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Public Law 85–170

Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, and for other purposes.

Approved August 28, 1957

Statutory text

AN ACT

Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply regular and supplemental appropriations (this Act may be cited as the “Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1958”) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, and for other purposes, namely:

CHAPTER I DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service salaries and expenses Plant and Animal Disease and Pest Control For an additional amount for “Salaries and Expenses”, for “plant and animal disease and pest control”, $4,000,000.

Agricultural Marketing Service For an additional amount for “Marketing Research and Service”, for Marketing Services, $1,300,000: Provided, That this paragraph shall be effective only upon enactment into law of S. 1747 of the Eighty-fifth Congress.

Agricultural Conservation Program Service emergency conservation measures For an additional amount for “Emergency Conservation Measures”, to be used for the same purposes and subject to the same conditions as the funds appropriated under this head in the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957, $20,000,000.

CHAPTER II DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Civil Aeronautics Administration construction and development, additional washington airport For necessary expenses for the construction and development of a public airport in the vicinity of the District of Columbia, as authorized by the Act of September 7, 1950 (64 Stat. 770), including acquisition of land, $12,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed a total of $250,000 may be advanced from this appropriation to the applicable appropriations of the Civil Aeronautics Administration for necessary administrative expenses: Provided further, That such sums as may be necessary but not to exceed $100,000 shall be transferred from this appropriation to the President for expenses necessary for the investigation of alternate sites for said airport: Provided further, That no funds shall be expended for construction and development of said airport until the President shall make a report to the Congress with a recommendation as to the site, said report to be submitted not later than January 15, 1958.

Coast and Geodetic Survey construction of a surveying ship For an additional amount for “Construction of a surveying ship”, $2,400,000, to remain available until expended.

Bureau of Public Roads public lands highways Liquidation of Contract Authorization For payment of obligations incurred pursuant to the contract authorization granted by section 6 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 73) and section 106 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 376), to remain available until expended, $1,533,000, which sum is composed of $225,000, the balance of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1957, and $1,308,000, a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1958.

Weather Bureau salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and Expenses”, $100,000.

THE PANAMA CANAL Panama Canal Company panama canal bridge For expenses necessary for work preliminary to the construction of a high-level bridge across the Panama Canal at Balboa, Canal Zone, as authorized by the Act of July 23, 1956 (70 Stat. 596), $750,000, to remain available until expended.

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES Advisory Committee on Weather Control To complete its final report to the President and the Congress as provided by law, $100,000: Provided, That the Committee shall complete its report and terminate its activities by December 31, 1957. 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, $2,235,000; and in addition there may be transferred to this appropriation not to exceed $6,877,000 from the revolving fund, Small Business Administration, and not to exceed $490,000 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: Provided, further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall be notified in advance of such increases in transfers from the revolving fund. 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 limitations, $100,000,000.

CHAPTER III DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY FUNCTIONS

Interservice Activities loran stations For construction of additional loran stations by the Coast Guard, to remain available until expended, $5,500,000, which shall be transferred on approval of the Secretary of Defense to the appropriation, “Acquisition, construction, and improvements”, Coast Guard. united states scientific satellite For necessary expenses for the United States Scientific Satellite, $34,200,000, to be derived by transfer from such annual appropriations available to the Department of Defense as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense, to remain available until expended: Provided, That within thirty days after the end of each quarter the Secretary of Defense shall render to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a full report of the transfers made pursuant to this authority.

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 sections 102 and 505 of the Act of September 28, 1951 (Public Law 155), by section 102 of 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), the Act of July 15, 1955 (Public Law 161), the Act of August 3, 1956 (Public Law 968), and the additional projects as may be authorized by law during the first session of the Eighty-fifth Congress, without regard to section 4774 (d) of title 10, United States Code, and section 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, to remain available until expended, $310,000,000. military construction, army reserve forces For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation and conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the reserve components, including contributions therefor, as authorized by sections 2231–2238 of title 10, United States Code, without regard to section 4774 (d) of title 10, United States Code. and section 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, and land and interests therein may be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title by the Attorney General as required by section 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $55,000,000, to remain available until expended.

Department of the Navy military construction, navy For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or permanent public works, naval installations, and facilities for the Navy as authorized by section 505 of the Act of September 28, 1951 (Public Law 155), 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), the Act of July 15, 1955 (Public Law 161), the Act of August 3, 1956 (Public Law 968), and the additional projects as may be authorized by law during the first session of the Eighty-fifth Congress, without regard to section 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, including personnel in the Bureau of Yards and Docks and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, to remain available until expended, $265,000,000.

Department of the Air Force military construction, air force For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or permanent public works, military installations, and facilities for the Air Force as authorized by sections 2231–2238 of title 10, United States Code, by section 505 of the Act of September 28, 1951 (Public Law 155), by section 302 of 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), the Act of July 15, 1955 (Public Law 161), the Act of August 3, 1956 (Public Law 968), and the additional projects as may be authorized by law during the first session of the Eighty-fifth Congress, without regard to section 9774 (d) of title 10, United States Code, and section 3734 Revised Statutes as amended, to remain available until expended, $900,000,000.

General Provisions

Sec. 301.

Funds appropriated to the military departments for construction in prior years are hereby made available for construction authorized for each such department by the authorizations enacted into law during the first session of the Eighty-fifth Congress.

Sec. 302.

None of the funds appropriated in this chapter shall be

Cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contracts.

expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for work where cost estimates exceed $25,000 to be performed within the continental United States without the specific approval in writing of the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor.

Sec. 303.

None of the funds appropriated in this chapter shall be

Expediting construction.

expended for additional costs involved in expediting construction unless the Secretary of Defense certifies such costs to be necessary to protect the national interest and establishes a reasonable completion date for each project, taking into consideration the urgency of the requirement, the type and location of the project, the climatic and seasonal conditions affecting the construction and the application of economical construction practices.

Sec. 304.

None of the funds appropriated in this chapter shall be

Bakeries, laundries, etc.

used for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, laundry, or dry-cleaning facility in the United States, its Territories or possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify, in writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be furnished by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources at reasonable rates.

Sec. 305.

Funds appropriated to the military departments for construction

Funds for advance planning.

are hereby made available for advance planning, construction design and architectural services, as authorized by section 504 of the

31 USC 723.

Act of September 28, 1951, as amended (69 Stat. 352), and for hire of passenger motor vehicles.

Sec. 306.

Appropriations to the military departments for construction

Family housing.

may be charged for the cost of administration, supervision and inspection of family housing authorized pursuant to title IV of the

69 Stat. 646. 12 USC 1743 et seq.

Act of August 11, 1955 (Public Law 345), in an amount not to exceed three and one-half per centum of the cost of each such project: Provided, That such appropriations shall be reimbursed from the proceeds of any mortgage executed on each such project.

Sec. 307.

Any limitations contained in the Department of Defense

Ante, p. 312.

Appropriation Act, 1958, on the unit cost of construction of family quarters shall not be applicable to forty-seven units of family quarters at the United States Air Force Academy, the individual cost of which shall not exceed the following limitations: $75,000 on one unit for the superintendent; $50,000 on two units for the deans; and $30,000 on forty-four units for department heads.

Sec. 308.

Funds appropriated to the military departments for construction may be used 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

23 USC 106 and note.

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.

Sec. 309.

The family unit costs for family housing including land

Post, p. 534.

authorized to be purchased by section 103 of H. R. 8240, Eighty-fifth Congress, may exceed by not more than 15 per centum the respective limitations on such costs contained in the Department of Defense

Ante, p. 312.

Appropriation Act for 1958.

Sec. 310.

Any limitations contained in the Department of Defense

Ante, p. 312.

Appropriation Act, 1958, on the unit cost of the construction of family quarters shall not be applicable to such units constructed in Canada, Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands. The average per unit cost of all family quarters constructed in Canada, Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands shall not exceed $32,000, and in no event shall the individual cost exceed $40,000.

Sec. 311.

None of the funds appropriated in this chapter may be

New bases.

used to begin construction on new oases for which specific appropriations have not been made.

Sec. 312.

The Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized to transfer

Transfer of funds.

to the “Air Force industrial fund” not to exceed $75,000,000 from appropriations to the Department of the Air Force available for obligation during the fiscal year 1958.

Sec. 313.

Section 612 of the Department of Defense Appropriation

Ante, p. 325.

Act of 1958, Public Law 117, approved August 2, 1957. is amended by deleting the figures “$41,000,000” in the first line and inserting in lieu thereof “$45,000,000”.

Sec. 314.

The General Counsel of the Department of Defense shall be paid at the rate prescribed by Reorganization Plan Numbered 6 approved June 30, 1953 (67 Stat. 638).

CHAPTER IV DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL FUNCTIONS

Department of the Army administration, ryukyo islands For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet the responsibilities and obligations of the United States in connection with the government of the Ryukyu Islands, including, subject to such authorizations and limitations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, 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, educational exhibits, and dissemination of information, including preview and review expenses incident thereto; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; 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; $2,475,000, of which not to exceed $1,405,000 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 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 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 may be used, insofar as practicable, and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army 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 Secretary of the Army 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 depart- ment 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. construction of power systems, ryukyu islands For necessary expenses of construction, installation, and equipment of electric power systems in the Ryukyu Islands, which shall be operated by the Ryukyu Electric Power Corporation, an instrumentality of the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands; 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 a day for individuals; $1,513,000, to remain available until expended, without regard to sections 355 and 3734 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, and title 10, United States Code, section 4774.

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 1958 for such corporation, except as hereinafter provided: Administrative Expenses, Export-Import Bank of Washington (Limitation) Not to exceed $1,900,000 (to be computed on an accrual basis) of the funds of the Export-Import Bank or 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, and not to exceed $9,000 for entertainment allowances for members of the Board of Directors when specifically authorized by the Chairman of the Board: 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 nonadininistrative expenses for the purposes hereof.

CHAPTER V INDEPENDENT OFFICES

Funds Appropriated to the President disaster relief For an additional amount for “Disaster relief”, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 3 per centum of the foregoing amount shall be available for administrative expenses.

General Services Administration hospital facilities in the district of columbia For an additional amount for expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended, authorizing the establishment of a hospital center in the District of Columbia, including grants to private agencies for hospital facilities in said District, $500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the limitation under this head in the Act of July 15, 1952 (66 Stat. 644), as amended, on the total amount to be provided for completion of grant projects, is increased from $13,010,000 to $13,300,000: Provided, further, That the limitation on the total amount for completion of the hospital center is increased from $23,200,000 to $23,410,000. operating expenses, national archives and records service For an additional amount for “Operating expenses, National Archives and Records Service”, $30,000.

Housing and Home Finance Agency office of the administrator For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $450,000; and the limitation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1958, on the amount available for expenses of travel, is increased from “$340,000” to “$375,000”.

Farm Housing Research To carry out the provisions of section 603 of the Housing Act of 1957 for farm housing research to be conducted by land-grant colleges through grants for research, study, and analysis, $75,000.

CHAPTER VI DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management construction Not to exceed $1,423 of the funds available to the Bureau of Land Management from definite annual appropriations shall be available for reimbursing the city of Monticello, Utah, for the cost of improvements to streets and appurtenant facilities adjoining property under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management.

Bureau of Indian Affairs resources management There is hereby authorized to be transferred to this appropriation, from any other definite annual appropriations from the general funds of the Treasury available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, not to exceed $169,000 for emergency operation and maintenance of the San Carlos irrigation project on a non-reimbursable basis: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to expend income received from leases on lands on the Colorado River Indian Reservation (southern and northern reserves) for the benefit of the Colorado River Indian Tribes and their members during the current fiscal year, or until beneficial ownership of the lands has been determined if such determination is made during the current fiscal year.

INDEPENDENT OFFICES Alaska International Rail and Highway Commission salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the Alaska International Rail and Highway Commission, established by the Act of August 1, 1956 (TO Stat. 888), including reimbursement to the “Emergency Fund for the President, National Defense” for allocations made pursuant to section 8 of said Act, $60,000, to remain available until August 31, 1958. Commission for a National Cultural Center salaries and expenses Not to exceed $12,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation for “Salaries and expenses, District of Columbia Auditorium Commission”, granted in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957, shall remain available during the fiscal year 1958, for necessary expenses of the Commission for a National Cultural Center, as authorized by the Act of July 1, 1955 (Public Law 128), as amended: Provided, That this paragraph shall be effective only upon enactment into law of II. R. 4813.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Forest Land Management: During the current fiscal year not to exceed $50,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for the acquisition of sites authorized by the Act of March 3, 1925, as amended (16 U. S. C. 555), without regard to any other limitation on the amount available for this purpose.

CHAPTER VII DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE

Public Health Service communicable diseases Communicable diseases: For an additional amount for “Communicable diseases”, for emergency measures necessary for the further prevention and control of a threatened or actual epiâemic of influenza, $800,000: Provided, That $2,000,000 may be transferred from funds appropriated for disaster relief pursuant to the Act of September 30, 1950, chapter 1125, section 8 (64 Stat. 1109), for the purposes specified in this paragraph, including the purchase, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, and distribution of supplies and materials for prevention and control and grants to States of money and medical supplies and materials, upon a finding by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, upon the recommendation of the Surgeon General and the National Advisory Health Council, that a threatened or actual epidemic of influenza constitutes an actual or potential health emergency of national significance. hospitals and medical care The limitation under this head contained in the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1959, for payments for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act is increased by such sum or sums as may be necessary for the purpose. construction of indian health facilities For an additional amount for “Construction of Indian health facilities”, $34,000, for the construction of sewer and water facilities for the Elko Indian colony, Nevada.

CHAPTER VIII PUBLIC WORKS

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL FUNCTIONS Department of the Army rivers and harbors and flood control Construction, General For an additional amount, for “Construction, General”, $425,000, to remain available until expended. 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 hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, and purchase (not to exceed two hundred for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $13,317,000, to remain available until expended.

CHAPTER IX DEPARTMENT OF STATE

International Organizations and Conferences eleventh world health assembly of the world health organization For necessary expenses incident to organizing and holding the Eleventh World Health Assembly in the United States, as authorized by the Act of July 30, 1956 (Public Law 832), $332,500. contributions to international organizations Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of Public Law 689, Eighty-fourth Congress, an additional contribution of $5,696 to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Conference is authorized out of funds previously appropriated for “Contributions to International Organizations”.

International Commissions international fisheries commissions For an additional amount for “International fisheries commissions”, $80,000.

Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Activities For expenses to carry out the provisions of section 1011 (d) of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended (22 U. S. C. 1442 (d)), $3,525,000: Provided, That this amount shall be used for purchase of foreign currencies from the special account for the informational media guaranty program, at rates of exchange determined by the Treasury Department, but in no event at a higher rate per unit than the free world market value of the currency purchased, and the amounts of any such purchases shall be covered into miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury.

THE JUDICIARY Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services salaries of referees For an additional amount for “Salaries of referees”, $10,000, to be derived from the referees’ salary fund established in pursuance of the Act of June 28, 1946, as amended (11 U. S. C. 68). expenses of referees For an additional amount of “Expenses of referees”, $75,000, to be derived from the referees’ expense fund established in pursuance of the Act of June 28, 1946, as amended (11 U. S. C. 68 (c) (4)).

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT President’s Special International Program For an additional amount for the “President’s special international program”, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 2131), $2,745,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the amount made available under this head in the Departments of State and Justice, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1958, for United States participation in the Universal and International Exhibition of Brussels, 1958, is increased from “$6,500,000” to “$7,045,000”.

CHAPTER X TREASURY DEPARTMENT

Coast Guard acquisition, construction, and improvements For an additional amount for “Acquisition, construction, and improvements”, $8,100,000, to remain available until expended.

CHAPTER XI DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

(Out of District of Columbia Funds)

Operating Expenses compensation and retirement fund expenses For an additional amount, fiscal year 1957, for “Compensation and retirement fund expenses”, for financing the liability of the District of Columbia to the “Civil service retirement and disability fund”, $980,000, of which $78,300 shall be payable from the highway fund, $34,100 from the water fund, $29,900 from the sanitary sewage works fund, and $2,500 from the motor vehicle parking fund. office of corporation counsel For an additional amount for “Office of Corporation Counsel”, $40,000. courts For an additional amount for “Courts”, $73,000. department of public health Department of Public Health, amounts equal to the cost of medical services rendered recipients of Public Assistance, without charge, may from time to time be transferred to the Department of Public Welfare for deposit into a fund, hereby established, for the purpose of matching Federal grants under the Social Security Act for payment for medical services as provided under that Act, payment of related administrative expense, and return of any surplus to the general fund of the District of Columbia. national zoological park For an additional amount for “National Zoological Park”, $49,000.

Capital Outlay public building construction For an additional amount for “Capital Outlay, Public Building Construction” for acquisition of a site for an addition to Bryan Elementary School, preparation of plans and specifications, construction, including building improvements and alterations and treatment of grounds, for additions to the following elementary schools: River Terrace, Bryan, Noyes, and Kingsman; to remain available until expended, $2,421,000, of which $146,500 shall be available for construction services by the Director of Buildings and Grounds or by contract for architectural engineering services, as may be determined by the Commissioners, and the funds for the use of the Director of Buildings and Grounds shall be advanced to the appropriation account, “Construction Services, Department of Buildings and Grounds”.

Miscellaneous settlement of claims and suits 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 (45 Stat. 1160; 46 Stat. 500; 65 Stat. 131), $14,778. judgments For the payment of final judgments rendered against the District of Columbia, as set forth in Senate Document Numbered 57 and House Documents Numbered 198 and 213 (Eighty-fifth Congress), $44,128, 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. 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 or special funds of the District of Columbia as provided by law (District of Columbia Code, title 47, sec. 130a), being for the service of the fiscal year 1956 and prior fiscal years as set forth in House Documents Numbered 198 and 213 (Eighty-fifth Congress), $112,289, 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 (Act of July 10, 1952, 66 Stat. 546, sec. 14d).

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 XII LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

House of Representatives For payment to Anastasia S. Bowler, widow of James B. Bowler, late a Representative from the State of Illinois, $22,500.

Capitol Police General expenses: For an additional amount for “General expenses”, $2,000.

Architect of the Capitol capitol buildings and grounds Furniture and furnishings, additional Senate Office Building: To enable the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the Senate Office Building Commission, to carry out the provisions of the Act of July 10, 1957 (Public Law 85–93, Eighty-fifth Congress), authorizing furniture and furnishings for the additional office building for the United States Senate, authorized to be constructed and equipped by the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948 (62 Stat. 1029), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended. Remodeling, Senate Office Building: Toward carrying out the provisions of the Act of July 10, 1957 (Public Law 85–95, Eighty-fifth Congress), authorizing the enlargement and remodeling of Senators’ suites and structural, mechanical, and other changes and improvements in the existing Senate Office Building to provide improved accommodations for the United States Senate, $250,000, to be expended by the Architect of the Capitol under the direction of the Senate Office Building Commission and to remain available until expended: Provided, That the funds herein appropriated may be expended only for such work as can be done by the force of the Architect of the Capitol, except that not to exceed $20,000 of such funds may be expended on a personal service contract basis for consulting architectural and engineering services for preparation of preliminary plans and estimates of cost Heretofore completed.

CHAPTER XIII 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 House Document Numbered 213, and schedule C of Senate Document Numbered 38, Eighty-fifth Congress, $2,104,087, 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.

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 60, Eighty-fifth Congress, $753,860 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 XIV GENERAL PROVISION

Sec. 1401.

Subsection (e) (1) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U. S. C. 665), is hereby further amended to read as follows:

“(e)
(1)

No apportionment or reapportionment, or request therefor

Apportionment or reapportionment.

by the head or an agency, which, m the judgment of the officer making or the agency head requesting such apportionment or reapportionment, would indicate a necessity for a deficiency or supplemental estimate shall be made except upon a determination by such officer or agency head, as the case may be, that such action is required because of (A) any laws enacted subsequent to the transmission to the Congress of the estimates for an appropriation which require expenditures beyond administrative control; or (B) emergencies involving the safety of human life, the protection of property, or the immediate welfare of individuals in cases where an appropriation has been made to enable the United States to make payment of, or contributions toward, sums which are required to be paid to individuals either in specific amounts fixed by law or in accordance with formulae prescribed by law.”

Sec. 1402.

The appropriations, authorizations, and authority with

Availability of funds, etc.

respect thereto in this Act shall be available from July 1, 1957, for the purposes provided in such appropriations, authorizations, and authority. All obligations incurred during the period between June 30, 1957, and the date of enactment of this Act in anticipation of such appropriations, authorizations, and authority are hereby ratified and confirmed if in accordance with the terms hereof, and the terms of

Ante, p. 273.

Public Law 85–78, Eighty-fifth Congress, as amended.

Approved August 28, 1957.

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