An Act making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and for other purposes
PL 88-136 (H.R.5888), enacted 10/11/1963

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Public Law 88-136 
October II, 1963 
[H. R. 58881 
Departments of 
Labor, and 
Health, Educa-
tion, and Wel-
fare ^ p r o p r i -
ation Act, 1964. 
Department of 
Labor Appropri-
ation Act, 1964. 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Healtli, Education, and 
Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled.. That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1964, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES ANO EXPENSES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the work of 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including advances or reimbursement 
to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for services 
rendered, $16,345,000. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 
note. 
REVISION OF T H E CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 
For expenses necessary to enable the Bureau of Labor Statistics to 
revise the Consumer Price Index, including not to exceed $250,000 for 
temporary employees at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Labor 
(but not to exceed a rate equivalent to that for general schedule grade 
9) without regard to the civil service laws and Classification Act of 
1949, as amended, $1,320,000. 
BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL LABOR AFFAIRS 
76 Stat. 23. 
42 u s e 2571 
note. 
75 Stat. 58, 59. 
42 u s e 2513, 
2514. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSED 
For expenses necessary for the conduct of international labor affairs, 
$842,000. 
OFFICE or MANPOWER, AUTOMATION AND TRAINING 
MANPOWER D E V E L O P M E N T AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to carry into effect the Manpower Develop-
ment and Training Act of 1962 (Public Law 87-415), and for the 
performance of the functions of the Secretary in the fields of automa-
tion and manpower, $110,000,000. 
AREA REDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to carry into effect sections 16 and 17 of the 
Area Redevelopment Act (Public Law 87-27), including grants or 
reimbursements to States, $8,500,000. 
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BUREAU OF APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary to conduct a program 
of encouraging apprentice training, as authorized by the Acts of 
March 4, 1913 (5 U.S.C. 611), and August 16, 1937 (29 U.S.C. 50), 
37 stat. 736; 
$5,460,000. 
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BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY 
LIMITATION ON SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the general administration of the em-
I)loyment service and unemployment compensation programs, includ-
ing temporary employment of persons, without regard to the civil-
service laws, for the farm placement migratory labor program; not 
more than $12,400,000 may be expended from the employment security 
administration account in the Unemployment trust fund, of which 
$1,565,000 shall be for carrying into effect the provisions of title IV 
(except section 602) of the Servicemen's Keadjustment Act of 1944. 
ss stat. 293; 
72 Stat. 1273. 
LIMITATION ON GRANTS TO STATES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION 
AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ADMINISTRATION 
For grants in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 6, 
1933, as amended (29 U.S.C. 49-49n), for carrying into effect section 
48 stat. 113. 
602 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, for grants to the 
States as authorized in title I I I of the Social Security Act, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 501-503), including, upon the request of any State, the 
49 stat. 626. 
purchase of equipment, and the payment of rental for space made 
available to such State in lieu of grants for such purpose, for necessary 
expenses including purchasing and installing of air-conditioning 
equipment in connection with the operation of employment office facili-
ties and services in the District of Columbia, and for the acquisition of 
a building through such arrangements as may be required to provide 
quarters for such offices and facilities in the District of Columbia and 
for the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Board, 
subject to the same conditions with respect to the use of these funds for 
such purposes as are applicable to the procurement of buildings for 
other State employment security agencies, and for expenses not other-
wise provided for, necessary for carrying out title XV of the Social 
Security Act, as amended (68 Stat. 1130), $425,000,000 may be 
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expended from the employment security administration account in ^^^^• 
the Unemployment trust fund, and of which $15,000,000 shall be avail-
able only to the extent necessary to meet increa.sed cxDsts of administra-
tion resulting from changes in a State law or increases in the number 
of claims filed and claims paid or increased salary costs resulting from 
changes in State salary compensation plans embracing employees of 
the State generally over those upon which the State's basic ^rant (or 
the allocation for the District of Columbia) was based, which increased 
costs of administration cannot be provided for by normal budgetary 
adjustments: Provided., That notwithstanding any provision to the 
contrary in section 302(a) of the Social Security Act, as amended, the 
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Secretary of Labor shall from time to time certify to the Secretary of 
the Treasury for payment to each State found to be in compliance with 
the requirements of the Act of June 6,1933, and, except in the case of 
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Guam and the Virgin Islands, with the provisions of section 303 of the 
Social Security Act, as amended, such amounts as he determines to be 
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necessary for the proper and efficient administration of its unemploy-
ment compensation law and of its public employment offices during 
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fiscal year 1964 and that any portion thereof not obligated by the State 
in that year shall be returned to the Treasury and credited to the 
account from which derived: Provided further^ That not to exceed 
$1,100,000 of the funds made available by this paragraph may be used 
for payment of obligations incurred during fiscal year 1963: Provided 
further^ That such amounts as may be agreed upon by the Department 
of Labor and the Post Office Department shall be used for the pay-
ment, in such manner as said parties may jointlj^ determine, of 
postage for the transmission of official mail matter in connection with 
the administration of unemployment compensation systems and 
employment services by States receiving grants herefrom. 
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jjj carrying out the provisions of said Act of June 6, 1933, the pro-
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visions of section 303(a) (1) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 
relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards 
on the merit basis, shall apply. 
None of the funds appropriated by this title to the Bureau of 
Employment Security for grants-in-aid of State agencies to cover, 
in whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies, including 
the salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, 
shall be withheld from the said agencies of any States which have 
established by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit 
system and classification and compensation plan covering the selection, 
tenure in office, and compensation of their employees, because of 
any disapproval of their personnel or the manner of their selection 
by the agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers 
or employees. 
Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 
31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under title I I I of the 
42 use 501-503. Social Security Act, as amended, and under the Act of June 6,1933, as 
amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, such 
sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expendi-
tures made thereunder for payments under such title and under such 
Act of June 6, 1933, to be charged to the appropriation therefor for 
that fiscal year: Provided^ That the payments made pursuant to this 
paragraph shall not exceed the amount paid to the States for the first 
quarter of the currrent fiscal year. 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND 
EX-SERVICEMEN 
For payments to unemployed Federal employees and ex-servicemen, 
either directly or through payments to States, as authorized by title 
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XV oi the Social Security Act, as amended, $110,000,000. 
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Unemployment compensation for Federal employees and ex-service-
men, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the 
current fiscal year, payments to States, as authorized by title XV of 
the Social Security Act, as amended, such amounts as may be required 
for payment to unemployed Federal employees and ex-servicemen for 
the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, and the obligations 
and expenditures thereunder shall be charged to the appropriation 
therefor for that fiscal year: Provided^ That the payments made pur-
suant to this paragraph shall not exceed the amount paid to the States 
for the first quarter of the current fiscal year. 
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIES, MEXICAN FARM LABOR PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to enable the Department to determine com-
pliance with the provisions of contracts entered into pursuant to the 
65 Stat. 119; 
Act of July 12, 1951, as amended, $870,000. 
75 Stat. 761. 
7 u s e 1461-
1468. 
54 
55 
54 
62 
Stat. 
Stat. 
Stat. 
Stat. 
890. 
626. 
858. 
614; 
75 Stat. 821. 
50 u s e 925 
note. 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, MEXICAN FARM LABOR PROGRAM 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out the 
functions of the Department of Labor under the Act of July 12,1951, 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 1461-1468), including temporary employment 75^|tft.^*76i!^' 
of persons without regard to the civil-service laws, $1,135,000, which 
shall be derived by transfer from the Farm labor supply revolving 
fund. 
BUREAU OF VETERANS' REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to render assistance in connection with the 
exercise of reemployment rights under section 8 of the Selective Train-
ing and Service Act of 1940, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 308), the 
Service Extension Act of 1941, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 351), the 
Army Reserve and Retired Personnel Service Law of 1940, as amended 
(50 U.S.C. App. 401), and section 9 of the Universal Military Training 
and Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 459), and the Reserve Forces Act of 
1955 (69 Stat. 598), $784,000. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STANDARDS 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the promotion of industrial safety, 
employment stabilization, and amicable industrial relations for labor 
and industry; performance of safety functions of the Secretary under 
the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 784 
(c)) and the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation 
39 stat. 749. 
Act, as amended (72 Stat. 835); and not less than $303,000 for the 
work of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handi-
capped, as authorized by the Act of July 11, 1949 (63 Stat. 409) ; 
$3,470,000: Provided^ That no part of the appropriation for the Presi-
dent's Committee shall be subject to reduction or transfer to any other 
department or agency under the provisions of any existing law; includ-
ing purchase of reports and of material for informational exhibits. 
OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS SERVICES 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
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For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Welfare 
and Pension Plans Disclosure Act, as amended (72 Stat. 997), the 
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Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 
519), expenses of commissions and boards to resolve labor-management note 
disputes and other expenses for improving the climate of labor-
management relations, $7,450,000, and in addition thereto there is 
hereby transferred to this appropriation the sum of $50,000 from the 
appropriation of $2,269,000 for Salaries and expense. Office of the' 
Secretary. 
BUREAU or EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses and not to exceed $111,000 
for the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board, $4,275,000, together 
with not to exceed $60,000 to be derived from the fund created by 
section 44 of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation 
Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 944). 
44 stat. 1444. 
33 u s e 901. 
note. 
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EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION CLAIMS AND EXPENSES 
For the payment of compensation and other benefits and expenses 
(except administrative expenses) authorized by law and accruing dur-
ing the current or any prior fiscal year, including payments to other 
Federal agencies for medical and hospital services pursuant to agree-
ment approved by the Bureau of Employees' Compensation; continua-
tion of payment of benefits as provided for under the head "Civilian 
War Benefits" in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 
60 Stat. 696. 
1947; the advancement of costs for enforcement of recoveries in third-
party cases; the furnishing of medical and hospital services and sup-
plies, treatment, and funeral and burial expenses, including trans-
portation and other expenses incidental to such services, treatment, 
and burial, for such enrollees of the Civilian Conservation Corps as 
were certified by the Director of such Corps as receiving hospital serv-
ices and treatment at Government expense on June 30, 1943, and who 
are not otherwise entitled thereto as civilian employees of the United 
States, and the limitations and authority of the Act of September 7, 
39 Stat. 742; 
1916, as amended (5 U.S.C. 796), shall apply in providing such serv-
48 Stat. 351. 
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treatment, and expenses in such cases and for payments pursuant 
to sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. 
62 Stat. 1242. 
App. 2012) ; $53,838,000, together with such amount as may be neces-
50 use app. 2003 ^'^^ ^^ ^ advauced from the subsequent year appropriation for the 
2004. 
' payment of compensation and other benefits for any period subsequent 
to March 31 of the year: Provided, That, in'the adjudication of claims 
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under section 42 of the said Act of 1916, for benefits payable from this 
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appropriation, authority under section 32 of the Act to make rules 
and regulations shall be construed to include the nature and extent of 
the proofs and evidence required to establish the right to such benefits 
without regard to the date of the injury or death for which claim is 
made. 
WOMEN'S BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the work of the Women's Bureau, as 
41 Stat. 987. 
authoHzed by the Act of June 5, 1920 (29 LT.S.C. 11-16), including 
purchase of reports and material for informational exhibits, $785,000. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES 
A N D 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for performing the duties imposed by the 
52 Stat. 1060. 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, and the Act to provide 
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conditions for the purchase of supplies and the making of contracts 
by the United States, approved June 30, 1936, as amended (41 U.S.C. 
49 Stat. 2036. 
35-45), iucludiug reimbursements to State, Federal, and local agencies 
and their employees for inspection services rendered, $19,300,000. 
OrncE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Solicitor $4,420,000 
together with not to exceed $127,000 to be derived from the Employ-
ment Security Administration account, Unemployment Trust Fund. 
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OrncE or THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the OiRce of the Secretary of Labor, 
$2,269,000, together with not to exceed $188,000 to be derived from the 
Employment Security Administration account, Unemployment Trust 
Fund. 
TRADE ADJUSTMENT ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of the Secretary 
of Labor under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, $150,000. 
76 sta^ 87^2. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Labor Appropriation ^ote. 
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Act, 1964". 
TITLE II—DEPAETMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND 
W E L F A E E 
FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, of the Food and 
Drug Administration, including reporting and illustrating the results 
of investigations; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and scientific 
equipment; payment in advance for special tests and analyses and 
adverse reaction reporting by contract; payment of fees, travel, and 
per diem in connection with studies of new developments pertinent to 
food and drug enforcement operations; compensation of informers; 
payment for publication of technical and informational materials in 
professional and trade journals; and rental of special purpose space 
m the District of Columbia or elsewhere; $35,805,000. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, alteration, and equipment, of facilities, including 
acquisition of sites, and planning, architectural, and engineering serv-
ices, $4,466,000, to remain available until expended. 
REVOLVING FUND FOR CERTIFICATION AND OTHER SERVICES 
For the establishment of a revolving fund for certification and other 
services, there is hereby appropriated the aggregate of fees (includ-
ing advance deposits to cover such fees) paid during the fiscal year 
1964, and each succeeding fiscal year, for services in connection with 
the listing, certification, or inspection of certain products and the 
establishment of tolerances for pesticides, in accordance with sections 
406, 408, 506, 507, 702A, and 706 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 U.S.C. 346a, 356, 357, 372a, and 376), 
and the unexpended balance of such fees (or advance deposits) hereto-
fore appropriated shall be credited to such revolving fund. 
This 
fund shall be available without fiscal year limitation for salaries and 
expenses necessary to carry out the Secretary's responsibilities in 
connection with such listings, certifications, inspections, or establish-
ment of tolerances, including the conduct of scientific research, devel-
opment of methods of analysis, purchase of chemicals, fixtures, furni-
ture, and scientific equipment and apparatus; expenses of advisory 
committees; refund of advance deposits for whicn no services have 
been rendered: Provided^ That any supplies, furniture, fixtures, and 
equipment on hand or on order on June 30, 1963, and purchased or 
Citation of title. 
Department of 
Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare 
Appropriation Act, 
1964. 
21 u s e 346. 
48 u s e 1667. 
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ordered under appropriations for "Salaries and Expenses, Certifica-
tion, Inspection, and Other Services," shall be used to capitalize the 
revolving fund. 
OFFICE OF EDUCATION 
PROMOTION AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the provisions of titles I and I I of the Vocational 
Education Act of 1946, as amended (20 U.S.C 15i-15m, 15o-15q, 
15aa-15jj), section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1931 (20 U.S.C. 30), the 
Act of March 18, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 31-33), section 9 of the Act of 
August 1, 1956 (20 U.S.C. 34), and section 2 of the Act of September 
25, 1962 (76 Stat. 586), $34,756,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for 
practical nurse training under such title I I of the Vocational Educa-
tion Act of 1946, as amended, and $180,000 for vocational education in 
the fishery trades and industry including distributive occupations 
therein: Provided^ That the amount of allotment which States and 
Territories are not prepared to use may be reapportioned among other 
States and Territories applying therefor for use in the programs for 
which the funds were originally apportioned. 
FURTHER ENDOWMENT OF COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE AND T H E MECHANIC 
ARTS 
For carrsdng out the provisions of section 22 of the Act of June 29, 
74 Stat. 5 25. 
1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 329), $11,950,000. 
GRANTS FOR LIBRARY SERVICES 
For grants to the States, pursuant to the Act of June 19, 1956, as 
70 Stat. 293. 
amended (20 U.S.C. 351-358), $7,500,000. 
PAYMENTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS 
For payments to local educational agencies for the maintenance and 
operation of schools as authorized by the Act of September 30, 1950, 
64 Stat. 1100. 
as amended (20 U.S.C, ch. 13), $104,466,000: Provided, That this 
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appropriation shall also be available for carrying out the provisions 
of section 6 of such Act. 
ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for providing school facilities and for 
grants to local educational agencies in federally affected areas, as 
authorized by the Act of September 23,1950, as amended (20 U.S.C, 
72 Stat. 548. 
ch. 19), includiug not to exceed $800,000 for necessary expenses during 
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^jjg current fiscal year of technical services rendered by other agencies, 
$23,740,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no 
part of this appropriation shall be available for salaries or other direct 
expenses of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. 
DEFENSE EDUCATIONAt. ACTIVITIES 
For grants, loans, and payments under the National Defense Edu-
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oation Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 1580^-1605), $219,620,000, of which 
$90,900,000 shall be for capital contributions to student loan funds and 
loans for non-Federal capital contributions to student loan funds, of 
which not to exceed $900,000 shall be for such loans for non-Federal 
capital contributions; $47,750,000 shall be for grants to States and 
loans to nonprofit private schools for science, mathematics, or modem 
language equipment and minor remodeling of facilities and for grants 
645, 
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to States for supervisory and other services: Provided^ That allot-
ments iinder sections 302(a) and 305 for acquisition of equipment and 
72 stat. isss. 
minor remodeling shall be made on the basis of $-17,520,000 for grants 445° "^^ ^^^' 
to States and shall be made on the basis of $6,480,000 for loans to 
private, nonprofit schools, and allotments under section 302(b) for 
supervisory and other services shall be made on the basis of $3,750,000; 
$15,000,000 shall be for grants to States for area vocational education 
programs; and $15,000,000 shall be for grants to States for testing, 
guidance, and counseling: Provided^ That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be available for the purchase of science, mathematics, and 
modern language teaching equipment, or equipment suitable for use 
for teaching in such fields of education, which can be identified as 
originating in or having been exported from a Communist country, 
unless such equipment is unavailable from any other source: Provided 
further^ That no part of this appropriation shall be available for grad-
uate fellowships awarded initially under the provisions of the Act 
after the date of enactment of the Department of Health, Education, 
and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1962, which are not found by the 
75 stat. 594. 
Commissioner of Education to be consistent with the purpose of the 
Act as stated in section 101 thereof. 
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Loans and payments under the National Defense Education Act, 
next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after March 31 of the current 
fiscal year, loans and payments under title II of the National Defense 
Education Act, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year 
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such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the 
expenditures made thereunder to be charged to the appropriation for 
the same purpose for that fiscal year: Provided^ That the payments 
made pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed the amount paid for 
the same purposes for the first quarter of the current fiscal year. 
EXPANSION o r TEACHING I N EDUCATION OF T H E MENTALLY RETARDED 
For grants to public or other nonprofit institutions of higher leaiTi-
ing and to State educational agencies, pursuant to the Act of Septem-
ber 6, 1958, as amended (20 U.S.C. 611-617), $1,000,000. 
72 stat. 1777. 
EXPANSION OF ITIACHING IN FJJUCATION OF T H E DEAF 
For grants to public or other nonprofit institutions of higher educa-
tion for courses of study and scholarships for training teachers 
of the deaf, $1,500,000: Provided^ That this paragraph shall be effec-
tive only upon enactment into law of section 301(c) of S. 1576, 88th 
Post, p. 2|9S. 
Congress, or similar legislation. 
COOPERATIVE 
RESEARCH 
For cooperative research, surveys, and demonstrations in education 
as authorized by the Act of July 26, 1954 (20 U.S.C. 331-332), 
es stat. 533. 
$11,500,000. 
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For purchase of foreign currencies which the Treasury Department 
determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United 
States, for necessary expenses of the Office of Education, as authorized 
by law, $500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That 
this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropria-
tions to such agency, for the purchase of the foregoing currencies. 
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING AND AREA STUDIES 
For payments to carry out the provisions of section 102(b) (6) of 
the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (75 Stat. 
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529), $1,500,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Education, including sur-
veys, studies, investigations, and reports regarding libraries; coordina-
tion of library service on the national level with other forms of adult 
education; development of library service throughout the country; 
purchase, distribution, and exchange of education documents, motion-
picture films, and lantern slides; $14,761,000. 
OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 
GRANTS TO STATES 
For grants to States in accordance with the Vocational Rehabilita-
68 Stat. 65 2. 
tiou Act, as amended, $88,700,000, of which $85,700,000 is for voca-
29 use 31 note, tloual rehabilitation services under section 2 of said Act; and $3,000,000 
is for extension and improvement projects under section 3 of said 
Act: Provided^ That allotments under section 2 of said Act to the 
States fbr the current fiscal year shall be made on the basis of 
$140,000,000, and this amount shall be considered the sum available 
for allotments under such section for such fiscal year: 
Provided 
further^ That additional allotments, not exceeding $550,000 in the 
aggregate, for grants under section 2 of said Act may be made, in 
accordance with regulations of the Secretary, to States in which the 
Federal share of the costs of rehabilitation services under such section 
exceeds their respective allotments from such $140,000,000: Provided 
further^ That the allotment to any State under section 3(a) (1) of said 
"Act shall be not less than $15,000. 
Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: Fbr making, after 
May 31, of the current fiscal year, grants to States under sections 2 and 
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^ of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, for the first 
quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be neces-
sary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made thereunder 
to be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year: 
Provided^ That the payments made pursuant to this paragraph shall 
not exceed the amount paid to the States for the first quarter of the 
current fiscal year. 
RESEARCH AND TRAINING 
For grants and other expenses (except administrative expenses) for 
research, training, traineeships, and other special projects, pursuant 
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to section 4 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, for 
carrying out the training functions provided for in section 7 of said 
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Act, for studies, investigations, demonstrations, and reports, and of 
dissemination of information with respect thereto pursuant to section 
7 of said Act, and not to exceed $100,000 for carrying out the functions 
of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation under the International 
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Health Research Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 364), $34,810,000. 
note. 
RESEARCH AND TRAINING 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For purchase of foreign currencies which the Treasury Department 
determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United 
States, for necessary expenses of the Office of Vocational Rehabilita-
tion, as authorized by law, $2,000,000, to remain available until 
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expended: Provided^ That this appropriation shall be available, in 
addition to other appropriations to such agency, for the purchase of 
the foregoing currencies. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the Office 
of Vocational Eehabilitation, $2,905,000. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
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PREAMBLE 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Public Health Service 
Act, as amended (42 U.S.C., ch. 6A) (hereinafter referred to as the 
Act), and other Acts, including expenses for active commissioned 
officers in the Reserve Corps and for not to exceed two thousand eight 
hundred commissioned officers in the Regular Corps; expenses incident 
to the dissemination of health information in foreign countries 
through exhibits and other appropriate means; expenses of primary 
and secondary schooling of dependents, in foreign countries, of Public 
Health Service commissioned officers stationed in foreign countries, in 
amounts not to exceed an average of $285 per student, when it is deter-
mined by the Secretary that the schools available in the locality are 
unable to provide adequately for the education of such dependents, 
and for the transportation of such dependents between such schools 
and their places of residence when the schools are not accessible to 
such dependents by regular means of transportation; not to exceed 
$1,000 for entertainment of visiting scientists when specifically 
approved by the Surgeon General; purchase, erection, and mainte-
nance of temporary or portable structures; and for the payment of 
compensation to consultants or individual scientists appointed for 
limited periods of time pursuant to section 207(f) or section 207(g) 
of the Act at rates established by the Surgeon General not to exceed 
$19,000 per annum; as follows: 
58 Stat. 682. 
42 u s e 201 
note. 
42 u s e 209. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, major repair, improvement, extension, and equip-
ment of Public Health Service facilities, not otherwise provided, 
including plans and specifications and acquisition of sites, $16,311,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
ACCIDENT PREVENTION 
42 u s e 24 1. 
To carry out section 301 of the Act, and for expenses necessary for 
demonstrations and training personnel for State and local health 
work pursuant to section 314(c) of the Act, with respect to accident 
42 use 246. 
prevention, $4,163,000. 
CHRONIC DISEASES AND HEALTH OF T H E AGED 
To carry out sections 301, 311, 314(e), and 316 of the Act, and for 
42 use 241, 
expenses necessary for demonstrations and training personnel for 243, 246, 24?£ 
State and local health work under section 314(c) of the Act, with 
respect to chronic diseases and health problems of the aged, for allot-
ments and payments to States under section 314(c) of the Act for 
establishing and maintaining adequate public health services for the 
chronically ill and the aged, and for cooperating with State health 
agencies, and other public and private nonprofit institutions, in the 
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[77 STAT. 
prevention, control, and eradication of cancer, neurological and 
sensory diseases, and blindness by providing for consultative services, 
training, demonstrations, and other control activities, directly and 
through grants-in-aid, $53,377,000, of which $13,000,000 shall be 
available only for such allotments and payments to States under 
section 314(c) of the Act. 
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE ACTIVITIES 
To carry out, except as otherwise provided for, those provisions of 
42 use 241, 
sections 301, 311, 314(c), 317, and 361 of the Act relating to the pre-
243, 246, 247b, 
vcutiou and suppression of communicable and preventable diseases, 
^^'^' 
and the interstate transmission and spread thereof, including the pur-
chase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
only; and hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; $28,405,000, 
of which $10,205,000 shall remain available until June 30, 1965, to 
carry out section 317 of the Act. 
COMMUXPTY H E A L T H PRACTICE AND RESEARCH 
42 use 241 
To carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided, sections 301, 306, 
242d, 242g, 242h, 309, 310, 311, and 314(c) of the xVct, $29,608,000. 
2 4 3 , 246. 
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CONTROL OF TUBERCULOSIS 
To carry out the purposes of section 314(b) of the Act, $6,828,000, of 
which $1,606,000 shall be available for grants of money, services, 
supplies and equipment to States, and with the approval of the respec-
tive State health authority, to counties, health districts and other 
political subdivisions of the States for the control of tuberculosis in 
such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the Surgeon 
General may determine, and of which not less than $2,900,000 shall be 
available only for grants to States, to be matched by an equal amount 
of State and local funds expended for the same purpose, for direct 
expenses of prevention and case-finding projects, including salaries, 
fees, and travel of personnel directly engaged in prevention and case 
finding and the necessary equipment and supplies used directly in 
prevention and case-finding operations, but excluding the purchase of 
care in hospitals and sanatoriums. 
CONTROL OF VENEREAL 
DISEASES 
42 use 246, 
To carry out the purposes of sections 314 (a) and 363 of the Act with 
^^^- 
respect to venereal diseases and for grants of money, services, supplies, 
equipment, and use of facilities to States, as defined in the Act, and 
with the approval of the respective State health authorities, to coun-
ties, health districts, and other political subdivisions of the States, for 
venereal disease control activities, in such amounts and upon such 
terms and conditions as the Surgeon General may determine; 
$9,588,000. 
DENTAL SERVICES AND 
RESOURCES 
42 use 241, 
To carry out sections 301 and 311 of the Act, and for training grants 
243. 
under section 422 of the Act, with respect to dental health activities, 
42 use 88a. 
^xcept as otherwise provided for the National Institute of Dental 
Research, $6,218,000. 
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235 
NURSING SERVICES AND RESOURCES 
To carry out sections 301 and 311 of the Act with respect to nursing 
42 use 241, 
services and resources, and to carry out section 307 of the Act, ^'*^-
$11,217,000. 
HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION 
ACTIVITIES 
42 u s e 242e. 
To carry out the provisions of title VI of the Act, as amended, 
42 use 291. 
$226,220,000, of which $150,000,000 shall be for grants or loans for '^'^^'^ 
hospitals, and related facilities pursuant to part C, $4,200,000 shall be 
42 use 29 id-
for the purposes authorized in section 636, and $70,000,000 shall be for 
42 use 29 in. 
grants or loans for facilities pursuant to part G: Provided^ That funds 
42 use 291s-
made available under section 636 for experimental or demonstration 2^^^-
construction or equipment projects shall not be used to pay in excess 
of two-thirds of the cost of such projects as determined by the Surgeon 
General. 
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION 
For grants to assist in the expansion and improvement of the facil-
ities of the George Washington University Hospital, as authorized by 
the Act of May 31, 1962 (Public Law 87-460), $2,500,000, to remain 
76 stat. 83. 
available until expended. 
ENVIRONMENTAL H E A L T H SCIENCES 
To carry out, except as otherwise provided for, sections 301, 311 and 
314(c) of the Act with respect to environmental health and arctic 
42 use 246. 
health activities, $4,224,000. 
AIR POLLUTION 
To carry out the Act of July 14, 1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1857-
1857f), and for expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 
69 stat. 322; 
301 and 311 of the Act relating to air pollution, including purchase of ^^ ^*^*- ^'*^-
not to exceed three passenger motor vehicles, and hire, maintenance, 
and operation of aircraft; $12,954,000, to remain available only until 
June 30, 1964. 
M I L K , FOOD, INTERSTATE, AND COMMUNITY SANITATION 
To carry out sections 301, 311, and 361 of the Act, and for expenses 
42 use 241, 
necessary for demonstrations and training personnel for State and 243, 254. 
local health work under section 314(c) of the Act, with respect to 
42 use 246. 
milk, food, and community sanitation, and interstate quarantine activi-
ties, including purchase of not to exceed two passenger motor vehicles, 
$9,009,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL H E A L T H 
To carry out sections 301 and 311 of the Act, and for expenses neces-
sary for demonstrations and training personnel for State and local 
health work under section 314(c) of the Act, with respect to occupa-
tional health, $4,990,000, of which $500,000 shall be available for the 
continuation of the study of pulmonary diseases of coal miners. 
RADIOLOGICAL H E A L T H 
To carry out sections 301, 311, and 314(c) of the Act, with respect 
to radiological health, including grants for training of radiological 
health specialists; purchase of not to exceed three passenger motor 
vehicles of which one shall be for replacement only; and hire, mainte-
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[77 STAT. 
nance, and operation of aircraft; $19,145,000, of which $2,000,000 
shall be available only for allotments and payments to States pursuant 
42 use 246. 
to such section 314(c) for the establishment and maintenance of ade-
quate radiological public health services. 
WATER SUPPLY AND WATER POIXrUTTON CONTROL 
42 use 241, 
To carry out sections 301, 311, and 361 of the Act with respect to 
243, 264. 
water supply and water pollution control, and to carry out the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 466-^66d, 
70 Stat. 498. 
466f-466k), $28,980,000, including $4,700,000 for grants to States and 
$300,000 for grants to interstate agencies under section 5 of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, and of which $500,000 
shall be available for the comprehensive study of the Ohio Kiver basin. 
GRANTS FOR WASTE TREATMENT WORKS CONSTRUCTION 
For payments under section 6 of the Water Pollution Control Act, 
75 Stat. 206. 
as amcudcd (33 U.S.C. 466e), $90,000,000: Provided, That allotments 
under such section 6 for the current fiscal year shall be made on the 
basis of $100,000,000: Provided 
further, 
That none of the sums 
allotted to a State shall remain available for obligation 
after 
December 31, 1964. 
HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CARE 
For carrying out the functions of the Public Health Service, not 
60 Stat. 903. 
otherwise provided for, under the Act of August 8, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 
42 use 241, 
150), and under sections 301 (with respect to research conducted at 
248 et seq. 
faciUties financed by this appropriation), 321, 322, 324, 326, 331, 332, 
341, 343, 344, 502, and 504 of the Act, section 810 of the Act of July 1, 
1944, as amended (33 U.S.C. 763c), Private Law 419 of the Eighty-third 
68 Stat. A74; 
Cougress, as amended, and Executive Order 9079 of February 26,1942, 
^^3^c^FR^i 
including purchase and exchange of farm products and livestock; pur-
eum. supp., 
chase of not to exceed two passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
p- 1101- 
only; and purchase of firearms and ammunition; $49,962,000, of which 
$1,200,000 shall be available only for payments to the State of Hawaii 
for care and treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy: 
Provided, 
That when the Public Health Service establishes or operates a health 
service program for any department or agency, payment for the esti-
mated cost shall be made by way of reimbursement or in advance for 
deposit to the credit of this appropriation: Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be available for medical, surgical, and dental 
treatment and hospitalization of retired ships' officers and members of 
crews of Coast and Geodetic Survey vessels, and their dependents, 
and for payment therefor. 
FOREIGN QUARANTINE ACTIVITIES 
42 use 264- 
For carrying out the purposes of sections 361 to 369 of the Act, 
2^2' 
relating to preventing the introduction of communicable diseases from 
foreign countries, the medical examination of aliens in accordance with 
42 use 252. 
section 325 of the Act, and the care and treatment of quarantine 
42 use 249. 
detainees pursuant to section 322(e) of the Act in private or other 
public hospitals when facilities of the Public Health Service are not 
available, including insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries when required by law of such countries, and purchsise of not 
to exceed four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, 
$6,456,000. 
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237 
GENERAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF H E A L T H 
For the activities of the National Institutes of Health, not otherwise 
provided for, including research fellowships and grants for research 
projects and training grants pursuant to section 301 of the Act; and 
42 use 241. 
grants of therapeutic and chemical substances for demonstrations and 
research; $163,869,000: Provided^ That funds advanced to the Na-
tional Institutes of Health management fund from appropriations 
included in this Act shall be available for purchase of not to exceed 
eighteen passenger motor vehicles, of which thirteen shall be for 
replacement only; and not to exceed $2,500 for entertainment of visit-
ing scientists when specifically approved by the Surgeon General: 
Provided further., That all appropriations made to the Public Health 
Service in this Act, and available for research or training projects, 
may be expended pursuant to contracts made on a cost or other basis 
for supplies and services, including indemnification of contractors to 
the extent and subject to the limitations provided in title 10, United 
States Code, section 2354, except that approval and certification 
7OA stat. 134. 
required thereby shall be by the Surgeon General. 
BIOLOGICS STANDARDS 
To carry out sections 351 and 352 of the Act pertaining to regula- 
42 use 262, 
tion and preparation of biological products, and conduct of research ^^^' 
related thereto, $4,787,000. 
CHILD HEALTH 
AND H U M A N 
DEVELOPMENT 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out 
the purposes of the Act with respect to child health and human 
development, not to exceed $34,000,000, to be derived by transfer from 
other appropriations for the National Institutes of Health for the 
current fiscal year. 
NATIONAL 
CANCER 
INSTITUTE 
To enable the Surgeon General, upon the recommendations of the 
National Advisory Cancer Council, to make grants-in-aid for research 
and training projects relating to cancer; and to otherwise carry out 
the provisions of title IV, part A, of the Act; $144,340,000: Provided., 
42 use 2&1-
That amounts appropriated under this head in the Department of ^*^' 
Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1961, for plans 
74 stat. 760. 
and specifications for a research facility for the National Cancer 
Institute shall remain available until June 30,1964. 
MENTAL H E A L T H 
ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of sections 
301, 302, 303, 311, 312, and 314(c) of the Act with respect to mental 
42 use 24 
diseases, $183,288,000. 
1 
et seq. 
NATIONAL HEART INSTITUTE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out the 
purposes of the National Heart Act, $132,404,000: Provided, 
That 
62 stat. 464. 
amounts appropriated under this head in the Department of Health, note."^^ ^^^ 
Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1962, for plans and speci- 
75 stat, 594. 
fications for a gerontological research building and appurtenant 
facilities for the National Heart Institute shall remain available until 
June 30, 1964. 
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[77 STAT. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL RESEARCH 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the 
Surgeon General to carry out the purposes of the Act with respect to 
dental diseases and conditions, $19,689,000. 
ARTHRITIS AND METABOLIC DISEASE ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act relating 
to arthritis, rheumatism, and metabolic diseases, $113,679,000. 
ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE ACTIVITIF^S 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out the 
purposes of the Act relating to allergy and infectious diseases, 
$68,723,000, of which $350,000 shall be available for payment to the 
Gorgas Memorial Institute for maintenance and operation of the 
Gorgas Memorial Laboratory. 
NEUROLOGY AND BLINDNESS ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act relating 
to neurology and blindness, $87,675,000. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION 
OF H E A L T H 
RESEARCH 
FACILITIES 
42 use 292- 
For grauts pursuant to Title VII of the Act, $50,000,000. 
292i. 
<=> 
i 
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For purchase of foreign currencies which the Treasury Department 
determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United 
States, for necessary expenses of the Public Health Service, as author-
ized by law, $4,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appro-
priations to the Public Health Service, for the purchase of the fore-
going currencies. 
NATIONAL H E A L T H 
STATISTICS 
For expenses of the National Center for Health Statistics in carrying 
42 use 241 
out the provisions of sections 301, 305, 312(a), 313, 314(c), and 315 
242c, 244a. 245, 
o f t h c A c t , $ 5 , 9 4 9 , 0 0 0 . 
246, 24 7. 
•>•*••>•) 
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF 
MEDICINE 
42 use 241. 
To carry out section 301 of the Act with respect to translation of 
foreign scientific documents and for expenses, not otherwise provided 
70 Stat. 960. 
for, ueccssary to carry out the National Library of Medicine Act (42 
U.S.C. 275),$4,074,000. 
RETIRED PAY OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
For retired pay of commissioned officers, as authorized by law, and 
67 Stat. 501. 
for paymcuts under the Uniformed Services Contingency Option 
7
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A Stat. 641. 
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^
^
j paymcuts for medical care of dependents and retired 
70 Stat. 250; 
personucl under the Dependents' Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C., ch. 55), 
1569*^*' ^^^^' 
such amount as may be required during the current fiscal year. 
77 STAT. ] 
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239 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, O m C E OF THE SURGEON GENERAL 
For the divisions and offices of the Office of the Surgeon General and 
for miscellaneous expenses of the Public Health Service not appropri-
ated for elsewhere, including preparing information, articles, and 
publications related to public health; and conducting studies and 
demonstrations in public health methods, $6,091,000. 
SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of the 
hospital, including purchase of one passenger motor vehicle, clothing 
for patients, and cooperation with organizations or individuals in the 
scientific research into the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment 
of mental illness, such amount as may be equal to the difference 
between the amount of the reimbursements received during the current 
fiscal year on account of patient care provided by the hospital during 
such year and $27,413,000. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, alterations, extension, and equipment, of buildings 
and facilities on the grounds of the hospital, including preparation of 
plans and specifications, advertising, and supervision of construction, 
$627,000, to remain available until expended. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
L I M I T A T I O N O N SALARIES A N D E X P E N S E S , B U R E A U o r OLD-AGE AND SUR-
VIVORS I N S U R A N C E 
For necessary expenses, not more than $317,900,000 may be expended 
from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund: Pro-
vided^ That such amounts as are required shall be available to pay the 
cost of necessary travel incident to medical examinations for verify-
ing disabilities of individuals who file applications for disability deter-
minations under title I I of the Social Security Act, as amended: Pro- 
42 use 401.425. 
vided further^ That $10,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be 
apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes 
as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), only to the extent necessary to process 
workloads not anticipated in the budget estimates and after maximum 
absorption of the costs of such workload within the existing limitation 
has been achieved. 
Advances to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after 
May 31 of the current fiscal year, advances to States under section 221 
70 stat. 823. 
(e) of the Social Security Act, as amended, for the first quarter of the 
^'^ "^^ ^'^^' 
next succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary from the 
above authorization may be expended from the Federal old-age and 
survivors insurance trust fund. 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 
For grants to States for old-age assistance, medical assistance for 
the aged, aid to families with dependent children, aid to the blind, and 
aid to the permanently and totally disabled, as authorized in titles 
I, IV, X, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 
42 use 301 
U.S.C. ch. 7, subchs. I, IV, X, XIV, and XVI), $2,725,000,000, of "'^^'^^ 
et seq. 
712 
240 
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[77 STAT. 
which such amount as may be necessary shall be available for grants 
for any period in the prior fiscal year subsequent to March 31 of that 
year. 
ASSISTANCE FOR REPAIT^IATED UNITED STATES NATIONALS 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1113 of the Social 
75 Stat. 142. 
SecuHty Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1313), and of carrying out the 
24 use 321-329. provisious of thc Act of July 5, 1960 (74 Stat. 308), and for care and 
treatment in accordance with the Acts of March 2, 1929, and October 
45 Stat. 1495; 
29, 1941, as amended (24 U.S.C. 191a, 196a), $467,000. 
55 Stat. 756. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, BUREAU OF FAMILY SERVICES 
For expenses necesstiry for the Bureau of Family Services, 
$4,956,000. 
GRANTS FOR MATERNAL 
AND CHILD 
WELFARE 
For grants for maternal and child-health services, services for 
crippled children, and child-welfare services as authorized in title V, 
parts 1, 2, and 3, of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C, 
42 use 701 
ch. 7, subch. V; 74 Stat. 995-997), $82,943,000, of which $25,000,000 
shall be available for services for crippled children, $25,000,000 for 
maternal and child-health services, $29,000,000 for child-welfare serv-
ices, and $3,943,000 for research, training, or demonstration projects 
in child welfare: Provided, That any allotment to a State pursuant 
42 use 702, 
to section 502(b) or 512(b) of such Act shall not be included in com-
puting for the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of sections 504 
42 use 704, 
and 514 of such Act an amount expended or estimated to be expended 
^^'*- 
by the State: Provided further, That $1,000,000 of the amount avail-
able under section 502(b) of such Act shall be used only for special 
projects for mentally retarded children. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, CHILDREN'S BUREAU 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Act of April 9, 1912, as 
42 use 191-194. amended (42 U.S.C, oh. 6), and title V of the Social Security Act, as 
42 use 701 
amended (42 U.S.C, ch. 7, subch. V), including purchase of reports 
^' ^^^' 
and material for the publications of the Children's Bureau and of 
reprints for distribution, $3,401,000: Provided, That no part of any 
appropriation contained in this title shall be used to promulgate or 
carry out any instructions, order, or regulation relating to the care of 
obstetrical cases which discriminate between persons licensed under 
State law to practice obstetrics: Provided furtJver, That the foregoing 
proviso shall not be so construed as to prevent any patient from having 
the services of any practitioner of her own choice, paid for out of this 
fund, so long as State laws are complied with: Provided further. That 
any State plan which provides standards for professional obstetrical 
services in accordance with the laws of the State shall be approved. 
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH OR DEMONSTRAIMON PROJECTS I N SOCIAL SECURITY 
For grants, contracts, and jointly financed cooperative arrangements 
for research or demonstration projects under section 1110 of the Social 
70 Stat. 850. 
Sccurity Act, as amended (42 U.S.C 1310), $1,455,000. 
INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY ASSOCIATION MEETING 
For expenses necessary for organizing, and holding in the District 
of Columbia, during calendar year 1964, the Fifteenth General Meet-
ing of the International Social Security Association, including 
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241 
advances without regard to section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 529); personal services without regard to civil 
service or classification laws; employment of aliens; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; printing and binding without regard to section 11 of 
the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U.S.C. I l l ) ; rents in the District of 
63 stat. 405. 
Columbia and elsewhere; and not to exceed $10,500 for official recep-
tion and representation expense, $91,500, to remain available until 
June 30, 1965. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Commissioner of 
Welfare, $1,025,000. 
Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 
31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under titles I, IV, V, 
42 use 301 
X, XIV, and XVI, respectively, of the Social Security Act, as ^' ^^'^' 
amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, 
such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the 
expenditures made thereunder for payments under each of such titles 
to be charged to the approjDriation therefor for that fiscal year. 
In the administration of titles I, IV, V, X, XIV, and XVI, respec-
tively, of the Social Security Act, as amended, payments to a State 
under any of such titles for any quarter in the period beginning April 
1 of the prior year, and ending June 30 of the current year, may be 
made with respect to a State plan approved under such title prior to 
or during such period, but no such payment shall be made with respect 
to any plan for any quarter prior to the quarter in which such plan 
was submitted for approval. 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
EDUCATION OF THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amenided (20 U.S.C. 
20 stat. 468. 
101-105), $775,000. 
FREEDMEN'S HOSPITAL 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance, including 
repairs; furnishing, repairing, and cleaning of wearing apparel used 
by employees in the performance of their official duties; transfer of 
funds to the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, Howard Univer-
sity" for salaries of technical and professional personnel detailed to 
the hospital; pavments to the appropriations of Howard University 
for actual cost of heat, light, and power furnished by such university; 
$3,880,000: Provided, That no intern or resident physician receiving 
compensation from this appropriation on a full-time basis shall 
receive compensation in the form of wages or salary from any other 
appropriation in this title: Provided further, That the District of 
Columbia shall pay by check to Freedmen's Hospital, upon the Sur-
geon General's request, in advance at the beginning of each quarter, 
such amount as the Surgeon General calculates will be earned on the 
basis of rates approved oy the Bureau of the Budget for the care of 
patients certified by the District of Columbia. Bills rendered by the 
Surgeon General on the basis of such calculations shall not be subject 
93-025 0-64-18 
242 
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[77 STAT. 
to audit or certification in advance of payment; but proper adjust-
ment of amounts which have been paid in advance on the basis of 
such calculations shall be made at the end of each quarter: Provided 
further. That the Surgeon General may delegate the responsibilities 
imposed upon him by the foregoing proviso. 
GALLAUDET COLLEGE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
Foi* the partial support of Gallaudet College, including personal 
services and miscellaneous expenses, and repairs and improvements, 
68 Stat. 265. 
as authorizcd by the Act of June 18,1954 (Public Law 420), and not to 
io^'5^to'3°-io32". 
exceed $100,000 to be transferred to the appropriation for Salaries 
and expenses, Office of the Secretary for necessary expenses of carry-
ing out a study of the education of the deaf, $1,822,000: Provided^ 
That Gallaudet College shall be paid by the District of Columbia, in 
advance at the beginning of each quarter, at a rate not less than $1,500 
per school year for each student receiving elementary or secondary 
31 Stat. 844. 
cducatiou pursuant to the Act of March 1,1901 (31 D.C. Code 1008). 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, alteration, renovation, equipment, and improve-
ment of buildings and facilities on the grounds of Gallaudet College, 
as authorized by the Act of June 18,1954 (Public Law 420), under the 
supervision, if so requested by the College, of the General Services 
Administration, including planning, architectural, and engineering 
services, $2,919,000, to remain available until expended. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the partial support of Howard University, including personal 
services and miscellaneous expenses and repairs to buildings and 
grounds, $8,819,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For the construction and equipment of buildings and facilities on 
the grounds of Howard University, under the supervision of the 
General Services Administration, including planning, architectural, 
and engineering services, and site acquisition, $6,245,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided^ That the unexpended balances as 
of June 30, 1963, of appropriations heretofore made available for 
planning, construction, or purchase of anj Howard University 
facility, shall be merged with this appropriation. 
OFFICE or THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Secretary, $2,833,000, 
together with not to exceed $467,000 to be transferred from the 
Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund. 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF FIELD ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Field Administration, 
S3,734,000 together with not to exceed $1,302,000 to be transferred 
from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and not 
to exceed $35,000 to be transferred from the Operating fund, Bureau 
of Federal Credit Unions. 
SURPLUS PROPERTY UTILIZATION 
For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of subsections 
203 (j), (k), (n), and (o), of the Federal Property and Administra-
tive Services Act of 1949, as amended, relating to disposal of real and 
personal excess property for educational purposes, civil defense pur-
poses, and protection of public health, $950,000. 
63 Stat. 3 85. 
40 u s e 484. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF T H E GENERAL COUNSEL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the General Counsel, 
$975,000, together with not to exceed $29,000 to be transferred from 
'•Revolving fund for certification and other services. Food and Drug 
Administration", and not to exceed $871,000 to be transferred from 
the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund. 
J U V E N I L E DELINQUENCY AND YOUTH OFFENSES 
For grants for demonstration, evaluation, and training projects, 
and for technical assistance, relating to control of juvenile delin-
q^uency and youth offenses, and for salaries and expenses in connec-
tion therewith, $6,950,000, to remain available only until June 30, 
1964. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF AGING 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Aging, $545,000. 
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FACILITIES 
For grants to assist in construction of educational television broad-
casting facilities, as authorized by part IV of title I I I of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (76 Stat. 64), and for related salaries and 
expenses, to remain available until expended, $6,500,000, of which not 
to exceed $285,000 shall be available for such salaries and expenses 
during the current fiscal year. 
47 u s e 390-
397. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. None of the funds appropriated by this title to the Social 
Security Administration for grants-in-aid of State agencies to cover, 
in whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies, including 
the salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, 
shall be withheld from the said agencies of any States which have 
established by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit 
system and classification and compensation plan covering the selec-
tion, tenure in office, and compensation of their employees, because 
of any disapproval of their personnel or the manner of their selection 
by the agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers 
or employees. 
Withholding of 
fund s. 
Restriction. 
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Motor vehicle 
SEC. 202. The Secretary is authorized to make such transfers of 
transfer. 
motor vehicles, between bureaus and offices, without transfer of funds, 
as may be required in carrying out the operations of the Department. 
Research, in- 
SEC. 203. Noue of the fuuds provided herein shall be used to pay 
direct costs. 
^^^^ recipient of a grant for the conduct of a research project an 
amount for indirect expenses in connection with such project in excess 
of 20 per centum of the direct costs. 
SEC. 204. Appropriations to the Public Health Service available 
58 Stat, 68 2. 
for research grants pursuant to the Public Health Service Act shall 
note. "^^ ^° ^ 
^^^^ be available, on the same terms and conditions as apply to non-
Federal institutions, for research grants to hospitals of the Service, 
the Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, and to Saint Elizabeths 
Hospital. 
Citation o
f title. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Health, Education, 
and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1964". 
TITLE III—NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AXD EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to 
carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Rela-
6
1
^ Stat. 136; 
tions Act, 1947, as amended (29 U.S.C. 141-167), and other laws, 
$22,460,000: Provided^ That no part of this appropriation shall be 
available to organize or assist in organizing' agricultural laborers or 
used in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders 
concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as 
^49^stat.^450; 
referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5,1935 (29 U.S.C. 152), 
and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as 
amended, and as defined in section 3(^f) of the Act of June 25, 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition employees engaged 
in the maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and 
waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis 
and at least 95 per centum of the water stored or supplied thereby is 
used for farming purposes. 
TITLE IV—NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of the Rail-
way Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188), including temporary 
employment of referees under section 3 of the Railway Labor Act, as 
amended, at rates not in excess of $100 per diem; and emergency 
boards appointed by the President pursuant to section 10 of said Act 
(45 U.S.C. 160); $1,950,000. 
TITLE V—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
LIMITATION ON SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Railroad Retirement 
Board, 
$11,065,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement account. 
73 Stat. 542. 
61 Stat. 137. 
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245 
TITLE VI—FEDEEAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION 
SEEVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the functions 
vested in it by the Labor-Management Kelations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 
171-180, 182), including expenses of the Labor-Management Panel as 
provided in section 205 of said Act; expenses of boards of inquiry 
appointed by the President pursuant to section 206 of said Act; tem-
porary employment of arbitrators, conciliators, and mediators on 
labor relations at rates not in excess of $100 per diem; and Govern-
ment-listed telephones in private residences and private apartments 
for official use in cities where mediators are officially stationed, but no 
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service office is maintained; 
$5,690,000. 
TITLE VII—INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON T H E 
POTOMAC RIVER BASIN 
CONTRIBUTION TO INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON T H E 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 con-
tribution toward the expenses of the Commission during the current 
fiscal year in the administration of its business in the conservancy 
district established pursuant to the Act of July 11,1940 (54 Stat. 748), 
33 use 567b. 
$5,000. 
TITLE VIII—UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' HOME 
LIMITATION ON OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For maintenance and operation of the United States Soldiers' Home, 
to be paid from the Soldiers' Home permanent fund, $6,622,000: 
Provided^ That this appropriation shall not be available for the pay-
ment of hospitalization of members of the Home in United States 
Army hospitals at rates in excess of those prescribed by the Secretary 
of the Army, upon the recommendation of the Board of Commis-
sioners of the Home and the Surgeon General of the Army. 
TITLE IX—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 901. Appropriations contained in this Act, available for 
salaries and expenses, shall be available for services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of A u ^ s t 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) but at rates not 
eo stat, sio. 
to exceed $75 per diem for individuals. 
SEC. 902. Appropriations contained in this Act available for salaries 
uniforms or 
and expenses shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as allowances. 
authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
68 stat. 1114. 
2131). 
SEC. 903. Appropriations contained in this Act available for salaries 
Attendance at 
and expenses shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings ™=«""gs-
which ar» concerned with the functions or activities for which the 
appropriation is made or which will contribute to improved conduct, 
supervision, or management of those functions or activities. 
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[77 STAT. 
Restriction. 
60 Stat, 839. 
2 u s e 261 note. 
Restriction. 
Short title. 
SEC. 904. None of the funds contained in this Act for "Juvenile 
delinquency and youth offenses" shall be paid, for the purpose of con-
ducting or assisting in conducting a research or demonstration project, 
to any person or organization registered with the Clerk of the House 
and the Secretary of the Senate under the Regulation of Lobbying Act. 
SEC. 905. The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare, are each authorized to make av^ailable not to 
exceed $5,000 from funds available for salaries and expenses under 
titles I and II, respectively, for official reception and representation 
expenses, not otherwise provided for. 
SEC. 906. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
to conduct or assist in conducting any program (including but not 
limited to the payment of salaries, admmistrative expenses, and the 
conduct of research activities) related directly or indirectly to the 
establishment of a national service corps or similar domestic peace 
corps type of program. 
This Act may be cited as the "Departments of Labor, and Health, 
Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1964". 
Approved October 11, 1963. 
October 11, 1963 
[H. R. 2485] 
D. C> 
Prevention 
and control of 
communicable dis-
eases. 
Public Law 88-137 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District 
of Columbia to make regulations to prevent and control the spread of commu-
nicable and preventable diseases", approved August 11, 1939, as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act entitled 
"An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to 
make regulations to prevent and control the spread of communicable 
and preventable diseases", approved August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 1408), 
as amended (sec. 6-119 et seq., D.C. Code, 1961 ed.), is amended by 
renumbering section 13 as section 14 and by inserting the following 
new section immediately following section 12: 
"IMMEDIATE TREATMENT OF MINOR WITH VENEREAL DISEASE 
"SEC. 13. If a minor appears in any clinic, hospital, or other facility 
of the Department of Public Health of the government of the District 
of Columbia, and the Director of Public Health or his authorized 
agent, after having caused a medical examination to be made of such 
minor, has probable cause to believe that such minor is affected with 
a venereal disease or is a carrier of a venereal disease, and if, as a 
result of such examination, the Director of Public Health or his 
authorized agent determines that immediate medical treatment of the 
minor will adequately control the disease of the minor so as to protect 
his health and the health of others without having said minor detained 
as provided in this Act, the Director of Public Health or his author-
ized agent shall present to such minor a paper, upon which such 
minor shall state either (1) that he consents to such treatment, in 
which event such treatment shall be given to the minor forthwith, or 
(2) that he refuses to censent to such treatment, in which event no 
such treatment shall be given to him pursuant to this section. The 
Director of Public Health or his authorized agent shall exercise 
reasonable diligence in ascertaining the whereabouts of a parent, or