Public Law 85–352

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations (this Act may be cited as the “Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 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 research For an additional amount for “Salaries and Expenses”, for “research”’ $6,250. reimbursement to commodity credit corporation for advances for animal disease eradication activities For an additional amount for “Reimbursement to Commodity Credit Corporation for advances for animal disease eradication activities”, to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for authorized transfers through June 30, 1957 (including interest through March 31, 1958), as follows: (1) $1,393,490 for sums transferred to the appropriation “Diseases of animals and poultry”, fiscal year 1957, for eradication activities, pursuant to authority contained under such head in the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1957, and (2) $17,548,923 for sums transferred to the appropriation “Salaries and expenses, Agricultural Research Service”, fiscal year 1957, for brucellosis eradication, pursuant to section 204 (e) of the Act or August 28, 1954, as amended (7 U. S. C. 397). Agricultural Marketing Service reimbursement to commodity credit corporation for advances for grading and classing activities For an additional amount for “Reimbursement to Commodity Credit Corporation for advances for grading and classing activities’, to reimburse Commodity Credit Corporation for amounts transferred to the appropriation “Marketing research and service” through June 30, 1957 (including interest through March 31, 1958), pursuant to the Act of August 31, 1951 (7 U. S. C. 414a), for grading tobacco and classing cotton without charge to producers, as authorized by law (7 U. S. C. 473a, 511d), $1,139,982. Soil Bank Programs reimbursement to commodity credit corporation for costs incurred under soil bank programs To reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for costs incurred under the soil bank programs in accordance with the provisions of title I of the Act approved May 28, 1956 (7 U. S. C. 1801–1837), $567,500,000, of which $78,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Acreage reserve program”, fiscal year 1958. acreage reserve program For an additional amount for “Acreage Reserve Program”, fiscal year 1958, $250,000, which shall be available to formulate and administer an acreage reserve program in accord with the provisions of subtitles A and C of the Soil Bank Act (7 U. S. C. 1821–1824 and 1802–1814), with respect to the 1958 crops, in an amount not to exceed $250,000,000 in addition to the amount specified for such purposes in Public Law 85–118: Provided, That the same $3,000 limitation which was applicable to the original $500,000,000 authorization shall also apply to the additional $250,000,000 authorized herein. Commodity Stabilization Service special commodity disposal programs For an additional amount for “Special commodity disposal programs”, to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for authorized costs (including interest through March 31, 1958), as follows: (1) $89,996,331 under the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949, as amended (7 U. S. C. 1641–1642); (2) $125,761,388 for commodities disposed of for emergency famine relief to friendly peoples pursuant to title II of the Act of July 10, 1954, as amended (7 U. S. C. 1703, 1721–1724); (3) $1,290,841,000 for the sale of surplus agricultural commodities for foreign currencies pursuant to title I of the Act of July 10, 1954, as amended (7 U. S. C. 1701-1709); (4) $4,609 for grain made available to the Secretary of the Interior to prevent crop damage by migratory waterfowl pursuant to the Act of July 3, 1956 (7 U. S. C. 442–446); and (5) $218,946,145 for strategic and other materials acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation as a result of barter or exchange of agricultural commodities or products and transferred to the supplemental stockpile pursuant to the Act of May 28, 1956 (7 U. S. C. 1856).

CHAPTER II DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Maritime Activities salaries and expenses The limitation under this head in the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1958, on the amount available for “Administrative expenses”, is increased from “$7,045,000” to “$7,057,800”; and the limitation thereunder on the amount available for “Reserve fleet expenses”, is decreased from “$6,850,000” to “$6,837,200”.

federal ship mortgage insurance fund The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to advance to this account from the “Vessel operations revolving fund” (46 U. S. C. 1241a), such amounts as may be required for the payment, pursuant to section 1105 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U. S. C. 1275), of unpaid principal amounts of defaulted mortgages and loans and of unpaid interest thereon: Provided, That such advances shall be repaid to the “Vessel operations revolving fund” as soon as practicable consistent with the status of this account: Provided further, That the total advances outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $10,000,000.

PANAMA CANAL canal zone government Operating Expenses For an additional amount for “Operating expenses”, $320,400.

general provisions—the panama canal The limitation contained in section 203 of the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1958, on the amount available for services authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), is increased from “$15,000” to “$30,000”.

CHAPTER III

INDEPENDENT OFFICES Federal Communications Commission salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $65,000.

Federal Power Commission salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $136,000, of which $3,000 shall be available for payment of compensation to the present incumbent of the position of Chairman of the Commission for the period June 23, 1957, to August 15, 1957, not heretofore paid: Provided, That the limitation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1958, on the amount available for expenses of travel, is increased from “$300,000” to “$316,300”, and the limitation thereunder on the amount available for investigations relating to Federal river development projects is increased from “$335,000” to “$342,000”.

General Accounting Office salaries and expenses The limitation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1958, on the amount available for expenses of travel, is increased from “$1,600,000” to “$1,850,000”.

General Services Administration operating expenses, public buildings service For an additional amount for “Operating expenses, Public Buildings Service”, $2,350,000.

operating expenses, national archives and records service The limitation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1958, on the amount available for expenses of travel, is increased from “$48,400” to “$53,400”.

operating expenses, transportation and public utilities service For an additional amount for “Operating expenses, Transportation and Public Utilities Service”, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $75 per diem for individuals, $75,000; and the limitation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1958, on the amount available for expenses of travel, is increased from “$27,500” to “$39,500”.

Housing and Home Finance Agency federal housing administration The limitation under this head in title II of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1958, on certain nonadministrative expenses, is increased from “$36,000,000” to “$38,000,000”.

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $3,720,000, none of which shall be for additional employees.

construction and equipment For an additional amount for “Construction and equipment”, $6,200,000, to remain available until expended.

National Science Foundation salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $8,750,000, to remain available until expended; and the limitation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1958, on the amount available for expenses of travel, is increased from “$175,000” to “$185,000”.

international geophysical year For an additional amount for “International Geophysical Year”, $2,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 1960.

Veterans Administration inpatient care For an additional amount for “Inpatient care”, $6,000,000; and the limitation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1958, on the amount available for expenses of travel, is increased from “$366,500” to “$416,500”: Provided, That, notwithstanding the last proviso under that head, inpatient care and treatment may be furnished to an average of 140,490 beneficiaries during the current fiscal year without any proportionate reduction in expenditures.

maintenance and operation of supply depots For an additional amount for “Maintenance and operation of sup-ply depots”, $37,800.

compensation and pensions For an additional amount for “Compensation and pensions”, $256,-000,000, to remain available until expended.

readjustment benefits For an additional amount for “Readjustment benefits”, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended.

servicemen’s indemnities For an additional amount for “Servicemen’s indemnities”, $2,250,-000, to remain available until expended.

CHAPTER IV DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Territories trust territory of the pacific islands For an additional amount for “Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands”, $1,350,000, to be derived by transfer from any other definite annual appropriations available to the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 1958.

Bureau of Land Management management of lands and resources For an additional amount for “Management of lands and resources”, $700,000 to be derived by transfer from any other definite annual appropriations available to the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 1958.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service forest protection and utilization For an additional amount for “Forest protection and utilization”, for “Forest land management”, $3,850,000.

Independent Offices National Capital Planning Commission salaries and expenses, washington regional mass transportation survey For necessary expenses to enable the National Capital Planning Commission and the National Capital Regional Planning Council to jointly complete a survey of the present and future mass transportation needs of the National Capital region as defined in the National Capital Planning Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 781), and to report their findings and recommendations to the President, including transportation expenses and not to exceed $15 per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 2, 1946, as amended (5 U. S. C. 73b–2), for the members of the Commission and Council serving without compensation, $50,000 to remain available until June 30, 1959: Provided,That the unobligated balance of $400,000 of appropriations heretofore granted under this head shall remain available until said date and shall be merged with this appropriation.

HISTORICAL AND MEMORIAL COMMISSIONS Civil War Centennial Commission salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the period December 1, 1957 to June 30, 1958, to carry out the provisions of the Act of September 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 626), $37,000.

Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the period December 1, 1957 to June 30, 1958, to carry out the provisions of the Act of September 2, 1957 (71 Stat. 587), $37,500.

CHAPTER V DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Employment Security grants to states for unemployment compensation and employment service administration For an additional amount for “Grants to States for unemployment compensation and employment service administration”, $33,000,000.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Office of Education assistance for school construction For an additional amount for “Assistance for school construction”, $56,950,000, of which $50,000 shall be available for necessary expenses of technical services rendered by other agencies: Provided, That the amounts heretofore appropriated under this head shall be merged with this appropriation and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That payments from such merged appropriation may be made with respect to applications under title III of the Act of September 23, 1950, as amended, filed on or before November 18, 1957, prior to any subsequent cutoff date established under such title III, and without including such applications in an order of priority with those filed after November 18, 1957.

Office of Vocational Rehabilitation grants to states and other agencies For an additional amount for “Grants to States and other agencies”, for vocational rehabilitation services under section 2 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, $1,400,000.

Social Security Administration limitation on salaries and expenses, bureau of old-age and survivors insurance The amount authorized by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1958, to be expended from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund for “Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance”, is increased from “$130,000,000” to “$138,690,000”.

grants to states for public assistance For an additional amount for “Grants to States for public assistance”. $170,600,000.

CHAPTER VI

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH Senate For payment to Alberta R. Neely, widow of Matthew M. Neely, late a Senator from the State of West Virginia, $22,500.

House of Representatives For payment to Gladys S. Dempsey, widow of John J. Dempsey, late a Representative from the State of New Mexico, $22,500. For payment to Jewell T. Long, widow of George S. Long, late a Representative from the State of Louisiana, $22,500.

Senate salaries, officers and employees Administrative and clerical assistants to Senators: For an additional amount for administrative and clerical assistants for Senators, to provide additional clerical assistants for each Senator from the States of Florida and Pennsylvania so that the allowance of each Senator from the State of Florida will be equal to that allowed Senators from States having a population of over four million, the population of said State having exceeded four million inhabitants, and so that the allowance of each Senator from the State of Pennsylvania will be equal to that allowed Senators from States having a population of over eleven million, the population of said State having exceeded eleven million inhabitants, $8,000. Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper: For an additional amount for Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $21,480, to include, from April 1, 1958, twenty additional privates, police force at $2,160 basic per annum each.

contingent expenses of the senate Joint Economic Committee: For an additional amount for salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, $13,000. Inquiries and investigations: For an additional amount for expenses of inquiries and investigations, fiscal year 1957, $285,000. Inquiries and investigations: For an additional amount for expenses of inquiries and investigations, $510,000.

House of Representatives For payment to Julia L. Slappey, daughter of Henderson Lanham, late a Representative from the State of Georgia, $22,500. For payment to Ella M. B. Kelley, widow of Augustine B. Kelley, late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania. $22,500. For payment to Lee Ruby Jones, Anna L. Bradshaw, Mary F. Fuller, sisters, and Fowler F. Cooper, brother of Jere Cooper, late a Representative from the State of Tennessee, $22,500. For payment to Marge L. Keeney, widow of Russell W. Keeney, late a Representative from the State of Illinois, $22,500. For payment to Carl M. Andresen, brother of August H. Andresen, late a Representative from the State of Minnesota, $22,500. For payment to Eleanor J. Smith, widow of Lawrence H. Smith, late a Representative from the State of Wisconsin, $22,500.

contingent expenses of the house For an additional amount for expenses of “Special and select committees”, $475,000.

Capitol Police general expenses For an additional amount for expenses of uniforms and equipment for the Capitol Police Board, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, $5,920.

Library of Congress distribution of catalog cards For an additional amount for “Distribution of catalog cards, salaries and expenses”, $48,000.

books for the blind For an additional amount for “Books for the blind”, $75,000.

CHAPTER VII PUBLIC WORKS

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Southeastern Power Administration operation and maintenance For an additional amount for “Operation and maintenance”, $359,-000, to be derived by transfer from appropriations to the Department of the Interior which are available for obligation in the current fiscal year only.

Bureau of Reclamation For an additional amount for the “Upper Colorado River Basin Fund” for the Glen Canyon project, $10,000,000; and for the Trinity River Division of the Central Valley Project, $10,000,000. The unobligated balance of the $1,800,000 previously appropriated for the Navajo Unit and the unobligated balance of the $6,100,000 previously appropriated for the Flaming Gorge unit of the Upper Colorado Storage Basin are to be used to initiate construction on these units in the current fiscal year: Provided, That the funds appropriated in this paragraph for the Trinity River Division of the Central Valley project shall be transferred to the appropriation entitled “Construction and Rehabilitation, Bureau of Reclamation”.

CHAPTER VIII DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Administration of Foreign Affairs salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $375,000.

International Organizations and Conferences contributions to international organizations For an additional amount for “Contributions to international organizations”, $9,690,563.

international contingencies For an additional amount for “International contingencies”, $250,000.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Legal Activities and General Administration fees and expenses of witnesses For art additional amount for “Fees and expenses of witnesses”, $250,000; and the limitation under this head in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1958, on the amount available for compensation and expenses of witnesses or informants, is increased from “$225,000” to “$250,000”.

Federal Prison System support of united states prisoners For an additional amount for “Support of United State prisoners”, $250,000.

THE JUDICIARY Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services salaries of judges For an additional amount for “Salaries of judges”, $275,000.

fees of jurors and commissioners For an additional amount for “Fees of jurors and commissioners”, $675,000.

travel and miscellaneous expenses For an additional amount for “Travel and miscellaneous expenses”, $59,000.

salaries of referees For an additional amount for “Salaries of referees”, $46,000, 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”, $71,000, 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 Not to exceed $1,100,000 of the funds previously appropriated under this head for the trade fair exhibit in Gorki Park, Moscow, may be used for the Universal and International Exhibition of Brussels, 1958, and the limitation thereon as contained in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1958, is increased from “$7,045,000” to “$8,145,000”. Not to exceed $750,000 of the funds previously appropriated under this head for the trade fair exhibit in Gorki Park, Moscow, may be used for the international trade fair program.

CHAPTER IX

District of Columbia (Out of District of Columbia funds) Operating Expenses metropolitan police For an additional amount for “Metropolitan Police”, $192,000, to be paid out of the general fund of the District of Columbia.

CHAPTER X

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 the United States Court of Claims, as set forth in House Document Numbered 321, Eighty-fifth Congress, $6,900,276, 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 the United States Court of Claims, as set forth in Senate Document Numbered 80, Eighty-fifth Congress, $1,423,236, 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 judgment, payment of interest wherever appropriated for herein shall not continue for more than thirty days after the date of approval of this Act.