SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, general legal 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 For an additional amount for "Export control", $925,000; and the 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 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", 925,000 1,400,000 of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1951, is reduced from "$5,675,000" to "$3,915,000": Provided, That the General Services Administrator is authorized to provide for use by the Department of Commerce, without reimbursement, of not to exceed 100,000 square feet of floor space (to be designated by the Secretary of the Navy) of the former United States Naval Hospital, Corona, California, as a guided-missiles laboratory, and thereafter $1,540,000 of the amounts appropriated under this head shall be available for (1) such modifications, improvements, and equipment of existing buildings and facilities at said location, as are necessary to permit their use for a guided-missiles laboratory (which shall be in lieu of the new construction authorized for such purpose by Public Law 386, approved October 25, 1949), and (2) other administrative expenses necessary for the establishment of said laboratory, including moving expenses, travel, and transportation of dependents and household effects: Provided further, That with the exception of the establishment and operation of a cafeteria, no community or recreational facilities shall be established or operated by the Department of Commerce in connection with said activities except as may be specifically authorized by law. 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 Limitations under the head "Salaries and expenses," United States Maritime Commission, in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1951, are amended as follows: "Maintenance of shipyard facilities" 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)--. CHAPTER III TREASURY DEPARTMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES, DIVISION OF DISBURSEMENT For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, Division of Disbursement", $300,000__ BUREAU OF CUSTOMS For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $225,000--- SECRET SERVICE DIVISION For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, Secret Service Division", $82,000: Provided, That appropriations granted under this head for the fiscal year 1951 shall also be available for the protection of the vice president. 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 OPERATING EXPENSES For an additional amount 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.. 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)_. $14,725, 000 300, 000 225,000 82,000 49,000 18,600,000 7,900,000 27, 156, 000 CHAPTER IV DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY GRANTS TO STATES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AND 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 facilities and properties within Puerto Rico, including records, files, and office equipment. FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY OFFICE OF EDUCATION PROMOTION AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL 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). FUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE Grants for hospital construction: For an additional amount for construction grants under part C, title VI, of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, $10,000,000. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 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". NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD ARBITRATION AND EMERGENCY BOARDS For an additional amount for "Arbitration and emergency boards," $175,000--- Total, Department of Labor, Federal Security Agency, and CHAPTER V DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 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__ BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION CONSTRUCTION For an additional amount for "Construction", $1,450,000, to remain available until expended. Total, Department of the Interior (chapter V).... CHAPTER VI INDEPENDENT OFFICES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION $1, 850, 000 1, 450, 000 3,300,000 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 For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $3,250,000; Materials Stock Piling Act of July 23, 1946 (50 U. S. C. 98), $1,834,911,000 NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS 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.] OFFICE OF THE HOUSING EXPEDITER 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." 1,834, 911, 000 3,250,000 1, 818, 000 1,200,000 |