75th Congress, 1st Session Senate Document No. 119 APPROPRIATIONS, BUDGET ESTIMATES, ETC. STATEMENTS FOR THE SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION SHOWING I.—APPROPRIATIONS MADE DURING THE FIRST SESSION, SEVENTY-FIFTH II. PERMANENT AND INDEFINITE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS (pp. 851-863). IV. CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF REGULAR AND DEFICIENCY APPROPRIA V.—REFERENCES TO INDEFINITE APPROPRIATIONS (pp. 870–875). VI. AMOUNT OF CONTRACTS AUTHORIZED BY APPROPRIATIONS OR OTHER VII. AUTHORIZATIONS FOR APPROPRIATIONS (pp. 878-885). VIII. COMPARISON OF BUDGET ESTIMATES AND APPROPRIATIONS (pp. 886-953). SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION, JANUARY 5 TO AUGUST 21, 1937 PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 521799 COMPILERS' NOTE The previous volumes of this work for each session of Congress from the Fiftieth to the Sixty-seventh, inclusive, covering the fiscal years 1889 to 1924, inclusive, have contained tabulations in accordance with law, showing offices created and omitted and offices the salaries of which have been increased or reduced. Such tabulations have been eliminated from this publication, under the authority contained in the legislative appropriation act approved June 7, 1924, and reading as follows: "In lieu of the data relating to offices created and omitted and salaries increased and reduced, the statement shall hereafter contain such additional information concerning estimates and appropriations as the committees may deem necessary." The Classification Act of 1923, as amended, providing a method for classification of positions in the District of Columbia, salary schedules and ratings for such positions, and provision for automatic promotions, effective on July 1, 1924, makes impossible the compilation of accurate and useful statements of the character above referred to. This volume, pursuant to the above-quoted authority, contains detailed statements showing each item of appropriation made during the session and each Budget estimate submitted by the President and the increase or decrease in the Budget estimate compared with the appropriation in each instance. 2 THOMAS S. MCMILLAN, South Carolina. J. BUELL SNYDER, Pennsylvania. JOHN F. DOCKWEILER, California. GEORGE W. JOHNSON, West Virginia. JOACHIM O. FERNANDEZ, Louisiana. MILLARD F. CALDWELL, Florida. DAVID D. TERRY, Arkansas. JOHN M. HOUSTON, Kansas. JOHN P. HIGGINS, Massachusetts. J. BURRWOOD DALY, Pennsylvania. JOE STARNES, Alabama. ROSS A. COLLINS, Mississippi. CHARLES H. LEAVY, Washington. WILLIAM D. MCFARLANE, Texas. 1 Elected, Jan. 8, 1937. JOHN TABER, New York. RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts. WILLIAM P. LAMBERTSON, Kansas. J. WILLIAM DITTER, Pennsylvania. Majority members, Messrs. Buchanan to Rabaut, inclusive, elected by H. Res. 19, adopted Jan. 5, 1937. Majority members, Messrs. Fernandez to Leavy, inclusive, elected by H. Res. 58, adopted Jan. 13, 1937. Minority members, Messrs. Taber to Ditter, inclusive, elected by H. Res. 41, adopted Jan. 6, 1937. Minority members, Messrs. Carter to Engel, inclusive, elected by H. Res. 63, adopted Jan. 14, 1937. 3 Deceased, Feb. 22, 1937. Elected Chairman on Mar. 5, 1937. Elected Mar. 10, 1937. Resigned Jan. 14, 1937. 3 I-APPROPRIATIONS MADE DURING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, CONSISTING OF REGULAR ANNUAL, DEFICIENCY, AND MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION APPROPRIATION ACT OF 1938 [PUBLIC NO. 173-75тH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 404-1ST SESSION] [H. R. 6523] By the Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and for the Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes, approved June 29, 1937. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture and for the Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, namely: TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY SALARIES For the Secretary of Agriculture, Under Secretary of Agriculture, Assistant Secretary, and for other personal services in the District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $452,700: Provided, That in expending appropriations or portions of appropriations contained in this Act for the payment of personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the Assistant Secretary, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act as amended and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate: Provided further, That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or (2) to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade, in the same or different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under |