An Act making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the Judiciary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes
PL 82-188 (H.R.4740), enacted 10/22/1951

65 STAT. 
PUBLIC LAW 188—OCT. 22, 1951 
SEC. 5. The benefits provided in this Act shall not be available to any 
veteran who has not made application for such benefits to the Admin-
istrator within three years after the effective date of this Act, or 
within three years after the date of the veteran's discharge or release 
from active service if the veteran is not discharged or released until 
on or after said effective date. 
SEC. 6. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Veterans' 
Administration, out of any moneys in tne Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, such sums as may be required to curry into effect the 
provisions of this Act. 
SAM RAYBURN 
Speaker of the House oj Re/presentatives. 
ALBEN W BARKLEY 
Vice President oj the United States and 
President of the Senate. 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, 
October 19 {legislative day, October 1), 1951. 
The Senate having proceeded to reconsider the bill (S. 1864) entitled 
' A n Act to authorize payments by the Administrator of Veterans' 
Affairs on the purchase of automobiles or other conveyances by cer-
tain disabled veterans, and for other purposes", returned by the 
President of the United States with his objections, to the Senate, in 
which it originated, it was 
Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two-thirds of the Senators 
present having voted in the affirmative. 
Attest: 
LESLIE L BIFFLE 
Secretary. 
I certify that this Act originated in the Senate. 
LESLIE L BIFFLE 
Secretary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U . S. 
October 20,1951. 
The House having proceeded to reconsider the bill (S. 1864) entitled 
'An Act to authorize payments by the Administrator of Veterans' 
Affairs on the purchase of automobiles or other conveyances by cer-
tain disabled veterans, and for other purposes", returned by the 
President of the United States with his objections, to the Senate, 
in which it originated, and passed by the Senate on reconsideration 
of the same, it was 
Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two-thirds of the Representa-
tives present having voted in the affirmative. 
Attest: 
RALPH R ROBERTS 
Clerk. 
Time limitation foi-
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Appropriation 
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Public Law 188 
CHAPTER 5 3 3 
AN ACT 
October 22,1951 
[H. E. 4740] 
Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and 
the Judiciary, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1952, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
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wise appropriated, for the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, 
and the Judiciary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, namely: 
D e p a r t m e n t 
of 
S t a t e Appropriation 
Act, 1952. 
60 Stat. 999. 
60 Stat. 713. 
64 Stat. 12. 
22 U. 8. C. § 1621 
note. 
Printing and bind-
ing. 
40 Stat. 1270. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Rental of tie lines 
and teletype e q u i p -
ment. 
Refund of certain 
passport fees. 
Relief, etc., of Amer-
ican seamen. 
Consular prisons, 
etc. 
62 Stat. 825. 
Advance payment 
of rentals or leases. 
Purchase of foreign 
currencies, etc. 
Automobiles. 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State not otherwise 
provided for, including expenses authorized by the Foreign Service 
Act of 1946, as amended (22 U. S. C. 801-1158), not otherwise pro-
vided for; expenses of the National Commission on Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Cooperation as authorized by sections 3,5, and 
6 of the Act of July 30, 1946 (22 U. S. C. 287o, 287q, 287r) ; not to 
exceed $200,000 for the settlement of claims as authorized by Public 
Law 455, approved March 10, 1950; expenses of attendance at 
meetings concerned with activities provided for under this appro-
priation; hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance and oper-
ation of aircraft outside the continental United States; printing 
and binding outside the continental United States without regard 
to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. I l l ) ; services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
55a) ; purchase of uniforms; insurance of official motor vehicles 
in foreign countries when required by law of such countries; 
dues for library membership in organizations which issue publications 
to members only, or to members at a price lower than to others; rental 
of tie lines and teletype equipment; employment of aliens, by contract, 
for services abroad; refund of fees erroneously charged and paid for 
passports; establishment, maintenance, and operation of passport and 
despatch agencies; examination of estimates of appropriations in the 
field; ice and drinking water for use abroad; excise taxes on negotiable 
instruments abroad; loss by exchange; radio communications; pay-
ment in advance for subscriptions to commercial information, tele-
phone and similar services abroad; relief, protection, and burial of 
American seamen, and alien seamen in foreign countries and in the 
United States Territories and possessions; expenses incurred in 
acknowledging services of officers and crews of foreign vessels and 
aircraft in rescuing American seamen, airmen, or citizens from ship-
wreck or other catastrophe abroad; rent and expenses of maintaining 
in Egypt, Morocco, and Muscat, institutions for American convicts 
and persons declared insane by any consular court, and care and trans-
portation of prisoners and persons declared insane; expenses, as 
authorized by law (18 U. S. C. 3192), of bringing to the United States 
from foreign countries persons charged with crime; and procurement 
by contract or otherwise, of services, supplies, and facilities, as follows: 
(1^ translating, (2) analysis and tabulation of technical information, 
(3) preparationof special maps, globes, and geographic aids, (4) main-
tenance, improvement, and repair of diplomatic and consular 
properties in foreign countries, including minor construction on 
Government-owned properties, (5) fuel and utilities for Government-
owned or leased property abroad, and (6) rental or lease, for periods 
not exceeding ten years, of offices, buildings, grounds, and living 
quarters for the use of the Foreign Service, for which payments 
may be made in advance; $74,200,000, of which not to exceed 
$56,079,253 shall be available for personal services: Provided^ 
That not less than $7,500,000 of this appropriation shall be used to pur-
chase foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of 
the United States for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: 
Provided further^ That pursuant to section 201 (c) of the Act of June 
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577 
30, 1949 (41 U. S. C. 231c), passenger motor vehicles in possession of 
4fu^s 0^231 (c). 
the Foreign Service abroad may be exchanged or sold and the exchange 
allowances or proceeds of such sales shall be available without fiscal 
year limitation for replacement of an equal number of such vehicles 
and the cost, including the exchange allowance, of each such xeplace-
ment shall not exceed $3,000 in the case of the chief of mission automo-
bile at each diplomatic mission and $1,400 in the case of all other such 
vehicles except station wagons. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES 
For representation allowances as authorized by section 901 (3) of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U. S. C. 1131), $675,000. 
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ACQUISITION or BUILDINGS ABROAD 
For carrying into effect the Act of July 25, 1946 (22 U. S. C. 295b), 
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including the initial alterations, repair, and furnishing of buildings 
acquired under said Act, $7,500,000, of which not to exceed $94,500 
shall be available for personal services, and which is exclusively for 
expenditure under the provisions of said Act which relate to payments 
representing the value of foreign property or credits: Provided^ That, 
when specincally authorized by the Secretary of State or such Assistant 
Secretary as he may designate, section 6 of the Act of May 7, 1926, 
^u.^s'.c.^5297. 
may be construed as including leaseholds of not less than ten years. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to meet 
unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv-
ice, to be expended pursuant to the requirement of section 291 of the 
Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 107), $9,900,000: Provided, That the 
Secretary of State may delegate to subordinate officials the authority 
vested in him by section 291 of the Revised Statutes pertaining to 
certification of expenditures. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses necessary to meet annual obligations to international 
organizations, the Government of Panama, and Gorgas Memorial 
Institute, pursuant to treaties, conventions, or specific Acts of Con-
gress, $30,297,861: Provided, That the Department of State, when ^sm-pius property for 
requested by the United Nations, is authorized to acquire surplus prop-
erty for the United Nations in accordance with existing surplus 
property disposal laws and regulations, and the contribution of the 
United States to the United Nations shall be reduced by the value of 
the surplus property and necessary expenses, including transportation 
costs, incidental to the acquisition thereof. 
MISSIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses necessary for permanent representation to certain 
international organizations in which the United States participates 
pursuant to treaties, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress, includ-
ing expenses authorized by the pertinent Acts and Conventions pro-
viding for such representation; attendance at meetings of societies or 
associations concerned with the work of the organizations; salaries, 
expenses, and allowances of personnel and dependents as authorized 
by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U. S. C. 801-1158); 
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purchase (not to exceed one, for replacement only) and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; printing and binding, without regard to sec-
40Stat. 1270. 
tion 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. I l l ) ; and purchase 
of uniforms for guards and chauffeurs, $1,400,000, of which not to 
exceed $1,179,540 shall be available for personal services: Provided^ 
That the provisions of section 8 of the United Nations Participation 
^ u"s. 0^5287e. 
^^^ ^^ 1945, as amended, and regulations thereunder, applicable to 
expenses incurred pursuant to that Act, may be applicable to the obli-
gation and expenditure of funds in connection with United States par-
ticipation in the International Civil Aviation Organization. 
INTERNATIONAL CONTINGENCIES 
For necessary expenses of participation by the United States upon 
approval by the Secretary of State, in international activities which 
arise from time to time in the conduct of foreign affairs and for which 
specific appropriations have not been provided pursuant to treaties, 
conventions, or special Acts of Congress, including personal services 
without regard to civil-service and classification laws; salaries, 
expenses and allowances of personnel and dependents as authorized 
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0 Stat. 999. 
by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U. S. C. 801-1158); 
employment of aliens; travel expenses without regard to the Standard-
ized Government Travel Regulations and without regard to the rates 
of per diem allowances in lieu of subsistence expenses under the Travel 
5\f's*c^5'83.5note Expense Act of 1949; not to exceed $15 per diem in lieu of subsistence 
for persons serving without compensation in an advisory capacity 
while away from their homes or regular places of business; rent of 
quarters by contract or otherwise; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
contributions for the share of the United States in expenses of inter-
national organizations; and printing and binding without regard to 
40 Stat. 1270. 
section 11 of the Act of March 1,1919 (44 U. S. C. I l l ) ; $2,500,000, of 
which not to exceed a total of $100,000 may be expended for repre-
sentation allowances as authorized by section 901 (3) of the Act of 
60Stat. 1026. 
August 13, 1946 (22 U. S. C. 1131) and for entertainment. 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES 
AND MEXICO 
For expenses necessary to enable the United States to meet its 
15^2-^3^sffSfo?^ • obligations under the treaties of 1884, 1889,1905,1906,1933, and 1944 
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; between the United States and Mexico, and to comply with the other 
59 Stat. 1219. 
i^^g applicable to the United States Section, International Boundary 
and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, including opera-
tion and maintenance of the Rio Grande rectification, canalization, 
flood control, bank protection, boundary fence, and sanitation projects; 
detailed plan preparation and construction (including surveys and 
operation and maintenance and protection during construction); Rio 
Grande emergency flood protection; expenditures for the purposes set 
»u*8TH277d- ^^^^^ ^^ sections 101 through 104 of Public Law 786, approved Sep-
i_277d-4; 
tember 13, 1950; purchase of three passenger motor vehicles for 
Leasing o
f private replacement only; purchase of planographs and lithographs; and 
property. 
leasing of private property to remove therefrom sand, gravel, stone, 
and other materials, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised 
Statutes, as amended (41 U. S. C. 5); as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, regular boundary activities, including 
examinations, preliminary surveys, and investigations, $900,000, of 
which not to exceed $737,550 shall be available for personal services. 
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579 
48 Stat. 1621. 
49 Stat. 660. 
55 Stat. 338. 
64 Stat. 846. 
22 U. S. C. § 277(1-1 
note. 
59 Stat. 1219. 
Lower Rio Orand(> 
flood-control project. 
I n t e r n a t i o n a l 
Boundary and Watei: 
Commission. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of projects author-
ized by the Convention concluded February 1, 1933, between the 
United States and Mexico, the Acts approved August 19, 1935, as 
amended (22 U. S. C. 277-277f), August 29, 1935 (49 Stat. 961), 
June 4, 1936 (49 Stat. 1463), June 28, 1941 (22 U. S. C. 277f), Sep-
tember 13, 1950 (Public Law 786), and the projects stipulated in the 
treaty between the United States and Mexico signed at Washington 
on February 3, 1944, $12,000,000, of which not to exceed $1,188,939 
shall be available for personal services, to remain available until 
expended: Provided^ That no expenditures shall be made for the lower 
Rio Grande flood-control project for construction on any land, site, 
or easement in connection with this project except such as has been 
acquired by donation and the title thereto has been approved by the 
Attorney General of the United States: Provided 
further^ 
That 
expenditures for the Rio Grande bank-protection project shall be 
subject to the provisions and conditions contained in the appropriation 
for said project as provided by the Act approved April 25, 1945 
(59 Stat, 89) : Provided further^ That unexpended balances of appro-
priations for construction under the International Boundary and 
Water Commission available for the next preceding fiscal year shall 
be merged with this appropriation and shall continue available until 
expended. 
RIO GR.4NDE EMERGENCY FLOOD PROTECTION 
For emergency flood-control work, including protection, reconstruc-
tion, and repair of all structures under the jurisdiction of the Inter-
national Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, 
threatened or damaged by floodwaters of the Rio Grande, which have 
heretofore been authorized and erected under the provisions of treaties 
between the United States and Mexico, or in pursuance of Federal 
laws authorizing improvements on the Rio Grande, $30,000, to be 
merged with the unobligated balance of the appropriation for this 
purpose for the next preceding fiscal year, and to remain available 
until expended. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to perform the 
obligations of the United States pursuant to conventions between the 
United States and Canada signed May 26, 1930 (50 Stat. 1355) and 
January 29, 1937 (50 Stat. 1351), treaties between the United States-
and Great Britain, in respect to Canada, signed January 11, 1909 
(36 Stat. 2448) and February 24, 1925 (44 Stat. 2102), the treaty 
between the United States and Canada signed February 27, 1950, and 
Convention between the United States and Costa Rica signed May 31, 
1949, including stenographic reporting services by contract; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; the United States share of the expenses of 
the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission, the Interna-
tional Fisheries Commission, and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna 
Commission, which except for the expenses of the members, may be 
advanced to the respective Commissions; $702,000, of which not to 
exceed $268,888 shall be available for personal services, to be disbursed 
under the direction of the Secretary of State and to be available also 
for additional expenses of the American Sections, International Com-
missions, as hereinafter set forth: 
International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, the commSstonr^u"[°'s* 
salary of one Commissioner on the part of the United States who and Canada! 
shall serve at the pleasure of the President (the other Commissioners 
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[65 STAT. 
Transfer of funds. 
International Bound-
ary Commlssion.U. S., 
Alaska, and Canada. 
62 Stat. 6. 
S3 Stat. 1290. 
60 Stat. 754; 63 Stat. 
630. 
64 Stat. 1081. 
Temporary person-
nel. 
Aliens. 
Investigation. 
Travel expenses. 
60 Stat. 999. 
Purchase of space in 
foreign publications. 
20 Stat. 216. 
60 Stat. 810. 
31 U. S. C. § 529. 
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demonstration sta-
tions. 
to serve in that capacity without compensation therefor); salaries of 
clerks and other employees appointed by the Commissioners on the 
part of the United States with the approval solely of the Secretary 
of State; travel expenses and compensation of witnesses in attending 
hearings of the Commission at such places in the United States and 
Canada as the Commission or the American Commissioners shall 
determine to be necessary; and special and technical investigations in 
connection with matters falling within the Commission's jurisdiction: 
Provided^ That the Secretary of State is authorized to transfer to any 
department or independent establishment of the Government, with 
the consent of the head thereof, funds from this appropriation for 
direct expenditure by such department or establishment for such 
investigations. 
International Boundary Commission, United States, Alaska, and 
Canada, the completion of such remaining work as may be required 
under the award of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal and the existing 
treaties between the United States and Great Britain; commutation 
of subsistence to employees while on field duty, not to exceed $6 per 
day each (but not to exceed $3 per day each when a member of a 
field party and subsisting in camp) ; hire of freight and passenger 
motor vehicles from temporary field employees; and payment for 
timber necessarily cut in keeping the boundary line clear. 
INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL. ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Department of State to carry 
out international information and educational activities as authorized 
by the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 
1948 (22 U. S. C. 1431-1479) and the Act of August 9,1939 (22 U. S. C. 
501), and to administer the programs authorized by section 32 (b) (2) 
of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 
1641 (b)), the Act of August 24, 1949 (20 U. S. C. 222-224), and the 
Act of September 29, 1950 (Public Law 861), including employment, 
without regard to the civil-service and classification laws, of (1) 
persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $120,000), (2) aliens 
within the United States, and (3) aliens abroad for service in the 
United States relating to the translation or narration of colloquial 
speech in foreign languages (such aliens to be investigated for such 
employment in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary 
of State and the Attorney General); travel expenses of aliens employed 
abroad for service in the United States and dependents to and from 
the United States; salaries, expenses, and allowances of personnel and 
dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as 
amended (22 U. S. C. 801-1158); expenses of attendance at meetings 
concerned with activities provided for under this appropriation (not 
to exceed $8,000); entertainment within the United States (not to 
exceed $5,000); hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of space in 
foreign language publications abroad, without regard to the provisions 
of law set forth in 44 U. S. C. 322; services as authorized by section 
15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); advance of funds not-
withstanding section 3648 of the Revised Statutes as amended; actual 
expenses of preparing and transporting to their former homes the 
remains of persons, not United States Government employees, who 
may die away from their homes while participating in activities 
authorized under this appropriation; establishment and operation of 
agricultural and other experiment and demonstration stations in other 
American countries, on land acquired by gift or lease, and construction 
of necessary buildings thereon; radio activities and acquisition and 
production of motion pictures and visual materials and purchase or 
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rental of technical equipment and facilities therefor, narration, script-
writing, translation, and engineering services, by contract or other-
wise ; and purchase of objects for presentation to foreign governments, 
schools, or organizations; $85,000,000, of which not to exceed $34,000,-
000 shall be available for personal services: Provided, That not to ^^U-J^-representation 
exceed $50,000 may be used for representation abroad: Provided 
fur-
ther, That $6,500,000 shall be available for the exchange of persons: ^oS!*'^^^^ ""^ ^"' 
Provided 
further. 
That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 
international short-
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ment of State is authorized in making contracts for the use of the 
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of said radio stations and facilities from such funds as may be here-
after appropriated for the purpose against loss or damage on account 
of injury to persons or property arising from such use of said radio 
stations and facilities: Provided further, That in the acquisition of 
leasehold interests payments may be made in advance for the entire 
term or any part theieof: Provided further, That funds herein appro- 
Restriction on pur-
priated shall not be used to purchase more than 75 per centum of the time. ° '°* casting 
effective daily broadcasting time from any person or corporation hold-
ing an international short-wave broadcasting license from the Federal 
Communications Commission without the consent of such licensee: 
Provided further. That funds appropriated herein shall be available ^ Processing and dis-
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films. 
PHILIPPINE REHABILITATION 
For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority 
granted under this head in the Department of State Appropriation 
Act, 1949, $3,000,000, to be consolidated with appropriations here- 
62Stat.3i4. 
tofore made under said head; and the unobligated balance of such 
consolidated appropriation shall remain available during the current 
fiscal year upon the terms and conditions specified under this head in 
the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1950, for expenses of 
63stat.455. 
liquidation of activities in the Philippines carried out pursuant to sec-
tion 302 (a) of the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946, as amended 
(50 U. S. C App. 1782,1791 (e)), and for carrying out the purposes 
^ stat. 135. 
of section 311 of the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946, as author-
ized by section 3 of the Act of July 2, 1948 (Public Law 882). 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
5 1791 (f). 
SEC. 102. Contracts entered into in foreign countries involving 
Contracts in foreign 
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countries 
expenditures from any of the appropriations under this title shall not 
be subject to the provisions of section 3741 of the Revised Statutes 
(41U. S. C. 22). 
SEC. 103. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6 of the Act of pjJyS^"°" ""^""' 
August 24,1912 (37 Stat. 555), or the provisions of any other law, the ^u. s. c. §652. 
Secretary of State may, in his absolute discretion, during the current 
fiscal year, terminate the employment of any officer or employee of the 
Department of State or of the Foreign Service of the United States 
whenever he shall deem such termination necessary or advisable in 
the interests of the United States. 
SEC. 104. The exchange of funds for payment of expenses in con- 
Exchange o
f funds, 
nection with the operation of diplomatic and consiilar establishments 
abroad shall not be subject to the provisions of section 3651 of the Re-
vised Statutes (31U. S. C. 543). 
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[65 STAT. 
Travel expenses. 
Use of Government-
owned vehicles in 
foreign countries. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Passenger motor ve-
hicles for use abroad. 
Security guard serv-
Ante, pp. 577, 578. 
Citation of title. 
Department of Jus-
tice Appropriation 
Act, 1952. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations under this title available for expenses in 
connection with travel of personnel outside the continental United 
States, including travel of dependents and transportation of personal 
effects, household goods, or automobiles of such personnel, shall be 
available for such expenses when any part of such travel or transporta-
tion begins in the current fiscal year pursuant to travel orders issued in 
that year, notwithstanding the fact that such travel or transportation 
may not be completed during the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 16a of the Act 
of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 78 (a)). Government-owned vehicles 
may be used in foreign countries for transportation of United States 
Government employees from their residence to the office and return 
when public transportation facilities are unsafe or are not available: 
Provided, That each Chief of Mission shall have prior authority from 
the Secretary of State to approve such transportation. 
SEC. 107. During the current fiscal year and when purchases are 
made with foreign currencies, the Department of State is authorized 
to purchase for use abroad any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of 
busses, ambulances, and station wagons), at a cost of not to exceed 
the equivalent of $2,200 for each such vehicle. 
SEC. 108. Appropriations under this title for "Salaries and 
expenses", "International contingencies", and "Missions to interna-
tional organizations" are available for reimbursement of the General 
Services Administration for security guard services for protection of 
confidential files. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of State Appropriation 
Act, 1952". 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department 
of Justice and for examination of judicial offices, including purchase 
of two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; miscellaneous 
and emergency expenses authorized or approved by the Attorney 
General or his Administrative Assistant; special attorneys and special 
assistants to the Attorney General; and examination of estimates of 
appropriations in the field; $2,285,000, of which not to exceed 
$2,245,000 shall be available for personal services. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Department 
of Justice not otherwise provided for, including miscellaneous and 
emergency expenses authorized or approved by the Attorney General 
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suant to law (31 U. S. C. 529) ; $9,032,000, of which not to exceed 
$7,774,150 shall be available for personal services. 
Permanent regional 
offices. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred 
laws, $3,200,000, of which not to exceed $3,035,932 shall be available 
for personal services, and of which $125,000 shall be available exclu-
sively for activities in connection with railroad reparations cases: 
Provided, That none of this appropriation shall be expended for the 
establishment and maintenance of permanent regional offices of the 
Antitrust Division. 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS AND MARSHALS 
For necessary expenses of the offices of United States attorneys and 
marshals and United States district attorneys in Alaska, including 
purchase of not to exceed two passenger motor vehicles (one van for 
replacement only at not to exceed $2,500, and one bus for replacement 
only at not to exceed $15,000) ; services in Alaska in collecting evidence 
for the United States when specifically directed by the Attorney Gen-
eral ; and firearms and ammunition; $12,990,000, of which not to exceed 
$10,415,000 shall be available for personal services, and of which not 
to exceed $50,000 shall be available for the employment of temporary 
deputy marshals in lieu of bailiffs at a rate not to exceed $10 per day. 
Services in Alaska. 
Temporary depui;y 
marshals. 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For expenses, mileage, and per diems of witnesses and for per diems 
in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law; and not to exceed $160,000 
for such compensation and expenses of witnesses (including expert 
witnesses) or informants pursuant to section 1 of Public Law 626. 
approved July 28,1950; $1,000,000: Provided, That no part of the sum 
herein appropriated shall be used to pay any witness more than one 
attendance fee for any one calendar day. 
64 Stat. 380. 
6 U. S. C. § 341. 
SAIiARIES AND EXPENSES, CLAIMS OF PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY 
For expenses necessary for payment of claims of persons of Japanese 
ancestry, pursuant to the Act of July 2,1948 (50 U. S. C. 1981-1987), 
$725,000, of which not to exceed $225,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses, and of which not to exceed $219,800 shall be 
available for personal services. 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
62 Stat. 1231. 
50 U. S. C. 
§§ 1981-1987. 
a p p . 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the detection and prosecution of crimes 
against the United States; protection of the person of the President 
of the United States; acquisition, collection, classification 
and 
preservation of identification and other records and their exchange 
with the duly authorized officials of the Federal Government, of States, 
cities, and other institutions; and such other investigations regarding 
official matters under the control of the Department of Justice and the 
Department of State as may be directed by the Attorney General, 
including purchase (not to exceed four hundred for replacement only) 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of not to exceed $10,000, 
for replacement only, of one armored motor vehicle; firearms and 
ammunition; not to exceed $150,000 for repairs and alterations at the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation Training Center, Quantico, Virginia; 
not to exceed $10,000 for taxicab hire to be used exclusively for the 
purposes set forth in this paragraph; not to exceed $4,500 for expenses 
of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the pur-
poses of this appropriation; payment of rewards when specifically 
authorized by the Attorney General for information leading to the 
apprehension of fugitives from justice; and not to exceed $70,000 to 
meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended 
under the direction of the Attorney General and to be accounted for 
solely on his certificate; $90,000,000, of which not to exceed $78,473,211 
shall be available for personal services: Provided, That of the amount 
herein appropriated $100,000 is to be held as a reserve for emergencies 
arising in connection with kidnapping, extortion, and bank robbery, to 
Protection o f 
President. 
the 
Rewards for infor-
mation. 
Reserve for certain 
emergencies. 
584 
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[65 STAT. 
Compensation 
Director. 
Civil-service 
ployees. 
of be released for expenditure in such amounts and at such times as the 
Attorney General may determine: Provided further^ That the com-
pensation of the Director of the Bureau shall be $20,000 per annum so 
long as the position is held by the present incumbent. 
None of the funds appropriated for the Federal Bureau of Investi-
gation shall be used to pay the compensation of any civil-service 
employee. 
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE 
Payment of allow-
ances to aliens. 
Rewards 
mation. 
for infor-
Security guard serv-
ices. 
Alien enemies. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the admin-
istration and enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, natural-
ization, and alien registration, including advance of cash to aliens for 
meals and lodging while en route; payment of allowances (at a rate 
not in excess of $1 per day) to aliens, while held in custody under the 
immigration laws, for work performed; payment of rewards for 
information leading to the apprehension or conviction of violators of 
the immigration laws; not to exceed $35,000 to meet unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential character, to be expended under the direction 
of the Attorney General and accounted for solely on his certificate; 
not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings of organ-
izations concerned with the purposes of this appropriation; purchase 
(not to exceed one hundred and fifty for replacement only) and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; purchase (not to exceed four for replace-
ment only) and maintenance and operation of aircraft; firearms and 
ammunition; refunds of head tax, maintenance bills, immigration 
fines, and other items properly returnable, except deposits of aliens 
who become public charges and deposits to secure payment of fines 
and passage money; operation, maintenance, remodeling, and repair of 
buildings and the purchase of equipment incident thereto; reimburse-
ment of the General Services Administration for security guard serv-
ices for protection of confidential files; and maintenance, care, deten-
tion, surveillance, parole, and transportation of alien enemies and their 
wives and dependent children, including return of such persons to 
place of bona fide residence or to such other place as may he author-
ized by the Attorney General; $36,400,000, of which not to exceed 
$30,159,900 shall be available for personal services. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
Attendance at meet 
ings. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, BUREAU OF PRISONS 
For expenses necessary for the administration, operation, and 
maintenance of Federal penal and correctional institutions, including 
not to exceed $490,000 for departmental personal services; not to 
exceed $13,500 for expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations 
concerned with the purposes of this appropriation; purchase of not 
to exceed fourteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, 
including two busses at not to exceed $20,000 each; compilation of 
statistics relating to prisoners in Federal and non-Federal penal and 
correctional institutions; furnishing of insignia, uniforms, and other 
distinctive wearing apparel necessary for employees in the perform-
ance of their official duties; payment pursuant to law of claims of 
employees for loss, damage, or destruction of personal property (31 
U. S. C. 238) ; firearms and ammunition; payment of rewards for the 
apprehension, or for information leading to the recapture, of escaped 
prisoners; purchase and exchange of farm products and livestock; 
Acquisition o
f land, construction of buildiugs at prison camps; and acquisition of land 
63 Stat. 167. 
Rewards for 
mation. 
infor-
65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 188—OCT. 22, 1951 
585 
as authorized by section 7 of the Act of July 28, 1950 (Public Law 
626) ; $23,500,000, of which not to exceed $15,387,450 shall be available 
fu*s'c^\-34^. 
for personal services: Provided^ That there may be transferred to the 
Transfer o
f funds. 
Public Health Service such amounts as may be necessary, in the 
discretion of the Attorney General, for direct -expenditure by that 
Service for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and correctional 
institutions. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings 
and facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, including 
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account, 
$470,000, of which $360,000 is for liquidation of authority granted 
under this head in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1950, 
to enter into contracts for replacement of a power plant at the United LeavenwortiirKans' 
States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas: Provided^ That labor of 
United States prisoners may be used for work performed under this 
appropriation. 
SUPPORT OP UNITED STATES PRISONERS 
For support of United States prisoners in non-Federal institutions 
and in the Territory of Alaska, including necessary clothing and 
medical aid, and payment of rewards for the apprehension, or for 
information leading to the recapture, of escaped prisoners; $2,000,000, 
of which not to exceed $217,200 shall be available for personal services. 
OFFICE or ALIEN PROPERTY 
63 Stat. 461. 
U. S. Penitentiary, 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
The Attorney General, or such officer as he may designate, is hereby 
authorized to pay out of any funds or other property or interest 
vested in him or transferred to him pursuant to or with respect to the 
Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917, as amended (50 
U. S. C. App.), necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the powers 
and duties conferred on the Attorney General pursuant to said Act: 
Provided^ That not to exceed $3,600,000 shall be available in the current 
fiscal year for the general administrative expenses of the Office of Alien 
Property, including rent of private or Government-owned space in 
the District of Columbia, of which not to exceed $3,060,000 shall be 
available for personal services; purchase of not to exceed one passenger 
motor vehicle for replacement only; and expenses of attendance at 
meetings of organizations concerned with the purposes of this authori-
zation : Provided further^ That on or before November 1 of the current 
fiscal year, the Attorney General shall make a report to the Appropria-
tions Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
giving detailed information on all administrative and nonadministra-
tive expenses incurred during the next preceding fiscal year in con-
nection with the activities of the Office of Alien Property: Provided 
further^ That of the total amount herein authorized the amount of 
$100,000 is to be transferred to the appropriation for "Salaries and 
expenses, general administration", Department of Justice. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—^DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
SEO. 202. Not to exceed $350,000 in the aggregate from the appro-
priations made in this title for general administration, general legal 
activities, and United States attorneys and marshals shall be available, 
without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, for compensation (not 
40 Stat. 411. 
50 U. S. C. app. § 1. 
Administrative 
penses. 
Report to Congres-
sional Committees. 
Transfer of funds. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 U. S. O. 
586 
PUBLIC LAW 188—OCT. 22, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
R e p o r t s to Con-
gress. 
License require-
ment for attorneys. 
Reimbursement 
U.S. 
to 
Expenses of attend-
ance at meetings. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Citation of title. 
to exceed $11,000 per annum) of special attorneys and special assistants 
to the Attorney General and to United States attorneys not otherwise 
provided for: Provided, That reports be submitted to the Congress on 
the 1st of July and January showing the names of the persons employed 
under the foregoing limitation, the annual rate of compensation or 
amount of any fee paid to each, together with a description of their 
duties. 
SEC, 203. None of the funds appropriated by this title may be used 
to pay the compensation of any person hereafter employed as an 
attorney (except foreign counsel employed in special cases) unless 
such person shall be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an 
attorney under the laws of a State, Territory, or the District of 
Columbia. 
SEC. 204. Sixty per centum of the expenditures for the offices of the 
United States attorney and the United States marshal for the District 
of Columbia from all appropriations in this title shall be reimbursed 
to the United States from any funds in the Treasury of the United 
States to the credit of the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 205. Appropriations and authorizations made in this title 
which are available for expenses of attendance at meetings shall be 
expended for such purposes in accordance with regulations prescribed 
by the Attorney General. 
SEC. 206. Appropriations and authorizations made in this title 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). 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Justice Appropriation 
Act, 1952". 
D e p a r t m e n t 
of 
Commerce Appropri-
ation Act, 1962. 
60 Stat. 810. 
64 
Stat. 
823. 
15 
U. 
8. C. 
§§ 1161-
1157. 
60 
Stat. 
810. 
16 
U. S. C. 
§ 
1163. 
TITLE i n — D E P A R T M E N T OF COMMERCE 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Office of the 
Secretary of Commerce (hereafter in this title referred to as the Sec-
retary) 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 
$50 per diem; and teletype news service (not exceeding $1,000); 
$1,484,530, of which not to exceed $1,363,230 shall be available for 
personal services. 
Technical and scientific services: For expenses necessary for the dis-
semination of technological, scientific, and engineering information 
to business and industry as authorized by the Act of September 9, 
1950 (Public Law 776), including not to exceed $2,000 for services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
65a), $250,000, of which not to exceed $224,280 shall be available for 
personal services: Provided^ That moneys hereafter received by the 
Secretary pursuant to section 3 of said Act of September 9, 1950, for 
publications provided thereunder, shall be available for reimbursing 
any appropriation as provided by said section. 
Enumerators. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 U. S. C. 
note. 
60 Stat. 810. 
1071 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
Salaries and expenses, Bureau of the Census: For expenses necessary 
for collecting, compiling, and publishing current census statistics pro-
vided for by law; for searching census records and supplying informa-
tion with respect to age and citizenship certification; and for general 
administration, including enumerators at rates to be fixed without 
regard to the Classification Act of 1949; and services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (6 U. S. C. 55a), at rates for 
65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 188—OCT. 22, 1951 
587 
individuals not to exceed $50 per diem; $6,500,000, of which not to 
exceed $5,623,973 shall be available for personal services. 
Seventeenth decennial census: For expenses necessary for taking, 
compiling, and publishing the seventeenth decennial census including 
the census of housing as authorized by law (13 U. S. C, 201-219; 42 
U. S. C. 1442), including personal services at rates to be fixed by the 
Secretary of Commerce without regard to the Classification Act of 
1949; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); and compensation of employees of the Depart-
ment of Commerce and other departments and independent establish-
ments of the Government who may be detailed for field work; 
$7,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,646,654 shall be available for 
personal services, to remain available until December 31, 1952, and to 
be merged with the appropriation made under this head in the Depart-
ment or Commerce Appropriation Act 1951. 
Censuses of business, transportation, manufactures and mineral 
industries: For expenses necessary to prepare for taking, compiling, 
and publishing the censuses of business, transportation, manufactures 
and mineral industries as authorized by law, including personal serv-
ices by contract or otherwise at rates to be fixed by the Secretary 
of Commerce without regard to the Classification Act of 1949; serv-
ices as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
U. S. C. 55a), at rates for individuals not to exceed $50 per diem; 
and additional compensation of Federal employees temporarily 
detailed for field work under this appropriation; $200,000, of which 
not to exceed $147,812 shall be available for personal services, to remain 
available until December 31, 1953. 
46 
Stat. 
21; 
63 
Stat. 
441. 
63 
Stat. 
9S4. 
5 U. S. C. § 1071 
note. 
60 
Stat. 
810. 
64 
Stat. 
620. 
63 
Stat. 
954. 
6 U. S. 
C. 
note. 
60 
Stat. 
810. 
1071 
CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Civil Aero-
nautics Administration in carrying out the provisions of the Civil 
Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended (49 U. S. C. 401), the Act of 
August 8, 1950 (Public Law 670), and other Acts incident to the 
enforcement of safety regulations; maintenance and operation of air 
navigation facilities and air traffic control; furnishing advisory serv-
ice to States and other public and private agencies in connection with 
the construction or improvement of airports and landing areas; and 
the disposal of surplus airports; including hire of aircraft (not 
exceeding $395,000); the operation and maintenace of eighty-five air-
craft; contract stenographic reporting services; fees and mileage of waft! 
expert and other witnesses; examination of estimates of appropria-
tions in the field; purchase (not to exceed twenty, for replacement 
only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase and repair 
of skis and snowshoes; $99,100,000, of which not to exceed $74,970,000 
shall be available for personal services, and the Departments of the 
Air Force, Army and Navy are authorized to transfer to the Civil 
Aeronautics Administration without charge, subject to the approval 
of the Bureau of the Budget, aircraft (for replacement only}, air-
craft engines, parts, flight equipment, and hangar, line, and. shop 
equipment surplus to the needs of such Departments: Provided, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, and other public authorities for 
expenses incurred in the maintenance and operation of airport traffic 
control towers. 
Establishment of air-navigation facilities: For the acquisition and 
establishment by contract or purchase and hire of air-navigation facili-
ties, including the equipment of additional civil airways for day and 
night flying; the construction of additional necessary lighting, radio. 
52 Stat. 973. 
64 Stat. 417. 
49 U. S. C. § 457. 
O p e r a t i o n 
a n d 
maintenance of air-
Transfer of aircraft, 
etc. 
588 
PUBLIC LAW 188—OCT. 22, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
Consolidation of ap-
propriations. 
Transfer of funds. 
Transfer of facilities. 
52 Stat. 973. 
Washington Na-
tional Airport. 
60 Stat. 170. 
49 U. S. C. § 1101 
note. 
49U.S. C.§1105. 
and other signaling and communicating structures and apparatus; the 
alteration and modernization of existing air-navigation facilities; the 
acquisition of the necessary sites by lease, condemnation or grant; the 
construction and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 
for officers and employees of the Civil Aeronautics Administration 
and the Weather Bureau stationed at remote localities not on foreign 
soil where such accommodations are not otherwise available; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $200,000 for emergency 
repairs and replacement of facilities damaged by fire, flood, or storm; 
to remain available until expended, $22,500,000, of which not to exceed 
$4,965,300 shall be available for personal services, and of which 
$12,000,000 is for liquidation of obligations incurred under authority 
heretofore granted to enter into contracts for the foregoing purposes: 
Provided^ That authority heretofore granted under this head to enter 
into contracts for such purposes may he exercised until June 30, 1952, 
and may hereafter be accounted for under this head: Provided further^ 
That the consolidated appropriation under this head for the next 
preceding fiscal year is hereby consolidated with and made a part of 
this appropriation to be disbursed and accounted for as one fund: 
Provided further^ That transfers may be made from this appropriation 
to the appropriation "Salaries and expenses. Civil Aeronautics Admin-
istration", for costs of maintenance and operation of aircraft for 
initial flight checking of facilities established under this appropriation 
(not to exceed $325,000) ; for necessary expenses in connection with 
the transportation by air to and from and within the Territories of 
the United States of materials and equipment secured under this 
appropriation (not to exceed $115,000) ; and for necessary administra-
tive costs (not to exceed $325,000) : Provided further^ That the Depart-
ments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force are authorized during the 
current fiscal year to transfer without charge, subject to the approval 
of the Bureau of the Budget, air-navigation and communication 
facilities, including appurtenances thereto, to the Civil Aeronautics 
Administration. 
Technical development and evaluation: For expenses necessary in 
carrying out the provisions of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as 
amended (49 U. S. C. 401), relative to such developmental work and 
service testing as tends to the creation of improved air-navigation 
facilities, incTudirig landing areas, aircraft, aircraft engines, pro-
pellers, appliances, personnel, and operation methods; acquisition of 
necessary sites by lease or grant; and operation and maintenance of 
five aircraft, which shall be in addition to the number authorized 
herein under the appropriation for "Salaries and expenses. Civil 
Aeronautics Administration"; $1,200,000, of which not to exceed 
$916,063 shall be available for personal services. 
Maintenance and operation, Washington National Airport: For 
expenses incident to the care, operation, maintenance, and protection 
of the Washington National Airport, including purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; not to exceed $3,500 
for the purchase, cleanin<^, and repair of uniforms; and arms and 
ammunition; $1,300,000, of which not to exceed $875,000 shall be avail-
able for personal services. 
Construction, Washington National Airport: For an additional 
amount for construction at the Washington National Airport, $75,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
Federal-aid airport program. Federal Airport Act: For carrying 
out the provisions of the Federal Airport Act of May 13, 1946, as 
amended (except section 5 (a)), to be available until June 30, 1954, 
$28,700,000, of which (1) $15,000,000 shall be for projects in the 
States in accordance with section 6 of said Act, (2) $470,000 for 
projects in Puerto Rico, (3) $30,000 for projects in the Virgin Islands, 
65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 188—OCT. 22, 1951 
589 
(4) $300,000 for projects in the Territory of Hawaii, (5) $200,000 for 
projects in the Territory of Alaska, (6) $10,000,000 for liquidation of 
obligations incurred under authority heretofore granted to enter into 
contracts for the foregoing purposes and (7) $2,700,000 shall be avail-
able as one fund for necessary planning, research, and administrative 
expenses; including hire of passenger motor vehicles; of which 
$2,700,000 not to exceed $450,000 may be transferred to the appropria-
tion "Salaries and expenses, Civil Aeronautics Administration", to 
provide for necessary administrative expenses, including the mainte-
nance and operation of aircraft, and not to exceed $1,937,447 shall be 
available for personal services: Provided^ That the appropriation 
under this head for the next preceding fiscal year is hereby merged 
with this appropriation and the contract authorization heretofore 
granted for the foregoing purposes may hereafter be accounted for 
under this head. 
Maintenance and operation of public airports. Territory of Alaska: 
For expenses necessary for the maintenance, improvement, and opera-
tion of public airports in the Territory of Alaska, as authorized by law 
(48 U. S. C. 485 c-h) ; including arms and ammunition; $325,000, of 
which not to exceed $315,753 shall be available for personal services. 
Air navigation development: For liquidation of obligations incurred 
under authority heretofore granted under this head to enter into 
contracts, $1,874,562, of which not to exceed $75,937 shall be available 
for personal services: Provided, That the appropriation granted under 
this head for the fiscal year 1951 shall remain available during the 
current fiscal year and may hereafter be accounted for under this head, 
and not to exceed $80,000 of such appropriation shall be available for 
administrative expenses. 
Transfer of funds. 
Ante, p. 587. 
62 Stat. 278. 
CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD 
Civil Aeronautics Board, salaries and expenses: For necessary 
expenses of the Civil Aeronautics Board, including contract steno-
graphic reporting services; employment of temporary guards on a 
contract or fee basis; salaries and traveling expenses of employees 
detailed to attend courses of training conducted by the Government or 
industries serving aviation; expenses of examination of estimates of 
appropriations in the field; purchase (not to exceed one for replace-
ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and hire, operation, 
maintenance, and repair of aircraft; $3,625,000, of which not to exceed 
$3,354,000 shall be available for personal services: Provided, That the 
Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force are authorized to 
transfer to the Civil Aeronautics Board without charge, subject to the 
approval of the Bureau of the Budget, aircraft (for replacement only), 
aircraft engines, parts, and accessories surplus to the needs of such 
Departments. 
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the pro-
visions of the Act of August 6,1947 (33 U. S. C. 883a-883i), including 
purchase of not to exceed four passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only; lease of sites and the erection of temporary buildings for 
tide, magnetic or seismological observations; hire of aircraft; opera-
tion, maintenance, and repair of an airplane; extra compensation at 
not to exceed $15 per month to each member of the crew of a vessel 
when assigned duties as recorder or instrument observer, and at not 
to exceed $1 per day for each station to employees of other Federal 
agencies while making oceanographic observations or tending seismo-
graphs; not to exceed $25,000 for services as authorized by section 
E m p l o y m e n t of 
temporary guards. 
Transfer of aircraft;, 
etc. 
61 Stat. 787. 
590 
PUBLIC LAW 188—OCT. 22, 1951 
[65 
STAT. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Transfer of e q u i p -
ment, etc. 
Charts, reimburse-
ment. 
28 Stat. 620. 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; pay, allowances, 
gratuities, transportation of dependents and household effects, and 
payment of funeral expenses, as authorized by law, for not to exceed 
185 commissioned officers on the active list; and pay of commissioned 
officers retired in accordance with law; $12,200,000, of which not to 
exceed $8,399,000 shall be available for personal services: Provided^ 
That the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force are author-
ized during the current fiscal year to transfer without reimbursement 
to the Coast and Geodetic Survey, subject to the approval of the 
Bureau of the Budget, landing craft, launches; marine engines, elec-
tronic equipment, automotive vehicles, parts, equipment, and supplies, 
excess to the needs of such Departments, which will serve to expedite 
surveys in Alaska for national defense: Provided further, Thsit dur-
ing the current fiscal year, this appropriation shall be reimbursed (to 
the extent and in the manner required by law (44 U. S. C. 246) tor 
charts sold to the general public) for charts published by the Coast 
and Geodetic Survey and furnished for the official use of the military 
departments of the Department of Defense. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Field surveys. 
63 Stat. 7. 
60 U. S. C. app. 
§ 2021 note. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Transfer of funds. 
Ante, p. 586. 
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE 
Departmental salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the 
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce at the seat of govern-
ment, including the purchase of commercial and trade reports, and 
not to exceed $50,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the 
Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $3,000,000, of which not to 
exceed $2,641,869 shall be available for personal services: 
Provided, 
That expenses of field studies or surveys conducted by departmental 
personnel of the Bureau shall be payable from the amount herein 
appropriated. 
Field office service: For expenses necessary to operate and maintain 
regional, district, and cooperative branch offices for the collection and 
dissemination of information useful in the development and improve-
ment of commerce throughout the United States and its possessions, 
including not to exceed $90,000 for personal services in the District of 
Columbia, $1,953,000, of which not to exceed $1,593,000 shall be avail-
able for personal services. 
Export control: For expenses necessary for carrying out the pro-
visions of the Export Control Act of 1949, as amended, relating to 
export controls, including services as authorized by section 15 of the 
Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $50 per 
diem for individuals, $5,388,180, of which not to exceed $4,606,380 
shall be available for personal services, and of which not to exceed 
$1,277,000 may be transferred to the Bureau of Customs, Treasury 
Department, tor enforcement of the export control program, and of 
which not to exceed $100,000 may be transferred to the appropriation 
for "Salaries and expenses" under the Office of the Secretary, including 
not to exceed $99,000 for personal services. 
PATENT OFFICE 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including services as 
60 Stat. 810. 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), 
at rates for individuals not to exceed $75 per diem (not to exceed 
$25,000) ; expenses of transporting to foreign governments publica-
tions of patents issued by the Patent Office; defense of suits instituted 
against the Commissioner of Patents; and other contingent expenses 
j^^Muitigraphing o
f of the Patent Office: Provided, That the headings of the drawings for 
65 STAT. 
PUBLIC LAW 188—OCT. 22, 1951 
591 
patented cases may be multigraphed in the Patent Office for the purpose 
of photolithography, $11,500,000, of which not to exceed $8,834,000 
shall be available for personal services. 
39 Stat. 355. 
BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS 
General administrative expenses: Necessary expenses of administra-
tion, including advertising (including advertising in the city of Wash-
ington for work to be performed in areas adjacent thereto), purchase 
of fifty passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, and the main-
tenance and repairs of experimental highways, shall be paid, in accord-
ance with law, from appropriations available to the Bureau of Public 
Roads. 
Of the total amount available from appropriations of the Bureau 
of Public Roads for general administrative expenses, pursuant to the 
provisions of section 21 of the Act of November 9, 1921, as amended 
(23 U. S. C. 21), $100,000 shall be available for all necessary expenses 
f.^lf^i,l^ 
High-
to enable the President to utilize the services of the Bureau of Public way 
^ 
Roads in fulfilling the obligations of the United States under the obligations." 
Convention on the Pan-American Highway Between the United States 
and Other American Republics (51 Stat, 152), cooperation with 
several governments, members of the Pan American Union, in con-
nection with the survey and construction of the Inter-American High-
way, and for performing engineering service in Pan-American coun-
tries for and upon the request of any agency or governmental cor-
poration of the United States. 
Federal-aid highways: For carrying out the provisions of the Act 
of July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented (23 U. S. C. 1-22, 24-
105, 107-117), to remain available until expended, including not to 
exceed $9,343,500 for personal services, $325,000,000, which sum is 
composed of $320,000,000, a part of the amount authorized to be 
appropriated for the fiscal year 1950, and $3,214,713 and $1,785,287, 
the latter sums being for reimbursement of the sums expended for the 
repair or reconstruction of highways and bridges which have been 
damaged or destroyed by floods, hurricanes, or landslides, as provided 
by section 4 of the Act approved June 8, 1938, and section 7 of the 
Act approved July 13, 1943 (23 U. S. C. 13a and 13b). 
Elimination of grade crossings: For the elimination of hazards to 
life at railroad grade crossings, to remain available until expended, 
$3,000,000, which sum is a part of the amount authorized to be appro-
priated for the fiscal year 1943 by section 5 of the Act approved 
September 5,1940 (54 Stat. 869) : Provided, That the amounts author-
ized for the elimination of grade crossing hazards by said section and 
apportioned to Hawaii are hereby reduced by $188,075. 
Forest highways: For expenses, not otherwise provided for, neces-
sary for carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal High-
way Act of November 9, 1921, as amended (23 U. S. C. 23, 23a), to 
remain available until expended, $21,000,000, which sum is composed 
of $2,400,000, the remainder of the amount authorized to be appro-
priated for the fiscal year 1950, and $18,600,000, a part of the amount 
authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1951, and of which 
not to exceed $3,183,500 shall be available for personal services: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall be available for the rental, pur-
chase, construction, or alteration of buildings and sites necessary for 
the storage and repair of equipment and supplies used for road con-
struction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such item under 
this authorization shall not exceed $15,000. 
52 Stat. 634. 
57 Stat. 561. 
42 Stat. 218. 
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[65 STAT. 
64 Stat. 789. 
64 Stat. 786. 
23 U.S. C.J 23 note. 
55 Stat. 766. 
56 Stat. 562. 
61 Stat. 597. 
64 Stat. 789. 
64 Stat. 785. 
23U. S. C.§3anote. 
Restriction on pay-
ments to States. 
Performance of serv-
ices for other agencies, 
countries, etc. 
Warehouse main-
tenance, etc. 
Medical supplies, 
etc., in emergencies. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Public Lands Highways: For the purpose of carrying out the pro-
visions of section 10 of the Act of September 7, 1950, $1,125,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
Tongass Forest Highways, Alaska: For surveys, construction, recon-
struction, and maintenance of Tongass forest highways in Alaska in 
accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Federal-Aid High-
way Act of 1950, $3,500,000, of which not to exceed $200,000 shall be 
available for personal services, to remain available until expended. 
Access roads: During the current fiscal year, not to exceed $70,000 
of funds remaining unexpended upon completion of access road proj-
ects authorized to be constructed under the provisions of the Defense 
Highway Act of 1941, as amended by the Act of July 2, 1942 (23 
U. S. C. 106), shall be available for the maintenance of roads and 
bridges under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Public Roads on 
Government-owned land in Arlington County, Virginia. 
War and emergency damage. Territory of Hawaii: For the liquida-
tion of obligations incurred pursuant to authority granted under this 
head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1948, $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
Inter-American Highway: For necessary expenses of continuing the 
survey and construction of the Inter-American Highway, in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Act of December 26, 1941 (55 Stat. 
860), as amended by section 11 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 
1950, $3,000,000, of which not to exceed $315,900 shall be available for 
personal services, to remain available until expended. 
Access roads (Act of September 7,1950) : For an additional amount 
for "Access roads (Act of September 7, 1950)", $1,500,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
General provisions—Bureau of Public Roads: None of the money 
appropriated for the work of the Bureau of Public Roads during the 
current fiscal year shall be paid to any State on account of any project 
on which convict labor shall be employed, but this provision shall not 
apply to labor performed by convicts on parole or probation. 
During the current fiscal year authorized engineering or other serv-
ices in connection with the survey, construction, and maintenance, or 
improyement of roads may be performed for other Government agen-
cies, cooperating foreign countries and State cooperating agencies and 
reimbursement for such services (which may include depreciation on 
engineering and road-building equipment used) shall be credited to the 
appropriation concerned. 
During the current fiscal year appropriations for the work of the 
Bureau of Public Roads shall be available for expenses of warehouse 
maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of supplies, 
materials, and equipment for distribution to projects under the super-
vision of the Bureau of Public Roads, or for sale or distribution to other 
Government activities, cooperating foreign countries and State cooper-
ating agencies, and the cost of such supplies and materials or the value 
of such equipment (including the cost of transportation and handling) 
may be reimbursed to current applicable appropriations. 
Appropriations to the Bureau of Public Roads may be used in 
emergency for medical supplies and services and other assistance neces-
sary for the immediate relief of employees engaged on hazardous work 
under that Bureau, and for temporary services as authorized by section 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), but at rates for 
individuals not in excess of $100 per diem. 
65 STAT.] 
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593 
NATIONAL BUBEAU OF STANDARDS 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Act 
approved March 3,1901, as amended (15 U. S. C. 271-278; Public Law 
^
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619, approved July 22, 1950), including not to exceed $700,000 for 
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improvements to buildings, grounds, and other plant facilities, as 2
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authorized by section 2 of the Act of July 21, 1950 (Public Law 618); 
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building of temporary experimental structures; purchase of not to 
exceed two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and not to 
exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); as follows: 
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Operation and administration: For the general operation and admin-
istration of the Bureau; improvement and care of the grounds; plant 
equipment; and maintenance and protection of buildings, including 
repairs and alterations thereto; $1,100,000, of which not to exceed 
$490,203 shall be available for personal services. 
Research and testing: For research, testing and other activities, 
as authorized by the Act of July 22, 1950 (Public Law 619), and not 
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otherwise provided for, $3,807,419, of which not to exceed $3,083,228 278a-278c.' 
shall be available for personal services. 
Radio propagation and standards: For development and mainte-
nance of primary standards of measurement of electrical quantities at 
radio frequencies; calibrating and certifying radio measuring instru-
ments, apparatus, and standards in terms of the national primary 
standards; investigation of the phenomena affecting the propagation 
of radio waves; and the broadcasting of radio signals of standard fre-
quency ; $2,735,220, of which not to exceed $1,483,020 shall be available 
for personal services: Provided^ That during the current fiscal year the 
maximum base rate of compensation for employees appointed pursuant 
to the Act of July 21,1950 (Public Law 618), shall be $6,400 per annum: 
w stat 370. ^
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Force are authorized, subject to the approval of the Bureau of the riJs^suppiies, ^*.*"' 
Budget, to transfer Mnthout charge to the National Bureau of Stand-
ards materials, equipment, and supplies, surplus to their needs and 
necessary for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of Arctic 
ionosphere observation stations. 
Construction of laboratories: For payment of obligations incurred 
pursuant to authority granted under this head in the Department of 
Commerce Appropriation Act, 1951, $3,800,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
Working capital fund: For an additional amount for the "Working 
capital fund", established by the Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1950, 
$2,000,000, to be available without fiscal year limitation. 
WEATHER 
BUREAU 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Weather 
Bureau, including maintenance and operation of aircraft; not to exceed 
$25,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 
2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; not to exceed $10,000 for maintenance of a 
eostat.sio. 
printing office in the City of Washington, as authorized by law; and orfitofcTmmSe 
not to exceed $10,000 for the United States contribution to the cost 
of the secretariat of the International Meteorological Committee; 
$25,500,000, of which not to exceed $19,500,000 shall be available for 
personal services: Provided^ That during the current fiscal year, the 
maximum amount authorized under section 3 (a) of the Act of June 
64 Stat. 62S. 
594 
PUBLIC LAW 188—OCT. 22, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
62 Stat. 286. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 U. S. C. § 107 
note. 
Transfer of funds. 
Ante, p. 577. 
Availability of ap-
propriations. 
63 Stat. 907. 
5 U. S. C. § 596a. 
Attendance at meet-
ings. 
Termination of em-
ployment. 
5U. S. C. §652. 
Citation of title. 
2,1948 (15 U. S. C. 327), for extra compensation to employees of other 
Government agencies for taking and transmitting meteorological 
observations, shall be $5 per day; and the maximum base rate of pay 
authorized under section 3 (b) of said Act, for employees conducting 
meteorological investigations in the Arctic region, shall be $5,000 
per annum, except that not more than five of such employees at any one 
time may receive a base rate of $7,500 per annum, and such employees 
may be appointed without regard to the Classification Act of 1949: 
Provided 
further, 
That such sums, as may be determined by the 
Director of the Bureau of the Budget to be necessary, may be trans-
ferred from this appropriation to the appropriation to the Depart-
ment of State for "Contributions to International Organizations, 
1952", for contribution to the International Civil Aviation Organiza-
tion for the United States share of the costs of the meteorological 
installation in Iceland, when said installation is transferred for 
operation under the "Agreement on Air Navigation Services in 
Iceland". 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
SEC. 302. During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations 
and funds available to the Department of Commerce shall be available 
for the activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (Public Law 
390), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by said Act. 
SEC. 303. Appropriations of the Department of Commerce available 
for salaries and expenses shall be available for attendance at meetings 
of organizations concerned with the activities for which the appro-
priations are made. 
SEC. 304. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6 of the Act of 
August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 555), or the provisions of any other law, 
the Secretary of Commerce may, in his absolute discretion, during the 
current fiscal year, terminate the employment of any officer or employee 
of the Department of Commerce whenever he shall deem such termina-
tion necessary or advisable in the best interests of the United States. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Commerce Appropri-
ation Act, 1952". 
Judiciary Appropri-
ation Act, 1952. 
TITLE IV—THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES 
For the Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices, and all other 
officers and employees, whose compensation shall be fixed by the 
Court, except as otherwise provided by law, and who may be employed 
and assigned by the Chief Justice to any office or work of the Court, 
$928,000. 
PRINTING AND BINDING SUPREME COURT REPORTS 
For printing and binding the advance opinions, preliminary prints, 
and bound reports of the Court, $91,200. 
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 
For miscellaneous expenses to be expended as the Chief Justice 
may approve, $58,350. 
48 Stat. 668. 
65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 188—OCT. 22, 1951 
5 9 5 
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the Architect 
of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon him by the Act 
approved May 7,1934 (40 U. S. C. 13a-13d), including improvements, 
maintenance, repairs, equipment, supplies, materials, and appurten-
ances ; special clothing for workmen; and personal and other services 
(including temporary labor without reference to the Classification 
and Retirement Acts, as amended), and for snow removal by hire of 
men and equipment or under contract without compliance with sections 
3709, as amended, and 3744 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5,16); 
$160,700, of which not to exceed $147,500 shall be available for 
personal services. 
COURT OF CUSTOMS AND PATENT APPEALS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of the chief judge, four associate judges, and all other 
officers and employees of the court, and necessary expenses of the court, 
including exchange of books, and traveling expenses, as may be 
approved by the chief judge, $194,500, of which not to exceed $176,715 
shall be available for personal services. 
CUSTOMS COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of the chief judge, eight judges, and all other officers 
and employees of the court, and necessary expenses of the court, includ-
ing exchange of books, and traveling expenses, as may be approved 
by the chief judge, $433,165, of which not to exceed $401,165 shall be 
available for personal services: Provided^ That traveling expenses of 
Traveling expenais. 
judges of the Customs Court shall be paid upon the written certificate 
of the judge. 
COURT OF CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of the chief judge, four associate judges, seven regular 
and six additional commissioners, and all other officers and employees 
of the court, and for other necessary expenses, including stenographic 
and other fees and charges necessary in the taking of testimony, and 
travel, $579,800, of which not to exceed $495,580 shall be available for 
personal services. 
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary repairs and improvements to the Court of Claims 
buildings, to be expended under the supervision of the Architect of 
the Capitol, $9,100. 
OTHER COURTS AND SERVICES 
HAWAU 
For salaries of the chief justice and two associate justices of the 
Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii, of judges of the circuit 
courts in Hawaii, and of judges retired under title 28, United States 
Code, section 373, $120,000. 
^
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596 
Retired judges. 
62 Stat. 903. 
PUBLIC LAW 188—OCT. 22, 1951 
SALARIES OF JUDGES 
[65 STAT. 
For salaries of circuit judges; district judges (including judges of 
the district courts of Alaska, the Virgin Islands, the Panama Canal 
Zone, and Guam); and justices and judges retired or resigned under 
title 28, United States Code, sections 371, 372, and 373; $5,120,000. 
SALARIES 
OF 
CLERKS 
OF 
COURTS 
For salaries of clerks of United States courts of appeals and United 
States district courts, their deputies, and other assistants, $4,520,000. 
62 Stat. 843. 
Appointment, etc., 
of probation officers. 
Failure to carry out 
A t t o r n e y General's 
orders. 
PROBAnON SYSTEM 
For salaries of probation officers and their clerical assistants, as 
authorized by title 18, United States Code, sections 3654 and 3656, 
$2,180,000: Provided^ That nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued to abridge the right of the district judges to appoint probation 
officers, or to make such orders as may be necessary to govern proba-
tion officers in their own courts: Provided further^ That no part of 
this appropriation shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any 
probation officer who, in the judgment of the chief or presiding judge 
certified to the Attorney General, fails to carry out the official orders 
of the Attorney General with respect to supervising or furnishing 
information concerning any prisoner released conditionally or on 
parole from any Federal penal or correctional institution. 
62 Stat. 920. 
SALARIES OF CRIERS 
For salaries of criers as authorized by title 28, United States Code, 
sections 713 (a) and 755, $542,300. 
62 Stat. 816. 
49 Stat. 1327. 
J u r y 
ers. 
commission-
41 Stat. 558. 
FEES OF COMMISSIONERS 
For fees of the United States commissioners and other committing 
magistrates acting under title 18, United States Code, section 3041, 
including fees and expenses of conciliation commissioners. United 
States courts, including the objects and subject to the conditions 
specified for such fees and expenses of conciliation commissioners in 
the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1937, $543,000. 
FEES OF JURORS 
For fees, expenses, and costs of jurors; meals and lodging for jurors 
in Alaska, as provided by section 193, title II, of the Act of June 6, 
1900 (31 Stat. 362); and compensation for jury commissioners; 
$2,800,000: Provided^ That the compensation of jury commissioners for 
the District of Columbia shall conform to the provisions of section 
1401, title 11 of the District of Columbia Code. 
MISCELLANEOUS SALARIES 
For salaries of all officials and employees of the Federal judiciary, 
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63 Stat. 954. 
5 U. S. 0. § 1071 
note. 
compensation of secretaries and law clerks of circuit and district 
judges shall be fixed by the Director of the Administrative Office 
without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, except that the salary 
of a secretary shall conform with that of the General Schedule grades 
(GS) 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8, as the appointing judge shall determine, and the 
salary of a law clerk shall conform with that of the General Schedule 
grades (GS) 5, 7, 9,11, or 12, as the appointing judge shall determine. 
65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 188—OCT. 22, 1951 
597 
subject to review by the judicial council of the circuit if requested 
by the Director, such determination by the judge otherwise to be final: 
Provided 
further^ That (exclusive of step-increases corresponding 
with those provided for by title VII of the Classification Act of 1949 
and of compensation paid for temporary assistance needed because 
of an emergency) the aggregate salaries paid to secretaries and law 
clerks appointed by one judge shall not exceed $9,600 per annum, except 
in the case of the chief judge of each circuit and the chief judge of 
each district court having five or more district judges, in which case 
the aggregate salaries shall not exceed $13,050 per annum. 
Aggregate salarhis. 
5U. S. C. §1121. 
MISCELI^^NEOUS EXPENSES 
For miscellaneous expenses of the United States courts and their 
officers; renf in the District of Columbia; purchase of firearms and 
ammunition; and purchase of envelopes without regard to the Act of 
June 26,1906' (34 Stat. 476) ; $750,000: Provided, That this appropria-
tion shall be available for payment of the cost of contract statistical 
services for the Office of Register of Wills of the District of Columbia: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 of this appropriation shall 
be available for the payment of fees to attorneys appointed in accord-
ance with the Act of June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 625), not exceeding $25 
in any one case. 
TRAVEL EXPENSES 
For necessary traveling expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
incurred by the Judiciary, including traveling expenses of probation 
officers and their clerks, $715,000: Provided, That this sum shall be 
available, in an amount not to exceed $8,500, for expenses of attend-
ance at meetings concerned with the work of Federal probation when 
incurred on the written authorization of the Director of the Adminis-
trative Office of the United States Courts. 
39 U. S. C. §355. 
D.C. Code §21-308. 
Attendance at meet-
ings. 
SALARIES OF (X)URT REPORTERS 
For salaries of court reporters for the district courts of the United 
States, as authorized by title 28, United States Code, section 753, 
$988,200. 
62 Stat. 921. 
ADMINISTRATIVE OP'FICE OF T H E UNITED STATES COURTS 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts, including travel, advertising, rent in the District of 
Columbia and elsewhere, and examination of estimates for appropria-
tions in the field, $535,000, of which not to exceed $488,500 shall be 
available for personal services. 
REPAIRS AND IMrRO\TEMENTS, DISTRICT COURT OF T H E UNITED STATES FOR 
T H E DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For repairs and improvements to the courthouse, including repair 
and maintenance of the mechanical equipment, and for labor and 
material and every item incident thereto, $7,100, to be expended under 
the direction of the Architect of the Capitol. 
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR T H E 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For repairs and improvements to the United States Court of Appeals 
Building, including repair and maintenance of the mechanical equip-
ment and for labor and material and every item incident thereto, 
598 
PUBLIC LAW 18&—OCT. 22, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
60 Stat. 326. 
$3,700, to be expended under the direction of the Architect of the 
Capitol. 
SALARIES OF REFEREES 
For salaries of referees as authorized by the Act of June 28, 1946 
(11 U. S. C. 68), $879,000 to be derived from the referees' salary fund 
established in pursuance of said Act. 
39 U. S. C. { 355. 
60 Stat. 327. 
Reimbursement to 
U.S. 
U. S. Court of Ap-
peals for D. C , re-
ports. 
Citation of title. 
EXPENSES OF REFEREES 
For miscellaneous expenses of referees. United States courts, includ-
ing the salaries of their clerical assistants, travel, purchase of envelopes 
without regard to the Act of June 26,1906 (34 Stat. 476), $1,090,000 to 
be derived from the referees' expense fund established in pursuance of 
the Act of June 28,1946 (11U. S. C. 68 (c) (4)), of which not to exceed 
$800,010 shall be available for personal services. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 
SEO. 402. Sixty per centum of the expenditures for the District Court 
of the United States for the District of Columbia from all appro-
priations under this title and 30 per centum of the expenditures for the 
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia from all 
appropriations under this title shall be reimbursed to the United States 
from any funds in the Treasury to the credit of the District of 
Columbia. 
SEC. 403. The reports of the United States Court of Appeals for 
the District of Columbia shall not be sold for a price exceeding that 
approved by the court and for not more than $6.50 per volume. 
This title may be cited as the "Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1952". 
TITLE V—FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, 
INCORPORATED 
59 Stat. 598. 
31U. S. C. §849. 
Vocational training 
of prisoners. 
The following corporation is hereby authorized to make sucli 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to such corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limita-
tions as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Con-
trol Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs 
set forth in the Budget for the fiscal year 1952 for such corporation, 
except as hereinafter provided: 
Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated: Not to exceed $327,000 
of the funds of the Corporation shall be available for its administra-
tive expenses, including not to exceed $263,274 for personal services, 
and not to exceed $404,000 for the expenses of vocational training 
of prisoners, including not to exceed $344,796 for personal services, 
both amounts to be computed on an accrual basis and to be determined 
in accordance with the Corporation's prescribed accounting system 
in effect on July 1, 1946, and shall be exclusive of depreciation, pay-
ment of claims, expenditures which the said accounting system requires 
to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities acquired or pro-
duced, including selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in 
connection with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, 
improvement, protection, or disposition of facilities and other prop-
erty belonging to the Corporation or in which it has an interest. 
65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 188—OCT. 22, 1951 
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of 
the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included in this 
Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages 
in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a 
member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the 
right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who 
advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, the over-
throw of the Government of the United States by force or violence: 
Provided^ That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered 
prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not con-
trary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against the 
Government of the United States, is not a member of an organization 
of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the 
Government of the United States, or that such person does not advo-
cate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the over-
throw of the Government of the United States by force or violence: 
Provided further^ That any person who engages in a strike against the 
Government of the United States or who is a member of an organiza-
tion of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against 
the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or who is a 
member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Gov-
ernment of the United States by force or violence and accepts employ-
ment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation 
or fund contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon 
conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not 
more than one year, or both: Provided further^ That the above penalty 
clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other 
provisions of existing law. 
SEC. 602. No representative of the United States Government in any 
international organization hereafter shall make any commitment 
requiring the appropriation of funds for a contribution by the United 
States in excess of 33l^ per centum of the budget of any international 
organization for which the appropriation for the United States con-
tribution is contained in this Act: Provided^ That in exceptional cir-
cumstances necessitating a contribution by the United States in excess 
of 33% per centum of the budget, a commitment requiring a United 
States appropriation of a larger proportion may be made after consul-
tation by United States representatives in the organization or other 
appropriate officials of the Department of State with the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives: Provided^ 
however^ That this section shall not apply to the United States repre-
sentatives to the Inter-American organizations. 
No representative of the United States Government to any interna-
tional organization of which the United States is not now a member 
shall, unless specifically authorized in an appropriation Act or other 
law, make any commitment requiring the appropriation of funds for a 
contribution by the United States in excess of 33l^ per centum of the 
budget of such international organization. 
SEC. 603. No part of any appropriation or authorization contained 
in this Act shall be used to pay compensation of any incumbent 
appointed to any civil office or position which may become vacant 
after August 1, 1951, through the fiscal year 1952: Provided, That 
this inhibition shall not apply— 
(a) to not to exceed 25 per centum of all vacancies; 
(b) to positions filled from within the department; 
599 
Persons 
engaging, 
etc., in strikes agalast 
or advocating over-
throw of U. S. Gov-
ernment. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty clause. 
Commitments for 
U.S. contributions to 
international organi-
zations, restriction. 
Consultation w i t h 
Congressional c o m -
mittees. 
Nonapplicabllity. 
Restriction on aip-
pointments. 
Nonapplicability. 
600 
PUBLIC LAW 188—OCT. 22, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
(c) to offices or positions required by law to be filled by 
appointment of the President by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate; 
(d) to the Department of Justice, except general administra-
tion personnel; 
(e) to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
(f) to the Judiciary Branch; 
(g) to the Civil Aeronautics Administration; 
(h) to the operational personnel of the Weather Bureau, Coast 
and Geodetic Survey, and the Bureau of Public Eoads; 
(i) to the Patent Office; 
(j) to the Civil Aeronautics Board; 
(k) to employees under the provisions of the Foreign Service 
6
0 stet.^999^ ^ ^^ 
Act of 1946 as amended; 
note. 
• • 
(1) to employees in grades CPC-1 and 2: 
Provided 
further, 
That when the total number of personnel in a 
department subject to this section has been reduced to 90 per centum 
of the total provided for in the budget estimates for 1952, this section 
may cease to apply. 
in^rSXef 
worker?- 
^Ec. 604. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
striction. 
' 
be used to pay the compensation of any employee engaged in per-
sonnel work in excess of the number that would be provided by a 
ratio of one such employee to one hundred and fifteen, or a part 
thereof, full-time, part-time, and intermittent employees of the agency 
concerned: Provided, 
That excess factors arising from unusual 
requirements approved by the President may be used in applying a 
different ratio, but in no instance shall the number be in excess of 
the number that would be provided by a ratio of one such employee 
to eighty-five, or a part thereof, full-time, part-time, and intermittent 
employees of the agency concerned: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of this section employees shall be considered as engaged in per-
sonnel work if they spend half time or more in personnel administra-
tion consisting of direction and administration of the personnel 
program; employment, placement, and separation; job evaluation 
and classification; employee relations and services; training; com-
mittees of expert examiners and boards of civil-service examiners; 
Nonappiicabiiity. wage administration; and processing, recording, and reporting: Pro-
vided further, 
That this section shall not apply to personnel work 
concerning employees of the Foreign Service of the United States. 
Chauffeurs. 
^-^0. 605. Except for the automobiles officially assigned to the Secre-
tary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Commerce, auto-
mobiles assigned for operation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
and one-half of the chauffeur-driven automobiles in operation in the 
Departments on July 1, 1951, no part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any civilian 
employee of the Government in the District of Columbia whose pri-
mary duties consist of acting as chauffeur of any Government-owned 
passenger motor vehicle (other than a bus or ambulance), unless such 
appropriation is specifically authorized to be used for paying the 
compensation of employees performing such duties. 
^Grades os-17 and 
g^c. 606. The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Appointments au- United States Department of Justice, hereafter is authorized without 
thonzed. 
regard to section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949 to place two 
positions in grade GS-18, and seven positions in grade GS-17, in the 
fu!*s.^a"j51105, ^^neral Schedule established by the Classification Act of 1949, and 
1071 note. 
'such positious shall be in lieu of any positions in the Federal Bureau 
AssociatT^Directo", of Investigation previously allocated under section 505. The com-
*'^^- 
pensation of the Associate Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion hereafter shall be $17,500 per annum. 
65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 189—OCT. 22, 1951 
601 
The Secretary of State hereafter is authorized without regard to 
section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949 to place the position of 
Director, Office of Budget and Finance in grade GS-17 in the General 
Schedule established by the Classification Act of 1949 so long as the 
position is held by the present incumbent. 
The Secretary of Commerce hereafter is authorized without regard 
to section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949 to place the position 
of Director, Office of Budget and Management in grade GS-17 in the 
General Schedule established by the Classification Act of 1949 so long 
as the position is held by the present incumbent. 
SEC. 607. This Act may be cited as the "Departments of State, Jus-
tice, Commerce, and the Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1952". 
Approved October 22, 1951. 
state Department;. 
Commerce Depart-
ment. 
Short title. 
Public Law 189 
CHAPTER 534 
AN ACT 
To amend the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, and for otlier purposes. 
October 22,1951 
[S. 1959] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the National 
Labor Relations Act, as amended, is hereby further amended as 
follows: 
(a) By adding at the end of said Act the following new section: 
"SEC. 18. No petition entertained, no investigation made, no election 
held, and no certification issued by the National Labor Relations 
Board, under any of the provisions of section 9 of the National Labor 
Relations Act, as amended, shall be invalid by reason of the failure 
of the Congress of Industrial Organizations to have complied with 
the requirements of section 9 (f), (g), or (h) of the aforesaid Act 
prior to December 22,1949, or by reason of the failure of the American 
Federation of Labor to have complied with the provisions of section 
^ (f)? (to)? oi" (h) of the aforesaid Act prior to November 7, 1947: 
Provided, That no liability shall be imposed under any provision of 
this Act upon any person for failure to honor any election or certificate 
referred to above, prior to the effective date of this amendment: Pro-
vided, however, That this proviso shall not have the effect of setting 
aside or in any way affecting judgments or decrees heretofore entered 
under section 10 (e) or (f) and which have become final." 
(b) Subsection (a) (3) of section 8 of said Act is amended by strik-
ing out so much of the first sentence as reads "; and (ii) if, following 
the most recent election held as provided in section 9 (e) the Board 
shall have certified that at least a majority of the employees eligible 
to vote in such election have voted to authorize such labor organiza-
tion to make such an agreement:" and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: "and has at the time the agreement was made or within 
the preceding twelve months received from the Board a notice of 
compliance with sections 9 (f), (g), (h), and (ii) unless following 
an election held as provided in section 9 (e) within one year preceding 
the effective date of such agreement, the Board shall have certified 
that at least a majority of the employees eligible to vote in such election 
have voted to rescind the authority of such labor organization to make 
sucli an agreement:" 
(c) Section 9 (e) of such Act is amended by striking out all of sub-
sections (1) and (2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(1) 
Upon the filing with the Board, by 30 per centum or more of the 
employees in a bargaining unit covered by an agreement between their 
National Labor Re-
lations Act, amend-
ment. 
61 Stat. 136. 
29 U. S. C. 5 167. 
Elections, etc. 
29U. S. C. {159. 
29 U. S. C. § 160. 
29 U. S. C. S 168. 
Secret ballot by 
Board.