An Act making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes
PL 88-507 (H.R.11296), enacted 08/30/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-507-AUG. 30, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
Public Law 88-507 
August 30, 1964 
[H. R. 11296] 
Independent 
Offices Appropri-
ation Act, 1965. 
AN ACT 
72 5tat. 427; 
75 Stat. 46. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, com-
missions, corporations, agencies, and oflSces, for the fiscal year ending 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 follow-
ing sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise apj)ropriated, for sundry independent executive bureaus, 
boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF T H E 
PRESIDENT 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Council, established by section 201 of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Act of 1958, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2471), including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the General Services Ad-
ministration for security guard services, and services as authorized 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed $100 per diem, $500,000. 
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PLANNING 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Emergency Planning, in-
cluding services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2^ 1946 
(5 U.S.C. 55a); reimbursement of the General Services Administra-
tion for security guard services; expenses of attendance of cooperat-
ing officials and individuals at meetings concerned with the work of 
the Office; $4,600,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $400,000 of 
the foregoing amount shall remain available until expended for studies 
and research to develop measures and plans for emergency prepared-
ness and telecommunications. 
STATE AND LOCAL PREPAREDNESS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for studies 
and research to develop State and local programs for the effective 
use in time of war of natural and industrial resources for military 
and civilian needs, for the maintenance and stabilization of the civilian 
economy in time of war, and fof the adjustment of such economy to 
war needs and conditions, including services as authorized by section 
15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), $1,500,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
CIVIL DEFENSE AND DEFENSE MOBILIZATION FUNCTIONS OF FEDERAL 
AGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to assist other Federal agencies to perform 
civil defense and defense mobilization functions, including payments 
by the Department of Labor to State employment security agencies 
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for the full cost of administration of defense manpower mobilization 
activities, $4,190,000. 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Science and Technology, 
including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 IJ.S.C. 55a), but at rates for individuals not to exceed $75 
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per diem, $900,000. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO T H E 
PRESIDENT 
DISASTER RELIEF 
64 Stat. 1109. 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act 
of September 30, 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1855-1855g), authoriz-
ing assistance to States and local governments in major disasters, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That not 
to exceed 3 per centum of the foregoing amount shall be available for 
administrative expenses. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
CIVIL DEFENSE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for carrying out 
civil defense activities, including the hire of motor vehicles; and finan-
cial contributions to the States for civil defense purposes, as authorized 
by law, $75,000,000, of which not to exceed $16,000,000 shall be avail-
able for allocation under section 205 of the Federal Civil Defense 
Act of 1950, as amended, and not to exceed $14,500,000 shall be avail- 
H Jg°^- ^^; 
able for management expenses for civil defense including not to exceed 2286. 
1,000 positions. 
RESEARCH, SHELTER SURVEY AND MARKING 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for studies and 
research to develop measures and plans for civil defense, and for con-
tinuing shelter surveys, marking and stocking, $30,200,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Appropriations contained in this Act for carrying out civil defense 
activities shall not be available in excess of the limitations on appro-
priations contained in Section 408 of the Federal Civil Defense Act, 
as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2260). 
^.^111% 
No part of any appropriation in this Act shall be available for the ^^ '"' ^ 
construction of warehouses or for the lease of warehouse space in any 
building which is to be constructed specifically for civil defense 
activities. 
No part of any apj)ropriation contained in this Act, or of the funds 
available for expenditure by any corporation or agency included in 
this Act, shall be used for construction of fallout shelters except in 
construction of new buildings under the heading, "Construction, Public 
Buildings Projects", for the fiscal year 1965. 
1257; 
72 Stat. 534. 
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND W E L F A R E 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
64 
Stat. 
1248; 
72 
Stat. 
532. 
60 
Stat. 810. 
72 
Stat. 
763. 
5 use 1181, 
118k-118n. 
41 use 5. 
5 use 631 
note. 
3 eFR, 1943-
1948 Comp., 
p. 256. 
EMERGENCY HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for carrving out emergency planning and 
preparedness functions of the Puolic Health Service, and procure-
ment, storage (including underground storage), distribution, and 
maintenance of emergency civil defense medical supplies and equip-
ment authorized by section 201(h) of the Federal Civil Defense Act 
of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C, App. 2281 (h)), $8,875,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Civil Aeronautics Board, including 
employment of temporary guards on a contract or fee basis; not to 
exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses; hire, 
operation, maintenance, and repair of aircraft; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates for individuals not to exceed 
$100 per diem; $10,607,500. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT 
AUTHORIZATION ) 
For payments to air carriers of so much of the compensation fixed 
and determined by the Civil Aeronautics Board under section 406 
of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1376), as is payable 
by the Boardj including not to exceed $3,358,000 for subsidy for heli-
copter operations during the current fiscal year, $82,500,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including services as authorized by section 
15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); not to exceed $10,000 
for medical examinations performed for veterans by private physi-
cians on a fee basis; payment in advance for library membership in 
societies whose publications are available to members only or to mem-
bers at a price lower than to the general public; not to exceed $90,000 
for performing the duties imposed upon the Commission by the Act 
of July 19,1940 (54 Stat. 767); and not to exceed $5,000 for actuarial 
services by contract, without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, 
as amended; $21,996,000: Provided^ That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be available for the Career Executive Board established 
by Executive Order 10758 of March 4,1958, as amended. 
No part of the appropriations herein made to the Civil Service 
Commission shall be available for the salaries and expenses of the 
Legal Examining Unit in the Examining and Personnel Utilization 
Division of the Commission, established pursuant to Executive Order 
9358 of July 1,1943. 
note. 
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INVESTIGATION OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS FOR EMPLOYMENT BY 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of Executive 
Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1963, as amended, prescribing proce- ^22 use 287 
dures for making available to the Secretary General of the United 
Nations, and the executive heads of other international organizations, 
certain information concerning United States citizens employed, or 
being considered for employment by such organizations, including 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U.S.C. 55a), $600,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
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available for advances or reimbursements to the applicable appropria-
tions or funds of the Civil Service Commission and the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation for expenses incurred by such agencies under said 
Executive order: Provided further, That members of the International 
Organizations Employees Loyalty Board may be paid actual trans-
portation expenses, and per diem in lieu of suDsistence authorized by 
the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended, while traveling on official 75^stat.^*339'^^4o. 
business away from their homes or regular places of business, including 
5 use gas note. 
periods while en route to and from and at the place where their services 
are to be performed. 
ANNUITIES UNDER SPECIAL ACTS 
For payment of annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 1944, 
as amended (48 U.S.C. 1373a), and the Act of August 19, 1950, as , ^s stat. 257; 
amended (33 U.S.C. 771-775), $1,650,000. 
64 sut? Jes; 
72 Stat. 49. 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES 
HEALTH BENEFITS FUND 
For payment to the "Employees health benefits fund" of Govern-
ment contributions with respect to annuitants, as authorized by 
section 7 of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (5 U.S.C. 
3006), $10,650,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
73 stat. 713. 
That not to exceed $1,138,000 of the funds in the "Employees health 
benefits fund" shall be available for reimbursement to the Civil 
Service Commission for administrative expenses incurred by the 
Commission during the current fiscal year in the administration of 
the Federal Emplojrees Health Benefits Act of 1959, as amended (5 
U.S.C. 3001-3014), including services as authorized by section 15 of 
the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). 
GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS, RETIRED EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS 
FUND 
For payment to the "Retired employees health benefits fund" of 
Government contributions with respect to retired employees, as author-
ized by section 4 of the Retired Federal Employees Health Benefits 
Act (5 U.S.C. 3053), $14,800,000, to remain available until expended: 
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Provided, That, without regard to the provisions of any other Act, 
not to exceed $348,000 of the funds in the "Retired employees health 
benefits fund" shall be available for reimbursement to the Civil Serv-
ice Commission for administrative expenses incurred by the Commis-
sion during the current fiscal year in the administration of the Retired 
Federal Employees Health Benefits Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 3051-
3060), including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 65a). 
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5 u s e 2259 anc 
note,2260,2268. 
68 Stat. 736. 
60 Stat. 810. 
69 Stat. 678. 
72 Stat. 87. 
60 Stat. 170. 
49 u s e 1101 
note. 
PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND 
For financing the estimated cost of new and increased annuity 
benefits, during the current fiscal year, as provided by Part I I I of 
Public Law 87-793 (76 Stat. 868), $65,000,000, to be credited to the 
civil service retirement and disability fund. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, EMPLOYEES LIFE 
INSURANCE FUND 
Not to exceed $273,500 of the funds in the "Employees life insurance 
fund" shall be available for reimbursement to the Civil Service Com-
mission for administrative expenses incurred by the Commission dur-
ing the current fiscal year in the administration of the Federal Em-
ployees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
2091-2103), including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a): Provided^ That this limitation shall 
include expenses incurred under section 10 of the Act, notwithstanding 
the provisions of section 1 of Public Law 85-377 (5 U.S.C. 2094(c)). 
FEDERAL AVIATION AGENCY 
OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Agency, not other-
wise provided for, including administrative expenses for research and 
development and for establishment of air navigation facilities, and 
carrying out the provisions of the Federal Airport Act; not to exceed 
$10,000 for representation allowances and for official entertainment; 
purchase of fourteen passenger motor vehicles, including ten for re-
placement only; and purchase and repair of skis and snowshoes; 
$542,600,000: Provided, That total costs of aviation medicine, including 
equipmentj for the Federal Aviation Agency^ whether provided in 
the foregoing appropriation or elsewhere in this Act, shall not exceed 
$6,200,000 or include in excess of 406 positions: Provided further, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, 
for expenses incurred in the maintenance and operation of air naviga-
tion facilities. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
For an additional amount for the acquisition, establishment, and 
improvement by contract or purchase and hire of air navigation and 
experimental facilities, including the initial ac<juisition of necessary 
sites by lease or grant; the construction and furnishing of quarters and 
related accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal 
Aviation Agency stationed at remote localities where such accommo-
dations are not available (at a total cost of construction of not to exceed 
$60,000 per housing unit in Alaska); and purchase of eight aircraft; 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, 
for expenses incurred in the establishment of air navigation facilities: 
Provided further, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall 
be available for the construction of a new wind tunnel. 
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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT 
AUTHORIZATION ) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred under authority granted in 
the Act of August 3, 1965 (69 Stat. 441), to enter into contracts, 
49 use noi-
$7,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
^^^^ passim. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
For grants-in-aid for airports pursuant to the provisions of the 
Federal Airport Act, as amended, $150,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, as follows: for the purposes of section 5(d)(4) 
^"'e, p. 159. 
of such Act: $66,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1965 and 
1966; for the purposes of section 5(d) (5) of such Act, $1,500,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 1965 and 1966; and for the purposes of section 
5(d) (6) of such Act, $7,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1965 and 
1966. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for research, 
developmeht, and service testing in accordance with the provisions of 
the Federal Aviation Act (49 U.S.C. 1301-1542), including construe- 
^^ stat. 731. 
tion of experimental facilities tind acquisition of necessary sites by 
lease or grant, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT 
For expenses incident to the care, operation, maintenance, improve-
ment and protection of the Washington National Airport; purchase, 
cleaning and repair of uniforms; and arms and ammunition; 
$3,565,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 
For expenses incident to the care, operation, maintenance, im-
provement and protection of the Dulles International Airport, in-
cluding purchase of three passenger motor vehicles for police type use, 
for replacement only, which may exceed by $300 the general j)urchase 
price limitation for the current fiscal year, purchase, cleaning and 
repair of uniforms; and arms and ammunition; $4,319,000. 
CONSTRUCTION, WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT 
For necessary expenses for construction at Washington National 
Airport, including acquisition of land, $1,710,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION, DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 
For necessary expenses for construction at Dulles International Air-
port, $180,000, to remain available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations to the 
Federal Aviation Agency shall be available for tne Federal Aviation 
Agency to conduct the activities specified in the Act of October 26, 
1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 596a), under determinations and regu- 
63 stat, 907. 
lations by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency; mainte-
nance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
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68 Stat. 1114. 
aircraft; and uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by the 
Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131). 
Money hereafter recovered from the pool and fountain at Dulles 
International Airport shall not be subject to the Act of June 30,1949, 
e/statf^-iso^^' 
^^ amended (40 U.S.C. 484m, 485a), and may be given to a nonprofit 
organization which, in the determination of the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Agency, promotes and provides for the welfare of 
travelers in air commerce. 
Funds appropriated under this Act for expenditure by the Federal 
Aviation Agency may be expended for reimbursement of other Federal 
agencies for expenses incurred, on behalf of the Federal Aviation 
Agency, in the settlement of claims for damages resulting from sonic 
boom in connection with research conducted as part of the civil super-
sonic aircraft development. 
FEDEKAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessarv expenses in performing the duties of the Commission 
as authorized DV law, including land and structures (not to exceed 
$85,400), special counsel fees, improvement and care of grounds and 
repairs to buildings (not to exceed $14,500), services as authorized by 
6
0 Stat. 810. 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed $100 per diem, not to exceed $500 for 
official reception and representation expenses, and purchase of not to 
exceed one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, $16,385,000. 
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the work of the Commission, as author-
ized by law, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 
55a), at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals, $12,439,500. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 2131), 
and services as authorized bj^ section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 
(5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates for individuals not to exceed $100 per diem, 
$12,875,000: Provided^ That no part of the foregoing appropriation 
shall be expended upon any investigation hereafter provided by 
concurrent resolution of the Congress until funds are appropriated 
subsec[uentl^ to the enactment of such resolution to finance the cost of 
such investigation: Provided further^ That no part of the foregoing 
appropriation shall be used for an economic questionnaire or financial 
study of intercorporate relations. 
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GENEEAL SERVICES ADMINISTEATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES. PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of real property 
management and related activities as provided by law; rental of build-
ings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; mov-
ing Government agencies (including space adjustments) in connection 
with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of building space; acqui-
sition by purchase or otherwise of real estate and interests therein; 
and contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings 
and moving; $219,185,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
available to provide such fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other 
removable facilities on private or other property not in Government 
ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable the United States 
Secret Service to perform its function of protecting the person of the 
President of the United States and his immediate family, the Presi-
dent-elect, and the Vice President pursuant to Title 18, U.S.C. 3056: ^g^^^^tat^ 122; 
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation may be used ^^ ° " ^^^* 
after January 1,1965, to finance the cost of any new or expanded space 
requirement of any department or agency, including moving, rental, 
alteration, equipment, or any other cost relating thereto, which has 
not previously been funded by transfer of funds to the General Serv-
ices Administration to cover such costs for at least one full fiscal year. 
REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to alter public 
buildings and to acquire additions to sites pursuant to the Public 
Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479) and to alter other Federally- J^^^^^ ^^^ 
owned buildings and to acquire additions to sites thereof, including 
grounds, approaches and appurtenances, wharves and piers, together 
with the necessary dredging adjacent thereto; and care and safeguard-
ing of sites; preliminary planning of projects by contract or other-
wise; 
maintenance, 
preservation, 
demolition, 
and 
equipment; 
$90,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That for 
the purposes of this appropriation, buildings constructed pursuant to 
the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (40 U.S.C. 356) 
and the Post Office Department Property Act of 1954 (39 U.S.C. 
2104 et seq.), and buildings under the control of another department 7/|fa\!**59of'^^^' 
or agency where alteration of such buildings is required in connection 
with the moving of such other department or agency from buildings 
then, or thereafter to be, under the control of General Services Admin-
istration shall be considered to be public buildings. 
CONSTRUCTION, PUBLIC BUILDINGS PROJECTS 
For an additional amount for expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
necessary to construct and acquire public buildings projects and alter 
public buildings by extension or conversion where the estimated cost 
for a project is in excess of $200,000 pursuant to the Public Buildings 
Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479), including fallout shelters (in new build- 
^^"°"* shelters. 
ings only) and equipment for such ouildings, $153,167,000, and not 
to exceed $500,000 or this amount shall be available to the Adminis-
trator for construction or alteration of small public buildings outside 
the District of Columbia as the Administrator approves and deems 
necessary, all to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
foregoing amount shall be available for public buildings projects at 
locations and at maximum construction improvement costs (excluding 
funds for sites and expenses) as follows: 
31-667 0-65—44 
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Federal office building, Centre, Alabama, $144,800; 
Post office and Federal office building, Cullman, Alabama, $417,200; 
Post office and Federal office building, Vernon, Alabama, $169,900; 
Post office and Federal office building, Hope, Arkansas, $311,700; 
Post office and Federal office building, Marshall, Arkansas, $178,100; 
Post office and Federal office building, McCrory, Arkansas, $91,800; 
Post office and Federal office building. Mountain Home, Arkansas, 
$179,800; 
Post office and Federal office building, Blythe, California, $306,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Del Mar, California, $146,000; 
Post office and Federal office building. Harbor City, California, 
$152,500; 
Post office and Federal office building, Jackson, California, $255,600; 
Customs and appraisers warehouse, Los Angeles-Long Beach Har-
bor area, California, in addition to the sum heretofore provided, 
$2,572,200; 
Post office and Federal office building, Solana Beach, California, 
$146,000; 
Post office and Federal office building. Weed, California, $126,700; 
Federal office building, West Los Angeles, California, $13,204,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Glen 
wood Springs, Colorado, 
$312,100; 
Post office and Federal office building, Leadville, Colorado, 
$176,400; 
Post office and Federal office building, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, 
$240,700; 
Post office and Federal office building, Cross City, Florida, $141,700; 
Post office and Federal office building, Oakland Park Branch, Fort 
Lauderdale, Florida, $152,800; 
Federal office building, Jacksonville, Florida, $6,383,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Gratigny Branch, Miami, 
Florida, $204,400; 
Post office and Federal office building, Ocoee, Florida, $124,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Acworth, Georgia, $127,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Chatsworth, Georgia, 
$208,400; 
Post office and Federal office building, Toccoa, Georgia, $282,600; 
Post office and Federal office building. Warm Springs, Georgia, 
$70,200; 
Post office and Federal office building, Arthur, Illinois, $110,600; 
Federal office building. East St. Louis, Illinois, $810,700; 
Post office and Federal office building, Edwardsville, Illinois, 
$342,900; 
Post office and Federal office building, Eed Bud, Illinois, $94,600; 
Courthouse and Federal office building, Evansville, Indiana, 
$1,981,800; 
Post office and Federal office building, Evansville, Indiana, $1,614,-
600; 
Post office and Federal office building, Scottsburg, Indiana, $232,900; 
Post office and Federal office building. Shoals, Indiana, $119,700; 
Federal office building, Des Moines, Iowa, $8,050,700; 
Post office and Federal office building, Scott City, Kansas, $281,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Wellington, Kansas, $259,200; 
Post office and Federal office building, Clinton, Kentucky, $185,300; 
Treasury Regional S;ervice Center (Internal Revenue Service), 
Covington, Kentucky, $3,438,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Cumberland, Kentucky, 
$102,200; 
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Post office and Federal office building, Olive Hill, Kentucky, 
$148,400; 
Post office and Federal office building, Paris, Kentucky, $218,100; 
Federal office building, Richmond, Kentucky, $160,800; 
Post office and Federal office building, Russell Springs, Kentucky, 
$86,100; 
Post office and Federal office building. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 
$3,487,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Crowley, Louisiana, $303,500; 
Post office and Federal office building, Gueydan, Louisiana, $101,600; 
Post office and Federal office building, Mamou, Louisiana, $72,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Mansura, Louisiana, $80,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Oberlin, Ix)uisiana, $97,400; 
Post office and courthouse, Opelousas, Louisiana, $954,600; 
Post office and Federal ojffice building, Thibodaux, Louisiana, 
$263,500; 
Post office and Federal office building, Calais, Maine, $278,200; 
Post office and Federal office building, Lubec, Maine, $104,500; 
Post office and Federal office building, Machias, Maine, $220,600; 
Post office and Federal office building, Centreville, Maryland, 
$205,000; 
Post office and Federal office building. North East, Maryland, 
$114,800; 
Post office and Federal office building. Prince Frederick, Maryland, 
$185,900; 
Central heating plant, Suitland, Maryland, $3,213,000; 
General Services Administration, Federal records center, Boston, 
Massachusetts, $883,800; 
Treasury Regional Service Center (Internal Revenue Service), 
Boston-Lawrence area, Massachusetts, $3,748,500; 
Post office and Federal office building, Marlboro, Massachusetts, 
$242,800; 
Post office and Federal office building, Milford, Massachusetts, 
$274,600; 
Post office and Federal office building, Springfield, Massachusetts, 
$2,804,500; 
Internal Revenue Service National Administrative Service Center 
and Regional Training Center Building, Detroit, Michigan, $2,925,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Lawton, Michigan, $89,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Mancelona, Michigan, $94,100; 
Post office and Federal office building, Baudette, Minnesota, 
$159,700; 
Courthouse and Federal office building, St. Paul, Minnesota, 
$9,120,300; 
Post office and Federal office building. Bay Springs, Mississippi, 
$154,800; 
Post office and Federal office building, Coldwater, Mississippi, 
$83,500 j 
Post office and Federal office building, Port Gibson, Mississippi, 
$154,400; 
^^ 
Post office and Federal office building, Richton, Mississippi, $80,700; 
Post office and Federal office building, Branson, Missouri, $142,200; 
Post office and Federal office building, Crystal City, Missouri, 
^i<bO,<700; 
Post office and Federal office building, Montgomery City, Missouri, 
$248,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, FuUerton, Nebraska, 
$178,700; 
Post office and Federal office building, Gothenburg, Nebraska, 
$147,800; 
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[78 STAT. 
Post office and courthouse, Carson City, Nevada, $1,956,100; 
Post office and Federal office building, Berlin, New Hampshire, 
$317,000 5 
Post office and Federal office building, AveneL New Jersey, $133,200; 
Post office and Federal office building, Burlington, New Jersey, 
$261,800; 
Federal office building, Newark, New Jersey, $12,230,200; 
Post office and Federal office building, Raton, New Mexico, $319,000; 
Federal office building, Buffalo, New York,-$11,145,900; 
Post office and Federal office building, Keeseville, New York, 
$106,100; 
Post office and Federal office building, Andrews, North Carolina, 
$105,100; 
Post office and Federal office building, Cary, North Carolina, 
$111,600; 
Post office and Federal office building, Jacksonville, North Carolina, 
$274,700; 
Federal office building, Kinstonj North Carolina, $164,300; 
Post office and Federal office building. Mars Hill, North Carolina, 
$101,700; 
Post office and Federal office building, Raeford, North Carolina, 
$226,900; 
Post office and Federal office building, Eich Square, North Carolina, 
$87,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Waynesville, North Carolina, 
$401,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Windsor, North Carolina, 
$151,100; 
Post office and Federal office building, Hillsboro, Ohio, $337,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Mantua, Ohio, $154,400; 
Post office and Federal office building, Afton, Oklahoma, $107,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Elk City, Oklahoma, $222,400; 
Post office and Federal office buildmg, Hugo, Oklahoma, $269,500; 
Post office and Federal office building. Jay, Oklahoma, $174,800; 
Post office and Federal office building, Baker, Oregon, $1,176,800; 
Post office and Federal office building, Enterprise, Oregon, $1^5,900; 
Post office and Federal office building, Prineville, Oregon, $252,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Scappoosej Oregon, $125,700; 
Post office and Federal office building, Berwick, Pennsylvania, 
$267,800; 
Post office and Federal office building, Brookeville, Pennsylvania, 
$154,400, 
Post office and Federal office building, Dallas, Pennsylvania, 
$151,700; 
Post office and Federal office building, Duncannon, Pennsylvania, 
$92,300; 
Post office and Federal office building. Falls Creek, Pennsylvania, 
$96,700; 
Post office and Federal office building, Galeton, Pennsylvania, 
$119,600; 
Post office and Federal office building, Hawley, Pennsylvania, 
$151,700; 
Post office and Federal office building, Irwin, Pennsylvania, 
$224^400; 
Post office and Federal (^ce building, Montrose, Pennsylvania, 
$161,700; 
Post office and Federal office building. New Bethlehem, Pennsyl-
vania, $164,400; 
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651 
Post office and Federal office building, Cedarhurst Branch, Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania, $182,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Green Tree Branch, Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania, $182,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Pleasant Hills Branch, Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania, $182,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Youngsville, Pennsylvania, 
$96,700; 
Post office and Federal office building, Humacao, Puerto Rico, 
$181,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Olneyville Station, Provi-
dence, Rhode Island, $235,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Elloree, South Carolina, 
$87,400; 
Post office and Federal office building, Ridgeland, South Carolina, 
$246,500; 
Post office and Federal office building, Williston, South Carolina, 
$91,800; 
Post office and Federal office buildingj Oneida, Tennessee, $131,800; 
Post office and Federal office building, Buffalo, Texas, $86,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Carthage, Texas, $235,600: 
Post office and Federal office building, Fairfield, Texas, $168,700; 
Post office and Federal office building, Gonzales, Texas, $224,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Naples, Texas, $104,100; 
Post office and Federal office building. Sulphur Springs, Texas, 
$279,500; 
Post office and Federal office building, Heber, Utah, $161,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Provo, Utah, $378,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, 
$335,000; 
Franconia warehouse building, Franconia, Virginia, $5,800,000; 
Post office and Federal office building, Cle Elum, Washington, 
$120 200 • 
Federal office building, Colville, Washington, $393,200; 
Post office and Federal office building, Newport, Washington, 
$136,700; 
Courthouse and Federal office building, Spokane, Washington, 
$6,502,500; 
Federal office building, Vancouver, Washington, $426,500; 
Post office and Federal office building, Gassaway, West Virginia, 
$115,200; 
Post office and Federal office building, Glenville, West Virginia, 
$159,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Parsons, West Virginia, 
$171,200; 
Post office and Federal office building, Pineville, West Virginia, 
$157,500: 
Post office and Federal office building, Summersville, West Virginia, 
$232,200; 
Post office and Federal office building. White Sulphur Springs, West 
Virginia, $129,300; 
Post office and Federal office building, Eagle River, Wisconsin, 
$152,700; 
Post office and Federal office building, Elroy, Wisconsin, $113,400; 
Post office and Federal office building, Horicon, Wisconsin, $120,800; 
Housing and Home Finance Agency building. District of Columbia, 
$26,108,100: 
Provided further^ That the foregoing limits of costs may be exceeded 
to the extent that savings are effected in other projects, but by not to 
75 Stat. 349. 
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[78 STAT. 
exceed 10 per centum: Provided further, That the amount of $840,300 
appropriated under this head in the Independent Offices Appropria-
75^stat°*"49^^' 
^^^^ Acts, 1931 and 1962, for projects at Vanceboro, Maine, Pembina, 
North Dakota, and Wyandotte, Michigan, is hereby made available 
for the purposes of this appropriation, and the maximum construction 
improvement cost for construction of the Post Office and Federal office 
building at Augusta, Maine, provided in the Independent Offices 
76 Stat. 724. 
Appropriation Act, 1963, is hereby increased by $460,000 and the 
maximum construction improvement cost for construction of the 
border station facility at Derby Line, Vermont, provided in the 
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1962, is hereby increased by 
$183,000. 
Not to exceed $120,000 heretofore appropriated under the heading 
"Construction, Public Buildings Projects", in the Independent Offices 
Appropriation Act, 1963, may oe transferred to the appropriation for 
"Construction, United States Mission Building, New York, New 
York", for the payment of contractor's claims. 
SITES AND EXPENSES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS PROJECTS 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary in connection with 
the construction of public buildings projects not otherwise provided 
for, as specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropria-
73^stat^*505°^^' 
^^^^ ^^^^ °^ ^^^^ '^^^^ 1960, iucluding preliminary planning of public 
buildings projects by contract or otherwise, $20,109,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
PAYMENTS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS PURCHASE CONTRACTS 
For payments of principal, interest, taxes, and any other obligations 
under contracts entered into pursuant to the Public Buildings Pur-
ee Stat. 518. 
chase Contract Act of 1954 (40 U.S.C. 356), $9,885,000. 
EXPENSES, UNITED STATES COURT FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to provide, 
directly or indirectly, additional space for the United States Courts 
incident to expansion of facilities (including rental of buildings in 
the District of Columbia and elsewhere and moving and space ad-
justments), and furniture and furnishings; $1,030,600. 
OPERATING EXPENSES, FEDERAL SUPPLY SERVICE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, necessary for supply dis-
tribution, procurement, inspection, operation of the stores depot sys-
tem (including contractual services incident to receiving, handling, 
and shipping warehouse items), and other supply management and 
related activities, as authorized by law, $50,670,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES, UTILIZATION AND DISPOSAL SERVICE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident to the 
utilization and disposal of excess and surplus property, and rehabili-
tation of personal property, as authorized by law, $9,512,500, to be 
derived from proceeds from the transfer of excess property and the 
disposal of surplus property. 
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653 
OPERATING EXPENSES, NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses in connection with Federal records manage-
ment and related activities as provided by law, including reimburse-
ment for security guard services, and contractual services incident to 
movement or disposal of records, $15,055,000, including $25,000 which 
shall be available for continuing to carry out the purposes of Sec. 2 
of Public Law 88-195 approved December 11, 1963, for the period 
ending June 30, 1965. 
77 Stat. 348. 
60 Stat. 810. 
OPERATING EXPENSES, TRANSPORTATION AND 
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of transportation, communications, and 
other public utilities management and related activities, as provided 
by law, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $75 per diem 
formdividuals, $5,465,000. 
STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of the Strate-
gic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98-98h), 
during the current fiscal year, for transportation and handling, within 
the United States (including charges at United States ports), storage, 
security, and maintenance of strategic and other materials acquired for 
or transferred to the supplemental stockpile established pursuant to 
section 104(b) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 
Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1704 (b)), not to exceed $1,500,000 for carrying 
^3 stat. 607. 
out the provisions of the National Industrial Reserve Act of 1948 
(50 U.S.C. 451-462), relating to machine tools and industrial manu- 
^2 stat. 1225. 
facturing equipment for which the General Services Administration 
is responsible, including reimbursement for security guard services, 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U.S.C. 55a), and not to exceed $2,937,500 for operating expenses, 
$17,755,000, to be derived from sales of strategic and critical materials: 
Provided, That no part of funds available shall be used for construc-
tion of warehouses or tank storage facilities: Provided further, That 
during the current fiscal year the General Services Administration is 
authorized to acquire leasehold interests in property, for periods not 
in excess of twenty years, for the storage, security, and maintenance of 
strategic, critical, and other materials and equipment held pursuant 
to the aforesaid Act provided said leasehold interests are at nominal 
cost to the Government: Provided further, That during the current 
fiscal year, there shall be no limitation on the value of surplus strategic 
and critical materials which, in accordance with section 6(a) of the 
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98e(a)), 
^° ^*^*- ^^s-
may be transferred without reimbursement to stockpiles established in 
accordance with said Act: Provided further. That any receipts from 
sales during the current fiscal year shall be promptly deposited into 
the Treasury except as otherwise provided herein: Provided 
further, 
That during the current fiscal year materials in the inventory main-
tained under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and, 
^^ ^*^*- ^^s. 
after compliance with the disposal requirements of section 3(e) of the 206? "^*^ ^^^" 
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, excess materials in 
the national stockpile established pursuant to that Act, shall be 
available, without reimbursement, for transfer at fair market value to 
contractors as payment for expenses of refining, processing, or other-
wise beneficiating materials, pursuant to section 3(c) of the Strategic 
and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, into a form best suitable for 
stockpiling. 
)i. 
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[78 STAT. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATOR 
For expenses of executive direction for activities under the control 
of the General Services Administration, $1,517,500: Provided^ That 
not to exceed $500 shall be available for reception and representation 
expenses. 
EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Presidential 
Transition Act of 1963 (78 Stat. 153), $400,000, to remain available 
until June 30,1966. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE FACILITIES FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS 
note 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 (72 
3^usc 102 
gtat. 838), $310,000: Provided, That the Administrator of General 
Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections (a) and (e) 
of such Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS FUND 
Funds available to General Services Administration for administra-
tive operations, in support of program activities, shall be expended and 
accounted for, as a whole, through a single fund: Provided, That costs 
and obligations for such administrative operations for the respective 
program activities shall be accounted for m accordance with systems 
approved by the General Accounting Office: Provided further, 
That 
the total amount deposited into said account for the current fiscal 
year from funds made available to General Services Administration 
in this Act shall not exceed $20,000,000: Provided 
further, 
That 
amounts deposited into said account for administrative operations for 
each program shall not exceed the amounts included in the respective 
program appropriations for such purposes. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
To increase the capital of the working capital fund established by 
ea^staSr^as"/' 
^^^^ ^^^ o^ ^ ^ ^ ^' ^^^^ (^^ U.S.C. 293), $100,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
The approj)riate appropriation or fund available to the General 
Services Administration shall be credited with (1) cost of operation, 
protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included 
as part of rentals received from Government corporations pursuant to 
61 Stat. 584. 
j ^ ^ (49 U.SiC. 129); (2) reimbursements for services performed in 
respect to bonds and other obligations under the jurisdiction of the 
General Services Administration, issued by public authorities, States, 
or other public bodies, and such services m respect to such bonds or 
obligations as the Administrator deems necessary and in the public 
interest may, upon the request and at the expense of the issuing agen-
cies, be provided from the appropriate foregoing appropriation; and 
(3) appropriations or funds available to other agencies, and trans-
ferred to the General Services Administration, m connection with 
property transferred to the General Services Administration pursuant 
62 Stat. 1225. 
^^ ^hc Act of July 2, 1948 (50 U.S.C. 451ff), and such appropriations 
or funds may be so transferred, with the approval of the Bureau of the 
Budget. 
Appropriations to the General Services Administration under the 
heading "Construction, Public Buildings Projects" made in this Act 
78 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-507-AUG. 30, 1964 
655 
shall be available, subject to the provisions of the Public Buildings Act 
of 1959 for (1) acquisition of buildings and sites thereof by purchase, 
condemnation, or otherwise, including prepayment of purchase con-
tracts, (2) extension or conversion of Government-owned buildings, 
and (3) construction of new buildings, in addition to those set forth 
under that appropriation: Provided, That nothing herein shall author-
ize an expenditure of funds for acquisition, extension or conversion, 
or construction without the approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and House of Representatives. 
Funds available to the General Services Administration shall be 
available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
No part of any money appropriated by this or any other Act for 
any agency of the executive branch of the Government shall be used 
during the current fiscal year for the purchase within the continental 
limits of the United States of any typewriting machines except in 
accordance with regulations issued pursuant to the provisions of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended. 
Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appropriation made available to 
the General Services Administration for the current fiscal year by this 
Act may be transferred to any other such appropriation, but no such 
appropriation shall be increased thereby more than 2 per centum: 
Provided, That such transfers shall apply only to operating expenses, 
and shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount of $2,000,000. 
Appropriations available to any department or agency during the 
current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including maintenance or 
operating expenses, shall also be available for (a) reimbursement to 
the General Services Administration for those expenses of renovation 
and alteration of buildings and facilities which constitute public 
improvements, performed in accordance with the Public Buildings 
Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479) or other applicable law, and (b) transfer 
or reimbursement to applicable appropriations to said Administration 
for rents and related expenses, not otherwise provided for, of pro-
viding subject to Executive Order 11035, dated July 9, 1962, directly 
or indirectly, suitable ^eneralpurpose space for any such department 
or agency, in the District of Cfolumbia or elsewhere. 
No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used 
for the payment of rental on lease agreements for the accommodation 
of Federal agencies in buildings and improvements which are to be 
erected by the lessor for such agencies at an estimated cost of con-
struction in excess of $200,000 or for the payment of the salary of any 
person who executes such a lease agreement: Provided, That the fore-
going proviso shall not be applicable to projects for which a prospectus 
for the lease construction of space has been submitted to and approved 
by the appropriate Committees of the Congress in the same manner as 
for public buildings construction projects pursuant to the Public 
Buildings Act of 1959. 
73 Stat. 479. 
40 use 60 1 note. 
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6
1
3 Stat. 377. 
40 use 471 note. 
40 use 490 note. 
HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE 
AGENCY 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Administrator, including 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $75 per diem for individuals; 
and purchase of two passenger motor vehicles including one at not to 
exceed $4,000 and one for replacement only; $15,725,000: Provided,, 
That during the current fiscal year non-administrative expenses, as 
defined by law (77 Stat. 437), shall not exceed $3,375,000. 
60 Stat. 810. 
12 use 1749d. 
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[78 STAT. 
URBAN PLANNING GRANTS 
For grants in accordance with the provisions of section 701 of the 
lo use 46U 
Housing Act of 1954, as amended, $2,350,000. 
URBAN STUDIES AND HOUSING RESEARCH 
For urban studies and housing research as authorized by the 
7o^stat^*io9^i^^' 
Housing Acts of 1948 and 1956, as amended, including administrative 
12 use 1747 
note, 1703 note. 
75 Stat. 165. 
42 use 1436. 
69 Stat. 641. 
76 Stat. 544. 
expenses in connection therewith, $387,400. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, MASS TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATIONS 
For necessary expenses in connection with mass transportation dem-
onstration projects, as authorized by section 103(b) of the Housing 
42 us^c MIS 
^^^ °^ ^^^^' ^s amended, $100,000. 
OPEN SPACE LAND GRANTS 
For expenses in connection with grants to aid in the acquisition 
of open-space land or interests therein, and with the provision of 
technical assistance to State and local public bodies (including the 
undertaking of studies and publication of information), $15,000,000: 
Provided^ That not to exceed $262,000 may be used for administrative 
expenses and technical assistance, and no part of this appropriation 
shall be used for administrative expenses in connection with grants 
requiring payments in excess of the amount herein appropriated 
therefor. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, Low 
INCOME HOUSING DEMONSTRATIONS 
For necessary expenses in connection with low income housing 
demonstration projects, as authorized by section 207 of the Housing 
Act of 1961, $25,000. 
PUBLIC WORKS PLANNING FUND 
For the revolving fund established pursuant to section 702 of the 
Housing Act of 1954, as amended (40 U.S.C. 462), $1,000,000, together 
with such additional sums not to exceed $3,000,000 as may be necessary 
to restore to said revolving fund the amounts which are not required 
to be repaid pursuant to section 702(g) of the Housing Act of 1954, 
as added by section 6 of the Public Works Acceleration Act (40 U.S.C. 
462g), to be immediately available. 
URBAN RENEWAL FUND (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
For an additional amount for payment of grants as authorized by 
63 Stat. 416; 
title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1453,1456), 
75 Stat. 166. 167. 
^200,000,000. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY FUND 
For the revolving fund established pursuant to section 202 of the 
73 Stat. 667. 
Housiug Act of 1959, as amended (12 U.S.C. I701q et seq.), 
$25,000,000. 
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657 
PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION' 
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS 
For the payment of annual contributions to public housing agencies 
in accordance with section 10 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1410), $200,000,000. 
so stat. 891. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses of the Public Housing Administration, 
$15,784,000, to be expended under the authorization for such expenses 
contained in title I I of this Act. 
INTERSTATE COMMERCE 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 
including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 
2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates for individuals not to exceed $100 
eo stat. sio. 
per diem; and purchase of not to exceed thirty-seven passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only; $25,485,000, of which not less than 
$1,889,500 shall be available for expenses necessary to carry out rail-
road safety activities and not less than $1,261,500 shall be available for 
expenses necessary to carry out locomotive inspection activities: Pro-
vided, That Joint Board members and cooperating State commis-
sioners may use Government transportation requests when traveling 
in connection with their duties as such. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 
ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including 
research, development, operations, services, minor construction, sup-
plies, materials, equipment; maintenance, repair, and alteration of 
real and personal property; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and 
'operation of other than administrative aircraft necessary for the con-
duct and support of aeronautical and space research and development 
activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
$4,363,594,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION or 
FACILITIES 
For advance planning, design, and construction of facilities for the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration and for the acquisi-
tion or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law, 
$262,880,500, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the operation 
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of Septem-
ber 1,.1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); minor construction; sup- 
es stat. HM. 
plies, materials, services, and equipment; awards; purchase or hire of 
not to exceed two aircraft for administrative use; maintenance and 
operation of administrative aircraft; purchase and hire of motor 
vehicles (including purchase of not to exceed eighty-five passenger 
motor vehicles, of which forty shall be for replacement only); and 
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[78 STAT. 
maintenance, repair, and alteration of real and personal property; 
$623,525,500. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation made available 
to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration by this Act 
may be transferred to any other such apj)ropriation. 
Not to exceed $35,000 of the appropriation "Administrative Opera-
tions" in this Act for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion shall be available for scientific consultations or extraordinary 
expense, to be expended upon the approval or authority of the 
Administrator and his determination shall be final and conclusive. 
No part of any appropriation made available to the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration by this Act shall be used for 
expenses of participating in a manned lunar landing to be carried 
out jointly by the IJnited States and any other country without the 
consent oi the Congress. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL HOUSING AUTHORITY 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES 
For the operation and maintenance of properties under title I of 
D*c* Code 5-1 1 ^^® District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act, $37,000: Provided, That 
o e -111. f^u j.g(.gjp^g (jgpjyg(j fPQjjj gj^lgglga^ggSQJ. Q^j^ej. SQ^rces shall be covered 
into the Treasury of the United States monthly: Provided 
further, 
That so long as funds are available from appropriations for the fore-
going purposes, the provisions of section 507 of the Housing Act of 
64 Stat. 81. 
1950 (Public Law 475, Eighty-first Congress), shall not be effective. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the National 
64 Stat. 149. 
Scieucc Fouudatiou Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), 
including award of graduate fellowships; services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); purchase, 
maintenance and operation of one aircraft; hire of one aircraft; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception 
and representation expenses; and reimbursement of the General Serv-
ices Administration for security guard services; $420,400,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the foregoing 
amount not less than $37,600,000 shall be available for tuition, grants, 
and allowances in connection with a program of supplementary train-
ing for secondary school science and mathematics teachers: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of the foregoing appropriation 
may be used to purchase foreign currencies which accrue under title I 
of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 
72 Stat. 275. 
^g amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), for the purposes authorized by section 
104(k) of that Act: Provided further. That no part of the foregoing 
appropriation may be transferred to any other agency of the govern-
ment for research without the approval of the Bureau of the Budget. 
RENEGOTIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Renegotiation Board, including hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by section 15 
60 Stat. 810. 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), $2,600,000. 
78 STAT. ] 
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659 
SECUEITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
68 Stat. 1114. 
For necessary expenses, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 2131), and services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates for 
^o stat. sio. 
individuals not to exceed $100 per diem, $14,680,000. 
SELECTIVE 
SERVICE 
SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the 
Selective Service System, as authorized by title I of the Universal 
Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 604), as amended, includ- ^^^^^^^ ^^^' 
ing services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U.S.C. 55a); hire of motor vehicles; purchase of thirteen passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only; not to exceed $62,000 for the 
National Selective Service Appeal Board; and $38,000 for the 
National Advisory Committee on the Selection of Physicians, Den-
tists, and Allied Specialists; $40,009,000: Provided, That during the 
current fiscal year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 
the provisions of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, 
^^ "^^ ^^^• 
as amended, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the 
interest of national defense. 
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, including expenses incidental to securing 
employment for and recognition of war veterans; uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by law; not to exceed $1,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; reimbursement of the Depart-
ment of the Army for the services of the officer assigned to the Vet-
erans Administration to serve as Assistant Deputy Administrator; and 
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security 
guard service; $155,125,000: Provided, That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be used to pay in excess of twenty-two persons engaged in 
public relations work: Provided further, That no part of this appro-
priation shall be used to pay educational institutions for reports and 
certifications of attendance at such institutions an allowance at a rate 
in excess of $1 per month for each eligible veteran enrolled in and 
attending such institution. 
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for administration of the medical, hospital, 
domiciliary, construction and supply, research, employee education 
and training activities, as authorized by law, $14,200,000. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for carrying out programs of medical and 
prosthetic research and development, as authorized by law, to remain 
available until expended, $37,000,000, of which $1,275,000 shall be for 
prosthetic research and development activities. 
660 
PUBLIC LAW 88-507-AUG. 30, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
MEDICAL CARE 
For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of hos-
pitals and domiciliary^ facilities; for furnishing, as authorized by law, 
inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the 
Veterans Administration including care and treatment in facilities 
not under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration, and fur-
nishing recreational articles and facilities; maintenance, operation 
and acquisition of farms and burial grounds; repairing, altering, im-
proving or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 
under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration, not otherwise 
provided for, either by contract, or by the hire of temporary employees 
and purchase of materials; purchase of eighty-four passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only; uniforms or allowances therefor as 
68 Stat. 1114. 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 2131); and aid to State homes as au-
Anu, p. 500. 
thorized by section 641 of title 38, United States Code; $1,115,935,000, 
plus reimbursements: Provided^ That allotments and transfers may 
be made from this appropriation to the Department of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare (Public Health Service), the Army, Navy, and 
Air Force Departments, for disbursements by them under the various 
headings of their applicable appropriations, of such amounts as are 
necessary for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans 
Administration. 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
For the payment of compensation, pensions, gratuities, and allow-
ances (including burial awards authorized by section 902 of title 38, 
72 Stat. 1169. 
United States Code, burial flags, and subsistence allowances for 
vocational rehabilitation), authorized under any Act of Congress, or 
regulation of the President based thereon, including emergency offi-
cers' retirement pay and annuities, the administration of which is 
now or may hereafter be placed in the Veterans Administration, and 
for the payment of adjusted-service credits as provided in sections 
43 Stat. 125, 
401 and 601 of the Act of May 19, 1924, as amended, and for payment 
' 6
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2 Stat. 984. 
^^ amounts of compromises or settlements under 28 U.S.C. 2677 of 
tort claims potentially subject to the offset provisions of 38 U.S.C. 
351, $3,963,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
72 Stat. 1124; 
76 Stat. 950. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
72 Stat. 1167 
et aeq. 
For the payment of benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized 
by part VIII, Veterans Regulation No. 1(a), as saved from repeal by 
38 use note 
scction 12(a) of the Act of September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1264), and 
prec. p . 1. 
chapters 21, 33, 35, 37, and 39 of title 38, United States Code, and for 
supplies, equipment, and tuition authorized by chapter 31 of title 38, 
United States Code, $37,100,000, to remain available until expended. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, for national service life insur-
ance, for servicemen's indemnities, and for service-disabled veterans 
insurance, $13,700,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITAL AND DOMICILIARY FACILITIES 
For hospital and domiciliary facilities, for planning and for major 
alterations, improvements, and repairs and extending any of the 
facilities under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration or for 
78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-5a7-AUG. 30, 1%4 
661 
any of the purposes set forth in sections 5001, 5002, and 5004, title 38, 
United States Code, $98,103,000, to remain available until expended: 
^^ stat. 1251. 
Provided^ That the limitation under the head "Hospital and domi-
ciliary facilities" in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1957, 
^o ^*^*- ^so. 
on the amount available for major alteration, rehabilitation, and mod-
ernization for the continued operation of the hospital at McKinney, 
Texas, is reduced from "$2,000,000" to "$1,990,000". 
GRANTS TO THE REPUBLIC OP THE PHILIPPINES 
For payment to the Republic of the Philippines of grants in accord-
ance with sections 631 to 634 of title 38, United States Code, for 
72 stat. 1145. 
expenses incident to medical care and treatment of veterans, $310,000. 
LOAN GUARANTY REVOLVING FUND 
During the current fiscal year, the Loan guaranty revolving fund 
shall be available for expenses, but not to exceed $380,000,000, for 
property acquisitions and other loan guaranty and insurance opera-
tions under Chapter 37, title 38, United States Code, except ad- ^
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ministrative expenses, as authorized by section 1824 of such title: ^as^usc^iloi-
Provided^ That the retained earnings of the Direct loans to veterans 1825. 
and reserves revolving fund shall oe available, during the current 
fiscal year, for transfer to said Loan guaranty revolving fund in such 
amounts as may be necessary to provide for the foregoing expenses: 
Provided 
further^ That, in addition, not to exceed $200,000,000 of 
unobligated balances of said Direct loans revolving fund shall be 
available, during the current fiscal year, for transfer to the Loan 
guaranty revolving fund in such amount as may be necessary to 
provide for the foregoing expenses and the Administrator of Vet-
erans' Affairs shall not be required to pay interest on amounts so 
transferred after the time of such transfer. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation for the current 
fiscal year for "Compensation and pensions , "Readjustment bene-
fits", and "Veterans insurance and indemnities" may be transferred to 
any other of the mentioned appropriations, but not to exceed 10 per 
centum of the appropriations so augmented. 
Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the 
current fiscal year for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
U.S.C. 55a). 
.
.
. 
. . 
60 Stat. 810. 
The appropriation available to the Veterans Administration for 
the current fiscal year for "Medical care" shall be available for funeral, 
burial, and other expenses incidental thereto (except burial awards 
authorized by section 902 of title 38, United States Code), for bene- 
^^ stat. iies. 
ficiaries of the Veterans Administration receiving care under such 
appropriations. 
No part of the appropriations in this Act for the Veterans Admin-
istration (except the appropriation for "Construction of hospital and 
domiciliary facilities") shall be available for the purchase of any 
site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home. 
No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be available for hos-
pitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled 
under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimburse-
ment of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be 
fixed by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs. 
662 
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[78 STAT. 
Travel 
penses. 
Positions of em-
ployees entering 
Armed Forces. 
Real estate pur-
chase or sale, 
restriction. 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 102. Where appropriations in this title are expendable for 
travel expenses of employees and no specific limitation has been placed 
thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not exceed the 
amounts set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for the 
appropriations: Provided^ That this section shall not apply to travel 
performed by uncompensated officials of local boards and appeal 
boards of the Selective Service System, to travel performed in con-
nection vt^ith the investigation of aircraft accidents by the Civil Aero-
nautics Board, to travel performed directly in connection with care 
and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Veterans Administra-
tion, or to payments to interagency motor pools where separately set 
forth in the budget schedules. 
SEC. 103. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall 
be available to pay the salary of any person filling a position, other 
than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has 
left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satis-
factorily completed his period of active military or naval service and 
has within ninety days after his release from such service or from 
hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more 
than one year made application for restoration to his former position 
and has been certified by the Civil Service Commission as still qualified 
to perform the duties of his former position and has not been restored 
thereto. 
SEC. 104. No part of any appropriation made available by the 
provisions of this title shall be used for the purchase or sale of real 
estate or for the purpose of establishing new offices outside the District 
of Columbia: Provided^ That this limitation shall not apply to pro-
grams which have been approved by the Congress and appropriations 
made therefor. 
61 Stat. 584. 
31 use 849. 
60 Stat. 810. 
68 Stat. 1114. 
T I T L E II—CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies, respectively, are hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency 
and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments 
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 
of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may 
be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Budget 
for the current fiscal year for each such corporation or agency, 
except as hereinafter provided: 
FEDERAL 
HOME 
LOAN 
BANK BOARD 
LIMITATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND NONADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, 
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK BOARD 
Not to exceed a total of $3,747,500 shall be available for adminis-
trative expenses of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, which may 
procure services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individ-
uals, and contracts for such services with one organization may be 
renewed annually, and uniforms or allowances therefor in accordance 
with the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131-2133), 
and said amount shall be derived from funds available to the Federal 
Home Loan Bank Board, including those in the Federal Home Loan 
Bank Board revolving fund and receipts of the Board for the current 
fiscal year and prior fiscal years, and the Board may utilize and may 
78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-507-AUG. 30, 1964 
663 
make payment for services and facilities of the Federal home-loan 
banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the Federal Savings and Loan 
Insurance Corporation, and other agencies of the Government (includ-
ing payment for office space) : Provided^ That all necessary expenses 
in connection with the conservatorship of institutions insured by the 
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation or preparation for 
or conduct of proceedings under section 6(i) of the Federal Home 
Loan Bank Act or under section 5(d) of the Home Owners' Loan 
^j^sc i426 
Act of 1933 or section 407 or 408 of the National Housing Act and 
es stat. 634.' 
all necessary expenses (including services performed on a contract or 
1
2 use i464. 
fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with 73 statf 69^1!^' 
the handling, including the purchase, sale, and exchange, of securities 
1
2 use 1730, 
on behalf of Federal home-loan banks, and the sale, issuance, and ^^^°^* 
retirement of, or payment of interest on, debentures or bonds, under 
the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as amended, shall be considered as 
nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof: Provided 
further, 
That members and alternates of the Federal Savings and Loan Ad-
visory Council shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Board 
as approved by the Board for transportation expenses incurred in 
attendance at meetings of or concerned with the work of such Coun-
cil and may be paid not to exceed $25 per diem in lieu of subsistence: 
Provided 
further, 
That expenses of any functions of supervision 
(except of Federal home-loan banks) vested in or exercisable by the 
Board shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That, notwith-
standing any other provisions of this Act, except for the limitation 
in amount hereinbefore specified, the administrative expenses and 
other obligations of the Board shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in 
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act 
of July 22, 1932, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1421-1449) : Provided fur- 
^7 stat. 72s. 
ther, That the nonadministrative expenses (except those included in 
the first proviso hereof) for the supervision and examination of Fed-
eral and State chartered institutions (other than special examinations 
determined by the Board to be necessary) shall not exceed $13,120,000 
for not to exceed 1,000 positions. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL SAVINGS AND 
LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION 
Not to exceed $225,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, 
which shall be on an accrual basis and shall be exclusive of interest 
paid, depreciation, properly capitalized expenditures, expenses in 
connection with liquidation of insured institutions or preparation for 
or conduct of proceedings under section 407 or 408 of the National 
Housing Act, liquidation or handling of assets of or derived from 
insured institutions, payment of insurance, and action for or toward 
the avoidance, termination, or minimizing of losses in the case of 
insured institutions, legal fees and expenses, and payments for expenses 
of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board determined by said Board to 
be properly allocable to said Corporation, and said Corporation may 
utilize and may make payment for services and facilities of the Federal 
home-loan banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the Federal Home Loan 
Bank Board, and other agencies of the Government: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, except for the 
limitation in amount hereinbefore specified, the 
administrative 
expenses and other obligations of said Corporation shall be incurred, 
allowed and paid in accordance with title IV of the Act of June 27, 
1934, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1724-I730a). 
48 stat. 1255; 
73 stat. 691. 
31-667 0-65—45 
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PUBLIC LAW 88-507-AUG. 30, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE 
AGENCY 
LIMITATION 
ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, OFFICE OF THE 
ADMINISTRATOR, COLLEGE HOUSING LOANS 
Not to exceed $1,900,000 shall be available for all administrative 
expenses of carrying out the functions of the Administrator imder the 
program of housing loans to educational institutions (title IV of the 
64 Stat. 77. 
Housiug Act of 1950, as amended, 12 U.S.C. 1749-1749(1), but this 
amount shall be exclusive of payment for services and facilities of the 
Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof, the Federal home-loan 
banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-
1831). 
64 Stat. 873. 
69 Stat. 642. 
42 use 1491-
LIMITATION 
ON ADMINISTRATIVE 
EXPENSES, OFFICE OF THE 
ADMINISTRATOR, PUBLIC FACILITY LOANS 
Not to exceed $1,220,000 of funds in the revolving fund established 
t^ -ov- i,,i- 
pursuant to title I I of the Housing Amendments of 1955, as amended, 
1497.""" ^^" 
shall be available for administrative expenses, but this amount shall 
be exclusive of payment for services and facilities of the Federal 
Reserve banks or any member thereof, the Federal home-loan banks, 
and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831). 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, OFFICE OF THE 
ADMINISTRATOR, REVOLVING FUND (LIQUIDATING PROGRAMS) 
During the current fiscal year not to exceed $110,000 shall be avail-
able for administrative expenses, but this amount shall be exclusive 
of expenses necessary in the case of defaulted obligations to protect 
the interests of the Government and legal services on a contract or 
fee basis and of payment for services and facilities of the Federal 
Reserve banks or any member thereof, any servicer approved by the 
Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal home-loan banks, 
and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831). 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND NONADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
Not to exceed $915,000 of funds in the revolving fund established 
pursuant to section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended (12 
73 Stat. 667. 
U.S.C. 1701q et seq.), shall be available for administrative and non-
administrative expenses, but this amount shall be exclusive of payment 
for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Associa-
tion, the Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof, the Federal 
home-loan banks and any insured bank within the meaning of the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 
1811-1831). 
78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-507-AUG. 30, 1964 
665 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL NATIONAL 
MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
Not to exceed $8,500,000 shall be available for administrative ex-
penses, which shall be on an accrual basis, and shall be exclusive of 
interest paid, expenses (including expenses for fiscal agency services 
performed on a contract or fee basis) in connection with the issuance 
and servicing of securities, depreciation, properly capitalized expendi-
tures, fees for servicing mortgages, expenses (including services per-
formed on a force account, contract, or fee basis, but not including other 
personal services) in connection with the acquisition, protection, opera-
tion, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of real or personal 
property belonging to said Association or in which it has an interest, 
cost of salaries, wages, travel, and other expenses of persons employed 
outside of the continental United States, expenses of services performed 
on a contract or fee basis in connection with the performance of legal 
services, and all administrative expenses reimbursable from other Gov-
ernment agencies, and said Association may utilize and may make 
payment for services and facilities of the Federal Reserve banks and 
other agencies of the Government: Provided^ That the distribution of 
administrative expenses to the accounts of the Association shall be 
made in accordance with generally recognized accounting principles 
and practices. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND NONADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
For administrative expenses in carrying out duties imposed by or 
pursuant to law, not to exceed $9,687,500 of the various funds of the 
Federal Housing Administration shall be available, in accordance with 
the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701), including 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 
1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131) : Provided, That funds shall be 
^^ ^tat. iiu. 
available for contract actuarial services (not to exceed $1,500) : Pro-
vided further. That nonadministrative expenses classified by section 2 
of Public Law 387, approved October 25, 1949, shall not exceed 
63 stat. 905. 
$78,000,000. 
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LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND NONADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, 
PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
Not to exceed the amount appropriated for such expenses by title I 
of this Act shall be available for the administrative expenses of the 
Public Housing Administration in carrving out the provisions of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1401-
1433), including purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as 
so stat. sss. 
authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
2131) : Provided, That necessary expenses of providing representa-
tives of the Administration at the sites of non-Federal projects in 
connection with the construction of such non-Federal projects by 
public housing agencies with the aid of the Administration, shall be 
compensated by such agencies by the payment of fixed fees which 
in the aggregate in relation to the development costs of such projects 
will cover the costs of rendering such services, and expenditures by 
the Administration for such purpose shall be considered nonadmin-
istrative expenses, and funds received from such payments may be 
used only for the payment of necessary expenses of providing repre-
sentatives of the Administration at the sites of non-Federal projects: 
Provided further. That all expenses of the Public Housing Admin-
48 Stat. 1246. 
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PUBLIC LAW 88-508-AUG. 30, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
istration not specifically limited in this Act, in carrying out its duties 
imposed by law, shall not exceed $1,420,000. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Publicity or 
propaganda. 
SEG. 301. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, 
or of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or 
agency included in this Act, shall be used for publicity or propaganda 
purposes designed to support or defeat legislation pending before 
the Congress. 
Personnel work. 
gjjQ^ 3(}2. No part of auy appropriation contained in this Act, or 
of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency 
included in this Act, shall be used to pay the compensation of any 
employee engaged in personnel work in excess of the number that 
would be provided by a ratio of one such employee to one hundred 
and thirty-five, or a part thereof, full-time, part-time, and intermittent 
employees of the corporation or agency concerned: Provided^ That for 
purposes of this section employees shall be considered as engaged in 
personnel work if they spend half time or more in personnel adminis-
tration consisting of direction and administration of the personnel 
program; employment, placement, and separation; job evaluation and 
classification; employee relations and services; wage administration; 
and processing, recording, and reporting. 
SEC. 303. 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 indirect expenses in connection with such project in excess 
of 20 per centum of the direct costs. 
SEC. 304. 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 
establishment of a national service corps or similar domestic peace 
corps type of program. 
This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices Appropriation 
Act,, 1965". 
Approved August 30, 1964. ' 
Research proj-
ects. 
Indirect ex-
penses. 
Short title. 
August 30, 1964 
[H. R. 7662] 
Public Law 88-508 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, as amended, to provide 
appeal rights to employees of the Canal Zone Government and the Panama 
Canal Company. 
Canal Zone 
employees. 
Appeal rights. 
5 use 133y-16 
note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That section 42 of 
the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (39 Stat. 750; 5 U.S.C. 
793), as amended, is amended by adding at the end of the second para-
graph the following: "The same right of appeal shall exist respecting 
claims filed by employees of the Canal Zone Government and of the 
Panama Canal Company or their dependents in case of death, as is 
provided with respect to the claims of other employees of the Federal 
Government, under the provisions of section 3 of Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1946 (60 Stat. 1095), and the Appeals Board estab-
lished pursuant to such reorganization plan shall have jurisdiction, 
under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of I^^vbor, over appeals 
relating to claims of such employees or their dependents." 
Approved August 30, 1964.