General and special funds-Continued ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS-Continued This appropriation was established in 1964 pursuant to Public Law 88-113 (77 Stat. 142) approved September 6, 1963, to provide a separate account for the expenses of personnel and travel, and for supporting costs of NASA installations previously included in the research and development appropriation. Responsibility for the manned space flight activity is located at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Cocoa Beach, Fla.; Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Tex.; and Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. The scientific investigations in space activity and space applications are concentrated principally at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., the Pacific Launch Operations Office, Lompoc, Calif.; and the Wallops Station, Wallops Island, Va. The space technology activity is conducted at all major NASA installations. Locations not included above to which major activities are assigned are Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif.: Electronics Research Center, Cambridge, Mass.; Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.; Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.; Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio; and the Space Nuclear Propulsion Office, Germantown, Md. Aircraft technology work is carried out at the Ames Research Center, Flight Research Center, Lewis Research Center, and the Langley Research Center. Programwide support and management are provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C., and the Western Operations Office, Santa Monica, Calif.; and support activities for tracking and data acquisition requirements are performed at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, and Wallops Station. The following table reflects the distribution of the direct obligations by installation. DISTRIBUTION BY INSTALLATION Not to exceed $35,000 of the appropriation "Administrative Operations" in this Act for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall be available for scientific consultations or extraordinary expense, to be expended upon the approval or authority of the Administrator and his determination shall be final and conclusive. No part of any appropriation made available to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration by this Act shall be used for expenses of participating in a manned lunar landing to be carried out jointly by the United States and any other country without the consent of the Congress. Any appropriation in this Act to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration may initially be used during the fiscal year 1966 to finance work or activities for which funds have been provided in any other appropriation available to the Administration and appropriate adjustments between such appropriations shall subsequently be made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. (Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1965; additional authorizing legis. lation to be proposed.) General and special funds: GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Administration, not otherwise provided for, including expenses incidental to securing employment for and recognition of war veterans; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law; not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses; [reimbursement of the Department of the Army for the services of the officer assigned to the Veterans Administration to serve as Assistant Deputy Administrator] purchase of one passenger motor vehicle (medium sedan for replacement only) at not to exceed $3,000; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services; [$155,125,000 $158,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay in excess of twenty-two persons engaged in public relations work: Provided further, That [no part of] this appropriation [shall be used to pay educational institutions for reports and certifications of attendance at such institutions an allowance at a rate in excess of $1 per month for each eligible veteran enrolled in and attending such institution] may be reimbursed by other appropriations or funds available to the Veterans Administration for automatic data processing and other administrative services furnished for the purposes of such appropriations or funds. (5 U.S.C. 2203(a)(7), 2204(24); chs. 1, 16, 18, 21, 21A, 23-26, 30, 32, 36, 37, 39; 6 U.S.C. 14-15; 22 U.S.C. 1136 (4) and (5) and 1138; 24 U.S.C. 30; 28 U.S.C. 1823, 2672; 31 U.S.C. 530a, 686; 38 U.S.C. 111, 1665(b); chs. 3, 55, 57, 59, 71; 41 U.S.C. 5; 72 Stat. 1262-1264; 74 Stat. 793-798; Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1965.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) Identification code 29-00-0151-0-1-805 43 44 VETERANS ADMINISTRATION Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)—Continued Program by activities: 74 Obligated balance, end of year. -7,847 -8,755 -8,956 Direct program costs: 77 Adjustments in expired accounts. -218 1. General administration... 81 Balance not available, start of year. 7 2. Data management.. 12,109 3. Veterans benefits: 90 (a) Program planning and direc Expenditures excluding pay increase supplemental.. 91 (b) Field operations: Expenditures from civilian pay in (1) Executive administra crease supplemental.... 3,434 3,772 3,163 6,779 (3) Compensation, pension 1 Includes capital outlay as follows: 1964, $3,234 thousand; 1965, $1,223 thousand; 1966, $347 thousand. and education.......... 37,037 36,964 37.260 * Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Total selected resources. Receipts and reimbursements from administrative budget accounts as follows: -99 1,055 191 191 1964 1965 1966 3,675 254 10 235 125 tion... (2) Contact (5) Guardianship. (6) Insurance. (7) Office services.. 155 10 10 30 30 74 390 753 • Reimbursements are derived from refund of terminal leave payments (5 U.S.C. 61(b)) and proceeds from sale of personal property (40 U.S.C. 481(c)). This appropriation provides for all administrative expenses of the Agency with the exception of those applicable to the Department of Medicine and Surgery. The request for new obligational authority for 1966 is $4.9 million less than the total request for 1965. This decrease is due primarily to (1) reorganization of field 8,102 installations, including the consolidation of 17 regional offices into larger, more efficient units, (2) financing the cost of data processing operations related to medical programs on a reimbursement basis, and (3) increased pro166, 102 ductivity and declining workloads. 166, 102 General and special funds—Continued GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES-Continued The program includes provision for the impact of Public Law 88-664 approved October 13, 1964, covering revisions in the veterans' pension program, limited reopening of National service life insurance and a new "modified life plan" of National service life insurance. Under the "reopening" provisions of the law it is estimated that 500,000 policies will be issued during the reopening period. The initial administrative expenses and maintenance costs will be reimbursed from the Veterans' reopened insurance fund, which is being established to service the new programs. 1. General administration. In addition to the executive direction of the Agency, this activity covers the Board of Veterans Appeals, which decides all cases (other than insurance cases) of appeals to the Administrator on claims involving benefits under veterans legislation. 2. Data management. This activity is responsible for managing all automatic data processing operations. Further development of ADP operations will improve service to veterans, provide better information for management and research, and reduce operating costs. 3. Veterans benefits.-Veterans' and dependents' claims for compensation, pensions, or other benefits are adjudicated, and guardianship and fiduciary service is furnished helpless or incompetent veterans and minor dependents, as indicated by the following workloads (in thousands): 1963 1964 1965 1966 Personnel compensation... 128,821 133,382 131,619 12.0 Personnel benefits.. 9,741 10,212 10,103 318 291 280 320 21.0 Travel and transportation of persons.. 3,026 3,150 3,113 Dependency and income claims (disa 22.0 Transportation of things.--- 394 746 409 bility and death).... 23.0 Rent, communications, and utilities. 5,760 Cases involving guardianship or fiduciary 24.0 Printing and reproduction.. 1,672 1,528 1.565 relationship. 3,925 Field examinations completed.... Eligibility of trainees for vocational rehabilitation and education or educational assistance is determined and guidance is furnished to trainees. Approximately $5 million of the total cost of the compensation, pension, and education activity is related to the administration of the education program in 1966. Trainees (average number) are expected as follows: Readjustment trainees. 41.0 Grants, subsidies, and contributions.. 25.2 Services of other agencies. 318 26.0 Supplies and materials.. 1,319 31.0 Equipment....... 3.234 1,171 310 727 575 190 40 Loan guaranty operations include issuance of certificates of loan guaranty or insurance, servicing of loans reported in default, payment of claims of lenders on defaulted loans, acquisition, management and disposal of property when necessary to protect the Government's interest, 94.0 Change in selected resources. making of direct loans to veterans in certain areas, and, providing assistance to specified paraplegic veterans in acquiring specially adapted housing. Key workload forecasts are as follows (in thousands): |