A bill to continue the existing temporary increase in the public debt limit through November 30, 1973, and for other purposes.
PL 93-53 (H.R.8410), enacted 07/01/1973

134 
PUBLIC LAW 93-53-JULY 1, 1973 
[87 
STAT. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
31 u s e 665. 
U.S. combat 
activities in 
Southeast Asia, 
funds, prohibition. 
North Vietnam, 
funds, prohibi-
tion. 
to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures 
incurred for any project or activity during the period for which 
funds or authority for such project or activity are available under 
this joint resolution. 
SEC. 105. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution shall 
be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization 
whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or 
authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 106. No appropriation or fund made available or authority 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be used to initiate or 
resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or 
other authority were not available during the fiscal year 1973. 
SEC. 107. Any appropriation for the fiscal year 1974 required to 
be apportioned pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, 
as amended, may be apportioned on a basis indicating the need 
(to the extent any such increases cannot be absorbed within avail-
able appropriations) for a supplemental or deficiency estimate of 
appropriation to the extent necessary to permit payment of such 
pay increases as may be granted pursuant to law to civilian officers 
and employees and to active and retired military personnel. Each 
such appropriation shall otherwise be subject to the requirements 
of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended. 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or after 
August 15, 1973, no funds herein or heretofore appropriated may be 
obligated or expended to finance directly or indirectly combat 
activities by United States military forces in or over or from off the 
shores of North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos or Cambodia. 
SEC. 109. Appropriations and authority provided in this joint resolu-
tion shall be available from July 1, 1973, and all obligations incurred 
in anticipation of the appropriations and authority provided in this 
joint resolution are hereby ratified and confirmed if otherwise in 
accordance with the provisions of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 110. Unless specifically authorized by Congress, none of the 
funds herein appropriated under this joint resolution or heretofore 
appropriated under any other Act may be expended for the purpose 
of providing assistance in the Teconstruction or rehabilitation of the 
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). 
SEC. 111. Any provision of law which requires unexpended funds 
to return to the general fund of the Treasury at the end of the fiscal 
year shall not be held to affect the status of any lawsuit or right of 
action involving the right to those funds. 
Approved July 1, 1973. 
July 1 
[H. R. 
Public 
limit. 
, 1973 
8410] 
debt 
Temporary 
increase. 
tinuation 
con-
Public Law 93-53 
AN ACT 
To continue the existing temporary increase in the public debt limit througli 
Novembf r 30, 1973, and for other jmrposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepresentativeH of the 
United States of America in Congress assenfihlexl^ That section 101 of 
the Act of Octot3er 27,1972, providing for a temporary increase in the 
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135 
public debt limit for the fiscal year ending June 30,1973 (Public Law 
92-599), is amended by striking out "June 30, 1973" and inserting in 
86 stat. 1324. 
lieu thereof "November 30,1973". 
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SEC. '2. The last sentence of the second paragraph of the fii-st section 
interest rates. 
of the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 752), is 
^ostat. 288. 
amended to read as follows: "Bonds authorized by this section may be 
issued from time to time to the public and to Government accounts at 
a rate or rates of interest exceeding 4^4 per centum per annum; except 
that bonds may not be issued under this section to the public, or sold by 
a Government account to the public, with a rate of interest exceeding 
•I14 per centum per annum in an amount which would cause the face 
amount of bonds issued under this section then held by the public with 
rates of interest exceeding 414 per centum per annum to exceed 
$10,000,000,000." 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 22 of the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended chlckro^nd.'^ 
(31 U.S.C. 757c), is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow- 
49 stat. 21; 
ing new subsection: 
59 stat. 47. 
"(j) (1) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to prescribe 
by regulations that checks issued to individuals (other than trusts 
and estates) as refunds made in respect of the taxes imposed by sub-
title A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 may, at the time and ga^suf'eoo^' 
in the manner provided in such regulations, become United States 
26 use 1 et seq. 
savings bonds of series E. Except as provided in paragraph (2), bonds 
issued under this subsection shall be treated for all purposes of law 
as series E bonds issued under this section. This subsection shall apply 
only if the claim for refund was filed on or before the last day pre-
scribed by law for filing the return (determined without extensions 
thereof) for the taxable year in respect of which the refund is made. 
"(2) Any check-bond issued under this subsection shall bear an 
' 
v 
issue date of the first day of the first calendar month beginning after 
the close of the taxable year for which issued. 
"(3) In the case of any check-bond issued under this subsection 
to joint payees, the regulations prescribed under this subsection may 
provide that either payee may redeem the bond upon his request." 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
Effective date. 
respect to refunds made after December 31, 197S. 
SEC. 4. (a) (1) Paragraph (1) of section 502 of the Social Security chud'hTai\h"strv. 
Act is amended by striking out "each of the next 4 fiscal years" and ices. 
insGi-ting in lieu thereof "each of the next 5 fiscal years". 
^2 use'7*02^' 
(2) Paragraph (2) of section 502 of such Act is amended by 
striking out "June 30, 1974" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 
1975". 
(3) Section 505(a) (8) of the Social Security Act is amended by 
^^ "^^ ^o^. 
striking out "July 1,1973" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1,1974". 
(4) Section 505 (a) (9) of such Act is amended by striking out "July 
1,1973" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1,1974". 
(5) Section 505(a) (10) of such Act is amended by striking out 
"July 1, 1973" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1974". 
(6) Section 508 (b) of such Act is amended by striking out "June 30, 
'^^ ^^^ ^°**-
1973" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1974". 
(7) Section 509 (b) of such Act is amended by striking out "June 30, 
1973" and inserting m lieu thereof "June 30, 1974". 
42 u s e 709. 
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[87 STAT. 
86 Stat. 457. 
42 u s e 710. 
81 Stat. 921. 
42 u s e 701. 
(8) Section 510(b) of such Act is amended by striking out "June 30, 
1973" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1974". 
(b) Title V of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following new section: 
li 
42 u s e 703, 
704. 
Ante, 
p. 135; 
Supra, 
Ante, 
p. 135. 
Appropriation. 
Limitation. 
SUPPLEMENTAL 
ALLOTMENTS 
"SEC. 516. (a) (1) For each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1975), there shall (subject to paragraph (2)) be 
allotted to each State (from funds appropriated for such fiscal year 
pursuant to subsection (b)) an amount, which shall be in addition 
to and available for the same purposes as the allotments of such State 
(as determined under sections 503 and 504), equal to the excess (if 
any) of— 
"(A) the amount of the allotment of such State (as determined 
under sections 503 and 504) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1973, plus the amounts of any grants to such States under sec-
tions 508, 509, and 510, over 
"(B) the amount of the allotment of such State (as determined 
under sections 503 and 504) for such fiscal year which commences 
after June 30,1973. 
"(2) No State shall receive an allotment under this section for any 
fiscal year, unless such State (in the administration of its State plan, 
approved under section 505) has in effect arrangements which the 
Secretary finds will provide for the continuation of appropriate serv-
ices to population groups previously receiving services from funds 
made available (for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974) to such 
State pursuant to sections 508,509, and 510. 
"(b)(1)(A) Thei-e are (subject to subparagraph (B)) hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year (commencing with 
the fiscal year ending June 30,1975) such amounts as may be necessary 
to enable the Secretary to make the allotments authorized under sub-
section (a). 
"(B) Nothing contained in subparagraph (A) shall be construed 
to authorize, for any fiscal year, the appropriation under this sub-
section of any amount which is in excess of the amount by which— 
"(i) the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 
501 for such year exceeds 
" (ii) the total amounts appropriated pursuant to section 501 for 
such year. 
"(2) If, for any fiscal years, the total amount appropriated pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) is less than the total amount allotted to all States 
under subsection (a), then the amount of the allotment of each State 
(as determined under subsection (a)) shall be reduced to an amount 
which bears the same ratio to the total amount appropriated pursuant 
to paragraph (1) for such fiscal year as the amount of the allotment 
of such State (as determined under subsection (a)) bears to the total 
amount allotted to all States under subsection (a) for such fiscal year," 
(c) (1) In the case of any State, if for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1974, the sum of— 
(A) the amount of the allotment which such State would have 
received under section 503 of the Social Security Act for such year 
(if subsection (a) of this section had not been enacted), plus 
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STAT.] 
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137 
81 Stat. 922. 
42 u s e 704. 
Ante, 
pp. 
136. 
135, 
Appropriation. 
Limitation. 
42 u s e 701. 
(B) the amount of the allotment which such State would have 
received under section 504 of such Act for such year (if subsection 
(a) of this section had not been enacted), 
is in excess of the sum of— 
(C) the aggregate of the allotments which such State received 
(for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973) under such sections 503 
and 504, plus 
(D) the aggregate of the grants received (for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1973) under sections 508, 509, and 510 of such 
Act, 
then, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, there shall be added to 
the allotments of such State, under sections 503 and 504 of such Act, in 
such proportion to each such allotment as the State shall specify, an 
amount equal to such excess. 
(2) (A) There are (subject to subparagraph (B)) hereby author-
ized to be appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, such 
amounts as may be necessary to make the increase in allotments pro-
vided for in paragraph (1). 
(B) Nothing contained in subparagraph (A) shall be construed 
to authorize, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, the appropria-
tion under this paragraph of any amount which is in excess of the 
amount by which— 
(i) the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 
501 of such year, exceeds 
(ii) the total amounts appropriated pursuant to section 501 
for such year. 
(3) If, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1974, the amount appro-
priated pursuant to the preceding provisions of this subsection is less 
than the total of the amounts authorized to be added to the allot-
ments of States (as determined under paragraph (1)), then the 
amount to be added to the allotment of each State shall be reduced 
to an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount so appropri-
ated for such year as the amount to be added to the allotment of such 
State (as determined under paragraph (1)) bears to the total of the 
amounts to be added to the allotments of all States (as determined 
under paragraph (1)). 
SEC. 5. Section 203(e)(2) of the Federal-State Extended Unem-
ployment Compensation Act of 1970 is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following: "Effective with respect to compensation se stat. i326 
for weeks of unemployment beginning before January 1, 1974, and notesV^^ ^^^'^ 
beginning after the date of the enactment of this sentence (or, if 
later, the date established pursuant to State law), the State by law 
may provide that the determination of whether there has been a 
State 'off' indicator ending any extended benefit period shall be made 
under this subsection as if paragraph (1) did not contain subpara-
graph (A) thereof and may provide that the determination of 
whether there has been a State 'on' indicator beginning any extended 
benefit period shall be made under this subsection as if (i) paragraph 
(1) did not contain subparagraph (A) thereof, (ii) the 4 per centum 
contained in subparagraph (B) thereof were 4.5 per centum, and 
(iii) paragraph (1) of subsection (b) did not contain subparagraph 
(B) thereof. In the case of any individual who has a week with respect 
to which extended compensation was payable pursuant to a State 
law referred to in the preceding sentence, if the extended benefit period 
under such law does not expire before January 1, 1974, the eligibility 
period of such individual for purposes of such law shall end with ^^" 
thirteenth week which begins after December 31,1973." 
Unemployment 
compensation. 
84 Stat. 709; 
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[87 STAT. 
Presidential 
Election Cam-
paign Fund. 
80 Stat. 1587; 
85 Stat. 573. 
26 u s e 6096. 
Infra. 
68A Stat. 13; 
85 Stat. 553, 560. 
85 Stat. 567. 
Supra, 
SEC. 6. (a) Section 6096 of the Internal Revenue Code of 19'54 
(relating to designation by individuals of income tax payments to 
Presidential Election Campaign Fund) is amended to read as 
follows: 
"SEC. 6096. DESIGNATION BY INDIVIDUALS. 
"(a) I N GENERAL.—Every individual (other than a nonresident 
alien) whose income tax liability for the taxable year is $1 or more 
may designate that $1 shall be paid over to the Presidential Election 
Campaign Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 9006(a). 
In the case of a joint return of husband and wife having an income 
tax liability of $2 or more, each spouse may designate that $1 shall 
be paid to the fund. 
"(b) 
INCOME TAX LIABILITY.—For purposes of subsection (a), 
the income tax liability of an individual for any taxable year is the 
amount of the tax imposed by chapter 1 on such individual for such 
taxable year (as shown on his return), reduced by the sum of the 
credits (as- shown in his return) allowable under sections 33, 37, 38, 
40, and 41. 
"(c) MANNER AND TIME or DESIGNATION.—A designation under 
subsection (a) may be made with respect to any taxable y e a r ^ 
"(1) at the time of filing the return of the tax imposed by 
chapter 1 for such taxable year, or 
"(2) at any other time (after the time of filing the return of 
the tax imposed by chapter 1 for such taxable year) specified in 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary or his delegate. 
Such designation shall be made in such manner as the Secretary or 
his delegate prescribes by regulations except that, if such designation 
is made at the time of filing the return of the tax imposed by chapter 
1 for such taxable year, such designation shall be made either on the 
first page of the return or on the page bearing the taxpayer's 
signature." 
(b) Section 9006 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating 
to payments to eligible candidates) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 9006. PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES. 
"(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CAMPAIGN FUND.—There is hereby estab-
lished on the books of the Treasury of the United States a special 
fund to be known as the 'Presidential Election Campaign Fund'. The 
Secretary shall, as provided by appropriation Acts, transfer to the 
fund an amount not in excess of the sum of the amounts designated 
(subsequent to the previous Presidential election) to the fund by 
individuals under section 6096. 
"(b) TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL FUND.—If, after a Presidential elec-
tion and after all eligible candidates have been paid the amount 
which they are entitled to receive under this chapter, there are moneys 
remaining in the fund, the Secretary shall transfer the moneys so 
remaining to the general fund of the Treasury. 
"(c) PAYMENTS FROM THE FUND.—Upon receipt of a certification 
from the Comptroller General under section 9005 for payment to the 
eligible candidates of a political party, the Secretary shall pay to such 
candidates out of the fund the amount certified by the Comptroller 
General. Amounts paid to any such candidates shall be under the con-
trol of such candidates. 
"(d) INSUFFICIENT AMOUNTS IN FUND.—If at the time of a certifica-
tion by the Comptroller General under section 9005 for payment to 
the eligible candidates of a political party, the Secretary or his dele-
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gate determines that the moneys in the fund are not, or may not be, 
sufficient to satisfy the full entitlements of the eligible candidates of 
all political parties, he shall withhold from such payment such amount 
as he determines to be necessary to assure that the eligible candidates 
of each political party will receive their pro rata share of their full 
entitlement. Amounts withheld by reason of the preceding sentence 
shall be paid when the Secretary or his delegate determines that there 
are sufficient moneys in the fund to pay such amounts, or portions 
thereof, to all eligible candidates from whom amounts have been 
withheld, but, if there are not sufficient moneys in the fund to satisfy 
the full entitlement of the eligible candidates of all political parties, 
the amounts so withheld shall be paid in such manner that the eligible 
candidates of each political party receive their pro rata share of their 
full entitlement." 
(c) Sections 9003.(b)(2), 9007(b)(3), and 9012(b)(1) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1954 are each amended by striking out 
"9006 (c)" and inserting in lieu thereof "9006 (d)". 
(d) The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect 
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1972. Any designation 
made under section 6096 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (as in 
effect for taxable years beginning before January 1, 1973) for the 
account of the candidates of any specified political party shall, for 
purposes of section 9006(a) of such Code (as amended by subsection 
(b)), be treated solely as a designation to the Presidential Election 
Campaign Fund. 
Approved July 1, 1973. 
85 Stat. 564. 
26 u s e 9003, 
9007, 9012. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 93-54 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 915), as amended, establishing 
a program for the preservation of additional historic properties throughout 
the Nation, and for other purposes. 
July 1, 1973 
[S.1201] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act of 
October 15,1966 (80 Stat. 915), as amended (16 U.S.C. 470) is further 
amended in the following respects: 
(a) Section 108 is amended by deleting the first sentence and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following: "To carry out the provisions of this 
title, there are authorized to be appropriated not more than $15,600,000 
in fiscal year 1974, $20,000,000 in fiscal year 1975, and $24,400,000 in 
fiscal year 1976." 
(b) Section 206 is amended by deleting all of subsection (c) and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"(c) For the purposes of this section there are authorized to be 
appropriated not more than $100,000 in fiscal year 1974, $100,000 in 
fiscal year 1975, and $125,000 in fiscal year 1976 : Provided, That effec-
tive January 1, 1974, no appropriation is authorized and no payment 
shall be made to the Centre in excess of 25 per centum of the total 
annual assessment of such organization." 
(c) Section 201 is amended by inserting the following new 
subsection: 
"(g) The Council shall continue in existence until December 31, 
1985." 
(d) Section 101(b)(1) is amended by deleting "and American 
Samoa." and inserting "American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of 
the Pacific Islands." 
Approved July 1, 1973. 
Historic property 
preservation pro-
gram. 
Extension. 
84 Stat. 204. 
16 u s e 47Oh. 
International 
study centre, U.S. 
participation. 
16 u s e 470n. 
, Advisory Coun-
cil, time exten-
sion. 
16 u s e 4701. 
16 u s e 470a.