(The material submitted at an earlier point and directed to be inserted at the conclusion of the testimony is as follows:)

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,

Hon. BURNET R. MAYBANK,

BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, Washington D. C., April 12, 1951.

Chairman, Independent Offices Subcommittee,
Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate,

Washington, D. C.

MY DEAR SENATOR MAYBANK: In response to the oral request of Mr. Earl W. Cooper of the staff of the committee, there is enclosed the following information with respect to the procurement, use, and identification of passenger motor vehicles in the executive branch:

(1) Controlling provisions of law;

(2) Summary table of authorizations contained in the appropriations acts for the fiscal year 1951;

(3) Summary table of proposed obligations for purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles for the fiscal year 1952. Sincerely yours,

F. J. LAWTON, Director.

PROCUREMENT, USE, AND IDENTIFICATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES

The basic provisions of law with respect to the procurement, use, and identification of motor vehicles in the Federal Service are in section 16 of the act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 806), section 211 of the act of September 5, 1950 (Public Law 754, 81st Cong.), and section 1201 of the General Appropriation Act, 1951. These provisions read as follows:

Section 16 of the act of August 2, 1946—

(a) Unless specifically authorized by the appropriation concerned or other law, no appropriation shall be expended to purchase or hire passenger motor vehicles for any branch of the Government other than those for the use of the President of the United States, the Secretaries to the President, or the heads of the executive departments enumerated in 5 United States Code 1.

(b) Excepting appropriations for the Military and Naval Establishments, no appropriation shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, or operation of any aircraft unless specific authority for the purchase, maintenance, or operation thereof has been or is provided in such appropriation.

(c) Unless otherwise specifically provided, no appropriation available for any department shall be expended

(1) To purchase any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, and station wagons), at a cost, completely equipped for operation, and including the value of any vehicle exchanged, in excess of the maximum price therefor, if any, established pursuant to law by a Government agency and in no event more than such amount as may be specified in an appropriation or other act, which shall be in addition to the amount required for transportation;

(2) For the maintenance, operation, and repair of any Government-owned passenger motor vehicle or aircraft not used exclusively for official purposes; and official purposes shall not include the transportation of officers and employees between their domiciles and places of employment, except in cases of medical officers on out-patient medical service and except in cases of officers and employees engaged in field work the character of whose duties makes such transportation necessary and then only as to such latter cases when the same is approved by the head of the department concerned. Any officer or employee of the Government who willfully uses or authorizes the use of any Government-owned passenger motor vehicle or aircraft, or of any passenger motor vehicle or aircraft leased by the Government, for other than official purposes or otherwise violates the provisions of this paragraph and shall be suspended from duty by the head of the department concerned. without compensation, for not less than 1 month, and shall be suspended for a longer period or summarily removed from office if circumstances warrant. The limitations of this paragraph shall not apply to any motor vehicles or aircraft for official use of the President, the heads of the executive departments enumerated in 5 United States Code 1, ambassadors, ministers,

(d) In the budgets for the fiscal year 1948 and subsequent fiscal years there shall be submitted in detail estimates for such necessary appropriations as are intended to be used for purchase or hire of passenger motor vehicles or for purchase, maintenance, or operation of aircraft, specifying the sums required, the public purposes for which said conveyances are intended, the number of currently owned conveyances to be continued in use, and the officials or employees by whom all of such conveyances are to be used.

(e) The acquisition of aircraft or passenger motor vehicles by any agency by transfer from another department of the Government shall be considered as a purchase within the meaning hereof.

Section 211 of the act of September 5, 1950 (Public Law 754, 81st Cong.) (General Services Administration) —

Under regulations prescribed by the Administrator, every motor vehicle acquired and used for official purposes within the United States, its Territories, or possessions, by any Federal agency or the District of Columbia shall be conspicuously identified by showing thereon either (a) the full name of the department, establishment, corporation, or agency by which it is used and the service in which it is used, or (b) a title descriptive of the service in which it is used if such title readily identifies the department, establishment, corporation, or agency concerned, and the legend "For official use only": Provided, That the regulations issued pursuant to this section may provide for exemptions from the requirement of this section when conspicuous identification would interfere with the purpose for which a vehicle is acquired and used.

Section 1201 of the General Appropriations Act, 1951

Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year, in accordance with section 16 of the act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 78), for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of busses, ambulances, and station wagons), is hereby fixed at $1,400.

Procurement of passenger motor vehicles for other than the legislative branch

Appropriation text

Passenger motor vehicles in possession of the
Foreign Service abroad may be exchanged
or sold and the exchange allowances or
proceeds of such sales shall be available
without fiscal year limitation for replace-
ment of an equal number of such vehicles
and the cost, including the exchange allow-
ance, of each such replacement shall not
exceed $3,000 in the case of the chief of
mission automobile at each diplomatic
mission and $1,400 in the case of all other
such vehicles except station wagons.
Purchase (not to exceed 2 for replacement
only, including 1 at not to exceed $3,000)
and hire of passenger motor vehicles.
Purchase of 4 passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only; hire, with or without
personal services, of work animals, and
animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles
and aircraft and equipment.
Purchase for replacement only of 2 passenger
automobiles.

Including purchase (not to exceed 18 for re-
placement only) and hire of passenger
motor vehicles.

Purchase of 1 passenger motor vehicle at not to exceed $4,000 for replacement only. Purchase of not to exceed 6 passenger motor vehicles (including 4 for Alaska at not to exceed $2,200, and 1 van for replacement only at not to exceed $2,500, and 1 bus for replacement only at not to exceed $15,000. Purchase (not to exceed 500 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase at not to exceed $10,000 for replacement only of 1 armored motor vehicle. Purchase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles. Purchase of not to exceed 19 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, including 2 busses at not to exceed $20,000 each. Purchase of not to exceed 3 passenger motor

Procurement of passenger motor vehicles for other than the legislative branch— Continued