An Act to amend section 14 (b) of the Federal Reserve Act, so as to extend for two additional years the authority of Federal Reserve banks to purchase United States obligations directly from the Treasury
PL 84-622 (H.R.9285), enacted 06/25/1956

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15, 1950 (64 Stat. 447), as amended (sec. 4-904, D. 
not be applicable during such period." 
Approved June 25, 1956. 
C. Code), shall 
es stat. 27. 
Public Law 622 
CHAPTER 447 
AN ACT 
To amend section 14 (b) of the Federal Reserve Act, so as to extend for two 
additional years the authority of Federal Reserve banks to purchase United 
States obligations directly from the Treasury. 
June 25, 1956 
[H. R. 9285] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amer'ica in Congress assembled, That section 14 (b) 
of the Federal Keserve Act, as amended (U. S. C , 1952 edition, supp. 
II, title 12, sec. 355), is amended by striking out "July 1, 1956" and 
inserting in lieu thei-eof "July 1, 1958" and by striking out "June 30, 
1956" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30,1958". 
Approved June 25, 1956. 
68 Stat. 329. 
Public Law 623 
CHAPTER 452 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, com-
missions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1957, and for other purposes. 
June 27, 1956 
[H. R. 9739] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, 
commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1957, namely: 
Independent C>f-
f i c e s Apprqpriia-
tion Act, 1957. 
TITLE I—INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
CIVIL SEEVICE COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to ex-
ceed $12,000 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 medical 
examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee 
basis; not to exceed $100 for the purchase of newspapers and periodi-
cals (excluding scientific, technical, trade or traffic periodicals, for 
official use) ; payment in advance for library membership in societies 
whose publications are available to members only or to members at a 
price lower than to the general public; not to exceed $70,000 for per-
forming the duties imposed upon the Commission by the Act of July 
19, 1940 (54 Stat. 767) ; reimtjursement of the General Services Ad-
ministration for security guard services for protection of confidential 
files; not to exceed $508,000 for expenses of travel; and not to exceed 
$5,000 for actuarial services by contract, without regard to section 
3709, Revised Statutes, as amended; $17,407,500. 
No part of the appropriations herein made to the Civil Service 
Commission shall be available for the salaries and expenses of the 
Legal Examining Unit in the Examining and Personnel Utilization 
Division of the Commission, established pursuant to Executive Order 
60 Stat. 810. 
5 u s e 1181,1 l£!k-
118n. 
Legal Examiniag 
Unit. 
3 C F R 
19 4 3 
Supp., p. 30. 
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[70 
STAT, 
60 Stat. 237. 
5 u s e 1001. 
International O
r
< 
ganizations, 
em-
ployees. 
22 u s e 287note, 
63 Stat. 166. 
5 u s e 835 note. 
62 Stat. 697. 
Annuities. 
58 Stat. 258. 
33 u s e 771-775. 
41 Stat. 614. 
68 Stat. 736. 
5 u s e 2091 note. 
9358 of July 1, 1943, or for the compensation or expenses of any mem-
ber of a board of examiners (1) who has not made affidavit that he has 
not appeared in any agency proceeding within the preceding two years, 
and will not thereafter while a board member appear in any agency 
proceeding, as a party, or in behalf of a party to the proceeding, before 
an agency in which an applicant is employed who has been rated or will 
be rated by such member; or (2) who, after making such affidavit, has 
rated an applicant who at the time of the rating is employed by an 
agency before which the board member has appeared as a party, or in 
behalf of a party, within the preceding two years: Provided^ That the 
definitions of "agency", "agency proceeding", and "party" in section 2 
of the Administrative Procedure Act shall apply to these terms as used 
herein. 
Investigations of United States citizens for employment by inter-
national organizations: For expenses necessary to carry out the pro-
visions of Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended, 
prescribing procedures for making available to the Secretary General 
of the United Nations, and the executive heads of other international 
organizations, certain information concerning United States citizens 
employed, or being considered for employment by such organizations, 
$487,500: Provided^ That this appropriation shall be available for 
advances or reimbursements to the applicable appropriations or funds 
of the Civil Service Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investi-
gation for expenses incurred by such agencies under said Executive 
order: Provided further^ That members of the International Organ-
izations Employees Loyalty Board may be paid actual transportation 
expenses, and per diem in lieu of subsistence authorized by the Travel 
Expense Act of 1949, as amended, while traveling on official business 
away from their homes or regular places of business, including periods 
while en route to and from and at the place where their services are 
to be performed: Provided further, That nothing in sections 281 or 
283 of title 18, United States Code, or in section 190 of the Revised 
Statutes (5 U. S. C. 99) shall be deemed to apply to any person because 
of appointment for part-time or intermittent service as a member of 
the International Organizations Employees Loyalty Board in the Civil 
Service Commission as established by Executive Order 10422, dated 
January 9,1953, as amended. 
Annuities, Panama Canal construction employees and Lighthouse 
Service widows: For payment of annuities authorized by the Act of 
May 29,1944, as amended (48 U. S. C. 1373a), and the Act of August 
19,1950 (64 Stat. 465), $2,024,000. 
Payment to civil-service retirement and disability fund: For financ-
ing the liability of the United States, created by the Act approved 
May 22, 1920, aiid Acts amendatory thereof (5 U. S. C, ch. 14), 
$525,000,000, which amount shall be placed to the credit of the "civil-
service retirement and disability fund." 
Not to exceed $117,500 of the funds in the "Employees' Life Insur-
ance Fund" shall be available for reimbursement to the Civil Service 
Commission for administrative expenses incurred by the Commission 
during the current fiscal year in the administration of the Federal 
Employees' Group Life Insurance Act. 
FEDERAL CIVIL D E F E N S E ADMINISTRATION 
64 Stat. 1245. 
Operations: For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in carrying out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 
1950, as amended (50 U. S. C , App. 2251-2297), including services as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
70 STAT.] 
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341 
55a); reimbursement of the Civil Service Commission for full field eo stat. 8io. 
investigations of employees occupying positions of critical importance 
from the standpoint of national security; expenses of attendance at 
meetings concerned with civil defense functions; reimbursement of the 
General Services Administration for security guard services; not to 
exceed $6,000 for the purchase of newspapers, periodicals, and tele-
type news services; and not to exceed $6,000 for emergency and 
extraordinary expenses to be expended under the direction of the 
Administrator for such purposes as he deems proper, and his deter-
mination thereon shall be final and conclusive; $15,560,000. 
Federal contributions: For financial contributions to the States, not 
otherwise provided for, pursuant to subsection (i) of section 201 of the 
Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended, to be equally matched ^jli " ^ ^ ^^^' 
with State funds, $17,000,000, to remain available until June 30,1958. 
Emergency supplies and equipment: For procurement of reserve 
stocks of emergency civil defense materials as authorized by subsec-
tion (h) of section 201 of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as ^isi, " ^ ^ ^^^' 
amended, and for procurement of radiological instruments and detec-
tion devices by the Federal Civil Defense Administrator and for dis-
tribution of such instruments and devices to the several States, the 
District of Columbia, and the Territories and possessions of the United 
States, by loan or grant, for training and educational purposes, under 
such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall prescribe, 
$47,000,000. 
Surveys, plans, and research: For expenses, not otherwise provided 
for, necessary for studies and research to develop measures and plans 
for evacuation, shelter, and the protection of life and property, as 
authorized by section 201 (d) of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 2281, " ^ ^ ^^^* 
1950, as amended, including services as authorized by section 15 of 
the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $10,000,000, to remain 
^o stat. sio. 
available until expended. 
Salaries and expenses, Civil defense functions of Federal agencies: 
For necessary expenses to enable departments and agencies to dis-
charge civil defense responsibilities delegated under the authority of 
section 201 (b) of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended, 22I1. ^^^ 
^^^' 
including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the pur-
poses of this appropriation, and the purchase of materials and sup-
plies necessary thereto, $4,000,000. 
No part of any appropriation in this Act shall be available for the 
warehouses, 
construction of warehouses or for the lease of warehouse space in any 
building which is to be constructed specifically for the use of the 
Federal Civil Defense Administration. 
FUNDS 
APPEOPRIATED 
TO 
THE 
PRESIDENT 
DISASTER RELIEF 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act of 
September 30, 1950 (Public Law 875), as amended, authorizing assist- 
5^*2%1s'c*\'^8*s &
• 
ance to States and local governments in major disasters, $6,000,000, isssg. 
to remain available until expended. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses in performing the 
duties of the Commission as authorized by law, including newspapers 
(not to exceed $175), land and structures (not to exceed $4,200), 
special counsel fees, improvement and care of grounds and repairs to 
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[70 
STAT. 
60 Stat. 610. 
buildings (not to exceed $15,000), services as authorized by section 15 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), purchase of not to 
exceed five passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only, in the 
event adequate vehicles cannot be obtained by transfer from other 
departments or agencies, and not to exceed $118,000 for expenses of 
travel, $7,828,000, of which $141,000 shall be available for such ex-
penses as are necessary to make a study of radio and television net-
work broadcasting. 
60 Stat. 810. 
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the work of the 
Commission, as authorized by law, including not to exceed $300,000 
for expenses of travel; purchase (one for replacement only) and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $500 for newspapers; 
$5,225,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for special 
counsel and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 
2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), but at rates not exceeding $50 per diem for 
individuals: Provided^ That not to exceed $325,000 shall be available 
for investigations relating to Federal river development projects. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade 
Commission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by law, not to exceed $700 for newspapers, services as authorized by 
60 Stat. 810. 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), and not to 
exceed $237,000 for expenses of travel, $5,550,000: Provided, 
That 
no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be expended upon any 
investigation hereafter provided by concurrent resolution of the Con-
gress until funds are appropriated subsequently to the enactment of 
such resolution to finance the cost of such investigation. 
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the General 
Accounting Office, including newspapers and periodicals (not exceed-
ing $500); uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law; pur-
chase of one passenger motor vehicle, for replacement only; and 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U. S. C. 55a); $34,000,000. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Public Buildings 
Service. 
40 u s e 35 6 note. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
Operating expenses. Public Buildings Service: For necessary ex-
penses of real property management and related activities as provided 
by law; repair and improvement of public buildings and grounds, 
including those occupied pursuant to the Public Buildings Purchase 
Contract Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 518), in the District of Columbia and 
area adjacent thereto, under the control of the General Services Ad-
ministration; repair and improvement of buildings operated by the 
Treasury and Post Office Departments in the District of Columbia; 
furnishings and equipment; rental of buildings in the District of 
Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving Government 
agencies (including space adjustments) in connection with the assign-
ment, allocation, and transfer of building space; demolition of build-
ings; acquisition by purchase or otherwise and disposal by sale or 
otherwise of real estate and interests therein; and not to exceed $205,^300 
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343 
47 Stat. 412. 
40 u s e 356note, 
63 Stat. 198. 
4 0 u s e 
297, 
297a. 
for expenses of travel; $125,000,000: Provided^ That of the foregoing 
amount $8,100,000 shall be available for repair and improvement and 
$4,500,000 for air conditioning of buildings in the District of Colum-
bia and area adjacent thereto: Provided further^ That this appropria-
tion shall be available, without regard to section 822 of the Act of 
June 30, 1932, as amended (40 U. S. C. 278a), for the rental, repair, 
alteration, and improvement of buildings or parts thereof, heretofore 
leased under the appropriation for "Emergency operating expenses". 
Repair, improvement, and equipment of federally owned buildings 
outside the District of Columbia: For expenses necessary for the re-
pair, alteration, preservation, renovation, improvement, extension, 
equipment, and demolition of federally owned buildings and buildings 
occupied pursuant to the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 
1954 (68 Stat. 518) outside the District of Columbia, not otherwise 
provided for, including grounds, approaches and appurtenances, 
wharves and piers, together with the necessary dredging adjacent 
thereto; acquisition of land as authorized by title I I I of the Act of 
June 16, 1949 (40 U. S. C. 297) ; not to exceed $250,000 for expenses 
of travel; and care and safeguarding of sites acquired for Federal 
buildings; $42,565,550, to remain available until expended. 
Sites and planning, purchase contract, and public buildings proj-
ects: For an additional amount for expenses necessary in carrying 
out the provisions of the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 
1954 (68 Stat. 518), including preparation of drawings and specifica-
tions, by contract or otherwise; acquisition of sites, where not otherwise 
provided for, including soil investigations and tests; and administra-
tive expenses; $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
Payments, public buildings purchase contracts: For payments of 
principal, interest, taxes, and any other obligations under contracts 
entered into pursuant to the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act 
of 1954 (68 Stat. 518), $237,000: Provided, That the Administrator of 
General Services may enter into contracts during the fiscal year 1957 
for which the aggregate of annual payments for amortization of prin-
cipal and interest thereon shall not exceed $7,000,000, in addition to 
the unused portion of the $5,000,000 limitation applicable prior to 
July 1, 1956, under the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1956 
(69 Stat. 205). 
Hospital facilities in the District of Columbia (liquidation of con-
tract authorization) : For payment of obligations incurred pursuant 
to authority provided under the head "Hospital Center, District of 
Columbia", in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, to 
^2 stat. i84. 
enter into contracts for construction, $5,300,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That this amount may be disbursed through 
the appropriation "Hospital facilities in the District of Columbia", 
but shall be accounted for separately therein. 
Operating expenses. Federal Supply Service: For necessary expenses 
of personal property management and related activities as provided by 
law; including not to exceed $300 for the purchase of newspapers and 
periodicals; and not to exceed $120,000 for expenses of travel: 
$2,884,400: Provided, 
That not to exceed $1,935,600 of any funds 
received for deposit under section 204 (a) of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, and not other-
wise disposed of by law, shall be deposited to the credit of this appro-
priation and shall be available for expenditure for necessary expenses 
in carrying out the functions of the General Services Administration 
under the said 1949 Act, as amended, with respect to the utilization 
and disposal of excess and surplus personal property. 
40 u s e 356 note. 
40 u s e 313-2. 
63 Stat. 388. 
40 u s e 485. 
40 u s e 471 note. 
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[70 ST A T . 
63 Stat. 382. 
NARS. 
60 Stat. 596. 
50 u s e 98 note. 
60 Stat. 610. 
68 StaU 456. 
60 Stat. 598. 
Expenses, general supply fund: For expenses necessary for opera-
tion of the general supply fund (except those authorized by law to be 
charged to said fund), including contractual services incident to 
receiving, handling, and shipping warehouse items; not to exceed 
$250 for purchase of newspapers and periodicals; and not to exceed 
$110,000 for expenses of travel; $14,770,000: Provided, That funds 
available to the General Services Administration for the current fiscal 
year shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
General supply fund: To increase the general supply fund estab-
lished by the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949, as amended (5 IT. S. C. 630g), $10,000,000. 
Operating expenses. National Archives and Records Service: For 
necessary expenses in connection with Federal records management 
and related activities as provided by law; and not to exceed $44,750 
for expenses of travel; $6,893,650. 
Operating expenses, Transportation and Public Utilities Service: 
For necessary expenses of transportation and public utilities manage-
ment and related activities, as provided by law, including not to 
exceed $25,000 for expenses of travel; $1,251,100. 
Strategic and critical materials: Funds available for carrying out 
the provisions of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling 
Act of July 23, 1946, during the current fiscal year shall be available 
for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U. S. C. 55a), not to exceed $3,175,500 for operating expenses, not 
to exceed $86,000 for expenses of travel, and necessary expenses for 
transportation and handling, within the United States (including 
charges at United States ports), storage, security, and maintenance of 
strategic and critical materials acquired for the supplemental stock-
pile pursuant to section 104 (b) of the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U. S. C. 1704 (b)) : Provided, 
That any funds received as proceeds from sale or other disposition 
of materials on account of the rotation of stocks under said Act shall 
be deposited to the credit, and be available for expenditure for the 
purposes, of this appropriation: Provided further, That during the 
current fiscal year, there shall be no limitation on the value of surplus 
strategic and critical materials which, in accordance with subsection 
6 (a) of the Act of July 23,1946 (50 U. S. C. 98e (a)), may be trans-
ferred to stockpiles established in accordance with said Act: Provided 
further, That no part of funds available shall be used for construction 
of warehouses or tank storage facilities: Provided further. That the 
sum of $199,349,000 of funds heretofore appropriated under this head 
is hereby rescinded, and such amount shall be covered into the Treas-
ury promptly upon enactment of this Act. 
Abaca fiber program: Not to exceed $100,000 of funds available to 
the General Services Administration for the abaca fiber program shall 
be available for administrative expenses incident to the abaca fiber 
program, to be computed on an accrual basis, and to be exclusive of the 
interest paid, depreciation, capitalized expenditures, expenses in con-
nection with the acquisition, protection, operation, maintenance, im-
provement, or disposition of real or personal property relating to the 
abaca fiber program, and expenses of services performed on a contract 
or fee basis in connection with the performance of legal services. 
Salaries and expenses. Office of Administrator: For expenses of 
executive direction for activities under the control of the General 
Services Administration, including not to exceed $11,300 for expenses 
of travel, and not to exceed $250 for purchase of newspapers and 
periodicals; $395,000. 
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345 
Administrative operations fund: Funds available to General Serv-
ices Administration for administrative operations, in support of pro-
gram activities, shall be expended and accounted for, as a whole, 
through a single fund, which is hereby authorized: Provided^ That 
costs and obligations for such administrative operations for the re-
spective program activities shall be accounted for in accordance with 
systems approved by the General Accounting Office: Provided 
further^ 
That the total amount deposited into said account for the fiscal year 
1957 from funds made available to General Services Administration 
in this Act shall not exceed $9,540,375, of which not to exceed $137,700 
may be used for travel expenses: Provided further^ That amounts 
deposited into said account for administrative operations for each 
program shall not exceed the amounts included in the respective pro-
gram appropriations for such purposes. 
The appropriate appropriation or fund available to the General 
Services Administration shall be credited with (1) cost of operation, 
protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included 
as part of rentals received from Government corporations pursuant 
to law (40 U. S. C. 129) ; (2) reimbursements for services performed 
in respect to bonds and other obligations under the jurisdiction of the 
General Services Administration, issued by public authorities. States, 
or other public bodies, and such services in respect to such bonds or 
obligations as the Administrator deems necessary and in the public 
interest may, upon the request and at the expense of the issuing agen-
cies, be provided from the appropriate foregoing appropriation; and 
(3) appropriations or funds available to other agencies, and trans-
ferred to the General Services Administration, in connection with 
property transferred to the General Services Administration pursu-
ant to the Act of July 2, 1948 (50 U. S. C. 451ff), and such appro-
priations or funds may, with the approval of the Bureau of the 
Budget, be so transferred. 
No part of any money appropriated by this or any other Act for any 
agency of the executive branch of the Government shall be used during 
the current fiscal year for the purchase within the continental limits of 
the United States of any typewriting machines except in accordance 
with regulations issued pursuant to the provisions of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. 
The Administrator is authorized, without regard to the Classification 
Act of 1949, as amended, to place ten positions, in addition to those 
otherwise authorized, in grade GS-16 in the General Schedule estab-
lished by said Act, and the salary of the Comptroller shall be at the 
salary rate of grade GS-18 so long as such position is occupied by the 
present incumbent. 
61 Stat. 584. 
62 Stat. 1225. 
50 u s e 451 note. 
Typewriting ma-
chines. 
63 Stat. 377. 
40 u s e 471 noite. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 none. 
HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Office of the 
Administrator, including rent in the District of Columbia; purchase 
of one passenger motor vehicle, for replacement only; services as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); 
not to exceed $340,000 for expenses of travel; and expenses of attend-
ance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work of the 
Agency; $6,225,000: Provided, That necessary expenses of inspections 
and of providing representatives at the site of projects being planned 
60 Stat. 810. 
4 2 u s e 149 1 
1495. 
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[70 STAT. 
or undertaken by local public agencies pursuant to title I of the Hous-
4 2^u^sc'*M5i. ing Act of 1949, as amended, projects financed through loans to edu-
^^64*stat 77 
catioual institutions authorized by title IV of the Housing Act of 
12 us'c 17 49- 1950, as amended, and projects and facilities financed by loans to 
^^69%BU 642. 
public agencies pursuant to title I I of the Housing Amendments of 
1955, as amended, shall be compensated by such agencies or institutions 
by the payment of fixed fees which in the aggregate will cover the 
costs of rendering such services, and expenses for such purpose shall 
be considered nonadministrative; and for the purpose of providing 
such inspections, the Administrator may utilize any agency and such 
agency may accept reimbursement or payment for such services from 
such institutions, or the Administrator, and shall credit such amounts 
to the appropriations or funds against which such charges have been 
made, but such nonadministrative expenses shall not exceed $1,100,000. 
Urban planning grants: For an additional amount for grants to 
State, regional, and metropolitan area planning bodies in accordance 
40 use 46?* 
with the provisions of section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954, as 
amended, $1,500,000. 
Keserve of planned public works (payment to revolving fund) : 
For an additional amount for payment to the revolving fund estab-
40 vie A62I 
lished pursuant to section 702 of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended 
(40U.S.C. 462), $7,500,000. 
Capital grants for slum clearance and urban renewal: For an addi-
tional amount for payment of capital grants as authorized by title I 
63 stau 416. 
^f ^j^^ Housiiig Act of 1949, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1453, 1456), 
$40,000,000. 
PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
Administrative expenses: For administrative expenses of the Public 
Housing Administration, $10,500,000, to be merged with and expended 
under the authorization for such expenses contained in title I I of 
this Act. 
Annual contributions: For the payment of annual contributions to 
public housing agencies in accordance with section 10 of the United 
50 Stat. 891. 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1410), $93,000,000. 
INTEKSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Interstate Com-
merce Commission, including not to exceed $5,000 for the employment 
of special counsel; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
60 Stat. 810. 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $50 per diem 
for individuals; newspapers (not to exceed $200); purchase of not 
to exceed sixty passenger motor vehicles, of which nineteen shall be 
for replacement only; and not to exceed $1,085,000 for expenses of 
travel; $14,879,696 of which (a) not less than $1,230,178 shall be avail-
able for expenses necessary to carry out railroad safety activities and 
not less than $849,500 shall be available for expenses necessary to carry 
out locomotive inspection activities, (b) $100,000 shall be available for 
expenses necessary to carry out such defense mobilization functions 
as may be delegated pursuant to law: Provided^ That Joint Board 
members and cooperating State commissioners may use Government 
transportation requests when traveling in connection with their duties 
as such. 
70 STAT.] 
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S47 
NATIONAL 
ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE 
FOR 
AERONAUTICS 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Committee, 
including one Director at not to exceed $17,500 per annum so long 
as the position is held by the present incumbent; contracts for the 
making of special investigations and reports and for engineering, 
drafting and computing services; equipment; not to exceed $380,000 
for expenses of travel; maintenance and operation of aircraft; pur-
chase of seven passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; not to 
exceed $100 for newspapers and periodicals; uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 
1114), as amended; and services as authorized by section 15 of the 
s use 2131, 
Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. o5a); $61,887,500, together with 
^o stat. 810. 
not to exceed $1,500,000 of the unobligated balance of funds appro-
priated for this purpose in the "Independent Offices Appropriation 
Act, 1956". 
. 
. 
^^ ^
*
^
*
* ^°^* 
Construction and equipment: For construction and equipment at 
laboratories and research stations of the Committee, $14,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL HOUSING AUTHORITY 
Maintenance and operation of properties: For the maintenance and 
operation of properties under title I of the District of Columbia Alley 
Dwelling Authority Act, $38,000: Provided^ That all receipts derived 
52 stat. 118& ^
^
^ 
from sales, leases, or other sources shall be covered into the Treasury to 5-1*11.° 
of the United States monthly: Provided 
further, 
That so long as 
funds are available from appropriations for the foregoing purposes, 
the provisions of section 507 of the Housing Act of 1950 (Public Law 
475, Eighty-first Congress), shall not be effective. 
64 stat. si. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the 
purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended 
^^ ^°** ^'^^' 
(42 U. S. C. 1861-1875), including award of graduate fellowships; 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
^° ^^* ^^°* 
U. S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $150,000 for expenses 
of travel; not to exceed $300 for the purchase of newspapers and 
periodicals; and reimbursement of the (jeneral Services Administra-
tion for security guard services; $40,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, 
That of the foregoing amount not less than 
$9,500,000 shall be available for tuition, grants, and allowances in 
connection with a program of supplementary training for high school 
science and mathematics teachers. 
NATIONAL SECMJKITY TRAINING (COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the National 
Security Training Commission, including services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates for 
^o stat. sio. 
individuals not in excess of $50 per diem; and expenses of attendance 
at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation; 
$50,000. 
348 
60 Stat. 810. 
60 Stat. 810. 
SOUSCapp. 451. 
60 Stat. 810. 
64 Stat. 765. 
31 u s e 665. 
Destru c t i o n of 
records. 
54 Stat. 685. 
50 u s e E^p. 318. 
57 Stat. 380. 
PUBLIC LAW 62a-JUNE 27, 1956 
KENEGOTIATION BOARD 
[70 
STAT. 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Renegotiation 
Board, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with 
the purposes of this appropriation; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $65,000 for expenses of travel; and services as authorized 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates 
]iot to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; $3,675,000. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to 
exceed $1,125 for the purchase of newspapers; not to exceed $197,50;) 
for expenses of travel: uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by law; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and services as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 IJ. S. C. 55a); 
$5,749,000. 
SELECTIVE 
SERVICE 
SYSTEM 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the operation 
and maintenance of the Selective Service System, as authorized by 
title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 
604), as amended, including services as authorized by section 15 of 
the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; travel expenses; purchase 
of twenty-eight motor vehicles for replacement only; not to exceed 
$250 for the purchase of newspapers and periodicals; not to exceed 
$75,800 for the National Selective Service Appeal Board, and $180,000 
for the National Advisory Committee on the Selection of Physicians, 
Dentists, and Allied Specialists; $29,050,000: Provided, That of the 
foregoing amount $20,586,050 shall be available for registration, classi-
fication, and induction activities of local boards: Provided 
further, 
That during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt this 
appropriation from the provisions of subsection (c) of section 3679 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended, whenever he deems such action to be 
necessary in the interest of national defense. 
Appropriations for the Selective Service System may be used for 
the destruction of records accumulated under the Selective Training 
and Service Act of 1940, as amended, by the Director of Selective 
Service after compliance with the procedures for the destruction of 
records prescribed pursuant to the Records Disposal Act of 1943, as 
amended (44 U. S. C. 366-380) : Provided, That no records may be 
transferred to any other agency without the approval of the Director 
of Selective Service. 
P u b l i c 
r e l a> 
tions work. 
Educational at-
tendance reports. 
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 
General operating expenses: For necessary operating expenses of 
the Veterans Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
expenses incidental to securing employment for war veterans; uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law^; purchase of 
twenty-two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; not to 
exceed $3,500 for newspapers and periodicals; and not to exceed 
$3,019,950 for expenses of travel of employees; $163,027,130, of which 
$17,640,042 shall be available for such expenses as are necessary for 
the loan guaranty program: Provided, 
That no part of this appro-
priation shall be used to pay in excess of twenty-two persons engaged 
in public relations work: Provided 
further, 
That no part of this 
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349 
appropriation shall be used to pay educational institutions for reports 
and certifications of attendance at such institutions an allowance at 
a rate in excess of $1 per month for each eligible veteran enrolled in 
and attending such institution. 
Medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses: For 
expenses necessary for administration of the medical, hospital, domi-
ciliary, special service, construction and supply, research, and employee 
education and training activities; expenses necessary for carrying out 
programs of medical research and of education and training of employ-
ees, as authorized by law; not to exceed $992,200 for expenses of travel 
of employees paid from this appropriation, and those engaged in 
training programs; not to exceed $2,700 for newspapers and period-
icals ; and not to exceed $43,700 for preparation, shipment, installation, 
and display of exhibits, photographic displays, moving pictures, and 
other visual educational information and descriptive material, includ-
ing purchase or rental of equipment; $20,773,800, of which $10,000,000 
shall be available for medical research. 
Inpatient care: For expenses necessary for the maintenance and 
operation of hospitals and domiciliary facilities and for the care and 
treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration in facilities 
not under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration as author-
ized by law, including the furnishing of recreational articles and facil-
ities; maintenance and operation of farms; repairing, altering, 
improving or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 
imder the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration, not otherwise 
provided for, either by contract, or by the hire of temporary employees 
and purchase of materials; purchase of ninety-six passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only; not to exceed $366,500 for expenses of 
travel of employees; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized 
by the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1114), as amended; and aid 
s use 2131. 
to State or Territorial homes in conformity with the Act approved 
August 27, 1888, as amended (24 XT. S. C. 134) for the support of 
25 stat. 450. 
veterans eligible for admission to Veterans Administration facilities 
for hospital or domiciliary care; $670,116,900, including the sum of 
$7,216,900 for reimbursable services performed for other Government 
agencies and individuals: Provided^ That allotments and transfers 
may be made from this appropriation to the Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare (Public Health Service), the Army, Navy, 
and Air Force Departments, for disbursement by them under the vari-
ous headings of their applicable appropriations, of such amounts as are 
necessary for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans 
Administration: Provided further^ That the foregoing appropriation 
is predicated on f 
urnishitig inpatient care and treatment to an average 
of 141,100 beneficaries during the fiscal year 1957 including members 
in State or Territorial homes, and if a lesser number is experienced 
such appropriation shall be expended only in proportion to the average 
number of beneficiaries furnished such care and treatment. 
Outpatient care: For expenses necessary for furnishing outpatient 
care to beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration, as authorized by 
law; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law; and not 
to exceed $206,400 for expenses of travel of employees; $82,638,000. 
Maintenance and operation of supply depots: For expenses neces-
sary for maintenance and operation of supply depots, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law, and not to exceed 
$5,400 for expenses of travel of employees, $1,628,000. 
Compensation and pensions: For the payment of compensation, 
pensions, gratuities, and allowances (including burial awards author-
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[70 ST A T , 
38 u s e ch. 12A. 
43 Stat. 125. 
58 Stat. 287. 
38USC 701,694-
694n, ch. 12A. 
66 Stat. 663. 
38 u s e 911-984. 
38 u s e ch. 12A. 
54 Stat. 1008. 
38 u s e 818. 
65 Stat. 33. 
38 u s e 851 note. 
62 Stat. 1210. 
46 Stat. 1550. 
5 8 Stat. 284. 
65 Stat. 36. 
ized by Veterans Regulation Numbered 9 (a), as amended, and sub-
sistence allowances authorized by part VII of Veterans Regulation 1 
(a) as amended), authorized under any Act of Congress, or regulation 
of the President based thereon, including emergency officers' retire-
ment pay and annuities, the administration of which is now or may 
hereafter be placed in the Veterans' Administration, and for the 
payment of adjusted-service credits as provided in sections 401 and 
601 of the Act of May 19,1924, as amended (38 U. S. C. 631 and 661), 
$2,907,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
Readjustment benefits: For the payment of benefits to or on behalf 
of veterans as authorized by titles II, III, and V, of the Servicemen's 
Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, and title I I of the Veterans 
Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952, as amended, and for supplies, 
equipment, and tuition authorized by part VII and payments author-
ized by part I X of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, 
$775,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
Military and naval insurance: For military and naval insurance, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
National service life insurance: For the payment of benefits and 
for transfer to the national service life insurance fund, in accordance 
with the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, 
$23,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That cer-
tain premiums shall be credited to this appropriation as provided by 
the Act. 
Servicemen's indemnities: For payment of liabilities under the 
Servicemen's Indemnity Act of 1951, $26,750,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
Grants to the Republic of the Philippines: For payment to the 
Republic of the Philippines of grants in accordance with the Act of 
July 1, 1948, as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 1991-1996), for expenses 
incident to medical care and treatment of veterans, $2,000,000. 
Hospital and domiciliary facilities: For hospital and domiciliary 
facilities, for planning and for extending any of the facilities under 
the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration or for any of the 
purposes set forth in sections 1 and 2 of the Act approved March 4, 
1931 (38 U. S. C. 438j-k) or in section 101 of the Servicemen's Read-
justment Act of 1944 (38 IT. S. C. 693a), to remain available until 
expended, $51,635,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be used for the major 
alteration, rehabilitation, and modernization for the continued opera-
tion of the hospital at McKinney, Texas, and $1,500,000 shall be 
available for technical services for replacement of the general medical 
and surgical hospital at Nashville, Tennessee: Provided^ That the 
construction of the hospital at the Wade Park site is to furnish not 
less than eight hundred general, medical, and surgical beds. 
Major alterations, improvements and repairs: For all necessary 
expenses of major alterations, improvements, and repairs to regional 
offices, supply depots, and hospital and domiciliary 
facilities, 
$4,533,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That no part 
of the foregoing appropriation shall be used to commence any major 
alteration, improvement, or repair unless funds are available for the 
completion of such work; and no funds shall be used for such work at 
any facility if the Veterans Administration is reasonably certain that 
the installation will be abandoned in the near future. 
Service-disabled veterans insurance fund: To increase the capital 
of the fund established in accordance with section 620 of the National 
Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended (38 U. S. C. 821), 
$1,000,000. 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation for the current 
fiscal year for "Compensation and pensions", "Readjustment benefits", 
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351 
60 Stat. 810. 
38 Stat.ch. 12i\, 
"Military and naval insurance", "National service life insurance", and 
"Servicemen's indemnities", may be transferred, to any other of the 
mentioned appropriations, but not to exceed 10 per centum of the 
appropriation so augmented. 
Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the 
current fiscal year for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
U.S.C.55a)._ 
Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the 
current fiscal year for "Inpatient care" and "Outpatient care" shall 
be available for funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto 
(except burial awards authorized by Veterans Regulation Numbered 
9 (a), as amended), for beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration 
receiving care under such appropriations. 
No part of the appropriations in this Act for the Veterans Admin-
istration (except the appropriation for "Hospital and domiciliary 
facilities") shall be available for the purchase of any site for or toward 
the construction of any new hospital or home. 
No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be available for 
hospitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries 
entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless 
reimbursement of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as 
may be fixed by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs. 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 102. Where appropriations in this title are expendable for 
Travel e^ensea. 
travel expenses of employees and no specific limitation has been placed 
thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not exceed the 
amount set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for the 
appropriations: Provided, That l;his section shall not apply to travel 
performed by uncompensated officials of local boards and appeal 
boards of the Selective Service System. 
SEC. 103. Where appropriations in this title are expendable for the pefJ*]J^d''i*|*i *"'' 
purchase of newspapers and periodicals and no specific limitation has chases. 
* ^"'" 
been placed thereon, the expenditures therefor under each such ap-
propriation may not exceed the amount of $50: Provided, That this 
limitation shall not apply to the purchase of scientific, technical, trade, 
or traffic periodicals necessary in connection with the performance of 
the authorized functions of the agencies for which funds are herein 
provided. 
3EC. 104. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall 
be available to pay the salary of any person filling a position, other 
than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has 
left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satisfac-
torily completed his period of active military or naval service and 
has within ninety days after his release from such service or from 
hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more 
than one year made application for restoration to his former position 
and has been certified by the Civil Service Commission as still qualified 
to perform the duties of his former position and has not been restored 
thereto. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations contained in this title, available for ex-
penses of travel shall be available, when specifically authorized by the 
head of the activity or establishment concerned, for expenses of attend-
ance at meetings of organizations concerned with the function or 
activity for which the appropriation concerned is made. 
Positions former-
ly held by personn 
e n t e r i n g 
Armed 
Forces. 
A tt e n dance at 
meetings. 
352 
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[70 ST A T . 
61 Stat. 584. 
31 use 849. 
sa^e* %tc * ' * ^ * * 
^^^* ^^^' ^^ P^^^ ^^ *^y appropriations made available by the pro-
visions of this title shall be used for the purchase or sale of real estate 
or for the purpose of establishing new offices outside the District of 
Columbia: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to programs 
which have been approved by the Congress and appropriations made 
therefor. 
Personnel woric. 
g^c. 107. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall 
be used to pay the compensation of any employee engaged in personnel 
work in excess of the number that would be provided by a ratio of one 
such employee to one hundred and thirty-five, or a part thereof, full-
time, part-time, and intermittent employees of the agency concerned: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section employees shall be con-
sidered as engaged in personnel work if they spend half time or more 
in personnel administration consisting of direction and administration 
of the personnel program; employment, placement, and separation; 
job evaluation and classification; employee relations and services; 
training; wage administration; and processing, recording, and 
reporting. 
Nonappiicabiutjfc 
SiEQ. 108. Nonc of the sections under the head "Independent Offices, 
General Provisions" in this title shall apply to the Housing and Home 
Finance Agency. 
TITLE II—COEPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies, respectively, are hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and 
in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments 
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 
of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Budget for the 
fiscal year 1957 for each such corporation or agency, except as herein-
after provided: 
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK BOARD 
Federal Home Loan Bank Board: Not to exceed a total of $1,036,700 
shall be available for administrative expenses of the Federal Home 
Loan Bank Board, and shall be derived from funds available to the 
Federal Home Loan Bank Board, including those in the Federal Home 
Loan Bank Board revolving fund and receipts of the Federal Home 
Loan Bank Administration, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, or 
the Home Loan Bank Board for the current fiscal year and prior fiscal 
years, and the Board may utilize and may make payment for services 
and facilities of the Federal home-loan banks, the Federal Reserve 
banks, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, and 
other agencies of the Government: Provided, That all necessary ex-
E
enses in connection with the conservatorship of institutions insured 
y the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation and all neces-
sary expenses (including services performed on a contract or fee 
basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the 
handling, including the purchase, sale, and exchange, of securities on 
behalf of Federal home-loan banks, and the sale, issuance, and retire-
ment of, or payment of interest on, debentures or bonds, under the Fed-
eral Home Loan Bank Act, as amended, shall be considered as nonad-
ministrative expenses for the purposes hereof: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $46,950 shall be available for expenses of travel: Pro-
vided further, That members and alternates of the Federal Savings 
and Loan Advisory Council shall be entitled to reimbursement from 
the Board as approved by the Board for transportation expenses in-
curred in attendance at meetings of or concerned with the work of such 
47 Stat. 725. 
12 u s e 142 1-
1449. 
70 STAT.3 
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363 
Council and may be paid not to exceed $25 per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence : Provided further^ That notwithstanding an^ other provisions 
of this Act, except for the limitation in amount hereinbefore specified, 
the administrative expenses and other obligations of the Board shall 
be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of 
the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of July 22, 1932, as amended (12 
tJ. S. C. 1421-1449) : Provided further^ That the nonadministrative 
expenses for the examination of Federal and State chartered institu-
tions shall not exceed $4,289,000. 
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation: Not to exceed 
$596,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, which shall 
be on an accrual basis and shall be exclusive of interest paid, deprecia-
tion, properly capitalized expenditures, expenses in connection with 
liquidation of insured institutions, liquidation or handling of assets 
of or derived from insured institutions, payment of insurance, and 
action for or toward the avoidance, termination, or minimizing of 
losses in the case of insured institutions, legal fees and expenses, and 
payments for administrative expenses of the Federal Home Loan Bank 
Board determined by said Board to be properly allocable to said 
Corporation, and said Corporation may utilize and may make pay-
ment for services and facilities of the Federal home-loan banks, the 
Federal Reserve banks, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and 
other agencies of the Government: Provided^ That not to exceed 
$15,400 shall be available for expenses of travel: Provided 
further. 
That notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, except for the 
limitation in amount hereinbefore specified, the administrative ex-
penses and other obligations of said Corporation shall be incurred, 
allowed and paid in accordance with title IV of the Act of June 27, 
1934, as amended (12 U. S. C. 1724-1730). 
48 Stat. 1255. 
H o t SING AND H O M E F I N A N C E 
AGENCY 
Office of the Administrator, college housing loans: Not to exceed 
$1,100,000 shall be available for all administrative expenses, which 
shall be on an accrual basis, of carrying out the functions of the Office 
of the Administrator under the program of housing loans to educa-
tional institutions (title IV of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended, 
12 U. S. C. 1749-I749d), but this amount shall be exclusive of pay- 
^^ stau 77. 
ment for services and facilities of the Federal Reserve banks or any 
member thereof, the Federal home-loan banks, and any insured bank 
within the meaning of the Act creating the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation (Act of August 23, 1935, as amended, 12 U. S. C. 264) 
64 stau 873. 
which has been designated by the Secretary of the Treasury as a de- note. " ^ ^ ^ * ^' 
pository of public money of the United States: Provided^ That not to 
exceed $42,000 shall be available for expenses of travel. 
Office of the Administrator, public facility loans i Not to exceed 
$368,000 of funds in the revolving fund established pursuant to title 
I I of the Housing Amendments of 1955, as amended, shall be available 
^9 stat. 642. ^ 
for administrative expenses, but this amount shall be exclusive of 1495. 
payment for services and facilities of the Federal Reserve banks or 
any member thereof, the Federal home-loan banks, and any insured 
bank within the meaning of the Act creating the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation (Act of August 23, 1935, as amended, 12 
U. S. C. 264) which has been designated by the Secretary of the ^ ^2 use i s i i 
Treasury as a depository of public money of the United States: Pro- "''*** 
vided, That (1) the authorization for appropriations contained in 
section 108 of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Liquidation 
Act (67 Stat. 232) is hereby canceled, (2) the unobligated balance 
4° "^c 459. 
of the revolving fund authorized by said section is rescinded and shall 
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[70 ST 
A T . 
12 use 
note> 
1 8 1 1 
48 Stat. 1246. 
63 StaU 905. 
12 u s e 1702. 
be covered into the Treasury upon approval of this Act, and (3) the 
obligation of the Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance 
Agency to repay the Treasury for advances from said fund, together 
with interest thereon, is hereby canceled. 
Office of the Administrator, revolving fund (liquidating programs): 
During the current fiscal year not to exceed $2,165,000 shall be avail-
able for administrative expenses (including not to exceed $150,000 for 
travel), but this amount shall be exclusive of costs of services per-
formed on a contract or fee basis in connection with termination of 
contracts and legal services on a contract or fee basis and of payment 
for services and facilities of the Federal Reserve banks or any member 
thereof, any servicer approved by the Federal National Mortgage 
Association, the Federal home-loan banks, and any insured bank 
within the meaning of the Act of August 23,1935, as amended, creating 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (12 U. S. C. 264) which 
has been designated by the Secretary of the Treasury as a depository 
of public money of the United States: Provided^ That all expenses, 
not otherwise specifically limited in connection with the programs pro-
vided for under this head shall not exceed $7,900,000, but this limita-
tion shall not apf)ly to expenses (other than for personal services) in 
connection with disposition of federally owned projects. 
Federal National Mortgage Association: Not to exceed $3,775,000 
shall be available for administrative expenses, which shall be on an ac-
crual basis, and shall be exclusive of interest paid, expenses (including 
expenses for fiscal agency services performed on a contract or fee 
basis) in connection with the issuance and servicing of obligations, 
depreciation, properly capitalized expenditures, fees for servicing 
mortgages, expenses (including services performed on a force ac-
count, contract, or fee basis, but not including other personal services) 
in connection with the acquisition, protection, operation, maintenance, 
improvement, or disposition of real or personal property belonging 
to said Association or in which it has an interest, cost of salaries, wages, 
travel, and other expenses of persons employed outside of the conti-
nental United States, expenses of services performed on a contract or 
fee basis in connection with the performance of legal services, and all 
administrative expenses reimbursable from other Government agen-
cies; and said Association may utilize and may make payment for 
services and facilities of the Federal Reserve banks and other agencies 
of the Government: Provided^ That the distribution of administrative 
expenses to the accounts of the Association shall be made in accord-
ance with generally recognized accounting principles and practices: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for 
expenses of travel. 
Federal Housing Administration: In addition to the amounts avail-
able by or pursuant to law (which shall be transferred to this authori-
zation) for the administrative expenses in carrying out duties im-
posed by or pursuant to law, not to exceed $6,900,000 of the various 
funds of the Federal Housing Administration shall be available for 
expenditure, in accordance with the National Housing Act, as amended 
(12 U. S. C. 1701) : Provided, That, except as herein otherwise pro-
vided, all expenses and obligations of said Administration shall be 
incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of said 
Act: Provided further, That not to exceed $445,000 shall be available 
for expenses oi travel: Provided further, 
That funds available for 
expenditure shall be available for contract actuarial services (not to 
exceed $1,500); and purchase of periodicals and newspapers (not to 
exceed $750) : Provided further. That expenditures for nonadminis-
trative expenses classified by section 2 of Public Law 387, approved 
October 25,1949, shall not exceed $36,700,000. 
70 S T A T . ] 
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355 
68 Stat. 111^^ 
Public Housing Administration: Of the amounts available by or 
pursuant to law for the administrative expenses of the Public Housing 
Administration in carrying out duties imposed by or pursuant to law, 
including funds appropriated by title I of this Act, not to exceed 
$12,475,000 shall be available for such expenses, including not to exceed 
$950,000 for expenses of travel; purchase of uniforms, or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended 
(5 U. S. C. 2131); and expenses of attendance at meetings of organiza-
ations concerned with the work of the Administration: Provided^ 
That necessary expenses of providing representatives of the Admin-
istration at the sites of non-Federal projects in connection with the 
construction of such non-Federal projects by public housing agencies 
with the aid of the Administration, shall be compensated by such 
agencies by the payment of fixed fees which in the aggregate in relation 
to the development costs of such projects will cover the costs of render-
ing such services, and expenditures by the Administration for such 
purpose shall be considered nonadministrative expenses, and funds 
received from such payments may be used only for the payment of 
necessary expenses of providing representatives of the Administration 
at the sites of non-Federal projects: Provided further^ That all ex-
penses of the Public Housing Administration not specifically limited 
n\ this Act, in carrying out its duties imposed by law, shall not exceed 
$2,900,000. 
CORPORATIONS—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds of, or available for expenditure by, 
Personnel work, 
any corporation or agency included in this title shall be used to pay 
the compensation of any employee engaged in personnel work in excess 
of the number that would be provided by a ratio of one such employee 
to one hundred and thirty-five, or a part thereof, full-time, part-time, 
and intermittent employees of the agency concerned: Provided^ That 
for purposes of this section employees shall be considered as engaged 
in personnel work if they spend half-time or more in personnel admin-
istration consisting of direction and administration of the personnel 
program; employment, placement, and separation; job evaluation and 
classification; employee relations and services; training; committees 
of expert examiners and boards of civil-service examiners; wage 
administration; and processing, recording, and reporting. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of 
the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency 
included in this Act, shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the 
Congress. 
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation hereafter contained in this 
or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officers 
or employees who establish a requirement of maximum age for en-
trance into positions in the competitive civil service: Provided^ That 
no person who has reached his seventieth birthday shall be appointed 
in the competitive civil service on other than a temporary basis. 
SEC. 303. This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices Appro-
priation Act, 1957". 
Approved June 27, 1956. 
P u b l i c i t y 
propaganda. 
Personnel. 
Maximum »ge> 
Short title.