An Act making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes
PL 83-176 (H.R.4663), enacted 07/31/1953

PUBLIC LAW 176-JULY 31, 1953 
[67 STAT. 
Public Law 176 
: 
CHAPTER 302 
July 31.1953 
AN A C T 
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[H. R. 4663]— 
Making appropriations for the Executive OflSce and sundry independent executive 
bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1954, and for other purposes. 
F i r s t 
I n d e ' 
p e n d e n t Offices 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
XpiM-opriation Act, suHis are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the Executive Office and sundry independent 
executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and 
offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1954, namely: 
TITLE I 
i 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF T H E PRESIDENT 
>'i 
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT 
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For compensation of the President, including an expense allow-
ance at the rate of $50,000 per annum, as authorized by the Act of 
63 Stat. 4. 
January 19, 1949 (3 U. S. C. 102), $150,000. 
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE 
60 Stat. 810. 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for The White 
House Office, including not to exceed $120,000 for services as author-
ized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at 
such per diem rates for individuals as the President may specify, 
and other personal services without regard to the provisions of law 
regulating the employment and compensation of persons in the Gov-
ernment service; and travel and official entertainment expenses of the 
President, to be accounted for solely on his certificate; $1,800,000. 
EMERGENCY FUND FOR THE PRESIDENT 
NATIONAL DEFENSE 
For expenses necessary to enable the President, through such officers 
or agencies of the Government as he may designate, and without regard 
to such provisions of law regarding the expenditure of Government 
funds or the compensation and employment of persons in the Govern-
ment service as he may specify, to provide in his discretion for emer-
gencies affecting the national interest, security, or defense which may 
arise at home or abroad during the current fiscal year, $300,000, 
together with the unobligated balance in such fund on June 30, 1953: 
Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for 
allocation to finance a function or project for which function or project 
a budget estimate of appropriation was transmitted pursuant to law 
during the Eighty-third Congress and such appropriation denied after 
consideration thereof by the Senate or House of Representatives or by 
the Committee on xVppropriations of either body. 
EXECUTIVE MANSION AND GROUNDS 
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing, 
improvement, heating and lighting, including electric power and 
fixtures, of the Executive Mansion and the Executive Mansion grounds, 
and traveling expenses, to be expended as the President may determine, 
notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other Act, $356,184. 
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BDKEAU OF THE BUDGET 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Bureau of the 
Budget, including newspapers and periodicals (not exceeding $200); 
teletype news service (not exceeding $900); not to exceed $70,000 for 
expenses of travel; and not to exceed $20,000 for services as authorized 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not 
to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; $3,412,000: Provided^ That the 
title of the position of the Assistant Director of the Bureau of the 
Budget is changed to Deputy Director: Provided further^ That two 
positions of Assistant Director are hereby authorized at a salary of 
$15,000 each per annum in lieu of two positions in grade GS-18. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Deputy Director. 
As sistant D irec> 
tors. 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, as authorized by the 
Act of June 26, 1946 (36 U. S. C. 121, 123-132, 138), including the 
acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; purchase 
and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and 
monuments outside of the United States and its Territories and posses-
sions at a cost not exceeding $500; not to exceed $12,000 for expenses of 
travel; rent of office and garage space in foreign countries; and insur-
ance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries when required by law 
of such countries; $760,000: Provided^ That where station allowance 
has been authorized by the Department of the Army for officers of the 
Army serving the Army at certain foreign stations, the same allowance 
shall be authorized for officers of the Armed Forces assigned to the 
Commission while serving at the same foreign stations, and this appro-
priation is hereby made available for the payment of such allowance: 
Provided further^ That when traveling on business of the Commission, 
officers of the Armed Forces serving as members or as secretary of the 
Commission may be reimbursed for expenses as provided for civilian 
members of the Commission. 
60 Stat. 317. 
S t a t i o n 
lowance. 
a 1-
CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORIALS AND CEMETERIES 
Construction of memorials and cemeteries: For expenses necessary 
for the permanent design and construction of memorials and cemeteries 
in foreign countries as authorized by the Act of June 26, 1946 (36 
U. S. C. 121,123-132,138b), and the Act of August 5,1947 (50 U. S. C. 
App. 1819), including not to exceed $41,276 for expenses of travel, 
$8,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
60 Stat. 317. 
61 Stat. 779. 
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to 
exceed $29,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); not to exceed $10,000 for medical 
examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee 
basis; travel expenses of examiners acting under the direction of the 
Commission, and expenses of examinations and investigations held 
in "Washington and elsewhere; not to exceed $100 for the purchase of 
newspapers and periodicals (excluding scientific, technical, trade or 
traffic periodicals, for official use); payment in advance for library 
membership in societies whose publications are available to members 
only or to members at a price lower than to the general public; not 
60 Stat. 810. 
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5 u s e 
1 1 8 i, 
118k-118n. 
41 use 5. 
Emergency trans-
fers, etc. 
Loyalty Review 
Board. 
63 Stat. 166. 
5 u s e 835 note. 
62 Stat. 697. 
F e d e r a l 
P e r -
sonnel eouncil. 
L e g a l Examin-
ing Unit. 
3eFR 1943 Supp. 
p. 30. 
Compensation of 
certain board mem-
bers. 
60 Stat. 237. 
5 u s e 1001. 
eompensation of 
officers allocating 
sv^ervisory p o s i-
tions. 
to exceed $65,000 for performing the duties imposed upon tlie Com-
mission by the Act of July 19, 1940 (54 Stat. 767) ; reimbursement of 
the General Services Administration for security guard services for 
protection of confidential files; not to exceed $476,670 for expenses of 
travel; and not to exceed $5,000 for actuarial services by contract, 
without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended; 
$17,000,000: Provided^ That no details from any executive department 
or independent establishment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere 
to the Commission's central office in Washington or to any of its 
regional offices shall be made during the current fiscal year, but this 
shall not affect the making of details for service as members of the 
boards of examiners outside the immediate offices of the Commis-
sion in Washington or of the regional directors, nor shall it affect the 
making of details of persons qualified to serve as expert examiners on 
special subjects: Provided further, That the Civil Service Commis-
sion shall have power in case of emergency to transfer or detail any 
of its employees to or from its office or field force: Provided 
further. 
That members of the Loyalty Review Board in Washington and of the 
regional loyalty boards in the field may be paid actual transportation 
expenses, and per diem in lieu of subsistence authorized by the Travel 
Expense Act of 1949 while traveling on official business away from 
their homes or regular places of business, and while en route to and 
from and at the place where their services are to be performed: Pro-
vided further, That nothing in section 281 or 283 of title 18, United 
States Code, or in section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U. S, C. 99) 
shall be deemed to apply to any person because of his appointment 
for part-time or intermittent service as a member of the Loyalty 
Review Board or a regional loyalty board in the Civil Service Com-
mission : Provided further, That, effective July 1, 1953, or on the date 
of enactment of this Act if such date is subsequent to July 1, 1953, 
the Federal Personnel Council, Civil Service Commission, is hereby 
abolished, and its personnel (at a cost not exceeding $25,000 for the 
current fiscal year), files, records, and other property are transferred 
to the Office of the Executive Director, Civil Service Commission. 
No part of the appropriations herein made to the Civil Service 
Commxssion shall be available for the salaries and expenses of the 
Legal Examining Unit in the Examining and Personnel Utilization 
Division of the Commission, established pursuant to Executive Order 
Numbered 9358 of July 1, 1943, or for the compensation or expenses 
of any member of a board of examiners (1) who has not made affidavit 
that he has not appeared in any agency proceeding within the preced-
ing two years, and will not thereafter while a board member appear 
in any agency proceeding, as a party, or in behalf of a party to the 
proceeding, before an agency in which an applicant is employed who 
has been rated or will be rated by such member; or (2) who, after 
making such affidavit, has rated an applicant who at the time of the 
rating is employed by an agency before which the board member has 
appeared as a party, or in behalf of a party, within the preceding two 
years: Provided, That the definitions of "agency", "agency proceed-
ing", and "party" in section 2 of the Administrative Procedure Act 
shall apply to these terms as used herein. 
No part of appropriations herein shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion of officers and employees of the Civil Service Commission who 
allocate or reallocate supervisory positions in the classified civil service 
solely on the size of the group, section, bureau, or other organization 
unit, or on the number of subordinates supervised. 
References to 
size of the group, section, bureau, or other organization unit or the 
number o* subordinates supervised may be given effect only to the 
extent warranted by the workload of such organization unit and then 
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only in combination with other factors, such as the kind, difficulty, and 
complexity of work supervised, the degree and scope of responsibility 
delegated to the supervisor, and the kind, degree, and value of the 
supervision actually exercised. 
Annuities, Panama Canal construction employees and Lighthouse 
Annuities. 
Service widows: For payment of annuities authorized by the Act of 
May 29,1944, as amended (48 U. S. C. 1373a), and the Act of August 19, 
ss stat. 258. 
1950 (64Stat.465),$2,500,000. 
33 use 771-775. 
Payment to the civil-service retirement and disability fund for 
increases in annuities provided by the Act of July 16, 1952: For pay-
ment to the "civil-service retirement and disability fund" for the cost, 
as heretofore determined by the Civil Service Commission, of increases 
in annuities provided by the Act of July 16,1952 (66 Stat. 723), for the 
^ "sc 736c. 
fiscal year 1954, $31,397,000. 
FEDEKAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses in performing the 
duties of the Commission as authorized by law, including newspapers 
(not to exceed $175), land and structures (not to exceed $13,000), 
special counsel fees, improvement and care of grounds and repairs to 
buildings (not to exceed $17,500), services as authorized by section 15 
of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), purchase of not to exceed 
^o stat. sio. 
eight passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only, in the event 
adequate vehicles cannot be obtained by transfer from other depart-
ments or agencies, and not to exceed $88,000 for expenses of travel, 
$7,400,000, of which not less than $1,018,496 shall be available for 
personal services necessary for application processing and hearings in 
connection with the issuance and renewal of television licenses, and 
not less than $809,271 shall be available for personal services necessary 
for application processing and hearings in connection with the issu-
ance of licenses in the safety and special radio services. 
FEDERAL P O W E E COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the work of the 
Commission, as authorized by law, including not to exceed $210,000 
for expenses of travel; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to 
exceed $500 for newspapers; $4,300,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 
shall be available for special counsel and services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), but at rates 
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not exceeding $50 per diem for individuals. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Federal 
Trade Commission, including contract stenographic reporting services, 
not to exceed $500 for newspapers, and not to exceed $163,035 for 
expenses of travel, $4,053,800: Provided^ That no part of the foregoing 
appropriation shall be expended upon any investigation hereafter pro-
vided by concurrent resolution of the Congress until funds are appro-
priated subsequently to the enactment of such resolution to finance the 
cost of such investigation: Provided further^ That no part of the fore-
going appropriation shall be available for a statistical analysis of the 
consumer's dollar. 
27000 0 - 5 3 - 2 2 
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GENEKAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
60 Stat. 810. 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the General 
Accounting Office, including newspapers and periodicals (not exceed-
ing $500), and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $31,981,000. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
Commissioner of 
Public Buildings. 
D i s p e r s a l 
of 
departmental func-
tions. 
63 Stat. 377. 
40 USC471note. 
47 Stat. 412. 
Restrictions. 
Buildings 
side D. C. 
63 Stat. 198. 
Operating expenses, Public Buildings Service: For necessary 
expenses of real property management and related activities as pro-
vided by law; including the salary of the Commissioner of Public 
Buildings at the rate of $16,500 per annum so long as the position is 
held by the present incumbent; repair and improvement of public 
buildings and grounds (including furnishings and equipment) under 
the control of the General Services Administration; rental of buildings 
in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving 
Government agencies in connection with the assignment, allocation, 
and transfer of building space; demolition of buildings; acquisition 
by purchase or otherwise and disposal by sale or otherwise of real 
estate and interests therein; and not to exceed $184,750 for expenses 
of travel; $98,826,070: Provided,, That the foregoing appropriation 
shall not be available to effect the moving of Government agencies 
from the District of Columbia into buildings acquired to accomplish 
the dispersal of departmental functions of the executive establishment 
into areas outside of but accessible to the District of Columbia. 
Emergency operating expenses: For necessary emergency expenses 
of the General Services Administration not otherwise provided for, 
for operation, maintenance, protection, repair, alterations, and im-
provements of public buildings and grounds (including furnishings 
and equipment) to the extent that such buildings and grounds are 
under the control of the General Services Administration for such 
purposes as are provided for in Public Law 152, Eighty-first Congress, 
as amended; rental of buildings or parts thereof in the District of 
Columbia and elsewhere, including repairs, alterations, and improve-
ments necessary for proper use by the Government, without regard to 
section 322 of the Act of June 30, 1932, as amended (40 U. S. C. 
278a) ; restoration of leased premises; moving Government agencies 
in connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of building 
space; and not to exceed $24,300 for expenses of travel; $20,000,000: 
Provided^ That of this amount, such sums as may be determined by 
the General Services Administrator to be necessary may be paid into 
other appropriations of the General Services Administration only 
for purposes of accounting: Provided further^ That no part of this 
appropriation shall be available to effect the moving of Government 
agencies from the District of Columbia to accomplish the dispersal 
of departmental functions. 
Repair, improvement, and equipment of federally owned buildings 
outside the District of Columbia: For expenses necessary for the 
repair, alteration, preservation, renovation, improvement, equipment, 
and demolition of federally owned buildings outside the District of 
Columbia, not otherwise provided for, including grounds, approaches 
and appurtenances, wharves and piers, together with the necessary 
dredging adjacent thereto; acquisition of land as authorized by title 
I I I of the Act of June 16, 1949 (40 U. S. C. 297); not to exceed 
$146,700 for expenses of travel; and care and safeguarding of sites 
acquired for Federal buildings; $14,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
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Buildings management fund: For working capital for the "Build-
ings management fund", authorized by the Act approved July 12, 
1952 (66 Stat. 594), $3,000,000, to remain available without fiscal year 
limitation. 
Remodeling the Congress Street Post Office, Chicago, Illinois: For 
remodeling the Congress Street Post Office building and facilities in 
Chicago, Illinois, including ramps and approach roadways,'as author-
ized by section 408 of the Public Buildings Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 176), 
to permit Congress Street to be developed, by the City of Chicago, as 
a superhighway through said post office, and including not to exceed 
$800 for expenses of travel, $576,200, to remain available until 
expended: Provided^ That this appropriation shall not be available 
until the city of Chicago shall have paid to the United States the sum 
of $600,000 as its contribution to the cost of the project appropriated 
for herein, and said amount may be credited to this appropriation and 
shall be available for the purposes thereof. 
Operating expenses. Federal Supply Service: For necessary expenses 
of personal property management and related activities as provided by 
law; including not to exceed $300 for the purchase of newspapers and 
periodicals; and not to exceed $80,430 for expenses of travel; 
$2,605,000. 
Expenses, general supply fund: For expenses necessary for opera-
tion of the general supply fund (except those authorized by law to be 
charged to said fund), including contractual services incident to 
receiving, handling, and shipping warehouse items; not to exceed $250 
for purchase of newspapers and periodicals; and not to exceed $157,450 
for expenses of travel; $13,924,500: Provided^ That funds available 
to the General Services Administration for the current fiscal year shall 
be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
Operating expenses. National Archives and Records Service: For 
necessary expenses in connection with Federal records management 
and related activities as provided by law; and not to exceed $30,750 for 
expenses of travel; $5,625,000, of which $200,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for nitrate film conversion. 
Administrative operations: For necessary expenses of executive 
direction for activities under the control of the General Services 
Administration, of administrative operations for activities under regu-
lar appropriations for "Operating expenses," and of processing and 
determining renegotiation rebates; including not to exceed $93,400 for 
expenses of travel; and not to exceed $250 for purchase of newspapers 
and periodicals; $4,200,000. 
Refunds under Renegotiation Act: For refunds under section 201 (f) 
of the Renegotiation Act of 1951, $9,000,000, which, together with the 
unobligated balance of the appropriations granted under this head for 
the fiscal years 1952 and 1953, shall remain available until June 30, 
1955: Provided^ That to the extent refunds are made from this appro-
priation of excessive profits collected under the Renegotiation Act 
and retained by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation or any of its 
subsidiaries, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation or the appro-
priate subsidiary shall reimburse this appropriation. 
Strategic and critical materials: Funds available for this purpose 
during the current fiscal year shall be available for services as author-
ized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), and not 
to exceed $176,275 of such funds shall be available for expenses of 
travel: Provided^ That any funds received as proceeds from sale or 
other disposition of materials on account of the rotation of stocks under 
said Act shall be deposited to the credit, and be available for expendi-
ture for the purposes, of this appropriation: Provided further^ That 
during the current fiscal year, there shall be no limitation on the value 
40 use 490. 
63 Stat. 200. 
Federal S u p p l y 
Service. 
NARS. 
65 Stat. 23. 
5 0 u s e 
app. 
1231. 
58 Stat. 78. 
5 0 U S e 
a p p , 
1191. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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of surplus strategic and critical materials which, in accordance with 
60 Stat. 598. 
subscction 6 (a) of the Act of July 23,1946 (50 U. S. C. 98e (a)), may 
be transferred to stockpiles established in accordance with said Act. 
Strategic and critical materials (liquidation of contract authoriza-
tion) : For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority 
heretofore granted under this head, to enter into contracts for the 
purpose of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act of 
so u*^* 98 note. July 23, 1946, not to exceed $30,000,000 may be expended from funds 
previously appropriated under the title "Strategic and critical mate-
rials": Provided, 
That this amount may be disbursed through the 
appropriation "Strategic and critical materials" but shall be accounted 
for separately therein. 
The appropriate foregoing appropriation to the General Services 
Administration shall be credited with (1) advances or reimburse-
ments for salaries and administrative expenses chargeable against 
other appropriations of the General Services Administration, and such 
salaries and expenses may be paid from such foregoing appropria-
tion; (2) cost of maintenance, upkeep, and repair included as part of 
rentals received from Government corporations pursuant to law (40 
61 Stat. 584. 
\j g Q ^^d); 
(3) reimbursements for services performed in respect 
to bonds and other obligations under the jurisdiction of the General 
Services Administration, issued by public authorities, States, or other 
public bodies, and such services in respect to such bonds or obliga-
tions as the Administrator deems necessary and in the public interest 
may, upon the request and at the expense of the issuing agencies, be 
provided from the appropriate foregoing appropriation; and (4) 
appropriations or funds available to other agencies, and transferred to 
the General Services Administration, in connection with property 
transferred to the General Services Administration pursuant to the Act 
62 Stat. 1225. 
of July 2, 1948 (50 U. S. C. 451ff), and such appropriations or funds 
may, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, be so transferred. 
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During the current fiscal year, no part of any money appropriated 
in this or any other Act shall be used during any quarter of such hscnl 
year to purchase within the continental limits of the United States 
typewriting machines (except bookkeeping and billing machines) at 
a price which exceeds 90 per centum of the lowest net cash price, plus 
applicable Federal excise taxes, accorded the most-favored customer 
(other than the Government^ the American National Red Cross, and 
the purchasers of typewriting machines for educational purposes 
only) of the manufacturer of such machines during the six-month 
period immediately preceding such quarter: Provided, That the pur-
chase, utilization, and disposal of typewriting machines shall be per-
formed in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Property and 
f 
A friX\VJ' . 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. 
40 USC471 note. 
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REDUCTIONS I N APPROPRIATIONS 
Amounts available to the General Services Administration from 
appropriations and other funds are hereby reduced in the sums herein-
after set forth, such sums to be carried to the surplus fund and covei-ed 
into the Treasury immediately upon the approval of this Act: 
Construction of public buildings, $160,000. 
Geophysical Institute, Alaska, $49,000. 
Acquisition of additional land in the District of Columbia, 
$1,075,000. 
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HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 
305 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISlllATOR 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Office of the 
Administrator, including rent in the District of Columbia; services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
55a) ; not to exceed $193,550 for expenses of travel; expenses of attend-
ance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work of the 
agency; and transportation expenses and not to exceed $25 per diem 
in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 
2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. T3b-2), for persons serving without compensation 
as members of any advisory committee established pursuant to title 
VI of the Housing Act of 1949; $3,215,550, of which not to exceed 
$125,000 shall be available for liquidation of the housing research 
program not later than April 30, 1954: Provided, That necessary 
expenses of inspections and of providing representatives at the site of 
projects being undertaken by local public agencies pursuant to title I 
of the Housing Act of 1949 and of projects financed through loans to 
educational institutions authorized by title IV of the Housing Act 
of 1950, shall be compensated by such agencies or institutions by the 
payment of fixed fees which in the aggregate will cover the costs of 
rendering such services, and expenses for such purpose shall be con-
sidered nonadministrative; and for the purpose of providing such 
inspections, the Administrator may utilize any agency and such agency 
may accept reimbursement or payment for such services from such 
institutions or the Administrator, and shall credit such amounts to 
the appropriations or funds against which such charges have been 
made, but such nonadministrative expenses shall not exceed $500,000: 
Promded 
further, 
That the Administrator is authorized without 
regard to any other provisions of law to transfer without reimburse-
ment any project or facility, or part thereof, constructed or provided 
under title I I of the Act of October 14, 1940, as amended (including 
any personal property related to such project or facility), to any 
other department or agency, whenever the head of such department 
or agency so requests after determining that such project or facility 
is required for the continued operation of or is an integral part of 
a project or facility under the jurisdiction of such department or 
agency. 
Defense Community Facilities and Services: During the current 
fiscal year not to exceed $112,500 of the appropriations granted under 
this head in the Second and Third Supplemental Appropriation Acts, 
1952, shall be available for administrative expenses in connection 
with the construction of facilities under such appropriations. 
Capital grants for slum clearance and urban redevelopment: For 
an additional amount for payment of capital grants as authorized 
by title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1453, 
1456), $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, 
That before approving any local slum clearance program under title I 
of the Housing Act of 1949, the Administrator shall give consideration 
to the efforts of the locality to enforce local codes and regulations 
relating to adequate standards of health, sanitation, and safety for 
dwellings and to the feasibility of achieving slum clearance objectives 
through rehabilitation of existing dwellings and areas: 
Provided 
further, That the authority under title I of the National Housing Act 
shall be used to the utmost in connection with slum rehabilitation 
needs. 
60 Stat. 810. 
60 Stat. 808. 
63 Stat. 439. 
12 u s e 1701h. 
63 Stat. 414. 
42 u s e 1 4 5 1-
1460. 
64 Stat. 77. 
12 u s e 
1 7 4 9 -
1749c. 
55 Stat. 361. 
4 2 u s e 
1 5 3 1-
1535. 
65 Stat. 762; 66 
Stat. 108. 
63 Stat. 416,417. 
4 2 u s e 
145 1-
1460. 
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PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
Administrative expenses: For administrative expenses of the Public 
Housing Administration, $6,950,000, to be merged with and expended 
under the authorization for such expenses contained in title I I of 
this Act. 
Annual contributions: For the payment of annual contributions to 
public housing agencies in accordance with section 10 of the United 
50 Stat. 891. 
g^^^.gg Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1410), $32,500,000: 
Provided^ That except for payments required on contracts entered 
into prior to April 18, 1940, no part of this appropriation shall be 
available for payment to any public housing agency for expenditure 
in connection with any low-rent housing project, unless the public 
housing agency shall have adopted regulations prohibiting as a tenant 
of any such project by rental or occupancy any person other than 
a citizen of the United States, but such prohibition shall not be 
applicable in the case of a family of any serviceman or the family 
of any veteran who has been discharged (other than dishonorably) 
from, or the family of any serviceman who died in, the Armed 
Forces of the United States within four years prior to the date of 
application for admission to such housing: Provided further^ That all 
expenditures of this appropriation shall be subject to audit and final 
settlement by the Comptroller General of the United States under the 
31 u^c' u' 
provisions of the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, as amended: 
Provided 
further^ That unless the governing body of the locality 
agrees to its completion, no housing shall be authorized by the Public 
Housing Administration, or, if under construction continue to be con-
structed, in any community where the people of that community, by 
their duly elected representatives, or by referendum, have indicated 
they do not want it, and such community shall negotiate with the 
Federal Government for the completion of such housing, or its aban-
donment, in whole or in part, and shall agree to repay to the Govern-
ment the moneys expended prior to the vote or other formal action 
whereby the community rejected such housing project for any such 
projects not to be completed plus such amount as may be required to 
pay all costs and liquidate all obligations lawfully incurred by the 
local housing authority prior to such rejection in connection with any 
project not to be completed: Provided further^ That, in any case where 
the Public Housing Administration (after the approvals on the part 
of the governing body of the locality required by law) has entered into 
a financial assistance contract with a local housing authority covering 
any low-rent housing projects to be constructed in such locality and, 
, 
, .; , 
(a) thereafter but prior to the effective date of this Act, a majority of 
r 
the members of the governing body of the locality, and the people of 
the locality have voted against any such low-rent housing projects, 
and (b) the local housing authority and the governing body of the 
locality agree to a modification of the agreement providing the 
,. 
required local cooperation in connection with such low-rent housing 
projects, the preceding proviso shall not be applicable and: (1) the 
Public Housing Administration shall not, unless the governing body of 
the locality shall, by resolution, request such action, (a) authorize the 
award of any contract for the construction of any such low-rent 
housing project, or (b) make any further advance of funds on account 
of any such project for which the main construction contract has not 
heretofore been awarded, excepting only such funds as may be required 
by the local housing authority (i) to pay all costs and liquidate all 
obligations heretofore properly incurred by it in connection with any 
such project which pursuant to such modification is to be terminated 
and (ii) to pay costs in connection with the liquidation (including the 
sale of land or other assets) of any such terminated project; (2) in 
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307 
the liquidation of any such terminated project no claim shall be made 
by the local housing authority or the Public Housing Administration 
against the locality or its governing bodj^ on account of such termi-
nation; (3) the Public Housing Administration shall absorb as a 
loss, and shall release the local housing authority from, all claims, if 
any, of said Administration in connection with such terminated proj-
ect in excess of the net amount realized from the sale by the local 
housing authority of all land (which if sold to other than a public 
agency shall be after public advertisement to the highest responsible 
bidder but if sold to a public agency may be at a price equal to the 
purchase price of the land, exclusive of improvements, as approved by 
the Public Housing Commissioner) and other assets acquired and 
held in connection with such terminated project; and (4) the Secre-
tary of the Treasury shall credit as a payment upon the note or notes 
of the Public Housing Administration executed and delivered in con-
nection with funds obtained pursuant to section 20 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, an amount equal to such loss 
as certified by the Public Housing Commissioner: Provided 
further, 
That the record of expenditure of the Public Housing Administration 
and of the local housing authority on any public housing project shall 
be open to examination by the responsible authorities of any com-
munity in which such project is located, or by the local public housing 
authority, or by any firm of public accountants retained by either of 
the foregoing: Provided further, That no housing unit constructed 
under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, shall be 
occupied by a person who is a member of an organization designated as 
subversive by the Attorney General: Provided 
further, 
That the 
foregoing prohibition shall be enforced by the local housing authority, 
and that such prohibition shall not impair or affect the powers or 
obligations of the Public Housing Administration with respect to the 
making of loans and annual contributions under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 
as amended, the Public Housing Administration shall not, with 
respect to projects initiated after March 1,1949, (1) authorize during 
the fiscal year 1954 the commencement of construction of in excess of 
twenty thousand dwelling units or (2) after the date of approval of 
this Act, enter into any new agreements, contracts, or other arrange-
ments, preliminary or otherwise, which will ultimately bind the Public 
Housing Administration during fiscal year 1954 or for any future 
years with respect to loans or annual contributions for any additional 
dwelling units or projects unless hereafter authorized by the Congress 
to do so, and during the fiscal year 1954 the Housing and Home 
Finance Administrator shall make a complete analysis and study 
of the low-rent public housing program and, on or before February 
1,1954, shall transmit to the Appropriations Committees of the House 
and Senate his recommendations with respect to such low-rent public 
housing program. 
REDUCTIONS I N APPROPRIATIONS 
Defense housing: The sum of $17,500,000 of funds heretofore appro-
priated under this head is hereby rescinded, and such amount shall 
be covered into the Treasury promptly upon enactment of this Act: 
Provided, That the amount hereby rescinded may be reduced by an 
amount determined by the Administrator to be required as a reserve 
for overruns and contingencies in connection with projects heretofore 
assigned for construction pursuant to Public Law 139 (Eighty-second 
Congress). 
50 Stat. 898. 
42 use 1420. 
42 use 1430. 
65 Stat. 293. 
42 u s e 
15 91 
note. 
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Alaska housing: Of amounts heretofore appropriated under this 
head for the revolving fund authorized by the Alaska Housing Act, 
48 us^c'484*note. P^blic Law 52 (Eighty-first Congress), the Administrator shall 
* cause to be covered into the Treasury a total of $5,000,000 in one or 
more deposits as soon as practicable, but not later than June 30,1954. 
Advance planning of non-Federal public works: The sum of 
$4,600,000 of funds heretofore appropriated under this head is hereby 
rescinded, and such amount shall be covered into the Treasury 
promptly upon enactment of this Act. 
INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the 
60 Stat. 1049. 
purposcs of the Act of August 13, 1946 (25 U. S. C. TO), creating an 
Indian Claims Commission, $117,020, of which not to exceed $3,560 
shall be available for expenses of travel. 
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION 
General expenses: For expenses necessary in performing the func-
tions vested by law in the Commission (49 U. S. C. 1-24, 301-327, 901-
923, 1001-1022), except those otherwise specifically provided for in 
this Act, and for general administration, including not to exceed 
$5,000 for the employment of special counsel; contract stenographic 
reporting services; newspapers (not to exceed $200) ; purchase of not 
to exceed four passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only, in the 
event adequate vehicles cannot be obtained by transfer from other 
departments or agencies; and not to exceed $251,650 for expenses of 
travel; $9,600,000, of which $100,000 shall be available for valuations 
G ov ernment Qf p^pg Jines: Pvovidcd. That Joint Board members and cooperating 
transportation r e - ^ ^ i 
. . 
' 
^ 
. 
j.- 
^ 
F' 
quests. 
otate commissiouers may use Government transportation requests 
when traveling in connection with their duties as such. 
Railroad safety: For expenses necessary in performing functions 
authorized by law (45 U. S. C. 1-15, 17-21, 35^6, 61-64; 49 U. S. C. 
26) to insure a maximum of safety in the operation of railroads, 
including authority to investigate, test experimentally, and report on 
the use and need of any appliances or systems intended to promote the 
safety of railway operation, including those pertaining to block-signal 
and train-control systems, as authorized by the joint resolution 
34 Stat. 838. 
approvcd J u n e 30,1906, and the Sundry Civil Act of May 27,1908 (45 
35 Stat. 325. 
jj 
g Q 35-37), and to require carriers by railroad subject to the Act 
to install automatic train-stop or train-control devices as prescribed 
by the Commission (49 U. S. C. 26), including the employment of 
inspectors and engineers, and including not to exceed $163,050 for 
expenses of travel, $974,500. 
Locomotive inspection: For expenses necessary in the enforcement 
of the Act of February 17,1911, entitled "An Act to promote the safety 
of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common car-
riers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with 
safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto", as amended (45 
36 Stat. 913. 
"Q. S. C 22-34), including not to exceed $112,620 for expenses of travel, 
$709,500. 
INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON T H E POTOMAC RIVER 
BASIN 
Contribution to Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin: 
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay in advance to the 
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin the Federal con-
41 Stat. 498. 
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1 7 6 - J U L Y 31, 
1953 
309 
tribution toward the expenses of the Commission during the current 
fiscal year in the administration of its business in the conservancy 
district established pursuant to the Act of July 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 
748), $5,000. 
33 use 567b. 
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Committee, 
including one Director at not to exceed $17,500 per annum so long 
as the position is held by the present incumbent; contracts for the 
making of special investigations and reports and for engineering, 
drafting and computing services; equipment; not to exceed $310,000 
for expenses of travel; maintenance and operation of aircraft; not 
to exceed $100 for newspapers and periodicals; and services as author-
ized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); 
so stat. sio. 
$51,000,000. 
Construction and equipment: For construction and equipment at 
laboratories and research stations of the Committee, including the 
acquisition of not to exceed ten acres of land adjacent to the Lewis 
Flight Propulsion Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio, $7,239,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
Construction and equipment (liquidation of contract authoriza-
tion) : For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority 
heretofore granted under this head to enter into contracts for con-
struction and equipment, $4,200,000. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL HOUSING AUTHORITY 
Maintenance and operation of properties: For the maintenance 
and operation of properties under title I of the District of Columbia 
Alley Dwelling Authority Act, $43,000: Provided, That all receipts 
^^l^^^odVl^^os 
derived from sales, leases, or other sources shall be covered into the tos-iii. 
Treasury of the United States monthly: Provided further, That so 
long as funds are available from appropriations for the foregoing 
purposes, the provisions of section 507 of the Housing Act of 1950 
(Public Law 475, Eighty-first Congress), shall not be effective. 
64 stat. si. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
D. C. 
C o d e 
1001 to 1-1113. 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, as authorized by 
the National Capital Planning Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 781), including 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 ^"eo^stat.'Viou* 
(5 U. S. C. 55a) ; not to exceed $100 for the purchase of newspapers 
and periodicals; not to exceed $5,630 for expenses of travel; payment 
in advance for membership in societies whose publications or services 
are available to members only or to members at a price lower than 
to the general public; and transportation and not to exceed $15 per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of 
August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 73b-2), for members of the Commission 
so stat. sos. 
serving without compensation; $125,000. 
Land acquisition. National Capital park, parkway, and playground 
system: For necessary expenses for the National Capital Planning 
Commission in connection with the acquisition of land for the park, 
parkway, and playground system of the National Capital, as author-
ized by the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), as amended, $100,000, ^^^ c. code 8-102 
to remain available until expended, to be used for carrying out the 
provisions of section 1 (a) of said Act: Provided, That not exceeding 
$24,940 of the funds available for land acquisition purposes shall be 
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[67 STAT. 
used during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses of the 
Commission (other than payments for land) in connection with land 
acquisition. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
' 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the 
purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U. S. C. 
64 Stat. 149. 
1861-1875), including award of graduate fellowships; services as 
60 Stat. 810. 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), 
at rates not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; not to exceed $89,500 for expenses of travel; not to 
exceed $150 for the purchase of newspapers and periodicals; and reim-
bursement of the General Services Administration for security guard 
servfces; $8,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
KENEGOTIATION BOAKD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Renegotiation Board, including 
expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this 
appropriation; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $272,150 
for expenses of travel; and services as authorized by section 15 of the 
60 Stat. 810. 
A.ct of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $50 per 
diem for individuals; $5,192,800. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to 
exceed $500 for the purchase of newspapers; not to exceed $127,000 
for expenses of travel; and services as authorized by section 15 of the 
60 Stat. 810. 
Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); $5,000,000. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
Salaries and expenses, Smithsonian Institution: For all necessary 
expenses for the preservation, exhibition, and increase of collections 
from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government and 
from other sources; for the system of international exchanges between 
the United States and foreign countries; for anthropological researches 
among the American Indians and the natives of lands under the juris-
diction or protection of the United States, independently or in coop-
eration with State, educational, and scientific organizations in the 
United States, and the excavation and preservation of archeological 
remains; for maintenance of the Astrophysical Observatory and mak-
ing necessary observations in high altitudes; for the administration of 
the National Collection of Fine Arts^ for the administration, con-
struction and maintenance, of laboratory and other facilities on Barro 
Colorado Island, Canal Zone, under the provisions of the Act of July 
54 Stat. 724. 
2, 1940, as amended by the provisions of Reorganization Plan Num-
1387. 
" bered 3 of 1946; for the maintenance and administration of a national 
5°us^c VaaV-ie air museum as authorized by the Act of August 12, 1946 (20 U. S. C. 
note. 
77) • including not to exceed $35,000 for services as authorized by 
60 sill: III: 
section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; not to exceed 
$10,225 for expenses of travel; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uni-
forms for guards and elevator conductors; repairs and alterations of 
buildings and approaches; and preparation of manuscripts, drawings, 
and illustrations for publications; $3,000,000. 
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311 
Salaries and expenses, National Gallery of Art: For the upkeep 
and operation of the National Gallery of Art, the protection and care 
of the works of art therein, and administrative expenses incident 
thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 
as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Reso- 
^o vie 74J' 
lution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); payment in 
so stat. sio. 
advance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for member-
ship in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose publi-
cations or services are available to members only, or to members at a 
price lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning 
of uniforms for guards and elevator operators; purchase or rental of 
devices and services for protecting buildings and contents thereof, and 
maintenance and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; not 
to exceed $1,800 for expenses of travel; and not to exceed $15,000 for 
restoration and repair of works of art for the National Gallery of 
Art by contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, 
or organizations at such rates or prices and under such terms and con-
ditions as the Gallery may deem proper; $1,275,000. 
SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Subversive 
Activities Control Board, including services as authorized by section 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), not to exceed 
so stat. si0. 
$12,500 for expenses of travel, and not to exceed $100 for the purchase 
of newspapers and periodicals, $200,000, without regard to the pro-
visions of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as 
^^ "^^ ^^5. 
amended. 
TARIFF COMMISSION 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Tariff Com-
mission, including subscriptions to newspapers (not to exceed $200), 
not to exceed $13,500 for expenses of travel, and contract stenographic 
reporting services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $1,291,375: Provided, That no part of this appro- 
eo stat. sio. 
priation shall be used to pay the salary of any member of the Tariff 
Commission who shall hereafter participate in any proceedings under 
sections 336, 337, and 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, wherein he or any 
46 stat. 701. 
member of his family has any special, direct, and pecuniary interest, 133!.^^^ i33 6-
or in which he has acted as attorney or special representative. 
THE 
TAX 
COURT 
OF 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including contract 
stenographic reporting services and not to exceed $45,000 for travel 
expenses, $970,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall 
be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 
WAR CLAIMS COMMISSION 
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS 
For payment of claims, as authorized by the War Claims Act of 
1948, as amended, from funds deposited in the Treasury to the credit 
62 stat. 1240. 
of the war claims fund created by section 13 (a) of said Act, such note."^^ ^^* ^°°^ 
sums as may be necessary, to be available to the Secretary of the 
Treasury for payment of claims under sections 4 ( a ) , 4 ( b ) ( 2 ) , 5 ( a ) 
through (e), 6, and 7 of said Act to the payees named and in the 
312 
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[67 S T A T . 
amounts stated in certifications by the War Claims Commission and 
the Secretary of Labor or their duly authorized representatives, which 
certifications shall be in lieu of any vouchers which might otherwise 
be required: Provided^ That this appropriation shall not be available 
for administrative expenses: Provided further^ That no claims shall 
be allowed or paid under the provisions of said War Claims Act of 
1948 from any funds other than those covered into the Treasury pur-
50 use ipp.^39. suant to the provisions of section 39 of the Trading With the Enemy 
50use app.2012. Act of October 6, 1917, as amended, as provided by section 13 (a) of 
said War Claims Act of 1948. 
60 Stat. 810. 
50USeapp.2012. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the War Claims Commission, including 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U. S. C. 55a); expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with 
the purposes of this appropriation; not to exceed $6,260 for expenses of 
travel; and advances or reimbursements to other Government agencies 
for use of their facilities and services in carrying out the functions of 
the Commission; $850,000, to be derived from the war claims fund 
created by section 13 (a) of the War Claims Act of 1948 (Public Law 
896, approved July 3, 1948). 
Travel expenses. 
P u r c h a s e 
of 
n e w s p a p e r s and 
periodicals. 
Position for 
merfy 
held by employees 
e n t e r i n g 
Armed 
Forces. 
A t t e n d a n c e at 
meetings. 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 102, Where appropriations in this title are expendable for 
travel expenses of employees and no specific limitation has been placed 
thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not exceed the 
amount set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for the 
appropriations. 
SEC. 103. Where appropriations in this title are expendable for the 
purchase of newspapers and periodicals and no specific limitation has 
been placed thereon, the expenditures therefor under each such appro-
priation may not exceed the amount of $50: Provided^ That this limita-
tion shall not apply to the purchase of scientific, technical, trade, or 
traffic periodicals necessary in connection with the performance of 
the authorized functions of the agencies for which funds are herein 
provided. 
SEC. 104. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall 
be available to pay the salary of any person filling a position, other 
than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has 
left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satis-
factorily completed his period of active military or naval service 
and has within ninety days after his release from such service or 
from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not 
more than one year made application for restoration to his former 
position and has been certified by the Civil Service Commission as 
still qualified to perform the duties of his former position and has 
not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations contained in this title, available for 
expenses of travel shall be available, when specifically authorized by 
the head of the activity or establishment concerned, for expenses of 
attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the function 
or activity for which the appropriation concerned is made: Pro-
vided^ That appropriations contained in this title shall be available 
for the examination of estimates of appropriations and activities in 
the field without regard to limitations on travel contained in such 
appropriations. 
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S T A T . ] 
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313 
Personnel work. 
Nonapplic ability. 
SEC. 106. No part of any appropriations made available by the provi- ^ ^^ | °
^ ^
^ ;
^
^
s t«^^^ 
sions of this title shall be used for the purchase or sale of real estate strictio'n. 
or for the purpose of establishing new offices outside the District of 
Columbia: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to programs 
which have been approved by the Congress and appropriations made 
therefor. 
SEC. 107. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall 
be used to pay the compensation of any employee engaged in personnel 
work in excess of the number that would be provided by a ratio of one 
such employee to one hundred and thirty-five, or a part thereof, full-
time, part-time, and intermittent employees of the agency concerned: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section employees shall be consid-
ered as engaged in personnel work if they spend half time or more in 
personnel administration consisting of direction and administration 
of the personnel program; employment, placement, and separation; 
job evaluation and classification; employee relations and services: 
training; wage administration; and processing, recording, and 
reporting. 
SEC. 108. None of the sections under the head "Independent offices. 
General provisions" in this title shall apply to the Housing and Home 
Finance Agency. 
TITLE II—CORPOKATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies, respectively, are hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and 
in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments with-
out regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary 
in carrying out the programs set forth in the Budget for the fiscal 
year 1954 for each such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter 
provided: 
HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 
Federal National Mortgage Association: Not to exceed $3,250,000 
shall be available for administrative expenses, which shall be on an 
accrual basis, and shall be exclusive of interest paid, depreciation, 
properly capitalized expenditures, fees for servicing mortgages, 
expenses (including services performed on a force account, contract, 
or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection 
with the acquisition, protection, operation, maintenance, improvement, 
or disposition of real or personal property belonging to said Associa-
tion or in which it has an interest, cost of salaries, wages, travel, and 
other expenses of persons employed outside of the continental United 
States, expenses of services performed on a contract or fee basis in 
connection with the performance of legal services, and all administra-
tive expenses reimbursable from other Government agencies; and said 
Association may utilize and may make payment for services and facili-
ties of the Federal Reserve banks and other agencies of the Govern-
ment : Provided, That the distribution of administrative expenses to 
the accounts of the Association shall be made in accordance with gen-
erally recognized accounting principles and practices: Provided 
fur-
ther, That not to exceed $108,175 shall be available for expenses of 
travel: Provided 
further. 
That administrative expenses not under 
limitation for the purposes set forth in the budget schedules for the 
fiscal year 1954 shall not exceed $151,000. 
59 Stat. 598. 
31 u s e 849. 
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[67 S T A T . 
Office of the Administrator (housing loan programs) : Not to exceed 
$525,625 shall be available for all administrative expenses, which shall 
be on an accrual basis, of carrying out the functions of the Office of 
the Administrator under the program of housing loans to educational 
institutions (title IV of the Housing Act of 1950, 12 U. S. C. 1749-
64 Stat. 77. 
1749d), the prefabricated housing program (sections 102, 102a, 102b, 
and 102c of the Housing Act of 1948, as amended, 12 U. S. C. iTOlg-
st" 3*f2' ^^^^' ^^ l'^^lg~^)i ^^d the Alaska housing program (sections 3, 4, and 5 of the 
63*Stat.' 58. 
Alaska Housing Act, as amended, 48 U. S. C. 484, 484a, and 484b), but 
this amount shall be exclusive of costs of services performed on a con-
tract or fee basis in connection with termination of contracts and legal 
services on a contract or fee basis and of payment for services and 
facilities of the Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof, the 
Federal home-loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning 
of the Act creating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Act 
stlf.lM: ^^*' ^"^ of August 23,1935, as amended, 12 U. S. C. 264) which has been desig-
nated by the Secretary of the Treasury as a depository of public money 
of the United States: Provided, That not to exceed $27,000 shall be 
available for expenses of travel. 
Home Loan Bank Board: Not to exceed a total of $775,000 shall 
be available for administrative expenses of the Home Loan Bank 
Board, and shall be derived from funds available to the Home Loan 
Bank Board, including those in the Home Loan Bank Board revolv-
ing fund and receipts of the Federal Home Loan Bank Administra-
tion, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, or the Home Loan Bank 
Board for the current fiscal year and prior fiscal years, and the Board 
may utilize and may make payment for services and facilities of the 
Federal home-loan banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the Federal 
Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, and other agencies of the 
Government: Provided, That all necessary expenses in connection 
with the conservatorship of institutions insured by the Federal Sav-
ings and Loan Insurance Corporation and all necessary expenses 
(including services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not 
including other personal services) in connection with the handling, 
including the purchase, sale, and exchange, of securities on behalf of 
Federal home-loan banks, and the sale, issuance, and retirement of, 
or payment of interest on, debentures or bonds, under the Federal 
11 fiin 7fl; 
Home Loan Bank Act, as amended, shall be considered as nonadmin-
istrative expenses for the purposes hereof: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $25,000 shall be available for expenses of travel: 
Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, except 
for the limitation in amount hereinbefore specified, the administrative 
expenses and other obligations of the Board shall be incurred, allowed, 
and paid in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Home Loan 
Bank Act of July 22, 1932, as amended (12 U. S. C. 1421-1449): 
Provided further. That the nonadministrative expenses for the exam-
ination of Federal and State chartered institutions shall not exceed 
$2,085,000. 
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation: Not to exceed 
$455,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, which shall 
be on an accrual basis and shall be exclusive of interest paid, depreci-
ation, properly capitalized expenditures, expenses in connection with 
liquidation of insured institutions, liquidation or handling of assets 
of or derived from insured institutions, payment of insurance, and 
action for or toward the avoidance, termination, or minimizing of 
losses in the case of insured institutions, legal fees and expenses, and 
payments for administrative expenses of the Home Loan Bank Board 
determined by said Board to be properly allocable to said Corporation, 
and said Corporation may utilize and may make payment for services 
12 use 1421. 
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315 
and facilities of the Federal home-loan banks, the Federal Reserve 
banks, the Home Loan Bank Board, and other agencies of the Govern-
ment: Promded, That not to exceed $5,450 snail be available for 
expenses of travel: Provided 
further^ That nothwithstanding any 
other provisions of this Act, except for the limitation in amount 
hereinbefore specified, the administrative expenses and other obli-
gations of said Corporation shall be incurred, allowed and paid in 
. 
accordance with title IV of the Act of June 27, 1934, as amended 
(12 U. S. C. 1724-1730). 
48 stat. 1255. 
Expenses, liquidation of Home Owners' Loan Corporation: Not to 
exceed $10,000 of the unobligated balance remaining of funds made 
available under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation 
Act, 1952, is hereby continued available until October 31, 1953. 
65 stat. 288. 
Federal Housing Administration: In addition to the amounts avail-
able by or pursuant to law (which shall be transferred to this author-
ization) for the administrative expenses of the Federal Housing 
Administration in carrying out duties imposed by or pursuant to law, 
not to exceed $5,322,800 of the various funds of the Federal Housing 
Administration shall be available for expenditure, in accordance with 
the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U. S. C. 1701) : Provided, 
48 stat. i246. 
Ihat, except as herein otherwise provided, all expenses and obliga-
tions of said Administration shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in 
accordance with the provisions of said Act: Provided further, 
That 
not to exceed $157,750 shall be available for expenses of travel: Pro-
vided further, That funds available for expenditure shall be avail-
able for contract actuarial services (not to exceed $1,500) ; and pur-
chase of periodicals and newspapers (not to exceed $500) : Provided 
further, That expenditures for nonadministrative expenses classified 
by section 2 of Public Law 387, approved October 25, 1949, shall not 
63 st^u 905^ 
exceed $26,500,000: Provided further, That the position of Assistant 
Commissioner, established pursuant to section 213 (f) of the National 
Housing Act, as amended, is no longer authorized. 
\\ u*#c ihse. 
Public Housing Administration: Of the amounts available by or 
pursuant to law for the administrative expenses of the Public Hous-
ing Administration in carrying out duties imposed by or pursuant to 
law including funds appropriated by title I of this Act and funds 
appropriated under the head "Defense Housing" not to exceed 
$10,975,000 shall be available for such expenses, including not to exceed 
$800,000 for expenses of travel; and expenses of attendance at meet- 
., ^. 
jngs of organizations concerned with the work of the Administration : 
Provided, That necessary expenses of providing representatives of the 
Administration at the sites of non-Federal projects in connection with 
the construction of such non-Federal projects by public housing 
agencies with the aid of the Administration, shall be compensated by 
such agencies by the payment of fixed fees which in the aggregate 
in relation to the development costs of such projects will cover the costs 
of rendering such services, and expenditures by the Administration for 
such purpose shall be considered nonadministrative expenses, and 
funds received from such payments may be used only for the payment 
of necessary expenses of providing representatives of the Administra-
tion at the sites of non-Federal projects: Provided further. That all 
expenses of the Public Housing Administration not specifically limited 
in this Act, in carrying out its duties imposed by or pursuant to law, 
shall not exceed $35,962,600: Provided 
further, 
That not to exceed 
$15,000 of funds made available by the Act of June 29, 1936 (49 Stat. 
2035) shall be available for necessary expenses, including administra- 
'•0 use 431-434. 
tive expenses, of the Public Housing Administration in carrying out 
the provisions of the Act of May 19, 1949 (Public Law 65) : Provided 
63 stat. es. 
further, That during the fiscal year 1954 the Commissioner shall make 
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[67 S T A T . 
50 Stat. 888. 
42 u s e 1430. 
Personnel work. 
every effort to refund all local bonds held by the Public Housing 
Administration under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
amended. 
CORPORATIONS—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds of, or available for expenditure by, 
any corporation or agency included in this title shall be used to pay the 
compensation of any employee engaged in personnel work in excess of 
the number that would be provided by a ratio of one such employee to 
one hundred and thirty-five, or a part thereof, full-time, part-time, and 
intermittent employees of the agency concerned: Provided, That for 
purposes of this section employees shall be considered as engaged in 
personnel work if they spend half-time or more in personnel adminis-
tration consisting of direction and administration of the personnel 
program; employment, placement, and separation; job evaluation and 
classification; employee relations and services; training; committees 
of expert examiners and boards of civil-service examiners; wage 
administration; and processing, recording, and reporting. 
strikes or over-
throw of U. S. Gov-
ernment. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
P u b 1 i c i t y o r 
propaganda. 
Information a n d 
editorial functions. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of 
the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included in 
this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who 
engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who 
is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts 
the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or 
who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, the 
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 organiza-
tion 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 organi-
zation of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against 
the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or who is a 
member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Gov-
ernment of the United States by force or violence and accepts employ-
ment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation 
or fund contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon 
conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not 
more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penalty 
clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other 
provisions of existing law. 
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of 
the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency 
included in this Act, shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the 
Congress. 
SEC. 303. (a) No part of the money appropriated by this Act to any 
department, agency, or corporation or made available for expenditure 
by any department, agency, or corporation which is in excess of 75 
per centum of the amount required to pay the compensation of all 
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317 
persons the budget estimates for personal services heretofore sub-
mitted to the Congress for the fiscal year 1954 contemplated would be 
employed by such department, agency, or corporation during such 
fiscal year in the performance of— 
(1) functions 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 
expert, or publicity expert, or designated by any similar title, or 
(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 
articles, photographs, motion pictures, and similar material, 
shall be available to pay the compensation of persons performing the 
functions described in (1) or (2). 
(b) This section shall not apply: To persons employed by the 
General Services Administration in the performance of functions or 
related assisting or supporting functions in connection with the pub-
lication of the Federal Register, or to persons engaged in functions of 
the Civil Service Commission related to (1) the preparation and issu-
ance of materials relating to the recruitment of personnel for the 
Federal service, and (2) the compilation of the Official Register of the 
United States, or to any department, agency, or corporation which 
does not employ more than two persons at any one time in the perform-
ance of functions described in paragraphs (1) or (2) of subsection (a) 
of this section. 
SEC. 304. This Act may be cited as the "First Independent Offices 
Appropriation Act, 1954". 
Approved July 31, 1953. 
Nonapplic ab ility. 
Short title. 
Public Law 177 
CHAPTER 303 
AN ACT 
To further amend the Military Personnel Claims Act of 1945 by extending the 
time for filing certain claims thereunder, and for other purposes. 
August 1, 1953 
[H. R. 2561] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asseinbled, That section 1 (d) of 
the Act of May 29, 1945 (59 Stat. 225), as amended by Public Law 
439 of the Eighty-second Congress, is hereby further amended by 
deleting therefrom the first proviso of that subsection and substituting 
therefor the following: '•''Provided, That, if a claim accrues in time of 
war or in time of armed conflict in which Armed Forces of the United 
States are engaged, or if war or such armed conflict intervenes within 
two years after it accrues, it may, on good cause shown, be presented 
within two years after such good cause ceases to exist, but not later 
than two years after peace is established or the armed conflict ter-
minates. The dates of commencement and termination of an armed 
conflict for the purpose of this subsection shall be as established by 
concurrent resolution of the Congress or by determination of the 
President:". 
SEC. 2, Effective as of July 3, 1952, section 2 (b) of the Emergency 
Powers Continuation Act (Public Law 450, Eighty-second Con-
gress) is repealed. 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
66 Stat. 322. 
31 u s e 222c. 
Presentation 
claim. 
of 
Repeal. 
66 Stat. 334. 
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