Public Law 90–239

That the following

Supplemental Appropriation Act. 1968.

sums are appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations (this Act may be cited as the “Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1968”) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and for other purposes, namely:

CHAPTER I INDEPENDENT OFFICES

Appalachian Regional Commission salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Federal Cochairman and his alternate on the Appalachian Regional Commission and for payment of the Federal share of the administrative expenses of the Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $745,750.

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT Appalachian Regional Development Programs For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, except expenses authorized by section 105 and section 201 of said Act, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $56,700,000, to remain available until expended.

CHAPTER II DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Saline Water salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.

PUBLIC LAND LAW REVIEW COMMISSION Salaries and Expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $2,200,000, to remain available until expended.

CHARIER III OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

Economic Opportunity Program For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88–452, approved August 20, 1964), as amended, $1,773,000,000: Provided, That those provisions of the Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967 that set mandatory funding levels for programs newly authorized therein shall not be effective during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, of which not more than $500,000 shall be available for transfer to the Department of Agriculture to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the purposes of Public Law 90–95, plus reimbursements: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for transfers to the economic opportunity loan fund for loans under title III. and amounts so transferred shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, as authorized by section 602 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, and for purchase of real property for training centers: Provided further, That this appropriation shall not be available for contracts under titles I, II, V, VI, and VIII extending for more than twenty-four months: Provided further, That no part of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall lie available for any grant until the Director has determined that the grantee is qualified to administer the funds and programs involved in the proposed grant: Provided further, That all grant agreements shall provide that the General Accounting Office shall have access to the records of the grantee which bear exclusively upon the Federal grant.

CHAPTER IV LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

SENATE Salaries of Officers and Employees administrative and clerical assistants to senators Effective January 1, 1968, the clerk hire allowance of each Senator from the State of Indiana shall be increased to that allowed Senators from States having a population of five million, the population of said State having exceeded five million inhabitants; and that the clerk hire allowance of each Senator from the State of New Jersey shall be increased to that allowed Senators from States having a population of seven million, the population of said State having exceeded seven million inhabitants. office of the secretary Effective January 1, 1968, the Secretary may fix the compensation of the assistant reporter of debates at not to exceed $17,860 gross per annum.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE Folding Documents For an additional amount for “Folding Documents”, $8,000. Postage Stamps For an additional amount for airmail and special delivery stamps for Senators and the President of the Senate, $9,040: Provided, That the President of the Senate and each Senator from a State east of the Mississippi River shall be allowed an additional $80, and each Senator from a State west of the Mississippi River shall be allowed an additional $100. House of Representatives For payment to Norma W. Younger, widow of J. Arthur Younger, late a Representative from the State or California, $30,000. None of the funds available to the House of Representatives for the fiscal year 1968 shall hereafter be available for the purposes of House Resolution 416 of the Eighty-ninth Congress relating to the hire of student congressional interns. Architect of the Capitol capitol buildings For an additional amount for “Extension of the Capitol”, $135,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation for “Expansion of facilities, Capitol Power Plant”. senate office buildings For an additional amount for “Senate Office Buildings”, $231,000, to remain available until expended. Administrative Provision The second paragraph under the heading “Senate Office Buildings” in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1966 (79 Stat. 1147), is amended by striking out “$7,700” and inserting in lieu thereof “$8,200”.

CHAPTER V GENERAL PROVISIONS