An Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes
PL 88-446 (H.R.10939), enacted 08/19/1964

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Public Law 88-446 
AN A C T 
August 19, 1964 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
[H. R. IO939] 
June 30,1965, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled. That the following 
Department o
f 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- ation Act, i965. 
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, for mili-
tary functions administered by the Department of Defense, and for 
other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), expenses of tem-
porary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of 
the Army on active duty (except those undergoing reserve training); 
$4,221,000,000, and, in addition $85,000,000 which shall be derived by 
transfer from the Army stock fund and the Defense stock fund. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), expenses of tem-
porary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of 
the Navy on active duty (except those undergoing reserve training), 
midshipmen and aviation cadets; $3,045,000,000, and, in addition 
$60,000,000 which shall be derived by transfer from the Navy stock 
fund and the Defense stock fund. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), expenses of tem-
porary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of 
the Marine Corps on active duty (except those undergoing reserve 
training); $741,000,000, and, in "addition $6,000,000 which shall be 
derived by transfer from the Marine Corps stock fund and the Defense 
stock fund. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all 
expenses thereof for organizational movements), expenses of tem-
porary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of 
the Air Force on active duty (except those undergoing reserve train-
ing), 
cadets and aviation cadets; $4,383,000,000, and, in addition 
$81,000,000 which shall be derived by transfer from the Air Force 
stock fund and the Defense stock fund. 
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KEHERVE PERSONNEL, AKMY 
For pay, allovvrtiices, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active duty 
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or 
equivalent duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps, as authorized by law; $242,900,000: Provided, That the Army 
Reserve will be programed to attain an end strength of three hun-
dred thousand for fiscal year 1965. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Naval Reserve on active duty 
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or 
ecjuivalent duty, regular and contract enroUees in the Naval Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps, and retainer pay, as authorized by law; 
$99,200,000, and, in addition $3,400,000 which shall be derived by 
transfer from the Defense stock fund. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve and the 
Marine (^orps platoon leaders class on active duty while undergoing 
reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, as 
authorized by law; $30,900,000, and, in addition $1,200,000 which 
shall be derived by transfer from the Defense stock fund. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on active duty 
while undergoing reserve training or while performing drills or equiv-
alent duty, and for members of the Air Reserve Officers' Training 
(^orps, as authorized by law; $59,200,000, and, in addition $3,400,000 
which shall be derived by transfer from the Defense stock fund. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard while 
70A Stat. 11. 
(^j^ duty under section 265 of title 10, United States Code, or while 
undergoing training or while performing drills or equivalent duty, 
as authorized by law; $277,500,000: Provided, That obligations may 
be incurred under this appropriation without regard to section 107 
70A Stat. 599. 
(,f ^;^^\Q ^2, United States Code: Provided further, That the Army 
National Guard will be programed to attain an end strength of four 
hundred thousand in fiscal year 1965. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 
i-elated expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on duty 
70A Stat. 11, 
under sections 265, 8033, and 8496 of title 10, United States Code, or 
'*^^' ^^'*- 
while undergoing training or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty, as authorized by law; $69,300,000: Provided, That obligations 
may be incurred under this appropriation without regard to section 
107 of title 32, Laiited States Code. 
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RETIRED PAY, DEFENSE 
For retired pay and retirement pay, as authorized by law, of mili-
tary personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 
and the Air Force, including the reserve components thereof, retainer 
pay for personnel of the inactive Fleet Reserve, and payments under 
chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code; $1,399,000,000. 
TITLE I I 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. A R M Y 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion and maintenance of the Army, including administration; medical 
and dental care of personnel entitled thereto by law or regulation 
(including charges of private facilities for care of military personnel 
on duty or leave, except elective private treatment), and other meas-
ures necessary to protect the health of the Army; care of the dead; 
chaplains' activities; awards and medals; welfare and recreation; 
recruiting expenses; transportation services; communications serv-
ices; maps and similar data for military purposes; military sur-
veys and engineering planning; repair of facilities; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; tuition and fees incident to training of 
military personnel at civilian institutions; field exercises and 
maneuvers; expenses for the Reserve Officers' Training Corps and 
other units at educational institutions, as authorized by law; and 
not 
to 
exceed 
$4,156,000 
for 
emergencies 
and 
extraordinary 
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secre-
tary of the xA.rmy, and payments may be made on his certificate of 
necessity for confidential military purposes, and his determination 
shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Gov-
ernment ; $3,439,000,000, of which not less than $236,000,000 shall be 
available only for the maintenance of real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, including 
aircraft and vessels; modification of aircraft, missiles, missile systems, 
and other ordnance; design and alteration of vessels; training and 
education of members of the Navy; administration; procurement of 
military personnel; hire of passenger motor vehicles; welfare and 
recreation; medals, awards, emblems, and other insignia; transporta-
tion of things (including transportation of household effects of 
civilian employees); industrial mobilization; medical and dental 
care; care of the dead; charter and hire of vessels; relief of vessels in 
distress; maritime salvage services; military communications facilities 
on merchant vessels; dissemination of scientific information; admin-
istration of patents, trademarks, and copyrights; annuity premiums 
and retirement benefits for civilian members of teaching services; 
tuition, allowances, and fees incident to training of military personnel 
at civilian institutions; repair of facilities; departmental salaries; 
conduct of schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, and other instruc-
tional, entertainment, and welfare expenses for the enlisted men; 
procurement of services, special clothing, supplies, and equipment; 
installation of equipment in public or private plants; exploration, 
prospecting, conservation, development, use, and operation of the 
naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, as authorized by law; and 
70A Stat. 108. 
10 use 1431-
1446. 
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70A Stat. 442. 
not to exceed $8,69y,()0() for emergency and extniordiiuiry expenses, as 
authorized by section 7202 of title 10, United States (^ode, to be 
expended on the approval and authority of the Secretary and his 
determination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting 
officers of the Government; $3,144,850,000, of which not less than 
$133,700,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real 
property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE (\>RPS 
For expenses, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the 
Marine (^orps including equipment and fa:cilities; procurement of mili-
tary personnel; training and education of regular and reserve per-
sonnel, including tuition and other costs incurred at civilian schools; 
welfare and recreation; conduct of schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, 
and other instructional, entertainment, and welfare expenses for the 
enlisted men; procurement and manufacture of military supplies, 
equipment, and clothing; hire of passenger motor vehicles; transpor-
tation of things; medals, awards, emblems, and other insignia; opera-
tion of station hospitals, dispensaries and dental clinics; and depart-
mental salaries; $188,000,000, of which not less than $19,000,000 shall 
l)e available only for t^he maintenance of real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion, maintenance, and administration of the Air Force, including the 
Air Force Reserve and the Air Reserve Officers' Training Corps; 
operation, maintenance, and modification of aircraft and missiles; 
transportation of things; repair and maintenance of facilities; field 
printing plants; hire of passenger motor vehicles; recruiting advertis-
ing expenses; training and instruction of military personnel of the 
Air Force, including tuition and related expenses; pay, allowances, 
and travel expenses of contract surgeons; repair of private property 
and other necessary expenses of combat maneuvers; care of the dead; 
chaplain and other welfare and morale supplies and equipment; con-
duct of schoolrooms, service clubs, chapels, and other instructional, 
entertainment, and welfare expenses for enlisted men and patients not 
otherwise provided for; awards and decorations; industrial mobiliza-
tion, including maintenance of reserve plants and equipment and pro-
curement planning; special services by contract or otherwise; and not 
to exceed $3,528,000 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be 
expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Air 
Force, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for 
confidential military purposes, and his determination shall be final 
and conclusive upon the accounting officers 
of the Government; 
$4,567,500,000, of which not less than $230,000,000 shall be available 
only for the maintenance of real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINITSNANCE, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the opera-
tion and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments and the Office of Civil 
Defense), including administration; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
welfare and recreation; awards and decorations; travel expenses, 
including expenses of temporary duty travel of military personnel; 
transportation of things (including transportation of household effects 
of civilian employees); industrial mobilization; care of the dead; dis-
70A Stat. 614; 
75 Stat. 496. 
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semination of scientific information; administration of patents, trade-
marks, and copyrights; tuition and fees incident to the training of 
military personnel at civilian institutions; repair of facilities; depart-
mental salaries; procurement of services, special clothing, supplies, 
and equipment; field printing plants; information and educational 
services for the Armed Forces; communications services; and not to 
exceed $1,573,000 for emergency and extraordinary expenses, to be 
expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense 
for such purposes as he deems appropriate, and his determination 
thereon shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of 
the Government; $511,620,000, of which not less than $11,000,000 shall 
be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the Army 
National Guard, including maintenance, operation, and repairs to 
structures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; personal 
services in the National Guard Bureau and services of personnel of the 
National Guard employed as civilians without regard to their military 
rank, and the number of caretakers authorized to be employed under 
provisions of law (32 U.S.C. 709), and those necessary to provide reim-
bursable services for the military departments, may be such as is 
deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Army; travel expenses (other 
than mileage), as authorized by law for Army personnel on active duty, 
for Army National Guard division, regimental, and battalion com-
manders while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard reg-
ulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard 
Bureau; supplymg and equipping the Army National Guard of the 
several States, Commonwealth or Puerto Rico, and the District of 
Columbia, as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, modification, 
maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment (including air-
craft) ; $188,000,000, of which not less than $1,900,000 shall be avail-
able only for the maintenance of real property facilities: Provided^ 
That obligations may be incurred under this appropriation without 
regard to section 107 of title 32, United States Code. 
7OA stat. 599. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For operation and maintenance of the Air National Guard, includ-
ing medical and hospital treatment and related expenses; maintenance, 
operation, repair, and other necessary expenses of facilities for the 
training and administration of the Air National Guard, including 
repair of facilities, maintenance, operation and modification of air-
craft ; transportation of things; hire of passenger motor vehicles; sup-
plies, materials, and equipment, as authorized by law for the Air 
National Guard of the several States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
and the District of Columbia; and expenses incident to the main-
tenance and use of supplies, materials, and equipment, including such 
as may be furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the 
Department of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on the 
same basis as authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel 
on active Federal duty, of Air National Guard commanders while 
inspecting units in compliance with National Guard regulations when 
specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard 
Bureau; 
$236,000,000, of which not less than $1,700,000 shall be available only 
for the maintenance of real property facilities: Provided^ That the 
number of caretakers authorized to be employed under the provi-
sions of law (32 F.S.C. 709) may be such as is deemed necessary by 
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the Secretary of the Air Force and such caretakers may be employed 
without regard to their military rank as members of the Air National 
Guard: Provided further^ That obligations may be incurred under 
this appropriation without regard to section 107 of title 32, United 
70A Stat. 599. 
g^atcs Code. 
NATIONAL BOAIID FOR THE PROMOTION OF EIFLE PRACTICE, ARMY 
For the necessary expenses of construction, equipment, and main-
tenance of rifle ranges, the instruction of citizens in marksmanship, 
and promotion of rifle practice, in accordance with law, including 
travel of rifle teams, military personnel, and individuals attending 
regional, national, and international competitions, and not to exceed 
$21,000 for incidental expenses of the National Board; $484,000: 
Provided^ That travel expenses of civilian members of the National 
Board shall be paid in accordance with the Standardized Govern-
ment Travel Regulations, as amended. 
CLAIMS, DEFENSE 
For payment of claims (except as provided in appropriations for 
civil functions administered by the Department of the Army) as 
authorized by law; claims for damages arising under training con-
tracts with carriers; and repayment of amounts determined by the 
Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary 
of the Air Force, or officers designated by them, to have been erro-
neously collected from military and civilian personnel of the Depart-
ments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force or from States, territories, 
or the District of Columbia, or members of National Guard units 
thereof; $23,000,000; and, in addition, not to exceed $6,000,000 to be 
immediately available, and to remain available during fiscal year 
1965, to be derived by transfer from such appropriations available to 
the Department of Defense during the fiscal year 1964 as may be 
determined by the Secretary of Defense. 
CONTINGENCIES, DEFENSE 
For emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising in the Depart-
ment of Defense, to be expended on the approval or authority of the 
Secretary of Defense and such expenses may be accounted for solely 
on his certificate that the expenditures were necessary for confidential 
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military purposes; $15,000,000: Provided^ That a report of disburse-
mittees"" 
meuts uudeT this item of appropriation shall be made quarterly to 
the Appropriations Committees of the Congress. 
COURT OF MILITARY APPEALS, DEFENSE 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the Court of Military 
Appeals; $530,000. 
TITLE I I I 
PROCUREMENT 
PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND MISSILES, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of missiles, armament, ammunition, equipment, vehicles, 
vessels, and aircraft for the Army and the Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps; purchase of not to exceed three thousand five hundred and 
seventy-tour passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expenses 
Report to con-
gressional com-
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Avhicli in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army are necessary 
in providing facilities for production of equipment and supplies for 
national defense purposes, mcluding construction, and the furnishing 
of Government-owned facilities and equipment at privately owned 
plants; and ammunition for military salutes at institutions to which 
issue of weapons for salutes is authorized; $1,656,396,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
PROCUREMENT OF AIRCRAFT^ AND MISSILES, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and mod-
ernization of aircraft, missiles, equipment, including ordnance, spare 
parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of 
j)ublic and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and 
such lands, and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title by the Attorney General 
as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procure- 
'^° "^^ 255. 
ment and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in 
public or private plants; $2,496,358,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or con-
version of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and arma-
ment therefor, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and 
installation thereof in public or private plants; procurement of critical 
long leadtime components and designs for vessels to be constructed or 
converted in the future; and expansion of public and private plants, 
including land necessary therefor, and such land, and interests therein, 
may be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval 
of title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended; $1,930,076,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds herein provided for the 
construction or conversion of any naval vessel to be constructed in 
shipyards in the L^nited States shall be expended in foreign shipyards 
for the construction of major components of the hull or superstructure 
of such vessel. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For procurement, production, and modernization of support equip-
ment, and materials not otherwise provided for. Navy ordnance and 
ammunition (except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and ships 
authorized for conversion), purchase of not to exceed one thousand 
five hundred and three passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
only; expansion of public and private plants, including the land 
necessary therefor, and such lands, and interests therein may be 
acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 
title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public or private plants; 
$1,041,440,000, to remain available until expended. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of missiles, armament, ammunition, military equipment, 
and vehicles for the Marine Corps, including purchase of not to 
exceed two hundred and six passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only; $162,944,000, to remain available until expended. 
31-667 0-65—33 
Restriction. 
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AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft, and 
equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground han-
dling equipment, and training devices, spare parts, and accessories 
therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public and private 
plants. Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land without 
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regard to section 9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the fore-
going purposes, and such land, and interests therein, may be acquired 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title 
by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, 
40 use 255. 
as amended; reserve plant and equipment lay 
a 
way; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, including rents and 
transportation of things; $3,563,737,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles, rockets, 
and related equipment, including spare parts and accessories therefor, 
ground handling equipment, and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, Government-owned equipment and installation 
thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, 
without regard to section 9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the 
foregoing purposes, and such land, and interests therein, may be 
acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of 
title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended; reserve plant and equipment layaway; and 
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, including rents 
and transportation of things; $1,730,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For procurement and modification of equipment (including ground 
guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground electronic 
and communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and spare 
parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of not to 
exceed two thousand tx^^o hundred and ten passenger motor vehicles, 
for replacement only; and expansion of public and private plants. 
Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, 
erection of structures, and acquisition of land, without regard to 
section 9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such land, and interests therein, may be acquired and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title by the 
Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as 
amended; $779,096,000, to remain available until expended. 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments and the Office of Civil 
Defense) necessary for procurement, production, and modification 
of equipment, supplies, materials and spare parts therefor not other-
wise provided for; purchase of forty-two passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only; expansion of public and private plants, equip-
ment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, 
and acquisition of land for the foregoing purposes, and such land 
and interest therein may be acquired and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to the approval of title by the Attorney General as 
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required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; $62,000,000, ^o use 255. 
to remain available until expended. 
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, 
DEVELOPMENT, 
TEST, AND EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabili-
tation, lease, and operation of facilities and ecjuipment, as authorized 
by law; $1,340,045,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabili-
tation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized 
by law; $1,372,760,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized 
by law; $3,112,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, 
That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $52,000,000 shall 
be available only for development of advanced manned strategic 
aircraft. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments and the Office of 
Civil Defense), necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation; advanced research projects as may 
be designated and determined by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant 
to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities 
and equipment, as authorized by law, to remain available until 
expended; $498,715,000: Provided, 
That such amounts as may be f^^^ds"^^^" °^ 
determined by the Secretary of Defense to have been made available 
in other appropriations available to the Department of Defense dur-
ing the current fiscal year for programs related to advanced research 
rcidij be transferred to and merged with this appropriation to be 
available for the same purposes and time period: Provided 
further^ 
That such amounts of this appropriation as may be determined by the 
Secretary of Defense may be transferred to carry out the purposes of 
advanced research to those appropriations for military functions 
under the Department of Defense which are being utilized for related 
programs, to be merged with and to be available for the same 
time period as the appropriation to which transferred. 
EMERGENCY FUND, DEFENSE 
For transfer by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of 
the Bureau of the Budget, to any appropriation for military functions 
under the Department of Defense available for research, development, 
test, and evaluation, or procurement or production related thereto, to 
be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and for 
the same time period, as the appropriation to which transferred; 
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Experts or con-
sultants. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Employment of 
noncitizens. 
Availability of 
appropriations. 
Restriction. 
Ante, p. 400. 
Prisoners of 
war, etc. 
S125,000,000, and, in addition, not to exceed $150,000,000, to be used 
upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such funds can 
be wisely, profitably, and practically used in the interest of national 
defense and to be derived by transfer from such appropriations avail-
able to the Department of Defense for obligation durmg the current 
fiscal year as the Secretary of Defense may designate: Provided^ That 
any appropriations transferred shall not exceed 7 per centum of the 
appropriation from which transferred. 
T I T L E V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively^, 
if they should deem it advantageous to the national defense, and if in 
their opinions the existing facilities of the Department of Defense are 
inadequate, are authorized to procure services in accordance with sec-
tion 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 T'.S.C. 55a), under regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, and to pay in connection there-
with travel expenses of individuals, including actual transportation 
and per diem in lieu of subsistence while traveling from their homes 
or places of business to official duty station and return as may be 
authorized by law: Provided^ That such contracts may be renewed 
annually. 
SEC. 502. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law prohibit-
ing the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any person 
not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel of the 
Department of Defense. 
SEC. 503. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available 
for insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when 
required by laws of such countries; payments in advance of expenses 
determined by the investigating officer to be necessary and in accord 
with local custom for conducting investigations in foreign countries 
incident to matters relating to the activities of the department con-
cerned; reimbursement of General Services Administration 
for 
security guard services for protection of confidential files; reimburse-
ment of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses in connec-
tion with investigation of defense contractor personnel; and all neces-
sary expenses, at the seat of government of the United States of 
America or elsewhere, in connection with communication and other 
services and supplies as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of 
this Act: Provided^ That no appropriation contained in this Act, and 
no funds available from prior appropriations to component depart-
ments and agencies of the Department of Defense, shall be used to pay 
tuition or to make other payments to educational institutions in con-
nection with the instruction or training of file clerks, stenographers, 
and typists receiving, or prospective file clerks, stenographers, and typ-
ists who will receive compensation at a rate below the minimum rate of 
pay for positions allocated to grade GS-5 under the Classification 
Act of 1949, as amended. 
SEC. 504. Any appropriation available to the Army, Navy, or the 
Air Force may, under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may 
prescribe, be used for expenses incident to the maintenance, pay, and 
allowances of prisoners of war, other persons in Army, Navy, or Air 
Force custody whose status is determined by the Secretary concerned 
to be similar to prisoners of war, and persons detained in such custody 
pursuant to Presidential proclamation. 
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475 
SEC. 505. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense tion.^"'* acquisi-
for the current fiscal year for maintenance or construction shall be 
iivailable for acquisition of land as authorized by section 2672 of title yg^stat^'s/i^^^' 
10, United States Code. 
SEC. 506. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
current fiscal year shall be available, (a) except as authorized by the 
Act of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 236-244), for primary and 
64 stat. uoo. 
secondary schooling for minor dependents of military and civilian 
personnel of the Department of Defense residing on military or naval 
mstallations or stationed in foreign countries, as authorized for the 
Navy by section 7204 of title 10, United States Code, in amounts not 
7OA stat. 442. 
exceeding an average of $285 per student, when the Secretary of the 
Department concerned finds that schools, if any, available in the 
locality, are unable to provide adequately for the education of such 
dependents;, (b) for expenses in connection with administration of 
occupied areas. 
occupied areas; (c) for payment of rewards as authorized for the 
Rewards. 
Navy by section 7209(a) of title 10, United States Code, for informa- 
^OA stat. 444. 
tion leading to the discovery of missing naval property or the recovery 
thereof; (d) for payment of deficiency judgments and interests thereon ^^^g''"'^"''^ ^"'^^" 
arising out of condemnation proceedings; (e) for leasing of buildings 
and facilities including payment of rentals for special purpose space 
special purpose 
at the seat of government and, in the conduct of field exercises and ^^ 
maneuvers or, in administering the provisions of 43 U.S.C. 315q, 
^^ stat. 654. 
rentals may be paid in advance; (f) payments under contracts for 
maintenance of tools and facilities for twelve months beginning at any 
time during the fiscal year. 
SEC. 507. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the prf/onel^s! l°c. 
current fiscal year shall be available for: (a) donations of not to 
exceed $25 to each prisoner upon each release from confinement in 
military or contract prison and to each person discharged for fraud-
ulent enlistment; (b) authorized issues of articles to prisoners, appli-
cants for enlistment and persons in military custody; (c) subsistence 
of selective service registrants called for induction, applicants for 
enlistment, prisoners, civilian employees as authorized by law, and 
supernumeraries when necessitated by emergent military circum-
stances; (d) reimbursement for subsistence of enlisted personnel while 
sick in hospitals; (e) expenses of prisoners confined in nonmilitary 
facilities; (f) military courts, boards, and commissions; (g) utility 
services for buildings erected at private cost, as authorized by law, 
and buildings on military reservations authorized by regulations to 
be used for welfare and recreational purposes; (h) exchange fees, 
and losses in the accounts of disbursing officers or agents in accordance 
with law; (i) expenses of Latin-American cooperation as authorized 
for the Navy by law (10 U.S.C. 7208) ; and (j) expenses of appre- 
^OA stat. 443. 
hension and delivery of deserters, prisoners, and members absent 
without leave, including payment of rewards of not to exceed $25 
in any one case: Provided^ That section 212 of the Act of June 30, 
1932 (5 U.S.C. 59a), shall not apply to retired military personnel 
^°»^ P-494. 
on duty at the United States Soldiers' Home. 
SEC. 508. Insofar as practicable, the Secretary of Defense shall assist 
Assistance to 
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1 small business. 
American small busmess to participate equitably in the furnishing ot 
commodities and services financed with funds appropriated under this 
Act by making available or causing to be made available to suppliers in 
the United States, and particularly to small independent enterprises, 
information, as far in advance as possible, with respect to purchases 
proposed to be financed with funds appropriated under this Act, and 
by making available or causing to be made available to purchasing 
and contracting agencies of the Department of Defense information as 
to commodities and services produced and furnished by small in-
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[78 STAT. 
dependent enterprises in the United States, and by otherwise helping 
to give small business an opportunity to participate in the furnishing 
of commodities and services financed with funds appropriated by this 
Act. 
Mess operations. 
gj,^, 5Q9 ^Q appropriation Contained in this Act shall be available 
for expenses of operation of messes (other than organized messes the 
operating expenses of which are financed principally from nonap-
propriated funds) at which meals are sold to officers or civilians ex-
cept under regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, which 
shall (except under unusual or extraordinary circumstances) establish 
rates for such meals sufficient to provide reimbursement of operating 
expenses and food costs to the appropriations concerned: 
Provided, 
That officers and civilians in a travel status receiving a per diem 
allowance in lieu of subsistence shall be charged at the rate of not 
less than $2.50 per day: Provided further, That for the purposes of 
this section payments for meals at the rates established hereunder 
may be made in cash or by deductions from the pay of civilian em-
ployees: Provided 
further, 
That members of organized nonprofit 
youth groups sponsored at either the national or local level, when 
extended the privilege of visiting a military installation and per-
mitted to eat in the general mess by the commanding officer of the 
installation, shall pay the commuted ration cost of such meal or 
meals. 
SEC. 510. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available until expended unless expressly so provided elsewhere in 
this or some other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 511. Appropriations of the Department of Defense available 
for operation and maintenance, may be reimbursed during the current 
fiscal year for all expenses involved in the preparation for disposal 
and for the disposal of military supplies, equipment, and materiel, 
and for all expenses of production of lumber or timber products pur-
70A Stat. 149. 
suaut to sectlou 2665 of title 10, United States Code, from amounts 
received as proceeds from the sale of any such property: 
Provided, 
res^rk)naV'co^ 
That a rcport of receipts and disbursements under this limitation shall 
mittees. 
bc made quarterly to the Committees on Appropriations of the Con-
gress : Provided further, That no funds available to agencies of the 
Department of Defense shall be used for the operation, acquisition, 
or construction of new facilities or equipment for new facilities in 
the continental limits of the United States for metal scrap baling or 
shearing or for melting or sweating aluminum scrap unless the Secre-
tary of Defense or an Assistant Secretary of Defense designated by 
him determines, with respect to each facility involved, that the opera-
tion of such facility is in the national interest. 
SEC. 512. (a) During the current fiscal year, the President may 
exempt appropriations, funds, and contract authorizations, available 
for military functions under the Department of Defense, from the 
31 use 665. 
provisions of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, 
as amended, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the 
interests of national defense. 
(b) Upon determination by the President that such action is neces-
sary, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to provide for the cost 
of an airborne alert as an excepted expense in accordance with the 
provisions of Revised Statutes 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). 
(c) Upon determination by the President that it is necessary to 
increase the number of military personnel on active duty beyond the 
number for which funds are provided in this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense is authorized to provide for the cost of such increased mili-
tary personnel, as an excepted expense in accordance with the pro-
visions of Revised Statutes 3732 (41 U.S.C. 11). 
78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-446-AUG.19,1964 
477 
SEC. 513. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
in connection with the operation of commissary stores of the agencies 
of the Department of Defense for the cost of purchase (including 
commercial transportation in the L^nited States to the place of sale 
but excluding all transportation outside the United States) and main-
tenance of operating equipment and supplies, and for the actual or 
estimated cost of utilities as may be furnished by the Government 
and of shrinkage, spoilage, and pilferage of merchandise under the 
control of such commissary stores, except as authorized under regu-
lations promulgated by the Secretaries of the military departments 
concerned, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, which 
regulations shall provide for reimbursement therefor to the appro-
priations concerned and, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, shall provide for the adjustment of the sales prices in such 
commissary stores to the extent necessary to furnish sufficient gross 
revenue from sales of commissary stores to make such reimbursement: 
Provided^ That under such regulations as may be issued pursuant to 
this section all utilities may be furnished without cost to the commis-
sary stores outside the continental United States and in Alaska: 
Provided further^ That no appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available in connection with the operation of commissary stores 
within the continental United States unless the Secretary of Defense 
has certified that items normally procured from commissary stores 
are not otherwise available at a reasonable distance and a reasonable 
price in satisfactory quality and quantity to the military and civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 514. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Executive 
order, or regulation, no part of the appropriations in this Act shall 
be available for any expenses of operating aircraft under the juris-
diction of the Armed Forces for the purpose of proficiency flying 
except in accordance with the regulations issued by the Secretaries of 
the Departments concerned and approved by the Secretary of Defense 
which shall establish proficiency standards and maximum 
and 
minimum flying hours for this purpose: Provided^ That without 
regard to any provision of law or Executive order prescribing 
minimum flight requirements, such regulations may provide for the 
payment of night pay at the rates prescribed in section 301 of title 37, 
United States Code, to certain members of the Armed Forces otherwise 
entitled to receive flight pay during the current fiscal year (1) who 
have held aeronautical ratings or designations for not less than fifteen 
years, or (2) whose particular assignment outside the United States 
or in Alaska makes it impractical to participate in regular aerial 
flights. 
SEC. 515. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be available for expense of transportation, packing, crating, 
temporary storage, drayage, and unpacking of household goods and 
personal effects in excess of eleven thousand pounds net in any one 
shipment. 
SEC. 516. Vessels under the jurisdiction of the Department of 
Commerce, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Air 
Force, or the Department of the Navy may be transferred or other-
wise made available without reimbursement to any such agencies 
upon the request of the head of one agency and the approval of the 
agency having jurisdiction of the vessels concerned. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available 
for training in any legal profession nor for the payment of tuition 
for training in such profession: Provided, That this limitation shall 
not apply to the off-diity training of military personnel as prescribed 
by section 521 of this Act. 
Commissary 
stores. 
Proficiency 
flying. 
76 Stat. 461; 
77 Stat. 215, 216. 
Household 
goods. 
Vessel transfer. 
Legal training, 
restriction. 
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[78 STAT. 
Obligated funds, 
1965. 
Use of foreign 
real property. 
Report to con-
gressional com-
mittees and 
Budget Bureau. 
Research and 
development. 
70A Stat. 134. 
Tuition pay-
ments, etc. 
Restrictions. 
ROTC, loyalty 
requirement. 
Procurement of 
products, restric-
tion. 
SEC. 518. Not more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in 
this Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal 
year shall be obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year: 
Provided^ That this section shall not apply to obligations for support 
of active duty training of civilian components or summer camp train-
ing of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. 
SEC. 519. During the current fiscal year the agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense may accept the use of real property from foreign 
countries for the United States in accordance with mutual defense 
agreements or occupational arrangements and may accept services 
furnished by foreign countries as reciprocal international courtesies 
or as services customarily made available without charge; and such 
agencies may use the same for the support of the United States forces 
in such areas without specific appropriation therefor. 
In addition to the foregoing, agencies of the Department of Defense 
may accept real property, services, and commodities from foreign 
countries for the use of the United States in accordance with mutual 
defense agreements or occupational arrangements and such agencies 
may use the same for the support of the United States forces in such 
areas, without specific appropriations therefor: Provided, 
That 
within thirty days after the end of each quarter the Secretary of 
Defense shall render to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives and to the Bureau of the 
Budget a full report of such property, supplies, and commodities 
received during such quarter. 
SEC. 520. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available to 
the Department of Defense for research and development may be used 
for the purposes of section 2353 of title 10, United States Code, and 
for purposes related to research and development for which expendi-
tures are specifically authorized in other appropriations of the service 
concerned. 
SEC. 521. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
for the payment of more than 75 per centum of charges of educa-
tional institutions for tuition or expenses for off-duty training of mili-
tary personnel, nor for the payment of any part of tuition or expenses 
for such training for commissioned personnel who do not agree to 
remain on active duty for two years after completion of such training. 
SEC. 522. No part of the iunds appropriated herein shall be ex-
pended for the support of any formally enrolled student in basic 
courses of the senior division, Reserve Officers' Training Corps, who 
has not executed a certificate of loyalty or loyalty oath in such form as 
shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 523. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for the procurement of any article of food, clothing, cot-
ton, woven silk and woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for cartridge 
cloth, or wool (whether in the form of fiber or yarn or contained in 
fabrics, materials, or manufactured articles) not grown, reprocessed, 
reused, or produced in the United States or its possessions, except to the 
extent that the Secretary of the Department concerned shall determine 
that a satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of any articles of food 
or clothing or any form of cotton, woven silk and woven silk blends, 
spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, or wool grown, reprocessed, reused, 
or produced in the United States or its possessions cannot be procured 
as and when needed at United States market prices and except procure-
ments outside the United States in support of combat operations, pro-
curements by vessels in foreign waters and emergency procurements 
or procurements of perishable foods by establishments located outside 
the United States for the personnel attached thereto: Provided, That 
nothing herein shall preclude the procurement of foods manufactured 
78 STAT. ] 
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479 
or processed in the United States or its possessions: Provided 
further^ 
That no funds herein appropriated shall be used for the payment of a 
price differential on contracts hereafter made for the purpose of 
relieving economic dislocations: Provided further^ That none of the 
funds appropriated in this Act shall be used except that, so far as prac-
ticable, all contracts shall be awarded on a formally advertised com-
petitive bid basis to the lowest responsible bidder. 
SEC. 524. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used fa^nS.^^''"'^'"^ 
for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, 
laundry, or dry-cleaning facility in the United States, its Territories 
or possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify 
in writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be fur-
nished by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources 
at reasonable rates. 
SEC. 525. During the current fiscal year, appropriations of the bu^seme^nt! '*^^'"' 
Department of Defense shall be available for reimbursement to the 
Post Office Department for payment of costs of commercial air trans-
portation of military mail between the United States and foreign 
countries. 
SEC. 526. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available rer^iT.'^^'"^^' 
for the purchase of household furnishings and automobiles from mili-
tary and civilian personnel on duty outside the continental United 
States, for the purpose of resale at cost to incoming personnel, and 
for providing furnishings, without charge, in other than public quar-
ters occupied by military or civilian personnel of the Department of 
Defense on duty outside the continental United States or in Alaska, 
upon a determination, under regulations approved by the Secretary 
of Defense, that such action is advantageous to the Government. 
SEC. 527. During the current fiscal year appropriations available 
uniforms. 
to the Department of Defense for pay of civilian employees shall be 
available for uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by the 
Act of September 1,1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131). 
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SEC. 528. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
Ammunition, trans-
shall, upon requisition of the National Board for the Promotion of 
Rifle Practice, and without reimbursement, transfer from agencies of 
the Department of Defense to the Board ammunition from stock or 
which has been procured for the purpose in such amounts as he may 
determine. 
Such appropriations of the Department of Defense available for 
obligation durmg the current fiscal year as may be designated by the 
Secretary of Defense shall be available for the travel expenses of 
military and naval personnel, including the reserve components, and 
members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps attending regional, 
national, or international rifle matches. 
SEC. 529. Funds provided in this Act for congressional liaison li^ison'^acti^i^^^ 
activities of the Department of the Army, the Department of the ties! " 
Navy, the Department of the Air Force, and the Office of the Secretary 
of Defense shall not exceed $950,000: Provided^ That this amount shall 
be available for apportionment to the Department of the Army, the 
Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, and the 
Office of the Secretary of Defense as determined by the Secretary of 
Defense. 
SEC. 530. Of the funds made available by this Act for the services aif^j'eit'^''^*'^^ 
of the Military Air Transport Service, $80,000,000 shall be available 
only for procurement of commercial transportation service from 
carriers participating in the civil reserve air fleet program; and the 
Secretary of Defense shall utilize the services of such carriers which 
qualify as small businesses to the fullest extent found practicable: 
Provided^ That the Secretary of Defense shall specify in such procure-
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[78 STAT. 
Motor vehicle 
hire. 
Travel ex-
penses. 
Civilian cloth-
ing. 
Defense con-
tracts. 
Advertising 
costs, prohibi-
tion. 
Facilities, 
maintenance and 
repair. 
Transfer of 
funds, authority. 
Report to con-
gressional com-
mittees. 
Contract pay-
ments in foreign 
countries. 
ment, performance characteristics for aircraft to be used based upon 
modern aircraft operated by the civil air fleet. 
SEC. 531. Not to exceed $11,800,000 of the funds made available in 
this Act for the purpose shall be available for the hire of motor 
vehicles: Provided^ That the Secretary of Defense, under circum-
stances where the immediate movement of persons is imperative, may, 
if he deems it to be in the national interest, hire motor vehicles for such 
purpose v^ithout regard to this limitation. 
SEC. 532. Not less than $7,500,000 of the funds made available in 
this Act for travel expenses in connection with temporary duty and 
permanent change of station of civilian and military personnel of the 
Department of Defense shall be available only for the procurement 
of commercial passenger sea transportation service on American-flag 
vessels. 
SEC. 533. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available 
to the Department of Defense for operation may be used for civilian 
clothing, not to exceed $40 in cost for enlisted personnel: (1) dis-
charged for misconduct, unfitness, unsuitability, or otherwise than 
honorably; (2) sentenced by a civil court to confinement in a civil 
prison or interned or discharged as an alien enemy; (3) discharged 
prior to completion of recruit training under honorable conditions for 
dependency, hardship, minority, disability, or for the convenience of 
the Government. 
SEC. 534. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be avail-
able for paying the costs of advertising by any defense contractor, 
except advertising for which payment is made from profits, and such 
advertising shall not be considered a part of any defense contract 
cost. The prohibition contained in this section shall not apply with 
respect to advertising conducted by any such contractor, in com-
pliance with regulations which shall be promulgated by the Secretary 
of Defense, solely for (1) the recruitment by that contractor of per-
sonnel required for the performance by the contractor of obligations, 
arising under a defense contract, (2) the procurement of scarce items 
required by the contractor for the performance of a defense con-
tract, or (3) the disposal of scrap or surplus materials acquired by 
the contractor in the performance of a defense contract. 
SEC. 535. Funds appropriated in this Act for maintenance and 
repair of facilities and installations shall not be available for acqui-
sition of new facilities, or alteration, expansion, extension, or addition 
of existing facilities, as defined in Department of Defense Directive 
7040.2, dated January 18, 1961, in excess of $25,000: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Defense may amend or change the said directive 
during the current fiscal year, consistent with the purpose of this 
section. 
SEC. 536. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
may, if he deems it vital to the security of the United States and in 
the national interest to further improve the readiness of the Armed 
Forces, including the reserve components, transfer under the authority 
and terms of the Emergency Fund an additional $200,000,000: Pro-
vided, That the transfer authority made available under the terms of 
the Emergency Fund appropriation contained in this Act is hereby 
broadened to meet the requirements of this section: Provided 
further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Appropriations Com-
mittees of the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to 
this authority. 
SEC. 537. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to make payments under contracts for any program, project, or activity 
in a foreign country unless the Secretary of Defense or his designee, 
after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury or his designee, 
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PUBLIC LAW 88-447-AUG. 19, 1964 
481 
certifies to the Congress that the use, by purchase from the Treasury, 
of currencies of such country acquired pursuant to hiw is not feasible 
for the purpose, stating the reason therefor. 
SEC. 588. None of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay 
any recipient of a grant for the conduct of a research project an 
amount for iudirect expenses in connection with such project in excess 
of 20 per centum of the direct costs. 
SEC. 589. Of the funds made available in this Act for repair, altera-
tion, and conversion of naval vessels, at least 35 per centum shall be 
available for such repair, alteration, and conversion in privately 
owned shipyards: Provided^ That if determined by the Secretary of 
Defense to be inconsistent with the public interest based on urgency of 
requirement to have such vessels repaired, altered, or converted as 
required above, such work may be done in Navy or private shipyards 
as he may direct. 
SEC. 540. 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, administrative expenses, and the conduct 
of research activities) related directly or indirectly to the establish-
ment of a national service corps or similar domestic peace corps type 
of program. 
SEC. 541. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, 1965.'' 
Approved August 19, 1964. 
Research proj-
ects, indirect 
expenses. 
Use of privately 
owned shipyards. 
Restriction. 
Short title. 
Public Law 88-447 
AN ACT 
To provide for the settlement of claims of certain inhabitants of the United 
States living in the area inundated by the sudden floods of the Rio Grande 
as a result of the construction of the Falcon Dam, and for other purposes. 
August 19, 19 64 
[H. R. 8999] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houm of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United 
States Commissioner on the International Boundary and Water Com-
mission United States and Mexico (hereafter in this Act referred to 
as the "(Commissioner'') shall have jurisdiction to receive, adjudicate, 
and provide for the payment of any claim, which claim is not compen-
sated for by insurance or otherwise, (1) by any person or his heirs at 
law against the United States for damage to or loss of personal prop-
erty sustained on or after August 27, 1953, and before September 1, 
1954, by reason of the sudden floods of the Rio Grande resulting from 
tl\o construction of the Falcon Dam pursuant to a treaty between the 
United States and the Republic of Mexico, (2) by any welfare agency 
or municipal corporation or other political subdivision of the State 
of Texas, for actual expenses incurred on account of assistance rendered 
in the emergency relocation of any person or his personal property by 
reason of those floods, or (3) by any person against the United States 
for actual expenses incurred by him in the process and as a direct 
result of moving himself, his family, and their possessions, where 
such moving was made necessary by reason of the construction of such 
dam. 
In the consideration of claims filed under clause (1) of this 
section, the Commissioner shall take into account the difficulty to 
Falcon Dam, 
damage claims. 
Settlement. 
59 Stat. 1219.