Public Law 81–506

That the following

Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1960.

Post, pp. 739, 870, 947, 976.

sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, namely:

TITLE I

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT compensation of the president For compensation of the President, including an expense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum, as authorized by the Act of January 19, 1949 (Public Law 2), $150,000. the white house office Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for The White House Office, including compensation of the Secretary to the President and the six administrative assistants to the President as authorized by law, and the two additional secretaries to the President at $10,330 each, and other personal services in the District of Columbia; printing and binding; not to exceed $127,000 for services as authorized 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 Government service; and travel and official entertainment expenses of the President, to be accounted for solely on his certificate; $1,375,140. emergency fund for the president To provide for emergencies affecting the national interest or security, without regard to such provisions of law regulating the expenditure of Government funds as the President may specify, and for supplementing the efforts and available resources of State and local governments or other agencies in alleviating hardship or suffering caused by flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, or other catastrophe in any part of the United States, $1,000,000: Provided, That assistance in alleviating hardship or suffering caused by such a catastrophe may be rendered through such agency or agencies as the President may designate and in such manner as he shall determine, without regard to such provisions of law regulating the expenditure of Government funds or the employment of persons in the Government service as he shall specify, whenever he finds that such a catastrophe is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant emergency assistance by the Federal Government in alleviating hardship or suffering caused thereby, and if the Governor of any State in which such a catastrophe shall occur shall certify that such assistance is required, and shall have entered into an agreement with such agency of the Government as the President may designate, giving assurance of expenditure of a reasonable amount of the funds of the government of such State, local governments therein, or other agencies, for the same or similar purposes with respect to such catastrophe: Provided further, That within any affected area Federal agencies are authorized to participate in any such emergency assistance: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation which may be allocated for alleviating hardship or suffering caused by a catastrophe shall be expended for departmental personal services or for permanent construction: And provided further, 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-first Congress and such appropriation denied after consideration thereof by the Senate or House of Representatives or by the Committee on Appropriations 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 any other Act, $260,400. bureau of the budget Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Bureau of the Budget, personal services in the District of Columbia and else-where; exchange of books; newspapers and periodicals (not exceeding $200); teletype news service (not exceeding $900); printing and binding; not to exceed $30,000 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; a health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); and the payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672); $3,300,000. No part of the appropriations herein made to the Bureau of the Budget shall be used for the maintenance or establishment of more than four regional, field, or any other offices outside the District of Columbia. council of economic advisers Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U. S. C. 1021), including personal services in the District of Columbia; travel expenses; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; printing and binding; newspapers and periodicals (not exceeding $200); press clippings (not exceeding $300); a health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); and payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672); $300,000. Office For Emergency Management philippine alien property administration Administrative expenses, Philippine Alien Property Administration : The Philippine Alien Property Administrator is hereby authorized to pay out of any funds or other property or interest vested in him or transferred to him, necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the powers and duties conferred on him pursuant to the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended (50 U. S. C. App.), and the Philippine Property Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 418): Provided, That not to exceed $250,000 shall be available for the current fiscal year for the general administrative expenses of the Philippine Alien Property Administration, including the salary of the Administrator at $10,330 per annum; printing and binding; rent of private or Government-owned space in the District of Columbia; employment outside the United States of persons without regard to the civil service and classification laws including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); personal services in the District of Columbia and expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work of the agency: Provided further, That on or before November 1 of the current fiscal year the Philippine Alien Property Administrator shall make a report to the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives giving detailed information on all administrative and nonadministrative expenses incurred during the next preceding fiscal year, in connection with the activities of the Philippine Alien Property Administration.

INDEPENDENT OFFICES american battle monuments commission 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; personal services in the District of Columbia; purchase and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and its Territories and possessions at a cost not exceeding $600; travel expenses; rent of office and garage space in foreign countries; the purchase of two passenger motor vehicles, including one at not to exceed $2,500; printing, binding, engraving, lithographing, photographing, and typewriting; $644,300: 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 appropriation 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. Construction of memorials and cemeteries: 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, 138), and the Act of August 5, 1947 (Public Law 368), $5,276,500, of which $1,276,500 is for payment of obligations incurred under authority provided under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, to remain available until expended; and in addition the Commission is authorized to enter into contracts in the amount of $5,000,000 for the purposes of this appropriation.

ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, including personal services in the District of Columbia and employment of aliens; purchase of land and interests in land; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); purchase of passenger motor vehicles forreplacement only; purchase, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; printing and binding; health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); publication and dissemination of atomic information; payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672); purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms; purchase of newspapers and periodicals (not to exceed $8,000) and travel expenses; official entertainment expenses (not to exceed $5,000); and payment of obligations incurred under prior year contract authorizations; $702,930,769, together with the unexpended balances, as of June 30, 1949, of prior year appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission, of which amounts $100,000 may be expended for objects of a confidential nature and in any such case the certificate of the Commission as to the amount of the expenditure and that it is deemed inadvisable to specify the nature thereof shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended; from which appropriation transfers of sums may be made to other agencies of the Government for the performance of the work for which this appropriation is made, and in such cases the sums so transferred may be merged with the appropriation to which transferred; and in addition to the amount herein provided, the Commission is authorized to contract for the purposes of this appropriation during the current fiscal year in an amount not exceeding $387,189,628: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee (except such officers and employees whose compensation is fixed by law, and scientific and technical personnel) whose position would be subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, if such Act were applicable to such position, at a rate in excess of the rate payable under such Act for positions of equivalent difficulty or responsibility: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,700,000 of the amount herein appropriated may be transferred to the Department of the Navy for the acquisition, construction, and installation, at a location to be determined, of facilities (including necessary land and rights pertaining thereto) to replace existing Navy facilities at Arco, Idaho, which latter facilities are hereby authorized to be transferred by the Secretary of the Navy to the Commission for its purposes: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation or contract authorization shall be used— (A) to start any new construction project for which an estimate was not included in the budget for the current fiscal year; (B) to start any new construction project the currently estimated cost of which exceeds the estimated cost included therefor in such budget; or (C) to continue any community facility construction project whenever the currently estimated cost thereof exceeds the estimated cost included therefor in such budget; unless the Director of the Bureau of the Budget specifically approves the start of such construction project or its continuation and a detailed explanation thereof is submitted forthwith by the Director to the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives and the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy; the limitations contained in this proviso shall not apply to any construction project the total estimated cost of which does not exceed $500,000; and, as used herein, the term “construction project” includes the purchase, alteration, or improvement of buildings, and the term “budget” includes the detailed justification supporting the budget estimates: Provided further, That whenever the current estimate to complete any construction project (except community facilities) exceeds by 15 per centum the estimated cost included therefor in such budget or the estimated cost of a construction project covered by clause (A) ofthe foregoing proviso which has been approved by the Director, the Commission shall forthwith submit a detailed explanation thereof to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of Representatives and the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, personal services in the District of Columbia; not to exceed $25,000 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 $500 for 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; purchase of three passenger motor vehicles; printing and binding; not to exceed $50,000 for performing the duties imposed upon the Commission by the Act of July 19, 1940 (54 Stat. 767); not to exceed $250,000 for allocation to the Federal Bureau of Investigation as required for investigation of applicants for certain positions involving national security when requested by the head of the department or agency concerned in cases where the department or agency concerned does not maintain its own investigative staff; a health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672); and not to exceed $5,000 for actuarial services by contract, without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended; $16,000.000: 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 Commission 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 Commission 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 not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence 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: Provided 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 Commission. No part of the appropriations herein made to the Civil Service Commission 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 preceding 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 proceeding” 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 compensation 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 of subordinates supervised may be given effect only to the extent warranted by the work load of such organization unit and then 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. panama canal construction annuity fund For payment of annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 1944, as amended (48 U. S. C. 1373a), $5,894,300, to be available immediately. civil-service retirement and disability fund For financing the liability of the United States, created by the Act approved May 22, 1920, and Acts amendatory thereof (5 U. S. C. chap. 14), $301,290,728, which amount shall be placed to the credit of the “civil-service retirement and disability fund” canal zone retirement and disability fund For financing the liability of the United States, created by the Act approved March 2, 1931, and Acts amendatory thereof (48 U. S. C. 1371n), $999,000, which amount shall be placed to the credit of the “Canal Zone retirement and disability fund”. alaska railroad retirement and disability fund For financing the liability of the United States created by the Act approved June 29, 1936 (5 U. S. C. 745), $215,000, which amount shall be placed to the credit of the “Alaska Railroad retirement and disability fund”.

DISPLACED PERSONS COMMISSION Displaced Persons Commission: For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Displaced Persons Act of 1948 (Public Law 774, approved June 25, 1948), including personal services and rents in the District of Columbia; travel expenses without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, as amended, and the rates of per diem allowances under the subsistence Expense Act of 1926, as amended; purchase (not to exceed twenty), and hire of passenger motor vehicles; printing and binding, including printing and binding outside the continental limits of the United States without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. 111);services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672); health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); employment of aliens; payment of rent in foreign countries in advance; and purchases and services abroad without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes; $4,210,000: Provided, That allocations may be made from this appropriation by the Commission upon approval by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget to any department, agency, corporation, or independent establishment of the Government for direct expenditure for the purposes of this appropriation, and any such expenditures may be made under the specific authority herein contained or under the authority governing the activities of the department, agency, corporation, or independent establishment to which amounts are allocated: Provided further, That the Commission may enter into agreements with governmental and private agencies and may make payment in advance or by reimbursement for expenses incurred by such agencies in rendering assistance to the Commission in carrying out the purposes of this Act.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses in performing the duties imposed by the Communications Act of 1934, approved June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 10G4), the Ship Act of 1910, approved June 24, 1910, as amended (46 U. S. C. 484–487), the International Radiotelegraphic Convention (45 Stat., pt. 2, p. 2760), Executive Order 3513, dated July 9, 1921, as amended under date of June 30, 1934, relating to applications for submarine cable licenses, and the radiotelegraph provisions of the Convention for Promoting Safety of Life at Sea, ratified by the President July 7, 1936, personal services in the District of Columbia, contract stenographic reporting services, special counsel fees, health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150), payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672), improvement and care of grounds and repairs to buildings (not to exceed $17,500), purchase of not to exceed fifteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, travel expenses (not to exceed $94,000), and printing and binding, $6,600,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under this paragraph may be used for application processing and hearings in connection with broadcast activities and for application processing in connection with safety and special services without regard to the apportionment of funds required by the Act of February 27, 1906 (31 U. S. C. 665).

FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the work of the Commission, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, personal services in the District of Columbia; not to exceed $230,000 for travel; health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672); printing and binding; purchase (not to exceed four, for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $500 for newspapers; $3,700,000, of which amount 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 not exceeding $50 per diem for individuals. Flood-control surveys: For expenses necessary for the work of the Commission as authorized by section 4 of the Act of June 28, 1938 (33 U. S. C. 701j), and similar provisions in subsequent Acts, including personal services in the District of Columbia; contract stenographic reporting services, and printing and binding, $330,000.

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, personal services in the District of Columbia; health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672); contract stenographic reporting services; printing and binding; and newspapers not to exceed $700; $3,650,000: Provided, That no part of the funds appropriated herein for the Federal Trade Commission shall be expended upon any investigation hereafter provided by concurrent resolution of the Congress until funds are appropriated subsequently to the enactment of such resolution to finance the cost of such investigation.

FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY office of the administrator Salaries and expenses: For salaries and expenses in the Office of the Administrator in the District of Columbia, including the salaries of an Assistant Administrator and a general counsel at $10,330 each per annum; purchase of newspapers and periodicals (not to exceed $150); health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); preparation, shipment, and installation of photographic displays, exhibits, and other descriptive materials; and travel expenses; $315,000. Public Works Administration liquidation: The funds made available for “Public Works Administration liquidation” by the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1944, as amended by the First Deficiency Appropriation Act. 1945, the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946, the Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946, the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1948, and the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, are hereby continued available until June 30, 1950, of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be available for administrative expenses during the current fiscal year, including not to exceed $1,200 for administrative expenses in connection with the city of East Peoria sewage project. Servicing of securities (private funds) : The Federal Works Administrator is authorized, in connection with the authority placed in him by the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1947, and section 6 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (16 U. S. C. 825u), in respect to all bonds and any other obligations under his jurisdiction, issued by public authorities, States, or other public bodies for projects financed by the Public Works Administration, to perform such services in the administration of such bonds and other obligations as he determines to be necessary and in the public interest: Provided, That such services shall be at the request of such public agencies: Provided further, That such public agencies shall pay to the United States the cost of such services and any funds thus received shall be deposited in a special account or accounts in the Treasury of the United States and shall be available to the Federal Works Administrator solely for defraying the cost of such services. Appropriations and other funds available to the Federal Works Agency shall be available during the current fiscal year for (a) printing and binding; (b) services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), but at rates for individuals not in excess of $50 per diem; and (c) payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672). public buildings administration For carrying into effect the provisions of the Public Buildings Acts, as provided in section 6 of the Act of May 30, 1908 (31 U. S. C. 683), and for the repair, preservation, and upkeep of all completed public buildings under the control of the Federal Works Agency, the mechanical equipment and the grounds thereof, and sites acquired for buildings, and for the operation of certain completed and occupied buildings under the control of the Federal Works Agency, including furniture and repairs thereof, but exclusive, with respect to operation, of buildings of the United States Coast Guard, of hospitals, quarantine stations, and other Public Health Service buildings, mints, bullion depositories, and assay offices, and buildings operated by the Treasury and Post Office Departments in the District of Columbia: General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses of the Public Buildings Administration, personal services in the District of Columbia; ground rent of the Federal buildings at Salamanca, New York, and Columbus, Mississippi, for which payment may be made in advance; $1,763,000, together with the unobligated balance of funds appropriated for the return of departmental functions to the seat of government, contained in the “Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1948”: Provided, That the foregoing appropriations shall not be available for the cost of surveys, plaster models, progress photographs, test pits and borings, or mill and shop inspections, but the cost thereof shall be construed to be chargeable against the construction appropriations of the respective projects to which they relate. Repair, preservation, and equipment, outside the District of Columbia: For the repair, alteration, improvement, preservation, and equipment, not otherwise provided for, of completed Federal buildings, the grounds and approaches thereof, wharves, and piers, together with the necessary dredging adjacent thereto, and care and safeguarding of sites acquired for Federal buildings and of surplus real property, the custody of which is the responsibility of the Public Buildings Administration under the Act of August 27, 1935, pending sale or disposition; the demolition of buildings thereon; the purchase and repair of equipment and fixtures in buildings under the administration of the Federal Works Agency; and for changes in, maintenance of, and repairs to the pneumatic-tube system in New York City installed under franchise of the city of New York, approved June 29, 1909, and June 11, 1928, and the payment of any obligations arising thereunder in accordance with the provisions of the Acts approved August 5, 1909 (36 Stat. 120), and May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 533); $10,000,000: Provided, That the total expenditures for the fiscal year for the repair and preservation of buildings not reserved by the vendors on sites acquired for buildings or the enlargement of buildings and the installation and repair of the mechanical equipment thereof shall not exceed 20 per centum of the annual rental of such buildings. Salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia and adjacent area: For expenses necessary for the administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement of public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia and the area adjacent thereto, maintained and operated by the Public Buildings Administration, including repair, preservation, and equipment of buildings operated by the Treasury and Post Office Departments in the District of Columbia; rent of buildings; demolition of buildings; expenses incident to moving various executive departments and establishments in connection with the assignment, allocation, transfer, and survey of building space; traveling expenses; the purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; furnishings and equipment: arms and ammunition for the guard force; and purchase, repair, andcleaning of uniforms for guards and elevator conductors; $31,140,000: Provided, That all furniture now owned by the United States in other public buildings or in buildings rented by the United States shall be used, so far as practicable, whether or not it corresponds with the present regulation plan for furniture. Salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds outside the District of Columbia: For expenses necessary for the administration, operation, protection, and maintenance of public buildings and grounds outside the District of Columbia maintained and operated by the Public Buildings Administration, including cleaning, heating, lighting, rental of buildings and equipment, supplies, materials, furnishings and equipment, personal services in the District of Columbia, arms, ammunition, purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards and elevator conductors, the purchase of five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, expenses incident to moving Government agencies in connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of building space, and the restoration of leased premises, $23,968,800: Provided, That all furniture now owned by the United States in other public buildings or in buildings rented by the United States shall be used, so far as practicable, whether or not it corresponds with the present regulation plan for furniture. The provisions of section 322 of the Act of June 30, 1932, as amended (40 U. S. C. 278a), shall not apply to any lease entered into by, or transferred to, the Public Buildings Administration for the housing of activities specifically exempted from the provisions of the said Act, as amended. Under the appropriations for salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds in and outside the District of Columbia, and for national industrial reserve, per diem employees may be paid at rates approved by the Commissioner of Public Buildings not exceeding current rates for similar services in the place where such services are employed, and such employees in emergencies may be entered on duty subject to confirmation by the Federal Works Administrator. The appropriations for salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds in and outside the District of Columbia, shall be available for communication services serving one or more governmental activities, and for services to motor vehicles, and where such services, together with quarters, maintenance, or other services, are furnished on a reimbursable basis to any governmental activity, such activity shall make payment therefor promptly by check upon the request of the Public Buildings Administration, either in advance or after the service has been furnished, for deposit to the credit of the applicable appropriation, of all or part of the estimated or actual cost thereof, as the case may be, proper adjustment upon the basis of actual cost to be made for services paid for in advance. Costs of maintenance, upkeep, and repair paid by Government corporations pursuant to section 306 of the Government Corporations Appropriation Act, 1948, shall be credited to the appropriations of the Public Buildings Administration bearing such costs. Funds available to the Public Buildings Administration shall also be available for health-service programs as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150). National industrial reserve: For expenses necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon the Federal Works Agency by the Act of July 2, 1948 (Public Law 883), relating to the retention and maintenance of a national industrial reserve, including personal services in the District of Columbia; purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and maintenance, protection, repair, restoration, renovation, and other services by contract or otherwise without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes; $12,500,000: Provided, That the War Assets Administration or its successor agency is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the Public Buildings Administration, without reimbursement, the land and buildings comprising War Assets Administration disposal center numbered 12, Buffalo, New York, together with all appurtenances thereto: Provided further, That the Public Buildings Administration may furnish necessary utilities or services, at cost, to persons, firms or corporations in connection with the occupancy of such plants and the amounts received therefor may be credited as reimbursements to this appropriation. Geophysical Institute, Alaska: For the establishment of a geophysical institute at the University of Alaska, as authorized by the Act of July 31, 1946 (48 U. S. C. 175, 175a), $875,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which amount shall be for the payment of obligations incurred under authority provided under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949. General Accounting Office Building, District of Columbia : For continuation of construction of a building for the use of the General Accounting Office on square 518, in the District of Columbia, under the provisions of the Act of May 18, 1948 (Public Law 533), to remain available until expended, $5,000,000, which shall be for payment of obligations incurred under authority granted under this head in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948. Federal Courts Building, District of Columbia: For the continuation of construction of a building for the use of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, as authorized by the Act of May 14, 1948 (Public Law 527), to remain available until expended, $5,000,000, which shall be for payment of obligations incurred under authority granted under this head in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948. public roads administration General administrative expenses: For the employment of persons and means, including rent, advertising (including advertising in the city of Washington for work to be performed in areas adjacent thereto), purchase of periodicals, purchase of one hundred passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150), and the preparation, distribution, and display of exhibits, in the city of Washington and elsewhere for the purpose of conducting research and investigational studies, either independently or in cooperation with State highway departments, or other agencies, including studies of highway administration, legislation, finance economics, transport, construction, operation, maintenance, utilization, and safety, and of street and highway traffic control; investigations and experiments in the best methods of road making, especially by the use of local materials; studies of types of mechanical plants and appliances used for road building and maintenance, and of methods of road repair and maintenance suited to the needs of different localities; for maintenance and repairs of experimental high–ways; for furnishing expert advice on these subjects; for collating, reporting, and illustrating the results of same; and for preparing, publishing, and distributing bulletins and reports; to be paid from any moneys available from the administrative funds provided under the Act of July 11, 1916, as amended (23 U. S. C. 21), or as otherwise provided. In carrying out the provisions of “An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes”, as amended and supplemented (23 U. S. C. 1–117), none of the money appropriated for the work of the Public Roads Administration during the current fiscal year shall be paid to any State on account of any project on which convict labor shall be employed, except this provision shall not apply to convict labor per—formed by convicts on parole or probation: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, whenever performing authorized engineering or other services in connection with the survey, construction, and maintenance, or improvement of roads for other Government agencies, cooperating foreign countries and State cooperating agencies the charge for such services may include depreciation on engineering and road—building equipment used, and the amounts received on account of such charges shall be credited to the appropriation concerned: Provided further, That during the current fiscal year the appropriations for the work of the Public Roads Administration shall be available for meeting the expenses of warehouse maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of supplies, materials, and equipment stored therein for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Public Roads Administration, and for sale and for distribution to other Government activities, cooperating foreign countries and State cooperating agencies, the cost of such supplies and materials or the value of such equipment (including the cost of transportation and handling) to be reimbursed to appropriations current at the time additional supplies, materials, or equipment are procured, from the appropriation chargeable with the cost or value of such supplies, materials, or equipment: Provided further, That the appropriations available to the Public Roads Administration may be used in emergency for medical supplies and services and other assistance necessary for the immediate relief of employees engaged on hazardous work under that Administration. For all necessary expenses to enable the President to utilize the services of the Public Roads Administration in fulfilling the obligations of the United States under the Convention on the Pan-American Highway Between the United States and Other American Republics, signed at Buenos Aires, December 23, 1936, and proclaimed September 16, 1937 ( 51 Stat. 152), for the continuation of cooperation with several governments, members of the Pan American Union, in connection with the survey and construction of the Inter–American Highway as provided in public resolution, approved March 4, 1929 (Public Resolution 104), as amended or supplemented, and for performing engineering service in pan-American countries for and upon the request of any agency or governmental corporation of the United States, $100,000 to be derived from the administrative funds provided under the Act of July 11, 1916, as amended or supplemented (23 U. S. C. 21), or as otherwise provided. Federal—aid postwar highways: For carrying out the provisions of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 838), $385,000,000, together with $1,509,000 of the unobligated balance of funds heretofore appropriated for access roads, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is composed of $150,000,000, the remainder of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the second postwar fiscal year by section 2 of said Act, and $236,509,000, a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the third postwar year by said section 2. Forest highways: For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921, as amended (23 U. S. C. 23, 23a), in accordance with section 3a of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1948 (Public Law 834, approved June 28, 1948), to be available immediately and to remain available until expended, $22,500,000, which sum is composed of $2,400,000, the remainder of the amount authorized by section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 842) to be appropriated for the first postwar fiscal year and $20,100,000, a part of the amount authorized by said section to be appropriated for the second postwar fiscal year; and of which total amount $7,500,000 is for payment of obligations incurred under authority granted in the appropriation for “Forest roads and trails” under the Department of Agriculture in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948: Provided, That any unexpended balances of amounts appropriated for forest highways under “Forest roads and trails” under the Department of Agriculture which are transferred to the Public Roads Administration shall be consolidated with this appropriation. Access roads: During the current fiscal year, not to exceed $70,000 of funds remaining unexpended upon completion of access road projects authorized to be constructed under the provisions of the Defense Highway Act of 1941, as amended by the Act of July 2, 1942 (23 U. S. C. 106), shall be available for the maintenance of roads and bridges under the jurisdiction of the Public Roads Administration on Government-owned land in Arlington County, Virginia. bureau of community facilities Public works advance planning: The unexpended balances on June 30, 1949, of funds made available for public works advance planning under title V of the War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 791), are hereby continued available for expenditure until June 30, 1950. Liquidation of public works advance planning: Not to exceed $350,000 of the unobligated balance on June 30, 1949, of the funds made available for public works advance planning under title V of the War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 791) shall be available during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses incident to the liquidation of the activity for which said funds were appropriated, including the objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1946. Virgin Islands public works: For an additional amount to carry out the provisions of the Act of December 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 827), $680,000, to be available immediately. War public works (community facilities) liquidation: For administrative expenses necessary during the current fiscal year for the liquidation of all activities under titles II, III, and IV of the Act of October 14, 1940, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1531–1534, 1541, and 1562), including personal services and rents in the District of Columbia; printing and binding; and a health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150) : not to exceed $175,000 of the unobligated balances of the funds heretofore appropriated for carrying out the provisions of titles II, III, and IV of the Act of October 14, 1940, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1531–1534,1541, and 1562). Veterans’ educational facilities: Of the limitation of $4,000,000 on the amount for administrative expenses under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, the amount to be used exclusively for payment for accumulated and accrued leave to separated or furloughed employees is decreased from $467,000 to $367,000. Grants for plan preparation, water pollution control: For grants to States, municipalities, or interstate agencies to aid in financing the cost of action preliminary to the construction of projects for water pollution control as authorized by section 8 (c) of the Water Pollution Control Act of June 30, 1948 (62 Stat. 1155), $200,000. Administrative expenses, water pollution control: For expenses necessary to carry out the administrative functions of the Federal Works Agency under the provisions of the Water Pollution Control Act of June 30, 1948 (62 Stat. 1155), as authorized by section 8 (e) of said Act, including personal services in the District of Columbia; travel; hire of passenger motor vehicles; health service programs as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); and exchange of books; $50,000.

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $33,500,000. Miscellaneous expenses: For necessary expenses, including printing and binding and the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, $1,570,000. Appropriations for the General Accounting Office shall be available for a health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150), for payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672), and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a).

HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY office of the administrator Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Office of the Administrator, including personal services and rent in the District of Columbia; printing and binding; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work of the Agency; payment of tort claims pursuant to law (28 U. S. C. 2672); a health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); $1,200,000. public housing administration Annual contributions: For the payment of annual contributions to public housing agencies in accordance with section 10 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1410), $5,000,000: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 no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay any public housing agency any contribution occasioned by payments in lieu of taxes in excess of the amount specified in the original contract between such agency and the Public Housing Administration or its predecessor agencies: 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 provisions of the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, as amended.

OFFICE OF THE HOUSING EXPEDITER Salaries and expenses, Office of the Housing Expediter: For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the Office of the Housing Expediter, including personal services in the District of Columbia; attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with rent control; hire of passenger motor vehicles; printing and binding; purchase of newspapers (not to exceed $10,000); services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); not to exceed $5,000 for payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672): and health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); $17,500,000: Provided, That the appropriation and authority with respect to the appropriation in this paragraph shall be available from and including July 1, 1949, for the purposes provided in such appropriation and authority. All obligations incurred during the period between August 15, 1949, and the date of enactment of this Act in anticipation of such appropriation and authority are hereby ratified and confirmed if in accordance with the terms thereof: Provided further, That as to cases involving the functions transferred to the Office of the Housing Expediter by Executive Order 9841, section 204 (e) of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, shall be considered as remaining in full force and effect during fiscal year 1950.

INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act of August 13, 1946 (Public Law 726), creating an Indian Claims Commission, including personal services in the District of Columbia and printing and binding, $90,000.

INLAND WATERWAYS CORPORATION Inland Waterways Corporation: For the purchase of capital stock of the Inland Waterways Corporation (administered under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of Commerce) authorized by section 2 of the Act of June 3, 1924, as amended (49 U. S. C. 152), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended.

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION General expenses: For expenses necessary in performing the functions 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; not to exceed $5,000 for the employment of special counsel; contract stenographic reporting services; personal services in the District of Columbia; newspapers (not to exceed $200); health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672); purchase of ten passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and printing and binding; $9,600,000, of which $100,000 shall be available for valuations of pipe lines, and $3,656,039 shall be available for the work of the Bureau of Motor Carriers: Provided, That Joint Board members and cooperating State commissioners 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, 35–46, 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 approved June 30, 1906, and the Sundry Civil Act of May 27, 1908 (45 U. S. C. 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, engineers, and personal services in the District of Columbia. and payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672), $958,500. 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 carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto”; as amended (45 U. S. C. 22–34), including personal services in the District of Columbia, and payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672), $674,500.

INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE 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 contribution 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.

NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Committee, including contracts, without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended, for the making of special investigations and reports and for engineering, drafting and computing services; equipment, maintenance, and operation of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, and the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory; purchase and maintenance of cafeteria equipment; maintenance and operation of aircraft; purchase of eight passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; printing and binding; personal services in the District of Columbia; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); including $2,500 for payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672); and a health service program for employees as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); in all, $43,000,000: Provided, That statutory provisions prohibiting the payment of compensation to aliens shall not apply to any person whose employment by the Committee shall be determined by the Chairman thereof to be necessary: Provided further, That aircraft and parts, equipment, and supplies may be transferred to the Committee by the Air Force, Army, and Navy without reimbursement. Construction and equipment: For construction and equipment at laboratories and research stations of the Committee, including the acquisition of that part of Wallops Island, Accomac County, Virginia, not presently owned by the Government, and not to exceed one acre in the vicinity of Wallops Island, Accomac County, Virginia, adjoining land heretofore acquired by the Government, to be available until June 30 of the next succeeding year, $10,000,000, of which $7,277,200 shall be available for payments under contracts entered into pursuant to the contract authority under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949: Provided, That in addition, the Committee may enter into contracts for the purposes of this appropriation in an amount not in excess of $10,000,000.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Archivist and the National Archives; including personal services in the District of Columbia; scientific, technical, first-aid, protective, and other apparatus and materials for the arrangement, titling, scoring, repair, processing, editing, duplication, reproduction, and authentication of photographic and other records (including motion-picture and other films and sound recordings) in the custody of the Archivist; printing and binding; contract stenographic reporting services; travel expenses; payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672); and a health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); $1,350,000. Salaries and expenses, war records: For expenses necessary for the preparation of guides and other finding aids to records of the Second World War, including personal services in the District of Columbia; arranging, titling, scoring, processing, editing, duplication, reproduction, and authentication of photographic and other records (including motion-picture and other films and sound recordings); printing and binding; a health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); and payment of tort claims pursuant to law (28 U. S. C. 2672); $100,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be consolidated with the appropriation “Salaries and expenses, National Archives”, and accounted for as one fund.

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, $34,900: Provided, That all receipts derived from sales, leases, or other sources shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States monthly.

NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION Land acquisition, National Capital and metropolitan area: For necessary expenses for the National Capital Park and Planning Commission in connection with the acquisition of land for the park, parkway, and playground system of the National Capital, as authorized by the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), and amendment of August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 960); services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), and real estate appraisers, by contract or otherwise without regard to the civil service and classification laws and section 3709, Revised Statutes, at rates of pay or fees not to exceed those usual for similar services; purchase of options and other costs incident to the acquisition of land; $695,000, to remain available until expended, $498,000 of said sum to be used for carrying out the provisions of section 1 (b) of said Act and $197,000 for carrying out the provisions of section 4 of said Act: Provided, That not exceeding $29,000 of the funds available under the above appropriation during the current fiscal year may be used for regular and part—time personal services of the Commission, excepting services by contract. District of Columbia redevelopment project planning: For printing and binding of a comprehensive plan prepared in accordance with the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 790), $20,000.

PHILIPPINE WAR DAMAGE COMMISSION Philippine War Damage Commission: For carrying out the provisions of title I of the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946, $184,800,000, to remain available until April 30, 1951, of which not to exceed $3,502,554 shall be for necessary expenses of the Philippine War Damage Commission for the current fiscal year, including personal services in the District of Columbia; purchase of newspapers and periodicals not to exceed $200; housing of American employees by rental or lease and necessary repairs and alterations to and maintenance of quarters, without regard to section 322 of the Act of June 30, 1932, as amended (40 U. S. C. 278a); printing and binding without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. 111); and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a): Provided, That the provisions of the Act of June 29, 1936 (46 U. S. C. 1241), shall not apply to any travel or transportation of effects payable from this appropriation: Provided further, That no payment shall be made under the provisions of such title of such Act to any person who, by a civil or military court having jurisdiction, has been found guilty of collaborating with the enemy or of any act involving disloyalty to the United States or the Republic of the Philippines: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for engaging in any phase of activity or for undertaking any phase of activity authorized by the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946 which would result in obligating the Government of the United States in any sense or respect to the future payment of amounts in excess of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in such Act: Provided further, That $20,000,000 of this appropriation shall be available immediately: Provided further, That the limitation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, on the amount available for necessary expenses, is increased from “2,907,991” to “$2,979,991”: Provided further, That the limitation imposed by section 104 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, on the amount available for travel expenses under this head for the fiscal year 1949, is increased from “$227,720” to “$299,720”.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, personal services in the District of Columbia; health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672); not to exceed $1,150 for the purchase of newspapers; printing and binding; and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); $5,750,000.

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Selective Service System, as authorized by title I of the Selective Service Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 604) including personal services in the District of Columbia; printing and binding; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672); purchase of typewriters; not to exceed $500 for the purchase of newspapers and periodicals; and a health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); $8,500,000.

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 Hawaii and the excavation and preservation of archeological remains; for maintenance of the Astrophysical Observatory and making necessary observations in high altitudes; for the administration of the National Collection of Fine Arts; for the administration, and for the construction and maintenance, of laboratory and other facilities on Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, under the provisions of the Act of July 2, 1940, as amended by the provisions of Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1946; for the maintenance and administration of a national air museum as authorized by the Act of August 12, 1946 (20 U. S. C. 77); including personal services in the District of Columbia and not to exceed $35,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); traveling expenses; payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672); printing and binding, including printing the report of the American Historical Association; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards and elevator conductors; repairs and alterations of buildings and approaches; and preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations for publications: $2,300,000. 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 Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including personal services in the District of Columbia; health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672); services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); traveling expenses; not to exceed $250 for payment in advance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose publications 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: printing and binding; purchase or rental of devices and services tor protecting buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; $1,087,700: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, or the Classification Act of 1923 as amended, shall not apply to the restoration and repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art, the cost of which shall not exceed $15,000.

TARIFF COMMISSION Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Tariff Commission, including personal services in the District of Columbia, printing and binding, subscriptions to newspapers not to exceed $250, health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150), and contract stenographic reporting services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $1,237,500: Provided, That no part of this appropriation 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 member of his family has any special, direct, and pecuniary interest, or in which he has acted as attorney or special representative.

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended (16 U. S. C., ch. 12A), including purchase (not to exceed one) and hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of aircraft; the purchase (not to exceed one hundred and twelve for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $49,359,150 to remain available until expended, and to be available for the payment of obligations chargeable against prior appropriations.

THE TAX COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including printing and binding and contract stenographic reporting services, $800,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge.

UNITED STATES MARITIME COMMISSION Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for carrying into effect the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and other laws administered by the United States Maritime Commission, $63,014,174, within limitations as follows: Administrative expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia; printing and binding; not to exceed $2,000 for news-papers and periodicals; not to exceed $17,700 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); and not to exceed $1,125 for entertainment of officials of other countries when specifically authorized by the Chairman; in all, not to exceed $8,950,142, together with not to exceed $586,648 of the unobligated balance in the Federal ship mortgage insurance fund, revolving fund:Provided, That the Maritime Commission is authorized to dispense with the administrative audit of agents’ accounts covering voyages beginning prior to April 1, 1949; New ship construction, including reconditioning and betterment, as authorized by title V of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (except for construction of two prototype vessels under title VII of said Act), $26,875,000, of which $12,000,000 is for payment of obligations incurred under authority granted under this head in the Supplemental Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, to enter into contracts for new ship construction in an amount not to exceed $75,000,000; and, in addition, the Commission is authorized to enter into contracts for new ship construction in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000: Provided, That no part of this contract authority shall be used to start any new ship construction for which an estimate was not included in the budget for the current fiscal year, nor to start any new ship construction the currently estimated cost of which exceeds by 10 per centum the estimated cost included therefor in such budget unless the Director of the Bureau of the Budget specifically approves the start of such ship construction and the Director shall submit forthwith a detailed explanation thereof to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of Representatives; and, as used herein, the term “budget” includes the detailed justification supporting the budget estimates: Provided farther, That not to exceed $104,000,000 of the funds and contract authority made available for new ship construction, including reconditioning and betterment, in the Supplemental Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, shall continue to be available until December 31, 1949; Maintenance of shipyard facilities, $425,000; Operation of warehouses, $480,000; Operating-differential subsidies, $18,218,382: Provided, That to the extent that the operating-differential subsidy accrual (computed on the basis of parity) is represented on the operator’s books by a contingent accounts receivable item against the Commission as a partial or complete offset to the recapture accrual, the operator (1) shall be excused from making deposits in the Special Reserve Fund and, (2) as to the amount of such earnings the deposit of which is so excused, shall be entitled to the same tax treatment as though it had been deposited in said Special Reserve Fund. To the extent that any amount paid to the operator by the Commission reduces the balance in the operator’s contingent receivable account against the Commission, such amount, unless it is forthwith deposited in the fund, shall lie considered as withdrawn under section 607 (h) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended; Reserve fleet expense, $7,134,800; Maintenance and operation of terminals, $510,850; Miscellaneous expenses, including payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672), $420,000, of which $250,000 shall be available exclusively for liquidation of liens or claims which may take precedence over the Government’s preferred mortgage on vessels. Maritime training: For training personnel for the manning of the merchant marine (including operation of training stations at Kings Point, New York; Sheepshead Bay, New York; Pass Christian, Mississippi; Saint Petersburg, Florida; Alameda, California, and the United States Maritime Service Institute), including not to exceed $3,065,000 for personal services (exclusive of pay of cadet midshipmen and other trainees) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; printing and binding; health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); not to exceed $2,500 for contingencies for the Superintendent, United States Merchant Marine Academy, to be expended in his discretion; and not to exceed $100,000 for transfer to applicable appropriations of the Public Health Service for services rendered the Commission, $6,586,000, including the pay of cadet midshipmen and other trainees. State marine schools: To reimburse the State of California. $50,000; the State of Maine, $50,000; the State of Massachusetts, $50,000; and the State of New York, $50,000; for expenses incurred in the maintenance and support of marine schools in such States as provided in the Act authorizing the establishment of marine schools, and so forth, approved March 4, 1911, as amended (34 U. S. C. 1121–1123); and for the maintenance and repair of vessels loaned by the United States to the said States for use in connection with such State marine schools, $170,000; in all, $370,000. War Snipping Administration liquidation: Not to exceed $15,000,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation to the Secretary of the Treasury in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1948, for liquidation of obligations found by the General Accounting Office to have been properly incurred against funds of the War Shipping Administration prior to January 1, 1947, is hereby continued available during the current fiscal year. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Commission is authorized to furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government property under control of the Commission, and payments received by the Commission for utilities, services, and repairs so furnished or made shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy on account of items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. The United States Maritime Commission shall not incur any obligations during the current fiscal year from the construction fund established by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained in this Act: Provided, That nothing contained herein and in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1948, shall be construed to affect the authority of the Commission pursuant to the provisions of section 603 (a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, (1) to grant operating differential subsidies on a long-term basis and (2) to obligate the United States to make future payments in accordance with the terms of such operating-differential subsidy contracts, and all receipts which otherwise would be deposited to the credit of said fund shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

VETERANS’ ADMINISTRATION Administration, medical, hospital, and domiciliary services: For necessary expenses of the Veterans’ Administration, including maintenance and operation of medical, hospital, and domiciliary services, in carrying out the functions pursuant to all laws for which the Administration is charged with administering, including personal services in the District of Columbia; health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); purchase of one hundred and thirty-one passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); maintenance and operation of farms; recreational articles and facilities at institutions maintained by the Veterans’ Administration; expenses incidental to securing employment for war veterans; funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto for beneficiaries of the Veterans’ Administration except burial awards authorized by Veterans’ Administration Regulation Numbered 9 (a), as amended; aid to State or Territorial homes in conformity with the Act approved August 27, 1888, as amended (24 U. S. C. 134), for the support of veterans eligible for admission to Veterans’ Administration facilities for hospital or domicilary care; not to exceed $5,600 for newspapers and periodicals; and not to exceed $56,800 for the preparation, shipment, installation, and display of exhibits, photographic displays, moving pictures, and other visual educational information and descriptive material, including the purchase or rental of equipment; $855,000,000, from which allotments and transfers may be made to the Federal Security Agency (Public Health Service), the Army, Navy, and Interior Departments, for disbursement by them under the various headings of their applicable appropriations, of such amounts as are necessary for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans’ Administration: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay in excess of one hundred persons engaged in public relations work: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home, or for the purchase of any hospital or home; and not more than $3,254,900 of this appropriation may be used to repair, alter, improve, or provide facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans’ Administration either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and the purchase of materials: Provided further, That hereafter the Administrator shall assign as his representatives, as provided for in the last sentence of section 1100 (a) of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (38 U. S. C. 696f), only such numbers of regional or sectional representatives as he finds necessary to provide for the processing of readjustment allowances in an efficient and economical manner: Provided further, That at least one of such representatives shall be assigned to and reside in each State. Tort claims: For payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claim Act (28 U. S. C. 2672), $15,000. Pensions: For the payment of compensation, pensions, gratuities, and allowances (including subsistence allowances authorized by part VII of Veterans Regulation la, as amended), authorized under any Act of Congress, or regulation of the President based thereon, including emergency officers’ retirement pay and annuities, the administration of which is now or may hereafter be placed in the Veterans’ Administration, and for the payment of adjusted-service credits as provided in sections 401 and 601 of the Act of May 19, 1924, as amended (38 U. S. C. 631 and 661), $1,998,801,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended. Readjustment benefits: For the payment of benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by titles II, III, and V, of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, $2,197,503,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: Provided, That no part of this appropriation for education and training under title II of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, as amended, shall be expended for tuition, fees, or other charges, or for subsistence allowance, for any course elected or commenced by a veteran on or subsequent to July 1, 1948, and which is determined by the Administrator to be avocational or recreational in character. For the purposes of this proviso, education or training for the purpose of teaching a veteran to fly or related aviation courses in connection with his present or contemplated business or occupation shall not, in the absence of substantial evidence to the contrary, be considered avocational or recreational when a certificate in the form of an affidavit supported by corroborating affidavits by two competent disinterested persons, has been furnished by a physically qualified veteran stating that such education or training will be useful to him in connection with earning a livelihood: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation for education and training under title II of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, as amended, shall be expended subsequent to the effective date of this Act for subsistence allowance or for tuition, fees, or other charges in any of the following situations: (1) For any veteran for a course in an institution which has been in operation for a period of less than one year immediately prior to the date of enrollment in such course unless such enrollment was prior to the date of this Act; (2) For any course of education or training for which the educational or training institution involved has no customary cost of tuition, until a fair and reasonable rate of payment for tuition, fees, or other charges for such course has been determined. In any case in which one or more contracts providing a rate or rates of tuition have been executed for two successive years, the rate established by the most recent contract shall be considered to be the customary cost of tuition notwithstanding the definition of “customary cost of tuition” as hereinafter set forth. If the Administrator finds that any institution has no customary cost of tuition he shall forthwith fix and pay or cause to be paid a fair and reasonable rate of payment for tuition, fees, and other charges for the courses offered by such institution. Any educational or training institution which is dissatisfied with a determination of a rate of payment for tuition, fees, or other charges under the foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall be entitled, upon application therefor, to a review of such determination (including the determination with respect to whether there is a customary cost of tuition) by a board to be known as the “Veterans’ Tuition Appeals Board” consisting of three members, appointed by the Administrator for such purpose. Such board shall be subject, in respect to appointment, hearings, appeals, and all other actions and qualifications, to the provisions of sections 5 to 11, inclusive, of the Administrative Procedure Act, approved June 11, 1946, as amended. The decision of such board with respect to all matters shall constitute the final administrative determination. In no event shall the board fix a rate of payment in excess of the maximum amount allowable under the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, as amended. The term “customary cost of tuition” as employed herein and in paragraph 5, part VIII, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, is regarded as that charge which an educational or training institution requires a nonveteran enrollee similarly circumstanced to pay as and for tuition for a course, except that the institution (other than a nonprofit institution of higher learning) is not regarded as having a “customary cost of tuition” for the course or courses in question in the following circumstances: (a) Where the majority of the enrollment of the educational and training institution in the course in question consists of veterans in training under Public Laws 16 and 346, Seventy-eighth Congress, as amended; and (b) One of the following conditions prevails: 1. The institution has been established subsequent to June 22, 1944. 2. The institution, although established prior to June 22, 1944, has not been in continuous operation since that date. 3. The institution, although established prior to June 22, 1944, has subsequently increased its total tuition charges for the course to all students more than 25 per centum. 4. The course (or a course of substantially the same length and character) was not provided for nonveteran students by the institution prior to June 22, 1944, although the institution itself was established before June 22, 1944: Provided further, That nothing in the foregoing proviso shall be construed to affect adversely any legal rights which have accrued prior to the date of enactment of this Act, or to affect payments to educational or training institutions under contracts in effect on such date. Military and naval insurance: For military and naval insurance, $3,735,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended. Hospital and domiciliary facilities: The authority under this head in the Third Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946, the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1948, and the Supplemental Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, to incur obligations for the purposes specified in those Acts, is hereby extended to July 1, 1951: Provided, That not to exceed 6.7 per centum of the foregoing contract authorizations shall be available for the employment in the District of Columbia and in the field of all necessary technical and clerical personnel for the preparation of plans and specifications for the projects as approved hereunder and in the supervision of the execution thereof, and for all travel expenses, field office equipment, and supplies in connection therewith, except that whenever the Veterans’ Administration finds it necessary in the construction of any project to employ other Government agencies or persons outside the Federal service to perform such services not to exceed 10 per centum of the cost of such projects may be expended for such services: Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 of the foregoing contract authorizations shall be obligated for portable initial equipment, including the purchase of one hundred and fifty-one passenger motor vehicles. National service life insurance: For the payment of benefits and for transfer to the national service life insurance fund, in accordance with the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, $467,450,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: Provided, That certain premiums shall be credited to this appropriation as provided by the Act. Veterans’ miscellaneous benefits: For the payment of burial awards authorized by Veterans’ Administration Regulation Numbered 9 (a), as amended, and for supplies, equipment, and tuition authorized by part VII and payments authorized by part IX of Veterans’ Administration Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, $75,330,000, to remain available until expended. Grants to the Republic of the Philippines: For payments to the Republic of the Philippines of grants in accordance with the Act of July 1, 1948 (Public Law 865), for (a) construction and equipping of hospitals, $9,400,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, and (b) expenses incident to medical care and treatment of veterans, $3,285,000. No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be available for hospitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimbursement of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed by the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs.

TITLE II

CORPORATIONS 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 without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Budget for the fiscal year 1950 for each such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided:

HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY Home Loan Bank Board: Not to exceed a total of $427,500 to be derived from the special deposit account established under the provisions under the head “Federal Home Loan Bank Administration” in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1944, and from receipts of the Federal Home Loan Bank Administration, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, or the Home Loan Bank Board for the current fiscal year and prior fiscal years, shall be available during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses of the Home Loan Bank Board, including health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150), 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, the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, and other agencies of the Government: Provided, That all necessary expenses in connection with the conservatorship of institutions insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation and all necessary expenses (includingservices 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 Home Loan Bank Act, as amended, shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof: 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). Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation: Not to exceed $617,500 shall be available for administrative expenses, including health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150), which shall be on an accrual basis and shall be exclusive of interest paid, depreciation, 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 specific insured institutions, and legal fees and expenses, and said Corporation may utilize and may make payment for services and facilities of the Federal home-loan banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the Home Loan Bank Board, the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, and other agencies of the Government: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, except for the limitation in amount hereinbefore specified, the administrative expenses and other obligations 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). Home Owners’ Loan Corporation: Not to exceed $1,823,250 shall be available for administrative expenses, including health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150), which shall be on an accrual basis and shall be exclusive of interest paid, depreciation, properly capitalized expenditures, expenses (including personal services) in connection with the termination or liquidation of accounts carried on the books of the corporation not to exceed $300,000, 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 Corporation or in which it has an interest, and legal fees and expenses, and said Corporation may utilize and may make payment for services and facilities of the Federal home-loan banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the Home Loan Bank Board, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, and other agencies of the Government: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, except for the limitation in amount hereinbefore specified, the administrative expenses and other obligations of said Corporation shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933, as amended (12 U. S. C. 1461–1468). Federal Housing Administration: In addition to the amounts available by or pursuant to law (which shall be transferred to this authorization) for the administrative expenses of the Federal Housing Administration in carrying out duties imposed by or pursuant to law, not to exceed $22,500,000 or the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration as follows: (1) the mutual mortgage insurance fund; (2) the housing insurance fund; (3) the account in the Treasury comprised of funds derived from premiums collected under authority of section 2 (f), title I of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U. S. C. 1701); (4) the war housing insurance fund; and (5) the housing investment insurance fund shall be available for expenditure, in accordance with the provisions of said Act for the administrative expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, including purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor vehicle, for replacement only; not to exceed $1,500 for periodicals and newspapers; not to exceed $1,500 for contract actuarial services; and health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150) : Provided, That necessary expenses of the Administration (including services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, protection, completion, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of real or personal property of the Administration acquired under authority of titles I, II, VI, and VII of said National Housing Act, shall be considered as nonadministrative for the purposes hereof: Provided further, That, except as herein otherwise provided, the administrative expenses and other obligations, including nonadministrative expenses, of the Administration shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of said Act of June 27, 1934, as amended (12 U. S. C. 1701). Public Housing Administration: Of the amounts available by or pursuant to law for the administrative expenses of the Public Housing Administration in carrying out duties imposed by or pursuant to law including not to exceed $2,329,550 of the funds available for administrative expenses for the United States Housing Act program, not to exceed $8,054,600 shall be available for such expenses, including purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; and a health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150): 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 Administration at the sites of non-Federal projects or for administrative expenses of the Administration not in excess of the amount authorized by the Congress: Provided further, That the Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency may relinquish and transfer, pursuant to the same general terms and conditions specified in subsections 505 (a) and (b) of the Act of October 14, 1940, as added by the Act of June 28, 1948 (Public Law 796), title to temporary housing provided for certain veterans and their families under title V of said Act of October 14, 1940, as amended, to any State, county, city, or other public body: Provided further, That any application for such relinquishment and transfer shall be filed with the Administrator within one hundred and twenty days after the approval of this Act. Liquidation of resettlement projects: Not to exceed $19,800 of the receipts derived from the operation of the projects transferred under section 4 (b) of Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1947 shall be available for necessary expenses in connection with and to facilitate disposition of the suburban resettlement projects known as Greenbelt, Greendale, and Greenhills including services in accordance with section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a).

INLAND WATERWAYS CORPORATION Inland Waterways Corporation (administered under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of Commerce) : Not to exceed $522,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, to be determined in the manner set forth under the title “General expenses” in the Uniform System of Accounts for Carriers by Water of the Interstate Commerce Commission (effective January 1, 1947): Provided, That no funds shall be used to pay compensation of employees normally subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, at rates in excess of rates fixed for similar services under the provisions of the Classification Act, as amended, nor to pay the compensation of vessel employees and such terminal and other employees as are not covered by the Classification Act, at rates in excess of rates prevailing in the river transportation industry in the area (including prevailing leave allowances for vessel employees, but the granting of such allowances shall not be construed as establishing a different leave system within the meaning of that term as used in section 3 of the Act of December 21, 1944 (5 U. S. C. 61d)).

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY Not to exceed $3,699,000 of the funds available to the Tennessee Valley Authority, shall be available during the current fiscal year for all administrative and general expenses of the Corporation, which expenses shall be inclusive of costs of all administrative offices and other activities representing management and other functions serving the programs and projects of the Corporation in general.

TITLE III— GENERAL PROVISIONS

TITLE IV— REDUCTIONS IN APPROPRIATIONS

Amounts available from appropriations and other funds are hereby reduced in the sums hereinafter set forth, such sums to be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury immediately upon the approval of this Act, except as otherwise indicated:

funds appropriated to the president Payments, Armed Forces Leave Act, 1946: $135,000,000. Overtime, leave, and holiday compensation: The balance remaining unobligated on June 30, 1949, such balance to be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury immediately thereafter.

federal works agency Office of the Administrator: Public works advance planning under title V of the War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944, $4,164,000.

veterans’ administration Administrative facilities: $1,250,000. Vocational Rehabilitation Revolving Fund: $500,000. This Act may be cited as the “Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1950”.