Public Law 86–451

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Commerce and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, namely:

TITLE I— DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

General Administration salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the general administration of the Department of Commerce, $2,660,875.

office of field services Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to operate and maintain field offices for the collection and dissemination of information useful in the development and improvement of commerce throughout the United States and its possessions, $2,584,000.

aviation war risk insurance revolving fund The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available pursuant to section 1306 of the Act of August 23, 1958 (72 Stat. 803), and in accordance with section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 849), as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for aviation war risk insurance activities under said Act (72 Stat. 800).

Bureau of the Census salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, and publishing current census statistics provided for by law, including enumerators at rates to be fixed without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, $8,898,500.

1958 censuses of business, manufactures, and mineral industries For an additional amount for expenses necessary for preparing for, taking, compiling, and publishing the 1958 censuses of business, manufactures, and mineral industries as authorized by law, including personal services at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Commerce without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and additional compensation of Federal employees temporarily detailed for field work under this appropriation, $1,125,000, to remain available until December 31, 1961.

eighteenth decennial census For an additional amount for expenses necessary for preparing for, taking, compiling, and publishing the Eighteenth Decennial Census, as authorized by law, including personal services at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Commerce, without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and additional compensation of Federal employees temporarily detailed for field work under this appropriation; $17,500,000, to remain available until December 31, 1962.

1962 census of governments For expenses necessary for preparing for, taking, compiling, and publishing the 1962 census of governments as authorized by law, including personal services at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Commerce without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and additional compensation of Federal employees temporarily detailed for field work under this appropriation, $90,000, to remain available until June 30, 1964.

Coast and Geodetic Survey salaries and expenses For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of August 6, 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a–883i), including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); lease of sites and the erection of temporary buildings for tide, magnetic or seismological observations; hire of aircraft; operation, maintenance, and repair of an airplane; extra compensation at not to exceed $15 per month to each member of the crew of a vessel when assigned duties as recorder or instrument observer, and at not to exceed $1 per day for each station to employees of other Federal agencies while making oceanographic or magnetic observations or tending seismographs; pay, allowances, gratuities, transportation of dependents and household effects, and payment of funeral expenses, as authorized by law, for not to exceed an annual average of 185 commissioned officers on the active list; payments under the Uniform Services Contingency Option Act of 1953; and pay of commissioned officers retired in accordance with law; $17,400,000, of which $759,000 shall be available for retirement pay of commissioned officers: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, this appropriation shall be reimbursed for press costs and costs of paper for charts published by the Coast and Geodetic Survey and furnished for the official use of the military departments of the Department of Defense: Provided further, That the property known as the Fleet Landing Site at foot of York Street, Norfolk, Virginia, may be transferred, without reimbursement, from the Department of Defense to the Department of Commerce.

construction and equipment For expenses necessary for construction and equipment of a seismological laboratory, as authorized by the Act of August 6, 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883i), $340,000, to remain available until expended.

construction of surveying ships For necessary expenses for the design, supervision, construction, equipping, and outfitting of surveying vessels, as authorized by the Act of August 6, 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883i), $4,700,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated for “Construction of a surveying ship” shall be merged with this appropriation.

Business and Defense Services Administration salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Business and Defense Services Administration, $4,069,000.

Bureau of Foreign Commerce salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Foreign Commerce, including the purchase of commercial and trade reports, $2,761,600.

export control For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of the Export Control Act of 1949, as amended, relating to export controls, including awards of compensation to informers under said Act and as authorized by the Act of August. 13, 1953 (22 U.S.C. 401), $2,800,000, of which not to exceed $900,000 may be advanced to the Bureau of Customs, Treasury Department, for enforcement of the export control program, and of which not to exceed $75,000 may be advanced to the appropriation for “Salaries and expenses” under “General administration”: Provided, That this appropriation shall be effective only upon the enactment into law during the Eighty-sixth Congress of legislation extending the provisions of the Export Control Act of 1949, as amended, relating to export controls.

Office of Business Economics salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Office of Business Economics, $1,405,500.

Maritime Activities ship construction For construction-differential subsidy and cost of national-defense features incident to construction of ships for operation in foreign commerce (46 U.S.C. 1152, 1154); for construction-differential subsidy and cost of national-defense features incident to the reconstruction and reconditioning of ships under title V of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1154); for acquisition of used ships pursuant to section 510 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1160); and (not to exceed $5,900,000) for research, development, and design expenses incident to new and advanced ship design, machinery, and equipment; $126,200,000. to remain available until expended: Provided, That transfers may be made to the appropriation for the current fiscal year for “Salaries and expenses” for administrative and warehouse expenses (not to exceed $2,900,000) and for reserve fleet expenses (not to exceed $500,000), and any such transfers shall be without regard to the limitations under that appropriation on the amounts available for such expenses.

operating-differential subsidies For the payment of obligations incurred for operating-differential subsidies granted on or after January 1, 1947, as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, and in appropriations heretofore made to the United States Maritime Commission, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no contracts shall be executed during the current fiscal year by the Federal Maritime Board which will obligate the Government to pay operating-differential subsidy on more than two thousand four hundred voyages in any one calendar year, including voyages covered by contracts in effect at the beginning of the current fiscal year, of which one hundred and fifty shall be for companies which have not held contracts prior to July 1, 1959, and seventy-five shall be for companies operating into or out of the Great Lakes.

salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for carrying into effect the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and other laws administered by the Federal Maritime Board and the Maritime Administration, $14,500,000, within limitations as follows: Administrative expenses, including not to exceed $1,125 for entertainment of officials of other countries when specifically authorized by the Maritime Administrator, and not to exceed $1,250 for representation allowances, $8,045,000; Maintenance of shipyard facilities and operation of warehouses, $1,253,000; Reserve fleet expenses, $5,202,000.

maritime training For training cadets as officers of the Merchant Marine at the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, including pay and allowances for personnel of the United States Maritime Service as authorized by law (46 U.S.C. 1126, 63 Stat. 802, 64 Stat. 794, 66 Stat. 79, and 70 Stat. 25); not to exceed $2,500 for contingencies for the Superintendent, United States Merchant Marine Academy, to be expended in his discretion; purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and uniform and textbook allowances for cadet midshipmen, at an average yearly cost of not to exceed $300 per cadet; $3,195,000: Provided, That except as herein provided for uniform and textbook allowances this appropriation shall not be used for compensation or allowances for cadets: Provided, That not to exceed $100,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation “Ship construction (liquidation of contract authorization) maritime activities,” may be transferred to this appropriation for the purpose of providing furnishings and equipment for the Memorial Chapel at Kings Point, New York (62 Stat. 172).

state marine schools For financial assistance to State marine schools and the students thereof as authorized by the Maritime Academy Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 622–624), $1,270,000, of which $250,000 is for maintenance and repair of vessels loaned by the United States for use in connection with such State marine schools, and $1,020,000, to remain available until expended, is for liquidation of obligations incurred under authority granted by said Act, to enter into contracts to make payments for ex-penses incurred in the maintenance and support of marine schools, and to pay allowances for uniforms, textbooks, and subsistence of cadets at State marine schools.

general provisions-maritime activities No additional vessel shall be allocated under charter, nor shall any vessel be continued under charter by reason of any extension of chartering authority beyond June 30, 1949, unless the charterer shall agree that the Maritime Administration shall have no obligation upon redelivery to accept or pay for consumable stores, bunkers and slopchest items, except with respect to such minimum amounts of bunkers as the Maritime Administration considers advisable to be retained on the vessel and that prior to such redelivery all consumable stores, slopchest items, and bunkers over and above such minimums shall be removed from the vessel by the charterer at his own expense. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government property under control of the Maritime Administration, and payments received by the Maritime Administration for utilities, services, and repairs so furnished or made shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy on account of items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. No obligations shall be incurred during the current fiscal year from the construction fund established by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained in this Act, or in any prior appropriation Act, and all receipts which otherwise would be deposited to the credit of said fund shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

Inland Waterways Corporation limitation on administrative expenses Not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for administrative expenses to be determined in the manner set forth under the title “General expenses” in the Uniform System of Accounts for Carriers by Water of the Interstate Commerce Commission (effective January 1, 1947).

Patent Office salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Patent Office, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates for individuals not to exceed $50 per diem (not to exceed $25,000); and defense of suits instituted against the Commissioner of Patents; $22,567,500.

Bureau of Public Roads limitation on general administrative expenses Necessary expenses of administration and research (not to exceed $29,591,500), including purchase of thirty passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, shall be paid, in accordance with law, from appropriations made available by this Act to the Bureau of Public Roads and from advances and reimbursements received by the Bureau of Public Roads. Of the total amount available from appropriations of the Bureau of Public Roads for general administrative and research expenses pursuant to the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 104(a), $100,000 shall be available for carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 309.

repayable advances to the highway trust fund For repayable advances to the “Highway trust fund” during the current fiscal year, as authorized by section 209(d) of the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 399), $160,000,000.

federal-aid highways (trust fund) For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, which are attributable to Federal-aid highways, to remain available until expended, $2,688,691,500, or so much thereof as may be available in and derived from the “Highway trust fund”; which sum is composed of $1,099,308,235.53, the balance of the amount authorized for the fiscal year 1959, and $1,579,383,264.47 (or so much thereof as may be available in and derived from the “Highway Trust Fund”), a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1960, and $10,000,000 for reimbursement of the sums expended for the repair or reconstruction of highways and bridges which have been damaged or destroyed by floods, hurricanes, or landslides, as provided by title 23, United States Code, section 125.

general provisions—bureau of public roads Not to exceed $10,000 may be expended during the current fiscal year for services of individuals employed pursuant to section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates in excess of $50 per diem.

National Bureau of Standards research and technical services For expenses necessary in performing the functions authorized by the Act of March 3, 1901, as amended (15 U.S.C. 271–278e), including general administration; operation, maintenance, alteration, and protection of grounds and facilities; and improvement and construction of facilities as authorized by the Act of September 2, 1958 (15 U.S.C. 278d); $18,800,000, of which not to exceed $1,275,000 shall be available for payments to the “Working capital fund”, National Bureau of Standards, for additional capital: Provided, That during the current fiscal year the maximum base rate of compensation for employees appointed pursuant to the Act of September 2, 1958 (15 U.S.C. 278e), shall be equivalent to the entrance rate of GS–12.

plant and facilities For expenses incurred, as authorized by section 1 of the Act of September 2, 1958 (15 U.S.C. 278d–278e), in the construction, improvement, alteration, or emergency repair of buildings, grounds, and other facilities; in the design of a nuclear research reactor and associated laboratories; and in the procurement and installation of special research equipment and facilities therefor; $2,000,000, to remain available until expended.

construction of facilities For an additional amount for “Construction of facilities”, including construction, equipment, and expenses of occupying the facilities, $23,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500,000 shall be available for payment to the “Working capital fund,” National Bureau of Standards, for additional capital for purchase of equipment.

Weather Bureau salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the Weather Bureau, including maintenance and operation of aircraft; not to exceed $25,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); and not to exceed $10,000 for maintenance of a printing office in the city of Washington, as authorized by law; $46,042,900: Provided, That, during the current fiscal year, the maximum amount authorized under section 3(a) of the Act of June 2, 1948 (15 U.S.C. 327), for extra compensation to employees of other Government agencies for taking and transmitting meteorological observations, shall be $5 per day; and the maximum base rate of pay authorized under section 3(b) of said Act, for employees conducting meteorological investigations in the Arctic region, shall be $6,500 per annum, except that not more than five of such employees at any one time may receive a base rate of $9,000 per annum, without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended.

research and development For expenses necessary for the conduct of research by the Weather Bureau, including development and service testing of equipment; operation and maintenance of aircraft including the transfer from the Department of Defense, without payment therefor, of one aircraft.; not to exceed $25,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); and for acquisition, establishment, and relocation of research facilities and related equipment; $6,262,500.

establishment of meteorological facilities For an additional amount for the acquisition, establishment, and relocation of operational facilities and related equipment, including the alteration and modernization of existing facilities; $5,250,000, to remain available until June 30, 1963: Provided, That the appropriations heretofore granted under this head shall be merged with this appropriation.

TITLE II— THE PANAMA CANAL

Canal Zone Government operating expenses For operating expenses necessary for the Canal Zone Government, including operation of the Postal Service of the Canal Zone; hire of passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); expenses incident to conducting hearings on the Isthmus; expenses of special training of employees of the Canal Zone Government as authorized by law (63 Stat. 602 ; 72 Stat. 327); contingencies of the Governor; residence for the Governor; medical aid and support of the insane and of lepers and aid and support of indigent persons legally within the Canal Zone, including expenses of their deportation when practicable; and payments of not to exceed $50 in any one case to persons within the Government service who shall furnish blood for transfusions; $18,850,000.

capital outlay For acquisition of land and land under water and acquisition, construction, and replacement of improvements, facilities, structures, and equipment, as authorized by law (2 C.Z. Code, secs. 3 and 16; 63 Stat. 600), including the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, of which seven are for police-type use without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; and expenses incident to the retirement of such assets; $6,800,000, to remain available until expended.

Panama Canal Company corporation The Panama Canal Company is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to it 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 current fiscal year for such corporation, except as hereinafter provided:

limitation on general and administrative expenses, panama canal company Not to exceed $8,680,000 of the funds available to the Panama Canal Company shall be available during the current fiscal year for general and administrative expenses of the Company, which shall be computed on an accrual basis. Funds available to the Panama Canal Company for operating expenses shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed fourteen passenger motor vehicles of which twelve are for replacement only, and for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131).

TITLE III— INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 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 current fiscal year for such Corporation, except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That the next audit of such Corporation by the Comptroller General shall be for the period July 1, 1959, through December 31, 1960, and thereafter such audits shall be for each calendar year:

limitation on administrative expenses, saint lawrence seaway development corporation Not to exceed $414,000 shall be available for administrative expenses which shall be computed on an accrual basis, including not to exceed $2,000 for official entertainment expenses, to be expended upon the approval or authority of the Administrator, purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates for individuals not to exceed $100 per day: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 may be expended for services of individuals employed at rates in excess of $50 per day.

Small Business Administration salaries and expenses For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small Business Administration, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $5,597,000, and in addition there may be transferred to this appropriation not to exceed $16,363,000 from the revolving fund, Small Business Administration, and not to exceed $675,000 from the fund for liquidation of Reconstruction Finance Corporation 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 Director of the Bureau of the Budget, by such amount (not exceeding $500,000) as may be required to finance administrative expenses incurred in the making of disaster loans: Provided further, That 10 per centum of the amount authorized to be transferred from the revolving fund, Small Business Administration, shall be apportioned for use, pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, only in such amounts and at such times as may be necessary to carry out the business loan program.

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, $50,000,000.

Tariff Commission salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Tariff Commission, including subscriptions to newspapers (not to exceed $300), not to exceed $65,000 for expenses of travel, and 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, $2,455,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the salary of any member of the Tariff Commission who shall hereafter participate in any proceedings under sections 336, 337, and 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, wherein he or any member of his family has any special, direct, and pecuniary interest, or in which he has acted as attorney or special representative: Provided further, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be used for making any special study, investigation, or report at the request of any other agency of the executive branch of the Government unless reimbursement is made for the cost thereof.

TITLE IV— GENERAL PROVISIONS