Public Law 84–219

CHAPTER I DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service salaries and expenses Not to exceed $25,000 of funds appropriated under this head in the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1956, for research, shall Lie available for construction of a building at the United States Range Livestock Experiment Station, Miles City, Montana. animal disease laboratory facilities For preparation of plans and specifications for construction of facilities for animal disease research and control, and for surveys to determine the cost of acquiring and altering facilities which may be made suitable for such work, including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 7(16 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $250,000, to remain available until expended.

Commodity Exchange Authority For an additional amount for “Commodity Exchange Authority”, $33,000.

Farmers’ Home Administration loan authorizations For an additional amount for “Loan authorizations”, for loans under title II of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, $15,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed the foregoing amount shall be borrowed in one account from the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions set forth under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952. salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $350,000.

Office of the General Counsel For an additional amount for “Office of the General Counsel”, $40,000.

Agricultural Conservation Program Service Not to exceed $5,000,000 of the appropriation under the head “Agricultural Conservation Program Service”, in the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1955, shall be available for the purposes specified under the head “Agricultural conservation program”, in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1955, and shall be merged with the amount provided therein.

Commodity Credit Corporation For the purpose of assisting the Commodity Credit Corporation in selling its agricultural commodities, the position of sales manager is hereby authorized in grade 17 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, in accordance with the standards and procedures of that Act.

CHAPTER II DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Civil Aeronautics Administration operation and regulation For an additional amount for “Operation and regulation”, $600,000. construction, washington national airport For an additional amount for “Construction, Washington National Airport”, including construction, alterations, and repairs, $2,600,000, to remain available until expended.

Coast and Geodetic Survey salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $159,000.

Maritime Activities maritime training For an additional amount for “Maritime training”, $100,000; and the limitation under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1956, on the amount available for transfer to applicable appropriations of the Public Health Service for services rendered to the Maritime Administration is increased by $5,000. repair of reserve fleet vessels (liquidation of contract authorization) The limitation under this head in the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1956, on the amount which may be advanced to the appropriation, “Salaries and expenses, maritime activities,” for administrative expenses is increased from “$150,000” to “$225,000”.

Bureau of Public Roads inter-american highway For an additional amount for “Inter-American Highway”, as authorized by the Act of July 1, 1955 (Public Law 129), $37,730,000, to remain available until expended.

Weather Bureau salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $500,000; and the limitation under this head in the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1956, on the amount available for improvement and operation of hurricane, severe storm, and tornado warning services, including research and construction of related facilities, is increased from “$4,250,001)” to “$4,750,000”.

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION salaries and expenses For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small Business Administration, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $2,000,000; and in addition there may be transferred to this appropriation not to exceed $2,865,000 from the Revolving Fund, Small Business Administration, and not to exceed $535,000 from the fund for Liquidation of Reconstruction Finance Corporation Disaster Loans, Small Business Administration, for administrative expenses in connection with activities financed under said funds: Provided, That the amount authorized for transfer from the Revolving Fund, Small Business Administration, may be increased, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, by such amount as may be required to finance administrative expenses incurred in the making of disaster loans. revolving fund For additional capital for the Revolving Fund authorized by the Small Business Act of 1953, as amended, to be available without fiscal year limitation, $25,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation and the appropriation to the Small Business Administration for “Salaries and expenses”, for the fiscal year 1956, shall be available only upon the enactment into law of S. 2127, Eighty-fourth Congress, first session, or similar legislation, continuing the Small Business Administration during the fiscal year 1956.

UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION That part of title III of Public Law 121, Eighty-fourth Congress, approved June 30, 1955, which pertains to the appropriation for the Tariff Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, is hereby amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a colon and adding the following additional proviso: “And provided further, That that part of the foregoing appropriation which is for expenses of travel shall be available, when specifically authorized by the Chairman of the Tariff Commission, for expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the functions and activities of the said Commission”.

CHAPTER III CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

construction For the preparation of detail plans and specifications of a Central Intelligence Agency headquarters installation and for other purposes as authorized by title IV of the Act of July 15, 1955 (Public Law 161), to remain available until expended, $5,500,000.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY FUNCTIONS Interservice Activities access roads For advances to the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce, for the purposes of section 6 of the Defense Highway Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 765), as amended, and section 12 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 785), as amended, when projects authorized therein are certified as important to the national defense by the Secretary of Defense, $2,250,000, to remain available until expended. loran stations For construction of additional Loran Stations by the Coast Guard, to remain available until expended, $4,200,000, which shall be transferred to the appropriation, “Acquisition, construction, and improvements”, Coast Guard. Department of the Army military construction, army For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or permanent public works, military installations, and facilities, for the Army, as authorized by the Act of September 28, 1951 (Public Law 155), the Act of July 14, 1952 (Public Law 534), the Act of August 7, 1953 (Public Law 209), the Act of July 27, 1954 (Public I jaw 534), the Act of September 1, 1954 (Public Law 765), and the Act of July 15, 1955 (Public Law 161), without regard to sections 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; to remain available until expended, $485,077,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation for “Procurement and production, Army”. Department of the Navy military construction, navy For an additional amount for acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or permanent public works, naval installations, and facilities for the Navy, as authorized by the Act of September 28, 1951 (Public Law 155), the Act of July 14, 1952 (Public Law 534), the Act of August 7, 1953 (Public Law 209), the Act of July 27, 1954 (Public Law 534), the Act of September 1, 1954 (Public Law 765), and the Act of July 15, 1955 (Public Law 161), without regard to sections 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended; including hire of passenger motor vehicles; furniture for public quarters; and personnel in the Bureau of Yards and Docks and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation; $442,628,300, to remain available until expended. audited claims Applicable current appropriations of the Department of the Navy shall be available for the payment of claims certified by the Comptroller General to be otherwise due, in the amounts stated below, from the following appropriations: “Maintenance, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts”, fiscal year 1943, $171.48; “Pay, subsistence, and transportation, Navy”, fiscal year 1943, $3,344.24; “Maintenance, Bureau of Ships”, fiscal year 1946, $5,838.42; and “Transportation of things, Navy”, fiscal year 1948, $1,359.86. Department of the Air Force military construction, air force For an additional amount for acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or permanent public works, military installations, and facilities for the Air Force as authorized by the Act of September 11, 1950 (Public Law 783), the Act of September 28, 1951 (Public Law 155), the Act of July 14, 1952 (Public Law 534), the Act of August 7, 1953 (Public Law 209), the Act of April 1, 1954 (Public Law 325), the Act of July 27, 1954 (Public Law 534), the Act of September 1, 1954 (Public Law 765), and of the Act of July 15, 1955 (Public Law 161), without regard to sections 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended; including hire of passenger motor vehicles, including research and development facilities at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Day ton, Ohio; to remain available until expended, $994,291,000 of which $255,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Procurement and production, Army”: Provided, That not to exceed $350,000 of this appropriation shall” be used for the purposes authorized by section 303 of the Act of July 15, 1955 (Public Law 161).

CHAPTER IV DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL FUNCTIONS

Department of the Army government and relief in occupied areas For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet the responsibilities and obligations of the United States in connection with the government or occupation of the Ryukyu Islands, including, subject to such authorizations and limitations as may be prescribed by the head of the department or agency concerned, tuition, travel expenses, and fees incident to instruction in the United States or elsewhere of such persons as may be required to carry out the provisions of this appropriation; travel expenses and transportation; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not in excess of $50 per diem for individuals not to exceed ten in number; translation rights, photographic work, education exhibits, and dissemination of information, including preview and review expenses incident thereto; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; repair and maintenance of buildings, utilities, facilities, and appurtenances; and such supplies, commodities, and equipment as may be essential to carry out the purposes of this appropriation; $3,000,000, of which not to exceed $1,210,000 shall be available for administrative and information and education expenses: Provided, That the general provisions of the Appropriation Act for the current fiscal year for the military functions of the Department of the Army shall apply to expenditures made by that Department from this Appropriation: Provided further, That expenditures from this Appropriation may be made outside continental United States, when necessary to carry out its purposes, without regard to sections 355,1136,3648, and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, civil service or classification laws, or provisions of law prohibiting payment of any person not a citizen of the United States: Provided further, That expenditures from this appropriation may be made, when necessary to carry out its purposes, without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended, and the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947 (41 U. S. C. 151–161): Provided further, That expenditures may be made hereunder for the purposes of economic rehabilitation in the Ryukyu Islands in such manner as to be consistent with the general objectives of titles II and III of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, and in the manner authorized by sections 505 (a) and 522 (e) thereof: Provided further, That funds appropriated hereunder and unexpended at the time of the termination of occupation by the United States, of any area for which such funds are made available, may be expended by the President for the procurement of such commodities and technical services, and commodities procured from funds herein or heretofore appropriated for government and relief in occupied areas and not delivered to such an area prior to the time of the termination of occupation, may be utilized by the President, as may be necessary to assist in the maintenance of the political and economic stability of such areas: Provided further, That before any such assistance is made available, an agreement shall be entered into between the United States and the recognized government or authority with respect to such area containing such undertakings by such government or authority as the President may determine to be necessary in order to assure the efficient use of such assistance in furtherance of such purposes: Provided further, That such agreement shall, when applicable, include requirements and undertakings corresponding to the requirements and undertakings specified in section 303 of the Mutual Security Act of 1954: Provided further, That funds appropriated hereunder may be used, insofar as practicable, and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the head of the department or agency concerned to pay ocean transportation charges from United States ports, including territorial ports, to ports in the Ryukyus for the movement of supplies donated to, or purchased by, United States voluntary nonprofit relief agencies registered with and recommended by the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid or of relief packages consigned to individuals residing in such areas: Provided further, That under the rules and regulations to be prescribed, the head of the department or agency concerned shall fix and pay a uniform rate per pound for the ocean transportation of all relief packages of food or other general Classification of commodities shipped to the Ryukyus regardless of methods of shipment and higher rates charged by particular agencies of transportation, but this proviso shall not apply to shipments made by individuals to individuals: Provided further, That the President may transfer to any other department or agency any function or functions provided for under this appropriation, and there shall be transferred to any such department or agency without reimbursement and without regard to the appropriation from which procured, such property as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to relate primarily to any function or functions so transferred.

CORPORATION The following corporation is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to such corporation, 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 1956 for such corporation, except as hereinafter provided: Export-Import Bank of Washington administrative expense limitation Not to exceed $1,500,000 (to be computed on an accrual basis) of the funds of the Export-Import Bank of Washington shall be available during the current fiscal year for all administrative expenses of the bank, 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: Provided, That necessary expenses (including special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services, and fees or dues to international organizations of credit institutions engaged in financing foreign trade) in connection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of any real or personal property belonging to the bank or in which it has an interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, or the investigation or appraisal of any property in respect to which an application for a loan has been made, shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof.

CHAPTER V GENERAL GOVERNMENT MATTERS

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Office of Defense Mobilization salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, for carrying out the provisions of section 7 of the Act of June 21, 1955 (Public Law 86), $50,000.

FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION International Claims For expenses necessary to enable the Commission to settle certain claims as authorized by the Act of March 10, 1950, as amended (22 U. S. C. 1621–1627), including expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the purpose of this appropriation; 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; and employment of aliens; $400,000: Provided, That this paragraph shall be effective only upon enactment into law of H. R. 6382, Eighty-fourth Congress, find session.

PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION ON VETERANS’ PENSIONS For expenses necessary for a special study of the veterans’ compensation and pensions program, to be expended as the President may direct, $300,000.

CHAPTER VI INDEPENDENT OFFICES

Federal Civil Defense Administration operations For an additional amount for “Operations”, $825,000. surveys, plans, and research For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for studies and research to develop measures and plans for evacuation, shelter, and the protection of life and property, as authorized by section 201 (d) of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. salaries and expenses, civil defense functions of federal agencies For necessary expenses to enable departments and agencies to discharge civil defense responsibilities delegated under the authority of section 201 (b) of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation, and the purchase of materials and supplies necessary thereto, $1,500,000.

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Sites and Planning, Purchase Contract, and Public Buildings Projects For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 518), $15,000,000, to remain available until expended and to be in addition to and available for the same purposes as any unobligated balances which have been or may be made available, by any law enacted during the first session of the Eighty-fourth Congress, for carrying out the purposes of said Act: Provided, That any such unobligated balances may be consolidated with this appropriation. Repair, Improvement, and Equipment of Federally Owned Buildings Outside the District of Columbia For an additional amount for “Repair, improvement, and equipment of federally owned buildings outside the District of Columbia”, $1,150,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the limitation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1956, on the amount available for expenses of travel, is increased from “$145,000” to “$155,000”. Operating Expenses, Federal Supply Service For an additional amount for “Operating expenses, Federal Supply Service”, $200,000; and the limitation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1956, on the amount available for travel expenses is increased by $1,000. Expenses, General Supply Fund For an additional amount for “Expenses, general supply fund”, $1,000,000, of which $300,000 shall be for nonrecurring moving and space costs in connection with the relocation of warehouse management and other employees into office space in regional warehouses; and the limitation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1956, on the amount available for expenses of travel is increased by $22,500. Operating Expenses, National Archives and Records Service For an additional amount for “Operating expenses, National Archives and Records Service”, $122,500. Strategic and Critical Materials The appropriation granted under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1956, shall be available for necessary expenses for transportation and handling, within the United States (including charges at United States ports) storage, security, and maintenance of strategic and critical materials acquired for the supplemental stockpile pursuant to section 104 (b) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U. S. C. 1704 (b)).

HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY Public Housing Administration annual contributions For an additional amount, fiscal year 1955, for “Annual contributions”, $4,100,000.

NATIONAL SECURITY TRAINING COMMISSION salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the National Security Training Commission, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates for individuals not in excess of $50 per diem, and contracts with temporary or part-time employees may be renewed annually; and expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation; $40,000.

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM salaries and expenses Not to exceed $180,000 of the amount made available under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1956, for registration, classification, and induction activities of local boards, shall be available during the current fiscal year for expenses of the National Advisory Committee on the Selection of Physicians, Dentists, and Allied Specialists, including not to exceed $30,000 for expenses of travel.

CHAPTER VII DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management management of lands and resources For an additional amount for “Management of lands and resources”, $250,000.

Bureau of Indian Affairs payment to cheyenne river sioux tribe of indians For deposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of Indians for rehabilitation and relocation in accordance with the provisions of section V of the Act of September 3, 1954 (Public Law 776), $5,160,000. tribal funds For an additional amount for “Tribal funds”, $200,000, from funds to the credit of the Indians of California as defined and enrolled under the Act of May 18, 1928 (45 Stat. 602), as amended, the successors in interest to claims against the United States as therein provided, for payment of expenses, other than attorney fees, heretofore or hereafter incurred by attorneys prosecuting the claims of the Indians of California before the Indian Claims Commission under contracts approved by the Secretary of the Interior.

Bureau of Mines conservation and development of mineral resources For an additional amount for “Conservation and development of mineral resources”, $1,200,000. drainage of anthracite mines For contributions as authorized by the Act “To provide for the conservation of anthracite coal resources through measures of flood control and anthracite mine drainage, and for other purposes” (Public Law 162, approved July 15, 1955), $8,500,000, to remain available until expended.

Fish and Wildlife Service investigations of resources For an additional amount for “Investigations of resources”, $730,000. construction For an additional amount for “Construction”, $750,000, of which $455,000 shall be available for the construction of fish-cultural facilities below Norfork Dam, Arkansas, to remain available until expended.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service—Salaries and Expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, for national forest protection and management, $300,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be effective only upon enactment into law of H. R. 5891, Eighty-fourth Congress.

ALEXANDER HAMILTON BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION For an additional amount for “Alexander Hamilton Bicentennial Commission”, $120,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall become effective only upon the enactment into law of S. 1395.

BOSTON NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES COMMISSION For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of June 16, 1955 (69 Stat. 136, 137, 138), $40,000, to remain available until June 30, 1957.

JOHN MARSHALL BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMISSION For an additional amount for “John Marshall Bicentennial Celebration Commission” for carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 13, 1954 (68 Stat. 702), including entertainment, $82,500, to remain available until December 31, 1955.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Museum of History and Technology For necessary expenses of construction of a building for the Museum of History and Technology, as authorized by the Act of June 28, 1955 (Public Law 106), including the preparation of plans and specifications, not to exceed $75,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals, and incidental expenses of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution and of the Joint Congressional Committee established by said Act, $2,288,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the expenses of the Joint Congressional Committee shall be paid upon certification of the Chairman of said Committee.

SOO LOCKS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMISSION Funds appropriated for the Soo Locks Centennial Celebration Commission in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1955 (Public Law 24, Eighty-fourth Congress), shall be available for expenses of official entertainment.

CHAPTER VIII DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Solicitor salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $250,000.

Bureau of Employment Security salaries and expenses, mexican farm labor program For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses, Mexican farm labor program”, $650,000: Provided, That this amount shall be available only upon enactment into law of H. R. 3822, Eighty-fourth Congress, or similar legislation, extending authority for the importation of Mexican agricultural workers.

Wage and Hour Division salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $1,500,000: Provided, That this amount and the amount appropriated in this Act for “Salaries and expenses. Office of the Solicitor”, shall be available only upon enactment into law of S. 2168, Eighty-fourth Congress, or similar legislation, increasing the minimum wage.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Food and Drug Administration salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, including hire of motor vehicles, $300,000, to be available for enforcement of food and drug laws relating to poliomyelitis vaccine. Gallaudet College salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, fiscal year 1955, for payment of retroactive pay increases granted by administrative action, comparable to those authorized by the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 172), $5,400, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Grants to States for public assistance”, Social Security Administration, fiscal year 1955. Howard University salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, fiscal year 1955, for payment of retroactive pay increases granted by administrative action, comparable to those authorized by the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 172), $76,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Grants to States for public assistance”, Social Security Administration, fiscal year 1955. Office of Education salaries and expenses, white house conference on education For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses, White House Conference on Education”, $220,000. Public Health Service assistance to states, general For an additional amount for “Assistance to States, general”, $4,500,000, to be available only for grants to States for planning and operating a program for distribution and use of poliomyelitis vaccine. sanitary engineering activities For an additional amount for “Sanitary engineering activities”, $1,190,000, to remain available only until June 30, 1956, for the purposes of the Act of July 14, 1955 (Public Law 159). mental health activities For an additional amount for “Mental health activities”, $250,000. grants to states for poliomyelitis vaccination For grants to States for carrying out the purposes of the Poliomyelitis Vaccination Assistance Act of 1955, $30,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall become effective only upon the enactment into law of H. R. 7126 or S. 2501, Eighty-fourth Congress. construction of housing facilities for animals For construction of facilities for housing animals for the National Institutes of Health, including equipment and preparation of plans and specifications, $600,000.

CHAPTER IX PUBLIC WORKS

Atomic Energy Commission plant and equipment For expenses of the Commission in connection with the purchase and construction of plant and the acquisition of equipment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary in carrying out. the purposes of the Atomic Energy’ Act of 1954, including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion; purchase of aircraft; purchase (not to exceed four hundred and seventy-nine for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $256,327,000, to remain available until expended and $2,900,000 which shall be available for the construction of a community hospital at Oak Ridge, Tennessee: Provided, That, in addition to transfers otherwise authorized by law, $90,000,000 of unexpended balances available under this head shall be transferred to the appropriation “Operating Expenses, Atomic Energy Commission.”

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL FUNCTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Rivers and Harbors and Flood Control construction, general For an additional amount for “Construction, general”, $5,551,014.

CHAPTER X DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Salaries and Expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $1,970,000, of which $233,000 shall be available for rents in the District of Columbia.

International Contingencies For an additional amount for “International contingencies”, $1,000,000.

Extension and Remodeling, State Department Building For expenses necessary for planning the extension and remodeling, under the supervision of the General Services Administration, of the State Department Building, Washington, District of Columbia, to remain available until expended, $1,000,000, to be transferred to the General Services Administration.

Payment to the Republic of Panama After the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Mutual Understanding and Cooperation, signed January 25, 1955, by the United States of America and the Republic of Panama (Senate Executive F, Eighty-fourth Congress, first, session; ratification advised by the Senate), the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be paid annually (in lieu of the annual payment provided under this head in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1954), out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,930,000 as a payment to the Republic of Panama in accordance with article I thereof.

International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $75,000.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Legal Activities and General Administration salaries and expenses, united states attorneys and marshals For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses, United States attorneys and marshals”, $1,160,000. salaries and expenses, claims of persons of japanese ancestry For an additional amount, fiscal year 1955, for “Salaries and expenses, claims of persons of Japanese ancestry”, $275,000, for the payment of claims authorized by the Act of July 2, 1948 (50 U. S. C. 1981–7).

THE JUDICIARY Supreme Court of the United States salaries For an additional amount for “Salaries”, $90,000. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $40,000. Customs Court salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $67,500. Court of Claims salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $40,000. Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services salaries of judges For an additional amount for “Salaries of judges”, $2,678,000. salaries of referees For an additional amount for “Salaries of referees”, $70,000, to be derived from the referees’ salary fund established in pursuance to the Act of June 28, 1946, as amended (11U. S. C. 68).

UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY Salaries and Expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $336,630.

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT emergency fund for international affairs For expenses necessary to enable the President to take such measures as he deems appropriate to meet extraordinary or unusual circumstances arising in the international affairs of the Government, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, for use in the President’s discretion and without regard to such provisions of law as he may specify: Provided, That the President shall transmit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, not less often than quarterly, a full report of expenditures under this appropriation.

CHAPTER XI TREASURY DEPARTMENT

Bureau of Accounts salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $185,000.

Coast Guard operating expenses For an additional amount for “Operating expenses”, $7,000,000. retired pay For an additional amount for “Retired pay”, $2,600,000. reserve training For an additional amount for “Reserve training”, $228,000.

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT Office of First Assistant Postmaster General city delivery carriers For an additional amount, fiscal year 1947, for “City delivery carriers”, $10,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Railway Mail Service”, fiscal year 1947.

CORPORATION federal facilities corporation The amount of the Corporation’s funds made available under this head in title I of the Treasury-Post Office Appropriation Act, 1956, for administrative expenses of the Corporation, is increased from $800,000 to $975,000.

CHAPTER XII DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Operating Expenses department of general administration For an additional amount for “Department of General Administration”, $190,000: Provided, That for the purpose of assessing and reassessing real property in the District of Columbia $35,000 of this appropriation shall be available for 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 $100 per diem. courts For an additional amount, fiscal year 1954, for “United States courts”, $132,812. health department For an additional amount, fiscal year 1954, for “Medical charities”, $43,120. public welfare For an additional amount, fiscal year 1954, for “Operating expenses, protective institutions”, $137,936. personal services, wage-scale employees For pay increases for wage-scale employees, to be transferred by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to the appropriations and funds of said District for the fiscal year 1956 from which said employees are properly payable, $448,047, of which $65,645 shall be payable from the highway fund, $75,108 from the water fund, and $38,945 from the sanitary sewage works fund; said increases in compensation to be effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning after June 30, 1955: Provided, That no retroactive compensation or salary shall be payable in the case of any individual not in the service of the municipal government of the District of Columbia on the date of approval of this Act, except that such retroactive com-pensation or salary shall be paid in the case of a deceased officer or employee, or of a retired officer or employee, for services rendered after the effective date of the increase. salary increases, policemen and firemen The provisions of title II of Public Law 123, approved June 30, 1955, shall apply also to costs in the fiscal year 1955 of pay increases granted by or pursuant to Public Law , Eighty-fourth Congress: Provided, That this paragraph shall be effective only upon enactment into law of either S. 2428 or H. R. 7159, or similar legislation.

Capital Outlay public building construction The appropriation for “Capital outlay, public building construction”, contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1956, shall be available for preparation of plans and specifications for a warehouse at the Children’s Center and the erection of the following structures, including the treatment of grounds: Branch library building in Woodridge, new Metropolitan Police Women’s Bureau Building (including the installation of telephones, telephone switchboard, and teletypewriter system), and new fire engine house in the vicinity of Twenty-fourth and Irving Streets Southeast (including instruments for receiving alarms and connecting said house to the fire alarm system).

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 1953 and prior fiscal years, as set forth in House Document Numbered 199 (Eighty-fourth Congress), $252,036, together with such further sums as may be necessary to pay the interest on audited claims for refunds at not exceeding 4 per centum per annum as provided by law (D. C. Code, title 47, sec. 2413d).

Division of Expenses The sums appropriated in this Act for the District of Columbia shall, unless otherwise specifically provided for, be paid out of the general fund of the District of Columbia, as defined in the District of Columbia Appropriation Acts for the fiscal years involved.

CHAPTER XIII LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Senate contingent expenses of the senate Miscellaneous items: For an additional amount for Miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, fiscal year 1955, $185,835.

CHAPTER XIV 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 75 and House Document Numbered 184, Eighty-fourth Congress, $8,117,523, 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 XV GENERAL PROVISIONS