Union Calendar No. 55

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Marcw 18, 1955

| Mr. Focarry, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed

 

 

BILL

Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health,
Education, and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal .
year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes.

1 Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 Depart-

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ments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and |
6 related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956,

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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the
Office of the Secretary of Labor (hereafter in this title re-
ferred to as the Secretary), including the conduct of a
program of promoting employment of the older worker,
and including services as authorized by section 15 of the
Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S. ©. 55a); teletype news
service; and payment in advance when authorized by the
Secretary for dues or fees for library membership in or-
ganizations whose publications are available to members
only or to members at a price lower than to the general
public; $1,527,000, of which not more than $85,000 shall
be for international labor affairs.

OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the

Office of the Solicitor, $1,467,900.
BUREAU OF LABOR STANDARDS

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the
promotion of industrial safety, employment stabilization,
and amicable industrial relations for labor and industry; per-
formance of safety functions of the Secretary under the Fed-
eral Employees’ Compensation Act, as amended (5 U. 8. C.
784 (c)); performance of the functions vested in. the Sec:

retary by title I of the Labor-Management Relations Act,
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1947 (29 U.S. C. 159 (f) and (g) ) ; not to exceed $50,000
for improving the conditions of migratory labor; and
not less than $130,000 for the work of the President’s
Committee on National Employ the Physically Handi-
capped Week, as authorized by the Act of July 11, 1949
(63 Stat. 409) , and provided further that no part of the ap-
propriation for the President’s Committee shall be subject
to reduction or transfer to any other department or agency
under the provisions of any existing law; including purchase
of reports and of material for informational exhibits and ex-
penses of attendance of cooperating officials and consultants at
conferences concerned with the work of the Bureau of Labor
Standards; $817,500.

BUREAU OF VETERANS’ REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to render
assistance in connection with the exercise of reemployment
rights under section 8 of the Selective Training and Service
Act of 1940, as amended (50 U. 8S. C. App. 308), the
Service Extension Act of 1941, as amended, the Army
Reserve and Retired Personnel Service Law of 1940, as
amended, and section 9 of the Universal Military Training
and. Service Act, and, under the Act of June 23, 1943, as
amended. (50 U. 8. C. App. 1472), of persons who have

performed service in the Merchant Marine, $346,000. —
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BUREAU OF APPRENTICESHIP

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to en-
able the Secretary to conduct a program of encouraging
apprentice traming as authorized by the Act of August 16,
1937 (29 U.S. C. 50), $8,150,000.

BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the
general administration of the employment service and un-
employment compensation programs, including temporary
employment of persons, without regard to the civil-service
laws, for the farm placement migratory labor program; and
not to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized by section
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. 8. ©. 55a);
$4,942,500, of which $900,000 may be for carrying into
effect the provisions of title [V (except section 602) of the
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944.

Grants to States for unemployment compensation and
employment service administration: For grants in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Act of June 6, 1933, as

amended (29 U. 8. C. 49-49n), for carrying into effect

section 602 of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944,

for grants to the States as authorized in title TIT of the
Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. 8. C. 501-503),
including, upon the request of any State, the purchase of

equipment, and the payment of rental for space made avail-
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able to such State in lieu of grants for such purpose, for
necessary expenses in connection with the operation of em-
ployment office facilities and services in the District of
Columbia, and for expenses not otherwise provided for,
necessary for carrying out title IV of ‘the Veterans’ Read-
justment Assistance Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 684), $250,-
000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be available only to the
extent that the Secretary finds necessary to meet increased
costs of administration resulting from changes in a State law
or increases in the numbers of claims filed and claims paid or
increased salary costs resulting from changes in State salary
compensation plans embracing employees of the State gener-
ally over those upon which the State’s basic grant (or the
allocation for the District of Columbia) was based, which in-
creased costs of administration cannot be provided for by nor-
mal budgetary adjustments: Provided, That notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary in section 302 (a) of the Social
Security Act, as amended, the Secretary of Labor shall from
time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for pay-
ment to each State found to be in compliance with the require-
ments of the Act of June 6, 1933, and, except in the case
of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, with the provisions of
section 303 of the Social Security Act, as amended, such
amounts as he determines to be necessary for the proper and

efficient administration of its unemployment compensation
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law and of its public employment offices: Provided further,
That such amounts as may be agreed upon by the Depart-
ment of Labor and the Post Office Department shall be used
for the payment, m such manner as said parties may jomtly
determine, of postage for the transmission of official mail
matter in connection with the administration of unemploy-
ment compensation systems and employment services by
States receiving grants herefrom.

In carrying out the provisions of said Act of June 6,
1933, the provisions of section 303 (a) (1) of the Social
Security Act, as amended, relating to the establishment and
maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis, shall
apply.

None of the funds appropriated by this title to the
Bureau of Employment Security for grants-in-aid of State
agencies to cover, in whole or in part, the cost of operation
of said agencies including the salaries and expenses of officers
and employees of said agencies, shall be withheld from the
said agencies of any States which have established by
legislative enactment and have in operation a merit system

and classification and compensation plan covering the selec-

tion, tenure in office, and compensation of their employees,

_ because of any disapproval of their personnel or the manner

of their selection by the agencies of the said States, or the

rates of pay of said officers or employees,
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Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For
making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments
to States under title IIT of the Social Security Act, as
amended, and under the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended,
for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, such
sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the
expenditures made thereunder for payments under such title
and under such Act of June 6, 1933, to be charged to the
appropriation therefor for that fiscal year.

Unemployment compensation for veterans: For pay-
ments to unemployed veterans as authorized by title IV of
the Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952,
$120,000,000.

Unemployment compensation for veterans, next succeed-
ing fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the current
fiscal year, payments to States, as authorized by title IV of
the Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952, such
sums as may be necessary to pay benefits for the first quarter
of the next. sueceeding fiscal year, and the obligations and
expenditures thereunder shall be charged to the appropria-
tion therefor for that fiscal year.

Unemployment compensation for Federal employees:
For payments to unemployed Federal employees, either

directly or through payments to States, as authorized by
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title XV of the Social Security Act, as amended,
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended.

Unemployment compensation for Federal employees,
next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the
current ‘fiscal year, payments to States, as authorized by
title XV of the Social Security Act, as amended, such
amounts as may be required for payment to unemployed
Federal employees for the first quarter of the next succeeding
fiscal year, and the obligations and expenditures thereunder
shall be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal
year.

Salaries and expenses, Mexican farm labor program:
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry
out the functions of the Department of Labor under the Act
of July 12,1951 (Public Law 78), as amended, including
temporary employment of persons without regard to the civil
service laws, $1,035,000.

BUREAU OF EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION

Salaries and expenses: For necessary administrative
expenses and not to exceed $112,000 for the Employees’
Compensation Appeals Board, $2,147,000, together with

‘not to exceed $100,000 to be derived from the War Claims

Fund created by section 13 (a) of the War Claims Act
of 1948 (50 U.S. C. 2012).

Employees’ compensation fund: For the payment of
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compensation and other benefits and expenses (except ad-
ministrative expenses) authorized by law and accruing dur-
ing the current or any prior fiscal year, including payments
to other Federal agencies for medical and hospital services
pursuant to agreement approved by the Bureau of Em-
ployees’ Compensation; continuation of payment of benefits
as provided for under the head “Civilian War Benefits” in
the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947;
the advancement of costs for enforcement of recoveries in
third-party cases the furnishing of medical and hospital
services and supplies, treatment, and funeral and burial
expenses, including transportation and other expenses inci-
dental to such services, treatment, and burial, for such
enrollees of the Civilian Conservation Corps as were certified
by the Director of such Corps as receiving hospital services
and treatment at Government expense on June 30, 1943,
and who are not otherwise entitled thereto as civilian. em-
ployees of the United States, and the limitations and author-
ity of the Act of September 7, 1916, as amended (5 U.S. C.
796), shall apply in providing such services, treatment,
and expenses in such cases; such amount as may be required
during the current fiscal year: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall be available for payments pursuant to sections
4 (c) and 5 (f) of the War Claims Act of 1948 (50
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U.S. C. 2012) and shall be credited with advances or
reimbursements therefor from the War Claims Fund created
by section 13 (a) of said War Claims Act of 1948.
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the
work of the Bureau, including advances or reimbursement

to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for

~ services rendered, and not to exceed $15,000 for services

as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946

(5 U.S. C. 55a) , $5,850,000.
WOMEN’S BUREAU

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the
work of the Women’s Bureau, as authorized by the Act of
June 5, 1920 (29 U.S. ©. 11-16), including purchase of
reports and material for informational exhibits, $348,000.

WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for per-

forming the duties imposed by the Fair Labor Standards

Act of 1938, as amended, and the Act to provide conditions

for the purchase of supplies and the making of contracts

‘by the United States, approved June 30, 1936, as amended

(41 U. S. CO. 85-45), including reimbursement to State,
Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspec-
tion services rendered, and not to exceed $3,000 for expenses

of attendance of cooperating officials and consultants at
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conferences concerned with the work of the Division,
$6,162,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 102. Appropriations under this title available for
salaries and expenses shall be available for stenographic re-
porting services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of
August 2, 1946 (5 U.§. C. 55a), and for expenses of at-
tendance at meetings concerned with the function or activity
for which any such appropriation 1s made.

This title may be cited as the “Department of Labor
Appropriation Act, 1956”.
TITLE TIT—-DEPARTMENT OF HHALTHOH, EDUCA-

TION, AND WELFARE
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

Education of the blind: For carryimg out the Act of

August 4, 1919, as amended (20 U.S. ©. 101), $224,000.
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses for carry-
ing out the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as
amended (21 U. S. CG. 301-392) ; the Tea Importation Act,
as amended (21 U. 8. C. 41-50); the Import Milk Act
(21 U. &. ©. 141-149) ; the Federal Caustic Poison Act
(15 U.S. C. 401-411) ; and the Filled Milk Act, as amended
(21 U.S. C. 61-64) ; including purchase of not to exceed

five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only;
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reporting and illustrating the results of investigations; pur-
chase of chemicals, apparatus, and scientific equipment; not
to exceed $2,000 for payment in advance for special tests and
analyses by contract; and payment of fees, travel, and per
diem in connection with studies of new developments perti-
nent to food and drug enforcement operations; $5,484,000.

Salaries and expenses, certification, inspection, and other
services: Hor expenses necessary for the certification or in-
spection of certain products, and for the establishment of
tolerances for pesticides, in accordance with sections 406,
408, 504, 506, 507, 604, 702A, and 706 of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 U.S. ©.
346, 348, 354, 356, 357, 364, 372a, and 376), the aggre-
gate of the advance deposits during the current fiscal year
to cover payments of fees for services in connection with
such certifications, inspections, or establishment of tolerances,
to remain available until expended. The total amount herein
appropriated shall be available for personal services; purchase
of chemicals, apparatus, and scientific equipment; expenses
of advisory committees; and the refund of advance deposits
for which no service has been rendered.

FREEDMEN’S HOSPITAL
Salaries and oxpenses: For expenses necessary for opera-

tion and maintenance. including repairs; furnishing, repair-
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ing, and cleaning of wearmg apparel used by employees in
the performance of their official duties; transfer of funds to
the appropriation “Salaries and expenses, Howard Univer-
sity” for salaries of technical and professional personnel de-
tailed to the hospital; payments to the appropriation of
Howard University for actual cost of heat, light, and power
furnished by such university; $2,880,000: Provided, That
no intern or resident physician receiving compensation from
this appropriation on a full-time basis shall receive compen-
sation in the form of wages or salary from any other
appropriation in this title: Provided further, That
the District of Columbia shall pay by check to Freedmen’s
Hospital, upon the Surgeon General’s request, in advance
at the beginning of each quarter, such amount as the Surgeon
General calculates will be earned on the basis of rates ap-
proved by the Bureau of the Budget for the care of patienty
certified by the District of Columbia. Bulls rendered by the
Surgeon General on the basis of such calculations shall not
be subject to audit or certification in advance of payment;
but proper adjustment of amounts which have been paid in
advance on the basis of such calculations shall be made at
the end of each quarter: Provided further, That the Surgeon
General may delegate the responsibilities imposed upon him

by the foregoing proviso.
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GALLAUDET COLLEGE
Salaries and expenses: Vor the partial support of
Gallaudet College, including personal services and miscella-
neous expenses, and repairs and improvements, as authorized
by the Act of June 18, 1954 (Public Law 420), $539,000:
Provided, That Gallaudet College shall be paid by the Dis-

_ trict of Columbia, in advance at the beginning of each quarter,

at the rate of $1,295 per school year for each student at-
tending and receiving instruction in elementary or secondary
education pursuant to the Act of March 1, 1901 (81 D.C.
Code 1008).

Construction: For the construction and equipment. of
buildings and facilities on the grounds of Gallaudet College, as
authorized by the Act of June 18, 1954 (Public Law 420),
under the supervision of the General Services Administration,
including planning, architectural, and engineering services,
$2,225,000, to remain available until expended, as follows:
For a physical education and activities building, heating
plant, laundry, and shop, together with alterations and in-
stallations im connection with such construction. For a girls’
dormitory, together with alterations and installations in
connection with such construction.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY
Salaries and expenses: For the partial support of

Howard University, including personal services and mis-
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cellancous expenses and repairs to buildings and grounds,
$2,766,000.
Construction of buildings: For alterations, revision, ex-
tension, and installation of underground telephone conduit

for telephone distribution system, under the supervision of

- General Services Administration, on the grounds of Howard

University, including engineering services, $122,000, to. re-
main available until expended.

Construction of law building (liquidation of contract
authorization) : For payment of obligations incurred under,
authority previously provided, to enter into contracts for
the construction of the law building, $457,100.

Construction of administration building (liquidation of
contract authorization) : For payment of obligations incurred
under authority previously provided, to enter ito contracts
for the construction of the administration — building,
$405,500.

Construction of men’s dormitory (liquidation of con-
tract authorization) : For payment of obligations incurred:
under authority previously provided, to enter into contracts.
for the construction of the men’s dormitory, $1,146,000.

OFFICE OF EDUCATION

Promotion and further development of vocational educa-

tion: For carrying out the provisions of section 3 of the~

Vocational Education Act of 1946 (20 U..8. ©. 15h),
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section 4 of the Act of March 10, 1924 (20 U.S. ©. 29),
section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1931 (20 U. 8. ©. 30),
and the Act of March 18, 1950 (20 U. 8S. CG. 81),
$23,673,261: Provided, That the apportionment to the
States under the Vocational Education Act of 1946
shall be computed on the basis of not to exceed
$23,498,261 for the current fiscal year: Provided further,
That not more than $900,000 of this appropriation shall be
available for vocational education in distributive occupations.

Further endowment of colleges of agriculture and the
mechanic arts: For carrying out the provisions of section 22
of the Act of June 29, 1935, as amended (7 U. S. C. 329),
$2,501,500.

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the
Office of Education, including surveys, studies, investigations,
and reports regarding libraries; fostering coordination of pub-
lic and school library service; coordination of library service
on the national level with other forms of adult education;
developing library participation in Federal projects; fostering
Nation-wide coordination of research materials among librar-
ies, interstate library coordination and the development of
library service throughout the country; purchase, distribution,
and exchange of educational documents, motion-picture films,
and lantern slides; collection, exchange, and cataloging of

educational apparatus and appliances, articles of school fur-
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niture and models of school buildings illustrative of foreign
and domestic systems and methods of education, and repair-
ing the same; $3,050,000, of which not less than |
$480,000 shall be available for the Division of Voca-
tional Hducation as authorized: Provided, That all receipts
from non-Federal agencies representing reimbursement for
expenses of travel of employees of the Office of Education
performing advisory functions to the said agencies shall be
deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit
of this appropriation.

Payments to school districts: For payments to local edu-
cational agencies for the maintenance and operation of
schools as authorized by the Act of September 30, 1950,
as amended (20 U. 8. C. 236-244), $65,000,000: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall also be available for
carrying out the provisions of section 6 of such Act. |

Assistance for school construction: For an additional
amount for providing school facilities and for grants to local
educational agencies in federally affected areas, as author-
ized by title III of the Act of September 23, 1950, as —
amended by the Act of August 8, 1953, and the Act of
August 31, 1954 (20 U. 8. C. 291-301), including not to —
exceed $750,000 for necessary expenses of technical services
rendered by other agencies, $24,000,000, to remain available ~

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until expended: Provided, That no part of this appropriation

shall be available for salaries or other direct expenses of the

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Salaries and expenses, White House Conference on
Education: For carrying out the Act of J uly 26, 1954 (68
Stat. 532), including services as authorized by section 15 of
the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. 8. ©. 59a), $100,000.

OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION

Grants to States and other agencies: For grants to States

and other agencies in accordance with the Vocational Re-

habilitation Act, as amended, $32,500,000, of which $30,-

000,000 is for vocational rehabilitation services under section
2 of said Act; $1,500,000 is for extension and improvement
projects under section 3 of said Act; and $1,000,000 is for
special projects under section 4 of said Act: Provided, That

not more than $2 of the funds made available for special

projects under section 4 (a) (2) of said Act shall be

expended for any project for each $1 that the grantee, or the

grantee and the State, expends for the same purpose: Pro-

vided further, That allotments under section 2 of said Act to

the States for the current fiscal year shall be made on the

basis of $32,500,000, and this amount shall be considered

» fiscal year.

Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For
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making, after May 31, of the current fiscal year, grants to
States under sections 2 and 3 of the Vocational Rehabilita-
tion Act, as amended, for the first quarter of the next succeed-
ing fiscal year such sums as may be necessary, the obligations
incurred and the expenditures made thereunder to be charged
to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year: Provided,
That the payments made pursuant to this paragraph shall not
exceed the amount paid to the States for the first quarter of
the current fiscal year.

Trainmg and traineeships: For training and traineeships,
$1,800,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be ‘available for
grants pursuant to section 4 of the Vocational Rehabilitation
Act, as amended, and $800,000 shall be for carrying out
the training functions provided for in section 7 of said Act.

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary in carry-
ing out the provisions of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act,
as amended, and of the Act approved June 20, 1936 (20
U. 8. C., ch. 6A), as amended, including not to exceed
$3,000 for production, purchase, and distribution of educa-
tional films; $1,000,000.

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

Hor necessary expenses in carrying out the Public
Health Service Act, as amended (42 U. 8. C., ch. 6A)
(hereinafter referred to as the Act), and other Acts, includ:

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Corps and for not to exceed one thousand five hundred

commissioned officers in the Regular Corps, and purchase

of not to exceed sixteen passenger motor vehicles, for re-
placement only, as follows:

Assistance to States, general: To carry out the purposes,
not otherwise specifically provided for, of section 314 (c)
of the Act; to provide consultative services to States pur-
suant to section 311 of the Act; to make field investigations
and demonstrations pursuant to section 301 of the Act ; to
provide for collecting end compiling mortality, morbidity,
and vital statistics; and not to exceed $1,000 for entertain-
ment of officials of other countries when specifically author-
ized by the Surgeon General; $12,000,000.

Venereal diseases: To carry out the purposes of sections
314 (a) and 363 of the Act with respect to venereal diseases
including the operation and maintenance of centers for the
diagnosis and treatment of persons afflicted with venereal
diseases; and for grants of money, services, supplies, equip-
ment, and use of facilities to States, as defined in the Act, and
with the approval of the respective State health authorities, to
counties, health districts, and other political subdivisions of
the States, for the foregoing purposes, in such amounts and
upon such terms and conditions as the Surgeon General may
determine; $3,500,000.

Tuberculosis: To carry out the purposes of section 314
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(b) of the Act, $6,000,000, of which not less than
$4,500,000 shall be available only for grants to States, to be
matched by an equal amount of State and local funds expended
for the same purpose, for direct expenses of prevention and
case-finding projects including. salaries, fees, and travel’ of
personnel directly engaged in prevention and case-finding and
the necessary equipment and supplies used directly in pre-
vention and case-finding operations, but excluding the pur-
chase of care in hospitals and sanatoria.

Communicable diseases: To carry out, except as: other-
wise provided for, those provisions of sections 301, 311,

and 361 of the Act relating to the prevention and suppres-

‘sion of communicable and preventable diseases, and the

interstate transmission and spread thereof, including the
purchase, erection, and maintenance of portable buildings;
and hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; $4,400,000.
Sanitary engineering activities: For expenses, not
otherwise provided, necessary to carry out those provisions
of sections 801, 311, 314 (c), and 361 of the Act relating
to sanitation and other aspects of environmental health,
including enforcement of applicable: quarantine laws and
interstate quarantine regulations, and for carrying out the
purposes of the Water Pollution Control Act (33 U. 8. C.
466-466 (j) ) ;$3,500,000.
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Buildings and facilities, Cincinnati, Ohio: For purchase
and installation of additional equipment and supplies for the
building and facilities at the Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engi-
neering Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, $415,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.’

Disease and sanitation investigations and control, Terri-
tory of Alaska: To enable the Surgeon General to conduct,
in the Service, and to cooperate with and assist the Territory
of Alaska in the conduct of, activities necessary in the in-
vestigation, prevention, treatment, and control of diseases,
and the establishment and maintenance of health and sani-
tation services pursuant to and for the purposes specified
in sections 301, 311, 314 (without regard to the provisions
of subsections (d), (f), (h), and (j) and the limitations
set forth in subsection (c). of such section), 361 and 363
of the Act, including the hire, operation, and maintenance

of aircraft, and the purchase, erection, and maintenance of

portable buildings, $1,125,000.

Surveys and planning for hospital construction: The
funds appropriated under this head in The Supplemental
Appropriation Act, 1955, shall not remain available for
expenditure after December 31, 1956.

Grants for hospital construction: For payments under
parts C and G, title VI, of the Act, as amended, to remain
available until expended, $96,000,000, of which $7 5,000,000
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shall be for payments for hospitals and: related facilities pur-
suant to part C, the remainder to be for payments for facil-
ities pursuant to part G, as follows: $6,500,000 for diagnostic

or treatment centers, $6,500,000 for hospitals for the chron-

ically ill and impaired, $4,000,000 for rehabilitation facilities,

and $4,000,000 for nursing homes: Provided, That allot-

‘ments under such parts C and G to the several States for

the current fiscal year shall be made on the basis of amounts

equal to the limitations specified herein.

Salaries and expenses, hospital construction services:

For salaries and expenses incident to carrying out title VI of

the Act, as amended, $1,100,000.

Hospitals and medical care: For carrying out the fune-

_ tions of the Public Health Service under the Act of August 8,

1946 (5 U.S. C. 150), and under sections 321, 322, 324,

»326, 331, 332, 341, 348, 344, 502, 504, and 710 of the

Public Health Service Act, and Executive Order 9079. of
February 26, 1942, including purchase and exchange of
farm products and livestock; conducting research on techni-
cal nursing standards and furnishing consultative nursing

services; and purchase of firearms. and ammunition ;

$34,026,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be exclusively
available for payments to the Territory of Hawaii for care

and treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy: Provided,

That. when. the Public Health ‘Service establishes or
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operates a health service program for any department or
agency, payment for the estimated cost shall be made in
advance for deposit to the credit of this appropriation.

Foreign quarantine service: For carrying out the pur-
poses of sections 361 to 369 of the Act, relating to prevent-
ing the introduction of communicable diseases from foreign -
countries, the medical examination of aliens in accordance
with section 325.of the Act, and the care and treatment, of
quarantine detainees pursuant. to section 322 (e) of the

Act in private or other public hospitals when. facilities of

~ the Public Health Service are not available, including in-

surance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries. when
required by law of such countries; $2,950,000.

Indian health activities: For expenses: necessary to
enable the Surgeon General to carry out the purposes of the
Act of August 5, 1954 (Public Law 568), including services
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946
(5 U. 8..C. 55a) (including not to exceed $10,000: for
such services at rates not’ to exceed $100 per diem for
mdividuals, when authorized by the Surgeon General) ; hire
of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of reprints;
payment for telephone service in private residences in the
field, when authorized under regulations approved by the

Secretary; and the ‘purposes set forth in sections 321 and

-- 509: of. the Public Health Service Act; $33,840,000: Pro-
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vided, That the Surgeon General is authorized to transfer
from this appropriation to other appropriations of the Public
Health Service such amounts as he may determine are
required in such appropriations for Indian health activities.

Construction of Indian health facilities: For construction,
major repair, improvement, and equipment of health and re-
lated auxiliary facilities, including quarters for personnel;
preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisi-
tion of sites; purchase and erection of portable buildings;
and purchase of trailers; $4,750,000, to remain available
until expended.

National Institutes of Health, operating expenses: For
the activities of the National Institutes of Health, not other-
wise provided for, including research fellowships and grants
for research projects pursuant to section 301 of the Act; not
to exceed $1,000 for entertainment of visiting scientists
when specifically approved by the Surgeon General; erection
of temporary structures; and grants of therapeutic
and chemical substances for demonstrations and research;
$5,399,000: Provided, That the Surgeon General is author-
ized to advance to this appropriation from other appropria-
tions to the Public Health Service such amounts as are
determined to be necessary for the foregomg purposes and
for activities performed on a centralized basis: Provided

further, That the Surgeon General is authorized to operate
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facilities at the National Institutes of Health for the sale of
meals to employees and others at rates determined by him
to be sufficient to recover the cost of such operation and
the proceeds thereof shall be credited to this appropriation:
Provided further, That the Surgeon General is authorized,
upon recommendation of the National Advisory Health
Council, to donate or release to a university, hospital, or
other nonprofit organization any right, title, claim, or
interest of the United States with respect to research and
related equipment and other tangible property under the
jurisdiction of the Service and acquired by such institutions
prior to December 1946 pursuant to its contract with the
United States through the Office of Scientific Research and
Development.

National Cancer Institute: To enable the Surgeon Gen-
eral, upon the recommendations of the National Advisory
Cancer Council, to make grants-in-aid for research and train-
ing projects relating to cancer; to cooperate with State
health agencies, and other public and private nonprofit insti-
tutions, in the prevention, control, and eradication of cancer
by providing consultative services, demonstrations, and
grants-in-aid; and to otherwise carry out the provisions of
title IV, part A, of the Act; $22,328,000.

Mental health activities: For expenses necessary for
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carrying out the provisions of sections 301, 302, 303, 311,
312, and 314 (c) of the Act with respect to mental diseases,
$17,751,000.

National Heart Institute: For expenses necessary to
carry out the purposes of the National Heart Act,
$17,278,000.

Dental health activities: For expenses not otherwise
provided for, necessary to enable the Surgeon General to
carry out the purposes of the Act with respect to dental
diseases and conditions, $2,136,000.

Arthritis and metabolic disease activities: For expenses .
necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act relating to
arthritis, rheumatism, and metabolic diseases, $8,740,000.

Microbiology activities: For expenses necessary to

carry out the purposes of the Act relating to microbiology,

including the regulation and preparation of biologic prod-.

ucis, $6,645,000.

Neurology and blindness activities: For expenses neces-
sary to carry out the purposes of the Act relating to.
neurology and blindness, $8,861,000.

Gorgas Memorial Laboratory: For payment to the
Gorgas Memorial Institute for maintenance and operation ©
of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, $147,000.

Retired pay of commissioned officers: For retired pay
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of commissioned officers, as authorized by law, and pay-
ments under the Uniformed Services Contingency Option
Act of 1953, $1,225,000.

Salaries and expenses: For the divisions and offices of
the Office of the Surgeon General and for miscellaneous
expenses of the Public Health Service not appropriated for
elsewhere, including preparing information, articles, and
publications related to public health; and conducting studies
and demonstrations in public health methods; $2,762,000.

SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the
maintenance and operation of the hospital, including purchase
of clothing for patients and cooperation with organizations or
individuals in the scientific research into the nature, causes,
prevention and treatment of mental illness, $2,510,000.

Major repairs and preservation of buildings and grounds:
Hor miscellaneous construction, alterations, repairs, and
equipment, on the grounds of the hospital, including prepara-
tion of plans and specifications, advertising, and supervision
of construction, $600,000, to remain available until June
30, 1957: Provided, That any part of this amount may be
transferred to the General Services Administration.

Construction, maximum security building: For expenses

necessary for the preparation of plans and specifications for
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“SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance: For necessary expenses, including furnishing,
repairing, and cleaning of wearing apparel and equipment
used by building guards; not more than $84,000,000 may be
expended from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance
trust fund: Provided, That such amounts as are required
shall be available to pay the cost of necessary travel incident
to medical examinations for verifying disabilities of individ-
uals who file applications for disability determinations under
title II of the Social Security Act, as amended.

Advances to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For
making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, advances
to States under section 221 (e) of the Social Security Act,
as amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary from the above author-
ization may be expended from the Federal Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund.

Construction, Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insur-
ance: For construction of an office building and appurtenant
facilities for the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance,
including equipment, acquisition of land (including dona-

tions thereof), and preparation of plans and specifications,
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$3,870,000, to be derived from the Federal Old-Age
and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That any funds derived
from the default of the bond for construction of access roads
in connection with the acquisition of such land shall be avail-
able for expenditure to construct such access roads.

Grants to States for public assistance: For grants to
States for old-age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid
to the blind, and aid to the permanently and totally disabled,
as authorized in titles I, IV, X, and XIV of the Social
Security Act, as amended (42 U.S. C., ch. 7, subchs. I, IV,
X, and XIV), $1,400,000,000, of which such amount as
may be necessary shall be available for grants for any period
in the prior fiscal — subsequent to March 31 of that year.

Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Public Assistance:
For expenses necessary for the Bureau of Public Assistance,
$1,487,500.

Salaries and expenses, Children’s Bureau: For necessary
expenses in carrying out the Act of April 9, 1912, as amended
(42 U. 8. C., ch. 6), and title V of the Social Security Act,
as amended (42 U. 8. C., ch. 7, subch. V), including pur-
chase of reports and material for the publications of the
Children’s Bureau and of reprints for distribution, $1,640,-
000: Provided, That no part of any appropriation con-

tained in this title shall be used to promulgate or carry
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out any instructions, order, or regulation relating to
the care of obstetrical cases which discriminate between
persons licensed under State law to practice. obstetrics: Pro-
vided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not be so
construed as to prevent any patient from having the serv-
ices of any practitioner of her own choice, paid for out of
this fund, so long as State laws are complied with: Provided
further, That any State plan which provides standards fer
professional obstetrical services in accordance with the laws
of the State shall be approved.

Grants to States for maternal and child welfare: For
grants to States for maternal and child-health services, serv-
ices for crippled children, and child-welfare services as au-
thorized in title V, parts 1, 2, and 3, of the Social Security
Act, as amended (42 U.S. C., ch. 7, subch. V), $30,000,-
000: Provided, That any allotment to a State pursuant to
section 502 (b) or 512 (b) of such Act shall not be
included in computing for the purposes of subsections (a)
and {b) of sections 504 and 514 of such Act an amount
expended or estimated to be expended by the State.

Salaries and expenses, Office of the Commissioner: For
expenses necessary for the Office of the Commissioner of
Social Security, $173,000, together with not to exceed
$130,000 to be transferred from the Federal old-age and

survivors Insurance trust fund.
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Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For mak-
ing, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to
States under titles I, IV, V, X, and XIV, respectively, of
the Social Security Act, as amended, for the first quarter
of the next succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be
necessary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures
made thereunder for payments under each of such titles to
be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year.

In the administration of titles I, IV, V, X, and XIV,
respectively, of the Social Security Act, as amended, pay-
ments to a State under any of such titles for any quarter in
the period beginning April 1 of the prior year, and ending
June 30 of the current year, may be made with respect
to a State plan approved under such title prior to or during
such period, but no such payment shall be made with re-
spect to any plan for any quarter prior to the quarter in
which such plan was. submitted for approval.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

Salaries and expenses, Office of the Secretary: For
expenses necessary for the Office of the Secretary,
$1,400,000, together with not to exceed $200,000 to be
transferred from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance
trust fund.

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tion, $1,800,000, together with not to exceed $400,000 to be
transferred from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance
trust fund.

Salaries and expenses, Office of the General Counsel: For
expenses necessary for the Office of the General Counsel,
$372,500, together with not to exceed $22,500 to be trans-
ferred from the appropriation “Salaries and expenses, cer-
tification and inspection services’, and not to exceed
$370,000 to be transferred from the Federal old-age and
survivors insurance trust fund.

Surplus property utilization: For expenses necessary
for carrying out the provisions of subsections 203 (j)
and (k) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949, as amended, relating to disposal of
real and personal excess property for educational purposes
and protection of public health, $400,000.

REDUCTION IN CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION

Howard University: The contract authorization hereto-
fore granted under the head “Construction, Howard Univer-
sity’, for the women’s dormitory units is reduced in the
amount of $179,200.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 202. Appropriations under this title available for

salaries and expenses shall be available for payment in

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tions whose publications are available to members only or
to members at a price lower than to the general public.

Suc. 203. Appropriations under this title available for
salaries and expenses shall be available for services as
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946
(5 U.8. ©. 55a).

Suc. 204. Appropriations under this title available for
salaries and expenses shall be available for travel expenses
and not to exceed $90,000, of which $45,000 shall be
available only to the National Institutes of Health, of such
funds shall be available for expenses of attendance at
meetings concerned with the functions or activities for
which such appropriations are made.

Sec. 205. None of the funds appropriated by this title
to the Social Security Administration for grants in aid of
State agencies to cover, in whole or in part, the cost of
operation of said agencies including the salaries and
expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, shall
be withheld from the said agencies of any States which
have established by legislative enactment and have in
operation a merit system and classification and compensation
plan covering the selection, tenure in office, and compensa-
tion of their employees, because of any disapproval of their

personnel or the manner of their selection by the agencies
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of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or

employees.

SEC. 206. The Secretary is authorized to make such
transfers of motor vehicles, between bureaus and_ offices,
without transfer of funds, as may be required in carrying out
the operations of the Department. |

This title may be cited as the “Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1956”.

TITLE TI—NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS

BOARD

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the
National Labor Relations Board to carry out the functions
vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947
(29 U. 8. O. 141-167), and other laws, including expenses
of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the
Board when specifically authorized by the Chairman or the
General Counsel; and services as authorized by section 15
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. 8. C. 55a) .
$8,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be available to organize or assist in organizing
agricultural laborers or used in connection with investi-
gations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bar-
gaining units composed of agricultural laborers as re-

ferred to in section 2 (3) of the Act of July 5, 1935 (49
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Stat. 450), and as amended by the Labor-Management
Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in section 3 (f) of the
Act of June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1060), and including in

said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and

_ operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when

maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at
least 95 per centum of the water stored or supplied thereby
is used for farming purposes.

TITLE IV—NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the
National Mediation Board, including stenographic reporting
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,
1946 (5 U.S. ©. 55a), $435,000.

Arbitration and emergency boards: For expenses neces-
sary for arbitration boards established under section 7 of the
Railway Labor Act, as amended | (45 U. 8. CO. 157),.and
emergency boards appointed by the President pursuant to
section 10 of said Act (45 U. 8. ©. 160), including steno-
graphic reporting services as authorized by section 15 of the
Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S. C. 55a) , $250,000.

NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the

National Railroad Adjustment Board, including stenographic

reporting services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of
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August 2, 1946 (5 U. 8. C. 55a), $502,000, of which
not less than $175,000 shall be available for compensation
(at rates not in excess of $75 per diem) and expenses: of
referees appointed pursuant to section 3 of the Railway
Labor Act, as amended.
TITLE V—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Salaries and expenses, Railroad Retirement Board (trust
fund) : For expenses necessary for the Railroad Retirement
Board, including not to exceed $1,000 for expenses of attend-
ance at meetings concerned with the work of the Board,
when specifically authorized by the Board; stenographic
reporting services as authorized by section 15 of the
Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. 8. ©. 55a); and
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the
Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1114) ; $6,100,000 to
be derived from the railroad retirement account.

TITLE VI—FEDERAL MEDIATION AND
CONCILIATION SERVICE

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the
Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-
Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U. 8. C. 171-180,
182), including expenses of the Labor-Management Panel
as provided in section 205 of said Act; temporary employ-

ment of arbitrators, conciliators, and mediators on labor
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relations at rates not in excess of $75 per diem; expenses

of attendance at meetings concerned with lehor and industrial
relations; and services as authorized by sevtion 15 of the
Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S. C. 55a) ; $3,124,000.

Boards of inquiry : To enable the Service to pay neces-
sary expenses of boards of inquiry appointed by the Presi-
dent pursuant to section 206 of the Labor-Management
Relations Act, 1947 (29 U. 8. C. 176-180, 182), mclud-
ing services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of
August 2, 1946 (5 U. 8. C. 55a), and rent in the District
of Columbia, $10,000.

TITLE VIT—INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE
POTOMAC RIVER BASIN

Contribution to Interstate Commission on the Potomac
River Basin: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to
pay in advance to the Interstate Commission on the Potomac
River Basin the Federal contribution toward the expenses
of the Commission during the current fiscal year in the ad-
ministration of its business in the conservancy district estab-
lished pursuant to the Act of July 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 748),
$5,000.
TITLE VIII—UNITED STATES SOLDIERS’ HOME

For maintenance and operation of the United States
Soldiers’ Home, to be paid from the Soldiers’ Home perma-

nent fund, $4,400,000, of which $265,200 shall remain
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available until expended for plans and construction of build-
ings and facilities: Provided, That this appropriation shall
not be available for the payment of hospitalization of mem-
bers of the Home in United States Army hospitals at rates
in excess of those prescribed by the Secretary of the Army,
upon the recommendation of the Board of Commissioners
of the Home and the Surgeon General of the Army.
TITLE TX—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 901. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person
who engages in a strike against the Government of the
United States or who is a member of an organization of
Government employees that asserts the right to strike against
the Government of the United States, or who advocates,
or is a member of an organization that advocates, the over-
throw of the Government of the United States by force or
violence: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit
shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person
making the affidavit has not contrary to the provisions of
this section engaged in a. strike against the Government of
the United States, is not a member of an organization of
Government employees that asserts the right to strike
against the Government of the United States, or that such
person does not advocate, and is not a member of an organ-

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the United States by force or violence: Provided further,
That any person who engages in a strike against the Govern-
ment of the United States, or who is a member of an
organization of Government employees that asserts the right
to strike against the Government of the United States, or
who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that
advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United
States by force or violence and accepts employment the
salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation
contained in this act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon
conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned
for not more than one year, or both: Provided further,
That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and
not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law.

SEc. 902. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not
authorized by the Congress.

Sic. 903. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be used to pay compensation of any employee en-
gaged in personnel work in excess of the number that would
be provided by a ratio of one such employee to one hundred
and five, or a part thereof, full-time, part-time, and intermit-
tent employees of the agency concerned: Provided, That for
purposes of this section employees shall be considered as

engaged in personnel work if they spend half time or more
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in personnel administration consisting of direction and admin-

istration of the personnel program; employment, placement,

“and separation; job evaluation and classification; employee

relations and services; training; committees of expert exam-
iners and boards of civil-service examiners; wage administra-
tion; and processing, recording, and reporting.

This Act may be cited as the “Departments of Labor,
and Health, Education, and Welfare, and related agencies

Appropriation Act, 1956.”