An Act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes
PL 83-465 (H.R.8680), enacted 07/01/1954

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Public Law 465 
CHAPTER 446 
AN ACT 
July 1, 1954 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 
[H. R. 8680] 
ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
mJSt A^pro^iltton 
Act, 1955. 
TITLE 
I—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
THE 
INTERIOR 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the In-
terior for the fiscal year ending June 30,1955, namely: 
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
ENFORCEMENT OF CONNALLY HOT OIL ACT 
For expenses necessary for controlling the interstate shipment of 
contraband oil as required by law (15 U. S. C. 715), $140,000. 
49 stat. 30. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy 
pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 
1944 (16 U. S. C. 825s), as applied to the southeastern power area, 
ssstat. 89o. 
$1,228,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy 
pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 
1944 (16 U. S. C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern power area, 
ss stat. 89o. 
$1,765,000, and in addition $775,000 shall be transferred to this appro-
priation from the appropriation "Construction, Southwestern Power 
Administration". 
RESEARCH IN THE UTILIZATION OF SALINE WATER 
For expenses necessary to carry out provisions of Public Lraw 448, 
approved July 3,1952, authorizing studies of the conversion of saline 
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water for beneficial consumptive uses, $400,000. 
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OIL AND GAS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary to discharge his 
responsibilities with respect to oil and gas, including cooperation with 
the petroleum industry and State authorities in the production, proc-
essing, and utilization of petroleum and its products, and natural gas, 
$250,000. 
EMERGENCY FLOOD AND STORM REPAIRS 
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to reimburse applicable ap-
propriations for the cost of personnel, supplies, and facilities, diverted 
for the repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of struc-
tures, buildings, or other facilities, including equipment, damaged or 
destroyed by flood or storm, $100,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $2,469,000, to 
be derived by transfer from other appropriations made in this Act in 
the sums and in the manner set forth m Senate Keport Numbered 
1506, Eighty-third Congress, and in addition, not to exceed $100,000 
shall be transferred from other accounts available to the Department 
of the Interior and made a part of this appropriation. 
COMMISSION OF F I N E ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
36 Stat. 371. 
Restriction. 
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a Commission 
of Fine Arts (40 U. S. C. 104), including payment of actual traveling 
expenses of the members and secretary of the Commission in attending 
meetings and committee meetings of the Commission either within or 
outside the District of Columbia, to be disbursed on vouchers approved 
by the Commission, $21,200. 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION 
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CONSTRUCTION 
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For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, 
and appurtenant facilities, as authorized by law, to remain available 
until expended, $24,314,000: Provided^ That, during the current fiscal 
year, not more than $6,250,000 of the funds available under this appro-
priation heading shall be used for personal services and not more than 
$750,000 shall be used for travel expenses. 
OPERATION AND M A I N T E N A N C E 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of the Bonne-
ville transmission system and of marketing electric power and energy, 
$6,200,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations of the Bonneville Power Administration shall be 
available to carry out all the duties imposed upon the Administrator 
pursuant to law. 
Appropriations made herein to the Bonneville 
Power Administration shall be available in one fund, except that the 
appropriation herein made for operation and maintenance shall be 
available only for the service of the current fiscal year. 
Other than as may be necessary to meet local emergencies, not to 
exceed 12 per centum of the appropriation for construction herein 
made for the Bonneville Power Administration shall be-available for 
construction work by force account or on a hired-labor basis. 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement, develop-
ment, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, and performance 
of other functions, as authorized by law, in the management of lands 
and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 
Management, $11,913,000: Provided^ That this appropriation may be 
expended on a reimbursable basis for surveys of lands other than those 
under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management: Provided 
further^ That, for the purpose of surveying federally controlled or 
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intermingled lands, contributions toward the cost thereof may be 
accepted. 
CONSTHUCTION 
For construction of access roads on the revested Oregon and Cali-
fornia Railroad grant lands; acquisition of rights-of-way and of exist-
ing connecting roads adjacent to such lands; to remain available until 
expended, $2,500,000: Provided^ That the amount appropriated herein 
for road construction shall be transferred to the JBureau of Public 
Roads, Department of Commerce: Provided further, That said sum 
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is hereby made a reimbursable charge against the Oregon and Cali-
fornia land-grant fund and shall be reimbursed to the general fund 
in the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of the second para-
graph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28,1937. 
so stat. 876. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be avail-
able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary struc-
tures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and ap-
purtenant facilities to which the United States has title: Provided, 
That of appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Land Man-
agement expenditures in connection with the revested Oregon and 
California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant 
lands (other than expenditures for construction of access roads and 
for acquisition of rights-of-way and of existing connecting roads ad-
jacent to such lands) shall be reimbursed from the 25 per centum 
referred to in section C, title II, of the Act approved August 28,1937, 
^o stat. 876. 
of the special fund designated the "Oregon and California Land Grant 
Fund" and section 4 of the Act approved May 24, 1939, of the special 
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fund designated the "Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Fund". 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For construction, purchase, and maintenance of range improve-
ments pursuant to the provisions of sections 3 and 10 of the Act of 
June 28,1934, as amended (43 U. S. C. 315), sums equal to the aggre- ja'?*.^*^*' ^^'^^' 
gate of all moneys received, during the current fiscal year, as range 
improvement fees under section 3 of said Act and of 25 per centum 
of all moneys received, during the current fiscal year, under section 
15 of said Act, to remain available until expended. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
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HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to provide health, education, and welfare 
services for Indians, either directly or in cooperation with States and 
other organizations, including payment (in advance or from date of 
admission), of care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses of Indians 
in boarding homes, institutions, or schools; grants and other assistance 
to needy Indians; maintenance of law and order, and payment of re-
wards for information or evidence concerning violations of law on 
Indian reservations or lands; and operation of Indian arts and crafts 
shops and museums; $59,547,215. 
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for management, development, improve-
ment, and protection of resources and appurtenant facilities under the 
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including payment of 
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irrigation assessments and charges; acquisition of water rights; ad-
vances for Indian industrial and business enterprises; and develop-
ment of Indian arts and crafts as authorized by law; $12,881,245. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, major repair, and improvement of irrigation and 
power systems, buildings, utilities, roads and trails, and other facili-
ties ; acquisition of lands and interests in lands; preparation of lands 
for farming; and architectural and engineering services by contract; 
Restrictions. 
to remain available until expended, $7,673,000: Provided, That, during 
the current fiscal year, not more than $3,800,000 of the funds available 
under this appropriation heading shall be available for personal serv-
ices : Provided further, That no part of the sum herein appropriated 
shall be used for the acquisition of land within the States of Arizona, 
California, Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming 
outside of the boundaries of existing Indian reservations: Provided 
further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the acqui-
sition of land or water rights within the States of Nevada, Oregon, and 
Washington either inside or outside the boundaries of existing reserva-
tions : Provided further, That of the amount included herein for the 
construction of roads and trails, such part of the amount as determined 
by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall be available only for roads 
and trails which State and local governments agree to take over and 
maintain when the improvement is completed. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the general administration of the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs, including such expenses in field offices, $2,750,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the revolv-
ing fund for loans) shall be available for expenses of exhibits; pur-
chase of ice for official use of employees; and expenses required by 
continuing or permanent treaty provisions. 
TRIBAL FUNDS 
In addition to the tribal funds authorized to be expended by exist-
ing law, there is hereby appropriated $3,000,000 from tribal funds not 
otherwise available for expenditure for the benefit of Indians and 
Indian tribes*, including pay and travel expenses of employees; care, 
tuition and other assistance to Indian children attending public and 
private schools (which may be paid in advance or from date of admis-
sion) ; purchase of land and improvements on land, title to which shall 
be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the tribe for 
which purchased; lease of lands and water rights; compensation and 
expenses of attorneys and other persons employed by Indian tribes 
under approved contracts; pay, travel and other expenses of tribal 
officers, councils, and committees thereof, or other tribal organizations, 
including mileage for use of privately owned automobiles and per 
diem in lieu of subsistence at rates established administratively but 
not to exceed those applicable to civilian employees of the Govern-
ment ; relief of Indians, without regard to section 7 of the Act of May 
18 use 4124. 
27, 1930 (46 Stat. 391), including cash grants; and employment of a 
recreational director for the Menominee Reservation and a curator 
for the Osage Museum, each of whom shall be appointed with the 
approval of the respective tribal councils and without regard to the 
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classification laws: Promded, That in addition to the amount appro-
priated herein, tribal funds may be advanced to Indian tribes during 
the current fiscal year for such purposes as may be designated by the 
governing body of the particular tribe involved and approved by the 
Secretary: Provided, however, That no part of this appropriation or 
other tribal funds shall be used for the acquisition of land or water 
rights within the States of Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Wyo-
ming, either inside or outside the boundaries of existing Indian reser-
vations, if such acquisition results in the property being exempted 
from local taxation. 
BUREAU or RECLAMATION 
For carrying out the functions of the Bureau of Reclamation as 
provided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 
Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) 
and other Acts applicable to that Bureau, as follows : 
Restriction. 
43 u s e 
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seq. 
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 
For engineering and economic investigations of proposed Federal 
reclamation projects and studies of water conservation and develop-
ment plans; engineering and economic investigations, as a basis for 
legislation, and for reports thereon to Congress, relating to projects 
for the development and utilization of the water resources of Alaska ; 
formulating plans and preparing designs and specifications for author-
ized Federal reclamation projects or parts thereof prior to initial 
allocation of appropriations for construction of such projects or parts; 
and activities preliminary to the reconstruction, rehabilitation and 
betterment, financial adjustment, or extension of existing projects; to 
remain available until expended, $3,350,000, of which $2,750,000 shall 
be derived from the reclamation fund and $500,000 shall be derived 
from the Colorado River development fund: Provided, That none of 
this appropriation shall be used for more than one-half of the cost of 
an investigation requested by a State, municipality, or other interest: 
Provided further, That, except as herein expressly provided with re-
spect to investigations in Alaska, no part of this appropriation shall 
be expended in the conduct of activities which are not authorized 
by law. 
CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION 
For construction and rehabilitation of authorized reclamation proj-
ects or parts thereof (including power transmission facilities) and for 
other related activities, as authorized by law, including payments un-
der the Act of August 15, 1953 (67 Stat. 592), to remain available 
until expended, $126,637,000, of which $55,626,197 shall be derived 
from the reclamation fund: Provided, That, during the current fiscal 
year, not more than $26,000,000 of the funds available under this appro-
priation heading shall be available for personal services and not more 
than $1,000,000 shall be available for travel: Provided further, 
That 
not to exceed $53,000 shall be available toward the emergency rehabili-
tation of the Avondale irrigation project, Idaho, to be repaid in full 
under conditions satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $297,000 shall be available toward the 
emergency rehabilitation of the Crescent Lake Dam project, Oregon, 
to be repaid in full under conditions satisfactory to the Secretary of the 
Interior: Provided further, That sums made available for increasing 
spillway capacity at Alamogordo Dam. Carlsbad project. New Mexico, 
for the purpose of removing the existing flood hazard, be nonreim-
bursable and nonreturnable: Provided further. That the unexpended 
Reports. 
S h o s h o n e and 
Arapahoe Tribes. 
25 u s e 611 note. 
Limitations. 
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funds appropriated for Savage Rapids Dam rehabilitation in Public 
llu^c 390a. 
^ ^ ^ ^^^: Eighty-second Congress, second session, shall be available 
for rehabilitation of appurtenant canal protective works: Provided 
further^ That not to exceed $45,000 of the unexpended funds hereto-
fore appropriated for the Jamestown unit (North Dakota), Missouri 
River Basin project, shall be available for public use and safety facili-
Restrictions. 
tjcs at Said Unit: Provided further^ That no part of this appropriation 
shall be available for other than the completion of field engineering, 
survey work, and preliminary designs of the Southwest Contra Costa 
County Water District System and no repayment contract shall be exe-
cuted or construction begun until plans have been submitted to and 
approved by the Congress through its legislative and appropriation 
procedures, after submission of a report to the Congress by the Secre-
tary of the Interior (1) on the cost and feasibility of said project, 
including the necessary distribution system and (2) on the rates 
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required to be charged to the ultimate consumers: Provided 
further^ 
That no part of this appropriation shall be used to initiate the construc-
tion of transmission facilities within those areas covered by power 
wheeling service contracts which include provision for service to Fed-
eral establishments and preferred customers, except those transmission 
facilities for which construction funds have been heretofore appropri-
ated, those facilities which are necessary to carry out the terms of such 
contracts or those facilities for which the Secretary of the Interior finds 
the wheeling agency is unable or unwilling to provide for the integra-
tion of Federal projects or for service to a Federal establishment or 
preferred customer: Provided further^ That no part of this or prior 
appropriations shall be used for construction, nor for further commit-
ments to construction of Moorhead Dam and Reservoir, Montana, or 
any feature thereof until a definite plan report thereon has been com-
pleted, reviewed by the States of Wyoming and Montana, and approved 
by the Congress. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For operation and maintenance of reclamation projects or parts 
thereof and of other facilities, as authorized by law; and for a soil and 
moisture conservation program on lands under the jurisdiction of the 
Bureau of Reclamation, pursuant to law, $21,500,000, of which 
$18,257,222 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $1,942,778 
shall be derived from the Colorado River dam fund, including (not-
withstanding the provisions of the First Deficiency Appropriation 
58 Stat. 157. 
Act, 1944, relating thereto) operation and maintenance of Palo Verde 
Weir: Provided^ That funds advanced for operation and maintenance 
of reclamation projects or parts thereof shall be deposited to the credit 
of this appropriation and may be expended for the same objects and 
in the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be expended, and 
the unexpended balances of such advances shall be credited to the 
appropriation for the next succeeding fiscal year. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of general administration and related func-
tions in the offices of the Commissioner of Reclamation and in the 
regional offices of the Bureau of Reclamation, $4,000,000, to be derived 
from the reclamation fund and to be nonreimbursable pursuant to the 
59 Stat. 54. 
Act of April 19,1945 (43 U. S. C. 377) : Provided, That no part of any 
other appropriation in this Act shall be available for activities or func-
tions budgeted for the current fiscal year as general administrative 
expenses. 
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EMERGENCY FUND 
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For an additional amount for the emergency fund as authorized by 
the Act of June 26,1948 (43 U. S. C. 502), $200,000, to be derived from 
62 stat. 1052. 
the reclamation fund, special fund, and to remain available until ex-
pended for the purposes specified in said Act. 
SPECIAL FUNDS 
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Sums herein referred to as being derived from the reclamation 
fund, the Colorado River dam fund, or the Colorado River develop-
ment fund, are appropriated from the special funds in the Treasury 
created by the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U. S. C. 391), the Act of 
32 stat. 388. 
December 21, 1928 (43 U. S. C. 617a), and the Act of July 19, 1940 
« stat. 1057. 
(43 U. S. C. 618a), respectively. 
Such sums shall be transferred, 
54 stat. 774. 
upon request of the Secretary, to be merged with and expended under 
the heads herein specified; and the unexpended balances of sums 
transferred for expenditure under the heads "Operation and Main-
tenance" and "General Administrative Expenses'' shall revert and be 
credited to the special fund from which derived. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations to the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for 
purchase of one aircraft; payment of claims for damage to or loss of 
property, personal injury, or death arising out of activities of the 
Bureau of Reclamation; payment, except as otherwise provided for, 
of compensation and expense of persons on the rolls of the Bureau of 
Reclamation appointed as authorized by law to represent the United 
States in the negotiation and administration of interstate compacts 
without reimbursement or return under the reclamation laws; rewards 
for information or evidence concerning violations of law involving 
property under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation; per-
formance of the functions specified under the head "Operation and 
Maintenance Administration", Bureau of Reclamation, in the Interior 
Department Appropriation Act, 1945; preparation and dissemination 
58 stat. 486. 
of useful information including recordings, photographs, and photo-
graphic prints; and studies of recreational uses of reservoir areas, 
and investigation and recovery of archeological and paleontological 
remains in such areas in the same manner as provided for in the Act 
of August 21, 1935 (16 U. S. C. 461-467) : Provided, That no part of 
^^ ^tat. 666. 
any appropriation made herein shall be available pursuant to the Act 
of April 19, 1945 (43 U. S. C. 377), for expenses other than those 
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incurred on behalf of specific reclamation projects except "General 
Administrative Expenses" and amounts provided for reconnaissance, 
basin surveys, and general engineering and research under the head 
"General Investigations". 
Allotments to the Missouri River Basin project from the appropria-
tion under the head "Construction and Rehabilitation" shall be avail-
able additionally for said project for those functions of tlie Bureau of 
Reclamation provided for under the head "General Investigations" 
(but this authorization shall not preclude use of the appropriation 
under said head within that area), and for the continuation of investi-
gations by agencies of the Department on a general plan for the devel-
opment of the Missouri River Basin. 
Such allotments may be 
expended through or in cooperation with State and other Federal 
agencies, and advances to such agencies are hereby authorized. 
Sums appropriated herein which are expended in the performance 
of reimbursable functions of the Bureau of Reclamation shall be re-
turnable to the extent and in the manner provided by law. 
Missouri R i v e r 
Basin project. 
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Restrictions* 
No part of any appropriation for the Bureau of Reclamation, con-
tained in this Act or in any prior Act, which represents amounts 
earned under the terms of a contract but remaining unpaid, shall be 
obligated for any other purpose, regardless of when such amounts are 
to be paid: Provided^ That the incurring of any obligation prohibited 
by this paragraph shall be deemed a violation of section 3679 of the 
Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U. S. C. 665). 
No funds appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation for operation 
and maintenance, except those derived from advances hy water users, 
shall be used for the particular benefit of lands (a) within the bound-
aries of an irrigation district, (b) of any member of a water users' 
organization, or (c) of any individual, when such district, organiza-
tion, or individual is in arrears for more than twelve months in the 
payment of charges due under a contract entered into with the United 
States pursuant to laws administered by the Bureau of Reclamation. 
Not to exceed $225,000 may be expended from the appropriation 
"Construction and Rehabilitation" for work by force account on any 
one project or Missouri Basin unit and then only when such work is 
unsuitable for contract or no acceptable bid has been received and, 
other than otherwise provided in this paragraph or as may be neces-
sary to meet local emergencies, not to exceed 12 per centum of the 
construction allotment for any project from the appropriation "Con-
struction and Rehabilitation" contained in this Act shall be available 
for construction work by force account. 
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
Plans for build-
ings, 
Washington, 
D. C. 
67 Stat. 269. 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the Geological Survey to perform sur-
veys, investigations, and research covering topography, geology, and 
the mineral and water resources of the United States, its Territories 
and possessions; classify lands as to mineral character and water and 
power resources; give engineering supervision to power permits and 
Federal Power Commission licenses; enforce departmental regula-
tions applicable to oil, gas, and other mining leases, permits, licenses, 
and operating contracts; and publish and disseminate data relative 
to the foregoing activities; $25,735,000 of which $3,800,000 shall be 
available only for cooperation with States or municipalities for water 
resources investigations: Provided^ That no part of this appropriation 
shall be used to pay more than one-half the cost of any topographic 
mapping or water resources investigations carried on in cooperation 
with any State or municipality. 
Not to exceed $75,000 of the unexpended balance of the funds appro-
priated under this heading in the Interior Department Appropriation 
Act, 1954, is hereby continued available until expended for prepara-
tion of plans and specifications for a building or buildings to meet 
the special needs of the Geological Survey in the metropolitan area of 
Washington, D. C. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
The amount appropriated for the Geological Survey shall be avail-
able for reimbursement of the General Services Administration for 
security guard service for protection of confidential files; contracting 
for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo-
physical or other specialized surveys when it is administratively deter-
mined that such procedures are in the public interest; construction and 
maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; acqui-
sition of lands for gaging stations; and payment of compensation and 
expenses of persons on the rolls of the Geological Survey appointed, 
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as authorized by law, to represent the United States in the negotiation 
and administration of interstate compacts, including not to exceed 
$10,000 for the person appointed by the President to participate as 
Arkansas River 
the representative of the United States in the administration of the '^°'"P^'=** 
compact consented to by the Act of May 31, 1949 (Public Law 82) : 
" stat. us. 
Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the 
President is authorized to appoint a retired officer as such representa-
tive, without prejudice to his status as a retired Army officer, and he 
shall receive such compensation and expenses in addition to his retired 
pay. 
BUREAU OF MINES 
CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES 
For expenses necessary for promoting the conservation, explora-
tion, development, production, and utilization of mineral resources, 
including fuels, in the United States, its Territories, and possessions; 
developing synthetics and substitutes; producing and distributing 
helium; and controlling fires in inactive coal deposits on public lands, 
and on private lands, with the consent of the owner; $13,500,000: 
Provided, That the Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to 
make suitable arrangements with owners of private property or with 
a State or its subdivisions for payment of a sum equal to not less than 
one-half the amount of expenditure to be made for control or extin-
guishment of fires in inactive coal deposits from funds provided under 
the authorization of this Act except that expenditure of Federal funds 
for this purpose in any privately owned operating coal mine shall be 
limited to investigation and supervision. 
HEALTH AND SAFETY 
For expenses necessary for promotion of health and safety in mines 
and in the minerals industries, as authorized by law, $5,000,000. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration of the Bureau of 
Mines, including such expenses in the regional offices, $1,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations and funds available to the Bureau of Mines may be 
expended for providing transportation services in isolated areas for 
employees, student dependents of employees, and other pupils, and 
such activities may be financed under cooperative arrangements; tem-
porary and emergency contracts for personal services and employment 
of persons without regard to civil-service regulations as required in 
the conduct of programs for the control of fires in inactive coal deposits 
and flood prevention in anthracite mines; purchase and bestowal of 
certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid 
w^ork: Provided, 
That the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, 
buildings, equipment and other contributions from public and private 
sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies. 
Federal, State, or private: Provided further. 
That the sums made 
available for the current fiscal year to the Departments of the Army, 
Navy, and Air Force for the acquisition of helium from the Bureau of 
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Mines shall be transferred to the Bureau of Mines, and said sums, 
together wnth all other payments to the Bureau of Mines for helium, 
shall be credited to the special helium production fund, established pur-
suant to the Act of March 3, 1925, as amended (50 U. S. C. 164 (c)) : 
^^ stat. nii. 
Provided further, That the Bureau of Minas is authorized, during the 
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current fiscal year, to sell directly or through any Government agency, 
including corporations, any metal or mineral product that may be 
manufactured in pilot plants operated by the Bureau of Mines, and the 
proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the Treasury as miscel-
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laneous receipts. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION 
For expenses necessary for the management and protection of the 
areas and facilities administered by the National Park Service, includ-
ing protection of lands in process of condemnation; and for plans, 
investigations, and studies of the recreational resources (exclusive of 
preparation of detail plans and working drawings) and archaeologi-
cal values in river basins of the United States (except the Missouri 
River Basin); $9,098,390. 
MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES 
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and rehabili-
tation of roads (including furnishing special road maintenance service 
to defense trucking permittees on a reimbursable basis), trails, build-
ings, utilities, and other physical facilities essential to the operation 
of areas administered pursuant to law by the National Park Service, 
$8,425,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and improvement, without regard to the Act of 
37 Stat. 460. 
August 24,1912, as amended (16 U. S. C. 451), of roads, trails, park-
ways, buildings, utilities, and other physical facilities; and the acqui-
sition of lands, interests therein, improvements, and water rights; to 
remain available until expended, $8,056,099. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration of the National 
Park Service, including such expenses in the regional offices, $1,084,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be available 
for cleaning and repair of uniforms for National Capital Parks police 
and guards; and the objects and purposes specified in the Act of 
16 use lb. 
August 8,1953 (67 Stat. 495, 496). 
F I S H AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES 
For expenses necessary for conservation, management, protection, 
and utilization of fish and wildlife resources, and for the performance 
of other authorized functions related to such resources; operation of 
the industrial properties within the Crab Orchard National Wildlife 
Refuge (61 Stat. 770); maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle 
on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge; purchase or rent of land, 
and functions related to wildlife management in California (16 
62 Stat. 238. 
jj^ g^ Q^ 695-695c)'; leasing and management of lands for the pro-
tection of the Florida Key deer; and not to exceed $30,000 for pay-
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371 
ment, in the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 
concerning violations of laws administered by the Fish and Wildlife 
Service; $6,301,000; and in addition, there are appropriated amounts 
equal to 25 per centum of the proceeds covered into the Treasury dur-
ing the next preceding fiscal year from the sale of sealskins and other 
products, to remain available for expenditure during the current a-nd 
next suceeding fiscal years for management and investigation of fish 
and wildlife resources of Alaska, including construction. 
INVESTIGATIONS OF RESOUBCES 
For expenses necessary for scientific and economic studies and in-
vestigations respecting conservation, management, protection, and 
utilization of fish and wildlife resources, including related aquatic 
plants and products; collection, compilation, and publication of in-
formation concerning such studies and investigations; and the per-
formance of other functions related thereto; as authorized by law; 
$4,127,000, of which not to exceed $350,000 shall be available for the 
lamprey eel program. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities 
required in the conservation, management, protection, and utilization 
of fish and wildlife resources and the acquisition of lands and interests 
therein; to remain available until expended, $300,000. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration of the Fish and 
Wildlife Service, including such expenses in the regional offices, 
$725,000. 
ADMINISTRATION OF PRIBILOF ISLANDS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of February 26, 1944, as 
amended (16 U. S. C. 631a-631q), there are appropriated amounts 
ssstat. loo. 
equal to 60 per centum of the proceeds covered into the Treasury during 
the next preceding fiscal year from the sale of sealskins and other 
products, to remain available for expenditure during the current and 
next succeeding fiscal years. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations tor the Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available 
for purchase of not to exceed five aircraft, for replacement only; publi-
cation and distribution of bulletins as authorized by law (7 U. S. C. 
417) ; rations or commutation of rations for officers and crews of ves- 
^'* ^*°** ^®°* 
sels at rates not to exceed $3 per man per day; repair of damage to 
public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by opera-
tions of the Fish and Wildlife Service; options for the purchase of 
land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities incident to such 
public recreational uses on conservation areas as are not inconsistent 
with their primary purposes; and the maintenance and improvement 
of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the 
Fish and Wildlife Service and to which the United States has title, 
and which are utilized pursuant to law in connection with manage-
ment and investigation of fish and wildlife resources. 
Ptirc bases* 
Aircraft and sur-
face vessels. 
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OFFICE OF TERRITORIES 
ADMINISTRATION OF TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of Territories and 
for the departmental administration of the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands, under the jurisdiction of the Department of the 
Interior, including expenses of the offices of the Governors of Alaska, 
6/^s^t*at*.^38'6-^"i Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, as authorized by law (48 U. S. C , 
Stat. 125*3. 
' 
sees. 61, 531, 1422, 1431a (c)); expenses of the Government of the 
49 Stat. 1807. 
Virgin Islands as authorized by law (48 U. S. C. 1405) ; compensation 
and mileage of members of the legislatures in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, 
stat^. ^
1
*
^
6
- U%au ^^^ American Samoa as authorized by law (48 U. S. C, sees. 87, 599, 
391.* 
' 
* 1421d (e), and 1431a (c)) ; compensation and expenses of the judiciary 
45 Stat. 1253. 
j ^ American Samoa as authorized by law (48 U. S. C. 1431a (c)) ; 
56 Stat. 782. 
care of insane as authorized by law for Alaska (48 U. S. C. 46-50) ; 
grants to the Virgin Islands and American Samoa, in addition to cur-
rent local revenues, for support of governmental functions; and per-
sonal services, household equipment and furnishings, and utilities 
necessary in the operation of the several Governors' houses; $3,400,000: 
Provided, That the Territorial and local governments herein provided 
for are authorized to make purchases through the General Services 
Administration: Provided further, That appropriations available for 
the administration of Territories may be expended for the purchase, 
charter, maintenance, and operation of aircraft and surface vessels 
for official purposes and for commercial transportation purposes 
found by the Secretary to be necessary. 
TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 
For expenses necessary for the Department of the Interior in admin-
istration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands pursuant to the 
Trusteeship Agreement approved by Public Law 204, Eightieth Con-
48 ^u^s'c^^ 1
*
4 3 5 S^^ss? including the expenses of the High Commissioner of the Trust 
note. 
Territory of the Pacific Islands; compensation and expenses of the 
judiciary of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; grants to the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in addition to local revenues, 
for support of governmental functions; $5,000,000: Provided, 
That 
all financial transactions of the Trust Territory, including such trans-
actions of all agencies or instrumentalities established or utilized by 
such Trust Territory, shall be audited by the General Accounting Office 
in accordance with the provisions of the Budget and Accounting Act, 
31 use 1. 
]^92i (42 Stal. 23), as amended, and the Accounting and Auditing 
31 use 6?n*ote, ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^- ^^^ ' ^^<^'^*'^^^ further, That the government of 
the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands is authorized to make pur-
chases through the General Services Administration: Provided 
fur-
ther, That appropriations available for the Administration of the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, may be expended for the pur-
chase, charter, maintenance, and operation of aircraft and surface 
vessels for official purposes and for commercial transportation pur-
poses found by the Secretary to be necessary in carrying out the pro-
visions of article 6 (2) of the Trusteeship Agreement approved by 
Public Law 204, Eightieth Congress. 
ALASKA PUBLIC WORKS 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary for carrying out 
48USc*486'Aote. the provislous of the Act of August 24, 1949 (Public Law 264), to re-
main available until June 30, 1955, $9,500,000, of which not to exceed 
$570,000 shall be available for administrative expenses. 
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373 
CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, ALASKA 
For construction of roads, tramways, buildings, ferries, bridges, 
and trails, including surveys and plans for new road construction; 
and acquisition of lands or interests in lands by purchase, donation, 
condemnation, or otherwise; $8,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS, ALASKA 
For operation and maintenance of roads, tramways, buildings, 
ferries, bridges, and trails, $3,500,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The total of the amounts herein appropriated for construction, 
operation and maintenance of roads in Alaska shall be available in 
one fund, except that the appropriation herein made for operation 
and maintenance shall be available only for the service of the current 
fiscal year. 
Not to exceed 171/2 per centum of the amount herein appropriated 
for construction of roads in Alaska shall be available for construction 
work by force account, or on a hired-labor basis. 
Limitation. 
CONSTRUCTION, ALASKA RAILROAD 
For the authorized work of the Alaska Railroad, including im-
provements and new construction, to remain available until expended, 
^2,900,000: Promded, That funds appropriated under this head may 
be transferred to the Alaska Railroad Revolving Fund for purposes 
of accounting and administration. 
ALASKA RAILROAD REVOLVING FUND 
The Alaska Railroad Revolving Fund shall continue available until 
expended for the work authorized by law, including operation and 
maintenance of oceangoing or coastwise vessels by ownership, charter, 
or arrangement with other branches of the Government service, for 
the purpose of providing additional facilities for transportation of 
freight, passengers, or mail, when deemed necessary for the benefit 
and development of industries or travel in the area served; and pay-
ment of compensation and expenses as authorized by section 42 of tne 
Act of September 7,1916 (5 U. S. C. 793), to be reimbursed as therein 
provided: Provided, That no one other than the general manager of 
said railroad, and one assistant general manager at not to exceed 
$13,000 per annum, shall be paid an annual salary out of said fund of 
more than $11,000. 
39 Stat. 
Salary 
tions. 
750. 
1 i mi t< 
ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior 
(referred to herein as the Secretary), including teletype rentals and 
service, $2,330,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, 
aliens may be employed during the current fiscal year in the field 
service of the Department for periods of not more than thirty days 
in cases of emergency caused by fire, flood, storm, act of God, or 
sabotage. 
E mployment of 
aliens. 
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A tt e n d a n c e at 
meetings. 
K m e r g e ncy re-
construction. 
Emergency p r e-
vention of fires. 
Op e r a t i o n 
of 
warehouses, etc. 
47 Stat. 417. 
Reimbursements. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Passenger motor 
vehicles. 
Personal s e r v -
ices. 
SEC. 102. Appropriations in this Act available for travel expenses 
shall be available, for expenses of attendance of oificers and employees 
at meetings or conventions of members of societies or associations con-
cerned with the work of the bureau or office for which the appropri-
ation concerned is made. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this Act shall be available for 
expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the ap-
proval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement 
or repair of buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: 
Provided^ That no funds shall be made available under this authority 
until funds specifically made available to the Department of the In-
terior for emergencies shall have been exhausted. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer 
(within each bureau or office) of any appropriation in this Act, in 
addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several 
agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest or 
range fires on or threatening lands under jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment of the Interior: Provided^ That appropriations made in this Act 
for fire suppression purposes shall be available for the payment of 
obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made in this Act shall be available for 
operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, 
wherever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or 
economy, and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services 
rendered to any other activity in the same manner as authorized by the 
Act of June 30,1932 (31U. S. C. 686) : Provided, That reimbursements 
for cost of supplies, materials and equipment, and for services ren-
dered may be credited to the appropriation current at the time such 
reimbursements are received. 
SEC. 106. Appropriations made in this Act shall be available for 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
U. S. C. 55a), when authorized by the Secretary, at rates not to exceed 
$100 per diem for individuals, and in total amount not to exceed 
$250,000; maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in 
private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations ap-
proved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized 
by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations 
which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower 
than to subscribers who are not members. 
SEC. 107. Funds appropriated in this title shall be available for the 
purchase of not to exceed two hundred and twenty-seven passenger 
motor vehicles (including one at not to exceed $2,750) of which two 
hundred shall be for replacement only; and the Secretary is authorized 
to make such transfers of motor vehicles, between bureaus and offices, 
without transfer of funds, as may be required in carrying out the 
operations of the Department. 
SEC. 108. (a) Not to exceed $200,000 of the funds appropriated in 
this title shall be available to pay the compensation of all persons the 
budget estimates for personal services heretofore submitted to the 
Congress for the fiscal year 1955 contemplated would be employed 
by such department, agency, or corporation during such fiscal year 
in the performance of— 
(1) function performed by a person designated as an informa-
tion specialist, information and editorial specialist, publications 
and information coordinator, press relations officer or counsel, 
photographer, radio expert, television expert, motion picture ex-
pert, or publicity expert, or designated by any similar title, or 
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61 Stat. 584. 
31 u s e 849. 
(2) functions performed by persons who assist persons per-
forming the functions described in (1) in drafting, preparing, 
editing, typing, duplicating or disseminating public information, 
publications or releases, radio or television scripts, magazine arti-
cles, photographs, motion picture and similar material, shall be 
available to pay the compensation of persons performing the 
functions descrioed in (1) or (2). 
(b) This section shall not apply to the preparation for publication 
of reports and maps resulting from authorized scientific and engineer-
ing investigations and surveys, to photography incident to the com-
pilation and reproduction of maps and reports, or publications of the 
National Park Service, or to photocopying of permanent records for 
preservation. 
TITLE II—VIRGIN ISLANDS CORPOKATION 
GRANTS 
For payment to the Virgin Islands Corporation in the form of 
grants as authorized by law, $510,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
During the current fiscal year the Virgin Islands Corporation is 
hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
funds available to it 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 its programs as set forth 
in the budget for the fiscal year 1955: Provided, That not to exceed 
$130,000 shall be available for administrative expenses (to be com-
puted on an accrual basis) of the Corporation, covering the categories 
set forth in the 1955 Budget estimates for such expenses. 
TITLE 
III—FEDERAL 
COAL 
MINE 
SAFETY 
BOARD 
OF 
REVIEW 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Federal Coal 
Mine Safety Board of Review, including services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $75,000. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or ^^^^^ of Gove 
of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included in ment."' ° ovem-
this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who 
engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or 
who is a member of an organization of Government employees that 
asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, 
or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, 
the 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 Government of the United States, is not a member of an 
organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike 
against the Government of the United States, or that such person does 
not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, 
the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or 
60 Stat. 810. 
Strikes or over* 
Affidavit. 
376 
Penalty. 
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Exception. 
Short title. 
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 
appropriation or fund contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony 
and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned 
for not more than one year, or both: Provided 
further. 
That the 
above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution 
for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided further^ That in 
cases of emergency, caused by fire, flood, storm, act of God, or sabotage, 
persons may be employed for periods of not more than thirty days 
and be paid salaries and wages without the necessity of inquiring into 
their membership in any organization. 
TITLE V—KEDUCTIONS IN APPROPRIATIONS 
Amounts available to the Department of the Interior from appro-
priations are hereby reduced in the sums hereinafter set forth, such 
sums to be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury 
immediately upon the approval of this Act: 
BUREAU o r RECLAMATION 
Construction and Rehabilitation: Missouri Basin Project, Missouri 
Diversion Unit, $1,700,000. 
This Act may be cited as the "Interior Department Appropriation 
Act, 1955". 
Approved July 1, 1954. 
Public Law 466 
CHAPTER 447 
July 1. 1954 
AN A C T 
[S« 2802] 
rjiQ further encourage the distribution of fishery products, and for other purposes. 
F i s h e r y 
ucts. 
Distribution. 
T r a n s f e r 
funds. 
49 Stat. 774. 
7 u s e 612c. 
prod-
o f 
Use. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the 
Act of August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 1411), is hereby amended to read as 
follows: 
"SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall transfer to the 
Secretary of the Interior each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal 
year commencing July 1, 1954, and ending on June 30, 1957, from 
moneys made available to carry out the provisions of section 32 of such 
Act of August 24,1935, an amount equal to 30 per centum of the gross 
receipts from duties collected under the customs laws on fishery prod-
ucts (including fish, shellfish, mollusks, Crustacea, aquatic plants and 
animals, and any products thereof, including processed and manu-
factured products), which shall be maintained in a separate fund and 
used by the Secretary of the Interior (1) to promote the free flow of 
domestically produced fishery products in commerce by conducting a 
fishery educational service and fishery technological, biological and 
related research programs, the moneys so transferred to be also avail-
able for the purchase or other acquisition, construction, equipment, 
operation, and maintenance of vessels or other facilities necessary for 
conducting research as provided for in this section, and (2) to develop