An Act making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes
PL 82-137 (H.R.3880), enacted 08/31/1951

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Public Law 137 
CHAPTER 376 
AN ACT 
August 31, 1951 
[ii. R. 3880] 
Making appropriations for the Executive OflSce and sundry independent execu-
tive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the 
fiscal year ending June 30,1952, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Approp^hftion^Ac't'! United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
1952. 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the Executive Office and sundry independent 
executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and 
offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, namely: 
TITLE I 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT 
For compensation of the President, including an expense allowance 
at the rate of $50,000 per annum, as authorized by the Act of January 
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19^ 1949 (3 Yj S. C. 102), $150,000. 
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for The White House 
Office, including not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 
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section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at such per 
diem rates for individuals as the President may specify, and other 
personal services without regard to the provisions of law regulating 
the employment and compensation of persons in the Government 
service; and travel and official entertainment expenses of the Presi-
dent, to be accounted for solely on his certificate; $1,883,615. 
DISASTER RELIEF 
64 
Stat. 1109. 
42 
U. 
S. C. §§ 1855-
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act of 
g^g. September 30,1950 (Public Law 875), authorizing assistance to States 
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and local governments in major disasters, $800,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the appropriation "Emergency 
Fund for the President" shall not be available for obligation after 
June 30, 1951, and any unobligated balance remaining on that date 
shall be disposed of pursuant to the provisions of the Surplus Fund-
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' 2 per centum of the foregoing amount shall be available for adminis-
trative expenses. 
EXECUTIVE MANSION AND GROUNDS 
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing, 
improvement, heating and lighting, including electric power and 
fixtures^ of the Executive Mansion and the Executive Mansion 
grounds, and traveling expenses, to be expended as the President may 
determine, notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, $315,600. 
BUREAU OF T H E BUDGET 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Bureau of 
the Budget, including newspapers and periodicals (not exceeding 
$200) ; teletype news service (not exceeding $900); and not to exceed 
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$20,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $50 per diem for individ- 
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uals; $3,362,000. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Council in 
carrying out its functions under the Emploj^ment Act of 1946 (15 
U. S. C. 1021), including newspapers and periodicals (not exceeding 
$200); and press clippings (not exceeding $300); $300,000. 
60 Stat. 23. 
15 U. S. C. 
note. 
1021 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, as authorized by 
the Act of June 26,1946 (36 U. S. C. 121,123-132, 138), including the 
acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; purchase 
and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and 
monuments outside of the United States and its Territories and posses-
sions at a cost not exceeding $500; rent of office and garage space in 
foreign countries; the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for 
replacement only; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries when required by law of such countries; $719,000, of which 
not more than $504,000 shall be aVailable for personal services: Pro-
vided^ That where station allowance has been authorized by the 
Department of the Army for officers of the Army serving the Army at 
certain foreign stations, the same allowance shall be authorized for 
officers of the armed forces assigned to the Commission while serving 
at the same foreign stations, and this appropriation is hereby made 
available for the payment of such allowance: Provided further^ That 
when traveling on business of the Commission, officers of the armed 
forces serving as members or as secretary of the Commission may be 
reimbursed for expenses as provided for civilian members of the Com-
mission. 
Construction of memorials and cemeteries: For expenses necessary 
for the permanent design and construction of memorials and ceme-
teries in foreign countries as authorized by the Act of June 26, 1946 
(36 U. S. C. 121, 123-132, 138), and the Act of August 5, 1947 (50 
U. S. C. 1819), $3,000,000, to remain ayailabk until expended, of 
which not more than $305,850 shall be available for personal services: 
Provided., That foreign currencies available to the credit of the Treas-
ury shall be used to defray expenses incurred for this purpose where-
ever practicable. 
60 Stat. 317. 
Station allowance. 
Officers of armed 
forces, expenses. 
60 Stat. 317. 
61 Stat. 779. 
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1946, including employment of aliens; purchase of land 
and interests in land; services authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); purchase of not to exceed three hun-
dred and seventy-five passenger motor vehicles, of which two hundred 
and fifteen shall be for replacement only; purchase, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft; publication and dissemination of atomic infor-
mation ; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms; purchase of news-
papers and periodicals (not to exceed $8,000); official entertainment 
expenses (not to exceed $5,000) ; reimbursement of the General Services 
60 Stat. 775. 
42 U. S. C. § 1801 
note. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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Transfer of funds. 
Salary rostriction. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 U. S. C. § 1071 
note. 
Construction proj-
ects, limitations. 
Nonapplicability of 
limitations. 
Reports. 
Technical and pro-
duction facilities. 
Payment of a fixed 
fee, restrictions. 
Administration for security guard services; and payment of obligations 
incurred under prior year contract authorizations; $1,139,932,750, 
of which not more than $25,135,000 shall be available for personal serv-
ices, together with the unexpended balances, as of June 30, 1951, of 
prior year appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission, of which 
amounts $100,000 may be expended for objects of a confidential nature 
and in any such case the certificate of the Commission as to the amount 
of the expenditure and that it is deemed inadvisable to specify the 
nature thereof shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein 
expressed to have been expended; from which appropriation transfers 
of sums may be made to other agencies of the Government for the 
performance of the work for which this appropriation is made, and 
in such cases the sums so transferred may be merged with the appro-
priation to which transferred: Provided^ That no part of this appro-
priation shall be used* to pay the salary of any officer or employee 
(except such officers and employees whose compensation is fixed by 
law, and scientific and technical personnel) whose position would be 
subject to the Classification Act of 1949, if such Act were applicable 
to such position, at a rate in excess of the rate payable under such Act 
for positions of equivalent difficulty or responsibility: Provided 
fur-
ther^ That no part of this appropriation shall be used— 
(A) to start any new construction project for which an estimate 
was not included in the budget for the current fiscal year; 
(B) to start any new construction project the currently estimated 
cost of which exceeds the estimated cost included therefor in such 
budget; or 
(C) to continue any community facility construction project 
whenever the currently estimated cost thereof exceeds the estimated 
cost included therefor in such budget; 
unless the Director of the Bureau of the Budget specifically approves 
the start of such construction project or its continuation and a detailed 
explanation thereof is submitted forthwith by the Director to the 
Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House of Repre-
sentatives and the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy; the limita-
tions contained in this proviso shall not apply to any construction 
project the total estimated cost of which does not exceed $500,000; and, 
as used herein, the term "construction project" includes the purchase, 
alteration, or improvement of buildings, and the term "budget" 
includes the detailed justification supporting the budget estimates: 
Provided further^ That whenever the current estimate to complete 
any construction project (except community facilities) exceeds by 
15 per centum the estimated cost included therefor in such budget or 
the estimated cost of a construction project covered by clause (A) 
of the foregoing proviso which has been approved by the Director, 
the Commission shall forthwith submit a detailed explanation thereof 
to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget and the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of Representatives 
and the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy: Provided further^ That 
the two foregoing provisos shall have no application with respect to 
technical and production facilities (1) if the Commission certifies to 
the Director of the Bureau of the Budget that immediate construc-
tion or immediate continuation of construction is necessary to the 
national defense and security, and (2) if the Director agrees that such 
certification is justified: Provided further^ That no part of the fore-
going appropriation shall be used in connection with the payment of 
a fixed fee to any contractor or firm of contractors engaged under a 
cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract or contracts at any installation of the 
Commission, where that fee for community management is at a rate 
in excess of $90,000 per annum, or for the operation of a transportation 
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system where that fee is at a rate in excess of $45,000 per annum: 
Provided further^ That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall 
be used for any new construction project until after the Commission 
shall have notified all architects and engineers involved that the plans 
for such project should be purely utilitarian and without unnecessary 
refinements. 
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to 
exceed $28,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C 55a) ; not to exceed $10,000 for medical 
examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee 
basis; travel expenses of examiners acting under the direction of the 
Commission, and expenses of examinations and investigations held in 
Washington and elsewhere; payment in advance for library member-
ship in societies whose publications are available to members only or 
to members at a price lower than to the general public; not to exceed 
$65,000 for performing the duties imposed upon the Commission by 
the Act of July 19, 1940 (54 Stat. 767) ; reimbursement of the General 
Services Administration for security guard services for protection of 
confidential files; and not to exceed $5,000 for actuarial services by 
contract, without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended; 
$17,500,000: Provided^ That no details from any executive department 
or independent establishment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere 
to the Commission's central office in Washington or to any of its 
regional offices shall be made during the current fiscal year, but this 
shall not affect the making of details for service as members of the 
boards of examiners outside the immediate offices of the Commission 
in Washington or of the regional directors, nor shall it affect the mak-
ing of details of persons qualified to serve as expert examiners on 
special subjects: Provided further^ That the Civil Service Commis-
sion shall have power in case of emergency to transfer or detail any of 
its employees to or from its office or field force: Provided 
further^ 
That members of the Loyalty Review Board in Washington and of the 
regional loyalty boards in the field may be paid actual transportation 
expenses, and per diem in lieu of subsistence authorized by the Travel 
Expense Act of 1949 while traveling on official business away from 
their homes or regular places of business, and while en route to and 
from and at the place where their services are to be performed: Pro-
vided further^ That nothing in section 281 or 283 of title 18, United 
States Code, or in section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C. 99) 
shall be deemed to apply to any person because of his appointment for 
part-time or intermittent serAdce as a member of the Loyalty Review 
Board or a regional loyalty board in the Civil Service Commission: 
Provided further^ That not to exceed $575,000 of this appropriation 
shall be available for travel expenses. 
No part of the appropriations herein made to the Civil Service 
Commission shall be available for the salaries and expenses of the 
Legal Examining Unit in the Examining and Personnel Utilization 
Division of the Commission, established pursuant to Executive Order 
Numbered 9358 of July 1,1943, or for the compensation or expenses of 
any member of a
^ board of examiners (1) who has not made affidavit 
that he has not appeared in any agency proceeding within the preceding 
two years, and will not thereafter while a board member appear in any 
agency proceeding, as a party, or in behalf of a party to the proceed-
ing, before an agency in which an applicant is employed who has 
been rated or will be rated by such member: or (2) who, after making 
such affidavit, has rated an applicant who at the time of the rating 
60 Stat. 810. 
5 U. 8. C. §§ 118i, 
llSk-llSn. 
41U. S. C. §5. 
Emergency transfer 
or detail. 
L o y a l t y Review 
Board. 
63 Stat. 166. 
5 U. S. C. § 83.5 note. 
62 Stat. 097. 
Legal Examining 
Unit. 
3 CFR, 1943 Supp., 
p. 30. 
Compensation of 
certain board mem-
bers. 
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is employed by an agency before which the board member has appeared 
as a party, or in behalf of a party, within the preceding two years: 
Provided^ That the definitions of "agency", "agency proceeding", and 
5ij.*l*a§1001. 
"party" in section 2 of the Administrative Procedure Act shall apply 
to these terms as used herein. 
office™^allocating"su- 
^^ P^^^ ^^ appropriations herein shall be used to pay the compensa-
pervisory positions. 
tiou of officers and employees of the Civil Service Commission who 
allocate or reallocate supervisory positions in the classified civil service 
solely on the size of the group, section, bureau, or other organization 
unit, or on the number of subordinates supervised. 
References to 
size of the group, section, bureau, or other organization unit or the 
number of subordinates-supervised may be given effect only to the 
extent warranted by the workload of such organization unit and then 
only in combination with other factors, such as the kind, difficulty, and 
complexity of work supervised, the degree and scope of responsibility 
delegated to the supervisor, and the kind, degree, and value of the 
supervision actually exercised. 
Annuities, Panama Canal construction employees and Lighthouse-
Service widows: For payment of annuities authorized by the Act of 
58Stat. 258. 
j ^ ^ y 29, 1944, as amended (48 U. S. C. 1373a), and the Act of August 
„ f u. s. c. §
§ 771- ;^9^ ;^95o (g4 Stat. 465), $2,955,900. 
Payment to civil-service retirement and disability fund: For financ-
ing the liability of the United States, created by the Act approved 
fv%^:c\metseq ^ ^ y 22, 1920, and Acts amendatory thereof (5 U. S. C , ch. 14:), 
$310,000,000, which amount shall be placed to the credit of the "civil-
service retirement and disability fund". 
COMMISSION ON RENOVATION OF T H E EXECUTIVE 
MANSION 
For all expenses of the Commission on Renovation of the Executive 
3\F*s*c^uionote Mausion as authorized by Public Law 40, Eighty-first Congress, 
$25,000. 
DISPLACED PERSONS COMMISSION 
Displaced Persons Commission: For expenses necessary to carry out 
the provisions of the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, as amended by 
5oTI'%. app. the Act of June 16, 1950 (Public Law 555), including $1,100,000 for 
§ 1951 note. 
capital for loans pursuant to section 14 of said Act; rents in the District 
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• app. ^^ Columbia; travel expenses, including travel expenses outside conti-
nental United States without regard to the Standardized Government 
Travel Regulations, as amended, and the rates of per diem allowances 
under the Travel Expense Act of 1949; hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles ; printing and binding outside the continental limits of the United 
States without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 
40Stat. 1270. 
"[J. S. C. I l l ) ; expeuses incident to the primary and secondary educa-
tion of American children who are dependents of Government per-
sonnel paid from this appropriation and stationed overseas; services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
60 Stat. 810. 
55g^^ . employment of aliens; and payment of rent in foreign countries 
in advance; $7,000,000, of which not less than $4,375,000 shall be 
available for the expenses of transporting to the United States dis-
ernmeS^genctes*^"^ placed persous of German ethnic origin: Provided^ That allocations 
may be made from this appropriation by the Commission upon 
approval by the Bureau of the Budget to any department, agency, cor-
poration, or independent establishment of the Government for direct 
expenditure for the purposes of this appropriation, and any such 
expenditures may be made under the specific authority herein con-
es Stat. 166. 
5 U.S. C.§ 835 note. 
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tained or under the authority governing the activities of the depart-
ment, agency, corporation, or independent establishment to which 
amounts are allocated: Provided further^ That the Commission may 
enter into agreements with international agencies for the use of their 
transportation and other facilities for the transfer of persons as pro-
vided in section 12 of the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, as amended, 
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and with United States governmental agencies and may make pay- §i96i. 
ment in advance or by reimbursement for expenses incurred by such 
agencies in rendering assistance to the Commission in carrying out the 
provisions of this Act. 
FEDEKAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
Salary and expenses: For necessary expenses in performing the 
duties imposed by the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U. S. C. 151), 
^s stat. 1064.^^^ 
the Ship Act of 1910, as amended (46 U. S. C. 484-487), the Interna- 
se stat.'629. 
tional Radiotelegraphic Convention (45 Stat. pt. 2, p. 2760), Executive 
Order 3513, dated July 9, 1921, as amended under date of June 30, p^gJ'fE^'o^engf*^' 
1934, relating to applications for submarine cable licenses, and the 
radiotelegraphy provisions of the Convention for Promoting Safety 
of Life at Sea (50 Stat. 1121), including newspapers (not to exceed 
sostat. ine. 
$175), special counsel fees, improvement and care of grounds and 
repairs to buildings (not to exceed $17,500), purchase of not to exceed 
ten passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, and services as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), 
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FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the work of the 
Commission, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, 
including not to exceed $240,000 for travel; purchase (not to exceed 
one, for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
not to exceed $500 for newspapers; $3,805,325, of which not more 
than $3,371,825 shall be available for personal services and of which 
not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for special counsel and services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 LT. S. C. 
55a), but at rates not exceeding $50 per diem for individuals. 
^^ stat. sio. 
Flood-control surveys: For expenses necessary for the work of the 
Commission as authorized by section 4 of the Act of June 28, 1938 
(33 U. S. C. 701 j), and similar provisions in subsequent Acts, including 
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contract stenographic reporting services, $200,000. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade 
Commission, including contract stenographic reporting services, and 
not to exceed $700 for newspapers, $3,940,400: Provided^ That no part 
of the funds appropriated herein for the Federal Trade Commission 
shall be expended upon any investigation hereafter provided by con-
current resolution of the Congi'ess until funds are appropriated 
subsequently to the enactment of such resolution to finance the cost 
of such investigation. 
FILIPINO REHABILITATION COMMISSION 
The appropriation granted under the head "Filipino Rehabilita-
tion Commission," in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1945, 
s^ stat. 420. 
shall not be available after June 30, 1951, and the balance thereof 
remaining on that date shall be disposed of by the Secretary of the 
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63 Stat. 407. 
Treasury pursuant to the provisions of the Surplus Fund—Certified 
Claims Act of 1949 (31 U. S. C. 712b) ; and the Secretary of the 
Treasury is authorized and directed to pay to the Republic of the 
Philippines the sum of $15,000 heretofore deposited in the Treasury 
by the Republic of the Philippines as a contribution toward its share 
of the expenses of the Filipino Rehabilitation Commission. 
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
C
O Stat. 810. 
63 Stat. 959. 
5 U. S. C. § n05. 
5 U. S. C. §1112. 
Salaries: For personal services, $29,894,000. 
Miscellaneous expenses: For necessr.ry expenses, including the 
purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, 
$1,600,000. 
Appropriations for the General Accounting Office shall be avail-
able for newspapers and periodicals (not exceeding $500), and services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
65a). 
The Comptroller General of the United States hereafter is author-
ized, subject to the procedures prescribed by section 505 of the 
Classification Act of 1949, but without regard to the numerical limita-
tions contained therein, to place two positions in grade GS-18, two 
positions in grade GS-17, and seven positions in grade GS-16 in the 
General Schedule established by the Classification Act of 1949, and 
such positions shall be in lieu of any positions in the General Account-
ing Office previously allocated under section 505. The authority 
granted herein shall not be construed to require or preclude the reallo-
cation of any positions in the General Accounting Office previously 
allocated under section 505. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
22 U. 
note. 
Dispersal of depart 
mental functions. 
Advances and re-
imbursements. 
61 Stat. 584. 
Operating expenses: For necessary expenses of the General Serv-
ices Administration not otherwise provided for, including: Repair 
and improvement of public buildings and grounds under the control 
of the General Services Administration; rental of buildings in the 
District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving Govern-
ment agencies in connection with the assignment, allocation, and 
transfer of building space; demolition of buildings; furnishings and 
equipment; acquisition by purchase or otherwise and disposal by sale 
or otherwise of real estate and interests therein; purchase of not to 
exceed two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; not to 
exceed $750 for purchase of newspapers and periodicals; processing 
and determining net renegotiation rebates; liquidation of activities 
under the Act to promote the defense of the United States (55 Stat. 
• ^- ^ *" 31) ; and preparation of guides and other finding aids to records of 
the Second World War; $104,500,000. 
The foregoing appropriation shall not be available to effect the 
moving of Government agencies from the District of Columbia into 
buildings acquired to accomplish the dispersal of departmental func-
tions 01 the executive establishment into areas outside of but accessi-
ble to the District of Columbia. 
The foregoing appropriation shall be credited with (1) advances 
or reimbursements for salaries and administrative expenses charge-
able against other appropriations of the General Services Adminis-
tration, and such salaries and expenses may be paid from this 
appropriation; (2) cost of maintenance, upkeep, and repair included 
as part of rentals received from Government corporations pursuant 
to law (40 U. S. C. 129) ; (3) reimbursements for services performed 
in respect to bonds and other obligations under the jurisdiction of the 
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General Services Administration, issued by public authorities, States, 
or other public bodies, and such services in respect to such bonds or 
obligations as the Administrator deems necessary and in the public 
interest may, upon the request and at the expense of the issuing agen-
cies, be provided from this appropriation; and (4) appropriations or 
funds available to other agencies, and transferred to the General 
Services Administration, in connection with property transferred to 
the General Services Administration pursuant to the Act of July 2, 
1948 (50 U. S. C. 451ff), and such appropriations or funds may, with 
the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, be so transferred. 
During the current fiscal year, no part of any money appropriated 
in this or any other Act shall be used during any quarter of such fiscal 
year to purchase within the continental limits of the United States 
typewriting machines (except bookkeeping and billing machines) at 
a price which exceeds 90 per centum of the lowest net cash price, plus 
applicable Federal excise taxes, accorded the most-favored customer 
(other than the Government, the American National Red Cross, and 
the purchasers of typewriting machines for educational purposes 
only) of the manufacturer of such machines during the six-month 
period immediately preceding such quarter: Provided^ That the pur-
chase, utilization, and disposal of typewriting machines shall be per-
formed in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (Public Laws 152 
and Y54, Eighty-first Congress). 
Renovation and improvement of federally owned buildings outside 
of the District of Columbia: For expenses necessary for continuing 
the program for the renovation and improvement of federally owned 
buildings outside the District of Columbia, for which funds are not 
otherwise available, including appurtenances and approaches thereto, 
that are under the control of the General Services Administration for 
repair and preservation, as authorized by title I I I of the Act of June 
16, 1949 (Public Law 105), $4,500,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not more than $273,150 shall be available for 
personal services. 
Repair, preservation, and equipment, outside the District of Colum-
bia : For expenses necessary for the repair, alteration, improvement, 
preservation, and equipment, not otherwise provided for, of completed 
Federal buildings, the grounds and approaches thereof, wharves, and 
piers, together with the necessary dredging adjacent thereto, and care 
and safeguarding of sites acquired for Federal buildings; the demoli-
tion of buildings thereon; and the purchase and repair of equipment 
and fixtures in buildings under the administration of the General 
Services Administration; $9,000,000, of which not more than $1,661,400 
shall be available for pergonal services. 
For the acquisition of land and improvements thereon adjacent 
to the site of the United States Post Office, Chicago, Illinois, the 
alteration and renovation of such improvements, and the construc-
tion of auxiliary and appurtenant structures, ramps, and roadways 
for the expansion of post office facilities, pursuant to the provisions 
of the Public Buildings Act of May 25, 1926, as amended (40 U. S. C. 
341), $8,768,000, to remain available until expended. 
Renovation and modernization. Executive Mansion: For an addi-
tional amount for "Renovation and modernization. Executive Man-
sion", $100,000, to remain available until expended. 
Refunds under Renegotiation Act: For refunds under section 201 
(f) of the Renegotiation Act of 1951, $8,500,000: Provided, That to 
the extent refunds are made from this appropriation of excessive 
profits collected under the Renegotiation Act and retained by the 
Reconstruction Finance Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, the 
62 Stat. 1225. 
Typewriting ma-
chines. 
63 Stat. 377; 64 Stat. 
578 
41 U. S. C. § 201 
note. 
63 Stat. 198. 
40 U. S. C. §§ 297, 
297a. 
44 Stat. 630. 
Ante, p. 23. 
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation or the appropriate subsidiary 
shall reimburse this appropriation. 
Expenses, general supply fund: For expenses necessary for opera-
tion of the general supply fund (except those authorized by law to be 
charged to said fund), $15,000,000, of which not more than $8,201,000 
shall be available for personal services. 
HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Office of the 
Administrator, including rent in the District of Columbia; purchase 
of one passenger motor vehicle, for replacement only; services as 
60 Stat. 810. 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); 
expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the 
work of the agency; and transportation expenses and not to exceed 
$25 per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the 
60 Stat. 903. 
^ct of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 73b-2), for persons serving without 
compensation as members of any advisory committee established pur-
?2Ts c^§i7oih ^^^^t *^ Title VI of the Housing Act of 1949; $3,010,000: Provided, 
That necessary expenses of inspections and of providing representa-
tives at the site of projects being undertaken by local public agencies 
4
2 u^s^c' 
1451- P^^^^su^i^t to title I of the Housing Act of 1949 and of projects financed 
1460. 
through loans to educational institutions authorized by title IV of the 
1
2 u.^s.^c. §
§ 1
7
4
9
- Housing Act of 1950, shall be compensated by such agencies or insti-
1749c. 
tutions by the payment of fixed fees which in the aggregate will cover 
the costs of rendering such services, and expenses for such purpose 
shall be considered nonadministrative; and for the purpose of pro-
viding such inspections, the Administrator may utilize any agency 
and such agency may accept reimbursement or payment for such 
services from such institutions or the Administrator, and shall credit 
such amounts to the appropriations or funds against which such 
charges have been made, but such nonadministrative expenses shall not 
exceed $374,000. 
Advance planning of non-Federal public works: For carrying out 
4ou^*s.^c: §§451- the provisions of the Act of October 13, 1949 (Public Law 352), 
458. 
relating to the advance planning of public works, to remain available 
until expended, for administrative expenses, including those necessary 
for the liquidation of activities under title V of the War Mobilization 
5
8 Stat. 791.^ app ^^^ Reconversion Act of 1944, $550,000: Provided, That $13,100,000 
§ 1671. • • 
• Qf the aggregate amount of authorizations to enter into contracts here-
tofore granted under this head is hereby rescinded. 
PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
Annual contributions: For the payment of annual contributions 
to public housing agencies in accordance with section 10 of the United 
citl^nswp o
f ten- States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1410), $10,000,000: 
ant. 
Provided, That except for payments required on contracts entered into 
prior to April 18,1940, no part of this appropriation shall be available 
for payment to any public housing agency for expenditure in connec-
tion with any low-rent housing project, unless the public housing 
agency shall have adopted regulations prohibiting as a tenant of any 
such project by rental or occupancy any person other than a citizen 
of the United States, but such prohibition shall not be applicable in 
the case of a family of any serviceman or the family of any veteran 
who has been discharged (other than dishonorably) from, or the 
family and any serviceman who died in, the Armed Forces of the 
65 
STAT.] 
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277 
United States within four years prior to the date of application for 
admission to such housing: Provided further^ That all expenditures 
of this appropriation shall be subject to audit and final settlement by 
the Comptroller General of the United States under the provisions 
of the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, as amended: 
Provided 
further^ That notwithstanding the provisions of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, as amended, the Public Housing Administration 
shall not, with respect to projects initiated after March 1, 1949, 
authorize during the fiscal year 1952 the commencement of construction 
of in excess of fifty thousand dwelling units: Provided further^ That 
the Public Housing Administration shall not, after the date of 
approval of this Act, authorize the construction of any projects 
initiated before or after March 1, 1949, in any locality in which such 
projects have been or may hereafter be rejected by the governing 
body of the locality or by public vote, unless such projects have been 
subsequently approved by the same procedure through which such 
rejection was expressed. 
Administrative expenses: For administrative expenses of the Public 
Housing Administration, $9,500,000, to be merged with and expended 
under the authorization for such expenses contained in title IV of 
this Act. 
INDIAN CT.AIMS COMMISSION 
A u d i t 
ment. 
and settle-
42 Stat. 20. 
31 U. S. C. § 1. 
50 Stat. 891. 
42 U. S. C. § 1430. 
Post, p. 289. 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the pur-
poses of the Act of August 13. 1946 (25 U. S. C. 70), creating an 
Indian Claims Commission, $89,600, of which not more than $84,600 
shall be available for personal services. 
60 Stat. 1049. 
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION 
General expenses: For expenses necessary in performing the func-
tions vested by law in the Commission (49 U. S. C. 1-24, 301-327, 
901-923, 1001-1022), except those otherwise specifically provided for 
in this Act, and for general administration, including not to exceed 
$5,000 for the employment of special counsel; contract stenographic 
reporting services; newspapers (not to exceed $200) ; and purchase of 
nine passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; $8,784,935: 
Provided, That Joint Board members and cooperating Stat© com-
missioners may use Government transportation requests when travel-
ing in connection with their duties as such. 
Railroad safety: For expenses necessary in performing functions 
authorized by law (45 U. S. C. 1-15, 17-21, 35-46, 61-64; 49 U. S. C. 
26) to insure a maximum of safety in the operation of railroads, in-
cluding authority to investigate, test experimentally, and report on 
the use and need of any appliances or systems intended to promote the 
safety of railway operation, including those pertaining to block-signal 
and train-control systems, as authorized by the joint resolution 
approved June 30, 1906, and the Sundry Civil Act of May 27, 1908 
(45 U. S. C. 35-37), and to require carriers by railroad subject to the 
Act to install automatic train-stop or train-control devices as pre-
scribed by the Commission (49 U. S. C. 26), including the employment 
of inspectors and engineers, $983,000, of which not more than $743,700 
shall be available for personal services. 
Locomotive inspection: For expenses necessary in the enforcement 
of the Act of February 17, 1911, entitled "An Act to promote the 
safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling com-
mon carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomo-
tives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto", as 
Government trans-
portation requests. 
34 
Stat. 838. 
35 
Stat. 325. 
41 
Stat. 498. 
278 
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[65 STAT. 
3
G Stat. 913. 
amended (45 U. S. C. 22-34), $706,600, of which not more than $540,-
000 shall be available for personal services. 
INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON T H E POTOMAC 
RIVER 
BASIN 
Contribution to Interstate Commission on the Potomac River 
Basin: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay in advance to 
the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin the Federal 
contribution toward the expenses of the Commission during the cur-
rent fiscal year in the administration of its business in the conservancy 
district established pursuant to the Act of July 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 
33u.s.c.§5C7b. 
748), $5,000. 
MOTOR CARRIER CLAIMS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Motor Carrier Claims Commission 
62Stat.^1222. ^ ^
^
^ established by the Act of July 2, 1948 (Public Law 880), including 
note. 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U. S. C. 55a), $34,000. 
60 Stat. 810. 
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Committee, 
including contracts for the making of special investigations and 
reports and for engineering, drafting and computing services; equip-
ment; maintenance and operation of aircraft; purchase of four pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only; not to exceed $100 for 
newspapers and periodicals; and services as authorized by section 15 
6
0 Stat. 810. 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; $49,250,000. 
Construction and equipment: For construction and equipment at 
laboratories and research stations of the Committee, to remain avail-
able until expended, $18,350,000, $11,700,000 of which shall be avail-
able for payments under contracts entered into pursuant to the con-
tract authority heretofore granted under this head. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL HOUSING 
AUTHORITY 
Maintenance and operation of properties: For the maintenance 
and operation of properties under title I of the District of Columbia 
D^c^VJde§§5-103 ^ll^y Dwelling Authority Act, $32,800: Provided^ That all receipts 
to 5-iii. 
derived from sales, leases, or other sources shall be covered into the 
Treasury of the United States monthly: Promded further^ That so 
long as funds are available from appropriations for the foregoing 
purposes, the provisions of section 507 of the Housing Act of 1950 
6
4 Stat. 81. 
(Public Law 475, Eighty-first Congress) shall not be effective. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING 
COMMISSION 
Land acquisition, National Capital park, parkway and playground 
system: For necessary expenses for the National Capital Park and 
Planning Commission in connection with the acquisition of land 
for the park, parkway, and playground system of the National Capi-
tal, as authorized by section 4 of the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 
65 
STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 137—AUG. 31, 1951 
279 
482), including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), and real estate appraisers, by con-
tract or otherwise without regard to the civil service and classification 
laws, at rates of pay or fees not to exceed those usual for similar 
services; and purchase of options and other costs incident to the 
acquisition of land; f 155,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided^ That not exceeding $17,250 of the funds available under 
the above appropriation during the current fiscal year may be used 
for regular and part-time personal services or other necessary expenses 
of the Commission, excepting services by contract. 
D. C. Codo § 8-102 
note. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Limitation. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including purchase 
of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; not to exceed 
$1,150 for the purchase of newspapers; and services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; $5,378,480, of 
which not more than $4,909,700 shall be available for personal services. 
60 Stat. 810. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
Salaries and expenses, Smithsonian Institution: For all necessary 
expenses for the preservation, exhibition, and increase of collections 
from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government and 
from other sources; for the system of international exchanges between 
the United 
States and foreign 
countries; for 
anthropological 
researches among the American Indians and the natives of lands 
under the jurisdiction or protection of the United States, independ-
ently or in cooperation with State, educational, and scientific organi-
zations in the United States, and the excavation and preservation of 
archeological remains; for maintenance of the Astrophysical Observa-
tory and making necessary observations in high altitudes; for the 
administration of the National Collection of Fine Arts; for the 
administration, and for the construction and maintenance, of labora-
tory and other facilities on Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, under 
the provisions of the Act of July 2,1940, as amended by the provisions 
of Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1946; for the maintenance 
and administration of a national air museum as authorized by the 
Act of August 12, 1946 (20 U. S. C. 77) ; including not to exceed 
$35,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 
2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 
for guards and elevator conductors; repairs and alterations of build-
ings and approaches; and preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and 
illustrations for publications; $2,391,200. 
Salaries and expenses. National Gallery of Art: For the upkeep 
and operation of the National Gallery of Art, the protection and care 
of the works of art therein, and administrative expenses incident 
thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as 
amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 
9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as authorized by section 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); payment in advance 
when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in 
library, museum, and art associations or societies whose publications 
or services are available to members only, or to members at a price 
lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of 
uniforms for guards and elevator operators; purchase or rental of 
devices and services for protecting' buildings and contents thereof, 
and maintenance and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; 
and not to exceed $15,000 for restoration and repair of works of art 
Astrophysical O b -
servatory. 
National Collection 
of Fine Arts. 
54 Stat. 724. 
48 U. S. O. §§ 1381-
1387. 
60 Stat. 1101. 
5 U. S. C. 5 133y-16 
note. 
60 Stat. 997. 
60 Stat. 810. 
20 U. S. C. §§ 71-75. 
53 Stat. 577. 
20 U. S. C. §.74. 
60 Stat. 810. 
280 
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[65 STAT. 
for the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without adver-
tising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates or 
prices and under such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem 
proper; $1,154,000. 
SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Subversive 
Activities Control Board, including services as authorized by section 
6
0 Stat. 810. 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), and not to exceed 
$1,000 for the purchase of newspapers and periodicals, $235,000. 
TARIFF COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Tariff Com-
mission, including subscriptions to newspapers (not to exceed $275), 
and contract stenographic reporting services as authorized by section 
6
0 Stat. 810. 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $1,144,600, of which 
not more than $1,092,600 shall be available for personal services: 
Provided^ That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay 
the salary of any member of the Tariff Commission who shall hereafter 
participate in any proceedings under sections 336, 337, and 338 of the 
4
6 stat^ 701. ^
^ 1
3
3
6
- Tariff Act of 1930, wherein he or any member of his family has any 
1338. 
special, direct, and pecuniary interest, or in which he has acted as 
attorney or special representative. 
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Tennessee 
teu^V^c. §§831- Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended (16 U. S. C , ch. 12A), 
83ih-2. 
including purchase (not to exceed two) and hire, maintenance, repair, 
and operation of aircraft; the purchase (not to exceed one hundred 
and thirty-six, of which one hundred and twenty-three shall be for 
replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $238,389,600, 
to remain available until expended, and to be available for the payment 
Restriction. 
of obligations chargeable against prior appropriations: 
Provided^ 
That no funds appropriated for the Tennessee Valley Authority by 
this paragraph shall be used for the maintenance or operation of any 
aircraft for passenger service that is not specifically confined to the 
active operation of the official business of the Tennessee Valley 
Authority by officers or employees of such Authority. 
THE 
TAX 
COURT 
OF 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including contract 
stenographic reporting services and not to exceed $35,000 for travel 
expenses, $818,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall 
be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 
VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION 
Administration, medical, hospital, and domiciliary services: For 
necessary expenses of the Veterans' Administration, including main-
tenance and operation of medical, hospital, and domiciliary services, 
in carrying out the functions pursuant to all laws for which the 
Administration is charged with administering, including purchase of 
thirty-seven passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
60 Stat. 810. 
55^) . maintenance and operation of farms; recreational articles and 
65 STAT. 
PUBLIC LAW 137—AUG. 31, 1951 
281 
facilities at institutions maintained by the Veterans' Administration; 
expenses incidental to securing employment for war veterans; funeral, 
burial, and other expenses incidental thereto for beneficiaries of the 
Veterans' Administration except burial awards authorized by Vet-
erans' Administration Regulation Numbered 9 (a), as amended; aid 
to State or Territorial homes in conformity with the Act approved 
August 27, 1888, as amended (24 U. S. C. 134), for the support of 
veterans eligible for admission to Veterans' Administration facilities 
for hospital or domiciliary care; not to exceed $6,000 for newspapers 
and periodicals; not to exceed $45,300 for the preparation, shipment, 
installation, and display of exhibits, photographic displays, moving 
pictures, and other visual educational information and descriptive 
material, including the purchase or rental of equipment; $873,105,770, 
of which not more than $195,140,000 shall be available for personal 
services other than hospital, domiciliary, and out-patient care, and 
from which allotments and transfers may be made to the Federal 
Security Agency (Public Health Service), the Army, Navy, and 
Interior Departments, for disbursements by them under the various 
headings of their applicable appropriations, of such amounts as are 
necessary for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans' 
Administration: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall 
be used to pay in excess of seventy persons engaged in public relations 
work: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be 
expended for the purchase of any site for or toward the construction of 
any new hospital or home, or for the purchase of any hospital or home; 
and not more than $7,388,000 of this appropriation may be used to 
repair, alter, improve, or provide facilities in the several hospitals 
and homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration 
either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and the pur-
chase of materials. 
Compensation and pensions: For the payment of compensation, 
pensions, gratuities, and allowances (including subsistence allow-
ances authorized by part VII of Veterans' Regulation la, as amended), 
authorized under any Act of Congress, or regulation of the President 
based thereon, including emergency officers' retirement pay and annui-
ties, the administration of which is now or may hereafter be placed 
in the Veterans' Administration, and for the payment of adjusted-
service credits as provided in sections 401 and 601 of the Act of May 
19, 1924, as amended (38 U. S. C. 631 and 661), $2,112,230,000, to be 
immediately available and to remain available until expended. 
Readjustment benefits: For the payment of benefits to or on behalf 
of veterans as authorized by titles II, III, and V, of the Servicemen's 
Readjustment Act of 1944, $861,640,000, to be immediately available 
and to remain available until expended. 
Military and naval insurance: For military and naval insurance, 
$6,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
Hospital and domiciliary facilities: For hospital and domiciliary 
facilities, $27,505,080, of which not more than $4,454,000 shall be avail-
able for personal services, to remain available until expended for the 
payment of obligations heretofore or herein authorized to be incurred 
under this head, including the improvement of facilities at Lake City, 
Florida, for extending, with the approval of the President, any of 
the facilities under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration 
or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 1 and 2 of the Act 
approved March 4, 1931 (38 IT. S. C. 438 j-k) or in section 101 of the 
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (38 U. S. C. 693a) : Provided, 
That not to exceed 5.5 per centum of the amounts available under this 
head shall be available for the employment of all necessary technical 
and clerical personnel for the preparation of plans and specifications 
38 U. S. C. note foil. 
I 739, p. 4276. 
25 Stat. 450. 
24 U. S. C. § 134. 
Visual education in-
formation. 
P u b l i c relations 
work. 
Construction, e 11: 
restrictions. 
57 Stat. 43. 
38 U. S. C. note foil. 
i739. 
43 Stat. 125. 
58 Stat. 287. 
38 U. S. C. §§ 701, 
note foil. § 739, 694-
694j, 696-696m. 
46 Stat. 1.550. 
58 Stat. 284. 
38 U. S. C. § 693a 
note. 
Technical and cleri-
cal personnel. 
62 Stat. 1210. 
282 
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[65 STAT. 
for the projects as approved hereunder and in the supervision of the 
execution thereof, and for all travel expenses, field office equipment, 
and supplies in connection therewith, except that whenever the Vet-
erans' Administration finds it necessary in the construction of any 
project to employ other Government agencies or persons outside the 
Federal service to perform such services not to exceed 9 per centum 
of the cost of such projects may be expended for such services: 
Portable initial Provided furthe7\ That amounts available under this head for portable 
eqmpmeii 
initial equipment, are increased from $25,000,000 to $31,455,440 includ-
ing the purchase of one hundred and ninety-eight passenger motor 
vehicles. 
National service life insurance: F o r the payment of benefits and 
for transfer to the national service life insurance fund, in accordance 
ssu^s c"^8i8 
^^^^^ ^^^^ National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, 
$66,795,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That certain 
premiums shall be credited to this appropriation as provided by the 
Act. 
Veterans' miscellaneous benefits: For the payment of burial awards 
38^u.s.^c.notf foil, authorized by Veterans' Administration Regulation Numbered 9 (a), 
as amended, and for supplies, equipment, and tuition authorized by 
part VII and payments authorized by part I X of Veterans' Admin-
38^if^s^c notes istratiou Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, $21,060,370, to 
loll. §§739/7«. 
remain available until expended. 
Grants to the Republic of the Philippines: For payment to the 
Republic of the Philippines of gi-ants in accordance with the Act of 
July 1, 1948 (50 U. S. C. App. 1991-19D6), for expenses incident to 
medical care and treatment of veterans, $1,100,000. 
No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be available for hos-
pitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled 
under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimburse-
ment of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be 
fixed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. 
WAR CLAIMS COMMISSION 
PAYMENT OF CI^IMS 
For payment of claims, as authorized by the War Claims Act of 
6
2 Stat. 1
2
4
0
^ a , 1948, from funds deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the war 
5 2001 note".' 
claims fund created by section 13 (a) of said Act, such sums as may 
§2^oi2Va).^' ^' "*''''' be necessary, to be available to the Secretary of the Treasury for pay-
ment of claims under sections 4 (a), 4 (b) (2), 5 (a) through (e), 
ii%m (a) ?b) 'Ti)' ^1 ^"^ ''' ^^ ^'^^^ ^'^'^ ^^ ^
^
^
® payees named and in the amounts stated 
2
0
0
4 (a)-2004 (e), 2
0
0
5
; in Certifications by the War Claims Commission and the Secretary 
^
*
^
^ 
of Labor or their duly authorized representatives, which certifications 
shall be in lieu of any vouchers which might otherwise be required: 
Provided^ That this appro]t)riation shall not be available for adminis-
trative expenses: Provided further. That no claims shall be allowed or 
paid under the provisions of said War Claims Act of 1948 from any 
funds other than those covered into the Treasury pursuant to the 
provisions of section 39 of the Trading With the Enemy Act of Oc-
0
2 Stat. 1
2
4
6
^ app tobcr 6, 1917, as amended, as provided by section 13 (a) of said War 
S39. 
Claims Act of 1948. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the War Claims Commission, including 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
C
O Stat. 8
1
0
. 
0 g Q 55^) . expcnscs of attendance at meetings concerned with the 
purposes of this appropriation; and advances or reimbursements to 
65 
STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 137—AUG. 31, 1951 
283 
other Government agencies for use of their facilities and services in 
carrying out the functions of the Commission; $850,000, to be derived 
from the war claims fund created by section 13 (a) of the War Claims 
Act of 1948 (Public Law 896, approved July 3,1948). 
H ^ u T c . 
§2012 (a). 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES^—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 102. No part of any appropriation contained in this title for the 
Atomic Energy Commission shall be used to confer a fellowship on 
any person who advocates or who is a member of an organization or 
party that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United 
States by force or violence or with respect to whom the Commission 
finds, upon investigation and report by the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation on the character, associations, and loyalty of whom, that 
reasonable grounds exist for belief that such person is disloyal to the 
Government of the United States: Pi'omded further^^ That any person 
who advocates or who is a member of an organization or party that 
advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States by 
force or violence and accepts employment or a fellowship the salary, 
wages, stipend, grant, or expenses for which are paid from any appro-
priation contained in this title shall be guilty of a felony and, upon 
conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not 
more than one year, or both: Provided further^ That the above penal 
clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other 
provisions of existing law. 
SEC. 103. Where appropriations in this title are expendable for 
travel expenses of employees and no specific limitation has been placed 
thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not exceed the 
amount set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for the 
appropriations. 
SEO. 104. Where appropriations in this title are expendable for the 
E
urchase of newspapers and periodicals and no specific limitation has 
een placed thereon, the expenditures thei-ef 
or under each such appro-
priation may not exceed the amount of $50: Provided^ That this 
limitation shall not apply to the purchase of scientific, technical, trade, 
or traffic periodicals necessary in connection with the performance of 
the authorized functions of the agencies for which funds are herein 
provided. 
SEC. 105. No part of any appropriation contained in this title 
shall be available to pay the salary of any person filling a position, 
other than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who 
has left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satis-
factorily completed his period of active military or naval service and 
has within ninety days after his release from such service or from 
hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more 
than one year made application for restoration to his former position 
and has been certified by the Civil Service Commission as still qualified 
to perform the duties of his former position and has not been restored 
thereto. 
SEC. 106. Appropriations contained in this title, available for 
expenses of travel shall be available, when specifically authorized by 
the head of the activity or establishment concerned, for expenses of 
attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the function 
or activity for which the appropriation concerned is made; and shall 
be available for the examination of estimates of appropriations and 
activities in the field. 
SEO. 107. No part of any appropriations made available by the 
provisions of this title shall be used for the purchase or sale of real 
estate or for the purpose of establishing new offices outside the District 
Persons advocating 
overthrow 
of U. S. 
Government, etc. 
Penalty. 
Travel expenses. 
Purchase of news-
papers and periodicals. 
Positions 
formerly 
held 
by 
employees 
e n t e r i n g 
A r m e d 
Forces. 
Attendance at meet-
ings. 
Purchase or sale of 
real estate. 
284 
PUBLIC LAW 137—AUG. 31, 1951 
[65 
STAT. 
Employees engaged 
in personnel work. 
N onappl icability. 
Passenger m o t o r 
vehicles. 
of Columbia: Provided^ That this limitation shall not apply to pro-
grams which have been approved by the Congress and appropriations 
made therefor. 
SEC. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall 
be used to pay the compensation of any employee engaged in personnel 
work in excess of the number that would be provided by a ratio of 
one such employee to one hundred and fifteen, or a part thereof, full-
time, part-time, and intermittent employees of the agency concerned: 
Provided^ That for purposes of this section employees shall be con-
sidered as engaged in personnel work if they spend half time or more 
in personnel administration consisting of direction and administra-
tion of the personnel program; employment, placement, and separa-
tion ; job evaluation and classification; employee relations and services; 
training; committees of expert examiners and boards of civil-service 
examiners; wage administration; and processing, recording, and 
reporting. 
SEO. 109. None of the sections under the head "Independent offices, 
General provisions" in this title shall apply to the Housing and Home 
Finance Agency or the Tennessee Valley Authority. 
SEC. 110. No part of any appropriation made in this title or title 
I I of this Act, except appropriations for the Atomic Energy Com-
mission and the Tennessee Valley Authority, shall be available for the 
purchase of any passenger motor vehicle for replacement purposes 
unless each such passenger motor vehicle purchased replaces two 
passenger motor vehicles. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
MARITIME ACTIVITIES 
49 
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Ship construction: For the payment of obligations incurred on or 
after July 1, 1946, for ship construction, reconditioning and better-
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the authority granted under the head "United States Maritime Com-
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expended. 
Operating-differential subsidies: For the payment of obligations 
incurred for operating-differential subsidies granted on or after Janu-
ary 1, 1947, as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as 
amended, and in appropriations heretofore made to the United States 
Maritime Commission, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That to the extent that the operating-differential subsidy 
accrual (computed on the basis of parity) is represented on the opera-
tor's books by a contingent accounts receivable item against the United 
States as a partial or complete offset to the recapture accrual, the 
operator (1) shall be excused from making deposits in the special 
reserve fund, and (2) as to the amount of such earnings the deposit of 
which is so excused shall be entitled to the same tax treatment as 
though it had been deposited in said special reserve fund. 
To the 
extent that any amount paid to the operator by the United States 
reduces the balance in the operator's contingent receivable account 
against the United States, such amount, unless it is forthwith depos-
ited in the fund, shall be considered as withdrawn under section 607 
(h) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended: Provided 
further, 
That nothing contained in this Act, or in any prior appropriation 
Act, shall be construed to affect the authority provided in section 603 
(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, (1) to grant 
46 U. S. C. § 1177. 
46 U. S. C. § 1173. 
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operating-differential subsidies on a long-term basis, and (2) to obli-
gate the United States to make future payments in accordance with 
the terms of such operating differential subsidy contracts: Provided 
Restriction. 
further, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be available 
for obligation, nor any obligation made, for the payment of an oper-
ating-differential subsidy for any number of voyages, during the cur-
rent fiscal year, in excess of fifteen hundred and twenty-two, of which 
three hundred and seven voyages shall be for vessels owned by com-
panies or individuals who, on July 1, 1951, had no operating-differen-
tial subsidy contract with the Federal Maritime Board, and which 
number shall include the number of voyages under contracts hereafter 
awarded. 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for carrying into 
effect the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and other laws administered 
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$15,651,400, of which not more than $12,687,000 shall be available for 
personal services, within limitations as follows: 
Administrative expenses, including not to exceed $2,000 for news-
papers and periodicals; purchase of two passenger motor vehicles, 
for replacement only; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act 
of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; not to exceed $1,125 for entertain- 
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ment of officials of other countries when specifically authorized by 
the Maritime Administrator; and $75,000 to be available exclusively 
for ship structure research, testing and models; $8,029,400: Provided, 
That the Maritime Administration is authorized to dispense with the 
administrative audit of agents' accounts covering voyages beginning 
prior to April 1, 1949: Provided 
further, 
That the administrative 
expenses of ship construction shall not exceed 5 per centum of the 
total cost of such construction; 
Maintenance of shipyard facilities, operation of warehouses, and 
maintenance and operation of terminals, $2,097,000; 
Reserve fleet expenses, $5,525,000. 
Maritime training: For training personnel for the manning of the 
merchant marine (including operation of training stations at Kings 
Point, New York; Sheepshead Bay, New York; Alameda, California, 
and the United States Maritime Service Institute), including not to 
exceed $2,236,500 for personal services (exclusive of pay of cadet 
midshipmen) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere which may 
be used to provide pay and allowances for personnel of the United 
States Maritime Service comparable to those of the Coast Guard as 
authorized by law (46 U. S. C. 1126, 14 F. R. 7707) ; purchase of two 
passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; not to exceed $2,500 
for contingencies for the Superintendent, United States Merchant 
Marine Academy, to be expended in his discretion; and not to exceed 
$69,300 for transfer to applicable appropriations of the Public Health 
Service for services rendered the Maritime Administration; $3,724,500 
including the pay of cadet midshipmen and other trainees. 
State marine schools: To reimburse the State of California, $47.500; 
the State of Maine, $47,500; the State of Massachusetts, $47,500; and 
the State of New York, $47,500; for expenses incurred in the main-
tenance and support of marine schools in such States as provided in 
the Act authorizing the establishment of marine schools, and so forth, 
approved March 4, 1911, as amended (34 U. S. C. 1121-1123); $153,000 
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for the maintenance and repair of vessels loaned by the United 
States to the said States for use in connection with such State marine 
schools; and $340,000 for uniforms, textbooks, and subsistence of 
cadets on an average yearly cost of not to exceed $475 per cadet; 
$683,000. 
Construction fund: For an additional amount for payment of obli-
gations (exclusive of obligations for ship construction, reconditioning. 
52 Stat. 965. 
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and betterments incurred pursuant to authority contained in the 
61 Stat. 585. 
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1948, and those for operating-
differential subsidies) incurred prior to July 1,1948, against the Con-
struction fund established pursuant to the Merchant Marine Act, 
1936, 
as amended, $12,500,000, to be available until June 30, 1952, for 
expenditure only. 
War Shipping Administration liquidation: The unexpended bal-
ance of the appropriation to the Secretary of the Treasury in the 
61 Stat. 695. 
Sccoud Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1948, for liquidation of 
obligations approved by the General Accounting Office as properly 
incurred against funds of the War Shipping Administration prior to 
January 1,1947, is hereby continued available during the current fiscal 
year. 
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^ o additional vessels shall be allocated under charter, nor shall any 
vessel be continued under charter by reason of any extension of char-
tering authority beyond June 30,1949, unless the charterer shall agree 
that the Commission shall have no obligation upon redelivery to accept 
or pay for consumable stores, bunkers, and slop-chest items, except 
with respect to such minimum amounts of bunkers as the Commission 
considers advisable to be retained on the vessel and that prior to such 
redelivery all consumable stores, slop-chest items, and bunkers over 
and above such minimums shall be removed from the vessel by the 
charterer at his own expense. 
No money made available to the Department of Commerce, for 
maritime activities, by this or any other Act shall be used in payment 
for a vessel the title to which is acquired by the Government either 
by requisition or purchase, or the use of which is taken either by 
requisition or agreement, or which is insured by the Government 
and lost while so insured, unless the price or hire to be paid therefor 
(except in cases where section 802 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, 
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Maritime 
Administration is autnorized to furnish utilities and services and 
make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or 
occupancy involving Government property under control of the 
Maritime Administration, and payments received by the Maritime 
Administration for utilities, services, and repairs so furnished or made 
shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: 
Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 
occupancy on account of items other than such utilities, services, or 
repairs snail be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
No obligations shall be incurred during the current fiscal year from 
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or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained 
in this Act, or in any prior appropriation Act, and all receipts which 
otherwise would be deposited to the credit of said fund shall be 
covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
The general provisions applicable to appropriations contained in 
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ties contained in this title. 
TITLE III—EMERGENCY FUND FOR THE PRESIDENT 
NATIONAL DEFENSE 
For expenses necessary to enable the President, through such officers 
or agencies of the Government as he may designate, and without 
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regard to such provisions of law regarding the expenditure of Gov-
ernment funds or the compensation and employment of persons in 
the Government service as he may specify, to provide in his discretion 
for emergencies affecting the national interest, security, or defense 
which may arise at home or abroad during the current fiscal year, 
$1,000,000: Provided^ That any unexpended balance in this fund on 
June 30, 1951, shall remain available during the fiscal year 1962: 
Provided fwrther^ That no part of this appropriation shall be avail-
able for allocation to finance a function or project for which function 
or project a budget estimate of appropriation was transmitted pur-
suant to law during the Eighty-second Congress and such appropria-
tion denied after consideration thereof by the Senate or House of 
Representatives or by the Committee on Appropriations of either 
body. 
TITLE IV—CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies, respectively, are hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency 
and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments 
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 
of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may 
be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Budget 
for the fiscal year 1952 for each such corporation or agency, except 
as hereinafter provided: 
59 Stat. 598. 
31 U . S . C. § 
HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 
Federal National Mortgage Association: Not to exceed $3,060,000 
shall be available for administrative expenses, which shall be on an 
accrual basis, and shall be exclusive of interest paid, depreciation, 
properly capitalized expenditures, fees for servicing mortgages, 
expenses (including services performed on a force account, contract, 
or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection 
with the acquisition, protection, operation, maintenance, improvement, 
or disposition of real or personal property belonging to said Associa-
tion or in which it has an interest, cost of salaries, wages, travel, and 
other expenses of persons employed outside of the continental United 
States, expenses of services performed on a contract or fee basis in 
connection with the performance of legal services, and all adminis-
trative expenses reimbursable from other Government agencies; and 
said Association may utilize and may make payment for services and 
facilities of the Federal Reserve banks and other agencies of the 
Government: Provided^ That the distribution of administrative 
expenses to the accounts of the Association shall be made in accord-
ance with generally recognized accounting principles and practices: 
Provided further^ That administrative expenses not under limitation 
for the purposes set forth in the budget schedules for the fiscal year 
1952 shall not exceed $150,000. 
Office of the Administrator: Not to exceed $157,250 shall be avail-
able for all administrative expenses, which shall be on an accrual basis, 
of carrying out the functions of the Office of the Administrator inci-
dent to providing financial assistance for prefabricated housing and 
large-scale modernized site construction, but this amount shall be 
exclusive of costs of services performed on a contract or fee basis in 
connection with termination of contracts and legal services on a con-
tract or fee basis: Provided^ That no additional loan shall be made 
under the authority transferred to the Administrator pursuant to 
Reorganization Plan Numbered 23 of 1950 for the foregoing purposes 
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Administrative 
penses. 
64 Stat. 1279. 
5 U. S. C. § 133Z-I5 
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after the effective date of this Act unless the Administrator shall 
have determined that such loan is in the interest of the Government 
in the furtherance of any existing loan or for the refinancing of any 
existing loan. 
Home Loan Bank Board: Not to exceed a total of $750,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses of the Home Loan Bank Board, 
including the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement 
only, and shall be derived frofti funds available to the Home Loan 
Bank Board, including those in the special deposit account established 
under the provisions under the head "Federal Home Loan Bank 
57 Stat. 185. 
Administration" in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1944, 
and receipts of the Federal Home Loan Bank Administration, the 
Federal Home Loan Bank Board, or the Home Loan Bank Board 
for the current fiscal year and prior fiscal years, and the Board may 
utilize and may make payment for services and facilities of the Federal 
home-loan banks, the Federal Keserve banks, the Federal Savings and 
Loan Insurance Corporation, and other agencies of the Government: 
Provided^ That all necessary expenses in connection with the con-
servatorship of institutions insured by the Federal Savings and Loan 
Insurance Corporation and all necessary expenses (including services 
performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal 
services) in connection with the handling, including the purchase, sale, 
and exchange, of securities on behalf of Federal home-loan banks, 
and the sale, issuance, and retirement of, or payment of interest on, 
debentuies or bonds, under the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as 
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purposes hereof: Provided further^ That notwithstanding any other 
provisions of this Act, except for the limitation in amount herein-
before specified, the administrative expenses and other obligations of 
the Board shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the 
provisions of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of July 22, 1932, as 
ex?en"es''°''"''*'^"^'' amended (12 U. S. C. 1421-1449) : Provided further^ That the non-
administrative expenses for the examination of Federal and State 
chartered institutions shall not exceed $1,664,000. 
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation: Not to exceed 
$435,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, which shall be 
on an accrual basis and shall be exclusive of interest paid, depreciation, 
properly capitalized expenditures, expenses in connection with liqui-
dation of insured institutions, liquidation or handling of assets of or 
derived from insured institutions, payment of insurance, and action 
for or toward the avoidance, termination, or minimizing of losses in 
the case of specific insured institutions, legal fees and expenses, and 
payments for administrative expenses of the Home Loan Bank Board 
determined by said Board to be properly allocable to said Corporation, 
and said Corporation may utilize and may make payment for services 
and facilities of the Federal home-loan banks, the Federal Reserve 
banks, the Home Loan Bank Board, and other agencies of the Govern-
ment: Provided^ That notwithstanding any other provisions of this 
Act, except for the limitation in amount hereinbefore specified, the 
administrative expenses and other obligations of said Corporation 
shall be incurred, allowed and paid in accordance with title IV of the 
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Home Owners' Loan Corporation: Not to exceed $75,000 of funds 
of Home Owners' Loan Corporation shall be available to the Home 
Loan Bank Board for expenditure as nonadministrative expenses to 
carry out final liquidation of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation. 
Federal Housing Administration: In addition to the amounts avail-
able by or pursuant to law (which shall be transferred to this author-
ization) for the administrative expenses of the Federal Housing 
12 U. S. C. § 1702. 
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Administration in carrying out duties imposed by or pursuant to law, 
not to exceed $4,949,000 of the various funds of the Federal Housing 
Administration shall be available for expenditure, in accordance with 
the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U. S. C. lYOl) : Provided^ 
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That, except as herein otherwise provided, all expenses and obligations 
of said Administration shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accord-
ance with the provisions of said Act: Provided jurther^ That funds 
available for expenditure shall be available for contract actuaries 
services (not to exceed $1,500); and purchase of periodicals and 
newspapers (not to exceed $1,500) : Provided further^ That expendi-
tures for nonadministrative expenses classified by section 2 of Public 
liaw 387, approved October 25, 1949, shall not exceed $23,300,000. 
f^ staL sos.^ 
Public Housing Administration: Of the amounts available by or 
pursuant to law for the administrative expenses of the Public Housing 
Administration in carrying out duties imposed by or pursuant to law 
including funds appropriated by Title I of this Act, not to exceed Anu,v>.-in. 
$12,780,000 shall be available for such expenses, including purchase 
of not to exceed three passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; 
and expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned 
with the work of the Administration: Provided^ That necessary p^^^°"^^^™'"'^*'"'^"^^ 
expenses of providing representatives of the Administration at the 
sites of non-Federal projects in connection with the construction of 
such non-Federal projects by public housing agencies with the aid 
of the Administration, shall be compensated by such agencies by the 
payment of fixed fees which in the aggregate in relation to the develop-
ment costs of such projects will cover the costs of rendering such serv-
ices, and expenditures by the Administration for such purpose shall 
be considered nonadministrative expenses, and funds received from 
such payments may be used only for the payment of necessary expenses 
of providing representatives of the Administration at the sites of 
non-Federal projects or for administrative expenses of the Administra-
tion not in excess of the amount authorized by the Congress: Provided 
further^ That all expenses of the Public Housing Administration not 
specifically limited in this Act, in carrying out its duties imposed by 
or pursuant to law shall not exceed $33,000,000: Provided 
further^ 
That funds made available by the Act of June 29,1936 (49 Stat. 2035) ^gf u. s. c. §
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shall be available for necessary expenses, including administrative 
expenses, of the Public Housing Administration in carrying out the 
provisions of the Act of May 19, 1949 (Public Law 65). 
expenses. 
63 Stat. 68. 
INLAND WATERWAYS CORPORATION 
Inland Waterways Corporation (administered under the super-
vision and direction of the Secretary of Commerce) : Not to exceed 
$481,200 shall be available for administrative expenses, to be 
determined in the manner set forth under the title 
General 
expenses" in the Uniform System of Accounts for Carriers by Water 
of the Interstate Commerce Commission (effective January 1, 1947) : 
Provided^ That no funds shall be used to pay compensation of em-
ployees normally subject to the Classification Act of 1949 at rates in 
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excess of rates fixed for similar services under the provisions of said 
Act, nor to pay the compensation of vessel employees and such ter-
minal and other employees as are not covered by said Act, at rates in 
excess of rates prevailing in the river transportation industry in the 
area (including prevailing leave allowances for vessel employees, but 
the granting of such allowances shall not be construed as establishing 
a different leave system within the meaning of that term as used in 
section 3 of the Act of December 21,1944 (5 U. S. C. 61d)). 
68 Stat. 846. 
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Passenger motor ve-
hicles. 
CORPORATIONS—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
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SEC. 402. No part of the funds of, or available for expenditure by, 
any corporation or agency included in this title shall be used to pay 
the compensation of any employee engaged in personnel work in excess 
of the number that would be provided by a ratio of one such employee 
to one hundred and fifteen, or a part thereof, full-time, part-time, 
and intermittent employees of the agency concerned: Provided^ That 
for purposes of this section employees shall be considered as engaged 
in personnel work if they spend half-time or more in personnel 
administration consisting of direction and administration of the 
personnel program; employment, placement, and separation; job 
evaluation and classification; employee relations and services; train-
ing; committees of expert examiners and boards of civil-service 
examiners; wage administration; and processing, recording, and 
reporting. 
SEC. 403. No part of the funds of, or available for expenditure by, 
any corporation or agency included in this title shall be used for the 
purchase of any passenger motor vehicle for replacement purposes 
unless each such passenger motor vehicle purchased replaces two 
passenger motor vehicles. 
Chauffeurs. 
jgj,^^ ^.Q^ J^-Q ^^iTt of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used to pay the compensation of any civilian employee of the 
Government, whose duties consist of acting as chauffeur or driver of 
any Government-owned passenger motor vehicle (other than a bus 
or ambulance), and any funds appropriated in this Act for any such 
purpose shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
Nonappiieabiiity. Xhis sectiou shall uot apply with respect to any person whose duties 
consist of acting as chauffeur for the President of the United States. 
TITLE V—FEES AND CHARGES 
It is the sense of the Congress that any work, service, publication, 
report, document, benefit, privilege, authority, use, franchise, license, 
permit, certificate, registration, or similar thing of value or utility 
performed, furnished, provided, granted, prepared, or issued by any 
Federal agency (including wholly owned Government corporations 
as defined in the Government Corporation Control Act of 1945) to or 
for any person (including groups, associations, organizations, part-
nerships, corporations, or businesses), except those engaged in the 
transaction of official business of the Government, shall be self-
sustaining to the full extent possible, and the head of each Federal 
agency is authorized by regulation (which, in the case of agencies in 
the executive branch, shall be as uniform as practicable and subject 
to such policies as the President may prescribe) to prescribe therefor 
such fee, charge, or price, if any, as he shall determine, in case none 
exists, or redetermine, in case of an existing one, to be fair and equi-
table taking into consideration direct and indirect cost to the 
Government, value to the recipient, public policy or interest served, 
and other pertinent facts, and any amount so determined or redeter-
mined shall be collected and paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts: Provided^ That nothing contained in this title shall repeal 
or modify existing statutes prohibiting the collection, fixing the 
amount, or directing the disposition of any fee, charge or price: 
Promded further^ That nothing contained in this title shall repeal 
or modify existing statutes prescribing bases for calculation of any 
fee, charge or price^ but this proviso shall not restrict the redetermi-
nation or recalculation in accordance with the prescribed bases of the 
amount of any such fee, charge or price. 
59 Stat. 597. 
31 U. 8. C. §841. 
66 STAT. 
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TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. No part of the funds of, or available for expenditure by 
any corporation or agency included in this or any other Act, including 
the government of the District of Columbia, shall be available to pay 
for annual leave accumulated by any civilian officer or employee dar-
ing the calendar year 1951 and unused at the close of business on 
June 30, 1952: Provided^ That after July 1,1951, no civilian officer or 
employee shall be entitled to earn annual leave at a rate in excess of 
twenty days per year: Promded further, That the head of any such 
corporation or agency shall afford an opportunity for officers or 
employees to use the annual leave accumulated under this section prior 
to June 30, 1952: Promded further, That this section shall not apply 
to officers and employees whose post of duty is outside the continental 
United States: And promded further, That this section shall not apply 
with respect to the payment of compensation for accumulated annual 
leave in the case of officers or employees who leave their civilian posi-
tions for the purpose of entering upon active military or naval service 
in the Armed Forces of the United States. 
SEC. 602. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of 
the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included in 
this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who 
engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or 
who is a member of an organization of Government employees that 
asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, 
or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, 
the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or 
violence: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be 
considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit 
has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike 
against the Government of the United States, is not a member of an 
organization of (xovernment employees that asserts the right to strike 
against the Government of the United States, or that such person 
does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advo-
cates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force 
or violence: Provided 
further, 
That any person who engages in a 
strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member 
of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to 
strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, 
or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow 
of the Government of the United States by force or violence and 
accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any 
appropriation or fund contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony 
and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned 
for not more than one year, or both: Provided further. That the above 
penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any 
other provisions of existing law. 
SEC. 603. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of 
the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency 
included in this Act, shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the 
Congress. 
SEC. 604. No part of the money appropriated by this Act to any 
corporation or agency or made available for expenditure by any cor-
poration or agency which is in excess of 75 per centum of the amount 
required to pay the compensation of all persons the budget estimates 
for personal services heretofore submitted to the Congress for the 
fiscal year 1952 contemplated would be employed by such corporation 
or agency during such fiscal year in the performance of— 
Annual leave. 
Persons engaging, 
etc., in strikes against 
or advocating over-
throwof U. S. Govern-
ment. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
Publicity or propa-
ganda. 
Informational a n d 
editorial functions. 
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Restriction 
pointinents. 
Nonapplicability. 
Personal services. 
Short title. 
(1) functions performed by a person designated as an informa-
tion specialist, information and editorial specialist, publications 
and information coordinator, press relations officer or counsel, 
photographer, radio expert, television expert, 
motion-picture 
expert, or publicity expert, or designated by any similar title, or 
(2) functions performed by persons who assist persons perform-
ing the functions described in (1) in drafting, preparing, editing, 
typing, duplicating, or disseminating public information publica-
tions or releases, radio or television scripts, magazine articles, 
photograf)hs, motion pictures, and similar material, 
shall be available to pay the compensation of persons performing the 
functions described in (1) or (2). 
SEO. 605. No part of any appropriation or authorization contained 
in this Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any incumbent 
appointed to any civil office or position which may become vacant 
during the fiscal year beginning on July 1,1951: Provided^ That this 
inhibition shall not apply— 
(a) to not to exceed 25 per centum of all vacancies; 
(b) to positions filled from within and by transfer to agencies 
provided for by this Act; 
(c) to offices or positions required by law to be filled by appointment 
of the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; 
(d) to employees of the White House Office; 
(e) to employees engaged in the care, maintenance, and so forth, 
of the Executive Mansion and Grounds; 
(f) to all employees in veterans' medical facilities, exclusive of 
medical departmental personnel in the District of Columbia; 
(g) to employees of the General Accounting Office; 
(h) to employees of the Smithsonian Institution, including the 
National Gallery of Art; 
(i) to employees of The Tax Court of the United States: 
Provided further^ That when any department or agency covered in this 
Act shall, as a result of the operation of this amendment reduce their 
employment to a figure not exceeding 90 per centum of the total number 
on their rolls as of July 1,1951, such amendment shall cease to apply 
and said 90 per centum figure shall become a ceiling for employment 
during the fiscal year 1952 and if exceeded at any time during fiscal 
year 1952 this amendment shall again become operative: And provided 
fv/rther^ That amounts for personal services, in those paragraphs 
where amounts for such personal services have been expressly limited 
in this Act, may be exceeded by 2 ^er centum of said limitation on 
personal services if said 2 per centum is available from the total amount 
of any such appropriation or authorization. 
SEO. 606. This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices Appro-
priation Act, 1952". 
Approved August 31, 1951. 
August 31, 1951 
[H. J. Res. 281] 
Public Law 138 
CHAPTER 377 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To authorize the President to proclaim a special period for intensified voluntary 
contributions of clothing and kindred supplies in connection with the collec-
tion effort of American Relief for Korea, Incorporated. 
Whereas the Deputy Agent General of the United Nations Korean 
Reconstruction Agency in Pusan has reported that there are two 
million and nine hundred thousand registered refugees in Korea 
and additional millions estimated to be unregistered; and 
Whereas a situation has arisen in Korea which challenges the humani-
tarian instincts of the American people and should challenge the 
humanitarian instincts of the entire world; and