Public Law 85–58

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 “Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957”) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes, namely:

CHAPTER I DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service salaries and expenses Research The limitation under this head in the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1957, on the amount available for construction of buildings, is increased from “$1,850,000” to “$1,916,000”. payments to states, hawaii, alaska, and puerto rico Penalty Mail For penalty mail costs of agricultural experiment stations, under section 6 of the Hatch Act of 1887, as amended, $250,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation to the Extension Service for “Payments to States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico”, fiscal year 1957.

Extension Service federal extension service Penalty Mail For an additional amount for “Penalty mail”, including penalty mail for State extension directors, $514,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation to the Extension Service for “Payments to States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico”, fiscal year 1957.

Agricultural Conservation Program Service emergency conservation measures For an additional amount to enable the Secretary to make payments to farmers who carry out emergency measures to control wind erosion on farmlands or to rehabilitate farmlands damaged by wind erosion, floods, hurricanes, or other natural disasters when, as a result of the foregoing, new conservation problems have been created which, (1) if not treated, will impair or endanger the land, (2) materially affect the productive capacity of the land, (3) represent damage which is unusual in character and, except for wind erosion, is not the type which would recur frequently in the same area, and (4) will be so costly to rehabilitate that Federal assistance is or will be required to return the land to productive agricultural use, and for reimbursement to the appropriation to the President for “Disaster relief”, for allocations to the Secretary of Agriculture for such purposes, $4,000,000, to remain available through June 30, 1958: Provided, That this appropriation may be expended without regard to the adjustments required under section 8 (e) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U. S. C. 590h), and may be distributed among States and individual farmers without regard to other provisions of law.

Farmers’ Home Administration disaster loan revolving fund Not to exceed $11,500,000 of the Disaster Loan Revolving Fund established under the Act of April 6, 1949, as amended (12 U. S. C. 1148a–1 to 1148a–3), may be used for emergency feed and seed assistance under section 2 (d) of said Act in addition to, and under the same conditions as, the amount made available under this head in the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1954 (68 Stat. 81, 88). loan authorizations For an additional amount for loans under title I and section 43 of title IV of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, $26,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed the foregoing amount shall be borrowed from the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions set forth under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952.

Office of the Secretary For an additional amount for “Office of the Secretary”, not to exceed $23,400, to be derived by transfer from any appropriation available to the Department of Agriculture, for the fiscal year 1957, for salaries and expenses (exclusive of such appropriations which include funds for grants).

Commodity Credit Corporation The limitation under this head in the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1957, on the amount available for administrative expenses of the Corporation, is increased from “$.31,000,000” to “$33,000,000”.

CHAPTER II DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Coast and Geodetic Survey salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $55,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation for “Expenses”, National Bureau of Standards, fiscal year 1957; and the limitation under this head in the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1957, on the amount available for retirement pay of commissioned officers, is increased from “$446,000” to “$501,000”.

INDEPENDENT OFFICE Tariff Commission salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $25,000.

CHAPTER III DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY FUNCTIONS

Department of the Army military personnel For an additional amount for “Military personnel”, $27,444,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation for “Procurement and production”, Army.

Department of the Navy medical care For an additional amount for “Medical care”, $10,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation for “Construction of ships”. service-wide supply and finance For an additional amount for “Service-wide supply and finance”, $8,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the appropriation for “Reserve Personnel, Navy” and $3,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the appropriation for “Military personnel, Marine Corps.”

Department of the Air Force military personnel For an additional amount for “Military personnel”, $30,335,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation for “Military construction”, Air Force.

CHAPTER IV AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

construction of memorials and cemeteries To the extent that the Commission may find necessary or desirable, the appropriation granted under this head in the General Government Matters Appropriation Act, 1957, shall be available for the purposes of the Act of April 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 84).

COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENT SECURITY salaries and expenses The unobligated balance of the appropriation granted under this head in Chapter V of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957, shall remain available until September 28, 1957.

CHAPTER V INDEPENDENT OFFICES

Civil Service Commission annuities, panama canal construction employees and lighthouse service widows For an additional amount for “Annuities, Panama Canal construction employees and Lighthouse Service widows”, $500,000. civil service retirement act For the purpose of determining the beginning date of the annuity under the Civil Service Retirement Act of any survivor of a Member of Congress who dies subsequent to April 1, 1956, and prior to the effective date of the Civil Service Retirement Act Amendments of 1956, such amendments shall be deemed to have taken effect on April 1, 1956, but no such annuity shall commence by reason of the enactment of this section prior to the date of such enactment.

General Services Administration operating expenses, public building service For an additional amount for “Operating expenses, Public Buildings Service”, $900,000. operating expenses, federal supply service The limitation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1957, on the amount available for expenses of travel, is increased from “$120,000” to “$130,000”.

Veterans Administration inpatient care For an additional amount for “Inpatient care”, $1,000,000, of which $725,000 shall be derived by transfer from the appropriation for “General operating expenses”, fiscal year 1957, and $275,000 shall be derived by transfer from the appropriation for “Outpatient care”, fiscal year 1957: Provided, That, notwithstanding the last proviso under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1957, inpatient care and treatment may be furnished to an average of 140,100 beneficiaries during the current fiscal year without any proportionate reduction in expenditures. readjustment benefits For an additional amount for “Readjustment benefits”, $65,000,000 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 October 20, 1951, as amended (38 U. S. C. 252a–252e), to remain available until expended, $850,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation for “Compensation and pensions”.

CHAPTER VI DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs resources management For an additional amount for “Resources Management”, $283,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Education and welfare services”, Bureau of Indian Affairs, fiscal year 1957: Provided, That $133,000 of the amount herein provided shall be for emergency operation and maintenance of the San Carlos irrigation project on a nonreimbursable basis.

Fish and Wildlife Service general administrative expenses For an additional amount for “General administrative expenses”, not to exceed $75,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriations for the fiscal year 1957 for “Management of resources” and “Investigations of resources”, Fish and Wildlife Service.

Administration, Department of the Interior salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $65,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriations for the fiscal year 1957 for “Office of Oil and Gas”, “Office of the Solicitor”, and “Office of Minerals Mobilization”.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Control of forest pests”, $800,000, to be derived by transfer from any appropriation, for the fiscal year 1957, available to the Department of Agriculture for salaries amt expenses (exclusive of such appropriations which include funds for grants): Provided, That the limitation under this head in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1957, on the amount available for carrying out the Forest Pest Control Act, is increased from “$2,386,(MM)” to “$3,186,(MM)”.

INDEPENDENT OFFICES Alexander Hamilton Bicentennial Commission For an additional amount for “Alexander Hamilton Bicentennial Commission”, $15,000. Indian Claims Commission salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $7,700. Smithsonian Institution salaries and expenses, national gallery of art For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses, National Gallery of Art”, $30,000.

CHAPTER VII DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $24,000, to be derived by transfer in equal amounts from the appropriations for the fiscal year 1957 for “Salaries and expenses”. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and “Salaries and expenses”, Wage and Hour Division.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Freedmen’s Hospital salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $46,400. Public Health Service hospitals and medical care For an additional amount for “Hospitals and medical care”, $1,184,000, of which $580,000 shall be available only for payments for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act, Public Law 569, Eighty-fourth Congress. foreign quarantine service Section 364. part G, title III, of the Public Health Service Act is amended by adding thereto the following subsections: “(c) Employees of the United States Public Health Service, Foreign Quarantine Division, performing overtime duties including the operation of vessels, in connection with the inspection or quarantine treatment of persons (passengers and crews), conveyances, or goods arriving by land, water, or air in the United States or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, hereinafter referred to as “employees of the Public Health Service”, when required to be on duty to perform such duties between the hours of 6 o’clock postmeridian and 6 o’clock antemeridian (or between the hours of 7 o’clock postmeridian and 7 o’clock antemeridian at stations which have a declared workday of from 7 o’clock antemeridian to 7 o’clock postmeridian), or on Sundays or holidays, shall be paid, in lieu of compensation under any other provision of law, at the rate of one and one-half times the basic hourly rate for each hour that the overtime extends beyond 6 o’clock (or 7 o’clock as the case may be) postmeridian, and two times the basic hourly rate for each overtime hour worked on Sundays or holidays. As used in this subsection, the term ‘basic hourly rate’ shall mean the regular basic rate of pay which is applicable to such employees for work performed within their regularly scheduled tour of duty. “(d) (1) The said extra compensation shall be paid to the United States by the owner, agent, consignee, operator, or master or other person in charge of any conveyance, for whom, at his request, services as described in this subsection (hereinafter referred to as overtime service) are performed. If such employees have been ordered to report for duty and have so reported, and the requested services are not performed by reason of circumstances beyond the control of the employees concerned, such extra compensation shall be paid on the same basis as though the overtime services had actually been performed during the period between the time the employees were ordered to report for duty and did so report, and the time they were notified that their services would not be required, and in any case as though their services had continued for not less than one hour. The Surgeon Genera) with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may prescribe regulations requiring the owner, agent, consignee, operator, or master or other person for whom the overtime services are performed to file a bond in such amounts and containing such conditions and with such sureties, or in lieu of a bond, to deposit money or obligations of the United States in such amount, as will assure the payment of charges under this subsection, which bond or deposit may cover one or more transactions or all transactions during a specified period: Provided, That 110 charges shall be made for services performed in connection with the inspection of (1) persons arriving by international highways, ferries, bridges, or tunnels, or the conveyances in which they arrive, or (2) persons arriving by aircraft or railroad trains, the operations of which are covered by published schedules, or the aircraft or trains in which they arrive, or (3) persons arriving by vessels operated between Canadian ports and ports on Puget Sound or operated on the Great Lakes and connecting waterways, the operations of which are covered by published schedules, or the vessels in which they arrive. “(2) Moneys collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriation charged with the expense of the services, and the appropriations so credited shall be available for the payment of such compensation to the said employees for services so rendered.” Saint Elizabeths Hospital salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $133,000. construction and equipment, maximum security building For an additional amount for “Construction and equipment, maximum security building”, $673,000, to remain available until expended. Office of the Secretary salaries and expenses, Office of Field administration For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses, Office of Field Administration”, $68,000, to be transferred from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund.

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD salaries and expenses For additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $15,500, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation for “Salaries and expenses, National Railroad Adjustment Board”, fiscal year 1957. National Railroad Adjustment Board salaries and expenses The amount made available under this head for the fiscal year 1957, for compensation and expenses of referees is decreased from “$175,000” to “$159,500”.

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses, Railroad Retirement Board (trust fund)”, $600,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement account.

UNITED STATES SOLDIERS’ HOME For an additional amount for “United States Soldiers’ Home”, to be paid from the Soldiers’ Home permanent fund, $79,000.

CHAPTER VIII PUBLIC WORKS

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Southeastern Power Administration operation and maintenance For an additional amount for “Operation and maintenance, South-eastern Power Administration”, $35,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation for “Operation and maintenance, Southwestern Power Administration”, fiscal year 1957.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL FUNCTIONS Department of the Army entombment of unknown americans of world war ii and korea For expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident to the selection and burial, with appropriate ceremonies, of the remains of an unknown American who lost his life while serving overseas in the Armed Forces of the United States during World War II, as authorized by the Act of June 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 302), and the remains of an unknown American who lost his life while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States during the Korean conflict, as authorized by the Act of August 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 1027), including construction of two crypts and necessary alterations to the existing Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, $159,000, to remain available until June 30, 1958. Rivers and Harbors and Flood Control construction, general That portion of title III of the Act of July 2, 1956 (Public Law 641, Eighty-fourth Congress, 70 Stat. 474, 480), that pertains to the purchase of lands and improvements in the Buford-Trenton Irrigation District in lieu of protecting said Buford-Trenton Irrigation District in connection with development, construction, and operation of the Garrison Dam and Reservoir project on the Missouri River, is amended to read as follows: “That in lieu of protecting the East Bottom of Buford-Trenton Irrigation District, the sum of $1,621,791 of the funds herein or hereafter appropriated for the Garrison Dam and Reservoir project on the Missouri River shall be available for the purchase of lands and improvements in and contiguous to the Buford-Trenton Irrigation District, exclusive of tracts numbered II. H. 3170 and H. H. 3168, and not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available to the Corps of Engineers for protection of the intake structure of the pumping plant in Zero Bottom and for the construction of bank protection to prevent erosion in the Missouri River adjacent to the Buford-Trenton irrigation project. The substitution of land acquisition for protection shall be made and the Secretary of the Army shall acquire such land and improvements if all of the landowners, except Lester G. Larson, the heirs of Louis Morin, Junior, and the heirs of A. Desjarlais, on or before September 15, 1957, have offered to sell their property on the terms agreeable to said landowners, and within the amount provided for such land acquisition: Provided, That the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, is authorized to acquire by condemnation proceedings, in the appropriate United States district court, tract 208 C of the Buford-Trenton project, Williams County, North Dakota, according to the recorded plat thereof which tract is owned by Lester G. Larson, the public domain allotment of A. Desjarlais, now deceased, described as Government lots 5 and 8 in section 19 and Government lot 1 in section 30, township 153 north of range 102 west of the fifth principal meridian, North Dakota, and the public domain allotment of Louis Morin, Junior, now deceased, described as the west half southwest quarter, section 16, and the north half southeast quarter, section 17, township 153 north, range 102 west, fifth principal meridian, North Dakota, in connection with the construction and operation of the Garrison Dam and Reservoir: Provided further, That in the event land acquisition is undertaken in lieu of protection of the East Bottom, that in recognition of the increased per acre annual operation and maintenance cost of the remaining lands in the Buford-Trenton Irrigation District, the construction charge obligation assignable to the remaining lands of said district pursuant to the Act of October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 119), as amended, and the proposed contract between the United States and the Buford-Trenton Irrigation District, approved as to form February 23, 1955, shall be nonreimbursable, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to enter into a contract with the Buford-Trenton Irrigation District to transfer operation and maintenance responsibility for project works constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation for the benefit of the Buford-Trenton Irrigation District to such district.”

CHAPTER IX DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Administration of Foreign Affairs salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $750,000. emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service For an additional amount for “Emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service”, $725,000.

International Organizations and Conferences contributions to international organizations For an additional amount for “Contributions to international organizations”, $4,169,409, of which $3,333,000 shall be available for payment to the United Nations as contributions for the United Nations Emergency Force. international contingencies For an additional amount for “International contingencies”, $225,000.

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”, not to exceed $300,000, to be derived by transfer from any appropriation available to the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1957.

THE JUDICIARY Supreme Court of the United States care of the building and grounds For an additional amount for “Care of the building and grounds”, $7,500. The appropriation “Care of the building and grounds”, for the fiscal year 1957, shall be available for payment of retroactive wage-board pay increases effective December 2, 1956. to those employees (commonly known as wage-board employees) whose compensation is fixed and adjusted from time to time in accordance with prevailing rates (5 U. S. C. 1082 (7)). Court of Claims salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $34,400. Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services salaries of judges For an additional amount for “Salaries of judges”, $300,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation for “Salaries of supporting personnel”, fiscal year 1957. fees of jurors and commissioners For an additional amount for “Fees of jurors and commissioners”, $160,000. salaries of referees For an additional amount for “Salaries of referees”, $253,000, 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 for “Expenses of referees”, $57,000, 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”, for United States participation in the Universal and International Exhibition of Brussels, 1958, $1,300,000, to remain available until expended.

CHAPTER X DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

CHAPTER XI LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Senate For payment to Jean K. McCarthy, widow of Joseph R. McCarthy, late a Senator from the State of Wisconsin, $22,500. contingent expenses of the senate Senate Restaurants: For an additional amount for Senate kitchens and restaurants, $30,000. There is hereby established within the Contingent Fund of the Senate a revolving fund which shall consist of (1) the unexpended balance of the appropriation “Contingent Expenses, Senate, Stationery, fiscal year 1957”, (2) any amounts hereafter appropriated for stationery allowances of the President of the Senate and of Senators, and for stationery for use of committees and officers of the Senate, and (3) any undeposited amounts heretofore received, and any amounts hereafter received as proceeds of sales by the stationery room of the Senate. Any moneys in the fund shall be available until expended for use in the same manner and for the same purposes as funds heretofore appropriated to the Contingent Fund of the Senate for stationery, except that (1) the balance of any amount appropriated for stationery for use of committees and officers of the Senate which remains unexpended at the end of any fiscal year and (2) allowances which are not available for obligation due to vacancies or waiver of entitlement thereto, shall be withdrawn from the revolving fund.

House of Representatives salaries, officers and employees The sum of not to exceed $45 may be transferred between the appropriations “Official Reporters of Debates” and “Contingent expenses of the House, miscellaneous items”. contingent expenses of the house Folding Documents For an additional amount for “Folding documents”, $9,000. education of senate, house, and supreme court pages For an additional amount for “Education of Senate, House, and Supreme Court pages”, $2,240.

Government Printing Office printing and binding For an additional amount for “Printing and binding”, fiscal year 1956, $1,300,000.

Architect of the Capitol Office of the Architect of the Capitol salaries For an additional amount for “Salaries”, $7,500. travel limitation The limitation on expenses for travel on official business under the Architect of the Capitol contained in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1957, is hereby increased by $4,500. pay increases, wage-board employees Appropriations for the fiscal year 1957 available for expenditure by the Architect of the Capitol shall be available for payment of retroactive wage-board pay increases effective December 2, 1956, to those employees (commonly known as wage-board employees) whose compensation is fixed and adjusted from time to time in accordance with prevailing rates (5 U. S. C. 1082 (7)).

Capitol Buildings and Grounds capitol buildings For an additional amount for “Capitol Buildings”, $21,500. Not to exceed $25,000 of the amount of $60,000 under the heading “Capitol Buildings” continued available for the fiscal year 1957 in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1957, for the installation of two additional elevators in the Senate wing of the Capitol, is hereby made available for expenditure without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for repairs and improvements to the two elevators in the Senate wing located adjacent to the two additional elevators, and is continued available until June 30, 1958. senate office building For an additional amount for “Senate Office Building”, $17,000. uniform allowances The appropriations for “Capitol Buildings”, “Senate Office Building”, and “House Office Buildings”, for the fiscal year 1957, shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U. S. C. 2131).

Botanic Garden salaries and expenses The appropriation for “Salaries and expenses”, for the fiscal year 1957, shall be available for payment of retroactive wage-board pay increases effective December 2, 1956, to those employees (commonly known as wage-board employees) whose compensation is fixed and adjusted from time to time in accordance with prevailing rates (5 U. S. C. 1082 (7)). general provision Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the unexpended balances of appropriations for the fiscal year 1955 and succeeding fiscal years which are subject to disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be withdrawn as of June 30 of the second fiscal year following the year for which provided. Unpaid obligations chargeable to any of the balances so withdrawn or appropriations for prior years snail be liquidated from any appropriations for the same general purpose, which, at the time of payment, are available for disbursement.

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 he 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 156, Eighty-fifth Congress, and Senate Document Numbered 38, Eighty-fifth Congress, $4.215,776, 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.