An Act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 7954, and for other purposes
PL 83-207 (H.R.6200), enacted 08/07/1953

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Public Law 207 
CHAPTER 340 
Aueust 7,1953 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 6200] 
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30,1954, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
pr^o'p'^ia't io*n^Ajr. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
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sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations (this Act 
may be cited as the "Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1954") for the 
fiscal year ending June 30,1954, and for other purposes, namely: 
CHAPTER I 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
PUBLIC WELFARE 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1952, for "Saint Elizabeths 
Hospital", $51,457. 
SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS AND SUITS 
For the payment of claims in excess of $250, approved by the Com-
missioners in accordance with the provisions of the Act of February 
D.c. Code 1-902 11, 1929, as amended (45 Stat. 1160; 46 Stat. 500; 65 Stat. 131), 
$24,234. 
AUDITED CLAIMS 
For an additional amount for the payment of claims, certified to be 
due by the accounting officers of the District of Columbia, under 
appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or credited 
to the general fund of the District of Columbia as provided by law 
58 Stat. 533. 
(D. C. Code, Title 47, section 130a), being for the service of the fiscal 
year 1951 and prior fiscal years, as set forth in House Document Num-
bered 194 (Eighty-third Congress), $55,801. 
DIVISION OF EXPENSES 
The sums appropriated in this Act for the District of Columbia 
shall, unless otherwise specifically provided for, be paid out of the 
general fund of the District of Columbia, as defined in the District 
of Columbia Appropriations Acts for the fiscal years involved. 
CHAPTER I I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
For payment to Anna Lee Smith, widow of Willis Smith, late a 
Senator from the State of North Carolina, $12,500. 
For payment to Lillian C. Tobey, widow of Charles W. Tobey, late 
a Senator from the State of New Hampshire, $12,500. 
For payment to Martha B. Taft, widow of Robert A. Taft, late a 
Senator from the State of Ohio, $12,500. 
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CXDNTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
Miscellaneous Items: For an additional amount for Miscellaneous 
Items, exclusive of labor, fiscal year 1953, $50,000. 
HOUSE or 
REPRESENTATIVES 
For payment to Ruth B. Bryson, widow of Joseph R. Bryson, late 
a Representative from the State of South Carolina, $12,500. 
For payment to Jessie M. Hull, widow of Merlin Hull, late a Rep-
resentative from the State of Wisconsin, $12,500. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES or THE HOUSE 
Stationery (revolving fund) : For an additional amount for "Sta-
tionery (revolving fund)", for the first session of the Eighty-third 
Congress, $800, to remain available until expended. 
INTERPARLIAMENTARY UNION FOR 1953 
For carrying out the provisions of the Joint Resolution entitled 
"Joint Resolution authorizing an appropriation to defray the expenses 
of the Annual Meeting of the Interparliamentary Union for the year 
1953, to be held in Washington, District of Columbia", approved 
July 13, 1953 (Public Law 110, Eighty-third Congress), $150,000, to 
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be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, who hereby is authorized 
to advance to the President of the American Group such sums within 
the appropriation as may be necessary to defray incidental expenses, 
to be accounted for in the same manner as provided by law for Senate 
committees. 
CHAPTER I I I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
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 
62 stat. e. 
U. S. C. 501), and to administer the programs authorized by section 
S3 stat. 1290. 
32 (b) (2) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended (50 
U. S. C. App. 1641 (b)) (except in Germany and Austria), the Act 
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of August 24, 1949 (20 U. S. C. 222-224), the Act of September 29, 
" stat. 630. 
1950 (20 U. S. C. 225) and the informational media guarantee pro- 
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gram authorized by section 111 (b) (3) of the Economic Cooperation 
Act of 1948, as amended and continued by section 7 of the Mutual 
Security Act of 1952 (22 U. S. C. 1509), including rents in the District 
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of Columbia; 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 investi-
gated 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 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 
^o stat. 999. 
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20 Stat. 216. 
60 Stat. 810. 
62 Stat. 983. 
31 u s e 529. 
63 Stat. 384. 
I n t e r n a t i onal 
short-wave r a d i o 
stations. 
Restriction. 
60 Stat. 1009. 
concerned with activities provided for under this appropriation (not 
to exceed $6,000); entertainment within the United States (not to 
exceed $3,000); purchase (not to exceed six) and hire of passeng:er 
motor vehicles; insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries 
when required by the law of such countries; purchase of space in 
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); payment of tort claims, in the manner 
authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672, as amended, of 
title 28 of the United States Code when such claims arise in foreign 
countries; advance of funds notwithstanding section 3648 of the 
Revised Statutes as amended; actual expenses of preparing and trans-
porting 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; 
radio activities and acquisition and production of motion pictures and 
visual materials and purchase or rental of technical equipment and 
facilities therefor, narration, script-writing, translation, and engi-
neering services, by contract or otherwise; and purchase of objects 
for presentation to foreign governments, schools, or organizations; 
$75,000,000, of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be available for the 
payment of terminal leave and related costs: Provided^ That not to 
exceed $30,000 may be used for representation abroad: 
Provided 
further^ That passenger motor vehicles used abroad exclusively for 
the purposes of this appropriation may be exchanged or sold, pur-
suant to section 201 (c) of the Act of June 30, 1949 (40 U. S. C. 481 
(c)), and the exchange allowances or proceeds of such sales shall 
be available for replacement of an equal number of such vehicles and 
the cost, including the exchange allowance of each such replacement, 
except station wagons, shall not exceed $1,400: Provided 
further^ 
That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3679 of the Revised 
Statutes, as amended (31 U. S. C. 665), the Department of State is 
authorized in making contracts for the use of international short-
wave radio stations and facilities, to agree on behalf of the United 
States to indemnify the owners and operators of said radio stations 
and facilities from such funds as may be hereafter 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 pay-
ments may be made in advance for the entire term or any part thereof: 
Provided further^ That funds herein appropriated shall not be used 
to purchase more than 75 per centum of the effective daily broad-
casting time from any person or corporation holding 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 for payment to 
private organizations abroad in pursuance of contracts entered into 
for the processing and distribution of motion-picture films: Provided 
further^ That after the effective date of Reorganization Plan No. 8, 
1953, existing appointments and assignments to the Foreign Service 
Reserve for the purposes of foreign information and educational 
activities which expire within one year of said effective date may be 
extended for a period of one year in addition to the period of appoint-
ment or assignment authorized in section 522 of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1946 (22 U. S. C. 922) : Provided further, That upon the effec-
tive date of Reorganization Plan Number 8 of 1953, the President may 
authorize the Director of the United States Information Agency 
thereby created to carry out (under such regulations as the President 
may from time to time prescribe) the functions of the Board of the 
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Foreign Service with respect to personnel appointed or assigned for 
service in the United States Information Agency under the provisions 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended: Provided further^ 
22 use so 1 note. 
That not to exceed $2,000,000 of the funds made available under the 
head "International Information and Educational Activities" in the 
Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1950, the Supplemental Appro- 
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for radio transmission and reception shall be available for such pur-
poses relating to such radio facilities under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of State: Provided further^ That the general provisions of 
the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1954, shall apply to this 
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appropriation: Provided further. That, until January 1, 1954, not-
withstanding the provisions of any other law, the Director of the 
United States Information Agency created pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 8 of 1953 may terminate the employment of any 
person above the grade of G. S. 7 transferred to or employed by said 
agency but this authority shall not be applicable to any person entitled 
to Veterans' preference for federal government employment: Pro-
vided further, That the operations of the International Broadcasting 
Service presently located in New York City shall be moved to the 
District of Columbia or its environs by June 30, 1954. 
INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to enable the Commission to settle certain 
claims of the Government of the United States on its own behalf 
and on behalf of American nationals against foreign governments as 
authorized by Public Law 455, approved March 10, 1950, including 
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expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with note, 
the purpose of this appropriation; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
for field use only; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; and employment of aliens; $220,000. 
eo stat. sio. 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS AND MARSHALS 
The Attornejr General is hereby authorized to transfer from appro-
priations contained in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 
1953, not to exceed $250,000 to the appropriation "Salaries and 
66 stat. sse. 
expenses. United States attorneys and marshals", fiscal year 1953. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, CLAIMS OF PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1952, for "Salaries and 
expenses, claims of persons of Japanese ancestry", $4,172,696. 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1953, for ".Salaries and 
expenses, claims of persons of Japanese ancestry", $3,900,000. 
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for payment of claims for extra pay for 
Sunday and holiday services under the Act of March 2, 1931, as con- 
46 stat. i482. 
strued by the Court of Claims in the case of Renner and Krupp versus 
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the United States (106 Court of Claims 676), fiscal year 1946 and prior 
fiscal years, $14,546. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES PRISONERS 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1951, for "Support of United 
States prisoners", $11,000. 
DEPAETMENT OF 
COMMERCE 
BUREAU or FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE 
EXPORT CONTROL 
63 Stat. 7. 
s o u s e 
app. 
For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of the Export 
Control Act of 1949, as amended, relating to export controls, $4,000,000, 
2021 note. 
*'"' of which not to exceed $1,100,000 may be transferred to the Bureau of 
Customs, Treasury Department, for enforcement of the export control 
program, and of which not to exceed $84,500 may be transferred to 
the appropriation for "Salaries and expenses" under the Office of the 
Secretary: Provided^ That, in addition, not to exceed $100,000 of the 
unobligated balance of the appropriation made available under this 
head for the fiscal year 1953 shall remain available during the current 
fiscal year to cover the cost of reduction in force of officers and 
employees whose services are terminated. 
MARITIME ACTHITIES 
OPERATING-DITFERENTIAL SUBSIDIES 
For an additional amount for "Operating-differential subsidies", 
$35,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
CHAPTER IV 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
OFFICE OF THE TREASURER 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES, PUBLIC MONEYS 
For an additional amount for "Contingent expenses, public moneys," 
$66,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriations for "Salaries 
and expenses. Office of the Treasurer," fiscal year 1954. 
BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1953, for "Additional income 
tax on railroads in Alaska", $1,088. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
WHITE HOUSE POLICE 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $100,000. 
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POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT 
(Out of the postal revenue) 
ELECTRIC CAR SERVICE 
For an additional amount, fiscal year 1948, for "Electric car serv-
ice", $10,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation "Rail-
way mail service, salaries", fiscal year 1948. 
GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations are hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation, 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 Corpora-
tion Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the 
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programs set forth in the Budget for the fiscal year 1954 for each such 
corporation, except as hereinafter provided: 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF WASHINGTON 
Not to exceed $1,116,000 (to be computed on an accrual basis) of 
the funds of the Export-Import Bank of Washington shall be avail-
able during the current fiscal year for all administrative expenses of 
the bank, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) : Provided, That necessary expenses 
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(including special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but 
not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisi-
tion, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of any real 
or personal property belonging to the bank or in which it has an 
interest including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, or the 
investigation or appraisal of any property in respect to which an ap-
plication for a loan has been made, shall be considered as nonadmin-
istrative expenses for the purposes hereof. 
RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION 
Not to exceed $9,500,000 (to be computed on an accrual basis) of 
the funds of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation shall be available 
during the current fiscal year for its administrative expenses, includ-
ing purchase (not to exceed eight for replacement only) and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; and use of the services and facilities of the 
Federal Reserve banks: Provided, 
That as used herein the term 
"administrative expenses" shall be construed to include all salaries 
and wages, services performed on a contract or fee basis, and travel 
and other expenses, including the purchase of equipment and supplies, 
of administrative offices: Provided further, That the limiting amount 
heretofore stated for administrative expenses shall be increased by 
an amount which does not exceed the aggregate cost of salaries, wages, 
travel, and other expenses of persons employed outside the continental 
United States; the expenses of services performed on a contract or fee 
basis in connection with termination of contracts or in the performance 
of legal services; and all administrative expenses reimbursable from 
other Government agencies: Provided further. That the distribution 
of administrative expenses to the accounts of the Corporation shall 
be made in accordance with generally recognized accounting principles 
and practices. 
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CHAPTER 
IV-A 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
HEALTH, 
EDUCATION, 
AND 
WELFARE 
OFFICE OF EDUCATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $100,000: 
Provided^ That this paragraph shall be effective only upon enactment 
Post. p. 522. 
into law of H. R. 6049, Eighty-third Congress. 
ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION 
For providing school facilities and for grants to local educational 
agencies in federally affected areas, as authorized by titles I I I and IV 
Post, p. 522. 
of the Act of September 23,1950 (Public Law 815), as amended, includ-
ing not to exceed $500,000 for necessary expenses of technical services 
rendered by other agencies, $70,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, and of which $8,000,000 shall be available for carrying out 
title IV of said Act: Provided, That no part of this appropriation 
shall be available for salaries or other direct expenses of the Depart-
ment of Health, Education, and Welfare: Provided further, That this 
paragraph shall be effective only upon enactment into law of H. R. 
6049, Eighty-third Congress. 
CHAPTER V 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
PRODUCTION AND MARKETING ADMINISTRATION 
AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for "Agricultural Adjustment Pro-
grams", $5,000,000, of which not more than $1,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to the appropriation account, "Administrative expenses, 
7\rec^3^92. 
section 392, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938". 
The funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture in the 
66 Stat. 98. 
Act of June 4, 1952 (Public Law 371) shall remain available until 
December 31, 1954. 
CHAPTER VI 
DEPARTMENT OF T H E INTERIOR 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
For an additional amount for "Management and Protection", 
$83,000. 
OFFICE OF TERRITORIES 
For an additional amount for "Administration of Territories", 
$239,000. 
TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 
'For an additional amount for "Trust Territory of the Pacific 
Islands", $300,000. 
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CHAPTER 
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF T H E PRESIDENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
EXPENSES OF MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT 
For expenses necessary to assist the President in improving the 
management of executive agencies and in obtaining greater economy 
and efficiency through the establishment of more efficient business 
methods in Government operations, including services as authorized 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates 
so stat. sio. 
for individuals not to exceed $50 per diem, by allocation to any agency 
or office in the executive branch for the conduct, under the general 
direction of the Bureau of the Budget, of examinations and appraisals 
of, and the development and installation of improvements in, the 
organization and operations of such agency or of other agencies in 
the executive branch, $500,000, to remain available until expended, 
and vrhich shall be available without regard to the provisions of sub-
section (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, 
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COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Council in 
carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 
U. S. C. 1021), including newspapers and periodicals (not exceeding 
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$200); not exceeding $15,000 for expenses of travel; and press clip-
pings (not exceeding $300); $275,000, together with the unobligated 
balance of funds appropriated for "Salaries and expenses. The White 
House Office", in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953: 
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Provided, 
That notwithstanding the provisions of section 1761 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended (5 U. S. C. 56), this appropriation 
shall be available for payment of salary to persons appointed as mem-
bers of the Council during the recess of the Senate immediately 
following the current session. 
COMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT POLICY FOR FEDERAL PERSONNEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Committee on Retirement Policy for 
Federal Personnel, created by the Act of July 16, 1952 (66 Stat. 723), 
5 use 736c. 
$225,000, of which not to exceed $3,800 shall be available for expenses 
of travel. 
RELIEF AND REHABILITATION IN KOREA 
There are hereby made available out of the funds available to the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year 1954 and certified by the 
Secretary of Defense to be saved as a result of the armistice in Korea, 
not to exceed $200,000,000 to be available, under such terms and con-
ditions as the President may specify and through such officers or 
agencies of the United States as he may designate, for relief and 
rehabilitation in Korea: Provided, That funds made available here-
under shall be used only in such parts of Korea as the President deems 
to be not under Communist control. 
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EMERGENCY MIGRATION 
For expenses necessary to enable the President, by transfer to such 
officer or agency of the Government as may be appropriate, to carry 
out such migration program as may be authorized by law, including 
transfer of not to exceed sixty-five passenger motor vehicles from the 
Mutual Security Agency or the Department of State without reim-
bursement ; not to exceed $9,000 for expenses of a confidential nature, 
to be accounted for solely on the certificate of the officer to whom 
funds are transferred by the President from this appropriation; and 
not to exceed $756,000 for the making of loans; $3,000,000: Provided, 
That this paragraph shall be effective only upon the enactment into 
Ante, p. 400. 
\2im^ during the first session of the Eighty-third Congress, of either 
S. 1917 or H . E . 6481. 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 
INVESTIGATIONS OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS FOR EMPLOYMENT 
BY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of Executive 
18 PR 239. 
Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended, prescribing pro-
cedures 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, $1,200,000: 
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 Investigation 
for expenses incurred by such agencies under said Executive order: 
Provided further. That nothing in sections 281 or 283 of Title 18, 
United States Code, or in section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 
62 Stat. 697. 
U. S. C. 99) shall be deemed to apply to any person because of appoint-
ment for part-time or intermittent service as a member of the Inter-
national Organizations Loyalty Board in the Civil Service Commission 
as established by Executive Order 10422 dated January 9, 1953, as 
amended. 
COMMISSION ON FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Commission on Foreign Economic 
Policy, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with 
the purposes of this appropriation, $300,000: Provided, 
That this 
paragraph shall be effective only upon the enactment into law, during 
Post, p. 472. 
the first session of the Eighty-third Congress, of H. R. 5495. 
COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Commission on Intergovern-
mental Relations, including expenses of attendance at meetings 
concerned with the purposes of this appropriation, and not to exceed 
$16,700 for expenses of travel, $500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 1,1954. 
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COMMISSION ON ORGANIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH 
OF THE GOVERNMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Commission on Organization of 
the Executive Branch of the Government, including expenses of attend-
ance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation, 
and not to exceed $14,700 for expenses of travel, $500,000. 
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
Salaries and expenses: Not to exceed $300,000 of the unobligated 
balance of the appropriation for "Salaries, General Accounting Of-
fice" in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1953, shall be trans- 
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ferred to the appropriation for "Salaries and expenses. General 
Accounting Office", in the First Independent Offices Appropriation 
Act, 1954, to be available for the cost of security investigations required 
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by law. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
HOSPITAL F A C I L I T I E S IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
Appropriation item under the heading "General Services Admin-
istration, Hospital Facilities in the District of Columbia" contained 
in the Act approved July 15, 1952 (66 Stat. 637), is hereby amended 
ee stat. 644. 
by inserting after the word "appropriation" at the end of the first 
proviso and before the colon, the phrase "including in addition thereto 
Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum:". 
HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
Salaries and expenses: In addition to amounts appropriated under 
this head, the Administrator may transfer to this appropriation from 
any other funds available for administrative expenses not to exceed 
the sum of $50,000 for studies and surveys which the President may 
request of the housing policies and programs of the Government and 
of organization for the administration of such programs, and for 
expenses of advisers and consultants in connection therewith. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small 
Business Administration, including expenses of attendance at meet-
ings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, $2,200,000; and in addition, not to 
exceed $1,575,000 may be transferred to this appropriation from the 
Revolving Fund, Small Business Administration, for administrative 
expenses in connection with activities financed under said Fund: 
Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be available for necessary 
expenses in connection with the liquidation of the Small Defense 
Plants Administration. 
REVOLVING FUND 
For the Revolving Fund authorized by the Small Business Act of 
1953, to be available without fiscal year limitation, $55,000,000. 
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REVOLVING FUND, SMALL DEFENSE PLANTS ADMINISTRATION 
The Revolving Fund authorized by paragraph (2) of subsection 
so u#c* 2¥63a. 
(^) °^ sectiou 714 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, 
shall remain available during the fiscal year 1954 for payment of 
obligations and direct costs under contracts entered into during the 
fiscal year 1953. 
SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITTES CONTROL BOARD 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $150,000, 
which shall be available without regard to the provisions of subsection 
31 use 665. 
(c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended: Provided^ 
That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be available for 
expenses of travel: Provided further^ That the limitation on the pur-
chase of newspapers and periodicals in the First Independent Offices 
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Appropriation Act, 1954, is hereby increased from $100 to $500. 
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 
SERVICE DISABLED VETERANS INSURANCE FUND 
For an additional amount for "Service Disabled Veterans Insurance 
Fund", $1,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation 
"Readjustment Benefits", and to remain available until expended. 
CHAPTER V I I I 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 
Naval air facilities, Cubi Point, Philippine Islands: Aircraft main-
tenance facilities, $2,000,000, to be funded out of prior appropriations. 
Naval air station, Brunswick, Maine: Aircraft maintenance facili-
ties, $2,000,000, to be funded out of prior appropriations. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 
ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF REAL PROPERTY 
For an additional amount for acquisition, construction, installation, 
and equipment of temporary or permanent public works, military 
installations, and facilities for the Air Force, as authorized by the Act 
of March 30,1949 (63 Stat. 17), the Act of October 27,1949 (63 Stat. 
1221.^*^** " ^ ' ^^^) ^s amended, the Act of June 17, 1950 (Public Law 564, Eighty-
first Congress), the Act of January 6, 1951 (Public Law 910, Eighty-
first Congress), the Act of September 28, 1951 (Public Law 155, 
65 Stat. 336. 
Eighty-secoud Congress), and the Act of July 14, 1952 (Public Law 
66 Stat. 606. 
534^ Eighty-second Congress) without regard to sections 1136 and 
use yig^ 267.^' *° 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, and the land and interests therein, 
may be acquired and construction may be prosecuted thereon prior to 
the approval of title by the Attorney General as required by section 
no^i."^^ 733and 355^ Keviscd Statutes, as amended; and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; $240,776,000, to remain available until expended, together 
with $21,317,000 which shall be available from unobligated funds 
previously appropriated under this head. 
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SEC. 802. None of the funds appropriated in this chapter shall be 
expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for work 
where cost estimates exceed $25,000 to be performed within the conti-
nental United States without the specific approval in writing of the 
Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 
SEC. 803. None of the funds appropriated in this chapter shall be 
expended for additional costs involved in expediting construction: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense, or his designee for the pur-
pose, shall establish a reasonable completion date for each project, 
taking into consideration the type and location of the project, the 
climatic and seasonal conditions affecting the construction and the 
application of economical construction practices. 
SEC. 804. None of the funds appropriated in this chapter shall be 
used for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, 
laundry, or dry-cleaning facility in the United States, its Territories, 
or possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify, 
in writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be furnished 
by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources at 
reasonable rates. 
SEC. 805. Funds appropriated to the Departments of the Army, 
Navy, and Air Force under the headings "Military Construction", 
"Alaska Communication System, Construction", "Public Works", and 
"Acquisition and Construction of Real Property", respectively, in 
fiscal year 1954 and prior years, are hereby made available for military 
public works authorized for such departments by any law cited in any 
of such appropriations or any law enacted during the 1st Session of 
83d Congress: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000,000 of such funds 
appropriated to the Department of the Army, and not to exceed 
$1,500,000 of such funds appropriated to the Department of the Navy, 
shall be available for the purposes of advance planning as authorized 
by section 504 of the Act of September 28, 1951 (65 Stat. 364), in 
addition to amounts previously made available for such purpose: 
Provided further, That no funds shall be obligated under the authority 
contained in this section on any project authorized in the 1st Session 
of the 83d Congress until the Department of Defense has come into 
agreement with the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 806. In order more effectively to administer the funds appro-
priated to the Department of Defense, the President, to the extent he 
deems it necessary and appropriate in the interest of national defense, 
may authorize positions in the Department of Defense to be placed 
temporarily in grades 16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule of the 
Classification Act of 1949 in accordance with the procedures and 
standards of that Act, and such positions shall be additional to the 
number authorized by section 505 of that Act. Under authority 
herein, grades 16, 17, and 18 in the Department of Defense may be 
increased only- to the extent that the total of such grades in the 
Department of Defense shall not exceed one hundred and eighty, 
notwithstanding the provisions of section 638 of the Department of 
Defense Appropriation Act, 1954. 
C o s t - p l u s - a* 
f i x e d-f e e c o n -
tract. 
Costs of e xp e-
d i t i n g 
construe* 
tion. 
Bakery, laundry 
facilities, etc. 
Military p u b l i c 
works. 
Grades 16-18. 
Temporary posi-
tions. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
5 u s e 1105. 
Ante, p. 356. 
CHAPTER I X 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 
AUDITED CLAIMS 
Applicable current appropriations of the Department of the Navy 
shall be available for the payment of claims certified by the Comp-
27000 O - 53 - 30 
430 
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[67 STAT. 
troller General to be otherwise due, in the amounts stated below, from 
the following appropriations: 
"Maintenance, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts", fiscal year 
1943, $4,145. 
"Transportation of things, Navy", fiscal year 1948, $25,841. 
"Fuel, Navy", fiscal year 1949, $25,543. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CIVIL FUNCTIONS 
RIVERS AND HARBORS AND FLOOD CONTROL 
Construction, General 
Not to exceed $48,933 of the amount available under this head shall 
be available for payments to the Nutwood Drainage and levee district, 
Ante, p. 179. 
IHinois, as authorized in H. R, 4779: Provided, That this paragraph 
shall be effective only upon the enactment into law, during the first 
session of the Eighty-third Congress of H. R. 4779. 
NIAGARA R E M E D I A L WORKS 
For financing a part of the United States share of the cost of 
remedial works in the Niagara River, to be undertaken in accordance 
with article I I of the treaty between the United States of America and 
1 usT 695. 
Canada, ratified by the United States Senate on August 9, 1950, to 
remain available until expended, $1,500,000. 
CHAPTER X 
OCCUPATION PROGRAMS 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY—CIVIL FUNCTIONS 
GOVERNMENT AND RELIEF IN OCCUPIED AREAS 
Ryukyu Islands. 
For expeuscs, uot otherwisc provided for, necessary to meet the 
responsibilities and obligations of the United States in connection 
with the government or occupation of the Ryukyu Islands, including, 
subject to such authorizations and limitations as may be prescribed 
by the head of the department or agency concerned, tuition, travel 
expenses, and fees incident to instruction in the United States or 
elsewhere of such persons as may be required to carry out the provi-
sions of this appropriation; travel expenses and transportation; serv-
ices as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
60 Stat. 810. 
u g Q 55a), at rates not in excess of $50 per diem for individuals 
not to exceed ten in number; translation rights, photographic w^ork, 
education exhibits, and dissemination of information, including pre-
view and review expenses incident thereto; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; repair and maintenance of buildings, utilities, 
facilities, and appurtenances; such minimum supplies for the civilian 
populations of such areas as may be essential to prevent starvation, 
disease, or unrest, prejudicial to the objectives sought to be accom-
plished; and such supplies, commodities, and equipment as may be 
essential to carry out the purposes of this appropriation; $3,100,000, 
of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses: Provided, That the general provisions of the Appropriation 
Act for the current fiscal year for the military functions of the 
Department of the Army shall apply to expenditures made by that 
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431 
Department from this appropriation : Provided further, That expend-
itures from this appropriation may be made outside continental 
United States, when necessary to carry out its purposes, without 
regard to sections 355, 113(>, 3648, and 3734, Revised Statutes, as 
amended, civil service or classification laws, or provisions of law pro-
hibiting payment of any person not a citizen of the United States: 
Provided further, That expenditures from this appropriation may be 
made, when necessary to carry out its purposes, without regard to 
section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended, and the Armed Services 
Procurement Act of 1947 (41 U. S. C. 151-161) : Provided 
further, 
That expenditures may be made hereunder for the purposes of eco-
nomic rehabilitation in such occupied areas in such manner as to be 
consistent with the general objectives of the Economic Cooperation 
Act of 1948, as amended, and in the manner authorized by section 
111 (b) (1) thereof: Provided 
further, 
That funds appropriated 
hereunder and unexpended at the time of the termination of occupa-
tion by the United States, of any area for which such funds are made 
available, may be expended by the President for the procurement of 
such commodities and technical services, and commodities procured 
from funds herein or heretofore appropriated for government and 
relief in occupied areas and not delivered to such an area prior to 
the time of the termination of occupation, may be utilized by the 
President, as may be necessary to assist in the maintenance of the 
political and economic stability of such areas: Provided further, That 
before any such assistance is made available, an agreement shall be 
entered into between the United States and the recognized govern-
ment or authority with respect to such area containing such under-
takings by such government or authority as the President may deter-
mine to be necessary in order to assure the efficient use of such assist-
ance in furtherance of such purposes: Provided further, That such 
agreement shall, when applicable, include requirements and under-
takings corresponding to the requirements and undertakings specified 
in sections 5, 6, and 7 of the Foreign Aid Act of 1947 (Public Law 
389, approved December 17, 1947) : Provided 
further, 
That funds 
appropriated hereunder may be used, insofar as practicable, and under 
such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the head of the 
department or agency concerned to pay ocean transportation charges 
from United States ports, including territorial ports, to ports in the 
Ryukyus for the movement of supplies donated to, or purchased by, 
United States voluntary nonprofit relief agencies registered with 
and recommended by the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign 
Aid or of relief packages consigned to individuals residing in such 
areas: Provided further. That under the rules and regulations to be 
prescribed, the head of the department or agency concerned shall 
fix and pay a uniform rate per pound for the ocean transportation 
of all relief packages of food or other general classification of com-
modities shipped to the Ryukyus regardless of methods of shipment 
and higher rates charged by particular agencies of transportation, 
but this proviso shall not apply to shipments made by individuals 
to individuals: Provided further. That the President may transfer 
to any other department or agency any function or functions provided 
for under this appropriation, and there shall be transferred to any 
such department or agency without reimbursement and without regard 
to the appropriation from which procured, such property as the 
Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to relate pri-
marily to any function or functions so transferred. 
33 u s e 733 and 
note; lOUSC 1339; 
3 1 u s e 5 2 9; 4(5 
u s e 259>267. 
41 use 5. 
62 Stat. 21. 
62 Stat. 137. 
2 2 u s e 
1 5 0 1 
note. 
e ommodltie s and 
technical services. 
Bilateral 
agree-
ments. 
61 Stat. 934. 
2 2 u s e 
1 4 1 1 
note. 
Payment of cer-
tain transportation 
charges. 
Relief packages. 
Transfer of func-
tions. 
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[67 STAT. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
GOVERNMENT IN OCCUPIED AREAS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet the 
responsibilities and obligations of the United States in Germany and 
Austria (including those arising under the supreme authority assumed 
by the United States on June 5, 1945, and under contractual arrange-
ments with tl^e Federal Republic of Germany), under such regulations 
as the Secretary of State may prescribe, including one deputy to the 
United States chief of mission in Germany at a salary of $17,500 and 
the United States Member of the Board for the Validation of German 
Bonds in the United States at a salary of $14,800; actual expenses 
of preparing and transporting to their former homes the remains of 
persons who may die away from their homes while participating in 
activities authorized under this appropriation; services as authorized 
60 Stat. 810. 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 65a), at rates 
not in excess of $50 per diem for individuals; payment of tort claims, 
in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672, as 
62 Stat. 983. 
amended, of title 28 of the United States Code when such claims arise 
in foreign countries; expenses for translation and reproduction rights; 
acquisition, maintenance, operation, and distribution of educational, 
informational, and rehabilitation materials and equipment for Ger-
many and Austria; medical and health assistance for the civilian 
population of Germany and Austria; expenses incident to maintain-
ing discipline and order (including trial and punishment by courts 
established by or under authority of the President) ; printing and 
binding outside continental United States without regard to section 
40 Stat. 1270. 
n of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. I l l ) ; purchase, rental, 
operation, and maintenance of printing and binding machines, equip-
ment, and devices abroad; purchase (for replacement only) and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; transportation to Germany or Austria 
of property donated for the purposes of this appropriation; unfore-
seen contingencies (not to exceed $500,000), to be accounted for pur-
suant to the provisions of section 291 of the Revised Statutes (31 
U. S. C. 107); representation allowances (not to exceed $60,000) 
similar to those authorized by section 901 (3) of the Foreign Service 
60 Stat. 1025. 
Act of 1946 (22 U. S. C. 1131) ; and for administering, in Germany 
and Austria, programs authorized by section 32 (b) (2) of the Surplus 
60 Stat. 754. 
Property Act of 1944, as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 1641 ( b ) ) ; 
$40,438,000: Provided, 
That provisions of law, including current 
appropriation Acts, applicable to the Department of State shall be 
available for application to expenditures made from this appropria-
tion : Provided further, That when section 601 of the Economy Act 
47 Stat. 417. 
^f ^932^ ^s amended (31 U. S. C. 686), is employed to carry out the 
purposes of this appropriation the requisitioned agency may utilize 
the authority contained in this appropriation: Provided further, That 
expenditures from this appropriation may be made outside the con-
tinental United States, when necessary to carry out its purposes, with-
notl;Ti*\rsc^529? ^^^ regard to sections 355 and 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of this appropriation appoint-
ments may be made to the Foreign Service Reserve without regard 
to the four-year limitation contained in section 522 of the Foreign 
22 u#c 92°°.^* 
Service Act of 1946: Provided further. That in the event the President 
assigns to the Department of State responsibilities and obligations 
of the United States in connection with the government, occupation, or 
control of foreign areas in addition to Germany and Austria, the 
authorities contained in this appropriation may be utilized by the 
Department of State in connection with such government, occupation, 
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433 
or control of such foreign areas: Provided further^ That when the 
Department of the Army, under the authority of the Act of March 
3, 1911, as amended (10 U. S. C. 1253), furnishes subsistence supplies 
36 stat. io47. 
to personnel of civilian agencies of the United States Government 
serving in Germany and Austria, payment therefor by such personnel 
shall be made at the same rate as is paid by civilian personnel of the 
Department of the Army serving in Germany and Austria, respec-
tively: Provided further, That there maj^ be transferred from this funds.^" ^'*' °' 
appropriation to the appropriation "Acquisition of Buildings Abroad" 
not to exceed $5,348,000, which shall remain available until expended 
for purchase of foreign credits (including currencies) owed to or 
owned by the United States for acquisition of sites and purchase or 
construction of buildings necessary for consular activities in Ger-
many, including design and technical services and procurement of 
furniture and equipment for such buildings, at a total cost (including 
all amounts obligated for such purposes in fiscal years 1952 and 1953) 
not in excess of $7,655,000. 
CHAPTEK X I 
EMERGENCY AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF T H E PRESIDENT 
OFFICE or DEFENSE MOBILIZATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Defense Mobilization, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; reimbursement of the 
General Services Administration for security guard service; and 
expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of 
this appropriation, $2,750,000: Provided, That contracts for not to 
exceed eight persons under this appropriation for temporary or inter-
mittent services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 
(5 U. S. C. 55a), may be renewed annually. 
eo stat. sio. 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
DEFENSE TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Commissioner who is respon-
sible for the supervision of the Bureau of Service, Interstate Com-
merce Commission, to carry out functions delegated to him under the 
Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, including expenses of 
e* stat. 798. 
attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appro- 2061. 
^^^' 
priation, $425,000. 
ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Rent Stabilization and 
such successor agency as the President ma,y designate pursuant to 
section 8 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1953 (Public Law 23, 
approved April 30, 1953), and for the liquidation of the Economic 
Ante.-P' 25. 
Stabilization Agency, $1,200,000. 
434 
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[67 STAT. 
GENEEAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
EMERGENCY OPERATING EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Emergency operating expenses", 
$200,000; and appropriations granted under this head for the fiscal 
year 1954 shall be available to enable the General Services Adminis-
M Stat. 798^ 
tratiou to carry out its functions arising out of the Defense Produc-
2061. 
*^^* tion Act of 1950, as amended. 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Department of Commerce 
|4,st^t^ c
?
®
a 
^^ carry out its functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, 
2061. 
' as amended, including employment of aliens; and reimbursement 
of General Services Administration for security guard services; 
$4,200,000: Provided, That, in addition, not to exceed $310,000 of the 
unobligated balance of the appropriation made available under this 
head for the fiscal year 1953 shall remain available during the current 
fiscal year to cover the cost of reduction in force of officers and 
employees whose services are terminated. 
DEPARTMENT OF T H E INTERIOR 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary to enable the Department of the Interior 
sij^^u^s cf^app. to carry out its functions under the Defense Production Act of 1950, 
2061. 
as amended, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; employment 
of aliens; and expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the 
purposes of this appropriation; $500,000. 
FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying 
out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as 
60 itat.* 8iof* 
amended (50 U. S. C, App. 2251-2297), including services as author-
ized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; reim-
bursement of the Civil Service Commission for full field investiga-
tions of employees occupying positions of critical importance from 
s'eciint^^* uard ^^® Standpoint of national security; expenses of attendance at meet-
services, 
ings concerned with civil defense functions; reimbursement of the 
General Services Administration for security guard services; not to 
exceed $9,000 for the purchase of newspapers, periodicals, and teletype 
news services; and not to exceed $6,000 for emergency and extraor-
dinary expenses to be expended under the direction of the Admin-
istrator for such purposes as he deems proper, and his determination 
thereon shall be final and conclusive, $8,525,000. 
FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS 
For financial contributions to the States, not otherwise provided 
for, pursuant to subsection (i) of section 201 of the Federal Civil 
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436 
Defense Act of 1950, as amended, to be equally matched with State 2281* ^^ ^ *^^* 
funds, $10,500,000. 
EMERGENCY SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT 
For procurement of reserve stocks of emergency civil defense 
materials as authorized by subsection (h) of section 201 of the Federal 
Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended, $27,500,000. 
228° " ^ <
^ ^^^' 
CHAPTER X I I 
CLAIMS, AUDITED CLAIMS, AND JUDGMENTS 
For payment of claims for damages as settled and determined by 
departments and agencies in accord with law, audited claims certified 
to be due by the General Accounting Office, and judgments rendered 
against the United States by United States district courts and the 
United States Court of Claims, as set forth in Senate Documents 
Numbered 58 and 65, and House Document Numbered 166, Eighty-
third Congress, $12,121,334, together with such amounts as may be 
necessary to pay interest (as and when specified in such judgments or 
in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office or pro-
vided by law) and such additional sums due to increases in rates of 
exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in foreign currency: 
Provided, 
That no judgment herein appropriated for shall be paid 
until it shall have become final and conclusive against the United 
States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise: Provided 
fur-
ther, That, unless otherwise specifically required by law or by the 
judgment, payment of interest wherever appropriated for herein shall 
not continue for more than thirty days after the date of approval 
of this Act. 
CHAPTER XIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 1301. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
amount allowable during the current fiscal year, in accordance with 
section 16 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 78), for the purchase 
of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of busses, ambulances, and 
station wagons), is hereby fixed at $1,400. 
SEO. 1302. Unless otherwise specified and during the current fiscal 
year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act 
shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of 
the Government of the United States (including any agency the 
majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the 
United States) whose post of duty is in continental United States 
unless such person (1) is a citizen of the United States, (2) is a person 
in the service of the United States on the date of enactment of this 
Act, who, being eligible for citizenship, had filed a declaration of 
intention to become a citizen of the United States prior to such date, 
(3) is a person who owes allegiance to the United States or (4) is an 
alien from the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the United States 
for permanent residence: Provided, That for the purpose of this 
section, an affidavit signed by any such person shall be considered 
prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section with respect 
to his status have been complied with: Provided fwrther, That any 
person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony and, upon 
conviction, shall be fined not more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not 
Motor vehicles. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Citizenship 
quirements. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
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[67 S T A T , 
Recoupment. 
Nonapplicabllity. 
Living 
quarters 
allowances. 
46 Stat. 818. 
60 Stat. 1026. 
22 u s e 1131. 
22 u s e 801 note. 
S e n a t e disap-
proval of nomina-
tion. 
U. S. Code An-
notated; 
Lifetime 
Federal Digest. 
A d m i n istrative 
expenses. 
59 Stat. 597. 
60 Stat. 810. 
e o n s t r u c t i o n , 
etc. 
Strikes or over-
t h r o w of Govern-
ment! 
more than one ;!^ear, or both: Provided further^ That the above penal 
clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other 
provisions of existing law: Provided further^ That any payment made 
to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this section 
shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. 
This sec-
tion shall not apply to citizens of the Republic of the Philippines or 
to nationals of those countries allied with the United States in the 
current defense effort. 
SEC. 1303. Appropriations of the executive departments and inde-
pendent establishments for the current fiscal year, available for 
expenses of travel or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are 
hereby made available for living quarters allowances in accordance 
with the Act of June 26,1930 (5 U. S. C. 118a), and regulations pre-
scribed thereunder, and cost-of-living allowances similar to those 
allowed under section 901 (2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, 
in accordance with and to the extent prescribed by regulations of the 
President, for all civilian officers and employees of the Government 
permanently stationed in foreign countries: Provided^ That the avail-
ability of appropriations made to the Department of State for carry-
ing out the provisions of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 shall not 
be affected hereby. 
SEC. 1304, No part of any appropriation for the current fiscal year 
contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any person for the 
filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated after 
the Senate has voted not to approve the nomination of said person. 
SEC. 1305. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act for the current fiscal year shall be used to pay in excess of 
$4 per volume for the current and future volumes of the United 
States Code Annotated, and such volumes shall be purchased on con-
dition and with the understanding that latest published cumulative 
annual pocket parts issued prior to the date of purchase shall be fur-
nished free of charge, or in excess of $4.25 per volume for the current 
or future volumes of the Lifetime Federal Digest. 
SEC. 1306. Funds made available by this or any other Act for admin-
istrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations and 
agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended (31 U. S. C. 841), shall be available, in addition to objects 
for which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District 
of Columbia; examination of budgets and estimates of appropria-
tions in the field; services in accordance with section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure 
of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they are 
made available: Provided^ That in the event any functions budgeted 
as administrative expenses are subsequently transferred to or paid 
from other funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall 
be correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 130Y. No part of any funds of or available to any wholly owned 
Government corporation shall be used for the purchase or construction, 
or in making loans for the purchase or construction of any office 
building at the seat of Government primarily for occupancy by any 
department or agency of the United States Government or by any 
corporation owned by the United States Government. 
SEC. 1308. 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, 
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437 
or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, 
the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or 
violence: Provided^ That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be 
considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit 
has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike 
against the GoA^ernment of the United States, is not a member of an 
organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike 
against the Government of the United States, or that such person does 
not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, 
the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or 
violence: Provided further^ That any person who engages in a strike 
against the Government of the United States or who is a member of 
an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to 
strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, 
or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow 
of the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts 
employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appro-
priation or fund contained in this or any other 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. 1309. No payment shall be made from appropriations in this 
or any other Act to any officer on the retired lists of the Regular 
Army, Regular Navy, Regular Marine Corps, Regular Air Force, 
Regular Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health 
Service for a period of two years after retirement who for himself or 
for others is engaged in the selling of or contracting for the sale of or 
negotiating for the sale of to any agency of the Department of Defense, 
the Coast Guard, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Public 
Health Service any supplies or war materials. 
SEC. 1310. During the current fiscal year, personnel and appropria-
tions or funds available for salaries and expenses to any department, 
agency, or corporation in the executive branch of the Government, 
shall be transferred to any defense activity under the jurisdiction of 
such department or agency in such numbers or amounts as may be 
necessary for the discharge of responsibilities relating to the national 
defense assigned to such department, agency, or corporation by or 
pursuant to law. 
SEC. 1311. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be used 
to pay employees at a rate in excess of that paid for comparable work 
under the regular appropriations provided to the departments and 
agencies concerned in the regular 1954 appropriation Acts. 
SEC. 1312. During the current fiscal year, the provisions of Bureau 
of the Budget Circular A-45, dated Juke 3, 1952, shall be controlling 
over the activities of all departments, agencies, and corporations of 
the Government: Provided^ That said circular may be amended or 
changed during such year by the Director of the Budget with the 
approval of the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives: Provided further^ That the Bureau of 
the Budget shall make a report to Congress not later than January 
31, 1954, of the operations of this order upon all departments, agen-
cies, and corporations of the Government: Provided further, 
That, 
notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no officer or employee 
shall be required to occupy any Government-owned quarters unless the 
head of the agency concerned shall determine that necessary service 
cannot be rendered or property of the United States cannot be ade-
quately protected otherwise. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
Retired officers. 
Defense activi-
ties. 
Payment of en*-
ployees. 
G o v e rnme nt-
owned quarters. 
R e p o r t to Con-
gress. 
438 
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[67 ST A T . 
Foreign credits. 
31 u s e 724. 
60 Stat. 754. 
Estimates of ap-
propriations. 
Chaiiffeurs, etc. 
N onapplicabil-
ity. 
66 Stat. 393. 
^ SEC. 1313. Pursuant to section 1415 of the Act of Julv 15, 1952 (66 
Stat. 662), foreign credits (including currencies) owed to or owned 
by the United States may be used by Federal agencies for any pur-
pose for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year 
(including the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing the use 
of such credits), only when reimbursement therefor is made to the 
Treasury from the applicable appropriations of the agency concerned: 
Provided^ That such credits may be used until June 30, 1954, without 
reimbursement to the Treasury, for liquidation of obligations legally 
incurred against such credits prior to July 1, 1953: Provided 
further, 
That such credits received as exchange allowances or proceeds of sales 
of personal property may be used in whole or part payment for acquisi-
tion of similar items, to the extent and in the manner authorized by 
law, without reimbursement to the Treasury: Provided further, That 
nothing in section 1415 of the Act of July 15, 1952, or in this section 
shall be construed to prevent the making of new or the carrying out 
of existing contracts, agreements, or executive agreements for periods 
in excess of one year, in any case where such contracts, agreements, 
or executive agreements for periods in excess of one year were per-
mitted prior to the enactment of this Act under section 32 (b) (2) of 
the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 
1641 (b) (2)), and the performance of all such contracts, agreements, 
or executive agreements shall be subject to the availability of ap-
propriations for the purchase of credits as provided by law. 
SEC. 1314. Funds made available in this or any other Act shall 
hereafter be available for examination ox estimates of appropriations 
in the field and the use of such funds for such purpose shall be subject 
only to regulations by the standing committees concerned. 
SEC. 1315. (a) During the current fiscal year, no part of any appro-
priation for the executive branch contained in this or any other Act, or 
of any funds made available for expenditure by any corporation 
included in this or any other Act, shall be used to pay the compensation 
of any civilian employee of the Government whose principal or 
primary duties consist of acting as chauffeur or driver of any Govern-
ment-owned passenger motor vehicle (other than a bus or ambulance), 
unless such appropriation is specifically authorized to be used for pay-
ing the compensation of employees performing such duties. 
This 
subsection shall not apply to— 
(1) Any person employed by an agency for which appropriations 
of funds were made available by the Independent Offices Appropria-
tion Act, 1953, and whose place of duty is in a foreign country 
(2) Any person acting as chauffeur for— 
The President of the United States 
The Secretary of State 
The Secretary of the Treasury 
The Attorney General 
The Postmaster General 
The Secretary of the Interior 
The Undersecretary of the Interior 
The Secretary of Agriculture 
The Secretary of Commerce 
(3) Automobiles operated by— 
The Federal Bureau of Investigation 
The United States Secret Service 
The Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and Interior, 
outside the District of Columbia 
(4) One-half of the chauffeur-driven automobiles in operation in 
the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce on July 1,1951 
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(5) Agencies for which appropriations or funds were made available 
by the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1953, or the Civil 
Functions Appropriation Act, 1953 
(6) The agencies named in subsection (b) of this section. 
(b) In no event shall the number of passenger-carrying vehicles 
which may be operated during the current fiscal year at the seat of 
government under any appropriation or authorization for the Depart-
ment of Labor, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 
the National Labor Relations Board, the National Mediation Board, 
the Railroad Retirement Board, or the Federal Mediation and Con-
ciliation Service exceed 50 per centum of the number in use as of 
June 30, 1951. 
SEC. 1316. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no 
funds shall be available in this or any other Act for the purchase of 
furniture by any department or agency in any branch of the Govern-
ment if such requirements can reasonably be met, as determined by 
the Administrator of General Services, by transfer of excess furniture 
including rehabilitated furniture from other departments and agen-
cies pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949, as amended. 
SEC. 1317. The appropriations, authorizations, and authority with 
respect thereto in this Act or any regular annual appropriation Act 
for the fiscal year 1954 which has not been enacted into law prior to 
July 1, 1953, shall be available from and including such date for the 
purposes respectively provided in such appropriations, authorizations, 
and authority. 
All obligations incurred during the period between 
June 30,1953, and the date of enactment of this Act or the applicable 
Act in anticipation of such appropriations, authorizations, and 
authority are hereby ratified and confirmed if in accordance with the 
respective terms thereof. 
Approved August 7, 1953. 
66Stat. 517,579. 
Passenger v e-
hicle s, re strictlotv. 
Furniture. 
63 Stat. 377. 
40 u s e 471 note. 
A v a i l a b i l i t y of 
appr opr iations, 
etc. 
Public Law 208 
CHAPTER 341 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Establishing in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund within the 
contingent fund of the House of Representatives. 
August 7,1953 
[HTJ. 
Res. 316] 
Resolved by the /Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That there is hereby estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States, a revolving fund within 
•the contingent fund of the House of Representatives for a joint 
Senate and House Recording Facility (hereinafter referred to as the 
Facility), for the purpose of administering the duties of the Facility. 
(a) All balances of the Facility on hand on the date of enactment 
of this joint resolution and all monies hereafter received by the Facility 
from'sales or rentals, the sale of any equipment, or from any other 
source, shall be deposited in the revolving fund by the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives and shall be available for disbursement 
from said revolving fund by the Clerk of the House, for the care, 
maintenance, operation, and other expenses of the Facility, upon 
vouchers signed jointly by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives. 
(b) The coordinator of the Facility shall give bond to the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives with one or more sureties, in the 
penal sum of $20,000, with condition for the faithful performance of 
his duties and the preservation and security of all property in his care. 
Approved August 7, 1953. 
Joint Senate and 
H o u s e Recording 
Facility. 
Revolving fund. 
Bond.