, 1953 
[67 S T A T . 
Short title. 
job evaluation and classification; employee relations and services; 
training; committees of expert examiners and boards of civil-service 
examiners; wage administration; and processing, recording, and 
reporting. 
This Act may be cited as the "Departments of Labor and Health, 
Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1954." 
Approved July 31, 1953. 
July 31. 1953 
[S. 873] 
D. 
C. 
C r e d i t 
Unions A:t, amend-
ments. 
47 Stat. 328. 
47 Stat. 329. 
Public Law 171 
CHAPTER 297 
= ' '^ 
AN ACT 
' 
To amend the District of Columbia Credit Unions Act. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^sembled^ That (a) paragraph 
5 of section 7 of the District of Columbia Credit Unions Act, as 
amended (26 D. C. Code, sec. 507), is amended by striking out "com-
pany " and inserting in lieu thereof "credit union". 
(b) Paragraph 11 of such section is amended by striking out "pay-
able to" and inserting in lieu thereof "payable by". 
SEC. 2. Section 9 of the District of Columbia Credit Unions Act, as 
amended (26 D. C. Code, sec. 509), is amended to read as follows: 
4 7 Stat. 330. 
"MEMBERSHIP 
"SEC. 9. Credit-union membership shall consist of the incorporators 
and such other persons or organizations as may be elected to member-
ship and subscribe to at least one share, pay the initial installment 
thereon, and the entrance fee, if any; except that credit-union member-
ship shall be limited to groups the members of which are actual 
residents of or do business or are employed within the District of 
Columbia, and either have a common bond of occupation, of associa-
tion, or reside within a well-defined neighborhood or community. 
Shares may be issued in joint tenancy with right of survivorship 
with any persons designated by the credit union member, but no joint 
tenant shall be permitted to vote, obtain loans, or hold office, unless 
he is within the field of membership and is a qualified member." 
SEC. 3. Section 12 of the District of Columbia Credit Unions Act, 
as amended (26 D. C. Code, sec. 512), is amended to read as follows: 
u 
RESERVES 
"SEC. 12. All entrance fees and fines provided by the bylaws and 20 
per centum of the net earnings of each year, before the declaration 
of any dividends, shall be set aside as a reserve fund against bad loans 
or other losses, which fund shall not be distributed except in case of 
liquidation: Provided^ however,. That when the reserve fund thus 
established shall equal 10 per centum of the total amount of members' 
shareholdings, no further transfer of net earnings to such reserve fund 
shall be required except that such amounts not in excess of 20 per 
centum of the net earnings as may be needed to maintain this 10 per 
centum ratio shall be transferred. In addition to such regular reserve, 
special reserves to protect the interests of members shall be established 
when required (a) by regulation, or (b) in any special case, when 
found by the Comptroller of the Currency to be necessary for that 
purpose." 
Approved July 31, 1953.