transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced. SEC. 606. Pursuant to section 1415 of the Act of July 15, 1952 (66 Stat. 662), foreign credits (including currencies) owed to or owned by the United States may be used by Federal agencies for any purpose for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (including the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing the use of such credits), only when reimbursement therefor is made to the Treasury from applicable appropriations of the agency concerned: Provided, That such credits received as exchange allowances or proceeds of sales of personal property may be used in whole or part payment for acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the manner authorized by law, without reimbursement to the Treasury. SEC. 607. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act, or of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency, shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes designed to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress. (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for the payment of the salary of any officer or employee of the United States Postal Service, who (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to prohibit or prevent, any officer or employee of the United States Postal Service from having any direct oral or written communication or contact with any Member or committee of Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to the employment of such officer or employee or pertaining to the United States Postal Service in any way, irrespective of whether such communication or contact is at the initiative of such officer or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member or committee; or (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of, any officer or employee of the United States Postal Service, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to such officer or employee, by reason of any communication or contact of such officer or employee with any Member or committee of Congress as described in paragraph (1) of this subsection. SEC. 608. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act, shall be available to finance interdepartmental boards, commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups under section 214 of the Independent Offices Appropriations Act, 1946 (31 U.S.C. 691) which do not have prior and specific congressisonal approval of such method of financial support. SEC. 609. 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. 749) 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 11512, dated February 27, 1970, directly or indirectly, suitable general purpose space for any such department or agency, in the District of Columbia or elsewhere. SEC. 610. Funds made available by this or any other Act to the "Buildings management fund" (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), and the "Postal Service fund" (39 U.S.C. 2003), shall be available for employment of guards for all buildings and areas owned or occupied by the United States or the Postal Service and under the charge and control of the General Services Administration or the Postal Service, and such guards shall have, with respect to such property, the powers of special policemen provided by the first section of the Act of June 1, 1948 (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318), but shall not be restricted to certain Federal property as otherwise required by the proviso contained in said section, and, as to property owned or occupied by the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the same actions as the Administrator of General Services may take under the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of June 1, 1948 (622 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a, 318b) attaching thereto penal consequences under the authority and within the limits provided in section 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948 (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c). This Act may be cited as the "Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation Act, 1974". Approved October 30, 1973. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY HOUSE REPORTS: No. 93-399 (Committee on Appropriations) and No. 93-570 (Committee of Conference). SENATE REPORT No. 93-378 (Committee on Appropriations). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 119 (1973): August 1, considered and passed House. September 5, considered and passed Senate, amended. October 16, House and Senate agreed to conference report. Limitation on administrative expenses $5,233,189,000 -203,312,000 (96,000,000) (42,350,000) Total, new budget (obligational) authority (all definite appropriations), Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation Act, 1974. NOTE. In addition to the new budget (obligational) authority for fiscal year 1974 contained in the foregoing annual appropriation act, the following additional amounts are available for such fiscal year: Adjustment-Rescission of fiscal year 1973 appropriations Permanent appropriations (pp. 1063–1065). Private appropriation acts (p. 1053). Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1974 (pp. 277, 278, 281, 282, 283, 286, 290-293) Claims and Judgments (p. 293). Continuing Appropriations, 1974 (National Commission on Productivity ) (p. 298). Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1974: Consumer Information Center (p. 68) Consumer Product Safety Commission (p. 68). Council on Environmental Quality and Office of En vironmental Quality (p. 61)...... - Environmental Protection Agency (pp. 61-63) Federal Trade Commission (p. 68)....... National Commission on Water Quality (p. 63). Department of the Treasury Appropriation Act, 1974: Bureau of Accounts (p. 63). Foreign Assistance Appropriation Act, 1974: Action Agency-International Programs: Peace Corps (p. 106)..... $203, 312, 000 37, 199, 779, 000 18, 079, 670, 000 362, 350 1 406, 815, 000 885,000 635, 000 30, 900, 000 2, 466, 000 534, 000, 000 30, 600, 000 10, 000, 000 1, 188, 000 76, 000, 000 1 Includes $1,000,000 in Fiscal Year 1974 new budget (obligational) authority for the Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish Speaking People, provided by Section 502, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1974 (p. 283). $5,029,877,000 Department of HUD; Space, Science, Veterans Appropria tion Act, 1974: Federal Communications Commission (p. 114). National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Science Foundation (pp. 116-117). Securities and Exchange Commission (p. 117). Selective Service System (p. 117). Veterans Administration (pp. 117-120). Department of the Interior Appropriation Act, 1974: Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Board of Indian Claims Commission (p. 142). Joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission National Capital Planning Commission (p. 142). Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (p. Smithsonian Institution (pp. 143–144). Departments of Labor; Health, Education, and Welfare Action Agency-Domestic Programs (p. 166). Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (p. 167)__ National Commission on Libraries and Information National Labor Relations Board (p. 167). National Mediation Board (p. 167). Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Office of Economic Opportunity (p. 168). Public Works-AEC Appropriation Act, 1974: Atomic Energy Commission (pp. 199–200). Programs Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (p. 209)___ Susquehanna River Basin Commission (p. 209) - Departments of State, Justice, Commerce and the Judiciary American Battle Monuments Commission (p. 233)..... Federal Maritime Commission (p. 234). Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (pp. 234- International Radio Broadcasting (p. 235)- National Commission for the Review of Federal and Small Business Administration (pp. 235-236). Tariff Commission (p. 236) . United States Information Agency (pp. 237-238) $39, 860, 000 3, 002, 100, 000 569, 600, 000 4, 690, 000 34, 027, 000 47, 500, 000 12, 265, 807, 000 143, 000 60, 000 1,086, 000 694, 400 1, 459, 000 200,000 118, 275, 000 350, 000 73, 080, 000 43, 004, 000 50, 000, 000 10, 960, 000 406, 000 55, 050, 000 2, 867, 000 4,890, 000 346, 300, 000 22, 478, 000 1, 492, 000 270, 000, 000 2, 336, 538, 000 311, 000 27, 000, 000 34, 000 221, 000 45, 676, 000 7, 417, 000 3, 800, 000 7, 735, 000 205, 000 5, 700, 000 1,050, 000 43, 000, 000 6, 000; 000 800, 000 45, 000, 000 412, 000 332, 000 248, 123, 000 1, 500, 000 7, 100, 000 207, 414, 000 26-151-74- -18 SPECIAL RESOLUTION, GOLD REVALUATION APPROPRIATION, 1974 Public Law 93-142 93rd Congress, H.J. Res. 748 JOINT RESOLUTION Making an appropriation for special payments to international financial institutions for the fiscal year 1974, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sum is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, namely: FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SPECIAL PAYMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS For payments by the Secretary of the Treasury to maintain the value in terms of gold of the holdings of United States dollars of the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Development Association, and the Asian Development Bank, to the extent provided in the articles of agreement of such institutions, as authorized by Section 3 of the Par Value Modification Act (Public Law 92-268 as amended), such amounts as may be necessary (but not to exceed $2,203,000,000), to remain available until $2,203,000,000 expended. Approved October 26, 1973. (indefinite) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY HOUSE REPORT No. 93-538 (Committee on Appropriations). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 119 (1973): October 4, considered and passed House. 275 |