Public Law 82–45

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and for other purposes, namely:

CHAPTER I DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

(Out of Revenues of the District of Columbia)

General Administration office of the corporation counsel For an additional amount for “Office of the Corporation Counsel”, $5,000; and the limitation under this head in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act of 1951 on the amount available for the settlement of claims is increased from “$7,000” to “$12,000”.

Fiscal Service collector’s office For additional amounts for “Collector’s Office”, fiscal year 1949, $653,568, and fiscal year 1951, $144,700.

Courts united states courts For an additional amount, fiscal year 1950, for “United States courts”, $265,443.

Public Welfare saint elizabeths hospital For additional amounts for “Saint Elizabeths Hospital”, fiscal year 1949, $13,704, and fiscal year 1950, $22,604.

Settlement of Claims and Suits For an additional amount for the payment of claims in excess of $250, approved by the Commissioners in accordance with the provisions of the Act of February 11, 1929, as amended (46 Stat. 500), $7,493.

Judgments For the payment of final judgments rendered against the District of Columbia, as set forth in House Document Numbered 67 (82d Congress), together with such further sums as may be necessary to pay the interest at not exceeding 4 per centum per annum on such judgments, as provided by law, from the date the same became due until the date of payment, $5,580.

Audited Claims For an additional amount for the payment of claims, certified to be due by the accounting officers of the District of Columbia, under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or credited to the general fund of the District of Columbia as provided by law (D. C. Code, title 47, sec. 130a), being for the service of the fiscal year 1948 and prior fiscal years, as set forth in House Document Numbered 67 (82d Congress), $4,648.

CHAPTER II LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Senate For payment to Arthur H. Vandenberg, Junior, son, and Barbara Vandenberg Bailey and Elizabeth Vandenberg Pfeiffer, daughters, of Arthur H. Vandenberg, late a Senator from the State of Michigan, $12,500. contingent expenses of the senate For an additional amount for “Furniture and repairs”, $17,878.

House of Representatives For payment to Vera D. Buchanan, widow of Frank Buchanan, late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania, $12,500. For payment to Maude F. Kee, widow of John Kee, late a Representative from the State of West Virginia, $12,500. contingent expenses of the house stationery (revolving fund) For an additional amount for “Stationery (revolving fund)”, $1,000, to remain available until expended.

Architect of the Capitol capitol buildings and grounds capitol buildings For an additional amount, for liquidation of contract authority, for the House and Senate improvements authorized by the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940 (54 Stat. 629), as amended by the Acts of June 8, 1942 (56 Stat. 342), July 17, 1945 (59 Stat. 472), Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948 (62 Stat. 1027), and the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1949, $268,000, of which $168,000 shall be available for the House improvements and $100,000 for the Senate improvements. For an additional amount for “Capitol Buildings”, $3,000.

Senate Restaurants For repairs, improvements, furnishings, equipment, labor and materials, and all necessary incidental expenses, to provide additional restaurant facilities in the Senate Office Building, to be expended by the Architect of the Capitol under the supervision of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, $30,000. house office buildings For an additional amount for “House office buildings”, including furniture and furnishings, $21,500.

Government Printing Office working capital and congressional printing and binding For an additional amount for “Working capital and congressional printing and binding”. $1,200,000: Provided, That the limitation under this head in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1951, on the amount available for the printing, binding, and distribution of the Federal Register in accordance with the Act approved July 26, 1935 (44 U. S. C. 301–310), is increased from “$475,000” to “$675,000”.

CHAPTER III DEPARTMENT OF STATE

American Sections, International Commissions For an additional amount for “American sections, international commissions”, $36,500, which shall be derived by transfer from the appropriation for “Contributions to international organizations”; and appropriations granted under this head for the fiscal year 1951 shall be available to enable the President to perform the obligations of the United States under the treaty between the United States of America and Canada, signed February 27, 1950, and ratified by the United States Senate on August 9, 1950. international information and educational activities For an additional amount for “International information and educational activities”, for facilities for radio transmission and reception, and so forth, as authorized in the third proviso under this head in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951, $9,533,939, to remain available until expended; and the limitation contained in said proviso is increased from “$11,288,000” to “$50,821,939”.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Legal Activities and General Administration salaries and expenses, general legal activities For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses, general legal activities”, $30,000. Federal Bureau of Investigation salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $5,872,000; and appropriations granted under this head for the fiscal year 1951 shall be available for the purchase of seven hundred passenger motor vehicles in addition to those heretofore provided. Federal Prison System salaries and expenses, bureau of prisons For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Prisons”, $449,000. support of united states prisoners For an additional amount for “Support of United States prisoners”, $139,000. buildings and facilities For an additional amount for “Buildings and facilities”, $1,380,000, for replacement of the power and heating plants of the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia: Provided, That the limitation under this head in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1951, on the cost of completion of the replacement of a power plant at the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, is repealed.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Civil Aeronautics Administration claims, federal airport act For an additional amount for “Claims, Federal Airport Act”, $1,464,384, to remain available until June 30, 1953, as follows: Visalia Municipal Airport, Visalia. California, $40,277; Gainesville Municipal Airport, Gainesville, Florida, $9,467; Waycross-Ware County Airport, the city of Waycross and Ware County, Georgia, $55,417; Harding Field, the Parish of East Baton Rouge. Louisiana, $140,650; New Orleans Airport, Orleans Levee District and the Orleans Airport Commission, Louisiana, $257,237; Laurence G. Hanscom Field, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, $91,528; English Field, Amarillo, Texas, $29,590; Rio Grande Valley International Airport, Brownsville, Texas, $384,161; Eaker Airfield, Durant, Oklahoma, $359,580; Jefferson County Airport, Jefferson County, Texas, $40,593; and the Draughon-Miller Municipal Airport, Temple, Texas, $55,884: Provided, That no request for reimbursement of the cost of rehabilitation or repair of a public airport filed under section 17 of the Federal Airport Act shall be considered by the Secretary unless filed prior to July 1, 1951, and the Secretary shall make no certification to Congress after July 1, 1952 of the actual or estimated cost of such rehabilitation or repair. Coast and Geodetic Survey salaries and expenses, departmental For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses, departmental”, $450,000. salaries and expenses, field For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses, field”, $70,000. Bureau of Public Roads tongass forest highways, alaska For surveys, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of Tongass forest highways in Alaska in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950, $3,500,000, to remain available until expended. public lands highways For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to the contract authorization granted by section 10 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950, $750,000, to remain available until expended.

THE JUDICIARY Other Courts and Services fees of commissioners For an additional amount, fiscal year 1950, for “Fees of commissioners”, $25,000. fees of jurors For an additional amount for “Fees of jurors”, $200,000.

CHAPTER IV TREASURY DEPARTMENT

Bureau of the Mint salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $130,000.

Coast Guard acquisition, construction, and improvements For an additional amount for “Acquisition, construction, and improvements”, $350,000, to remain available until expended.

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT (Out of the postal revenues) Postal Operations For an additional amount for “Postal operations”, $7,500,000. Transportation of Mails For an additional amount for “Transportation of mails”, for payment of increased rates to railroad carriers for 1951 and prior fiscal years, in accordance with Interstate Commerce Commission Order of December 4, 1950 (Docket Numbered 9200), $152,000,000. Field Service, Post Office Department office of first assistant postmaster general Clerks, First- and Second-Class Post Offices For an additional amount, fiscal year 1947, for “Clerks, first- and second-class post offices”, $150,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Clerks, third-class post offices, 1947”. office of second assistant postmaster general Railroad Transportation and Mail Messenger Service For an additional amount, fiscal year 1948, for “Railroad transportation and mail messenger service,” $200,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Domestic air mail service, 1948”.

CHAPTER V DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Employees’ Compensation employees’ compensation fund For an additional amount for “Employees’ compensation fund”, $3,000,000.

FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY Office of Education grants for surveys and school construction For an additional amount for “Grants for surveys and school construction,” to remain available until expended, $50,000,000, of which such amount as the Commissioner of Education determines to be necessary shall be available for urgently needed school facilities in areas determined by the President to be critical areas by reason of national defense activities: Provided, That appropriations and contract authorizations heretofore granted under this head, shall also be available to enable the Commissioner to provide school facilities pursuant to sections 203 and 204 of the Act of September 23, 1950 (Public Law 815).

CHAPTER VI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service Forest development roads and trails For an additional amount for “Forest development roads and trails”, $3,300,000, to remain available until expended.

Commodity Credit Corporation The limitation under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1951, on the amount available for administrative expenses of the Corporation, is increased from “$16,350,000” to “$19,100,000”.

CHAPTER VII DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Commission of Fine Arts salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $2,000.

Bureau of Indian Affairs construction For an additional amount for “Construction”, $3,650,000, to remain available until expended.

Territories and Island Possessions construction, alaska railroad For an additional amount for “Construction, Alaska Railroad”, $4,000,000, to remain available until expended.

CHAPTER VIII INDEPENDENT OFFICES

Civil Service Commission annuities, lighthouse service widows For payment of annuities as authorized by the Act of August 19, 1950 (64 Stat. 465), $204,500.

General Services Administration strategic and critical materials The amount authorized to be transferred from the appropriation granted under this head in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951, to the appropriation “Operating expenses”, for the reactivation of industrial plants, is increased from “$14,000,000” to “$26,000,000”. emergency operating expenses Appropriations granted under this head for the fiscal year 1951 shall be available for emergency alterations and improvements to public buildings under the control of the General Services Administration.

Office of the Housing Expediter salaries and expenses The amount made available under this head in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951. only for the payment of terminal leave is changed from “$2,000,000” to “$1,750,000”.

Veterans’ Administration compensation and pensions For an additional amount for “Compensation and pensions”, $26,618,000, to remain available until expended. automobiles and other conveyances for disabled veterans To enable the Administrator to provide, or assist in providing, automobiles or other conveyances for disabled veterans as authorized by the Act of September 21, 1950 (Public Law 798), $800,000.

Department of Commerce maritime activities maritime training The limitation under the head “Maritime training”, United States Maritime Commission, in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1951, on the amount available for administrative personal services and so forth is increased from “$2,477,000” to “$2,532,000”. vessel operations revolving fund For working capital for the “Vessel Operations Revolving Fund”, which is hereby created for the purpose of carrying out vessel operating functions of the Secretary of Commerce, including charter, operation, maintenance, repair, reconditioning, and betterment of merchant vessels under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Commerce, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates for shipping services rendered under said Fund shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce and the Fund shall be credited with all receipts from vessel operating activities conducted thereunder: Provided, That the provisions of sections 1 (a), 1 (c), 3 (c) and 4 of Public Law 17, Seventy-eighth Congress (57 Stat. 45), as amended, shall be applicable in connection with such operations and to seamen employed through general agents as employees of the United States, who may be employed in accordance with customary commercial practices in the maritime industry, notwithstanding the provisions of any law applicable in terms to the employment of persons by the United States: Provided further, That such sums as may be determined to be necessary by the Secretary of Commerce, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, but not exceeding 2 per centum of vessel operating expenses, may be advanced from this Fund to the appropriation “Salaries and expenses” for the purposes of that appropriation in connection with vessel operating functions, but without regard to the limitations on amounts as stated therein: Provided further, That Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the unexpended balances of any working funds or of allocation accounts established, subsequent to January 1, 1951, for the activities provided for under this appropriation. together with receipts heretofore and hereafter received from such activities, may be transferred to and consolidated with this Fund, which shall be available for the purposes of such working funds or allocation accounts. No money made available to the Department of Commerce, for Maritime Activities, by this or any other Act shall be used in payment for a vessel the title to which is acquired by the Government either by requisition or purchase, or the use of which is taken either by requisition or agreement, or which is insured by the Government and lost while so insured, unless the price or hire to be paid therefor, (except in cases where section 802 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, is applicable) is computed in accordance with subsection 902 (a) of said Act, as that subsection is interpreted by the General Accounting Office.

CHAPTER IX DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Civil Functions, Department of the Army the panama canal civil government For an additional amount for “Civil government”, $72,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal.” corps of engineers niagara redevelopment remedial works investigation For engineering and economic investigations, pending authorization for construction, of projects for development and utilization for power purposes of the waters of the Niagara River, allocated to the United States under the treaty between the United States of America and Canada, signed February 27, 1950, and ratified by the United States Senate on August 9, 1950, to remain available until expended, $450,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Flood control, general”.

CHAPTER X FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

International Children’s Welfare Work To enable the President, during the fiscal year 1951. to carry out the provisions of title V of the Foreign Economic Assistance Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 209). relating to international children’s welfare work, $5,750,000.

CHAPTER XI FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

Expenses of Defense Production For an additional amount for “Expenses of defense production”. $27,331,895: Provided, That appropriations under this head for the fiscal year 1951 shall be available for rental of buildings or parts thereof in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including repairs, alterations, and improvements necessary for the proper use by the Government, without regard to section 322 of the Act of June 30, 1932, as amended (40 U. S. C. 278a): Provided further, That the appropriation to the President for Emergencies (National Defense) shall be reimbursed from funds contained herein for allocations made therefrom to any agency of the Government for carrying out the provisions of the Defense Production Act of 1950 after March 31, 1951: Provided further, That the aggregate of borrowings from the Treasury pursuant to section 304 (b) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 which may be outstanding at any one time is increased from “$600,000,000” to “$1,600,000,000”: Provided further, That any appropriation to any department, agency, or corporation, in the executive branch of the Government, for salaries and expenses, shall be available for the discharge of responsibilities, relating to the national defense, assigned to such department, agency, or corporation by or pursuant to law and transfers may be made between appropriations or allocations within any such department, agency, or corporation as may be necessary to carry out this proviso, and no allocation shall be made to any agency which can perform such defense activities as may have been or hereafter be assigned to such agency which can be performed by its regular personnel by use of the foregoing authority to realign its regular programs.

INDEPENDENT OFFICES Federal Civil Defense Administration operations For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 (Public Law 920, 81st Congress), including purchase (not to exceed five) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); reimbursement of the Civil Service Commission for full field investigations of employees occupying positions of critical importance from the standpoint of national security; and expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with civil defense functions; $1,750,000: Provided, That $110,000 shall be available for providing civil defense communications systems pursuant to subsection (c) of section 201 of said Act. federal contributions For financial contributions to the States pursuant to subsection (i) of section 201 of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, $25,000,000, to be equally matched with State funds, of which $20,000,000 shall be for medical supplies and equipment and $5,000,000 for training and education, to remain available to June 30, 1952. civil defense procurement fund For working capital for the “Civil defense procurement fund”, which is hereby established for the purpose of financing the procurement, by the Administrator, of materials or organizational equipment for which financial contributions to the States are otherwise authorized to be made on a matching basis by subsection (i) of section 201 of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, $5,000,000. Said fund shall be charged with the purchase price of said materials or equipment, and shall be paid therefor in advance, or by reimbursement, in equal amounts from (1) applicable appropriations and (2) funds provided by the States. Such materials or organizational equipment may be delivered to any State, and the Federal share of the purchase price of materials or organizational equipment so delivered shall be in lieu of equivalent financial contributions therefor.

CHAPTER XII CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES, AUDITED CLAIMS, AND JUDGMENTS

For payment of claims for damages as settled and determined by departments and agencies in accord with law, audited claims certified to be due by the General Accounting Office, and judgments rendered against the United States by United States district courts and the United States Court of Claims, as set forth in Senate Document Numbered 25, and House Document Numbered 85, Eighty-Second Congress, $3,103,881, together with such amounts as may be necessary to pay interest (as and when specified in such judgments or in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office or provided by law) and such additional sums due to increases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in foreign currency: Provided, That no judgment herein appropriated for shall be paid until it shall have become final and conclusive against the United States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise: Provided further, That, unless otherwise specifically required by law or by the judgment, payment of interest wherever appropriated for herein shall not continue for more than thirty days after the date of approval of this Act.

CHAPTER XIII GENERAL PROVISIONS