Public Law 77–460

That the following

Second Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942.

sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the national defense for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1942, and June 30, 1943, and for other purposes, namely:

Ante, p. 669.

TITLE I— DEFENSE AID

TITLE II— GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS

LEGISLATIVE senate To enable the Secretary of the Senate to expend from the appropriation for Salaries of Officers and Employees of the Senate, fiscal year 1942, the necessary amount to increase to $3,300 per annum, beginning September 1, 1941, and so long as the position is held by the present incumbent, one of the clerkships in his office at $2,640 per annum provided for in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942. house of representatives For payment to the widow of Lawrence J. Connery, late a Representative from the State of Massachusetts, $10,000. For payment to the widow of Lee E. Geyer, late a Representative from the State of California, $10,000. For payment to the widow of Edward T. Taylor, late a Representative from the State of Colorado, $10,000. The three foregoing appropriations to be disbursed by the Sergeant at Arms of the House. Reporting committee hearings: For an additional amount for stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than special and select committees, fiscal year 1941, $1,500. Telegraph and telephone: For an additional amount for telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, fiscal year 1941, $25,000. Stationery: For an additional amount for stationery for Representatives, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, fiscal year 1941, including the objects and subject to the conditions specified under this head in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, $800.

Committee to Investigate Federal Expenditures To enable the Committee to Investigate Federal Expenditures to carry out the duties imposed upon it by section 601 of the Revenue Act of 1941, to remain available during the existence of the committee, $10,000, one-half to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and the other half by the Clerk of the House upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the committee.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT office for emergency management For an additional amount for the Office for Emergency Management, fiscal year 1942, including the objects for which the appropriation under this heading in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1941 (Public Law 150) is available and subject to the provisions and limitations thereof, $10,000,000, such sum to be allocated for the purposes of carrying out the functions of the Office of Scientific Research and Development.

INDEPENDENT EXECUTIVE AGENCIES federal works agency office of the administrator Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1222 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 10, sec. 576), a commissioned officer on the active list of the United States Army may be appointed to the office of Federal Works Administrator without loss of or prejudice to his status as such commissioned officer, and when so appointed he shall receive, in addition to his pay and allowances as such commissioned officer, an amount equal to the difference between such pay and allowances and the salary prescribed by law for the office of Federal Works Administrator. united states housing authority Salaries and expenses: Not to exceed $900,000 additional of the funds of the United States Housing Authority established by the United States Housing Act, 1937, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1401), shall be available for the fiscal year 1942 for all necessary administrative expenses of the Authority in carrying out the provisions of said act, including the objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1942, and expenses in connection with the transfer of household goods and effects as provided by the act of October 10, 1940 (Public, 839, 76th Cong.), and regulations promulgated thereunder. national advisory committee for aeronautics For an additional amount for scientific research, technical investigations, and special reports in the field of aeronautics, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1942, and including the purchase of cafeteria equipment, $1,162,575: Provided, That the limitation under said heading for personal services in the District of Columbia is hereby increased to $245,170. For an additional amount for continuing the construction and equipment of additional laboratory buildings and research facilities at Langley Field, Virginia, $261,425, to be available until expended. The limitation of $10,000,000 upon the total cost of construction and equipment for the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Moffett Field, California, specified in the Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1939, is hereby increased to $16,207,500. national mediation board Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for salaries and expenses, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1942, $14,385: Provided, That the limitation of $118,620 upon the amount which may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia is hereby increased to $127,220. Arbitration and emergency boards: For an additional amount for arbitration and emergency boards, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1942, $55,000.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE office of the secretary Farm Labor Statistics: For all necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of Agriculture, independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Federal Government, State, municipal, or other appropriate agencies, to collect, compile, analyze, summarize, interpret, and publish farm labor statistics, including not to exceed a total of $18,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia, fiscal year 1942, $250,000: Provided, That out of the' funds appropriated hereby, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer to the appropriation “Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of Agricultural Economics”, not to exceed $37,000, of which sum, so transferred, not to exceed $7,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, which sum of $37,000 shall be in addition to the sums transferred to said appropriation pursuant to the provisions of the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942. Emergency Dehydration Investigations: For all necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct investigations for the improvement of production, distribution, quality, and nutritive value of dehydrated foods, fiscal year 1942, $144,000. bureau of animal industry salaries and expenses Diseases of animals: For an additional amount for diseases of animals, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this heading in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942, $16,500. Inspection and quarantine: For an additional amount for inspection and quarantine, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this heading in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942, $16,500. Meat inspection: For an additional amount for meat inspection, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this heading in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942, $375,000. bureau of plant industry salaries and expenses Drug and related plants: For an additional amount for drug and related plants, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this heading in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942, $17,000. forest service Forest products: For an additional amount for salaries and expenses, Forest Service, forest products, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this heading in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942, $175,000. bureau of agricultural chemistry and engineering salaries and expenses Agricultural chemical investigations: For an additional amount for agricultural chemical investigations, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this heading in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942, $20,000. bureau of entomology and plant quarantine salaries and expenses Insects affecting man and animals: For an additional amount for insects affecting man and animals, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this heading in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942, $5,000. Insect-pest survey and identification: For an additional amount for insect-pest survey and identification, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this heading in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942, $6,000, of which not to exceed $5,100 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Foreign plant quarantines: For an additional amount for foreign plant quarantines, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this heading in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942, $11,500. bureau of home economics salaries and expenses Home economics investigations: For an additional amount for home economics investigations, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this heading in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942, $20,000, of which not to exceed $19,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. federal crop insurance act Administrative and operating expenses: For an additional amount for administrative and operating expenses, Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended by the Act entitled “An Act to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act”, approved June 21, 1941, including the objects specified under this heading in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942, and printing and binding, fiscal year 1942, $3,000,000: Provided, That out of the funds appropriated hereby, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer to the appropriation for the Office of the Solicitor, Department of Agriculture, the sum of $19,460, which shall be in addition to the sums transferred to said appropriation pursuant to the provisions of the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942: Provided further, That out of the funds appropriated hereby, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer to the appropriation “Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Agricultural Economics”, not to exceed $21,380, which shall be in addition to the sums transferred to said appropriation pursuant to the provisions of the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942. beltsville research center For an additional amount for general administrative purposes, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this heading in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942, $10,000. water conservation and utilization projects To enable the Secretary of Agriculture, through such agencies of the Department of Agriculture as he may designate, to carry out the functions vested in him or in said Department by the Act of October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1119), there is hereby transferred from the appropriation “Water conservation and utility projects,” contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1942, $1,500,000, to be avail able until expended: Provided, That out of the funds made available herein, the Secretary of Agriculture may make allotments or transfers of funds to the Office of the Solicitor and to the other agencies of the Department which perform functions under the said Act of October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1119).

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE patent office Salaries: For an additional amount for personal services in the Patent Office in the District of Columbia, fiscal year 1942, $48,000. national bureau of standards Operation and administration: For an additional amount for the general operation and administration of the Bureau, including the objects specified under this head in the “Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1942”, and for the purchase of land adjacent to the Bureau, fiscal year 1942, $10,420: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 of all funds available to the National Bureau of Standards by appropriation and transfer may be expended for payment of parttime or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia, or elsewhere, of such scientists and technicians as may be contracted for by the Secretary of Commerce, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed. Testing, inspection, and information service: For an additional amount for testing at the National Bureau of Standards, including the objects specified under this head in the “Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1942”, and the installation of electric wiring in the concrete test track at the Public Roads Administration proving ground near the District of Columbia, fiscal year 1942, $53,500. Research and development: For an additional amount for research and development at the National Bureau of Standards, including the objects specified under this head in the “Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1942,” fiscal year 1942, $15,950. Standards for commerce: For an additional amount for developing standards for commerce, including the objects specified under this head in the “Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1942,” fiscal year 1942, $18,540. The limitation prescribed in the “Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1942,” on the amount which may be expended for personal services in the National Bureau of Standards in the District of Columbia, is hereby increased from $1,905,000 to $1,961,000.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR bureau of reclamation Minidoka project, Idaho: For continuation of construction, $75,000, from the reclamation fund, special fund, fiscal year 1942, to remain available until expended. For continuation of construction of the following projects in not to exceed the following amounts, respectively, to be expended from the general fund of the Treasury in the same manner and for the same objects as specified for projects in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1942, under the caption “Bureau of Reclamation”, fiscal year 1942, to remain available until expended, and to be reimbursable under the reclamation law: Grand Coulee Dam project, Washington, $6,000,000; and Tucumcari project, New Mexico, $750,000; in all, $6,750,000. Advances to Colorado River Dam Fund, Boulder Canyon project: For an additional amount for the construction of the Boulder Dam and incidental works in the main stream of the Colorado River at Black Canyon, fiscal year 1942, $1,750,000, to remain available until advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund. geological survey Strategic and critical minerals: For an additional amount for scientific and economic investigations of strategic and critical minerals in the United States or its Territories or insular possessions, fiscal year 1942, $50,000, including the purchase of office equipment for use in the District of Columbia; and the limitation of $35,000 on the amount which may be expended for services in the District of Columbia under this heading in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1942, is hereby increased to $45,000. bureau of mines Investigation of bauxite and alunite ores and aluminum clay deposits: For all necessary expenses for investigations, including laboratory research and procurement of materials therefor, concerning the extent, mode of occurrence, and quality of bauxite and alunite ores and aluminum clays in order to determine domestic sources of supply; to explore and develop on public lands and, with the consent of owners, on private lands, deposits of such ores and clays, including geologic studies and geophysical prospecting; construction, maintenance, and repair of necessary camp buildings and mining structures and appurtenances; including not to exceed $33,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia; purchase (not to exceed $6,000), exchange as part payment for, operation, maintenance and repair of motor-propelled vehicles; professional and scientific books and publications; printing and binding; purchase of such wearing apparel and equipment as may be required for the protection of employees while engaged in their work; and other items otherwise properly chargeable to the appropriation Contingent Expenses, Department of the Interior, fiscal year 1942, to remain available until June 30, 1943, $415,000, of which amount $70,000 (including not to exceed $17,500 for personal services in the District of Columbia) shall be made available to the Geological Survey to carry out the purposes of this appropriation: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Directors of the Bureau of Mines and the Geological Survey, is hereby authorized to accept buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public or private sources offering to cooperate in carrying out the purposes of this appropriation, and to carry out the projects in cooperation with other departments or agencies of the Federal Government, States and State agencies, and other organizations: Provided further, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes shall not be construed to apply to this appropriation. government in the territories Legislative expenses, Territory of Alaska: For an additional amount for legislative expenses, Territory of Alaska, fiscal year 1941, $749.39; and the limitations in the appropriation contained under this heading in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1941, are hereby amended to read as follows: “For salaries of members, $21,600; mileage of members, $9,081.60; salaries of employees, $5,140; printing, indexing, and binding journals, stationery, supplies, printing of bills, reports, and so forth, $14,927.79; in all, $50,749.39.”

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE For an additional amount for salaries, Administrative Division, fiscal year 1942, $50,000. For an additional amount for salaries, Criminal Division, fiscal year 1942, $60,000.

NAVY DEPARTMENT naval establishment bureau of ordnance Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, Navy, 1942: For an additional amount for Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, Navy, 1942, including the objects and subject to the limitations and conditions applicable to the appropriation under this heading in the “Naval Appropriation Act, 1942,” $120,996,000. bureau of yards and docks Public works, Bureau of Yards and Docks: The appropriations heretofore made under this heading are hereby made available for the following public works and public utilities at a cost not to exceed the amount stated for each project, respectively: Overhead structure near Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California, $260,000. Improvement of Seaside Avenue, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California, $140,000. The provisions of section 4 of the Act approved April 25, 1939 (53 Stat. 590–592), shall be applicable to all public works and publicutilities projects provided for the Navy Department in this Act regardless of location: Provided, That the fixed fee to be paid the contractor as a result of any contract hereafter entered into under the authority of this provision shall not exceed 6 per centum of the estimated cost of the contract, exclusive of the fee, as determined by the Secretary of the Navy. navy department (Salaries in the District of Columbia) The appropriations contained in the Naval Appropriation Act, 1942, shall be available for the employment of two additional employees in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, at salaries per annum in excess of $5,000, but not in excess of the appropriate rates established in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. The last proviso under the heading “Miscellaneous Expenses” in the Naval Appropriation Act, 1942, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: “That no part of this or any other appropriation for the Navy Department or Naval Establishment for the fiscal years 1941 and 1942, or the funds allotted to the Navy Department, shall be available for the employment of a greater number than twelve thousand civilian officers and employees in the Navy Department proper, at Washington, except in pursuance of specific appropriations as to numbers hereafter provided.” The paragraphs in this title under the caption “Navy Department” may be cited as “Title IV, Naval Appropriation Act, 1942”.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE office of the secretary Salaries: For an additional amount for salaries, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1942, $835,000. contingent expenses (departmental) For an additional amount for contingent expenses, Department of State, fiscal year 1942, including, in addition to the objects specified under this head in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1942, the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of one passenger-carrying automobile, $140,000, of which there may be expended not to exceed $28,000 for the purchase of typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including rental, exchange, and repair thereof. foreign intercourse salaries, ambassadors and ministers The appropriation for salaries of ambassadors and ministers contained in the Department of State Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1942, shall be available for the salary of an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Iceland, at the rate of $10,000 per annum. Contingent Expenses, Foreign Service: For an additional amount for contingent expenses, Foreign Service, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1942, $1,000,000. Emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service: For an additional amount to enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, including the objects and subject to the limitations specified under this heading in the Department of State Appropriation Act for 1942, $1,000,000. contributions, quotas, et cetera For an additional amount for United States contributions to international commissions, congresses, and bureaus, fiscal year 1942, as follows: (1) To meet the contribution of the United States to the Inter-American Indian Institute, under the convention providing for the creation of the Inter-American Indian Institute, signed November 29, 1940, $4,800; and (2) to meet the contribution of the United States to the Inter-American Coffee Board, under the Inter-American Coffee Agreement, signed at Washington, District of Columbia, on November 28, 1940, $8,000, to remain available until September 30, 1942. For the expenses of organizing and holding in the United States meetings of the national directors of the meteorological services of the countries of the Western Hemisphere, and of Regional Commissions III and IV of the International Meteorological Organization, fiscal year 1942, as authorized by and in accordance with Public Law 125, approved June 24, 1941, $14,500, to remain available until June 30, 1943. cooperation with the american republics The appropriation “Cooperation with the American Republics,” contained in the Department of State Appropriation Act for 1942, is hereby made available for the payment of actual transportation expenses in the United States and abroad and not to exceed $10 per diem, in lieu of subsistence and other expenses, to citizens of the other American republics as specified in said appropriation under such regulations as may be promulgated by the Secretary of State.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT coast guard Office of Commandant: For an additional amount for personal services in the District of Columbia, fiscal year 1942, subject to the conditions specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1942, $118,000. Pay and allowances: For an additional amount for pay and allowances, Coast Guard, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1942, as amended, which appropriation is made available for actual expenses of officers and cadets and quarters and subsistence of enlisted men on shore patrol, emergency shore detail, and other detached duty, or cash in lieu thereof, $6,000,000, and the limitation of $51,621 under this head in such act as modified by the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1941, on the amount which may be expended for recreation, amusement, comfort, contentment, and health of enlisted men is hereby increased to $69,008. General expenses: For an additional amount for general expenses, Coast Guard, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1942, as amended, which appropriation is made available for the reconditioning, equipment, and actual necessary expenses of operation of vessels acquired by the Coast Guard under authority of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941, $432,640. Construction of vessels and shore facilities: For an additional amount for construction of vessels and shore facilities, Coast Guard, including the objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1942, $20,557,745, to remain available until expended, of which amount $346,745, together with the unobligated balance of the no-year appropriation “Special projects, vessels, Coast Guard,” shall be available for constructing or purchasing and equipping lighthouse tenders and light vessels for the Coast Guard, $1,936,000 shall be available for the construction of a training station on a site to be donated to the United States Government by the State of Connecticut, and $4,250,000 shall be available for construction or purchase of motorboats and small yachts and for the reconditioning and equipment of motorboats and small yachts acquired by the Coast Guard through purchase or gift or under authority of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941, and not to exceed 4 percent of said $20,557,745 shall be available for administrative expenses in connection with the accomplishment of the purposes thereof, including personal services in the District of Columbia. Establishing and improving aids to navigation: For an additional amount for establishing and improving aids to navigation and other works, $436,200, which sum shall be available for all expenditures directly relating thereto.

TITLE III— GENERAL PROVISIONS