An Act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes
PL 84-78 (H.R.5085), enacted 06/16/1955

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Public Law 78 
CHAPTER 147 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Department of the Interior and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1956, namely: 
TITLE 
I—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
THE 
INTERIOR 
O F F I C E OF T H E 
SECRETARY 
RESEARCH I N THE UTILIZATION OF SALINE WATER 
For expenses necessary to carry out provisions of Public Law 448, 
approved July 3, 1952, authorizing studies of the conversion of saline 
water for beneficial consumptive uses, $400,000. 
OIL AND GAS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary to discharge his 
responsibilities with respect to oil and gas, including cooperation with 
the petroleum industry and State authorities in the production, proc-
essing, and utilization of petroleum and its products, and natural gas; 
and for controlling the interstate shipment of contraband oil as 
required by law (15 U. S. C. 715); including purchase of not to exceed 
two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: $390,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, including 
purchase of three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, 
$2,525,000, and in addition, not to exceed $100,000 may be reimbursed 
or transferred to this appropriation from other accounts available 
to the Department of the Interior: Provided^ That hearing officers 
appointed for Indian probate work need not be appointed pursuant 
to the Administrative Procedure Act (60 Stat. 237), as amended. 
OFFICE o r MINERALS MOBILIZATION 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary to discharge his 
responsibilities, including cooperation with the metals and minerals 
industry, with respect to the conservation, exploration, development, 
production, and utilization of mineral resources, including solid fuels, 
$225,000. 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement, develop-
ment, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, and performance 
of other functions, as authorized by law, in the management of lands 
and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 
Management, including $35,000 for the operation and maintenance 
of access roads on the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 
lands, $13,450,000: Provided^ 
That this appropriation may be 
expended on a reimbursable basis for surveys of lands other than 
June 16. 1955 
[H. R. 5085] 
D e p a r t m e n t of 
the I n t e r i o r and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriation Act, 
1956. 
66 Stat. 328. 
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1 9 5 1 -
1958. 
49 Stat. 30. 
5 IISC 1001 note. 
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those under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management: 
Provided further^ That, for the purposes of surveying federally con-
trolled or intermingled lands and operation and maintenance of 
access roads, contributions toward the costs thereof may be accepted. 
CONSTRUCTION 
. 
For construction of access roads on the revested Oregon and Cali-
fornia Railroad grant lands; acquisition of rights-of-way and of exist-
ing connecting roads adjacent to such lands; and for acquisition and 
construction of buildings and appurtenant facilities in Alaska; to 
remain available until expended, $2,300,000: Provided^ That the 
amount appropriated herein for road construction shall be transferred 
to the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce: Provided 
fwrther^ That the amount appropriated herein for construction of 
access roads on the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 
lands and in addition, amounts available for operation and mainte-
nance of such access roads under the appropriation "Management 
of lands and resources" are hereby made a reimbursable charge against 
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the Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall be reimbursed 
to the general fund in the Treasury in accordance with the provisions 
of the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title I I of the Act of 
August 28,1937. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SO Stat. 876. 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be avail-
able for purchase of two aircraft and twenty-one passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only; purchase, erection, and dismantlement 
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of temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary 
buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United States has 
title: Provided^ That of appropriations herein made for the Bureau 
of Land Management expenditures in connection with the revested 
Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon 
Road grant lands (other than expenditures for construction and oper-
ation and maintenance of access roads and for acquisition of rights-
of-way and of existing connecting roads adjacent to such lands) shall 
be reimbursed from the 25 per centum referred to in section C, title 
so Stat. 876. 
jj^ ^f ^^^ ^^t approved August 28, 1937, of the special fund desig-
nated the "Oregon and California Land Grant Fund" and section 
53 Stat. 754. 
4 of the Act approved May 24, 1939, of the special fund designated 
the "Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Fund". 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For construction, purchase, and maintenance of range improvements 
pursuant to the provisions of sections 3 and 10 of the Act of June 28, 
1273. ^* ^** ^"°' 1^^^' ^s amended (43 U. S. C. 315), sums equal to the aggregate of all 
moneys received, during the current fiscal year, as range improvement 
fees under section 3 of said Act and of 25 per centum of all moneys 
43 use 315m. 
received, during the current fiscal year, under section 15 of said Act, 
to remain available until expended. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
EDUCATION AND WELFARE SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to provide education and welfare services 
for Indians, either directly or in cooperation with States and other 
organizations, including payment (in advance or from date of admis-
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sion), of care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses of Indians in 
boarding homes, institutions, or schools; grants and other assistance 
to needy Indians; maintenance of law and order, and payment of 
rewards for information or evidence concerning violations of law on 
Indian reservations or lands; and operation of Indian arts and crafts 
shops and museums; $41,764,995. 
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for management, development, improve-
ment, and protection of resources and appurtenant facilities under the 
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including payment of 
irrigation assessments and charges; acquisition of water rights; 
advances for Indian industrial and business enterprises; operation of 
Indian arts and crafts shops and museums; and development of 
Indian arts and crafts as authorized by law; $12,432,000, and in addi- 
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tion, $200,000 of the Revolving Fund for Loans, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, shall be used in connection with administering loans to Indians. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, major repair, and improvement of irrigation and 
power systems, buildings, utilities, roads and trails, and other facili-
ties ; acquisition of lands and interests in lands; preparation of lands 
for farming; and architectural and engineering services by contract; 
payment to the Klamath Tribe of Indians, Oregon, as authorized by 
section 13c of the Act of August 13,1954 (Public Law 587) ; to remain 
ff fj^^- ^'^^^^ 
available until expended, $7,979,003, of which not to exceed $11,647 
shall be available for reimbursing the city of New Town, North 
Dakota, for the cost of improvements to streets and appurtenant 
facilities adjoining property under the jurisdiction of the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs, and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for as-
sistance to the public-school district for constructing additional class-
room facilities at Seligman, Arizona: Provided, That no part of the 
Restrictions, 
sum herein appropriated shall be used for the acquisition of land 
within the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, 
South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming outside of the boundaries of 
existing Indian reservations: Provided further, That no part of this 
appropriation shall be used for the acquisition of land or water rights 
within the States of Nevada, Oregon, and Washington either inside 
or outside the boundaries of existing reservations: Provided 
further, 
That the Secretary is authorized to purchase, without regard to the 
prohibition against the acquisition of land or water rights contained 
herein, not to exceed fifteen acres of lands within the Klamath Indian 
Reservation, Oregon, required for the construction of two pumping 
plants and an equalizing basin for the Modoc Point Indian irrigation 
system and not to exceed four hundred acres of lands within the 
Colville Indian Reservation, Washington, required for the construc-
tion of Mill Creek Reservoir of the Nespelem Unit of the Colville 
Indian irrigation project: Provided 
further, 
That of the amount 
included herein for the construction of roads and trails, such part 
of the amount as determined by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs 
shall be available only for roads and trails which State and local 
governments agree to take over and maintain when the improvement 
is completed. 
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68 Stat. 453. 
43 u s e 1200e. 
49 Stat. 1458. 
18 u s e 4124. 
ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT 
AUTHORIZATION) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority con-
tained in section 6 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 
73), $7,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the general administration of the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs, including such expenses in field offices, $2,600,000. 
RELOCATION OF T H E YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE 
For necessary expenses of completing the relocation of the Yankton 
Sioux Tribe, South Dakota, in accordance with section 8 of the Public 
Law Numbered 478, Eighty-third Congress, to remain available until 
expended, $56,500: Provided^ That said amount shall be assessed 
against the costs of the Fort Randall Dam and Reservoir, Missouri 
River Development. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the 
revolving fund for loans) shall be available for expenses of exhibits; 
purchase of not to exceed one hundred and seventy-five passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, which may be used for the trans-
portation of Indians; advance payments for service (including serv-
ices which may extend beyond the current fiscal year) under contracts 
executed pursuant to the Act of June 4, 1986 (25 U. S. C. 452), and 
legislation terminating Federal supervision over certain Indian 
tribes; purchase of ice for official use of employees; and expenses 
required by continuing or permanent treaty provisions. 
TRIBAL FUNDS 
In addition to the tribal funds authorized to be expended by exist-
ing law, there is hereby appropriated $3,100,000, from tribal funds not 
otherwise available for expenditure for the benefit of Indians and 
Indian tribes, including pay and travel expenses of employees; care, 
tuition and other assistance to Indian children attending public and 
private schools (which may be paid in advance or from date of admis-
sion) ; purchase of land and improvements on land, title to which shall 
be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the tribe for 
which purchased; lease of lands and water rights; comi)ensation and 
expenses of attorneys and other persons employed by Indian tribes 
under approved contracts; pay, travel and other expenses of tribal 
officers, councils, and committees thereof, or other tribal organizations, 
including mileage for use of privately owned automobiles and ])er diem 
in lieu of subsistence at rates established administratively but not to 
exceed those applicable to civilian employees of the Government; relief 
of Indians, without regard to section 7 of the Act of May 27, 1930 (46 
Stat. 391), including cash grants; and employment of a recreational 
director for the Menominee Reservation and a curator for the Osage 
Museum, each of whom shall be appointed with the approval of the 
respective tribal councils and without regard to the classification laws: 
Provided., That in addition to the amount appropriated herein, tribal 
funds may be advanced to Indian tribes during the current fiscal year 
for such purposes as may be designated by the governing body of the 
particular tribe involved and approved by the Secretary: Provided 
further., That not to exceed $100,000 from the funds credited to the 
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Indians of California under the Act of May 18, 1928 (45 Stat. 602), 
^s use esi-es?. 
for expenses of moving and relocating houses available to said Indians 
under the Act of August 2,1954 (68 Stat. 590, 613), but not more than 
^» g^«^. fg^s^^ 
$300 may be expended for any one house: Provided, however, That no 
part of this appropriation or other tribal funds shall be used for the 
acquisition of land or water rights within the States of Nevada, 
Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming, either inside or outside the 
boundaries of existing Indian reservations, if such acquisition results 
in the property being exempted from local taxation. 
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
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SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND KESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the Geological Survey to perform sur-
veys, investigations, and research covering topography, geology, and 
the mineral and water resources of the United States, its Territories 
and possessions; classify lands as to mineral character and water and 
power resources; give engineering supervision to power permits and 
Federal Power Commission licenses; enforce departmental regula-
tions applicable to oil, gas, and other mining leases, permits, licenses, 
and operating contracts; publish and disseminate data relative to the 
foregoing activities; and the preparation of plans and specifications 
for a building or buildings to meet the special needs of the Geological 
Survey in the metropolitan area of Washington, D. C.; $26,635,000, 
of which $4,350,000 shall be available only for cooperation with States 
or municipalities for water resources investigations: Provided, 
That 
no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay more than one-half 
the cost of any topographic mapping or water resources investigations 
carried on in cooperation with any State or municipality. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROWSIONS 
The amount appropriated for the Geological Survey shall be avail-
able for purchase of not to exceed seventy-seven passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only; reimbursement of the General Services Ad-
ministration for security guard service for protection of confidential 
files; contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the 
making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when it is admin-
istratively detennined that such procedures are in the public interest; 
construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant 
facilities; acquisition of lands for gaging stations; and payment of 
compensation and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Geological 
Survey appointed, as authorized by law, to represent the United States 
in the negotiation and administration of interstate compacts, in- C(^pf?t.°^ ^^^"'^ 
eluding not to exceed $10,000 for the person appointed by the Presi-
dent to participate as the representative of the United States in the 
administration of the compact consented to by the Act of May 31,1949 
(Public Law 82) : Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of 
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any other law, the President is authorized to appoint a retired officer 
as such representative, without prejudice to his status as a retired 
Army officer, and he shall receive such compensation and expenses in 
addition to his retired pay. 
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BUREAU OF MINES 
CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES 
For expenses necessary for promoting the conservation, exploration, 
development, production, and utilization of mineral resources, includ-
ing fuels, in the United States, its Territories and possessions; develop-
ing synthetics and substitutes; producing and distributing helium; 
and controlling fires in coal deposits; $12,893,000. 
H E A L T H AND SAFETY 
For expenses necessary for promotion of health and safety in mines 
and in the minerals industries, as authorized by law, $5,000,000. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration of the Bureau of 
Mines, including such expenses in the regional offices, $970,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations and funds available to the Bureau of Mines may be 
expended for purchase of not to exceed one hundred and twenty-six 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; providing transporta-
tion services in isolated areas for employees, student dependents of 
employees, and other pupils, and such activities may be financed under 
cooperative arrangements; purchase and bestowal of certificates and 
trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid work: Provided^ 
That the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, 
and other contributions from public and private sources and to prose-
cute projects in cooperation with other agencies. Federal, State, or 
private: Provided further^ That the sums made available for the cur-
rent fiscal year to the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force 
for the acquisition of helium from the Bureau of Mines shall be trans-
ferred to the Bureau of Mines, and said sums, together with all other 
payments to the Bureau of Mines for helium, shall be credited to the 
special helium production fund, established pursuant to the Act of 
43 Stat. nil. 
March 3, 1925, as amended (50 U. S. C. 164 (c)) : Provided 
further. 
That the Bureau of Mines is authorized, during the current fiscal year, 
to sell directly or through any Government agency, including corpora-
tions, any metal or mineral product that may be manufactured in pilot 
plants operated by the Bureau of Mines, and the proceeds of such sales 
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION 
For expenses necessary for the management and protection of the 
areas and facilities administered by the National Park Service, includ-
ing protection of lands in process of condemnation; and for plans, 
investigations, and studies of the recreational resources (exclusive of 
preparation of detail plans and working drawings) and archaeological 
values in river basins of the United States (except the Missouri River 
Basin); $9,825,000. 
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MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES 
; 
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and rehabili-
tation of roads (including furnishing special road maintenance service 
to defense trucking permittees on a reimbursable basis), trails, build-
ings, utilities, and other physical facilities essential to the operation of 
areas administered pursuant to law by the National Park Service, 
$8,950,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and improvement, without regard to the Act of 
August 24, 1912, as amended (16 U. S. C. 451), of roads, trails, park- 
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ways, buildings, utilities, and other physical facilities; and the acqui-
sition of lands, interests therein, improvements, and water rights; to 
remain available until expended, $5,425,000, of which $100,000 shall be ^ent!''*'"*"' **°""" 
available for the completion of payments for the execution of the new 
figure for the Yorktown Monument, upon the completion of the figure 
to the satisfaction of the Secretary, and the Secretary shall release the 
contractor from all obligations under the contract with respect to the 
removal of the present damaged figure, the repair of the shaft, and the 
mounting of the new figure on the shaft: Provided, That prior to any 
payments made pursuant to this provision the contractor shall release 
the Government from any and all claims arising from the execution of 
the figure or any presently existing contract between said contractor 
and the United States Government: Provided further, That the sum 
provided herein is in addition to the sum of $59,000 specified in contract 
No. I-lOOnp-147. 
CONSTRUCTION (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority con-
tained in section 6 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 
73), $19,654,300, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
no part of this appropriation bill shall be used at any time to plan, 
map, build, or construct a new roadway or highway to Mammoth 
Cave National Park leading from United States Highway Numbered 
31W between Cave City and Park City, Kentucky. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration of the National 
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Park Service, including such expenses in the regional offices, $1,175,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be available for 
the purchase of not to exceed ninety-eight passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, of which not to exceed seventeen shall be for replac-
ing United States Park Police cruisers; uniforms or allowances there-
for, as authorized by law (68 Stat. 1114, D. C. Code 4^-204); and the 
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objects and purposes specified in the Act of August 8, 1953 (67 Stat. 
495,496). 
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F I S H AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES 
For expenses necessary for conservation, management, protection, 
and utilization of fish and wildlife resources, and for the performance 
of other authorized functions related to such resources; operation of 
the industrial properties within the Crab Orchard National Wildlife 
T r a n s f e r 
of 
funds. 
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Refuge (61 Stat. 770) ; maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle 
on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge; purchase or rent of land, 
and functions related to wildlife management in California (16 
62 Stat. 238. 
u . S. C. 695-695c); leasing and management of lands for the protec-
tion of the Florida Key deer; and not to exceed $30,000 for payment, 
in the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence con-
cerning violations of laws administered by the Fish and Wildlife 
Service; $6,728,500; and in addition, there are appropriated amounts 
equal to 25 per centum of the proceeds covered into the Treasury dur-
ing the next preceding fiscal year from the sale of sealskins and other 
products, for management and investigation of fish and wildlife 
resources of Alaska, including construction. 
INVESTIGATIONS OF RESOURCES 
For expenses necessary for scientific and economic studies and in-
vestigations respecting conservation, management, protection, and 
utilization of fish and wildlife resources, including related aquatic 
plants and products; collection, compilation, and publication of infor-
mation concerning such studies and investigations; and the perform-
ance of other functions related thereto; as authorized by law; 
$4,187,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities 
required in the conservation, management, protection, and utilization 
of fish and wildlife resources and the acquisition of lands and interests 
therein, $1,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided^ That 
the funds appropriated herein for the continuation of the construction 
of the Devils Kitchen Dam on the Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge, 
Illinois, shall be transferred to the Corps of Engineers, Department 
of the Army. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration of the Fish and 
Wildlife Service, including such expenses in the regional offices, 
$760,000. 
ADMINISTRATION OF PRIBILOF ISLANDS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of February 26, 1944, 
58 Stat. 100. 
as amended (16 U. S. C. 631a-631q), there are appropriated amounts 
equal to 60 per centum of the proceeds covered into the Treasury during 
the next preceding fiscal year from the sale of sealskins and other prod-
ucts, to remain available for expenditure during the current and next 
succeeding fiscal years. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available 
for purchase of not to exceed one hundred and twenty-eight passenger 
motor vehicles, for replacement only; purchase of not to exceed four 
aircraft, for replacement only; publication and distribution of bulle-
34 Stat. 690. 
|.jj^g ^^ authorized by law (7 U. S. C. 417) ; rations or commutation 
of rations for officers and crews of vessels at rates not to exceed $3 
per man per day; repair of damage to public roads within and adja-
cent to reservation areas caused by operations of the Fish and Wild-
life Service; options for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for 
each option; facilities incident to such public recreational uses on con-
servation areas as are not inconsistent with their primary purposes; 
and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other 
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facilities under the jurisdiction of the Fish and Wildlife Service and 
to which the United States has title, and which are utilized pursuant 
to law in connection with management and investigation of fish and 
wildlife resources. 
O F F I C E O F TERRrroRiES 
ADMINISTRATION OF TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of Territories and 
for the departmental administration of the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands, under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Inte-
rior, including expenses of the offices of the Governors of Alaska, 
Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, as authorized by law (48 U. S. C , 
sees. 61, 531, 1422, 1431a (c)) ; salaries of the Governor of the Virgin 54 g^t^aV^ase-^^s 
Islands, the Government Secretary, and the members of their imme- stat. 1253. 
diate staffs as authorized by law (Act of July 22, 1954, Public Law 
f8^usc^i5 4i 
517), compensation and mileage of members of the legislatures in ""gy-gtat sie- 31 
Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands stat. i46; 64 ^tat. 
as authorized by law (48 U. S. C, sees. 87, 599, 1421d (e), 1431a (c) IVhs^ isTinotl". 
and the Act of July 22, 1954 (Public Law 517)); compensation and 
45 |tat. 1253. 
expenses of the judiciary in American Samoa as authorized by law 
(48 U. S. C. 1431a (c)); care of insane as authorized by law for 
Alaska (48 U. S. C. 46-50) ; grants to American Samoa, in addition 
to current local revenues, for support of governmental functions; 
and personal services, household equipment and furnishings, and 
utilities necessary in the operation of the houses of the Governors of 
Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and American Samoa; $2,609,500: Provided, 
That the Territorial and local governments herein provided for are 
authorized to make purchases through the General Services Admin-
istration : Provided 
further, 
That appropriations available for the 
administration of Territories may be expended for the purchase, 
charter, maintenance, and operation of aircraft and surface vessels 
for official jjurposes and for commercial transportation purposes 
found by the Secretary to be necessary. 
TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 
For expenses necessary for the Department of the Interior in ad-
ministration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands pursuant to 
the Trusteeship Agreement approved by Public Law 204, Eightieth 
Congress, and Public Law 451, approved June 30, 1954, including the 
expenses of the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands; compensation and expenses of the judiciary of the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; grants to the Trust Territory 
of the Pacific Islands in addition to local revenues, for support of gov-
ernmental functions; $4,500,000, and in addition $1,000,000 shall be 
transferred to this appropriation from the balance in the account of 
the Island Trading Company of Micronesia on December 31, 19.54, of 
which $500,000 shall be available for the establishment of a revolving 
fund for loans to locally owned private trading enterprises, to continue 
during the fiscal year 1956: Provided, That all financial transactions of 
the Trust Territory, including such transactions of all agencies or 
instrumentalities established or utilized by such Trust Territory, shall 
be audited by the General Accounting Office in accordance with the 
provisions of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (42 Stat. 23), as 
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amended, and the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 34) : 
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Provided further. That the government of the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands is authorized to make purchases through the General 
Services Administration: Provided 
further, 
That appropriations 
available for the Administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
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Islands may be expended for the purchase, charter, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft and surface vessels for official purposes and for 
commercial transportation purposes found by the Secretary to be neces-
61 Stat. 3302. 
gary in carrying out the provisions of article 6 (2) of the Trusteeship 
Agreement approved by Public Law 204, Eightieth Congress. 
ALASKA. PUBLIC WORKS ^ 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary for carrying out 
the provisions of the Act of August 24,1949, as amended (48 U. S. C. 
63 Stat. 627. 
486-486]), to remain available until June 30, 1959, $3,000,000, of 
which not to exceed $525,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses: Provided^ That funds previously appropriated under this 
head shall remain available until June 30,1959. 
CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, ALASKA 
For construction of roads, tramways, buildings, ferries, bridges, 
and trails, including surveys and plans for new road construction; 
acquisition of lands or interests in lands by purchase, donation, con-
demnation, or otherwise; and purchase of four passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only, $6,300,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS, ALASKA 
For operation and maintenance of roads, tramways, buildings, 
ferries, bridges, and trails, $3,500,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The total of the amounts herein appropriated for construction, 
operation and maintenance of roads in Alaska shall be available in 
one fund, except that the appropriation herein made for operation 
and maintenance shall be available only for the service of the current 
fiscal year. 
Not to exceed 17i'^ per centum of the amount herein appropriated 
for construction of roads in Alaska shall be available for construction 
work by force account, or on a hired-labor basis. 
CONSTRUCTION, ALASKA RAILROAD 
For the authorized work of the Alaska Railroad, including im-
provements and new construction, to remain available until expended, 
$4,100,000: Provided^ That funds appropriated under this head may 
be transferred to the Alaska Railroad Revolving Fund for purposes 
of accounting and administration. 
ALASKA RAILROAD REVOLVING FUND 
The Alaska Railroad Revolving Fund shall continue available until 
exj)ended for the work authorized by law, including operation and 
maintenance of oceangoing or coastwise vessels by ownership, charter, 
or arrangement with other branches of the Government service, for 
the purpose of providing additional facilities for transportation of 
freight, passengers, or mail, when deemed necessary for the benefit 
and development of industries or travel in the area served; and pay-
ment of compensation and expenses as authorized by section 42 of 
39 Stat. 750. fchc Act of September 7, 1916 (5 U. S. C. 793), to be reimbursed as 
therein provided: Provided^ That no one other than the general man-
ager of said railroad, and one assistant general manager at not to 
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exceed $13,000 per annum, shall be paid an annual salary out of said 
fund of more than $11,000. 
ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior 
(referred to herein as the Secretary), including teletype rentals and 
service, $2,065,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, aiSns'!^''^™*"* "' 
aliens may be employed during the current fiscal year in the field 
service of the Department for periods of not more than thirty days 
in cases of emergency caused by fire, flood, storm, act of God, or 
sabotage. 
SEC. 102. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for „ ^I^S,if,lI^'^^ '^' 
T 
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construction. 
expenditure or transfer (withm each bureau or office), with the 
approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replace-
ment or repair of buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment 
damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: 
Provided, That no funds shall be made available under this authority 
until funds specifically made available to the Department of the 
Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted. 
SEC. 103. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer nr^'^^pression?* 
(within each bureau or office) of any appropriation in this title, in 
addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several 
agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest or 
range fires on or threatening lands under jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment of the Interior: Provided, That appropriations made in this title 
for fire suppression purposes shall be available for the payment of 
obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year. 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for warehouses °"tcf^ 
operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, where-
ever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy, 
and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered to 
any other activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act of 
June 30, 1932 (31 U. S. C. 686) : Provided, That reimbursements for 
47 stat. 4i7. 
cost of supplies, materials and equipment, and for services rendered 
may be credited to the appropriation current at the time such reim-
bursements are received. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior 
in this title or in the Public Works Appropriation Act, 1956, shall be 
available for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 
2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), when authorized by the Secretary, at rates not 
6° stat, sio. 
to exceed $100 per diem for individuals, and in total amount not to 
exceed $250,000; maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone 
service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regula-
tions approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when 
authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or 
associations which issue publications to members only or at a price 
to members lower than to subscribers who are not members. 
SEC. 106. (a) Not to exceed $200,000 of the funds appropriated to ices!^"'^^ ^^''" 
the Department of the Interior in this title or in the Public Works 
Appropriation Act, 1956, shall be available to pay the compensation 
of all persons the budget estimates for personal services heretofore 
submitted to the Congress for the fiscal year 1956 contemplated would 
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[69 STAT. 
be employed by such department, agency, or corporation during such 
fiscal year in the performance of— 
(1) function 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 per-
forming the functions described in (1) in drafting, preparing, 
editing, typing, duplicating or disseminating public information, 
publications or releases, radio or television scripts, magazine 
articles, photographs, motion picture and similar material, shall 
be available to pay the compensation of persons performing the 
functions described in (1) or (2). 
(b) This section shall not apply to the preparation for publication 
of reports and maps resulting from authorized scientific and engineer-
ing investigations and surveys, to photography incident to the com-
pilation and reproduction of maps and reports, or publications of the 
National Park Service, or to photocopying of permanent records for 
preservation. 
TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES 
•
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COMMISSION OF F I N E ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a Commission 
36 Stat. 371. 
of Fine Arts (40 U. S. C. 104), including payment of actual traveling 
expenses of the members and secretary of the Commission in attending 
meetings and committee meetings of the Commission either within or 
outside the District of Columbia, to be disbursed on vouchers approved 
by the Commission, $21,200. 
FEDERAL COAL MINE SAFETY BOARD OF REVIEW 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Federal Coal 
Mine Safety Board of Review, including services as authorized by 
60 Stat. 810. 
section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $70,000. 
DEPARTMENT or 
AGRICULTURE 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
Research: For the construction of roads at the National Arboretum 
in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March 4,1927 (44 Stat, 
1422, 20 U. S. C. 191-194), $150,000: Provided, That the construction 
of said roads may be performed by the Bureau of Public Roads, 
Department of Commerce. 
FOREST SERVICE—SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary, including not to exceed $15,000 for employ-
ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706 (a) of the Organic 
58 Stat. 742. 
^^^ ^f ^944 (5 jj g Q 574)^ as amended by section 15 of the Act of 
60 Stat. 810. 
August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), including travel expenses of advisory 
councils or similar groups; to experiment and make investigations and 
report on forestry, national forests, forest fires, forest insects and 
diseases, and lumbering; to advise the owners of w^oodlands as to the 
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153 
proper care of the same; to investigate and test American timber and 
timber trees and their uses, and methods, for the preservative treatment 
of timber; to seek, through investigations and the planting of native 
and foreign species, suitable trees for the treeless regions; to protect, 
administer, and improve the national forests, including tree planting 
and other measures to prevent erosion, drift, surface wash, soil waste, 
and the formation of floods, and to conserve water; to ascertain the 
natural conditions upon and utilize the national forests, to transport 
and care for fish and game supplied to stock the national forests 
or the waters therein; for management of lands acquired under the 
land litilization program; and to collate, digest, report, and illus-
trate the results of experiments and investigations made by the Forest 
Service: Provided^ That the appropriations available to the Forest 
Service for the current fiscal year may be used for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft, and the purchase of not to exceed four (for 
replacement only), uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1114); the purchase, erection, 
s use 2131 note, 
and alteration of buildings and other public improvements, but the 
cost of any building purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of 
the cost of constructing a water-supply or sanitary sj^stem and of con-
necting the same with any such building, and exclusive of the cost of 
any tower upon which a lookout house may be erected, shall not exceed 
$18,500 ($22,500 in Alaska) with the exception that any building 
erected, purchased, or acquired, the cost of which was $18,500 or more, 
may be improved out of the appropriations available to the Forest 
Service within any fiscal year by an amount not to exceed 2 per centum 
of the cost of such building, and not to exceed $250,000 of such appro-
priations may be used for the maintenance, improvement, and con-
struction of aircraft landing fields in, or adjacent to, the national 
forests, as follows: 
National forest protection and management: For the administra-
tion, protection, use, maintenance, improvement, and development of 
the national forests, including the establishment and maintenance 
of forest tree nurseries, including the procurement of tree seed and 
nursery stock by purchase, production, or otherwise, seeding and 
tree planting and the care of plantations and young growth; the 
maintenance of roads and trails and the construction and mainte-
tenance of all other improvements necessary for the proper and 
economical administration, protection, development, and use of the 
national forests, including experimental areas under Forest Service 
administration; the construction (not to exceed $18,500 for any one 
structure), equipment, and maintenance of sanitary and recreational 
facilities; timber cultural operations; development and application of 
fish and game management plans; propagation and transplanting of 
plants suitable for planting on semiarid portions of the national 
forests; estimating and appraising of timber and other resources and 
development and application of plans for their effective management, 
sale, and use; expenses of the National Forest Reservation Commis-
sion as authorized by section 14 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 
IT. S. C. 614) ; examination, classification, surveying, and appraisal 
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of land incident to effecting exchanges authorized by law and of lands 
within the boundaries of the national forests that may be opened to 
homestead settlement and entry under the Act of June 11, 1906, and 
the Act of August 10, 1912 (16 U. S. C. 506-509), as provided by the ^tlt Tl?" 842' ^^ 
Act of March 4, 1913 (16 IT. S. C. 512) ; investigation and establish- 
' 
' 
ment of water rights, including the purchase thereof or of lands or 
mterests in lands or rights-of-way for use and protection of water 
rights necessary or beneficial in connection with the administration 
and public use of the national forests; not to exceed $100,000 for the 
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[69 S T A T . 
purchase of parcels of land and interests therein in Sanders County, 
Montana, but such land shall not be acquired without the approval 
of the local government concerned; and all expenses necessary for the 
use, maintenance, improvement, protection, and general administra-
tion of the national forests, and for the management of lands under 
50 Stat. 525. 
title I I I of the Act of July 22, 1937, and the Act of August 11, 1945 
59 Stat. 532. 
(7 ^J. S. C. 1010-1012); $35,511,500: Provided, That the Secretary 
may sell at market value any property located in Yalobusha, Chicka-
saw, and Pontotoc Counties, Mississippi, administered under title I I I 
of the Act of July 22, 1937, and suitable for return to private owner-
ship under such terms and conditions as would not conflict with the 
purposes of said Act. 
Fighting forest fires: For fighting and preventing forest fires on 
or threatening lands under Forest Service administration, including 
lands under contract for purchase or in process of condemnation for 
Forest Service purposes, and for liquidation of obligations incurred 
' 
in the preceding fiscal year for such purpose, $5,250,000, of which 
$1,750,000 shall be apportioned for use, pursuant to section 3679 of the 
31 use 665. 
Revised Statutes, as amended, to the extent necessary to meet 
emergency conditions. 
Control of forest pests: For the control of white pine blister rust 
54 Stat. 168. 
pursuaut to the Act of April 26, 1940 (16 U. S. C. 594a), including 
the development and testing of new control methods, $2,735,000, of 
which $355,000 shall be available to the Department of the Interior 
for the control of white pine blister rust on or endangering Federal 
lands under the jurisdiction of that Department or lands of Indian 
tribes which are under the jurisdiction of or retained under restric-
tions of the United States; and for carrying out the Forest Pest Con-
1
6 ulc 594:1.5. trol ^c* (16 U. S. C , Supp. V, 594-1—594-5), $3,537,500, of which 
$3,137,500 shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the 
31 use 665. 
Revised Statutes, as amended, for the purposes of said Act to the extent 
necessary under the then existing conditions; $6,272,500. 
Forest research: For forest research at forest or range experiment 
stations, the Forest Products Laboratory, or elsewhere, in accordance 
with the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the Act ap-
proved May 22, 1928, as amended (16 U. S. C. 581, 581a-581c, 581f-
45 Stat. 699. 
581i), including the construction and maintenance of improvements; 
fire, silvicultural, watershed, forest insects and diseases, and other 
forest investigations and experiments; investigations and experiments 
to develop improved methods of management of forest and related 
ranges; experiments, investigations, and tests of forest products; mar-
keting research and service on timber and timber products; a compre-
hensive forest survey; and investigations in forest economics; $7,754,-
000: Provided, That funds may be advanced to cooperators under 
such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe when such action will 
stimulate or facilitate cooperative work. 
FOREST ROADS 
AND 
TRAILS 
For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of section 
23 of the Federal Highway Act approved November 9, 1921, as 
stlt ?5^2o ^^*' ^^ amended (23 U. S. C. 23, 23a), relating to forest development roads 
and trails, including the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance 
of roads and trails on experimental areas under Forest Service admin-
istration, $24,000,000, which sum is authorized to be appropriated by 
23 us^c 2
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3 note, the Act of May 6, 1954 (Public Law 350), to remain available until 
expended. 
52 Stat. 347. 
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155 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS 
Weeks Act 
For the acquisition of forest lands under the provisions of the Act 
approved March 1, 1911, as amended (16 U. S. C. 513-519, 521), 
36 stat. 96i. 
$190,000, to be available only for payment of the purchase price of 
any lands acquired, including the cost of surveys in connection with 
such acquisition: Provided^ That no part of this appropriation shall 
be used for acquisition of any land which is not within the boundaries 
of a national forest: Provided fwrther^ That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be used for the acquisition of any land without the approval 
of the local government concerned. 
Special Acts 
For the acquisition of land to facilitate the control of soil erosion 
and flood damage originating within the exterior boundaries of the 
following national forest, in accordance with the provisions of the 
following Act authorizing annual appropriations of forest receipts 
for such purposes, and in not to exceed the following amount from 
such receipts: Cache National Forest, Utah, Act of May 11, 1938, 
(Public Law 505), as amended, $10,000: Provided^ That no part of 
this appropriation shall be used for acquisition of any land which 
is not within the boundaries of a national forest: Provided 
further, 
That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the acquisition 
of any land without the approval of the local government concerned. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY COOPERATION 
For expenses necessary for cooperation with the various States in 
forest-fire prevention and suppression, in forest tree planting, and in 
forest management and processing, pursuant to the Act of August 25, 
1950 (16 U. S. C. 568c, 568d), and sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the Act of f;| f*«*- \ll' 
June 7,1924 (16 U. S. C. 564-567c), and Acts supplementary thereto; 
^ 
advising timberland owners, associations, and other appropriate agen-
cies in the application of forest management principles to federally 
owned lands leased to States and to private forest lands, and advising 
wood-using industries in processing of forest products, so as to attain 
sustained-yield management, the conservation of the timber resources, 
the productivity of forest lands, and the stabilization of employment 
and economic continuance of forest industries; $11,337,129. 
COOPERATIVE RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For artificial revegetation, construction, and maintenance of range 
improvements, control of rodents, and eradication of poisonous and 
noxious plants on national forests as authorized by section 12 of the 
Act of April 24,1950 (16 U. S. C. 580h), $700,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE 
SEC, 201. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, the lump-sum 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Forest Service under 
this Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those specifi-
cally provided for, of not to exceed 165 passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles, necessary in the 
conduct of the work of the Forest Service outside the District of 
Columbia. 
43 Stat. 653. 
64 Stat. 85. 
Passenger motor 
vehicles. 
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S T A T . 
Em pi oyment of 
aliens. 
P u r c h a s e 
lands. 
P u r c h a s e 
twine. 
P u b l i c i t y 
propaganda. 
of 
60 Stat. 1049. 
60 Stat. 810. 
D. C. C o d e 
1001 note. 
60 Stat. 810. 
60 Stat. 808. 
D. C.Code 8-102 
note. 
SEC. 202. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employ-
ment of aliens shall not apply to (1) the temporary employment of 
translators when competent citizen translators are not available; (2) 
employment in cases of emergency of persons in the field service foi 
periods of not more than sixty days. 
SEC. 203. Of appropriations herein made which are available for 
the purchase of lands, not to exceed $1 may be expended for each option 
to purchase any particular tract or tracts of land. 
SEC. 204. Except to provide materials required in or incident to 
research or experimental work where no suitable domestic product is 
available, no part of the funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall 
be expended m the purchase of twine manufactured from commodities 
or materials produced outside of the United States. 
SEC. 205. No part of any appropriation to the Forest Service in 
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes to support 
or defeat legislation pending before the Congress. 
INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION 
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, $119,500, of which not to exceed $3,600 
shall be available for expenses of travel. 
JAMESTOWN-WILLIAMSBURG-YORKTOWN CELEBRATION COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of 
August 13, 1953 (67 Stat. 576), including 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 individuals; transportation and not to exceed 
$20 per diem in lieu of subsistence for members of the Commission 
serving without compensation; and entertainment; $100,000. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, as authorized by the 
National Capital Planning Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 781), including 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
U. S. C. 55a) ; not to exceed $175 for the purchase of newspapers and 
periodicals; not to exceed $7,500 for expenses of travel; payment in 
advance for membership in societies whose publications or services 
are available to members only or to members at a price lower than 
to the general public; and transportation and not to exceed $15 per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 73b-2), for members of the Commission 
serving without compensation; $143,000. 
Land acquisition. National Capital park, parkway, and playground 
system: Under authority of the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), 
as amended, for necessary expenses for the National Capital Planning 
Commission for acquisition of land for the park, parkway, and play-
ground system of the National Capital, to remain available until 
expended, $500,000, of which (a) $228,000 shall be available for the 
purposes of section 1 (a) of said Act of May 29, 1930, (b) $124,000 
shall be available for the purposes of section 1 (b) thereof, and (c) 
$148,000 shall be available for the purposes of section 4 thereof: Pro-
vided^ That not exceeding $30,000 of the funds available for land 
acquisition purposes shall be used during the current fiscal year for 
necessary expenses of the Commission (other than payments for 
land) in connection with land acquisition. 
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157 
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 re-
searches among the American Indians and the natives of lands under 
the jurisdiction or protection of the United States, independently or 
in cooperation with State, educational, and scientific organizations in 
the United States, and the excavation and preservation of archeologi-
cal remains; for maintenance of the Astrophysical Observatory and 
making necessary observations in hi^h altitudes; for the administra-
tion of the National Collection of Fine Arts; for the administration, 
construction, and maintenance of laboratory 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 note' 
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); not to 
exceed $17,225 for expenses of travel; purchase, repair, and cleaning 
of uniforms for guards and elevator conductors; repairs and altera-
tions of buildings and approaches; and preparation of manuscripts, 
drawings, and illustrations for publications; $4,000,000: Provided^ 
That the Smithsonian Institution is authorized without regard to sec-
tion 505 of the Classification Act of 1949, to place two positions in 
GS-18, two positions in GS-17, and one additional position in GS-16 
of the General Schedule established by said Act. 
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 mainte-
nance and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; not to exceed 
$2,400 for expenses of travel; and not to exceed $15,000 for restoration 
and repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts 
made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at 
such rates or prices and under such terms and conditions as the Gallery 
may deem proper; $1,355,000. 
WooDROw WILSON CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of 
August 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 964, 965), $10,000, to remain available until 
June 30, 1957. 
54 Stat. 724. 
20 use 79-79e. 
60 Stat. 1101. 
5 u s e 133y-16 
60 Stat. 
60 Stat. 997. 
810. 
Post, p. 182. 
63 Stat. 959. 
5 use 1105. 
20 use 71-74. 
53 Stat. 577. 
20 use 74. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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61 Stat. 584. 
31 Stat. 849. 
T I T L E III—VIEGIN ISLANDS CORPOEATION 
GRANTS 
For payment to the Virgin Islands Corporation in the form of 
grants as authorized by law, $390,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
During the current fiscal year the Virgin Islands Corporation is 
hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
funds available to it and in accord with law, and to make such con-
tracts 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 its programs as set 
forth in the budget for the fiscal year 1956: Provided^ That not to 
exceed $160,000 shall be available for administrative expenses (to be 
computed on an accrual basis) of the Corporation, covering the cate-
gories set forth in the 1956 Budget estimates for such expenses. 
Travel expenses. 
Strikes or over-
t h r o w of Govern-
ment. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Unless otherwise provided by law, appropriations con-
tained in this Act available for expenses of travel shall be available, 
when specifically authorized by the head of the activity or establish-
ment concerned, for expenses of attendance at meetings of organiza-
tions concerned with the function or activity for which the appropria-
tion concerned is made. 
SEC. 402. 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 affi-
davit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a 
strike against the Government of the United States, is not a member 
of an organization of Government employees .that asserts the right 
to strike against the Government of the United States, or that such 
person does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that 
advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by 
force or violence: Provided further^ That any person who engages in 
a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a 
member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the 
right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who 
advocates, or who is a member of an organization that 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 sub-
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159 
stitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Proinded 
further^ 
That in cases of emergency, caused by fire, flood, storm, act of God, 
or sabotage, persons may be employed for periods of not more than 
thirty days and be paid salaries and wages without the necessity of 
inquiring into their membership in any organization. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of the Interior and 
Kelated Agencies Appropriation Act, 1956." 
Approved June 16, 1955. 
Exception. 
Short title. 
Public Law 79 
CHAPTER 148 
AN ACT 
To revive and reenact the Act authorizing the village of Baudette, State of 
Minnesota, its public successors or public assigns, to construct, maintain, and 
operate a toll bridge across the Kainy River, at or near Baudette, Minnesota, 
approved December 21, 1950. 
June 16. 1955 
[S. 5^8] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act ap-
proved December 21, 1950, entitled "An Act authorizing the village 
of Baudette, State of Minnesota, its public successors or public assigns, 
to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Rainy 
River, at or near Baudette, Minnesota", be, and is hereby, revived and 
reenacted: Provided^ That this Act shall be null and void unless the 
actual construction of the bridge herein referred to be commenced 
within two years and completed within four years from the date of 
approval hereof. 
SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby 
expressly reserved. 
Approved June 16, 1955. 
Rainy River. 
Bridge at B a u -
dette. Minn. 
64 Stat. 1115. 
Public Law 80 
CHAPTER 149 
AN ACT 
To authorize the conve.vance of certain war housing projects to the city of 
Warwick, Virginia, and the city of Hampton, Virginia. 
June 16, 1955 
[S. 755] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled^ That, notwith-
standing any other provisions of law, the Housing and Home Finance 
Administrator is authorized to sell and convey at fair market value 
as determined by him on the basis of an appraisal made by an inde-
pendent real estate expert (a) (1) to the city of Warwick, Virginia, 
or to a public housing authority for such city, or to any agency or 
corporation, established or sponsored in the public interest by such city, 
all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to War 
Housing Project VA-44061, and that portion of War Housing Project 
VA-44067 which lies within the limits of said city of Warwick, and 
(2) to the city of Hampton, Virginia, or to a public housing authority 
for such city, or to any agency or corporation, established or sponsored 
in the public interest by such city, all of the right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to that portion of War Housing Project 
VA-^067 which lies within the limits of the city of Hampton, or 
(b) to the cities of Warwick and Hampton, Virginia, jointly, or to 
a public housing authority for such cities, or to any agency or corpora-
tion jointly established or sponsored in the public interest by such 
cities, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to both or either of the projects mentioned in (1) and (2) above. 
Any 
War w i c k and 
Hampton, Va. 
Conveyance.