Public Law 90–121

That the following

Independent Offices and Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriation Act, 1968.

sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, offices, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE COUNCIL Salaries and Expenses For expenses necessary for the National Aeronautics and Space Council, established by section 201 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2471), including hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services, and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $524,000.

OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PLANNING Salaries and Expenses For expenses necessary for the Office of Emergency Planning, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and expenses of attendance of cooperating officials and individuals at meetings concerned with the work of emergency planning, $4,700,000. Salaries and Expenses, Telecommunications For expenses necessary for the conduct of telecommunications functions assigned to the Director of Telecommunications Management, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,945,000: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 of the foregoing amount shall remain available for telecommunications studies and research until expended. Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization Functions of Federal Agencies For expenses necessary to assist other Federal agencies to perform civil defense and defense mobilization functions, including payments by the Department of Labor to State employment security agencies for the full cost of administration of defense manpower mobilization activities, $3,000,000.

OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Salaries and Expenses For expenses necessary for the Office of Science and Technology, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,550,000.

PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION ON POSTAL ORGANIZATION Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses of the President’s Commission on Postal Organization, established by Executive Order 11341 of April 8, 1967, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and including reimbursement to the Post Office Department for funds advanced to the Commission from the appropriation for Administration and Regional Operation, $1,000,000, to be available from August 1, 1967, and to remain available until June 30, 1968.

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT Disaster Relief For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act of September 30, 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1855–1855g) and section 9 of the Disaster Relief Act of 1966 (Public Law 89–769), authorizing assistance to States and local governments in major disasters, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 3 per centum of the foregoing amount shall be available for administrative expenses.

INDEPENDENT OFFICES CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses of the Civil Aeronautics Board, including employment of temporary guards on a contract or fee basis; hire of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901; 80 Stat. 299); and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $8,983,000. Payments to Air Carriers (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) For payments to air carriers of so much of the compensation fixed and determined by the Civil Aeronautics Board under section 406 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1376), as is payable by the Board, $52,500,000, to remain available until expended.

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not. to exceed $10,000 for medical examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; payment in advance for library membership in societies whose publications are available to members only or to members at a price lower than to the general public; not to exceed $101,000 for performing the duties imposed upon the Commission by chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code; and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses; $36,000,000, including funding of Interagency Boards of Examiners, together with not to exceed $6,100,000, for necessary expenses incurred during the current fiscal year in the administration of the retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred from the trust funds “Civil Service retirement and disability fund” “Employees life insurance fund”, “Employees health benefits fund”, and “Retired employees health benefits fund”, in such amounts as may be determined by the Civil Service Commission, without regard to the provisions of any other Act, but this provision shall not affect the authority of 5 U.S.C. 8348(a) and section 1 (b) of Public Law 89–205 (79 Stat. 840), providing for additional administrative expenses to effect annuity adjustments under 5 U.S.C. 8340, section 1(c) of Public Law 89–205 (79 Stat. 840) and section 1 of Public Law 89–314 (79 Stat. 1162): Provided, That $700,000 of this appropriation shall be available to carry out the provisions of Executive Order 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended, prescribing procedures for making available to the Secretary General of the United Nations, and the executive heads of other international organizations, certain information concerning United States citizens employed, or being considered for employment by such organizations including advances or reimbursements to the applicable appropriations or funds of the Civil Service Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred by such agencies under said Executive Order: Provided further, That members of the International Organizations Employees Loyalty Board may be paid actual transportation expenses, and per diem in lieu of subsistence under 5 U.S.C. 5702, while traveling on official business away from their homes or regular places of business, including periods while en route to and from and at the place where their services are to lie performed. No part of the appropriations herein made to the Civil Service Commission shall be available for the salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit in the Examining and Personnel Utilization Division of the Commission, established pursuant to Executive Order 9358 of July 1, 1943. Annuities Under Special Acts For payment of annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 1944, as amended (48 U.S.C. 1373a), and the Act of August 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–775), $1,300,000. Government Payment for Annuitants, Employees Health Benefits For payment of Government contributions with respect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amended, $40,748,000, to remain available until expended. Payment to Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund For financing the estimated cost of new and increased annuity benefits, during the current fiscal year, as provided by part III of Public Law 87–793 (76 Stat. 868), $71,000,000, to be credited to the civil service retirement and disability fund.

COMMISSION ON POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL Salaries and Expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses” $25,000.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses in performing the duties of the Commission as authorized by law, including not to exceed $40,700 for land and structures; not to exceed $12,500 for improvement and care of grounds and repairs to buildings; not to exceed $500 for official reception and representation expenses; special counsel fees; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, $19,100,000.

FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION Salaries and Expenses For expenses necessary for the work of the Commission, as authorized by law, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $500 for official reception and representation expenses, $14,220,000.

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901; 80 Stat. 299), and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $15,150,000: Provided, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be expended upon any investigation hereafter provided by concurrent resolution of the Congress until funds are appropriated subsequently to the enactment of such resolution to finance the cost of such investigation.

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Operating Expenses, Public Buildings Service For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of real property management and related activities as provided by law; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving Government agencies (including space adjustments) in connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of building space; acquisition by purchase or otherwise of real estate and interests therein; and contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings and moving; $260,500,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available to provide such fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other property not in Government ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable the United States Secret Service to perform its protective functions pursuant to title 18, U.S.C. 3056. Repair and Improvement of Public Buildings For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to alter public buildings and to acquire additions to sites pursuant to the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479) and to alter other Federally-owned buildings and to acquire additions to sites thereof, including grounds, approaches and appurtenances, wharves and piers, together with the necessary dredging adjacent thereto; and care and safeguarding of sites; preliminary planning of projects by contract or otherwise; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; $80,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That for the purposes of this appropriation, buildings constructed pursuant to the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (40 U.S.C. 356) and the Post Office Department Property Act of 1954 (39 U.S.C. 2104 et seq.), and buildings under the control of another department or agency where alteration of such buildings is required in connection with the moving of such other department or agency from buildings then, or thereafter to be, under the control of General Services Administration shall be considered to be public buildings. Construction, Public Buildings Projects For an additional amount for expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to construct and acquire public buildings projects and alter public buildings by extension or conversion where the estimated cost tor a project is in excess of $200,000, pursuant to the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479), including fallout shelters and equipment for such buildings, $63,757,900, and not to exceed $500,000 of this amount shall be available to the Administrator for construction or alteration of small public buildings outside the District of Columbia as the Administrator approves and deems necessary, all to remain available until expended: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall be available for public buildings projects at locations and at maximum construction improvement costs (excluding funds for sites and expenses) as follows: Post office and Federal office building, Talladega, Alabama, $385,000; Courthouse and Federal office building, Bridgeport, Connecticut, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $338,000; Post office and courthouse, Honolulu, Hawaii, $22,000,000; Courthouse and Federal office building, and post office and Federal office building, Evansville, Indiana, in addition to the sums heretofore appropriated, $710,000; Post office and courthouse (constructon and alteration), Hammond, Indiana, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $265,000; Courthouse and Federal office building, Frankfort, Kentucky, $1,868,000; Post office and Federal office building, Springfield, Massachusetts, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $1,177,000; Post office, Lincoln, Nebraska, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $369,400; Post office and Federal office building, Bronx, New York, $16,319,000; Federal office building, Buffalo, New York, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $2,000,000; Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (extension), Hyde Park, New York, $769,000; Courthouse and Federal office building, Rochester, New York, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $2,036,800; Federal office building, Goldsboro, North Carolina, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $205,000; Post office, courthouse and Federal office building, Raleigh, North Carolina, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $1,693,000; Post office and courthouse, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $234,000; Post office and Federal office building, Fargo, North Dakota, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $437,000; Post office, Dayton, Ohio, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $1,475,000; Post office and Federal office building, Baker, Oregon, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $274,000; Federal office building, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, $735,000; Federal motor vehicle facility, Houston, Texas, $780,000; Courthouse and Federal office building, Lubbock, Texas, $4,508,000; Federal office building (substructure), Seattle, Washington, $4,500,000; and Federal office building (substructure), South Portal, District of Columbia, $1,000,000: Provided further, That the foregoing limits of costs may be exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in other projects, but by not to exceed 10 per centum: Provided further, That the amount of $820,300 appropriated under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Acts, 1963 and 1965, for projects at Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Cle Elum, Washington, is hereby made available for the purposes of this appropriation. Sites and Expenses, Public Buildings Projects For an additional amount for expenses necessary in connection with the construction of public buildings projects not otherwise provided for, as specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Acts of 1959 and 1960, including preliminary planning of public buildings projects by contract or otherwise, $20,285,000, to remain available until expended. Payments, Public Buildings Purchase Contracts For payments of principal, interest, taxes, and any other obligations under contracts entered into pursuant to the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (40 U.S.C. 356), $2,350,000. Expenses, United States Court Facilities For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to provide directly or indirectly, additional space for the United States Courts incident to expansion of facilities (including rental of buildings in the District of Columbia and elsewhere and moving and space adjustments), and furniture and furnishings, $1,000,000. Operating Expenses, Federal Supply Service For expenses, not otherwise provided, necessary for supply distribution, procurement, inspection, operation of the stores depot system (including contractual services incident to receiving, handling, and shipping warehouse items), and other supply management and related activities, as authorized by law, $68,500,000. Automatic Data Processing Fund For initial capital for the Automatic Data Processing Fund established by Section 111 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (79 Stat. 1127), $10,000,000, to remain available without fiscal year limitation. Operating Expenses, National Archives and Records Service For necessary expenses in connection with Federal records management. and related activities, as provided by law, including reimbursement for security guard services, and contractual services incident to movement or disposal of records, $17,580,000. National Historical Publications Grants For allocation to Federal agencies, and for grants to State and local agencies and nonprofit organizations and institutions, for the collecting, describing, preserving and compiling, and publishing of documentary sources significant to the history of the United States, $350,000, to remain available until expended. Operating Expenses, Transportation and Communications Service For necessary expenses of transportation, communications, and other public utilities management and related activities, as provided by law, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,880,000. Operating Expenses, Property Management and Disposal Service For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for carrying out the functions of the Administrator with respect to the utilization of excess property; the disposal of surplus property; the rehabilitation of personal property; the national stockpile established by the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98–98h); the supplemental stockpile established pursuant to section 104(b) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 456, as amended); the national industrial reserve established by the National Industrial Reserve Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. 451–462); including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and reimbursement for security guard services, $27,300,000, to be derived from proceeds from transfers of excess property, disposal of surplus property, and sales of stockpile materials: Provided, That during the current fiscal year the General Services Administration is authorized to acquire leasehold interests in property, for periods not in excess of twenty years, for the storage, security, and maintenance of strategic, critical, and other materials in the national and supplemental stockpiles provided said leasehold interests are at nominal cost to the Government: Provided further, That during the current fiscal year there shall be no limitation on the value of surplus strategic and critical materials which, in accordance with section 6 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98e), may be transferred without reimbursement to the national stockpile: Provided further, That during the current fiscal year materials in the inventory maintained under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061–2166), and excess materials in the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile, the disposition of which is authorized by law, shall be available, without reimbursement, for transfer at fair market value to contractors as payment for expenses (including transportation and other accessorial expenses) of refining, processing, or other-wise beneficiating materials, or of rotating materials, pursuant to section 3 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98b). Salaries and Expenses, Office of Administrator For expenses of executive direction for activities under the control of the General Services Administration, $1,747,000: Provided, That not to exceed $500 shall lie available for reception and representation expenses. Allowances and Office Facilities for Former Presidents For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 838), $235,000: Provided, That the Administrator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections (a) and (e) of such Act. Administrative Operations Fund Funds available to General Services Administration for administrative operations, in support of program activities, shall be expended and accounted for, as a whole, through a single fund: Provided, That costs and obligations for such administrative operations for the respective program activities shall be accounted for in accordance with systems approved by the General Accounting Office: Provided further, That the total amount deposited into said account for the current fiscal year from funds made available to General Services Administration in this Act shall not exceed $16,650,000: Provided further, That amounts deposited into said account for administrative operations for each program shall not exceed the amounts included in the respective program appropriations for such purposes. General Provisions The appropriate appropriation or fund available to the General Services Administration shall be credited with (1) cost of operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part of rentals received from Government corporations pursuant to law (40 U.S.C. 129); (2) reimbursements for services performed in respect to bonds and other obligations under the jurisdiction of the General Services Administration, issued by public authorities, States, or other public bodies, and such services in respect to such bonds or obligations as the Administrator deems necessary and in the public interest may, upon the request and at the expense of the issuing agencies, be provided from the appropriate foregoing appropriation; and (3) appropriations or funds available to other agencies, and transferred to the General Services Administration, in connection with property transferred to the General Services Administration pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1948 (50 U.S.C. 451ff), and such appropriations or funds may lie so transferred, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget. Appropriations to the General Services Administration under the heading “Construction, Public Buildings Projects” made in this Act shall be available, subject to the provisions of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 for (1) acquisition of buildings and sites thereof by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, including prepayment of purchase contracts, (2) extension or conversion of Government-owned buildings, and (3) construction of new buildings, in addition to those set forth under that appropriation: Provided, That nothing herein shall authorize an expenditure of funds for acquisition, extension or con-version, or construction without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. Funds available to the General Services Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. No part of any money appropriated by this or any other Act for any agency of the executive branch of the Government shall be used during the current fiscal year for the purchase within the continental limits of the United States of any typewriting machines except in accordance with regulations issued pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appropriation made available to the General Services Administration for the current fiscal year by this Act may be transferred to any other such appropriation, but no such appropriation shall be increased thereby more than 2 per centum: Provided, That such transfers shall apply only to operating expenses, and shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount of $2,000,000. Appropriations available to any department or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available for (a) reimbursement to the General Services Administration for those expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which constitute public improvements, performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479) or other applicable law, and (b) transfer or reimbursement to applicable appropriations to said Administration for rents and related expenses, not otherwise provided for, of providing subject to Executive Order 11035, dated July 9, 1962, directly or indirectly, suitable general purpose space for any such department or agency, in the District of Columbia or elsewhere. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for the payment of rental on lease agreements for the accommodation of Federal agencies in buildings and improvements which are to be erected by the lessor for such agencies at an estimated cost of construction in excess of $200,000 or for the payment of the salary of any person who executes such a lease agreement: Provided, That the foregoing proviso shall not be applicable to projects for which a prospectus for the lease construction of space has been submitted to the Congress and approval made in the same manner as for the public buildings construction projects pursuant to the Public Buildings Act of 1959.

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $23,460,000: Provided, That Joint Board members and cooperating State commissioners may use Government transportation requests when traveling in connection with their duties as such.

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Salaries and Expenses For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875) Title IX of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 1876–1879), the National Sea Grant Colleges and Program Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 998) and the Act to establish a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881), including award of graduate fellow-ships; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; purchase of two aircraft, maintenance and operation of three aircraft and purchase of flight services for research support; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901; 80 Stat. 299); rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services; $495,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the foregoing amount not less than $37,–600,000 shall be available for tuition, grants, and allowances in connection with a program of supplementary training for secondary school science and mathematics teachers: Provided further, That receipts for scientific support services and materials furnished by the National Research Centers may be credited to this appropriation.

RENEGOTIATION BOARD Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses of the Renegotiation Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,600,000.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901; 80 Stat. 299), and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $17,350,000.

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM Salaries and Expenses For expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Selective Service System, as authorized by title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 604), as amended, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 2301–2318) for civilian employees; hire of motor vehicles; purchase of thirteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; not to exceed $67,800 for the National Selective Service Appeal Board; and $49,000 for the National Advisory Committee on the Selection of Physicians, Dentists, and Allied Specialists; $57,455,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the interest of national defense.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION General Operating Expenses For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Administration, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law; not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses: purchase of one passenger motor vehicle (medium sedan for replacement only) at not to exceed $3,000; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services; $183,221,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay in excess of twenty-two persons engaged in public relations work. Medical Administration and Miscellaneous Operating Expenses For expenses necessary for administration of the medical, hospital, domiciliary, construction and supply, research, employee education and training activities, as authorized by law, and for carrying out the provisions of section 5055, title 38, United States Code, relating to pilot programs and grants for exchange of medical information, $13,975,000. Medical and Prosthetic Research For expenses necessary for carrying out programs of medical and prosthetic research and development, as authorized by law, to remain available until expended, $45,850,000. Medical Care For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration including care and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration, and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies and equipment; maintenance and operation of farms and burial grounds; repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration, not otherwise provided for, either by contract, or by the hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901; 80 Stat. 299); and aid to State homes as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 641); $1,357,293,000, plus reimbursements: Prodded, That allotments and transfers may be made from this appropriation to the Public Health Service of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Army, Navy, and Air Force of the Department of Defense, for disbursements by them under the various headings of their applicable appropriations, of such amounts as are necessary for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration. Compensation and Pensions For the payment of compensation, pensions, gratuities, and allowances, including burial awards, burial flags, subsistence allowances for vocational rehabilitation, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certificates, as authorized by law; and for payment of amounts of compromises or settlements under 28 U.S.C. 2677 of tort claims potentially subject to the offset provisions of 38 U.S.C. 351, $4,558,000,000, to remain available until expended. Readjustment Benefits For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 31 (except section 1504), and 33–39), $427,200,000, to remain available until expended. Veterans Insurance and Indemnities For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, and service-disabled veterans insurance, to remain available until expended, $7,150,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be derived from the Veterans Special Term Insurance Fund. Grants to the Republic of the Philippines For payment to the Republic of the Philippines of grants, as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 631–634), $1,325,000. Construction of Hospital and Domiciliary Facilities For hospital and domiciliary facilities, for planning and for major alterations, improvements, and repairs and extending any of the facilities under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 5001, 5002, and 5004, title 38, United States Code, including necessary expenses of administration, $52,600,000, to remain available until expended. Grants for Construction of State Nursing Homes For grants to assist the several States to construct State home facilities for furnishing nursing home care to veterans, as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 5031–5037), $4,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 1970. Participation Sales Authorization The Federal National Mortgage Association, as trustee, is hereby authorized to issue beneficial interests or participations in such loan assets of the Direct Loan Revolving Fund and the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund as may be placed in trust with such association in accordance with section 302(c) of the Federal National Mortgage Association charter act, as amended, in an aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $850,000,000, in addition to amounts heretofore authorized: Provided, That this authorization shall remain available until June 30, 1969. Payment of Sales Insufficiencies For the payment of such insufficiencies as may be required by the trustee on account of outstanding beneficial interests or participations in Direct Loan Revolving Fund Assets or Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund assets authorized by this act to be issued pursuant to said section 302(c), as amended, not to exceed $665,000. Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund During the current fiscal year, the Loan guaranty revolving fund shall be available for expenses, but not to exceed $386,046,000, for property acquisitions and other loan guaranty and insurance operations under Chapter 37, title 38, United States Code, except administrative expenses, as authorized by section 1824 of such title: Provided, That the unobligated balances including retained earnings of the Direct loan revolving fund shall be available, during the current fiscal year, for transfer to the Loan guaranty revolving fund in such amounts as may be necessary to provide for the timely payment of obligations of such fluid and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs shall not be required to pay interest on amounts so transferred after the time of such transfer. Administrative Provisions Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation for the current fiscal year for “Compensation and pensions” “Readjustment benefits”, and “Veterans insurance and indemnities” may be transferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations, but not to exceed 10 per centum of the appropriations so augmented. Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the current fiscal year for salaries and expenses shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. The appropriation available to the Veterans Administration for the current fiscal year for “Medical care” shall be available for funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto (except burial awards authorized by 38 U.S.C. 902), for beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration receiving care under such appropriations. No part of the appropriations in this Act for the Veterans Administration (except the appropriation for “Construction of hospital and domiciliary facilities”) shall be available for the purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home. No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be available for hospitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimbursement of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Civil Defense operation and maintenance For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for carrying out civil defense activities, including the hire of motor vehicles; and financial contributions to the States for civil defense purposes, as authorized by law, $66,100,000, of which not to exceed $18,500,000 shall be available for allocation under section 205 of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended. research, shelter survey and marking For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for studies and research to develop measures and plans for civil defense; and continuing shelter surveys, marking, stocking, and equipping surveyed spaces; $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. general provisions—civil defense Appropriations contained in this Act for carrying out civil defense activities shall not lie available in excess of the limitations on appropriations contained in section 408 of the Federal Civil Defense Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2260). No part of any appropriation in this Act shall be available for the construction of warehouses or for the lease of warehouse space in any building which is to be constructed specifically for civil defense activities.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Public Health Service emergency health activities For expenses necessary for carrying out emergency planning and preparedness functions of the Public Health Service, and procurement, storage (including underground storage), distribution, and maintenance of emergency civil defense medical supplies and equipment as authorized by law (50 U.S.C., App. 2281(h)), $9,000,000, to remain available until expended.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Renewal and Housing Assistance grants for neighborhood facilities For grants authorized by section 703 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3103), $30,000,000, to remain available until expended. salaries and expenses For necessary administrative expenses of programs of renewal and housing assistance, not otherwise provided for, $31,950,000. urban renewal programs For grants for urban renewal, fiscal year 1969, as an additional amount for urban renewal programs, as authorized by title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1450 et seq.), and section 314 of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1452a), $750,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no part of any appropriation in this Act shall be used for administrative expenses in connection with commitments for grants aggregating more than the total of amounts available in the current year from the amounts authorized for making such commitments through June 30, 1967, plus the additional amounts appropriated therefor. low rent public housing annual contributions For the payment of annual contributions to public housing agencies in accordance with section 10 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1410), $275,000,000. housing for the elderly or handicapped fund For the revolving fund established pursuant to section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701q et seq.), $25,000,–000, to remain available until expended. Metropolitan Development urban planning grants For an additional amount for “Urban planning grants”, $45,000,000, to remain available until expended. open space land programs For grants as authorized by title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1500–1500e), and the provision of technical assistance to State and local public bodies (including the undertaking of studies and publication of information), $75,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no part of any appropriation in this Act shall be used for administrative expenses in connection with commitments entered into during the current fiscal year for grants aggregating more than the total amounts available in the current year from amounts heretofore appropriated for making such commitments through June 30, 1967, plus the additional amount appropriated herein: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation may be used for financing a grant in excess of 50 per centum of the cost of any activity or project. grants for basic water and sewer facilities For grants authorized by section 702 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3102), $165,000,000, to remain available until expended. salaries and expenses For necessary administrative expenses of programs of metropolitan development, not otherwise provided for, $6,100,000. urban mass transportation grants For grants as authorized by the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). for the fiscal year 1969, $175,000,000, to remain available until expended. Demonstrations and Intergovernmental Relations model cities programs For financial assistance and administrative expenses in connection with planning and carrying out comprehensive city demonstration programs, as authorized by title I of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 1255–1261), including $100,000,000 for grants for urban renewal projects within approved city demonstration programs, to be transferred to and merged with the appropriation “Urban renewal programs” for the. fiscal year 1968 in accordance with and subject to the provisions of section 113 of said Act, $312,000,000: Provided, That the amount appropriated herein for other than urban renewal programs shall remain available until June 30, 1969. urban information and technical assistance For grants authorized by title IX of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 1282–1284), $2,200,000. community development training programs For matching grants to States for training and related activities, and for expenses of providing technical assistance to State and local governmental or public bodies (including studies and publication of information), as authorized by title VIII of the Housing Act of 1964 (20 U.S.C. 801–805), $3,000,000. fellowships for city planning and urban studies For fellowships for city planning and urban studies as authorized by section 810 of the Housing Act of 1964 (20 U.S.C. 811), $500,000. urban research and technology For necessary expenses of programs of research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law (12 U.S.C. 1701d–3; 1701e; 17011; 79 Stat. 668; 80 Stat. 1286–1287), $10,000,000. low income housing demonstration programs For low income housing demonstration programs pursuant to section 207 of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1436), $2,000,000: Provided, That no part of any appropriation in this Act shall be available for administrative expenses in connection with contracts to make grants in excess of the amount herein appropriated. salaries and expenses For necessary administrative expenses of programs of demonstrations and intergovernmental relations, not otherwise provided for, $1,850,000, together with not to exceed $2,500,000 to be derived from the appropriation for “Model cities programs”: Provided, That no part of this or any other appropriation in this Act may be used to provide metropolitan expediters, or for the administration or implementation of section 204 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (Public Law 89–754). Mortgage Credit rent supplement program For rent supplement payments authorized by section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, $5,000,000: Provided, That the limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum payments that may be required in any fiscal year by all contracts entered into under such section is increased by $10,000,000: Provided further, That no part of the foregoing appropriation or contract authority shall be used for incurring any obligation in connection with any dwelling unit or project which is not either part of a workable program for community improvement meeting the requirements of section 101(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1451 (c)), or which is without local official approval for participation in this program. For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Housing Administration in carrying out functions under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, delegated by the Secretary, $1,100,000. Departmental Management general administration For necessary administrative expenses of the Secretary, not otherwise provided for, in overall program planning and direction in the Department, including not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $4,000,000. regional management and services For necessary administrative expenses, not otherwise provided for, of management and program coordination in the regional offices of the Department, $5,300,000. participation sales authorizations The Federal National Mortgage Association, as trustee, is hereby authorized to issue beneficial interests or participations in such obligations as may be placed in trust with such Association in accordance with section 302(c) of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, as amended, for the account of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (including the Federal National Mortgage Association) not to exceed $2,385,000,000, in addition to amounts heretofore authorized, in not to exceed the following principal amounts: Public facility loan fund, $80,000,000; College housing loan fund, $1,600,000,000; Housing for the elderly or handicapped fund, $100,000,000; FNMA special assistance functions, $250,000,000; and FNMA management and liquidation functions, $355,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing authorizations shall remain available until June 30, 1969. payment of participation sales insufficiencies For the payment of such insufficiencies as may be required by the trustee on account of outstanding beneficial interests or participations authorized by this Act to be issued pursuant to section 302(c) of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, as amended, not to exceed $23,000,000. working capital fund Not to exceed $1,500,000 of appropriations and funds available shall be available for capital for the working capital fund to be established pursuant to section 7(f) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 670), to remain available until expended.

TITLE II— CORPORATIONS

The following corporations and agencies, respectively, are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104

61 Stat. 584.

31 USC 849.

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 each such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided:

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK BOARD Limitation on Administrative and Nonadministrative Expenses, Federal Home Loan Bank Board Not to exceed a total of $4,540,000 shall be available for administrative expenses of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, which may procure services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and contracts for such services with one organization may be renewed annually, and uniforms or allowances therefor in accordance with law (5 U.S.C. 5901; 80 Stat. 299), and said amount shall be derived from funds available to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, including those in the Federal Home Loan Bank Board revolving fund and receipts of the Board for the current fiscal year and prior fiscal years, and the Board may utilize and may make payment for services and facilities of the Federal home-loan banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, and other agencies of the Government (including payment for office space): Provided, That all necessary expenses in connection with the conservatorship of institutions insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation or activities relating to section 6(i) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, section 5(d) of the Home Owner—s Loan Act of 1933, or section 407 or 408 of the National Housing Act and all necessary expenses (including services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the handling, including the purchase, sale, and exchange, of securities on behalf of Federal home-loan banks, and the sale, issuance, and retirement of, or payment of interest on, debentures or bonds, under the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as amended, shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof: Provided further, That members and alternates of the Federal Savings and Loan Advisory Council shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Board as approved by the Board for transportation expenses incurred in attendance at meetings of or concerned with the work of such Council and may be paid not to exceed $25 per diem in lieu of subsistence: Provided further, That expenses of any functions of supervision (except of Federal home-loan banks) vested in or exercisable by the Board shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, except for the limitation in amount hereinbefore specified, the administrative expenses and other obligations of the Board shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of July 22, 1932, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1421–1449): Provided further, That the nonadministrative expenses (except those included in the first proviso hereof) for the supervision and examination of Federal and State chartered institutions (other than special examinations determined by the Board to be necessary) shall not exceed $13,650,000. Limitation on Administrative Expenses, Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Not to exceed $298,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, which shall be on an accrual basis and shall be exclusive of interest paid, depreciation, property capitalized expenditures, expenses in connection with liquidation of insured institutions or activities relating to section 407 or 408 of the National Housing Act, liquidation or handling of assets of or derived from insured institutions, payment of insurance, and action for or toward the avoidance, termination, or minimizing of losses in the case of insured institutions, legal fees and expenses, and payments for expenses of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board determined by said Board to be properly allocable to said Corporation, and said Corporation may utilize and may make payments for services and facilities of the Federal home-loan banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and other agencies of the Government: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, except for the limitation in amount hereinbefore specified, the administrative expenses and other obligations of said Corporation shall be incurred, allowed and paid in accordance with title IV of the Act of June 27, 1934, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1724–1730b).

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Limitation on Administrative Expenses, College Housing Loans Not to exceed $2,200,000 shall be available for all administrative expenses of carrying out the program of housing loans to educational institutions (12 U.S.C. 1749–1749d). Limitation on Administrative Expenses, Housing for the Elderly or Handicapped Not to exceed $1,232,000 of funds in the revolving fund established pursuant to section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701q et seq.), shall be available for administrative expenses. Limitation on Administrative Expenses, Public Facility Loans Not to exceed $1,187,000 of funds in the revolving fund established pursuant to title II of the Housing Amendments of 1955, as amended, shall be available for administrative expenses. Limitation on Administrative Expenses, Revolving Fund (Liquidating Programs) During the current fiscal year not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, but this amount shall be exclusive of expenses necessary in the case of defaulted obligations to protect the interests of the Government. Limitation on Administrative and Nonadministrative Expenses, Federal Housing Administration For administrative expenses in carrying out duties imposed by or pursuant to law, not to exceed $11,000,000 of the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration shall be available, in accordance with the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701): Provided, That funds shall be available for contract actuarial services (not to exceed $1,500): Provided further, That nonadministrative expenses classified by section 2 of Public Law 387, approved October 25, 1949, shall not exceed $87,000,000. Limitation on Administrative Expenses, Federal National Mortgage Association Not to exceed $9,600,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, which shall be on an accrual basis, and shall be exclusive of interest paid, expenses (including expenses for fiscal agency services performed on a contract or fee basis) in connection with the issuance and servicing of securities, depreciation, properly capitalized expenditures, fees for servicing mortgages, expenses (including services performed on a force account, contract, or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, protection, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of real or personal property belonging to said Association or in which it has an interest, cost of salaries, wages, travel, and other expenses of persons employed outside of the continental United States, and all administrative expenses reimbursable from other Government agencies: Provided, That the distribution of administrative expenses to the accounts of the Association shall be made in accordance with generally recognized accounting principles and practices. Administrative Expenses, Low Rent Public Housing Administrative expenses of carrying out the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1401–1433) shall be provided for from amounts appropriated therefor in this Act, except that necessary expenses of providing representatives at the sites of non-Federal projects in connection with the construction of such projects by public housing agencies with aid under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, shall be compensated by such agencies by the payment of fixed fees which in the aggregate will cover the costs of rendering such services, and expenditures for such purpose shall be considered nonadministrative expenses, and funds received from such payments may be used only for the payment of necessary expenses of providing such representatives.

TITLE III— GENERAL PROVISIONS