An Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.
PL 84-639 (H.R.10986), enacted 07/02/1956

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Public Law 639 
CHAPTER 488 
AN ACT 
Tuly 2, 1956 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
[H. R. 10986] 
June 30, 1957, and for other purposes. 
Department of 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Defense Appropri-
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- ation Act, i95!^ 
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1957, for military 
functions administered by the Department of Defense, and for other 
purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 
including purchase (not to exceed five 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; $14,500,000. 
OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the Office of Public Affairs, 
$450,000. 
TITLE I I 
IXTERSERVICE ACTIVITIES 
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), Navj'^, Marine Corps, 
and Air Force, as authorized by law; 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 for damages arising under 
training contracts with carriers; and repayment of amounts deter-
mined by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or 
the Secretary 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, 
Territories, or the District of Columbia, or members of National Guard 
units thereof; $11,000,000. 
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, $32,500,000: Provided, That a report of disburse- 
Report to cor»-
ments under this item of appropriation shall be made quarterly to Stte'es?"^ ^**'"" 
the Appropriations Committees of the Congress. 
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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 merg;ed with and to be available for the same purposes, 
and for the same time period, as the appropriation to which transferred, 
$85,000,000 and in addition not to exceed $50,000,000 to be used upon 
determination by the Secretary of Defense that such funds can be 
wisely, profitably, and practically used in the interest of national 
defense and to be derived by transfer from such appropriations avail-
able to the Department of Defense for obligation during the current 
fiscal 3^ear as the Secretary of Defense may designate. 
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; retainer 
pay for personnel of the inactive Fleet Reserve, and payments under 
37 usc'371 note. ^^^^ Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953; $515,000,000. 
CotmT OF MILITARY APPEALS 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the Court of Military 
Appeals, $375,000. 
TITLE I I I 
DEPARTMENT OF T H E ARMY 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, interest on deposits, and 
permanent change of station travel, for members of the Army on 
active duty (except those undergoing reserve training); expenses in-
cident to movement of troop detachments, including rental of camp 
sites and procurement of utility and other services; expenses of appre-
hension and delivery of deserters, prisoners, and soldiers absent with-
out leave, including payment of rewards (not to exceed $25 in any one 
case), and costs of confinement of military prisoners in nonmilitary 
facilities; donations of not to exceed $25 to each prisoner upon each 
release from confinement in an Army or contract prison (other than a 
disciplinary barracks) and to each person discharged for fraudulent 
enlistment; authorized issues of articles to prisoners, other than those 
in disciplinary barracks; subsistence of enlisted personnel, selective 
service registrants called for induction and applicants for enlistment 
while held under observation, and prisoners (except those at dis-
ciplinary barracks), or reimbursement therefor while such personnel 
are sick in hospitals; and subsistence of supernumeraries necessitated 
by emergent military circumstances; $3,566,704,000: Provided^ That 
47 Stat. 406. 
scctiou 212 of the Act of June 30,1932 (5 U. S. C. 59a), shall not apply 
to retired military personnel on duty at the United States Soldiers' 
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 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the main-
tenance and operation of the Army, including administration; medical 
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and dental care of personnel entitled thereto by law or regulation 
(including charges of private facilities for care of military personnel 
on duty or leave, except elective private treatment), and other meas-
ures necessary to j^rotect the health of the Armv; care of the dead; 
chaplains' activities; awards and medals; welfare and recreation; 
information and educational services for the Armed Forces; recruit-
ing expenses; subsistence of prisoners at disciplinary barracks, and 
of civilian employees as authorized by law; expenses of apprehension 
and delivery of prisoners escaped from disciplinary barracks, includ-
ing payment of rewards not exceeding $25 m any one case, and ex-
penses of confinement of such prisoners in nonmilitary facilities; 
donations of not to exceed $25 to each prisoner upon each release from 
confinement in a disciplinary barracks; military courts, boards, and 
commissions; 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 
confinement in an Army or contract prison and to each soldier dis-
charged for unsuitability, inaptitude, or otherwise than honorably, 
or sentenced by a civil court to confinement in a civil prison, or in-
terned or discharged as an alien enemy; transportation services; 
communications services, including construction of communication 
systems; maps and similar data for military purposes; military sur-
veys and engineering planning; contracts for maintenance of reserve 
tools and facilities for twelve months beginning at any time during 
the current fiscal year; alteration, extension, 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; 
utility services for buildings erected at private cost, as authorized 
by law (10 IT. 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; tuition and 
fees incident to training of military personnel at civilian institutions; 
field exercises and maneuvers, including payments in advance for 
rentals or options to rent land; expenses for the Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps and other units at educational institutions, as author-
ized by law; exchange fees, and losses in the accounts of disbursing 
officers or agents in accordance with law; expenses of inter-American 
cooperation, as authorized for the Navy by law (5 U. S. C. 421f) for 
^° stau ess. 
Latin-American cooperation; not to exceed $4,681,000 for emergencies 
and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or author-
ity 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 Government; $2,967,057,000: Provided, That during the fiscal 
year 1957 the maintenance, operation, and availability of the Army-
Navy Hospital at Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, and the 
Murphy General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, to meet require-
ments of the military and naval forces shall be continued. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTIOX, ARMY RESERVE FORCES 
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 
Act of September 11, 1950 (64 Stat. 829), as amended, without regard 
5 o use 881 note, 
to sections 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, and land and 
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interests therein may be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon "®^ ^^^' ^^'' 
prior to the approval of title by the Attorney General as required by 
section 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; and hire of passen- 
33 use 733. 
ger motor vehicles; $55,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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RESERVE PERSOXNEL 
For pay, alloAvaiices, clothing, subsistence, transportation, travel 
and related expenses, as authorized by law, for personnel of the Army 
Reserve while on active duty under section 252 of the Armed Forces 
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Reserve Act of 1952, or undergoing Reserve training or while per-
forming drills or equivalent duty, and for members of the Reserve Offi-
cers' Training Corps; subsistence for members of the Army Reserve 
for drills of eight or more hours* duration in any one calendar day; 
$215,000,000. 
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, transportation, and 
travel, as authorized by law, for personnel of the Army National 
Guard while on duty under section 252 of the Armed Forces Reserve 
so us^c tool 
"^^^ ^^ 1952, or while undergoing training or while performing drills 
or equivalent duties; expenses of training, organizing and administer-
ing the Army National Guard, including maintenance, operation, and 
alterations to structures anct facilities; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; personal services in the National Guard Bureau and services 
of personnel of the National Guard employed as civilians without 
regard to their military rank, and the number of caretakers author-
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j^ed 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; travel 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, Terri-
tories, and the District of Columbia, as authorized by law; and 
expenses of repair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 
e(iuipment (including aircraft); $320,162,000: Provided, That obliga-
tions may be incurred under this appropriation for training of units 
designated for early deployment under mobilization plans and for 
installation, maintenance, and operation of facilities for antiaircraft 
32 ijsc *2?* 22 tlcfense without regard to section 67 of the National Defense Act. 
49. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For expenses necessary for basic and ap])lied scientific research and 
development, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and opera-
tion of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law, $410,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL BOARD FOR THE PROMOTION or RIFLE PRACTICE, ARMY 
For necessary expenses of construction, equipment and maintenance 
of rifle ranges, the instruction of citizens in marksmanship, and pro-
motion of rifle practice, in accordance with law, 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, $357,000: Provided, That 
travel expenses of civilian members of the National Board shall be 
paid in accordance with the Standarized Government Travel Regula-
tions, as amended. 
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ALASKA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improve-
ment of the Alaska Communication System, including purchase (not 
to exceed four for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $5,000,000, to remain available until the close of the fiscal 
year 1958, 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. 
REDUCTION IN APPROPRIATION 
ARMY INDUSTRIAL FUND 
The amount available in the Army Industrial Fund is hereby re-
duced by $110,000,000, such sum to be covered into the Treasury 
immediately upon approval of this Act. 
TITLE IV 
DEPARTMENT OF T H E 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 midshipmen paid hereunder, and transportation of depend-
ents, household effects (including storage thereof), and privately 
owned automobiles, as authorized by law, for regular and reserve 
personnel on active duty (except those on active duty while under-
going reserve training), midshipmen at the Naval Academy, and 
aviation cadets, $2,478,316,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
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 m the Naval Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps, and retainer pay authorized by the Act of 
August 13,1946 (34 U. S. C. 1020h), $95,000,000. 
so stat. loeo. 
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 pi-emiums and retirement benefits for civilian mem-
bers of teaching staffs; maintenance and operation of Navy training 
and personnel facilities, including the Naval Academy, Naval Post-
graduate School, Naval War College, Naval Home, NaA^y training 
schools and facilities, disciplinary barracks, and retraining commands; 
hire of motor vehicles; not to exceed $30 per person for civilian cloth-
ing, including an overcoat when necessary, for enlisted personnel dis-
charged for inaptitude or unsuitability or otherwise than honorably; 
welfare and recreation; medals and other awards; and departmental 
salaries; $83,980,000. 
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^InjTARY PERSONNEL, M A R I N E CORPS 
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40 u s e 259, 267. 
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note. 
For pay, allowances, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, 
clothing, permanent change of station travel (including expenses of 
temporary duty between permanent duty stations), and transportation 
of dependents, household effects (including storage thereof), and 
privately owned automobiles, as authorized oy law, for regular and 
reserve personnel on active duty (except those on active duty while 
undergoing reserve training), $647,100,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, and travel, as 
authorized by law, for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve and the 
Mar,ine Corps platoon leaders class on active duty while undergoing 
reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, 
$26,800,000. 
MARINE CORPS PROCUREMENT 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and mod-
ification of armament, ammunition, military equipment and vehicles 
for the Marine Corps, including purchase of passenger motor vehicles; 
$164,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MARINE CORPS TROOPS AND FACILITIES 
Foi^ \necessary expenses of troops and facilities of the Marine Corps 
not oti\erwise 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 recrea-
tion ; not to exceed $30 per person for civilian clothing, including an 
overcoat when necessary, for enlisted personnel discharged for inapti-
tude or unsuitability or otherwise than honorably; procurement and 
manufacture of military supplies, equipment and clothing; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; transportation of things; industrial mobili-
zation ; medals, awards, emblems and other insignia; and departmental 
salaries; $171,820,000. 
AIRCRAFT AND RELATED PROCUREMENT 
For construction, procurement, and modernization of aircraft and 
equitflnent, including ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; 
specialized equipment; expansion of public and not to exceed $10,000,-
000 for expansion of private plants, including the land necessary there-
for, without regard to section 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, and 
such land, and interests therein, may be acquired and construction 
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title by the Attorney General 
as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; procurement 
and installation of equipment in public or private plants; and depart-
mental salaries necessary for the purposes of this appropriation; 
$1,732,900,000, to remain available until expended. 
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; pro-
curement of services, supplies, special clothing, tools, materials, and 
equipment, including rescue boats; industrial mobilization; aero-
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logical services, supplies, and equipment for the Navy and Marine 
Corps; and departmental salaries; $810,772,000: Provided, 
That 
$725,000 of the foregoing amount shall be transferred to the appro-
priation "Salaries and expenses. Weather Bureau, Department of 
Commerce"', fiscal year 1957. 
SHIPBUILDING AXD CONVERSION 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or conver-
sion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and armament 
therefor, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installa-
tion thereof in public or private plants; procurement, production, and 
modernization of electronic equipment and material for ships; pro-
curement of critical long lead time components and designs for vessels 
to be constructed or converted in the future; expansion of public and 
private plants, including land necessary therefor, without regard to 
section 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, and such land, and interests 
therein, may be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior 
to approval of title by the Attorney General as required by section 
355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and departmental salaries neces-
sary for the purposes of this appropriation; $1,479,700,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
SHIPS AND FACILITIES 
For expenses necessary for design, maintenance, operation, and 
alteration of viessels; maintenance and operation of facilities; pro-
curement of plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and 
installation thereof in public or private plants; procurement of equip-
ment, supplies, special clothing and services; installation, mainte-
nance, and removal of ships' ordnance; lease of facilities and docks; 
charter and hire of vessels; relief of vessels in distress; maritime sal-
vage services; industrial mobilization; and departmental salaries; 
$766,040,000; of which $16,240,000 shall be transferred to the appro-
priation "Coast Guard Operating Expenses, 1957" for the operation 
of ocean stations: Provided, That notwithstanding the availability of 
the trust fund "Naval Reservation, Olongapo Civic Fund," this appro-
priation shall be available for such sui^port of the town of Olongai^o 
as may be authorized by law. 
CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS 
The limit on the total of obligations which may be incurred under 
this head for construction, conversion, or replacement, approved after 
July 17,1947, is reduced from "$1,243,289,000" to "$1,224,861,000", and 
the authority to enter into contracts heretofore granted under this 
head is reduced by the sum of $18,428,000. Appropriations under this 
head shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 1957, or for 
expenditure after June 30, 1958, and any unexpended balance remain-
ing therein on June 30, 1958, shall be disposed of pursuant to the 
provisions of the Surplus Fund-Certified Claims Act of 1949 (31 
U. S. C. 712b). 
PROCUREMENT OF ORDNANCE AND AMMUNITION 
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); expansion of public and 
private plants, including land necessary therefor, without regard to 
section 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, and such land, and inter-
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no tea 
63 Stat. 407. 
40 u s e 259, 367. 
note. 
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ests therein, laaj be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon 
prior to approval of title by the Attorney General as required by 
33 use 733 and sectiou 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procurement of plant 
equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation thereof in 
public or private plants; $294,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
ORDNANCE AND FACILITIES 
For expenses necessary for inspection, testing, modification, alter-
ation, preservation, and handling of ordnance and ammunition; main-
tenance of ordnance (except installation, maintenance, and removal of 
aliips' ordnance, and line maintenance of ordnance installed in air-
craft) ; maintenance and operation of ordnance facilities; procure-
ment of equipment, supplies, special clothing and services; procure-
ment of plant equi])ment, appliances, and machine tools, and instal-
lation thereof in naval plants; lease of facilities; industrial mobiliza-
tion ; and departmental salaries; $163,680,000. 
ORDNANCE FOR NEAV CONSTRUCTION 
The limit on the total of obligations which may be incurred under 
this head for armor, armament, and ammunition for construction, con-
version, or replacement approved between July 17, 1947, and June 30, 
1951, is reduced from "$356,123,000" to "$335,123,000", and the author-
ity to enter into contracts heretofore granted under this head is re-
duced by the sum of "$21,000,000". Appropriations under this head 
shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 1957, or for ex-
penditure after June 30,1958, and any unexpended balance remaining 
therein on June 30, 1958, shall be disposed of pursuant to the pro-
visions of the Surplus Fund-Certified Claims Act of 1949 (31 U. S. C. 
712b). 
^MEDICAL CARE 
For expenses necessary for maintenance and operation of naval 
hospitals, medical centers, clinics, schools, and other medical activi-
ties ; technical medical support of the supply system and other naval 
activities; procurement of ambulances, medical and dental supplies, 
equipment and services; instruction of medical personnel in naval 
hospitals, naval schools, and civilian schools; industrial mobilization; 
care of the dead; and departmental salaries; $61,323,000. 
Civil. ENGINEERING 
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; engineering services; industrial 
mobilization; and departmental salaries; $129,600,000. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVAL RESERVE FORCES 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and con-
version 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. 
40 use 259"267*. 829), as amended, without regard to section 3734, Revised Statutes, 
as amended, and land and interests therein may be acquired and con-
struction prosecuted tlieieon prior to the approval of title by the 
63 Stat. 407. 
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Attorney General as required by section 355, Eevised Statutes, as ^^33 use 733 and 
amended; $9,704,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research 
and development, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and 
operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law, $492,-
000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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, area provision supply and purchasing offices, supply demand 
control points, fleet fueling facilities, overseas air cargo terminals, 
regional accounting and disbursing offices, the material catalog office, 
and other service-wide supply and finance facilities, as designated by 
the Secretary; procurement of supplies, services, special clothing, 
and equipment; transportation of household effects of civilian em-
ployees ; industrial mobilization; losses in exchange and in the accounts 
of disbursing officers, as authorized by law; and departmental salaries; 
$289,644,000. 
SERVICE-WIDE OPERATIONS 
For expenses necessary for maintenance and operation of the 
Naval Observatory, the Hydrographic Office, service-wide communi-
cations, naval records centers, naval district headquarters (except 
training officers), river commands, the cost inspection service, and 
other service-wide operations and functions not otherwise provided 
for; procurement of supplies, services and equipment for activities 
financed hereunder; cryptographic equipment; Latin-American co-
operation ; not to exceed $9,690,000 for emergencies and extraordinary 
expenses as authorized by section 6 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
U. S. C. 419c), to be expended on the approval and authority of the 
^ stat. ess. 
Secretary, and his determination shall be final and conclusive upon 
the accounting officers of the Government; and departmental salaries; 
$102,435,000. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES 
For expenses necessary for exploration, prospecting, conservation, 
development, use, and operation of the naval petroleum reserves, as 
authorized by law, $683,000. 
NAVAL EMERGENCY FUND 
The appropriation "Naval emergency fund" shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure after June 30,1956, and any unexpended 
balance remaining therein on that date shall be covered into the 
Treasury. 
REDUCTIONS IN APPROPRIATIONS 
The amounts available in the several funds named below are liereby 
reduced by the respective sums indicated, such sums to be covered into 
the Treasury immediately upon approval of this Act: 
Navy Stock Fund, $100,000,000; 
Marine Corps Stock Fund, $3,000,000; 
Navy Industrial Fund, $52,000,000; 
Construction of Ships, $3,800,000; 
Ordnance for New Construction, $1,000,000. 
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TITLE V 
DEPARTMEXT OF T H E AIR FORCE 
AIRCRAFT AND RELATED PROCUREMENT 
For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft and 
equipment, armor and armament, spare parts and accessories there-
for ; specialized equipment; expansion of public and private plants, 
Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, 
erection of structures, and acquisition of land without regard to sec-
1
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tion 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 
note. "^^ ^^^ ^^ Attorney General as required by section 365, Revised StatuteSj as 
amended; reserve plant and equipment layaway; and other expenses 
necessary for the foregoing purposes, including rents and transpor-
tation of things; $6,848,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
PROCUREMENT OTHER THAN AIRCRAFT 
For procuremeiit and modification of equipment, supplies, and 
materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; 
ground electronic and communication equipment; and the purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles; $1,140,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research 
and development, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and 
operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law, $710,000,-
000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion, maintenance, and administration 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; repair of facilities; field printing plants; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; recruiting advertising expenses; 
training and instruction of military personnel of the Air Force, in-
cluding tuition and related expenses; pay, allowances, and travel ex-
penses of contract surgeons; utility services for buildings erected at 
32 Stat. 282. 
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 property, and other necessary 
expenses of combat maneuvers; civilian clothing not to exceed $30 in 
cost for each person upon each release from a military prison, each 
enlisted man discharged for unsuitability, inaptitude, or otherwise 
than honorably, each enlisted man sentenced by a civil court to con-
finement in a civil prison, and each enlisted man interned, or dis-
charged without internment as an alien enemy; authorized issues of 
articles for use of applicants for enlistment and persons in military 
custody; payment of exchange fees and exchange 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; 
31 u s e 529. 
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^^ 
50 U. S. C. 1705-1707); care of the dead; chaplain and other welfare l%^^^%^^°'^'^\ 
and morale supplies and equipment; conduct of schoolrooms, service 1705-1707. 
^^^' 
clubs, chapels, and other instructional, entertainment, and welfare 
expenses for enlisted men and patients not otherwise provided for; 
awards and decorations; expenses of courts, boards and commissions; 
expenses for inter-American cooperation as authorized for the Navy 
by the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 421f) for Latin-American 
so stau ssa. 
cooperation; industrial mobilization, including maintenance of reserve 
plants and equipment and procurement planning; and special services 
by contract or otherwise; not to exceed $7,000,000 for emergencies and 
extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority 
of the Secretary of the Air Force, and payments may be made on his 
certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes, and his deter-
mination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of 
the Government; $3,724,185,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
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 section 
5, National Defense Act, as amended, or section 252 of the Armed 
\l ^*|^ ^^J' 
Forces Reserve Act of 1952 (50 U. S. C. 1003) (other than person- 
66 stau 496. 
nel of the reserve components, including the Air National Guard, on 
active duty while undergoing Reserve training), including commuta-
tion of quarters, subsistence supplies for issue as rations to enlisted 
personnel, and clothing allowances, as authorized by law; and, in 
connection with personnel paid from this appropriation, for rental 
of camp sites and local procurement of utility services and other neces-
sary expenses incident to individual or troop movements (including 
packing and unpacking and transportation of organizational equip-
ment) ; ice, meals for recruiting parties, monetary allowances for liquid 
coffee for troops when supplied cooked or travel rations, and commu-
tation of rations, as authorized by law, to enlisted personnel, includ-
ing those sick in hospitals; transportation, as authorized by law, of 
dependents, baggage, and household effects 
(including 
storage 
thereof) of personnel paid from this appropriation; rations for appli-
cants for enlistment, prisoners of war, and general prisoners; sub-
sistence supplies for resale, as authorized by law; commutation of 
rations, as authorized by regulations, to applicants for enlistment and 
general prisoners while sick in hospitals; subsistence of supernumer-
aries necessitated by emergent military circumstances; 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; and donations of not to exceed $25 to each 
civilian prisoner upon each release from a military prison, to each 
enlisted man discharged otherwise than honorably upon each release 
from confinement under court-martial sentence, and to each person 
discharged for fraudulent enlistment; $3,718,440,000, of which not 
to exceed $57,853,000 may be transferred to the appropriation, "Mili-
tary personnel, 1956". 
RESERVE PERSONNEL 
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 
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[70 ST A T . 
39Stat. 167, 203. 
10 u s e 
38; 32 
u s e 66, 171-176. 
66 Stat. 496. 
64 StaU 629. 
50 u s e 881 note. 
39 Stat. 205; 
StaU 1134. 
54 
drills or equivalent duty, 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; 
$59,300,000. 
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, including officers 
on duty under sections 5 and 81, National Defense Act, as amended, 
and section 252 of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952 (50 U. S. C. 
1003), 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 authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; estab-
lishment, maintenance, 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), as 
amended; maintenance, operation, and modification of aircraft; trans-
portation 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 authorized by law; and expenses incident to the main-
tenance and use of supplies, materials, and equipment, including such 
as may be furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the 
Department of Defense; $258,700,000: 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. 
REDUCTION IN APPROPRIATION 
AIR FORCE STOCK FUND 
The amount available in the Air Force Stock Fund is hereby 
reduced by $50,000,000, such sum to be covered into the Treasury 
immediately upon approval of this Act. 
TITLE VI 
Experts or con-
sultants. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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 under regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary of Defense, and to pay in connection there-
with travel expenses of individuals, including actual transportation 
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. 
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467 
SEC. 602. 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 sliall not apply to personnel of the 
Department of Defense. 
SEC. 603. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
for insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when 
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 secur-
ity guard services for protection of confidential files; and all necessary 
expenses, at the seat of government of the United States of America 
or elsewhere, in connection with (1) instruction and training, includ-
ing tuition, specifically approved by the Secretary of the department 
concerned and not otherwise provided for, of civilian employees, and 
(2) communication and other services and supplies as may be neces-
sary to carry out the purposes of this Act: Provided.That 
no appro-
priation contained in this Act, and no funds available from prior 
appropriations to component departments and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense, shall be used to pay tuition or to make other pay-
ments 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. 604. Any appropriation available to the Air Force, Army, or 
the Xavy 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. 605. 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 facilities 
of the Department concerned, but the cost of any project authorized 
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 during the 
current fiscal year at any single facility of the Department concerned. 
SEC. 606. 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 
$20,000 on housing units for generals or equivalent; $18,000 on housing 
units for colonels or equivalents; $16,000 on housing units for majors 
and lieutenant colonels, or equivalent; $14,000 on housing units for 
second lieutenants, lieutenants, captains, and warrant officers, or equiv-
Noncitizens* 
A v a i l a b i l i t y of 
appropriation SI 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
P r i s o n e r s 
war, etc. 
of 
Minor 
tion. 
Family quarters. 
468 
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[TO STAT, 
Schooling for de-
pendents* 
64 Stat. 1100. 
60 Stat. 854. 
Occupied areas. 
Rewards, Navy. 
60 Stat. 858. 
5 u s e 42If. 
Payment of defi-
ciency judgments. 
62 Stat. 277. 
Canal Zone. 
Citizenship 
r e -
quirements. 
P a n a m a n i a n 
citizens. 
48 U S C 1307 
note. 
Employees 
with 
15ormore years of 
service. 
Hours of employ-
ment; pay rate. 
Su sp e n s i on of 
compliance. 
alent; or $12,000 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 Communication System the individual cost of 
which shall not exceed $40,000. 
SEC. 607. 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 person-
nel of the Department of Defense residing on military or naval in-
stallations 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 $245 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; (d) for 
payment of deficiency judgments and interest thereon arising out of 
condemnation proceedings; (e) for payment of rentals at the seat of 
government or elsewhere, and, in administering the provisions of 43 
U. S. C. 315q, rentals may be paid in advance. 
SEC. 608. 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 
pei-son is a citizen of the United States of America or 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 
States or on the Canal Zone; (3) that nothing in this Act shall pro-
hibit 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. 
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469 
SEC. 609. 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 independ-
ent 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 
mformation as to commodities and services produced and furnished 
by small independent enterprises in the United States, and by other-
wise helping to gi^'^e small business an opportunity to participate in 
the furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appro-
priated by this Act. 
SEC. 610. 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 
expenses and food costs to the appropriations concerned: Provided^ 
That officers and civilians in a travel status receiving a per diem allow-
ance in lieu of subsistence shall be charged at the rate of not less than 
$2.25 per day: Ppoinded further^ That for the purposes of this section 
payments for meals at the rates established hereunder may be made 
m cash or by deductions from the pay of civilian employees. 
SEC. 611. 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. 612. Not more than $41,000,000 of the amounts received during 
the current fiscal year by the Department of Defense as proceeds from 
the sale of scrap, salvage or surplus materials, shall be available dur-
ing the current fiscal year for expenses of transportation, demilitari-
zation, and other preparation for sale or salvage of military supplies, 
equipment, and materiel: Provided^ That a report of receipts and dis-
bursements under this limitation shall be made quarterly to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Congress: Provided 
further, 
That no funds available to agencies of the Department of Defense 
shall be used for the operation, acquisition or construction of new 
facilities or equipment for new facilities in the continental limits of 
the United States for metal scrap baling or shearing or for melting or 
sweating aluminum scrap unless the Secretary of Defense or an 
Assistant Secretary of Defense designated by him determines, with 
respect to each facility involved, that the operation of such facility is 
in the national interest. 
SEC. 613. During the current fiscal year, the President may exempt 
appropriations, funds, and contract authorizations, available for mil-
itary functions under the Department of Defense, from the provi-
sions of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the interest 
of national defense. 
SEC. 614. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
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 
A s 8 i s t an c e to 
A m e r i c a n 
small 
buainesa< 
Mess operations* 
T r a v e l - staitua 
rate. 
Availability of 
appropriations. 
P r o c e e d s from 
sale of scrap. 
Exemption from 
£^p ortionm ent. 
31 u s e 665. 
C o m m i s s airy 
stores. 
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[70 
S T A T . 
Restrictions* 
C i vi l i an e m -
ployee ceiling. 
Exception. 
Proficiency fly-
ing. 
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. 
N o n app licabil-
ity. 
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 commissary 
stores to make such reimbursement: Provided^ That under such regu-
lations as may be issued pursuant to this section all utilities may be 
furnished without cost to the commissary stores outside the conti-
nental United States and in Alaska: Provided further^ That no appro-
priation contained in this Act shall be available in connection with 
the operation of commissary stores within the continental United 
States unless the Secretary of Defense has certified that items nor-
mally 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. 
SEC. 615. No funds appropriated in title I, 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: Provided^ That whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of the 
Military Department concerned, the direct substitution of civilian 
personnel for an equivalent or greater number of military personnel 
will result in economy without adverse effect upon national defense, 
such substitution may be accomplished without regard to the foregoing 
limitation, and such funds as may be required to accomplish the 
substitution may be transferred from the appropriate military per-
sonnel appropriation to, and merged with, the appropriation charged 
with compensation of such civilian personnel. 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, executive 
order, or regulation, no part of the appropriations in this Act shall be 
available for any expenses of operating aircraft under the jurisdiction 
of the Armed Forces for the purpose of proficiency flying except in 
accordance with the regulations issued by the Secretaries of the 
Departments concerned and approved by the Secretary of Defense 
which shall establish proficiency standards and maximum and mini-
mum flying hours for this purpose: Provided^ That without regard to 
any provision of law or executive 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 Compensa-
tion Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 802) to certain members of the Armed Forces 
otherwise entitled to receive flight pay during the fiscal years 1956 and 
1957 (1) who have held aeronautical ratings or designations for not 
less than twenty years, or (2) whose particular assignment outside the 
United States makes it impractical to participate in regular aerial 
flights. 
SEC. 617. 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 per-
sonal effects in excess of eleven thousand pounds net in any one ship-
ment : Provided^ That the limitations imposed herein shall not be 
applicable in the case of members transferred to or serving in stations 
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471 
outside the continental United States or in Alaska under orders reliev-
ing them from a duty station within the United States prior to July 
10, 1952, and who arev returned to the United States under orders re-
lieving them from a duty station beyond the United States or in Alaska 
on or after July 1,1953. 
SEC. 618. 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 such agencies upon the request 
of the head of one agency and the approval of the agency having 
jurisdiction of the vessels concerned. 
SEC. 619. Xone 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: Provided further^ That this limitation shall not apply 
to the off-duty training of military personnel as prescribed by section 
624 of this Act. 
SEC. 620. Funds provided in this Act for public information and 
public relations shall not exceed $3,270,000. 
SEC. 621. Not more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in this 
Act which are limited for obligation during fiscal year 1957 shall be 
obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year: Provided^ 
That this sectioji shall not apply to obligations for support of active 
duty training of civilian components or summer camp training of the 
Reserve Officers* Training Corps. 
SEC. 622. During the fiscal year 1957, the agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense ma}^ accept the use of real property from foreign 
countries for the United States in accordance with mutual defense 
agreements or occupational arrangements and may accept services 
furnished by foreign countries as reciprocal international courtesies 
or as services customarily made available without charge; and such 
agencies may use the same for the support of the United States forces 
in such areas without specific appropriation therefor. 
In addition to the foregoing, agencies of the Department of Defense 
may accept 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: Provided^ That within 
thirty days after the end of each quarter the Secretary of Defense 
shall render to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives and to the Bureau of the Budget a full 
report of such property, supplies, and commodities received during 
such quarter. 
SEC. 623. 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), 
and for purposes related to research and development for which 
expenditures are specifically authorized in other appropriations of the 
service concerned. 
SEC. 624. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
for the payment of more than 75 per centum of charges of educational 
institutions for tuition or expenses for off-duty training of military 
personnel, nor for the payment of any part of tuition or expenses for 
such training for commissioned personnel who do not agree to remain 
on active duty for two years after completion of such training. 
SEC. 625. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be expended 
for the support of any formally enrolled student in basic courses of 
Transfer of ves-
s e l s . 
Legal training. 
P u b l i c informa-
tion, e t c 
Obligated fvindst 
1957. 
Ac c ep tance of 
property from for-
eign countries. 
Reports to Coir»-
gress and Budget 
Bureau. 
R esearch and dci-
velopment. 
S u s e 
2 3 5 e, 
47Sj, 628e. 
T u i t i o n 
p a y -
ments, e t c 
ROTC. 
Loyalty require-
ment. 
472 
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[70 
S T A T . 
Procurement of 
U. S. products* 
Passenger auto-
mobile B« 
Bakeries, l a u n -
dries, etc. 
Air mall. 
F o r e i gn quar-
ters. 
66 Stat. 622. 
Furnishings. 
Uniforms. 
5 u s e 2131 note. 
P r o m o t i o n 
of 
rifle practice. 
the senior division, Reserve Officers' Training Corps, who has not 
executed a certificate of loyalty or loyalty oath in such form as shall 
be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 626. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for th6 procurement of any article of food, clothing, 
cotton, spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, 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, spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, or wool grown, 
reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States or its possessions 
cannot be procured as and when needed at United States market prices 
and except procurements outside the United States in support of com-
bat operations, procurements by vessels in foreign waters and emer-
gency procurements or procurements of perishable foods by estab-
lishments located outside the continental United States, except the 
Territories of Hawaii and Alaska, for the personnel attached thereto: 
Promded., 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 appropriated shall be used 
for the payment of a price differential on contracts hereafter made 
for the purpose of relieving economic dislocations. 
SEC. 627. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the purchase of passenger automobiles except for replacement: 
Provided^ That the foregoing limitation shall not apply to the Navy 
and Marine Corps for one hundred and sixty-five vehicles, and to 
the Air Force for one thousand and sixty-nine vehicles. 
SEC. 628. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, laun-
dry, or dry-cleaning facility in the United States, its Territories or 
possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify in 
writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be furnished 
by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources at 
reasonable rates. 
SEC. 629. During the current fiscal year, appropriations of the De-
partment of Defense shall be available for reimbursement to the Post 
Office Department for payment of costs of commercial air transporta-
tion of military mail between the United States and foreign countries. 
SEC. 630. Appropriations of the Department of Defense available 
for the payment of rental allowances shall be available for the leas-
ing of quarters in foreign countries constructed under the authority 
of section 302 of Public Law 534, approved July 14,1952, for assign-
ment as public quarters to military personnel of the Department of 
Defense. 
SEC. 631. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
for providing furnishings, without charge, in other than public quar-
ters occupied by military or civilian personnel of the Department of 
Defense on duty outside the continental United States or in Alaska, 
upon a determination, under regulations approved by the Secretary 
of Defense, that such action is advantageous to the Government. 
SEC. 632. During the current fiscal year appropriations available to 
the Department of Defense for pay of civilian employees shall be 
available for uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by the 
Act of September 1,1954 (68 Stat. 1114). 
SEC. 633. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
shall, upon requisition of the National Board for the Promotion of 
Rifle Practice, and without reimbursement, transfer from agencies 
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*78 
of the Department of Defense to the Board ammunition in such 
amounts as he may determine. 
(b) Such appropriations of the Department of Defense available 
for obligation during the current fiscal year as may be designated by 
the Secretary of Defense shall be availal)le for the travel expenses of 
military and naval personnel, including the reserve components, and 
members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps attending regional, 
national or international rifle matches. 
SEC. 634. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense 
short uue. 
Appropriation Act, 1957". 
Approved July 2, 1956, 
Public Law 640 
CHAPTER 489 
AN ACT 
Relating to the application in the Territory of Hawaii of the Federal Aid in 
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Wildlife Restoration Act and the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act. 
July 2. 1956 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled^ That section 2 of 
Fedwii aid for 
the Federal Aid in Wildlife Kestoration Act of September 2, 1937 wudiife and fish 
(50 Stat. 917; 16 U. S. C , 1952 edition, sec. 669a) is amended by strik- '•"t""*^""-
ing out the period at its end and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon 
and the words "and the term 'State' shall be construed to mean and 
include the several States and the Territory of Hawaii.". 
SEC. 2. Section 8 (a) of said Act, as added by the Act of August 
18, 1941 (55 Stat. 632) and amended by the Act of August 3, 1950 
(64 Stat. 399; 16 U. S. C , 1952 edition, sec. 669g-l), is amended (i) 
by striking out the words "the Division of Game and Fish of the Board 
of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry of Hawaii,", (ii) by 
striking out the words "not exceeding $25,000 for Hawaii,", and (iii) 
by striking out the word "Territories" wherever the same appears 
and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Territory of Alaska". 
SEC. 3, Section 2 of the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act of 
August 9, 1950 (64 Stat. 431; 16 U. S. C, 1952 edition, sec. 777a) is 
amended by striking out the period at its end and inserting in lieu 
thereof a semicolon and the words "and the term 'State' shall be con-
strued to mean and include the several States and the Territory of 
Hawaii.". 
SEC. 4. Section 12 of said Act (64 Stat. 434; 16 U. S. C , 1952 
edition, sec. 777k) is amended (i) by striking out the words "the 
Division of Game and Fish of the Board of Commissioners of Agri-
culture and Forestry of Hawaii,", (ii) by striking out the words "not 
exceeding $25,000 for Hawaii,", and (iii) b}^ striking out the word 
"Territories" wherever the same appears and inserting in lieu thereof 
the words "Territory of Alaska". 
SEC. 5. The amendments made by this Act shall be applicable only 
Applicability, 
with respect to fiscal years beginning after the passage of this Act. 
Until the final adjournment of the first regular session of the legis-
lature of the Territory of Hawaii held after the passage of this Act, 
the assent of the Governor of the Territory shall oe sufficient for the 
purposes of the assent requirements set forth in section 1 of said 
Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (50 Stat. 917; 16 U. S. C , 
1952 edition, sec. 669) and in section 1 of said Federal Aid in Fish 
Restoration Act (64 Stat. 430; 16 U. S. C , 1952 edition, sec. 777). 
Approved July 2, 1956.