For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses”, $3,000,000; and appropriations made under this head for the fiscal year 1951 shall be available for the purchase of twenty additional passenger motor [Total, Department of Justice, $3,400,000.] BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE EXPORT CONTROL limitation under this head in the Department of Commerce Appro- priation Act, 1951, on the amount available for transfer to the appro- priation, "Salaries and expenses”, Office of the Secretary, is increased 925,000 For necessary expenses of continuing the survey and construction of the Inter-American Highway, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of December 26, 1941 (55 Stat. 860), as amended by section 11 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950, including the purchase, for replacement only, of five passenger motor vehicles, $4,000,000, to ACCESS ROADS (ACT OF SEPTEMBER 7, 1950) For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of section 12 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950, including $2,000,000 for payments of obligations incurred pursuant to the contract authoriza- tion granted by said section, to remain available until expended, $7,000,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated for carrying out the provisions of section 6 of the Defense Highway Act of 1941 For an additional amount for “Construction of laboratories”, 1,400,000 MARITIME ACTIVITIES SHIP CONSTRUCTION The first proviso in the paragraph under the head “United States Maritime Commission, ship construction" in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1951, is hereby amended by striking out “December 31, 1950” and inserting in lieu thereof “June 30, 1951". Appropriations and contract authority made available to the United States Maritime Commission for ship construction in the fiscal years 1950 and 1951, and in addition thereto $224,000,000 in contract author- $224,000,000 ity, the totals of which, including not to exceed $500,000 which may (contract be transferred to the appropriation “Salaries and expenses” for neces- authorization) sary administrative costs without regard to limitations thereon in said appropriations, and including not to exceed $15,000,000 for the construction, activation, acquisition, and expansion of plants or facilities, on land whether owned by the Government or otherwise owned, shall be available, without regard to the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 with respect to essential trade routes, for construction of such additional dry-cargo vessels as the Secretary of Commerce, with the approval of the President, shall find necessary for national security: Provided, That such additional vessels shall not be subject to the first proviso under the head “New ship construction” in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1950, or the last proviso under the head “Ship construction” in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1951. For the payment of obligations incurred on or after July 1, 1946, including obligations authorized herein, for ship construction, reconditioning and betterments, pursuant to the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, and to the authority granted under the head “United States Maritime Commission” in the several appropriation Acts for the fiscal years 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, and 1951, the unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated for the liquidation of such obligations may be consolidated and may, in total, be available for the liquidation of such obligations. SALARIES AND EXPENSES is increased from "$452,000” to “$483,000”, and “Maintenance and operation of terminals” 'is decreased from "$765,000" to "$734,000”. [Total, Department of Commerce, $11,325,000.] Total, Departments of Justice and Commerce (chapter II)--- $14,725, 000 CHAPTER III TREASURY DEPARTMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES, Division OF DISBURSEMENT 300,000 225,000 BUREAU OF CUSTOMS SECRET SERVICE DIVISION 82, 000 49,000 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, WHITE HOUSE POLICE For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses, White House Police", $49,000; and appropriations granted under this head for the fiscal year 1951 shall be available for employment of additional personnel without regard to the limitation contained in section 2 of the Act of August 15, 1950 (Public Law 693). [Total, Secret Service Division, $131,000.] COAST GUARD 18, 600,000 OPERATING EXPENSES For an additional anount for "Operating expenses”, $18,600,000; and appropriations made under this head for the fiscal year 1951 shall be available for the purchase of seventy-four additional passenger motor vehicles: Provided, That limitations under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1951, are increased as follows: Number of aircraft on hand, from "one hundred and ten” to."one hundred and thirteen”; number of enlisted men detailed for duty at Coast Guard Headquarters, from “thirty" to "fifty-five”; and the amount that may be expended for recreation, amusement, comfort, and contentment of enlisted personnel of the Coast Guard, from “$190,000” to “$250,000”. ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS For an additional amount for “Acquisition, construction, and improvements”, $7,900,000, to remain available until expended---- 7,900,000 RETIRED PAY Appropriations made under this head for the fiscal year 1951 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during prior fiscal years for retired pay. [Total, Coast Guard, $26,500,000.] Total, Treasury Department (chapter III)--- 27, 156, 000 CHAPTER IV BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY GRANTS TO STATES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ADMINISTRATION Appropriations made under this head for the fiscal year 1951 shall be available for grants to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in accordance with the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended by the Act of September 8, 1950 (Public Law 775): Provided, That in lieu of grants for the purpose of securing office facilities and equipment, the Secretary of Labor may transfer to the Puerto Rico Employment Service any Veterans Employment Service office fåcilities and properties within Puerto Rico, including records, files, and office equipment. FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY OFFICE OF EDUCATION Appropriations made under this head for the fiscal year 1951 shall be available for carrying out the provisions of the Act of March 18, 1950 (Public Law 462). F'UBLIC HEALTH SERVICE --------- $10,000,000 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, BUREAU OF OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE The amount authorized to be expended from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund for “Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance," by the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1951, as amended by the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951, is increased from “$53,988,000” to “$56,988,000"----- s 3,000,000 1 (trust funds) NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 175,000 ARBITRATION AND EMERGENCY BOARDS Total, Department of Labor, Federal Security Agency, and - CHAPTER V 10, 175,000 SOUTHEASTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION CONSTRUCTION For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, and appurtenant facilities, and for administrative expenses connected therewith, in carrying out the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U. S. C. 825s), as applied to the southeastern power area, including purchase (not to exceed five) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $1,850,000, to remain available until expended $1,850,000 BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION CONSTRUCTION 1, 450,000 available until expended. Total, Department of the Interior (chapter V)--- 3,300,000 CHAPTER VI INDEPENDENT OFFICES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION For an additional amount, $1,065,000,000, and appropriations made 1,065, 000,000 under this head for the fiscal year 1951 shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed five hundred passenger motor vehicles, including replacements. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS - 1,834, 911, 000 NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS 3, 250,000 SALARIES AND EXPENSES For a nadditional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $3,250,000; and the limitation imposed by section 103 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1951, on the amount available for travel expenses under this head, is increased from "$260,000” to “$300,000”. CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $3,250,000; $1,818,000, to remain available until June 30, 1952. [Total, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, $5,068,000.] 1, 818,000 OFFICE OF THE HOUSING EXPEDITER 1, 200,000 SALARIES AND EXPENSES For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses”, $1,200,000; and the last proviso under this head in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951, is amended to read as follows: "Provided further, That no part of this appropriation may be used to pay compensation of any employee in a grade higher than the grade of such employee on May 22, 1950, except when such employee is required to fill a bona fide vacancy occurring in such higher grade." |