An Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense and related independent agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes
PL 83-179 (H.R.5969), enacted 08/01/1953

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[67 ST A T . 
August 1, 1953 
[H. R. 5969] 
D e p a r t m ent of 
Defense Appropri-
ation Act, 1954. 
Public Law 179 
CHAPTER 305 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense 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 Representatvves 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1954, for military 
functions administered by the Department of Defense, and for other 
purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
60 Stat. 810. 
60 Stat. 810. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the National 
Security Council, including services as authorized by section 15 of the 
Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not in excess of $50 
per diem for individuals; acceptance and utilization of voluntary and 
uncompensated services; and expenses of attendance at meetings con-
cerned with work related to the activity of the Council; $220,000. 
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; $55,000. 
TITLE I I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY FUNCTIONS 
OFFICE or THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the OiBce of the Secretary of Defense, 
the Armed Forces Policy Council, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 
Joint Staff, the Munitions Board, and the Research and Development 
Board, including purchase (not to exceed four for replacement only) 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $60,000 for 
emergency and extraordinary expenses, to be expended under the 
direction of the Secretary of Defense for such purposes as he deems 
proper, and his determination thereon shall be final and conclusive; 
$12,800,000. 
CLAIMS 
For payment of claims by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 
the Army (except as provided in appropriations for civil functions 
administered by the Department of the Army), Navy, Marine Corps, 
and Air Force, as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 191a, 946; 10 U. S. C. 
1861-1866; 28 U. S. C. 2672; 31 U. S. C. 222c, 222e, 223b, 223d, 224d; 
35 U. S. C. 91; 39 U. S. C. 135; 46 U. S. C. 797; Act of July 11, 1919 
(41 Stat. 132), as amended; Act of November 15, 1945, 59 Stat. 582); 
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claims (not to exceed $1,000 in any one case) for damages to or loss of 
private property incident to the operation of Army and Air National 
Guard camps of instruction, either during the stay of units of said 
organizations at such camps or while en route thereto or therefrom; 
claims, as authorized by law, for damage to property of railroads 
under training contracts; and repayment of amounts determined by 
the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secre-
tary of the Air Force, or officers designated by them, to have been 
erroneously collected from military and civilian personnel of the 
Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force or from States, Ter-
ritories, or the District of Columbia, or members of National Guard 
units thereof; $6,000,000. 
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay and retirement pay, as authorized by law, of mili-
tary personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 
and the Air Force, including the reserve components thereof; and 
retainer pay for personnel of the inactive Fleet Reserve; $365,000,000 
and, in addition, the Secretary of Defense may transfer from other 
appropriations available to the Department of Defense such amounts 
(not to exceed $10,000,000) as may be necessary: Provided^ That no 
part of such sum shall be used to pay the retired or retirement pay of 
any commissioned member of the Regular Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 
or Air Force who is voluntarily retired after the date of enactment of 
this Act, unless such member was retired because of (1) being unfit to 
perform the duties of his office, rank, grade, or rating by reason of a 
physical disability incurred in line of duty, or (2) achieving the age at 
which retirement is required by law, or (3) unless the application of 
such member is approved in writing by the Secretary of Defense stat-
ing that the retirement will not be contrary to the best interests of the 
service or is required to avoid individual hardship, or (4) unless such 
member is retired as otherwise authorized by law and has had active 
service during the periods April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918, and 
December 7, 1941, to September 2, 1945, in any capacity as a member 
of the military or naval forces of the United States. 
CONTINGENCIES 
For emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising in the Depart-
ment of Defense, to be expended on the approval or authority of the 
Secretary of Defense and such expenses may be accounted for solely 
on his certificate that the expenditures were necessary for confidential 
military purposes, $75,000,000: Provided^ That a report of disburse- 
Report, 
ments under this item of appropriation shall be made quarterly to the 
Appropriations Committees of the Congress. 
EMERGENCY FUND 
For transfer by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the 
Bureau of the Budget, to any appropriation for military functions 
under the Department of Defense available for research and develop-
ment, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and 
for the same time period, as the appropriation to which transferred, 
$60,000,000. 
OFFICE or PUBLIC INFORMATION 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the Office of Public Infor-
mation, $450,000. 
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COURT OF MILITARY APPEALS 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the Court of Military Ap-
peals, $300,000. 
RESERVE TOOLS AND FACILITIES 
For transfer by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the 
President, to any appropriation for military functions under the De-
partment of Defense available for procurement, to be merged with and 
to be available for the same time period as the appropriation to which 
transferred, for mobilization reserve purposes, including purchase 
of machine tools; and construction and acquisition of production 
facilities, including land, buildings, and appurtenances therefor; 
$250,000,000: Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 of the above 
amount ma^ be used for the purchase or acquisition of existing produc-
tion facilities including land, buildings, and appurtenances therefor. 
TITLE I I I 
DEPARTMENT OF T H E ARMY 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, interest on deposits, and 
permanent change of station travel, including transportation of de-
pendents and household effects, for members of the Army on active 
duty (except those undergoing reserve training) ; expenses incident 
to movement of troop detachments, including rental of camp sites and 
procurement of utility and other services; expenses of military courts, 
boards and commissions; expenses of apprehension and delivery of 
deserters, prisoners, and soldiers absent without leave, including pay-
ment of rewards (not to exceed $25 in any one case), and costs of con-
finement of military prisoners in nonmilitary facilities; donations of 
not to exceed $25 to each prisoner upon each release from confine-
ment in an Army prison (other than a disciplinary barracks) and to 
each person discharged for fraudulent enlistment; welfare, recreation 
and informational services; educational services for Army personnel; 
subsistence and clothing for resale, as authorized by law; authorized 
issues of articles to prisoners, other than those in disciplinary bar-
racks; civilian clothing, not to exceed $30 in cost, to be issued each 
person upon each release from an Army prison, other than a disci-
plinary barracks; medals and awards; subsistence of enlisted person-
nel, selective service registrants called for induction and applicants 
for enlistment while held under observation, and prisoners (except 
those at disciplinary barracks), or reimbursement therefor while such 
personnel are sick in hospitals; subsistence of supernumeraries neces-
sitated by emergent military circumstances; and chaplains' activities; 
$4,708,859,000: Provided, That section 212 of the Act of June 30, 1932 
47 Stat. 406. 
(5 U. S. C. 59a), shall not apply to retired military personnel on duty 
at the United States Soldiei's' Home: Provided 
further, 
That the 
duties of the librarian at the United States Military Academy may 
be performed by a retired officer detailed on active duty. 
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the mainte-
nance and operation of the Army, including administration and 
rentals at the seat of government; medical and dental care of person-
nel entitled thereto by law or regulation (including charges of private 
facilities for care of military personnel on duty or leave, except elective 
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private treatment), and other measures necessary to protect the health 
of the Army; disposition of remains, including those of all Army per-
sonnel who die while on active duty; information and educational 
services for the Armed Forces; recruiting expenses; subsistence of 
prisoners at disciplinary barracks, and of civilian employees as 
authorized by law; expenses of apprehension and delivery of pris-
oners escaped from disciplinary barracks, including payment of re-
wards not exceeding $25 in any one case, and expenses of confinement 
of such prisoners in nonmilitary facilities; donations of not to exceed 
$25 to each prisoner upon each release from confinement in a disci-
plinary barracks; authorized issues of articles for use of applicants 
for enlistment and persons in military custody; civilian clothing, not 
to exceed $30 in cost, to be issued each person upon each release from 
a disciplinary barracks and to each soldier discharged otherwise than 
honorably, or sentenced by a civil court to confinement in a civil prison, 
or interned or discharged as an alien enemy; transportation services; 
communications services, including construction of communication 
systems; photographic services; maps and similar data for military 
purposes; military surveys and engineering planning; alteration, ex-
tension, and repair of structures and property; acquisition of lands 
(not exceeding $5,000 for any one parcel), easements, rights-of-way, 
and similar interests in land, and, in administering the provisions of 
43 U. S. C. 315q, rentals may be paid in advance; payment of deficiency 
56 stat. 654. 
judgments and interest thereon arising out of condemnation proceed-
ings; utility services for buildings erected at private cost, as author-
ized by law (10 U. S. C. 1346), and buildings on military reservations 
32 stat. 282. 
authorized by Army regulations to be used for a similar purpose; 
purchase of ambulances; hire of passenger motor vehicles; contin-
gencies for the Commandant of the National War College, to be c^ieg^f"^^ ^*' 
expended in his discretion (not exceeding $1,000) ; purchase, repair 
and cleaning of uniforms for guards at the National War College; 
tuition and fees incident to training of military personnel at civilian 
institutions; maintenance and operation of the United States Military AJidemy'!*^^**^''^ 
Academy, including contingencies for the Superintendent (not exceed-
ing $5,200), the Commandant of Cadets (not exceeding $1,200) and 
the Academic Board (not exceeding $1,000), to be expended in their 
respective discretions, expenses of the Board of Visitors, and liquida-
tion of unpaid indebtedness of separated cadets to the Treasurer of 
the Academy; field exercises and maneuvers, including payments in 
advance for rentals or options to rent land; expenses for the Reserve 
ROTC. 
Officers' Training Corps and other units at educational institutions, 
as authorized by law (10 U. S. C. 381-390; 441^t43; 1180-1182a); 
exchange fees, and losses in the accounts of disbursing officers or 
agents in accordance with law (31 U. S. C. 95a; 50 U. S. C. App. 1705-
1707; 61 Stat. 493) ; expenses of inter-American cooperation, as au- 
58stat.800,921. 
thorized for the Navy by law (5 U. S. C. 421f) for Latin-American 
cooperation; not to exceed $6,361,500 for emergencies and extraordi-
nary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the 
Secretary of the Army, and payments may be made on his certificate 
of necessity for confidential military purposes, and his determination 
shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Gov-
ernment ; $4,343,000,000. 
PROCUREMENT AND PRODUCTION, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of armaments, ammunition, equipment, vehicles, vessels, 
and aircraft for the Army and the Reserve Officers' Training Corps; 
purchase of passenger motor vehicles; expenses which in the discre-
tion of the Secretary of the Army are necessary in providing facilities 
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for production of equipment and supplies for national defense pur-
poses, including construction, and the furnishing of Government-
owned facilities and equipment at privately owned plants; and 
ammunition for military salutes at institutions to which issue of 
weapons for salutes is authorized; $3,224,633,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY CIVILIAN COMPONENTS 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation and conver-
sion of facilities for the training and administration of the reserve 
components, including contributions therefor, as authorized by the 
50 uscsiinote. ^gt of September 11, 1950 (64 Stat. 829), without regard to sections 
40^use ^
2
5
^
9 267.^' ^^^^ ^^^ 3734, Rcviscd Statutes, as amended, and land and interests 
therein may be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior 
to the approval of title by the Attorney General as required by sec-
33 use 733. 
^JQj^ 355 Q
-
f ^jjg Revised Statutes, as amended; and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; $9,094,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, transportation, travel 
and related expenses, as authorized by law, for personnel of the Army 
Reserve while on active duty undergoing Reserve training or while 
performing drills or equivalent duty, and for members of the Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps; subsistence for members of the Army 
Reserve for drills of eight or more hours duration in any one calendar 
day; $85,500,000. 
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For -pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, transportation, and 
travel, as authorized by law, for personnel of the Army National 
Guard while undergoing training or while performing drills or equiv-
alent duties; expenses of training, organizing and administering the 
Army National Guard, including maintenance, operation, and altera-
tions to structures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
personal services in the National Guard Bureau and services of per-
sonnel of the National Guard employed as civilians without regard 
to their military rank, and the number of caretakers authorized to be 
employed under provisions of law (32 U. S. C. 42) may be such as is 
deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Army; subsistence for 
officers attending drills of eight or more hours duration in any one 
calendar day; traA^el expenses (other than mileage), as authorized 
by law for Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard 
division, regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting units 
in compliance with National Guard regulations when specifically 
authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; supplying and 
equipping the Army National Guard of the several States, Territories, 
and the District of Columbia, as authorized by law; and expenses of 
repair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equip-
eonstruction meut (iucludiug aircraft); $210,035,000: Provided, 
That $3,000,000 
ontrxbutions. 
^^ ^j^^ unexpended balance of funds appropriated under the head 
"Military Construction, Army Civilian Components" in the Depart-
ed stat. 521. 
ment of Defense Appropriation Act, 1953, and $100,000 of funds 
appropriated under the same head in this Act, shall be available for 
the construction of buildings and facilities other than armories with-
out regard to the 75 per centum restriction on contributions contained 
sous^c 883.* 
in section 4 (d) of Public Law 783, 81st Congress. 
54 Stat. 1134. 
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, ARMY 
For necessary expenses of basic and applied scientific research, 
evaluation, and development, including maintenance, rehabilitation, 
lease and operation of facilities and equipment, not otherwise provided 
for; $345,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL BOARD FOR THE PROMOTION or RIFLE PRACTICE, ARMY 
For necessary, expenses of construction, equipment and mainten-
ance of rifle ranges, the instruction of citizens in markmanship, and 
promotion of rifle practice, in accordance with the Act of August 29, 
1916 (39 Stat. 643), and the provisions of law contained in 10 U. S. C. 
1184-1185 and 32 U. S. C. 181-186, including travel of rifle teams, 
military personnel, and individuals attending regional, national, and 
international competitions, and not to exceed $18,000 for incidental 
expenses of the National Board, $100,000: Provided^ That travel ex- 
Travel expenses, 
penses of civilian members of the National Board shall be paid in 
accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, 
as amended. 
ALASKA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improve-
ment of the Alaska Communication System, including hire of passen-
ger motor vehicles, $11,185,000, to remain available until the close of 
the fiscal year 1955, and, in addition, not to exceed 15 per centum of 
the current fiscal year receipts of the Alaska Communication System 
may be merged with and used for the purposes of this appropriation. 
CIVILIAN RELIEF IN KOREA 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for emergency 
relief for the civilian population of Korea, including the procurement, 
operation, maintenance, and distribution of equipment, materials and 
services for informational and reorientation purposes; travel; and 
transportation; $58,000,000: Provided^ That materials and supplies 
available to the Department of Defense may be used for the purposes 
of this appropriation without reimbursement therefor: Provided 
fur-
ther^ That none of the funds provided under this head shall be used 
for such purposes in any territory of Korea under Communist control: 
Provided further^ That the unexpended balances of funds previously 
appropriated under this head shall be merged with this appropriation. 
ARMY STOCK FUND 
The amount available in the Army Stock Fund is hereby reduced 
by $285,000,000, such sum to be carried to the surplus fund and covered 
into the Treasury immediately upon the approval of this Act. 
TITLE IV 
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, 
clothing, permanent change of station travel (including expenses of 
temporary duty between permanent duty stations), training duty 
travel of midshipman paid hereunder, and transportation of depend-
ents, household effects, and privately owned automobiles, as author-
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ized by law, for regular and reserve personnel on active duty (except 
those on active duty while undergoing reserve training), midshipmen 
at the Naval Academy, and aviation cadets, $2,541,000,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVAL RESERVE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, and travel, as 
authorized by law, for personnel of the Naval Reserve on active duty 
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or 
equivalent duty, regular and contract enrollees in the Naval Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps; and retainer pay authorized by the Act of 
60 Stat. 1060. 
August 13, 1946 (34 U. S. C. 1020h); $63,300,000: Provided, That, 
in addition, not to exceed $2,893,000 may be transferred to this appro-
priation from the appropriation for "Military personnel, officer candi-
dates", fiscal years 1953-54. 
NAVY PERSONNEL, GENERAL EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general training, education and admin-
istration of regular and reserve personnel, including tuition, cash book 
allowances of not to exceed $50 for each Naval Aviation College pro-
gram student, and other costs incurred at civilian schools, general 
training aids and devices, procurement of military personnel, and 
authorized annuity premiums and retirement benefits for civilian 
members of teaching staffs; maintenance and operation of Navy 
training and personnel facilities, including the Naval Academy, Naval 
Postgraduate School, Naval War College, Naval Home, Navy train-
ing schools and facilities, disciplinary barracks, and retraining com-
mands ; rent; hire of motor vehicles; not to exceed $30 per person for 
civilian clothing, including an overcoat when necessary, for enlisted 
personnel discharged otherwise than honorably; welfare and recrea-
tion; medals and other awards; research and development; and 
departmental salaries; $83,000,000. 
MILFTARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, 
clothing, permanent change of station travel (including expenses of 
temporary duty between permanent duty stations), and transporta-
tion of dependents, household effects, and privately owned automo-
biles, as authorized by law, for regular and reserve personnel on active 
duty (except those on active duty while undergoing reserve training), 
$738,000,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, and travel, as 
authorized by law, for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve and 
the Marine Corps platoon leaders class on active duty while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, 
$13,800,000. 
MARINE CORPS TROOPS AND FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses of troops and facilities of the Marine Corps 
not otherwise provided for, including maintenance and operation of 
equipment and facilities, and procurement of military personnel; 
training and education of regular and reserve personnel, including 
tuition and other costs incurred at civilian schools; welfare and recre-
ation ; not to exceed $30 per person for civilian clothing, including an 
overcoat when necessary, for enlisted personnel discharged otherwise 
than honorably; research and development; procurement and manu-
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acture of military supplies, equipment and clothing; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; transportation of things; industrial mobilization; 
rent; medals, awards, emblems and other insignia; care of the dead; 
and departmental salaries; $195,000,000. 
MARINE CORPS PROCUREMENT 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of armament, ammunition, military equipment and ve-
hicles for the Marine Corps, including purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles; $151,127,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ 
That the unexpended balances appropriated for the foregoing pur-
poses under the head "Marine Corps Troops and Facilities" for the 
fiscal years 1951,1952, and 1953 are hereby transferred to and merged 
with this appropriation. 
AIRCRAFT AND FACILITIES 
For expenses necessary for maintenance, operation, and modifica-
tion of aircraft; maintenance, operation, and lease of air stations 
and facilities, testing laboratories, fleet and other aviation activities; 
procurement of services, supplies, special clothing, tools, materials, 
and equipment, including rescue boats; research and development; 
industrial mobilization; aerological services, supplies, and equip-
ment for the Navy and Marine Corps; and departmental salaries; 
$943,000,000. 
AIRCRAFT AND BELATED PROCUREMENT 
For construction, procurement, and modernization of aircraft and 
equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; 
expansion of public and not to exceed $10,000,000 for expansion of 
private plants, including the land necessary therefor, without regard 
to section 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, and such land, and 
^° "^^ ^*^' ^^''' 
interests therein, may be acquired and construction prosecuted there-
on p>rior to approval of title by the Attorney General as required 
by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; procurement and in- no^|.^^^ '^^ *
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stallation of equipment in public or private plants; and departmental 
salaries necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, to remain 
available until expended, $1,379,000,000. 
SHIPS AND FACILITIES 
For expenses necessary for design, maintenance, operation, and al-
teration of vessels; maintenance and operation of facilities; pro-
curement of plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and in-
stallation thereof in puolic or private plants; procurement of equip-
ment, supplies, special clothing and services, including subsistence and 
other exf)enses of civilian crews of vessels; installation, maintenance, 
and removal of ships' ordnance; lease of facilities and docks; char-
ter and hire of vessels; relief of vessels in distress; maritime salvage 
services; research and development; industrial mobilization; and 
departmental salaries; $896,400,000. 
CONSTRUCTION or SHIPS 
For an additional amount for "Construction of Ships", to remain 
available until expended, $56,700,000: Provided, That the total of 
obligations incurred under this head for construction, conversion, or 
replacement, approved after July 17, 1947, shall not exceed $1,194,-
261,000. 
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CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority here-
tofore granted under this head, $70,454,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided^ That this amount may be disbursed through 
the appropriation "Construction of Ships, Navy". 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or con-
version of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and arma-
ment therefor, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and 
installation thereof in public or private plants; and departmental 
salaries necessary for the purposes of this appropriation; $720,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided^ That the unexpended 
balance of the appropriation "Ordnance for shipbuilding and con-
version" is hereby merged with this appropriation: Provided 
further^ 
That the total of obligations incurred under the heads "Shipbuild-
ing and conversion" and "Ordnance for shipbuilding and conversion", 
including those incurred against reimbursements credited to these 
appropriations pursuant to section 403 (b) of the Mutual Defense 
63 Stat. 717. 
Assistauce Act of 1949, as amended (22 U. S. C. 1574 (b)), shall not 
exceed $3,313,839,000. 
ORDNANCE AND FACILITIES 
For expenses necessary for the production and procurement of Navy 
ordnance and ammunition (except ordnance for new aircraft, new 
ships, and ships authorized for conversion); alteration, preservation, 
and handling of ordnance and ammunition; maintenance of ordnance 
(except installation, maintenance, and removal of ships' ordnance, and 
line maintenance of ordnance installed in aircraft) ; maintenance and 
operation of ordnance facilities; procurement of equipment, supplies, 
special clothing and services; procurement of plant equipment, ap-
pliances, and machine tools, and installation thereof in naval or private 
plants; lease of facilities; research and development; industrial mobil-
ization; and departmental salaries; $804,000,000. 
ORDNANCE 
FOR 
NEW 
CONSTRUCTION 
(LIQUIDATION 
OF 
CONTRACT 
AUTHORIZATION ) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority here-
tofore granted under this head, $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided^ That this amount may be disbursed through the 
appropriation "Ordnance for New Construction, Navy". 
MEDICAL CARE 
For expenses necessary for maintenance and operation of naval 
hospitals, medical centers, clinics, schools, research facilities, and 
other medical activities; technical medical support of the supply sys-
tem and other naval activities; procurement of ambulances, medical 
and dental supplies, equipment and services; rent; instruction of 
medical personnel in naval hospitals, naval schools, and civilian 
schools; research and development; industrial mobilization; care of 
the dead; and departmental salaries; $83,429,000. 
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C I V I L E N G I N E E R I N G 
For expenses necessary for maintenance and operation of district 
public works offices, public works centers, construction battalion cen-
ters, defense housing projects, other civil engineering facilities, and 
shore activities not otherwise provided for; procurement of services, 
supplies and equipment for the foregoing activities; purchase and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; research and development; engineer-
ing services; industrial mobilization; and departmental salaries; 
$115,000,000. 
The appropriation to the Department of the Navy for "Public 
Works, Bureau of Yards and Docks", shall not be available for obliga-
tion after June 30, 1953, or for expenditure after June 30, 1954, and 
any unexpended balance remaining therein on June 30, 1954, shall be 
disposed of pursuant to the provisions of the Surplus Fund-Certified 
Claims Act of 1949 (31 U. S. C. 712b). 
63 stat. 407. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY CIVILIAN COMPONENTS 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation and conver-
sion of facilities for the training and administration of the reserve 
components of the Navy and Marine Corps, including contributions 
therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 11, 1950 (64 Stat, 
souscssi note. 
829), without regard to section 3734, Eeyised Statutes, as amended, 
^o use 259.267. 
and land and interests therein may be acquired and construction prose-
cuted thereon prior to the approval of title by the Attorney General 
as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; $30,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
33 use 733 and 
note. 
FACILITIES 
For expenses necessary for acquisition, construction, and installa-
tion of production facilities and equipment, and test facilities and 
equipment (other than those for research and development), includ-
ing the land necessary therefor, without regard to section 3734, Re-
vised Statutes, as amended, and such land, and interests therein, may 
^° use 259,267. 
be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval 
of title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended, such amounts as may be determined by the Sec- ^^^,^1^ use 733 and 
retary of the Navy, and approved by the Secretary of Defense and 
the Bureau of the Budget, and said amounts shall be derived by trans-
fer from any appropriations available to the Department of the Navy, 
during the current fiscal year for procurement of equipment for instal-
lation or use in private plants: Promded^ That the total amount so 
transferred shall not exceed $25,000,000. 
RESEARCH 
For conduct and encouragement of research and development, not 
otherwise provided for; dissemination of scientific information; ad-
ministration of patents, trade-marks, and copyrights; maintenance 
and operation of research and development facilities; development, 
installation, and maintenance of special devices (including specialized 
housing therefor); procurement of supplies, services, and equipment; 
departmental salaries; and other expenses necessary in carrying out 
the Act of August 1, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 475); $58,600,000, to remain 
^o stat. 779. 
available until expended. 
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SERVICE-WIDE SUPPLY AND FINANCE 
For expenses necessary for maintenance and operation of service-
wide supply and finance activities, including supply depots and cen-
ters, market and purchasing offices, supply demand control points, 
fleet fueling facilities, overseas air cargo terminals, regional account-
ing and disbursing offices, the material catalog office, the cost 
inspection service, and other service-wide supply and finance facilities, 
as designated by the Secretary; procurement of supplies, services, 
special clothing, and equipment; rent; intra-Navy transportation of 
things; transportation of household effects of civilian employees; 
research and development; industrial mobilization; losses in exchange 
and in the accounts of disbursing officers, as authorized by law; and 
departmental salaries; $382,500,000. 
SERVICE-WIDE OPERATIONS 
For expenses necessary for maintenance and operation of the Naval 
Observatory, the Hydrographic Office, Service-wide Communications, 
Naval Records Centers, Naval District Headquarters (except training 
offices), River Commands, and other service-wide operations and func-
tions not otherwise provided for; procurement of supplies, services 
and equipment for activities financed hereunder; Latin-American 
cooperation; not to exceed $8,414,000 for emergencies and extraordi-
nary expenses as authorized by section 6 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
60 Stat. 853. 
(5 jj g Q 419c), to be expended on the approval and authority of 
the Secretary, and his determination shall be final and conclusive upon 
the accounting officers of the Government; and departmental salaries; 
$104,000,000. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES 
For expenses necessary for exploration, prospecting, conservation, 
development, use, and operation of the naval petroleum reserves, as 
authorized by law, $2,400,000, to be derived by transfer from the 
appropriation "Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 4, Alaska", fiscal 
year 1953-1954. 
NAVY STOCK FUND 
The amount available in the Navy Stock Fund is hereby reduced 
by $250,000,000, such sum to be carried to the surplus fund and covered 
into the Treasury immediately upon the approval of this Act. 
TITLE V 
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 
AIRCRAFT AND RELATED PROCUREMENT 
For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft and 
equipment, armor and armament, spare parts and accessories therefor; 
specialized equipment; expansion of public and private plants. Gov-
ernment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, 
erection of structures, and acquisition of land without regard to sec-
10 use 1339. 
tJQn 1136, Revised Statutes, as amended, for the foregoing and other 
purposes, and such land, and interests therein, may be acquired and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title by the 
notl. "^^ ^^^ ^^ Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as 
amended; industrial mobilization, including maintenance of reserve 
plants and equipment and procurement planning; and other expenses 
32 Stat. 282. 
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347 
necessary for the foregoing purposes, including rents and transporta-
tion of things; $3,495,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MAJOR PROCUREMENT OTHER THAN AIRCRAFT 
For procurement of supplies, materials, and equipment, and spare 
parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; electronic and communica-
tion equipment; and the purchase of passenger motor vehicles; 
$600,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS 
For expenses necessary for the maintenance, operation, and admin-
istration of the activities of the Air Force, including the Air Force 
Reserve and the Air Reserve Officers' Training Corps; maintenance, 
operation, and modification of aircraft; transportation of things; rents 
at the seat of government and elsewhere, and in administering the pro-
visions of 43 U. S. C. 315q payments of rents may be made in advance; 
se stat. 654. 
repair of facilities; field printing plants; procurement of ambulances; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; training and instruction of military 
personnel of the Air Force, including tuition and related expenses; 
pay, allowances, and travel expenses of contract surgeons; utility 
services for buildings erected at private cost as authorized by law (10 
U. S. C. 1346), and buildings on military reservations authorized by 
Air Force regulations to be used for welfare and recreational purposes; 
rental of land or purchase of options to rent land without reference 
to section 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended, use or repair of private 
^^ ^^^ ^^9. 
property, and other necessary expenses of combat maneuvers; organ-
izational clothing and equipage; payment of exchange fees and ex-
change losses incurred by Air Force disbursing officers or their agents; 
losses in the accounts of Air Force disbursing officers as authorized 
by law (31 U. S. C. 95a; 50 U. S. C. 1705-1707) ; burial of the dead as 
i^s\?Vc°°a^Pp' 
authorized by law (10 U. S. C. 916-916d; 5 U. S. C. 103a), including ^"^^I'^^^l'^g^. 54 
remains of personnel of the Air Force of the United States who die stat. 743.' 
while on active duty, travel allowances of attendants accompanying 
remains, and acquisition by lease or otherwise of temporary burial 
sites; conduct of schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, and other instruc-
tional, entertainment, and welfare expenses for enlisted men and pa-
tients not otherwise provided for; expenses for inter-American co-
operation as authorized for the Navy by the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U. S. C. 421f), for Latin-American cooperation; payments of 
so stat. sss. 
deficiency judgments and interests thereon arising out of condemnation 
proceedings heretofore instituted; and special services by contract or 
•otherwise; $3,155,000,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, transportation, interest 
on deposits of enlisted personnel, and travel in kind for cadets and 
permanent change of station travel for all other personnel of the Air 
Force of the United States on active duty including duty under sec-
tion 5, National Defense Act (other than personnel of the reserve Q^ll ff^: esVt^. 
components, including the Air National Guard, on active duty while 333.' 
undergoing reserve training), including commutation of quarters, 
"^ 
*
* 
subsistence supplies for issue as rations to enlisted personnel, cloth 
and materials and clothing for issue and sale, and clothing allow-
ances, as authorized by laAv; and, in connection with personnel paid 
from this appropriation, for rental of camp sites and local procure-
ment of utility services and other necessary expenses incident to indi-
vidual or troop movements (including packing and unpacking and 
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[67 S T A T . 
Prisoners. 
transportation of organizational equipment) ; ice, meals for recruiting 
parties, monetary allowances for liquid coffee for troops when supplied 
cooked or travel rations, altering and fitting clothing, and commuta-
tion of rations, as authorized by law, to enlisted personnel, including 
of^epen^ent^s*i°c" thosc sick in liospitals; transportation, as authorized by law^, of 
dependents, baggage, and household effects of personnel paid from this 
appropriation; rations for civilian employees when entitled thereto, 
applicants for enlistment, prisoners of war, and general prisoners; 
rationr"^^**°" ° ^ subsisteuce supplies for resale, as authorized by law; commutation of 
rations, as authorized by regulations, to applicants for enlistment, 
civilian employees entitled to subsistence at public expense, and general 
prisoners, while sick in hospitals; subsistence of supernumeraries 
necessitated by emergent military circumstances; issues of toilet 
articles and barbers' and tailors' material to general prisoners confined 
at military posts without pay and allow^ances, applicants for enlist-
ment, and recruits upon first enlistment; civilian clothing and when 
necessary an overcoat, the cost of all not to exceed $30, for each 
person upon each release from a military prison, each enlisted man 
discharged otherwise than honorably, each enlisted man convicted 
by a civil court for an offense resulting in confinement in a civil 
prison, and each enlisted man interned, or discharged without intern-
ment as an alien enemy; expenses of apprehension and delivery of 
deserters, prisoners, and members of the Air Force absent without 
leave, including payment of rewards (not to exceed $25 in any one 
case) ; confinement of military prisoners in nonmilitary facilities; 
donations of not to exceed $25 to each civilian prisoner upon each 
release from a military prison, to each enlisted man discharged other-
wise than honorably upon each release from confinement under court-
martial sentence, and to each person discharged for fraudulent enlist-
ment; expenses of courts, boards, and commissions; welfare; and 
medals and other awards; $3,285,000,000. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research and 
development, by contract or otherwise, and transportation of things, 
$440,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, and travel for personnel 
of the Air Force Reserve and the Air Reserve Officers' Training Corps, 
while on active duty undergoing reserve training or while performing 
drills or equivalent duty, or undergoing training and instruction, as 
authorized by law; and the procurement and issue of uniforms to 
institutions necessary for the training of the Air Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps, as authorized by law; $14,900,000. 
AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, transportation (includ-
ing mileage, actual and necessary expenses, or per diem in lieu 
thereof), medical and hospital treatment and related expenses, for 
members of the Air National Guard while undergoing Reserve train-
ing or while performing drills or equivalent duty, as authorized by 
law; travel expenses (other than mileage), on the same basis as 
authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on active Federal 
duty, of Air National Guard commanders while inspecting units in 
compliance with National Guard regulations when specifically author-
ized by the Chief, National (xuard Bureau; establishment, mainte-
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349 
nance, operation, repair, and other necessary expenses of facilities for 
the training and administration of the Air National Guard, including 
construction of facilities, and additions, extensions, alterations, 
improvements, and rehabilitation of existing facilities, as authorized 
by the Act of September 11, 1950 (Public Law 783) ; maintenance, 
operation, and modification of aircraft; transportation of things; 
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; procurement and issue 
to the Air National Guard of the several States, Territories, and the 
District of Columbia of supplies, materials, and equipment, as author-
ized by law; and expenses incident to the maintenance and use of 
supplies, materials, and equipment, including such as may be fur-
nished from stocks under the control of agencies of the Department 
of Defense; $147,100,000: Provided, 
That the number of caretakers 
authorized to be employed under the provisions of law (32 U. S, C. 
42) may be such as is deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Air 
Force. 
CONTINGENCIES 
For emergencies and military expenses, to be expended on the author-
ity or approval of the Secretary of the Air Force, and such expenses 
may be accounted for solely on his certificate, $31,000,000. 
64 Stat. 829. 
50 u s e 881 note. 
Supplies, etc. 
Caretakers. 
39 Stat. 205; 
54 Stat. 1134. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretaries of the Air Force, Army, and Navy, respectively, 
if they should deem it advantageous to the national defense, and if in 
their opinions, the existing facilities of the Department of Defense 
are inadequate, are authorized to procure services in accordance with 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), but at rates 
for individuals not in excess of $50 per day, and to pay in connection 
therewith travel expenses of individuals, including actual transporta-
tion and per diem in lieu of subsistence while traveling from their 
homes or places of business to official duty station and return as may 
be authorized by law: Provided, That such contracts may be renewed 
annually. 
SEC. 602. Section 3648, Revised Statutes, shall not apply in the case 
of payments made from appropriations contained in this Act, (1) to 
payments made in compliance with the laws of foreign countries or 
their ministerial regulations, (2) to payments for rent in such coun-
tries for such periods as may be necessary to accord with local custom, 
or (3) to payments made for tuition. 
SEC. 603. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law prohibit-
ing the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any person 
not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel of the 
Department of Defense. 
SEC. 604, Hereafter, appropriations for the Department of Defense 
otherwise available for travel or transportation which are current 
on date of relief from duty station of personnel traveling under orders 
may be charged with all expenses in connection with such travel 
including transportation of dependents and household effects, regard,-
less of time of arrival at destination of such persoimel. 
SEC. 605. Hereafter, appropriations for the Department of Defense 
available for travel shall not be available for expenses incident to 
attendance at meetings of technical, scientific, professional, or other 
similar organizations without the approval of the Secretary of the 
department concerned, or his designee for the purpose. 
Experts o r con-
sultants. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Advance of pub-
lic moneys. 
31 u s e 529. 
Noncitizens. 
Personnel t r a v-
eling under orders. 
Meetings. 
27000 O - 53 - 25 
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[67 S T A T . 
L a n d purchase 
contracts. 
P e r s o n n e l de-
t a i l e d t o o t h e r 
agencies. 
A v a i l ability of 
appropriations. 
T u i t i o n 
p a y -
m e n t s , e t c , re-
striction. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
Copyrights, etc. 
P r i s o n e r s 
of 
war, etc. 
R e c e i p t s from 
sales, etc. 
SEC. 606. Hereafter, no part of any money appropriated to the 
Department of Defense in this or any other Act shall be expended for 
the payment of any commission on any land purchase contract in 
excess of 2 per centum of the purchase price. 
SEC. 607. Such military and naval personnel as may be detailed 
for duty with agencies not a part of the Department of Defense on 
a reimbursement basis may be employed in addition to the numbers 
otherwise authorized and appropriated for. 
SEC. 608. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
for insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, w^hen 
required by laws of such countries; payments in advance of expenses 
determined by the investigating officer to be necessary and in accord 
with local custom for conducting investigations in foreign countries 
incident to matters relating to the activities of the department con-
cerned; reimbursement of General Services Administration for se-
curity guard services for protection of confidential files; examination 
of estimates of appropriations and Department of Defense activities 
in the field and the use of such appropriations for such purpose shall 
be subject only to regulation by the standing committees concerned; 
and all necessary expenses, at the seat of government of the United 
States of America or elsewhere, in connection with (1) instruction 
and training, including tuition, specifically approved by the Secre-
tary of the Department concerned and not otherwise provided for, of 
civilian employees, and (2) communication and other services and 
supplies as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act: 
Provided, That no appropriation contained in this Act, and no funds 
available from prior appropriations to component departments and 
agencies of the Department of Defense, shall be used to pay tuition or 
to make other payments to educational institutions in connection with 
the instruction or training of file clerks, stenographers, and typists 
receiving, or prospective file clerks, stenographers, and typists who will 
receive compensation at a rate below the minimum rate of pay for 
positions allocated to grade GS-5 under the Classification Act of 
1949, as amended. 
SEC. 609. Appropriations for the military departments available 
for procurement or manufacture of supplies, equipment, and materials 
shall hereafter be available for the purchase or other acquisition of 
(a) copyrights, letters patent, applications for letters patent, (b) 
licenses under copyrights, under letters patent, and under applications 
for letters patent, and (c) designs, processes, and manufacturing data; 
and shall also be available for the purchase or other acquisition of 
releases, before suit is brought, for past infringement of letters patent, 
Any such purchase or other acquisition shall pertain to supplies, equip-
ment, materials, or processes produced or used by or for, or useful to, 
the department concerned. 
SEC. 610. Any appropriation available to the Air Force, Army, or 
the Navy may, under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may 
prescribe, be used for expenses incident to the maintenance, pay, and 
allowances of prisoners of war, other persons in Air Force, Army, or 
Navy custody whose status is determined by the Secretary concerned 
to be similar to prisoners of war, and persons detained in such custody 
pursuant to Presidential proclamation. 
SEC. 611. Hereafter, without deposit to the credit of the Treasurer of 
the United States and withdrawal on money requisitions, receipts of 
public moneys from sales or other sources by officers of the Department 
of Defense on disbursing duty and charged in their official accounts, 
except receipts to be credited to river and harbor and 
flood-control 
appropriations, may be used by them as required for current expendi-
tures, all necessary bookkeeping adjustments of appropriations, funds, 
and accounts to be made in the settlement of their disbursing accounts. 
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351 
SEC. 612. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense 
for the current fiscal year for construction or maintenance shall be 
available for minor construction (except family quarters), conversion 
of and extensions to existing structures, and improvements, at facili-
ties of the Department concerned, but the cost of any project author-
ized under this section which is not otherwise authorized shall not 
exceed the following cost limitations, but only one allotment shall be 
made for any one project or unit: (a) any such project determined by 
the Secretary of Defense to be urgently required in the interests of 
national defense, $200,000; (b) any such project determined by the 
Secretary of the Department concerned to be urgently required in the 
interests of national defense, $50,000; and (c) any other such project, 
$25,000: Provided^ That the cost limitations of this section shall not 
apply to amounts authorized to be expended for emergency expenses 
on the approval of the Secretary concerned: Provided further^ That 
the cost of converting existing structures to family quarters pursuant 
to the authority contained in this section shall not exceed $50,000 dur-
ing the current fiscal year at any single facility of the Department 
concerned. 
SEC. 613. During the current fiscal year, appropriations otherwise 
available for construction of family quarters for personnel shall not 
be obligated for such construction at a cost per family unit in excess 
of $14,040 on housing units for generals; $12,040 on housing units for 
majors, lieutenant colonels and colonels, or equivalent; $11,040 on 
housing units for second lieutenants, lieutenants, captains, and war-
rant officers, or equivalent; or $10,040 on housing units for enlisted 
personnel, except that when such units are constructed outside the 
continental United States or in Alaska, the average cost per unit of all 
such units shall not exceed $25,850 and in no event shall the individual 
cost exceed $35,000, except units for the Alaska Communications Sys-
tem the individual cost shall not exceed $40,000. 
SEC. 614. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
current fiscal year shall be available, (a) except as authorized by the 
Act of September 30, 1950 (20 U. S. C. 236-244), for primary and 
secondary schooling for dependents of military and civilian personnel 
of the Department of Defense residing on military or naval installa-
tions or stationed in foreign countries, as authorized for the Navy by 
section 13 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 421d) in amounts 
not exceeding an average of $225 per student, when the Secretary of 
the Department concerned finds that schools, if any, available in the 
locality, are unable to provide adequately for the education of such 
dependents; (b) for expenses in connection with administration of 
occupied areas; (c) for payment of rewards as authorized for the 
Navy by the Act of August 2, 1946, for information leading to the 
discovery of missing naval property or the recovery thereof. 
SEC. 615. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used directly or indirectly except for temporary employment in 
case of emergency, for the payment of any civilian for services ren-
dered by him on the Canal Zone while occupying a skilled, technical, 
clerical, administrative, executive, or supervisory position unless such 
person is a citizen of the United States of America or of the Republic 
of Panama: Provided, however, (1) That, notwithstanding the pro-
vision in the Act approved August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 1409), limiting 
employment in the above-mentioned positions to citizens of the United 
States from and after the date of approval of said Act, citizens of 
Panama may be employed in such positions; (2) that at no time shall 
the number of Panamanian citizens employed in the above-mentioned 
positions exceed the number of citizens of the United States so em-
ployed, if United States citizens are available in continental United 
Minor construc-
tion. 
Cost limitation. 
Emergenc y e x-
penses. 
Family quarters. 
Scho c l i n g for 
dependents. 
64 Stat. 1100. 
60 Stat. 854. 
Occupied areas. 
Rewards, Navy. 
60 Stat. 858. 
5 use 421f. 
Canal Zone. 
Citizenship re-
quirements. 
Panamanian cit-
izens. 
48 u s e 
1307 
note. 
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[67 S T A T . 
Employees w i t h 
15 or m o r e years 
of service. 
H o u r s 
of e m -
p l o y m e n t ; 
p a y 
rates. 
Applicability of 
section. 
S u s p e n s ion of 
compliance. 
A s s i s t a nee to 
A m e r i c a n small 
business. 
C o m m u t e d ra-
tions. 
63 Stat. 802. 
37 u s e 231 note. 
O p e r a t i on 
o f 
messes. 
T r a V e 1-s t a tus 
rate. 
Availability of 
appropriations. 
Tableware, e t c . 
in officers'quar-
ters. 
States or on the Canal Zone; (3) that nothing in this Act shall prohibit 
the continued employment of any person who shall have rendered 
fifteen or more years of faithful and honorable service on the Canal 
Zone; (4) that in the selection of personnel for skilled, technical, 
administrative, clerical, supervisory, or executive positions the con-
trolling factors in filling these positions shall be efficiency, experience, 
training, and education; (5) that all citizens of Panama and the 
United States rendering skilled, technical, clerical, administrative, 
executive, or supervisory service on the Canal Zone under the terms of 
this Act (a) shall normally be employed not more than forty hours 
per week, (b) may receive as compensation equal rates of pay based 
upon rates paid for similar employment in continental United States 
plus 25 per centum; (6) this entire section shall apply only to persons 
employed in skilled, technical, clerical, administrative, executive, or 
supervisory positions on the Canal Zone directly or indirectly by any 
branch of the United States Government or by any corporation or 
company whose stock is owned wholly or in part by the United States 
Government: Provided further^ That the President may suspend from 
time to time in whole or in part compliance with this section if he 
should deem such course to be in the public interest. 
SEC. 616. Insofar as practicable, the Secretary of Defense shall 
assist American small business to participate equitably in the furnish-
ing of commodities and services financed with funds appropriated 
under this Act by making available or causing to be made available to 
suppliers in the United States, and particularly to small independent 
enterprises, information, as far in advance as possible, with respect 
to purchases proposed to be financed with funds appropriated under 
this Act, and by making available or causing to be made available to 
purchasing and contracting agencies of the Department of Defense 
information as to commodities and services produced and furnished by 
small independent enterprises in the United States, and by otherwise 
helping to give small business an opportunity to participate in the 
furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appropri-
ated by this Act. 
SEC. 617. Hereafter, commuted rations for enlisted personnel of the 
uniformed services (as defined in the Career Compensation Act of 
1949) on leave, or otherwise authorized to mess separately, shall be 
equivalent to the cost of the ration as determined by the Secretary of 
Defense. 
SEC. 618. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
for expenses of operation of messes (other than organized messes the 
operating expenses of which are financed principally from nonappro-
priated funds) at which meals are sold to officers or civilians except 
under regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, which shall 
(except under unusual or extraordinary circumstances) establish rates 
for such meals sufficient to provide reimbursement of operating ex-
penses and food costs to the appropriations concerned: Provided^ That 
officers and civilians in a travel status receiving a per diem allowance 
in lieu of subsistence shall be charged at the rate of not less than $2.25 
per day: Provided, further^ That for the purposes of this section pay-
ments for meals at the rates established hereunder may be made in cash 
or by deductions from the pay of civilian employees. 
SEC. 619. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available until expended unless expressly so provided elsewhere 
in this or some other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 620. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for or on account of the supply or replacement of table 
linen, dishes, glassware, silver, and kitchen utensils for use in the 
residences or quarters of officers on shore (other than for field messes, 
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353 
messes temporarily set up on shore for bachelor officers and officers 
attached to seagoing or district defense vessels, to aviation units 
based on seagoing vessels, to the fleet air bases, to the submarine bases, 
or to landing forces and expeditions), except in accordance with 
regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, which shall pro-
vide for uniform practices among all of the services. 
SEC. 621. Hereafter, provisions of the Act of February 9, 1946 
(60 Stat. 3), shall be applicable to the appropriations of the Depart- 
^i use 634a. 
ment of Defense for military pay for the current fiscal year, upon 
certification by the appropriate agency of the department concerned. 
SEC. 622. Not more than $10,000,000 of the amounts received during 
^^^"^fl^^lp/""" 
the current fiscal year by each of the Departments of the Army, Navy, 
and Air Force as proceeds from the sale of scrap or salvage materials, 
shall be available during the current fiscal year for expenses of trans-
portation, demilitarization, and other preparation for sale or salvage 
of military supplies, equipment, and materiel: Provided, That a report 
Report, 
of receipts and disbursements under this limitation shall be made 
quarterly to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress. 
SEC. 623. During the current fiscal year, the President may exempt 
appropriations, funds, and contract authorizations, available for 
military functions under the Department of Defense, from the provi-
sions of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as 
^^ ^sc ees. 
amended, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the 
interest of national defense. 
omm IS s ar y 
SEC. 624. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available stores, 
in connection with the operation of commissary stores of the agencies 
of the Department of Defense for the cost of purchase (including 
commercial transportation in the United States to the place of sale 
but excluding all transportation outside the United States) and main-
tenance of operating equipment and supplies, and for the actual or 
estimated cost of utilities as may be furnished by the Government and 
of shrinkage, spoilage, and pilferage of merchandise under the control 
of such commissary stores, except as authorized under regulations 
promulgated by the Secretaries of the military departments concerned, 
with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, which regulations shall 
provide for reimbursement therefor to the appropriations concerned 
and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall provide for 
the adjustment of the sales prices in such commissary stores to the 
extent necessary to furnish sufficient gross revenue from sales of com-
missary stores to make such reimbursement: Provided, 
That under 
such regulations as may be issued pursuant to this section all utilities 
may be furnished without cost to the commissary stores outside the 
continental United States and in Alaska: Provided further, That no 
Restriction. 
approp)riation contained in this Act shall, after December 31, 1953, 
be available in connection with the operation of commissary stores 
within the continental United States unless the Secretary of Defense 
has certified that items normally procured from commissary stores 
are not otherwise available at a reasonable distance and a reasonable 
price in satisfactory quality and quantity to the military and civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense: Provided 
further, 
That atu)n^'^^*^ °P^'' 
commissary stores are hereby authorized to be operated by private 
persons and privately owned organizations under such regulations as 
may be approved by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEO. 625. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall th®r*^'w*lf°Gover^ 
be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a "'ent. 
strike against the Government of the United States or who is a mem-
ber 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 
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[67 S T A T . 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
C o n t r a c t pro-
V i s ion r e g arding 
gratuities. 
lan employees. 
Proficiency fly-
ing. 
overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or vio-
lence: 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 organization of Government employees that asserts the right to 
strike against the Government of the United States, or that such per-
son 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 advo-
cates, 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,(K)0 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Pro-
vided further^ That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, 
and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. 
SEC. 626. No part of any money appropriated to the Department 
of Defense for the current fiscal year shall be expended under any 
contract (other than a contract for personal services) entered into 
after the enactment of this Act unless such contract provides— 
(1) that the Government may, by written notice to the con-
tractor, terminate the right of such contractor to proceed under 
such contract if it is found, after notice and hearing, by the Sec-
retary of the military department with which the contract is 
made, or his designee, that gratuities (in the form of entertain-
ment, gifts, or otherwise) were oifered or given by such con-
tractor, or any agent or representative of such contractor, to any 
officer or employee of the Government with a view toward se-
curing a contract or securing favorable treatment with respect 
to the awarding or amending, or the making of any determina-
tions with respect to the performing, of such contract: Provided^ 
That the existence of the facts upon which such Secretary makes 
such findings shall be in issue and may be reviewed in any com-
petent court, 
(2) that in the event any such contract is so terminated the 
Government shall be entitled, (A) to pursue the same remedies 
against the contractor as it could pursue in the event of a breach 
of the contract by the contractor, and (B) as a penalty in addi-
tion to any other damages to which it may be entitled by law, 
to exemplary damages in an amount not less than three nor more 
than ten times (as determined by the Secretary or his designee) 
the costs incurred by any such contractor in providing any such 
gratuities to any such officer or employee. 
SEC. 627. No funds appropriated in titles II, III, IV, and V of this 
Act shall be used for the payment in excess of 475,000 full-time graded 
civilian employees (including (a) the full-time equivalent of part-
time employment, (b) persons who are described as "consultants" 
or who are compensated on a "when actually employed" basis if such 
persons are employed on a contract basis or are paid on a per diem 
basis, and (c) persons employed without compensation if they are 
reimbursed for expenses) at any one time during the current fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 628. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, executive 
order, or regulation, no part of the appropriations in this or any other 
Act shall be available for any expenses of operating aircraft under 
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355 
F l i g h t pay for 
certain officers. 
63 Stat. 810. 
37 u s e 235. 
H o u s e h o l d 
goods. 
Nonapplic ability. 
the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces for the purpose of proficiency 
flying except in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretaries 
of the Departments concerned and approved by the Secretary of 
Defense which shall establish proficiency standards and maximum 
and minimum flying hours for this purpose, but not to exceed one 
hundred hours during the fiscal year 1954: Provided^ That, during 
the fiscal year 1954, without regard to any provision of law or execu-
tive order prescribing minimum flight requirements, such regulations 
may provide for the payment of flight pay at the rates prescribed in 
section 204 (b) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 
802) to certain officers of the Armed Forces otherwise entitled to 
receive flight pay (1) who have held aeronautical ratings or designa-
tions for not less than twenty years, or (2) whose particular assign-
ment outside the United States makes it impractical to participate in 
regular aerial flights. 
SEC. 629. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for expense of transportation, packing, crating, tempo-
rary storage, drayage, and unpacking of household goods and personal 
effects in excess of an average of five thousand pounds net but not 
exceeding nine thousand pounds net in any one shipment: Provided^ 
That the limitations imposed herein shall not be applicable in the case 
of members transferred to or serving in stations outside the conti-
nental United States or in Alaska under orders relieving them from 
a duty station within the United States prior to July 10, 1952, and 
who are returned to the United States under orders relieving them 
from a duty station beyond the United States or in Alaska on or 
after July 1,'1953. 
SEC. 630. Vessels under the jurisdiction of the Department of Com-
merce, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Air Force, 
or the Department of the Navy may be transferred or otherwise made 
available without reimbursement to any of such agencies upon the 
request of the head of one agency and the approval of the agency 
having jurisdiction of the vessels concerned. 
SEC. 631. (a) During the last quarter of the fiscal year 1954, no ofPic°e'?peVlonnei.'* 
funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for the pay, compensa-
tion, or allowances of commissioned officer personnel on active duty in 
the Armed Forces (excluding Reserve officers on active duty training 
or Reserve officers and Retired officers ordered to active duty for 
periods of thirty days or less) in excess of the following numbers in 
each grade: 
T r a n s f e r 
of 
vessels. 
Ranks 
General of the Army or fleet admiral of the Navy 
General or admiral 
Lieutenant general or vice admiral 
Major general or rear admiral 
Brigadier general or rear admiral 
Colonel or captain of the Navy 
Lieutenant colonel or commander 
Major or lieutenant commander 
Army 
3 
9 
27 
170 
291 
5,102 
13,560 
18,250 
Navy 
3 
7 
24 
128 
128 
3,131 
8,438 
10,911 
Air Force 
9 
23 
152 
244 
4,349 
8,401 
20,916 
Marine 
Corps 
1 
5 
24 
31 
521 
1,280 
2,620 
(b) Vacancies within the allowances prescribed by subsection (a) 
Assignment of 
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1 
1 
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1 
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1 
vacancies. 
oi this section tor any grade may be assigned to any lower grade or 
grades: Provided, That the officer of the Army now assigned as spe- 
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cial assistant to the Comptroller, Department or Defense, shall, ef- grade, 
fective May 1, 1954, be considered to hold the grade of major general 
for all purposes, without regard to subsection (a) hereof, and while so 
serving shall receive the pay and allowances of an officer of that grade 
and his length of service, and when retired under any provision of law 
shall be advanced on the retired list to such grade and shall receive 
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Contracts. 
Legal traitiing. 
Public relations. 
Obligated funds, 
1954. 
Revised tables. 
Submittal to Con-
gress. 
A c c e p t a nee of 
property, etc., from 
foreign countries. 
Grades 16-18. 
Temporary posi-
tions. 
Research and de-
velopment. 
5 u s e 
235 e, 
475j, 628e. 
Foreign duty al-
lowances, restric-
tion. 
Tuition payment, 
etc. 
ROTC. 
L. i m i t a tions in 
enrollments. 
retired or retirement pay at the rate prescribed by law computed on the 
basis of the basic pay which he would receive if serving on active duty 
in such grade. 
SEC. 632. No funds contained in this Act shall be used for the 
purpose of entering into contracts containing article 15 of the Stand-
ard Government Contract until and unless said article is revised and 
amended to provide an appeal by the contractor to the Court of Claims 
within ninety days of the date of decision by the Department con-
cerned, authority for which appeal is hereby granted. 
SEC, 633. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available 
for training in any legal profession nor for the payment of tuition 
for training in such profession: Provided^ That nothing contained in 
this Act shall prohibit persons now attending law courses from com-
pleting same. 
SEC. 634. Funds provided in this Act for public information and 
public relations shall not exceed $4,500,000. 
SEC. 635. Not more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in this 
Act which are limited for obligation during fiscal year 1954 shall be 
obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year: Provided^ That 
this section shall not apply to active duty training of civilian 
components. 
SEC. 636, The Secretary of Defense is hereby directed to submit by 
January 1, 1954, revised tables of organization and tables of equip-
ment of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps to the Congress, 
together with recommendations for decreasing the number of person-
nel positions, clerical positions, supply positions, and other adminis-
trative positions so that the combat effectiveness of our Armed Forces 
may be improved. 
SEC, 637. During the fiscal year 1954, the agencies of the Department 
of Defense may accept real property, the use of real property, services 
and commodities from foreign countries for the use of the United 
States in accordance with mutual defense agreements or occupational 
arrangements; and such agencies may use the same for the support of 
the United States forces in such areas without specific appropriation 
therefor. 
SEC. 638. The Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized to establish 
during the fiscal year 1954 forty-five temporary positions in grades 
GS-16, 17, and 18: Provided^ That the total number of positions in 
these grades available to the Department during fiscal year 1954 shall 
not exceed one hundred seventy-five including those otherwise 
authorized. 
SEC. 639. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available to 
the Department of Defense for research and development may be 
used for the purposes of section 4 of the Act of July 16, 1952 (66 
Stat. 725). 
SEC, 640. No part of the funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act shall be available for the payment to any person in the military 
service who is resident of a United States Territory or possession, of 
any foreign duty allowances above the authorized allowances for 
comparable rating in the continental United States unless such person 
is serving in an area outside the Territory or possession of which he 
is a resident. 
SEO, 641. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for the payment of tuition or expenses for off-duty training 
of officers above the grade of first lieutenant in the Army, or com-
parable grades in the other military services. 
SEC. 642, Limitations in enrollments, when administratively re-
quired to be applied during fiscal year 1954 to membership in the 
Army, Navy, or Air Force Keserve Officer Training Corps shall be 
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357 
Procurement of 
U. S. products. 
Restriction. 
Repeals. 
in eflPect only as to students in the third and fourth year of collegiate 
training. 
SEC. 643. Hereafter, units and headquarters of the National Guard 
Satio^^buard 
and the Air National Guard, whether or not they are in the active etc. 
service of the United States, shall have the same privilege of free 
transmission of official mail matter as the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 644. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for the procurement of any article of food, clothing, 
cotton or wool (whether in the form of fiber or yarn or contained in 
fabrics, materials, or manufactured articles) not grown, reprocessed, 
reused, or produced in the United States or its possessions, except to 
the extent that the Secretary of the Department concerned shall 
determine that a satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of any 
articles of food or clothing or any form of cotton or wool grown, 
reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States or its posses-
sions cannot be procured as and when needed at United States market 
prices and except procurements outside the United States in support 
of combat operations, procurements by vessels in foreign waters and 
emergency procurements or procurements of perishable foods by 
establishments located outside the continental United States, except 
the Territories of Hawaii and Alaska, for the personnel attached 
thereto: Provided 
further^ That nothing herein shall preclude the 
procurement of foods manufactured or processed in the United States 
or its possessions: Provided 
further^ That no funds herein appro-
priated shall be used for the payment of a price differential on contracts 
hereafter made for the purpose of relieving economic dislocations. 
SEC. 645. Effective July 1, 1954, the following statutes or parts 
thereof are repealed: The second paragraph under the heading 
"Clothing, and Camp and Garrison Equipage", Act of March 23, 1910 
(36 Stat. 243, 257; 10 U. S. C. 1283); the last proviso under the head-
ing "Subsistence of the Army", Act of April 27, 1914 (38 Stat. 351, 
361; 10 U. S. C. 1281); the last proviso under the heading "Medical 
Department", Act of June 12, 1906 (34 Stat. 240, 256; 10 U. S. C. 
1285) ; the first sentence of the twelfth paragraph under the head-
ing "Ordnance Department", Act of April 23, 1904 (33 Stat. 259, 
276; 50 U. S. C. 73) ; that part of the proviso in the twelfth paragraph 
under the heading "Ordnance Department" which reads as follows 
"and funds arising from such sales shall be available to replace like 
ordnance and ordnance stores". Act of April 23, 1904 (33 Stat. 259, 
276; 50 U. S. C. 65); the third paragraph under the heading "Office 
of the Chief Signal Officer", Act of April 27, 1914 (38 Stat. 351, 353; 
10 U. S. C. 1282) ; the first proviso under chapter XX, Act of July 9, 
1918 (40 Stat. 845, 893; 10 U. S. C. 1284); section 10, Act of June 26, 
1934 (48 Stat. 1224, 1229; 31 U. S. C. 725i) : Provided, That current 
applicable appropriations of the Department of Defense may be cred-
ited with moneys arising from the disposition of such supplies, goods, 
and materiel as are not financed under stock funds pursuant to section 
405 of the National Security Act, as amended: Provided further, That 
obligations may be incurred against anticipated reimbursements to 
stock funds in such amounts and for such periods determined by 
the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the Director of the 
Bureau of the Budget, to be necessary to maintain required stock 
levels not inconsistent with planned operations for the succeeding fiscal 
year, without regard to fiscal year limitations. 
SEC. 646. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used utuity'^°°srr'i''cH^ 
in the preparation or prosecution of the pending suit in the United s""* 
States District Court for the Southern District of California, South-
ern Division, by the United States of America against Fallbrook Pub-
lic Utility District, a public service corporation of the State of Cali-
fornia, and others. 
63 Stat. 587. 
5 u s e 172d. 
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Passenger auto-
mobiles. 
Short title. 
SEC. 647. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the purchase of passenger automobiles except for replacement. 
SEC. 648. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the expenses of operating the Armed Services Textile and Apparel 
Procurement Agency after December 31, 1953. 
SEC. 649. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, 1954". 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
August 1,1953 
[S. J. Res. 97] 
Public Law 180 
CHAPTER 306 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To amend the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949. 
7 u s e 1641. 
63 Stat. pt. 
2173. 
2, p. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 2 of the Inter-
national Wheat Agreement Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 945) is amended 
by inserting before the parenthesis at the end of the first sentence 
thereof the following: "and the agreement revising and renewing the 
International Wheat Agreement for a period ending July 31, 1956, 
signed by Australia, Canada, France, the United States, and certain 
wheat importing countries". 
SEC. 2. Reference in any law to the International Wheat Agreement 
of 1949 shall be deemed to include the agreement revising and renew-
ing the International Wheat Agreement. 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
August 1,1953 
[H. R. 3884] 
Public Law 181 
CHAPTER 307 
AN ACT 
To extend the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish 
and continue offices in the Republic of the Philippines. 
61 Stat. 132. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act of June 
14,1947, as amended (38 U. S. C. 693a note), is hereby amended to read 
as follows: 
"That the authority in section 7 of the World War Veterans' Act, 
1924 (43 Stat. 609; 38 U. S. C. 430), and section 101 of the Servicemen's 
Readjustment Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 284; 38 U. S. C. 693a), to establish 
and continue regional offices, suboffices, contact units, or other sub-
ordinate offices may continue to be exercised by the Administrator of 
Veterans' Affairs with respect to territory of the Republic of the 
Philippines on and after the date of its independence if he deems such 
offices necessary, but in no event after June 30,1960." 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
August 1,1953 
[H. R. 4484] 
Public Law 182 
CHAPTER 308 
AN ACT 
To amend section 365 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of laws 
for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended, to increase 
the maximum sum allowable by the court out of assets of a decedent's estate 
for funeral expenses. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assernhled^ That section 365 of