Public Law 83–304

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations (this Act may be cited as the “Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1954”) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes, namely:

CHAPTER I LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Senate contingent expenses of the senate Inquiries and investigations: For an additional amount for expenses of inquiries and investigations, $600,000.

CHAPTER II TREASURY DEPARTMENT

Bureau of Accounts salaries and expenses, division of disbursement For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses, Division of Disbursement”, $4,800,000.

Coast Guard acquisition, construction, and improvements For an additional amount for “Acquisition, construction, and improvements”, $8,120,500, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Maintenance and operations, Air Force, 1954”, and to remain available until expended.

CHAPTER III DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Unemployment Compensation for Veterans For an additional amount for “Unemployment compensation for veterans”, $15,000,000.

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD Arbitration and Emergency Boards For an additional amount for “Arbitration and emergency boards”, $125,000.

CHAPTER IV EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

President’s Advisory Committee on Government Organization For necessary expenses of the President’s Advisory Committee on Government Organization, established by Executive Order 10432 of January 24, 1953, including 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; expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of the Committee; and actual transportation expenses and an allowance of not to exceed $15 per diem in lieu of subsistence while away from their homes or regular places of business, for members of the Committee and other persons serving without compensation; $60,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until June 30, 1955: Provided, That the Committee is authorized, without regard to section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949, to place one position in Grade GS–17 of the general schedule established by said Act.

INDEPENDENT OFFICES Commission on Intergovernmental Relations Salaries and expenses: The limitation under this head contained in Chapter VII of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1954, on the amount available for expenses of travel, is hereby increased to $143,200. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for “salaries and expenses”, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $1,431,909: Provided, That said appropriation shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That the limitation under said head in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1954, as amended, on the amount available for expenses of travel, is increased to $302,344.

CHAPTER V CLAIMS, 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 House Document Numbered 329, Eighty-third Congress, $5,500,707, 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 VI GENERAL PROVISIONS