FIRST INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION

ACT, 1954

[PUBLIC LAW 176-83D CONGRESS]

[CHAPTER 302-1ST SESSION]
[H. R. 4663]

By the Act making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes, approved July 31, 1953.

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 Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, namely:

TITLE I

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

For compensation of the President, including an expense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum, as authorized by the Act of January 19, 1949 (3 U. S. C. 102), $150,000–

THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for The White House Office, including not to exceed $120,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at such per diem rates for individuals as the President may specify, and other personal services without regard to the provisions of law regulating the employment and compensation of persons in the Government service; and travel and official entertainment expenses of the President, to be acounted for solely on his certificate; $1,800,000__

EMERGENCY FUND FOR THE PRESIDENT

NATIONAL DEFENSE

For expenses necessary to enable the President, through such officers or agencies of the Government as he may designate, and without regard to such provisions of law regarding the expenditure of Government funds or the compensation and employment of persons in the Government service as he may specify, to provide in his discretion for emergencies affecting the national interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during the current fiscal year, $300,000, together with the unobligated balance in such fund on June 30, 1953: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for allocation to finance a function or project for which function or project

$150,000

1,800,000

300,000

a budget estimate of appropriation was transmitted pursuant to law during the Eighty-third Congress and such appropriation denied after consideration thereof by the Senate or House of Representatives or by the Committee on Appropriations of either body.

EXECUTIVE MANSION AND GROUNDS

For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing, improvement, heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Mansion and the Executive Mansion grounds, and traveling expenses, to be expended as the President may determine, notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other Act, $356,184_.

BUREAU OF THE BUDGET

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Bureau of the Budget, including newspapers and periodicals (not exceeding $200); teletype news service (not exceeding $900); not to exceed $70,000 for expenses of travel; and not to exceed $20,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals; $3,412,000: Provided, That the title of the position of the Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Budget is changed to Deputy Director: Provided further, That two positions of Assistant Director are hereby authorized at a salary of $15,000 each per annum in lieu of two positions in grade GS-18.

[For appropriation for 1954 for the Council of Economic Advisers, see p. 213.]

[For appropriation for 1954 for the Office of Defense Mobilization, see p. 221.]

[For appropriation for 1954 for Expenses of Management Improvement, see p. 213.]

[For appropriation for 1954 for the Committee on Retirement Policy for Federal Personnel, see p. 214.]

[For appropriation for 1954 for Emergency Migration, see p. 214.] Total, Executive Office of the President, $6,018,184.]

INDEPENDENT OFFICES

AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, as authorized by the Act of June 26, 1946 (36 U. S. C. 121, 123-132, 138), including the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; purchase and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and its Territories and possessions at a cost not exceeding $500; not to exceed $12,000 for expenses of travel; rent of office and garage space in foreign countries; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries when required by law of such countries; $750,000: Provided, That where station allowance has been authorized by the Department of the Army for officers of the Army serving the Army at certain foreign stations, the same allowance shall be authorized for officers of the Armed Forces assigned to the Commission while serving at the same foreign stations, and this appropriation is hereby made available for the payment of such allowance: Provided further, That when traveling on business of the Commission, officers of the Armed Forces serving as members or as secretary of the Commission may be reimbursed for expenses as provided for civilian members of the Commission.

$356, 184

3, 412, 000

750,000

CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORIALS AND CEMETERIES

Construction of memorials and cemeteries: For expenses necessary for the permanent design and construction of memorials and cemeteri es in foreign countries as authorized by the Act of June 26, 1946 (36 U. S. C. 121, 123–132, 138b), and the Act of August 5, 1947 (50 U. S. C. App. 1819), including not to exceed $41,276 for expenses of travel, $8,500,000, to remain available until expended.

[Total, American Battle Monuments Commission, $9,250,000.]

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to exceed $29,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); not to exceed $10,000 for medical examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; travel expenses of examiners acting under the direction of the Commission, and expenses of examinations and investigations held in Washington and elsewhere; not to exceed $100 for the purchase of newspapers and periodicals (excluding scientific, technical, trade or traffic periodicals, for official use); payment in advance for library membership in societies whose publications are available to members only or to members at a price lower than to the general public; not to exceed $65,000 for performing the duties imposed upon the Commission by the Act of July 19, 1940 (54 Stat. 767); reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services for protection of confidential files; not to exceed $476,670 for expenses of travel; and not to exceed $5,000 for actuarial services by contract, without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended; $17,000,000: Provided, That no details from any executive department or independent establishment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere to the Commission's central office in Washington or to any of its regional offices shall be made during the current fiscal year, but this shall not affect the making of details for service as members of the boards of examiners outside the immediate offices of the Commission in Washington or of the regional directors, nor shall it affect the making of details of persons qualified to serve as expert examiners on special subjects: Provided further, That the Civil Service Commission shall have power in case of emergency to transfer or detail any of its employees to or from its office or field force: Provided further, That members of the Loyalty Review Board in Washington and of the regional loyalty boards in the field may be paid actual transportation expenses, and per diem in lieu of subsistence authorized by the Travel Expense Act of 1949 while traveling on official business away from their homes or regular places of business, and while en route to and from and at the place where their services are to be performed: Provided further, That nothing in section 281 or 283 of title 18, United States Code, or in section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C. 99) shall be deemed to apply to any person because of his appointment for part-time or intermittent service as a member of the Loyalty Review Board or a regional loyalty board in the Civil Service Commission: Provided further, That, effective July 1, 1953, or on the date of enactment of this Act if such date is subsequent to July 1, 1953, the Federal Personnel Council, Civil Service Commission, is hereby abolished, and its personnel (at a cost not exceeding $25,000 for the current fiscal year), files, records, and other property are transferred to the Office of the Executive Director, Civil Service Commission.

No part of the appropriations herein made to the Civil Service Commission shall be available for the salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit in the Examining and Personnel Utilization

$8,500,000

17, 000, 000

Division of the Commission, established pursuant to Executive Order Numbered 9358 of July 1, 1943, or for the compensation or expenses of any member of a board of examiners (1) who has not made affidavit that he has not appeared in any agency proceeding within the preceding two years, and will not thereafter while a board member appear in any agency proceeding, as a party, or in behalf of a party to the proceeding, before an agency in which an applicant is employed who has been rated or will be rated by such member; or (2) who, after making such affidavit, has rated an applicant who at the time of the rating is employed by an agency before which the board member has appeared as a party, or in behalf of a party, within the preceding two years: Provided, That the definitions of "agency", "agency proceeding", and "party" in section 2 of the Administrative Procedure Act shall apply to these terms as used herein.

No part of appropriations herein shall be used to pay the compensation of officers and employees of the Civil Service Commission who allocate or reallocate supervisory positions in the classified civil service solely on the size of the group, section, bureau, or other organization unit, or on the number of subordinates supervised. References to size of the group, section, bureau, or other organization unit or the number of subordinates supervised may be given effect only to the extent warranted by the workload of such organization unit and then only in combination with other factors, such as the kind, difficulty, and complexity of work supervised, the degree of scope of responsibility delegated to the supervisor, and the kind, degree, and value of the supervision actually exercised.

Annuities, Panama Canal construction employees and Lighthouse Service widows: For payment of annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 1944, as amended (48 U. S. C. 1373a), and the Act of August 19, 1950 (64 Stat. 465), $2,500,000

Payment to the civil-service retirement and disability fund for increases in annuities provided by the Act of July 16, 1952: For payment to the "civil-service retirement and disability fund" for the cost, as heretofore determined by the Civil Service Commission, of increases in annuities provided by the Act of July 16, 1952 (66 Stat. 723), for the fiscal year 1954, $31,397,000__.

[Total, Civil Service Commission, $50,897,000.]

[For appropriation for 1954 for Investigations of United States Citizens for Employment by International Organizations, see p. 214.] [For appropriation for 1954 for the Commission on Foreign Economic Policy, see p. 215.]

[For appropriation for 1954 for the Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, see p. 215.]

[For appropriation for 1954 for the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, see p. 215.]

[For appropriation for 1954 for the Economic Stabilization Agency, see p. 222.]

[For appropriation for 1954 for Defense Transport Activities, see p. 221.]

[For appropriations for 1954 for the Federal Civil Defense Administration, see pp. 222, 223.]

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses in performing the duties of the Commission as authorized by law, including newspapers (not to exceed $175), land and structures (not to exceed $13,000), special counsel fees, improvement and care of grounds and repairs to buildings (not to exceed $17,500), services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), purchase of not to exceed

$2,500, 000

31, 397, 000

eight passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only, in the event adequate vehicles cannot be obtained by transfer from other departme nts or agencies, and not to exceed $88,000 for expenses of travel, $7,400,000, of which not less than $1,018,496 shall be available for personal services necessary for application processing and hearings in connection with the issuance and renewal of television licenses, and not less than $809,271 shall be available for personal services necessary for application processing and hearings in connection with the issuance of licenses in the safety and special radio services.

FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the work of the Commission, as authorized by law, including not to exceed $210,000 for expenses of travel; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $500 for newspapers; $4,300,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for special counsel and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), but at rates not exceeding $50 per diem for individuals.

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, including contract stenographic reporting services, not to exceed $500 for newspapers, and not to exceed $163,035 for expenses of travel, $4,053,800: Provided, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be expended upon any investigation hereafter provided by concurrent resolution of the Congress until funds are appropriated subsequently to the enactment of such resolution to finance the cost of such investigation: Provided further, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be available for a statistical analysis of the consumer's dollar.

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including newspapers and periodicals (not exceeding $500), and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $31,981,000.

[For availability of funds for 1954 for the foregoing purpose for security investigations, by transfer, see p. 215.]

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Operating expenses, Public Buildings Service: For necessary expenses of real property management and related activities as provided by law; including the salary of the Commissioner of Public Buildings at the rate of $16,500 per annum so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; repair and improvement of public buildings and grounds (including furnishings and equipment) under the control of the General Services Administration; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving Government agencies in connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of building space; demolition of buildings; acquisition by purchase or otherwise and disposal by sale or otherwise of real estate and interests therein; and not to exceed $184,750 for expenses of travel; $98,826,070: Provided, That the foregoing appropriation shall not be available to effect the moving of Government agencies from the District of Columbia into buildings acquired to accomplish the dispersal of departmental functions of the executive establishment into areas outside of but accessible to the District of Columbia.

$7, 400, 000

4,300,000

4,053, 800

31, 981, 000

98,826, 070