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THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ACT,

1951

[PUBLIC LAW 45-82D CONGRESS]
[CHAPTER 121-1ST SESSION]
[H. R. 3587]

By the Act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and for other purposes, approved June 2, 1951

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, to supply supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and for other purposes, namely:

CHAPTER I

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

(Out of Revenues of the District of Columbia)

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL

For an additional amount for "Office of the Corporation Counsel", $5,000; and the limitation under this head in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act of 1951 on the amount available for the settlement of claims is increased from "$7,000" to "$12,000".

FISCAL SERVICE

COLLECTOR'S OFFICE

For additional amounts for "Collector's Office", fiscal year 1949, $653,568, and fiscal year 1951, $144,700_.

COURTS

$5,000

798,268

UNITED STATES COURTS

For an additional amount, fiscal year 1950, for "United States courts", $265,443--

265,443

PUBLIC WELFARE

SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL

For additional amounts for "Saint Elizabeths Hospital", fiscal year 1949, $13,704, and fiscal year 1950, $22,604_-_.

36,308

SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS AND SUITS

For an additional amount for the payment of claims in excess of $250, approved by the Commissioners in accordance with the provisions of the Act of February 11, 1929, as amended (46 Stat. 500),

$7,493

7,493

JUDGMENTS

For the payment of final judgments rendered against the District of Columbia, as set forth in House Document Numbered 67 (82d Congress), together with such further sums as may be necessary to pay the interest at not exceeding 4 per centum per annum on such judgments, as provided by law, from the date the same became due. until the date of payment, $5,580

AUDITED CLAIMS

For an additional amount for the payment of claims, certified to be due by the accounting officers of the District of Columbia, under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or credited to the general fund of the District of Columbia as provided by law (D. C. Code, title 47, sec. 130a), being for the service of the fiscal year 1948 and prior fiscal years, as set forth in House Document Numbered 67 (82d Congress), $4,648--

Total, District of Columbia (chapter I).

CHAPTER II

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

SENATE

For payment to Arthur H. Vandenberg, Junior, son, and Barbara Vandenberg Bailey and Elizabeth Vandenberg Pfeiffer, daughters, of Arthur H. Vandenberg, late a Senator from the State of Michigan, $12,500

CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

For an additional amount for "Furniture and repairs", $17,878___. [Total, Senate, $30,378.]

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

For payment to Vera D. Buchanan, widow of Frank Buchanan, late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania, $12,500_-For payment to Maude F. Kee, widow of John Kee, late a Representative from the State of West Virginia, $12,500-

CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE

STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)

For an additional amount for "Stationery (revolving fund)", $1,000, to remain available until expended.

[Total, House of Representatives, $26,000.]

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

CAPITOL BUILDINGS

For an additional amount, for liquidation of contract authority, for the House and Senate improvements authorized by the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940 (54 Stat. 629), as amended by the Acts of June 8, 1942 (56 Stat. 342), July 17, 1945 (59 Stat. 472), Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948 (62 Stat. 1027), and the

$5,580

and indefinite

4,648

1, 122, 740

12,500

17,878

12,500

12, 500

1,000

First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1949, $268,000, of which $168,000 shall be available for the House improvements and $100,000 for the Senate improvements.

For an additional amount for "Capitol Buildings", $3,000.

SENATE RESTAURANTS

For repairs, improvements, furnishings, equipment, labor and materials, and all necessary incidental expenses, to provide additional restaurant facilities in the Senate Office Building, to be expended by the Architect of the Capitol under the supervision of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, $30,000__.

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

For an additional amount for "House office buildings", including furniture and furnishings, $21,500--

[Total, Architect of the Capitol, $322,500.]

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WORKING CAPITAL AND CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

For an additional amount for "Working capital and congressional printing and binding", $1,200,000: Provided, That the limitation under this head in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1951, on the amount available for the printing, binding, and distribution of the Federal Register in accordance with the Act approved July 26, 1935 (44 U. S. C. 301-310), is increased from "$475,000" to "$675,000”. Total, Legislative Branch (chapter II)

CHAPTER III

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

For an additional amount for "American sections, international commissions", $36,500, which shall be derived by transfer from the appropriation for "Contributions to international organizations"; and appropriations granted under this head for the fiscal year 1951 shall be available to enable the President to perform the obligations of the United States under the treaty between the United States of America and Canada, signed February 27, 1950, and ratified by the United States Senate on August 9, 1950.

INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

For an additional amount for "International information and educational activities", for facilities for radio transmission and reception, and so forth, as authorized in the third proviso under this head in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951, $9,533,939, to remain available until expended; and the limitation contained in said proviso is increased from "$41,288,000" to "$50,821,939".

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

LEGAL ACTIVITIES AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, general legal activities", $30,000__

$268,000

3,000

30,000

21, 500

1,200,000

1,578, 878

9, 533, 939

30,000

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $5,872,000; and appropriations granted under this head for the fiscal year 1951 shall be available for the purchase of seven hundred passenger motor vehicles in addition to those heretofore provided.

FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, BUREAU OF PRISONS

For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Prisons", $449,000-

SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES PRISONERS

For an additional amount for "Support of United States prisoners", $139,000__

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For an additional amount for "Buildings and facilities", $1,380,000, for replacement of the power and heating plants of the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia: Provided, That the limitation under this head in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1951, on the cost of completion of the replacement of a power plant at the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, is repealed.

[Total, Federal Prison System, $1,968,000.] [Total, Department of Justice, $7,870,000.]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION

CLAIMS, FEDERAL AIRPORT ACT

For an additional amount for "Claims, Federal Airport Act", $1,464,384, to remain available until June 30, 1953, as follows: Visalia Municipal Airport, Visalia, California, $40,277; Gainesville Municipal Airport, Gainesville, Florida, $9,467; Waycross-Ware County Airport, the city of Waycross and Ware County, Georgia, $55,417; Harding Field, the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, $140,650; New Orleans Airport, Orleans Levee District and the Orleans Airport Commission, Louisiana, $257,237; Laurence G. Hanscom Field, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, $91,528; English Field, Amarillo, Texas, $29,590; Rio Grande Valley International Airport, Brownsville, Texas, $384,161; Eaker Airfield, Durant, Oklahoma, $359,580; Jefferson County Airport, Jefferson County, Texas, $40,593; and the Draughon-Miller Municipal Airport, Temple, Texas, $55,884: Provided, That no request for reimbursement of the cost of rehabilitation or repair of a public airport filed under section 17 of the Federal Airport Act shall be considered by the Secretary unless filed prior to July 1, 1951, and the Secretary shall make no certification to Congress after July 1, 1952, of the actual or estimated cost of such rehabilitation or repair.

COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, DEPARTMENTAL

For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, departmental", $450,000__.

$5, 872, 000

449,000

139,000

1,380,000

1,464, 384

450,000

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FIELD

For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, field", $70,000 [Total, Coast and Geodetic Survey, $520,000.]

BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS

TONGASS FOREST HIGHWAYS, ALASKA

For surveys, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of Tongass forest highways in Alaska in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950, $3,500,000, to remain available until expended.

PUBLIC LANDS HIGHWAYS

For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to the contract authorization granted by section 10 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950, $750,000, to remain available until expended_ [Total, Bureau of Public Roads, $4,250,000.] [Total, Department of Commerce, $6,234,384.]

THE JUDICIARY

OTHER COURTS AND SERVICES

FEES OF COMMISSIONERS

For an additional amount, fiscal year 1950, for "Fees of commissioners", $25,000‒‒‒

FEES OF JURORS

For an additional amount for "Fees of jurors", $200,000---
[Total, the Judiciary, $225,000.]

Total, Departments of State, Commerce, Justice, and the Judi-
ciary (chapter III)__

CHAPTER IV

TREASURY DEPARTMENT

BUREAU OF THE MINT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $130,000__.

COAST GUARD

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

For an additional amount for "Acquisition, construction, and improvements", $350,000, to remain available until expended-[Total, Treasury Department, $480,000.]

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

(Out of the postal revenues)

POSTAL OPERATIONS

For an additional amount for "Postal operations", $7,500,000--

$70,000

3,500,000

750,000

25,000

200,000

23, 863, 323

130,000

350,000

7,500,000

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