UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary to enable the United States Information Agency, as authorized by Reorganization Plan No. 8 of 1953, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act (75 Stat. 527), and the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), to carry out international information activities, including employment, without regard to the civil service and classification laws, of (1) persons on a temporary basis. (not to exceed $120,000), (2) aliens within the United States, and (3) aliens abroad for service in the United States relating to the translation or narration of colloquial speech in foreign languages (such aliens to be investigated for such employment in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary of State and the Attorney General); travel expenses of aliens employed abroad for service in the United States and their dependents to and from the United States; salaries, expenses, and allowances of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 801-1158); entertainment within the United States not to exceed $500; hire of passenger motor vehicles; insurance on official motor vehicles in foreign countries; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672, as amended, of title 28 of the United States Code when such claims arise in foreign countries; advance of funds notwithstanding section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; dues for library membership in organizations which issue publications to members only, or to members at a price lower than to others; employment of aliens, by contract, for service abroad; purchase of ice and drinking water abroad; payment of excise taxes on negotiable instruments abroad; actual expenses of preparing and transporting to their former homes the remains of persons, not United States Government employees, who may die away from their homes while participating in activities authorized under this appropriation; radio activities and acquisition and production of motion pictures and visual materials and purchase or rental of technical equipment and facilities therefor, narration, script-writing, translation, and engineering services, by contract or otherwise; maintenance, improvement, and repair of properties used for information activities in foreign countries; fuel and utilities for Governmentowned or leased property abroad; rental or lease for periods not exceeding five years of offices, buildings, grounds, and living quarters for officers and employees engaged in informational activities abroad; travel expenses for employees attending official international conferences, without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and to the rates of per diem allowances in lieu of subsistence expenses under the Travel Expense Act of 1949, but at rates not in excess of comparable allowances approved for such conferences by the Secretary of State; and purchase of objects for presentation to foreign governments, schools, or organizations; $134,000,000, of which not less than $11,000,000 shall be used to purchase foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That not to exceed $110,000 may be used for representation abroad: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for expenses in connection with travel of personnel outside the continental United States, including travel of dependents and transportation of personal effects, household goods, or automobiles of such personnel, when any part of such travel or transportation begins in $134,000,000 the current fiscal year pursuant to travel orders issued in that year, notwithstanding the fact that such travel or transportation may not be completed during the current year: Provided further, That passenger motor vehicles used abroad exclusively for the purposes of this appropriation may be exchanged or sold, pursuant to section 201 (c) of the Act of June 30, 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481(c)), and the exchange allowances or proceeds of such sales shall be available for replacement of an equal number of such vehicles and the cost, including the exchange allowance of each such replacement, except buses and station wagons, shall not exceed $1,500: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), the United States Information Agency is authorized, in making contracts for the use of international shortwave radio stations and facilities, to agree on behalf of the United States to indemnify the owners and operators of said radio stations and facilities from such funds as may be hereafter appropriated for the purpose against loss or damage on account of injury to persons or property arising from such use of said radio stations and facilities: Provided further, That existing appointments and assignments to the Foreign Service Reserve for the purposes of foreign information and educational activities which expire during the current fiscal year may be extended for a period of one year in addition to the period of appointment or assignment otherwise authorized. SALARIES AND EXPENSES (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) For purchase of foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States, for necessary expenses of the United States Information Agency, as authorized by law, $11,750,000, to remain available until expended. SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the United States Information Agency under section 102(a) (3) of the "Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961" (75 Stat. 527), $7,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed a total of $10,550 may be expended for representation. SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) For purchase of foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States, for necessary expenses of the United States Information Agency in connection with special international exhibitions under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (75 Stat. 527), $450,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $1,250 may be expended for representation. ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF RADIO FACILITIES For an additional amount for the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio transmission and reception, purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio transmission and reception, without regard to the provisions of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 278a), and acquisition of land and interests in land by purchase, lease, rental, or otherwise, $12,070,000, to remain avail $11,750,000 7,200,000 450,000 12, 070,000 able until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for acquisition of land outside the continental United States without regard to section 355 of the Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 255), and title to any land so acquired shall be approved by the Director of the United States Information Agency. INFORMATIONAL MEDIA GUARANTEE FUND For the "Informational media guarantee fund", for partial restoration of realized impairment to the capital used in carrying on the authority to make informational media guarantees, as provided in section 1011 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1442), $750,000[Total, U.S. Information Agency, $166,220,000.] [Total, title V, related agencies, $283,070,000.] TITLE VI-FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED The following corporation is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to such corporation, and in accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the fiscal year 1964 for such corporation including purchase (not to exceed ten) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, except as hereinafter provided: LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING EXPENSES, Not to exceed $650,000 of the funds of the corporation shall be available for its administrative expenses, and not to exceed $1,450,000 for the expenses of vocational training of prisoners, both amounts to be available for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), and to be computed on an accrual basis and to be determined in accordance with the corporation's prescribed accounting system in effect on July 1, 1946, and shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment of claims, expenditures which the said accounting system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of facilities and other property belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest. TITLE VII-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 701. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the Congress. SEC. 702. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to administer any program which is funded in whole or in part from foreign currencies or credits for which a specific dollar appropriation therefor has not been made. SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to conduct or assist in conducting any program (including but not limited to the payment of salaries, administrative expenses, and the conduct of research activities) related directly or indirectly to the establishment of a national service corps or similar domestic peace corps type of program. $750,000 650,000 (corporate funds) 1,450,000 (corporate funds) This Act may be cited as the "Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1964". Approved December 30, 1963. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY HOUSE REPORTS: No. 338 (Committee on Appropriations), No. 1056 (Committee of Conference). SENATE REPORT No. 747 (Committee on Appropriations). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, vol. 109, 1963: June 18: Considered and passed House. Dec. 12: Considered and passed Senate, amended. Dec. 18: Conference report agreed to in House and Senate. Total, title I, Department of State--- Total, title II, Department of Justice. Total, title III, Department of Commerce-- Total, title V, related agencies-. Grand total: Definite appropriations. Special account appropriations__. Total, Departments of State, Justice, and $322, 696, 000 343, 899, 000 804, 500, 100 58, 127, 900 283,070, 000 1,812, 293, 000 NOTE. In addition to the appropriations for the fiscal year 1964 carried in the foregoing annual appropriation act, the following additional amounts are available to such departments for such fiscal year: Permanents and indefinites (general and special accounts): Department of State (p. 445). Foreign Aid and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1964: Grand total, exclusive of trust funds__ $1,820,093,000 $2,669, 000 Deduct amounts for independent agencies transferred to independent offices totals: American Battle Monuments Commission (p. 201) Federal Maritime Commission (p. 202). Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (p. 202) Small Business Administration (pp. 202–203). Special Representative for Trade Negotiations (p. 203). Tariff Commission (p. 203) --- United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (p. 203) – Net amount-- Department of State--- Department of Justice-- $1,800,000 465, 000 354, 289, 000 343, 899, 000 Department of Commerce_. The Judiciary--- U.S. Information Agency-- 1 1 For trust funds, see pp. 451-452; 455. 804, 500, 100 65, 927, 900 166, 220, 000 TREASURY, POST OFFICE, AND EXECUTIVE Public Law 88-39 88th Congress, H.R. 5366 June 13, 1963 AN ACT Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Department, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and for other purposes 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 Treasury and Post Office Departments, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, namely: TITLE I-TREASURY DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses in the Office of the Secretary, including the operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Annex thereof; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); the purchase of uniforms for elevator operators; and not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses; $5,000,000 BUREAU OF ACCOUNTS SALARIES AND EXPENSES $5,000,000 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Accounts, $4,050,000---- SALARIES AND EXPENSES, DIVISION OF DISBURSEMENT For necessary expenses of the Division of Disbursement, $30,750,000. [Total, Bureau of Accounts, $34,800,000.] BUREAU OF CUSTOMS SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Customs, including purchase of seventy passenger motor vehicles (of which sixty shall be for replacement only) including fifty-five for police-type use which may exceed by $300 each the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); services as 4,050,000 30, 750,000 |