Public Law 79–263

That the following

Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946.

sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I— GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS

Legislative senate Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation: For payment of one-half of an additional amount for salaries and other expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation as authorized by law, fiscal year 1946, $8,000. Senate restaurants: For payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with the Act approved September 9, 1942, fiscal year 1946, $6,000. For an additional amount for miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, fiscal year 1946, $260,000. house of representatives To pay the widow of William Olin Burgin, late a Representative from the State of North Carolina, $10,000. contingent expenses of the house Miscellaneous items: For an additional amount for miscellaneous items, fiscal year 1946, $15,000. Reporting hearings: For an additional amount for stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than special and select committees, fiscal year 1946, $15,000. Special and select committees: For an additional amount for expenses of special and select committees authorized by the House, fiscal year 1946, $100,000. Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation: For payment of one-half of an additional amount for salaries and other expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation as authorized by law, fiscal year 1946, $3,000. Telegraph and telephone: For an additional amount for telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, fiscal year 1946, $125,000. Stationery: For an additional amount for stationery (additional allowance, second session, of the Seventy-ninth Congress), fiscal year 1946, $2,700. committee on federal expenditures For an amount which is hereby authorized to enable the Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures to carry out the duties imposed upon it by section 601 of the Revenue Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 726), to remain available during the existence of the committee, $20,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

Architect of the Capitol Senate Office Building: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for maintenance, including the objects specified under this head in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1946, $22,000, to remain available until June 30, 1947: Provided, That, effective May 1, 1946, the appropriation for salaries, Office of the Architect of the Capitol, contained in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1946, shall provide as follows: “For the Architect of the Capitol, Assistant Architect of the Capitol (whose compensation shall be at the rate of $7,000 per annum), Chief Architectural and Engineering Assistant, and other personal services at rates of pay provided by law; and the Assistant Architect of the Capitol shall act as Architect of the Capitol during the absence or disability of that official or whenever there is no Architect, and, in case of the absence or disability of the Assistant Architect, the Chief Architectural and Engineering Assistant shall so act; $66,700.”.

capitol buildings and grounds Capitol power plant: For an additional amount for lighting, heating, and power for the Capitol, Senate, and House Office Buildings, Supreme Court Building, Congressional Library Buildings, and so forth, fiscal year 1946, to remain available until June 30, 1947, including the objects specified under this head in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1946, $22,500.

Executive Office of the President bureau of the budget Printing and binding: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Printing and binding”, $28,000. petroleum administration for war Salaries and expenses: The limitation in the appropriation “Salaries and expenses, Petroleum Administration for War”, in the National War Agencies Appropriation Act, 1946, on the amount which may be expended for printing and binding is hereby increased from “$20,000” to “$30,000”. war shipping administration War Shipping Administration, revolving fund: The amount that may be used for administrative expenses for the fiscal year 1946 under the head “War Shipping Administration, revolving fund” is hereby increased by $3,325,000.

INDEPENDENT EXECUTIVE AGENCIES Civil Service Commission Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries and expenses”, including the objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1946, $369,000: Provided, That the limitation on the amount available for printing and binding is hereby increased from “$217,000” to “$267,000”. Federal Security Agency food and drug administration Enforcement operations: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Enforcement, operations”, $60,000, and the limitation for personal services in the District of Columbia is hereby increased from “$680,000” to “$692,000”. freedmen’s hospital Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries and expenses”, including the objects specified under this head in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1946, $20,500. public health service Hospitals and medical care: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Hospitals and medical care”, including the objects specified under this head in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1946, $748,000. Federal Works Agency public buildings administration Return of departmental functions to the seat of government: For all expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and travel and other expenses of the Public Buildings Administration incident thereto, necessary to provide for the transfer to the seat of government of such bureaus, offices, agencies, or activities of the Federal Government as are designated from time to time by the President, which were removed from, or established at places other than, the seat of government by reason of the national emergency, including the expenses of travel of employees transferred, including reimbursement in lieu of actual expenses of transportation at not to exceed five cents per mile for travel performed in a privately owned automobile; transportation of immediate families of employees; the expenses of packing, crating, drayage, transportation, temporary storage, unpacking, and uncrating of household goods and personal effects in an amount not exceeding seven thousand pounds if uncrated and eight thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds if crated, in accordance with regulations approved by the President; and the payment to employees of special allowances at $5 per day after arrival at destination for six days for employees, plus $2.50 per day additional for six days for each member of immediate families of employees; $495,020, to remain available until expended: Provided, That removal to the seat of government of Government-owned or leased furniture, equipment, supplies, and other property and household goods and personal effects of employees, and costs of restoration of leased office space when required, may be accomplished without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes: Provided further, That employees transferred to the seat of government, in accordance with a designation of the President as hereinbefore set forth, but prior to the approval of this Act, in addition to payment of transportation and other allowances authorized by other law in connection with change of station, shall be entitled to the special allowances herein authorized and to reimbursement for temporary storage and excess costs of transportation of household goods and personal effects to the limits specified herein: Provided further, That such sums as may be determined by the Commissioner of Public Buildings to be necessary therefor may be transferred to other agencies concerned for the payment to the transferred employees of the allowances mentioned herein. Salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia and adjacent area: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia and adjacent area”, including the objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1946, $1,780,000. Salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds outside the District of Columbia: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds outside the District of Columbia”, including the objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1946, $950,000. public roads administration Damage claims: For the payment of claims for damage to roads and highways under the Defense Highway Act of 1941, as amended (23 U. S. C. 110), as follows: “The Commissioner of Public Roads is authorized to reimburse the several States for the necessary rehabilitation or repair of roads and highways of States or their subdivisions substantially damaged by the Army or the Navy, or both, by any other agency of the Government, and so forth”, as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 163, and House Document Numbered 475, Seventy-ninth Congress, $780,379.53. National Housing Agency federal housing administration Salaries and expenses: In addition to the funds made available to the Federal Housing Administration by the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1946, and the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946, for “Salaries and expenses”, there is hereby made available to said Administration not to exceed $400,000 from the sources specified under said head. national mediation board Arbitration, emergency, and emergency panel boards: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Arbitration, emergency, and emergency panel boards”, including the objects specified under this head in the Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1946, $37,500. railroad retirement board Salaries: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries”, $140,000. Miscellaneous expenses (other than salaries): For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Miscellaneous expenses (other than salaries) ”, including the objects specified under this head in the Railroad Retirement Board Appropriation Act, 1946, $30,000. Penalty mail costs: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty mail of the Railroad Retirement Board, $15,000. securities and exchange commission Salaries and expenses: The limitation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1946, on the amount which may be expended for penalty mail costs is hereby increased from “$13,500” to “$15,000”. smithsonian institution Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries and expenses, Smithsonian Institution”, including the objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1946, $18,000. Salaries and expenses, National Gallery of Art: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries and expenses, National Gallery of Art”, including the objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1946, $16,000. tariff commission Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries and expenses of the Tariff Commission”, including the objects specified under this head in the independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1946, $53,000. united states maritime commission The amount that may be used for administrative expenses in the fiscal year 1946 under the head “United States Maritime Commission” is hereby increased by $1,330,000, and the limitation on the amount which may be expended for attendance at meetings is hereby increased by $1,000. veterans’ administration Army and Navy pensions: Effective as of January 1, 1946, and until June 30, 1947, the appropriation “Army and Navy Pensions” is hereby made available for the payment of the subsistence allowances authorized by part VII of Veterans Regulation 1 (a), as amended. Travel expenses: The limitation imposed by section 105 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1946, upon “travel expenses”, is hereby increased to $7,500,000. office of war mobilization and reconversion Salaries and expenses: Not to exceed $200,000 of this appropriation for the fiscal year 1946 shall be available and continue available until June 30, 1947, for expenses of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion for a study of guaranteed annual wage plans, including salary of the Director of the study at not to exceed $ 10,000 per annum; printing and binding; and objects specified under the head “General provisions” in the National War Agencies Appropriation Act, 1946. District of Columbia health department Operating expenses, Gallinger Municipal Hospital: For an additional amount for the fiscal year 1946 for all expenses necessary for Gallinger Municipal Hospital and the Tuberculosis Hospital at Fourteenth and Upshur Streets Northwest, including the objects specified under this head in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1946, $5,250. public works Capital outlay, Sewer Division: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Capital outlay, Sewer Division”, including the objects specified under this head in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1946, $300,000, to remain available until June 30, 1947. Operating expenses, Water Division (payable from water fund): For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Operating expenses, Water Division (payable from water fund)”, including the objects specified under this head in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1946, $75,000, to remain available until June 30, 1947. Capital outlay, Water Division (payable from water fund): For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Capital outlay, Water Division (payable from water fund)”, including the objects specified under this head in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1946, $200,000, to remain available until June 30, 1947. division of expenses The sums appropriated in this Act for the District of Columbia, shall, unless otherwise specifically provided, be paid out of the general fund of the District of Columbia, as defined in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1946.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Research Administration bureau of entomology and plant quarantine Insect investigations: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Insect investigations”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1946, $32,000. Insect and plant disease control: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Insect and plant disease control”, $100,000. Forest Service National forest protection and management: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “National forest protection and management”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1946, $250,000. Production and Marketing Administration conservation and use of agricultural land resources The limitation on the amount which may be expended for salaries and other administrative expenses under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1946, and the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1945, is hereby increased from “$23,319,200” to “$23,919,200”. Water Facilities, Arid and Semiarid Areas Water facilities, arid and semiarid areas: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Water facilities, arid and semiarid areas”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1946, $325,000.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE office of the secretary Declassification and technical services: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Declassification and technical services”, including the objects specified under this head in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946, $400,000. Printing and binding: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Printing and binding”, $50,000. office of administrator of civil aeronautics General administration, Office of the Administrator: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “General administration, Office of the Administrator”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1946, $39,000. Establishment of air-navigation facilities: For an additional amount for “Establishment of air-navigation facilities”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1946, $426,000, and the War and Navy Departments are authorized, during the fiscal year 1946, to transfer without charge, subject to the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, air-navigation and communication facilities, including appurtenances thereto, to the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics. Maintenance and operation of air-navigation facilities: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Maintenance and operation of air-navigation facilities”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1946, $837,127. Enforcement of safety regulations: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Enforcement of safety regulations”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1946, $364,000. Maintenance and operation of aircraft: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Maintenance and operation of aircraft”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1946, $103,705. Maintenance and operation, Washington National Airport: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Maintenance and operation, Washington National Airport”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1946, $25,000, Construction, Washington National Airport: For the construction of one hangar and the installation of additional paving to facilitate the loading and unloading of aircraft, $1,342,000, to remain available until expended. coast and geodetic survey Salaries and expenses, departmental: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries and expenses, departmental”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1946, $75,000, and the limitation upon the amount which may be expended for personal services is hereby increased from “$1,806,000” to “$1,881,000”. Salaries and expenses, field: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries and expenses, field”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1946, $114,000. Pay, commissioned officers: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Pay, commissioned officers”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act 1946, $70,000. patent office Photolithographing: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Photolithographing”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1946. $400,000. Printing and binding: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Printing and binding”, $28,000, of which $23,100 shall be for printing the weekly issue of patents, designs, and trademarks and printing and binding the Official Gazette, including weekly and annual indices; and $4,900 shall be for miscellaneous printing and binding. weather bureau Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries and expenses”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1946, $800,000. and the limitation upon the amount which may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia is hereby increased from “$1,142,000” to “$1,175,000”: Provided, That in the conduct of meteorological investigations by the Weather Bureau in the Arctic region, the War Department is authorized in the fiscal year 1946, subject to the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, to transfer without charge to the Weather Bureau materials, equipment, and supplies, surplus to the needs of the War Department and necessary for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of Arctic weather stations. general provisions The provision in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1946, which authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to delegate his authority to subordinate officials of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Weather Bureau, and the Civil Aeronautics Administration, to authorize payment of expenses of travel and transportation of household goods of officers and employees on change of official station, is hereby extended to apply to the payment of expenses of transportation of the immediate families of such officers and employees and to have so applied from July 1, 1945. The provision in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1946, which specifies that the appropriations in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1945, available for travel shall be available for the traveling expenses of the immediate families of officers and employees of the Department who were returned from points outside the United States during the war is hereby amended by extending said authority to apply to the appropriations available for travel in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1946, and by increasing the limitation upon the amount which may be expended under said authority, as amended hereby, from “$1,000” to “$6,000”,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR commission of fine arts Expenses: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Expenses”, including the objects specified under this head in the Interior Department. Appropriation Act, 1946, $1,500. grazing service Fire fighting: For an additional amount fiscal year 1946, for “Fire fighting”, including the objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1946, $20,000. Bureau of Indian Affairs industrial assistance and advancement Suppressing forest and range fires: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “The suppression or emergency prevention of forest and range fires on or threatening Indian reservations”, including the objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1946, $50.000. irrigation and drainage Maintenance, San Carlos irrigation project, Gila River Reservation, Arizona: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for operation and maintenance of the San Carlos project for the irrigation of lands in the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, $29,000 (operation and maintenance collections) and $23,200 (power revenues), from which total amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. Maintenance, irrigation systems, Flathead Reservation, Montana: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for operation and maintenance of the irrigation and power systems on the Flathead Reservation, Montana, $12.800 (operation and maintenance collections), from which total amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. Improvement and maintenance, irrigation systems, Crow Reservation, Montana (receipt limitation): For an additional amount for improvement, maintenance, and operation of the irrigation systems on the Crow Reservation, Montana, fiscal year 1946, $21,000, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. Maintenance, irrigation systems, Uintah Reservation, Utah: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1945, for “Continuing operation and maintenance and betterment of the irrigation system, Uncompahgre, Uintah, and White River Utes, Utah”, including the objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1945, $3,154.63, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. Maintenance, Wapato irrigation and drainage systems, and so forth, Yakima Reservation, Washington: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for operation and maintenance of the Wapato irrigation and drainage system, and auxiliary units thereof, Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington, $16,000 (collections from the water users on the Wapato-Satus, Toppenish-Simcoe, and Ahtanum units), from which total amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to transfer from the War Relocation Authority to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, without compensation therefor, equipment, materials, and supplies with an appraised value not exceeding $200,000 from the surplus stores of the Colorado River Relocation Center, located at Poston, Arizona, for use on the Colorado River Indian Reservation, and there is transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, without exchange of funds, such buildings constructed by the War Relocation Authority on the Colorado River and Gila River Indian Reservations as the Secretary of the Interior may determine to be necessary to provide suitable housing for Indian veterans on the Colorado River, Pima, and Papago Indian Reservations, Arizona: Provided, That any building materials transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs under this authority shall be sold to Indian veterans at such prices and terms as the Secretary of the Interior may determine to be reasonable, and the amounts received shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. education Indian schools, support: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “The support of Indian schools not otherwise provided for”, including the objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1946, $200,000. Indian boarding schools: For additional amounts, fiscal year 1946, for “Support and education of Indian pupils in nonreservation boarding schools”, as follows: Sherman Institute, Riverside, California, $9,625; and the amount available for the support of Indian pupils is hereby increased from “$150,810” to “$160,435”; and the number of pupils from “four hundred” to “four hundred and twenty-five”. Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, $28,860; and the amount available for the support of Indian pupils is hereby increased from “$188,300” to “$217,160”; and the number of pupils from “five hundred and twelve” to “five hundred and ninety”. Albuquerque, New Mexico, $11,550; and the amount available for the support of Indian pupils is hereby increased from “$127,905” to “$139,455”; and the number of pupils from “three hundred and forty-five” to “three hundred and seventy-five”. Sequoyah Vocational School, near Tahlequah, Oklahoma, $9,625; and the amount available for the support of Indian pupils is hereby increased from “$104,080” to “$113,705”; and the number of pupils from “three hundred” to “three hundred and twenty-five”. Chemawa, Oregon, $9,625; and the amount available for the support of Indian pupils is hereby increased from “$152,905” to “$162,530”; and the number of pupils from “four hundred and twenty-five” to “four hundred and fifty”. Flandreau, South Dakota, $23,100; and the amount available for the support of Indian pupils is hereby increased from “$119,475” to “$142,575”; and the number of pupils from “three hundred and fifteen” to “three hundred and seventy-five”. Natives in Alaska: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Natives in Alaska”, including the objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1946, $125,000, to remain available until June 30, 1947. general support and administration Expenses of tribal councils or committees thereof (tribal funds): For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Expenses of tribal councils or committees thereof (tribal funds)”, including the objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1946, $15,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the particular tribe interested. construction and repair Employee’s quarters, Flathead Reservation, Montana: For the construction of a dwelling, including furnishings and equipment, at the ranger station, Polson, Montana, to replace one destroyed by fire, fiscal year 1946, to remain available until June 30, 1947, $8,000. roads and bridges Roads, Indian reservations: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of Indian reservation roads”, including the objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1946, $400,000, to remain available until expended. bureau of reclamation Rio Grande project, New Mexico-Texas: The limitation under the subhead “Rio Grande project, New Mexico-Texas”, Bureau of Reclamation, in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1946, upon the amount available from power revenues for the operation and maintenance of the power system is hereby increased from “$80,700” to “$130,700”. Fish and Wildlife Service salaries and expenses Maintenance of mammal and bird reservations: For an additional amount for administration, protection, and maintenance of mammal and bird reservations, including the objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1946, and for the improvement, construction, and repair of the outlet channel from Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee, to the Mississippi River, and control facilities connected therewith, fiscal year 1946, $20,000, to remain available until June 30, 1947. The limitation in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1946, on the amount which may be expended during the fiscal year 1946, from appropriations of the Fish and Wildlife Service for departmental personal services, including such services in the District of Columbia, is hereby increased from “$704,828” to “$729,000”. Halibut allocation program: For expenses necessary to enable the Fish and Wildlife Service to administer an allocation program for the Pacific halibut fishery pursuant to authority delegated to the Secretary of the Interior under Food Directive Numbered 2, issued by the Secretary of Agriculture on February 8, 1943 (8 F. R. 1777), as amended March 16, 1943 (8 F. R. 3280), including personal services in the District of Columbia; contract stenographic reporting services; the acceptance and utilization of voluntary and uncompensated services; maintenance, operation, repair, and hire of passenger automobiles; printing and binding; and the purchase in the District of Columbia and elsewhere of items otherwise properly chargeable to the appropriation “Contingent expenses, Department of the Interior”; fiscal year 1946, $39,700, to remain available until December 31, 1946. Government in the Territories territory of alaska Insane of Alaska: For an additional amount for “Insane of Alaska”, including the objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1946, $14,000.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE legal activities and general administration Contingent expenses: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1937, for “Contingent expenses”, including the objects specified for this purpose in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1937, $11. Traveling expenses: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1942, for “Traveling expenses”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1942, $1,149.16. Printing and binding: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1942, for “Printing and binding”, $436.98. Salaries and expenses, Lands Division: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1942, for “Salaries and expenses, Lands Division”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1942, $5,164.45. Salaries and expenses of district attorneys, and so forth: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1945, for “Salaries and expenses of district attorneys, and so forth”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1945, $65,000. Salaries and expenses of district attorneys, and so forth: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries and expenses of district attorneys, and so forth”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1946, $250,000. Salaries and expenses of marshals, and so forth: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries and expenses of marshals, and so forth”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1946, $260,000. federal prison system Medical and hospital service: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Medical and hospital service”, including objects specified under this head in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1946, $61,300.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR office of the secretary Salaries: For an additional amount fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries”, $31,600. employment office facilities and services Employment Office Facilities and Services: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Employment. Office Facilities and Services”, to be used exclusively for salary increases for United States employees of that Service under State compensation plans, $3,000,000.

NAVY DEPARTMENT—NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT bureau of supplies and accounts Maintenance, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1940, for “Maintenance, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts”, $171.32. Marine Corps general expenses, marine corps Expenses, Marine Band, National Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic, Indianapolis, Indiana: For expenses of the United States Marine Band in attending the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, Indianapolis, Indiana, August 20 to 31, 1946, $8,140.

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT (Out of the postal revenues) post office department, washington, district of columbia office of the postmaster general For additional amounts for “Salaries in Office of Postmaster General and bureaus and offices”, Post Office Department, fiscal year 1946, as follows: Office of the Postmaster General, $10,000. Office of the First Assistant Postmaster General, $30,000. Office of the Second Assistant Postmaster General, $12,600, Office of the Third Assistant Postmaster General, $5,000. Office of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, $14,900. contingent expenses, post office department Contingent and miscellaneous expenses: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Contingent and miscellaneous expenses”, including the objects specified under this head in the Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1946, $8,600.

Field Service, Post Office Department office of the postmaster general Personal or property damage claims: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946 and prior fiscal years, for “Personal or property damage claims”, $27,500. office of the chief inspector Salaries of inspectors: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries of inspectors”, $25,000. office of the first assistant postmaster general Compensation to postmasters: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Compensation to postmasters”, $2,711,000. office of the second assistant postmaster general Powerboat service: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Powerboat service”, $200,000. office of the third assistant postmaster general Unpaid money orders more than one year old: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Unpaid money orders more than one year old”, $487,000. office of fourth assistant postmaster general Post office stationery, equipment, and supplies: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Post office stationery, equipment, and supplies”, including the objects specified under this head in the Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1946, $315,000: Provided, That the limitation on the amount available for the pay of employees in the District of Columbia in connection with the shipment of supplies is increased from “$67,400” to “$78,400”. Vehicle service: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Vehicle service”, including the objects specified under this head in the Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1946, $60,000. Transportation of equipment and supplies: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Transportation of equipment and supplies”, $42,000.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE office of the secretary of state Salaries: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “salaries”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1946, and, not to exceed $64,000, for the employment of persons paid on a per diem when actually employed basis without regard to the civil-service and classification laws, $200,000. Contingent expenses: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Contingent expenses”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1946, $12,500. Printing and binding: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Printing and binding”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1946, $200,000. foreign office Salaries, ambassadors and ministers: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries, ambassadors and ministers”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1946, $35,000. Transportation, Foreign Service: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Transportation, Foreign Service”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1946, $198,000. Salaries of clerks, Foreign Service: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries of clerks, Foreign Service”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1946, $433,000. Miscellaneous salaries and allowances, Foreign Service: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Miscellaneous salaries and allowances, Foreign Service”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1946, $163,000. Foreign Service, auxiliary (emergency): For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Foreign Service, auxiliary (emergency) ”, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1946, $1,067,070. The appropriations “Salaries of clerks, Foreign Service”, “Miscellaneous salaries and allowances, Foreign Service”, and “Foreign Service, auxiliary (emergency)”, for the fiscal year 1946 are hereby made available for payment of increases in basic compensation retroactively to July 1, 1945, of Foreign Service employees whose basic compensation was not increased by the provisions of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945. Emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service: The appropriation “Emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service”, contained in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1946, is hereby made available for the deportation of enemy aliens. international obligations United States participation in United Nations: For all necessary expenses of participation by the United States in the United Nations for the fiscal year 1946, pursuant to the provisions of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, including attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work of the United Nations; purchase, hire, maintenance, operation, and repair of automobiles (including the purchase of five, one at not to exceed $3,000; purchase of uniforms; printing and binding without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. 111); $6,480,000, of which amount $6,153,500 shall be available for use as an advance contribution to the United Nations working capital fund, and for reimbursement of the appropriation “Emergencies Arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service” from which sums have been advanced to the United Nations: Provided, That the Department of State, when requested by the United Nations, is authorized to acquire surplus property in accordance with the provisions of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 765–784), as amended, with funds hereby appropriated for the United States contribution to the United Nations, and such contribution shall be reduced by the value of the surplus property and necessary expenses, including transportation costs, incident to the acquisition thereof: Provided further, That until December 31, 1946, upon request of the United Nations and its agreement to pay the cost and expenses thereof either by advancement of funds or by reimbursement, any executive department, independent establishment, or agency of the United States Government may furnish or may procure and furnish supplies and equipment to the United Nations and, when reimbursements are made by the United Nations, such reimbursements shall be credited to the appropriations, funds, or accounts utilized for this purpose current at the time obligations are incurred or such amounts are received from that organization. Rio Grande canalization project: For the replacement of the Anthony Bridge, over the Rio Grande within the Rio Grande canalization project, as authorized by and subject to the provisions of the Act, approved April 22, 1940 (54 Stat. 151), fiscal year 1946, $40,000, to remain available until expended.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT fiscal service—bureau of accounts Printing and binding: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Printing and binding”, including the objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1946, $3,000. bureau of internal revenue Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries and expenses”, including the objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1946, $16,350,000: Provided, That the limitations on the amounts available for stationery and for personal services in the District of Columbia are hereby increased from “$1.510,000” to “$1,575.000” and from “$11,310,000” to “$11,895,000”, respectively. bureau of narcotics Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Salaries and expenses”, including the objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act. 1946, $50,800. secret service division Suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes”, including the objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1946, $110,000, and the appropriate appropriation of the War Department shall bear the cost ($132,550) of air travel accommodations furnished this agency in connection with the Potsdam Conference. procurement division The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury for the use of the Procurement Division, without compensation therefor, at such time as it is determined by the War Department that the premises are no longer required by it, the facility, including the land, building, fixtures, improvements, and appurtenances, known as Building Numbered 1 of the Seattle Engineer Redistribution Center, valued at approximately $590,000, and located at Fourth Avenue South and Lander Street, Seattle, Washington, and the War Department shall appraise the property so transferred and furnish the Bureau of the Budget with a statement in detail of the description and value of such property.

WAR DEPARTMENT office of the secretary Damage claims: For the payment of claims for damage to or loss or destruction of property or personal injury or death adjusted and determined by the Secretary of War under the provisions, of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the settlement of claims for damage to or loss or destruction of property or personal injury or death caused by military personnel or civilian employees, or otherwise incident to activities, of the War Department or of the Army”, approved July 3, 1943 (31 U. S. C. 223b), as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 164, and House Document Numbered 471, Seventy-ninth Congress, $543,416.91. Civil Functions, Corps of Engineers rivers and harbors For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Rivers and harbors”, including the objects specified under this head in the War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1946, $865,000, to remain available until expended.

THE JUDICIARY united states supreme court Preparation of Rules for Civil Procedure: For an additional amount for “Preparation of Rules for Civil Procedure, Supreme Court”, fiscal year 1946, $7,500, to remain available until June 30, 1947. united states courts for the district of columbia Repairs and improvements, District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Repairs and improvements, District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia”, including the objects specified under this head in the Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1946, $5,400: Provided, That not to exceed $3,600 of this amount shall be available for structural changes, alterations, and installation of fixtures and equipment in the Municipal Court Building of the District of Columbia (civil branch) including incidental expenses, to provide accommodations in that building for activities of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. Repairs and improvements, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for “Repairs and improvements, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia”, including the objects specified under thishead in the Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1946, $11,000.

TITLE II— JUDGMENTS AND AUTHORIZED CLAIMS

TITLE III— GENERAL PROVISIONS