United States Shipping Board Bureau, Shipping Fund

Shipping fund: For expenses of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation during the fiscal year ending June 30, [1935] 1936, for administrative purposes, including the salaries of employees (not to exceed [$316,000] $178,400) of the Fleet Corporation assigned to the Shipping Board Bureau, miscellaneous adjustments, losses due to the maintenance and operation of ships, including operation through an agreement to pay a lump-sum compensation, [for the protection of the interests of the United States in any vessel on which the United States holds a mortgage,] for the repair of ships, for the purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor vehicles for official purposes only; for the payment of premiums for liability, fire, theft, property damage, and collision insurance and for other forms of insurance, including schedule and fidelity bonds, commonly carried by commercial corporations engaged in the same or a similar business, and for carrying out the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, and amendments thereto, (a) the amount of operating funds on hand July 1, [1934] 1935; (b) all amounts received during the fiscal year ending June 30, [1935] 1936, other than the proceeds of sales of ships and surplus property; (c) so much of the total proceeds of sales of ships and surplus property received during the fiscal year [1935] 1936, but not exceeding $750,000 as is necessary to meet the expenses of liquidation, including the costs incident to the delivery of vessels to purchasers, the cost of maintaining the laid-up fleet and the salaries and expenses of the personnel engaged in liquidation; (d) so much of the total proceeds of sales of ships and surplus property received during the fiscal year 1936 as is necessary for the protection of the interests of the United States in any vessel or property on which the United States holds a mortgage: Provided, That no part of these sums, (a), (b), [and] (c), and (d) shall be used for the payment of claims arising out of the construction and requisitioning of vessels.

That portion of the special claims appropriation contained in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1923 committed prior to July 1, 1923, and remaining unexpended on June 30, [1934] 1935, shall continue available until June 30, [1935] 1936, for the same purposes and under the same conditions. To enable the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation to operate ships or lines of ships which have been or may be taken back from purchasers by reason of competition or other methods employed by foreign shipowners or operators, there is hereby reappropriated the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $10,000,000 made for similar purposes in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927: Provided, That no expenditure shall be made for the purposes of this paragraph

from this sum without the prior approval of the President of the United States.

No part of the sums appropriated in this Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any attorney, regular or special, for the United States Shipping Board Bureau or the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation unless the contract of employment has been approved by the Attorney General of the United States.

No part of the funds of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation shall be available for the rent of buildings in the District of Columbia during the fiscal year [1935] 1936 if suitable space is provided for said corporation by the Office of National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations of the Department of the Interior.

No part of the funds of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation shall be available during the fiscal year [1935] 1936 for the purchase of any kind of fuel oil of foreign production for issue, delivery, or sale to ships at points either in the United States or its possessions, where oil of the production of the United States or its possessions is available, if the cost of such oil compared with foreign-oil costs be not unreasonable.

Of the sums herein made available under the United States Shipping Board Bureau, not to exceed an aggregate of $150,000 shall be expended for compensation of regular attorneys employed on a yearly salary basis, including their clerical and legal assistants (act Apr. 7, 1934, 48 Stat., p. 568).

Construction Loan Fund, U. S. Shipping Board Bureau

By objects

Balances carried forward from previous year...

Add repayments on previous loans. Add amounts deposited to credit of fund from proceeds of sales.

Total cash available.. Less unexpended balance..

Cash loans for ship construction.

By objects

Balance brought forward from preceding year (including reserves). Less unexpended balance..

Net cash expenditures...

There are no commitments for construction loans during the fiscal year 1936, nor definite approval of loans to be made.

Shipping Fund, U. S. Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation—

$22, 753, 615 23, 956, 922 11, 203, 307

39,876, 253 39, 207, 525 668,728

Obligations

$16, 138, 763 10, 615, 407 3,407,067 30, 161, 237 29, 726, 253 434, 984

Estimate, 1936 Estimate, 1935 Actual, 1934

Receipts in excess of disbursements.

Total United States Shipping Board Bureau, annual appropriations, general fund: Estimate 1936, $215,000

Appropriated 1935, $219,216

Claims, Judgments, and Private Relief Acts—

53 Refunds, awards, and indemnities: 1934, $85,676.56.

Total, Department of Commerce, general fund: Estimate 1936, $34,736,715 Appropriated 1935, $31,528,585

Total, Department of Commerce, general and trust funds: Estimate 1936, $34,847,215 Appropriated 1935, $31,529,585

including the new Division of Grazing Control, and including, except for the Geological Survey, the printing requirements of the Department. The principal items of increase are $250,000 for the new Division of Grazing Control, $38,620 for the new Division of Territories and Island Possessions, and $47,000 for the Bureau of Mines (carried for 1935 under the Department of Commerce). Transfers to and from this estimate of appropriation, together with provision for a new position of Under Secretary of the Department, and increases for printing and contingent expenses, account for the remaining portion of the total increase.

PETROLEUM ADMINISTRATION

There is no estimate of appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1936, in view of the expiration before that fiscal year of the authority under which this activity operates.

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL COMMISSION GEORGE ROGERS CLARK SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION PERRY'S VICTORY MEMORIAL COMMISSION

To carry out the provision of the act of June 26, 1934, $55,000 is provided for the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission; and another new item of $4,000, representing receipts, is provided for the Perry's Victory Memorial Commission.

GENERAL LAND OFFICE

This Office surveys, manages, and disposes of the public lands. The chief item of increase is $408,556, for surveying the public lands, replacing, in part, Public Works Administration funds available for this purpose for the fiscal year 1935. The remaining portion of the increase represents estimates of annual appropriations for 1936 which were carried in 1935 as permanent appropriations.

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

This Bureau has charge of the Indians of the United States and Alaska, including their education, health, lands, moneys, and general welfare. The major items of increase are $6,425,000 under the provisions of the Wheeler-Howard Act, $2,000,000 authorized by the Public Highways Act of last June, and $1,111,500 representing permanent appropriations for 1935, carried as estimates of annual appropriations for 1936. Increases for school, health, and other purposes, less certain nonrecurring items, account for the remainder of the total increase.

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

Under the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and amendments, this Bureau investigates, constructs, and manages irrigation projects in the public-land States. The increase in the Reclamation Fund is due to an additional amount of $40,700 for operation of irrigation works on the Owyhee project constructed with Public Works Administration funds, together with small increases for several projects on account of deferred repair and betterment work on project canals. The increase in the items under the general account provides $50,000 for the levee system adjacent to the Yuma project, and $25,000 for the Yuma auxiliary project (heretofore carried as a permanent appropriation).

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

The Geological Survey conducts investigations of mineral resources, and of surface and underground waters; makes topographic and geologic surveys; classifies the public land; and is in charge of enforcement of the engineering phases of the Mineral Leasing Act of October 20, 1914. 20, 1914. The chief items in this increase are $250,890, representing replacement of previous year appropriations continued available for 1935; $225,260, in part replacement of Public Works Administration funds available during 1935 for topographic surveys; $83,000, largely for operation of new gaging stations; $31,050 for printing and binding; and $10,000 for mineral leasing work. The item for volcanologic surveys, consisting chiefly of work in Hawaii, has been eliminated under the Geological Survey and consolidated with the estimate of appropriation for the Hawaii National Park under the National Park Service.

BUREAU OF MINES

The Bureau of Mines conducts inquiries and scientific and technologic investigations concerning mining and utilization of mineral substances with a view to improving health conditions and increasing safety, efficiency, and economic development. The major items of increase are $50,000 for the production of natural gas for helium plants (carried for 1935 as a special fund appropriation of $17,000), and $33,002 for reorganization and improvement of the economics and statistic branch of the Bureau. The item for mining investigations in Alaska has been eliminated, and provision made for the conduct of this work, in part, by the Alaska Railroad, and in part, under the Geological Survey estimate of appropriation for Mineral Resources of Alaska.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

The National Park Service administers the national parks and national monuments, the national military parks, battlefields, cemeteries, and monuments, the public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia, and the public buildings and reservations outside of the District of Columbia that are not chiefly employed as facilities in the work of particular agencies. The estimates for 1936 provide increases of $2,500,000 for roads in national parks and monuments, $895,530 for operation and maintenance of public buildings in the District of Columbia, and $340,438 for operation and maintenance of public buildings outside the District of Columbia. Other increases amounting to $206,960, offset by decreases to the extent of $42,750, are due, in part, to the cost of operating new facilities provided by Public Works Administration funds, and, in part, to increased cost of operating national parks and monuments because of increased number of visitors.

OFFICE OF EDUCATION

The Office of Education collects and publishes statistics and general information regarding the condition and progress of education in the United States and foreign countries; advises State, county, and local school officers on problems of administration and improvement of schools; administers the fund for support of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts; and makes studies of, and administers the funds for, cooperative vocational education in the States and in Hawaii and

Puerto Rico. The increase results from certain minor increases for administrative work, together with a new estimate of an annual appropriation of $192,000 carried for 1935 as a permanent appropriation of $180,000, and from decreases on account of expected unexpended balances in 1935 appropriations.

GOVERNMENT IN THE TERRITORIES

Under this heading are included the salaries and expenses of the offices of the Governors of Alaska, Hawaii, and the Virgin Islands; the legislative expenses of the two first-named Territories; expenditures for care of the insane of Alaska; supervision of the reindeer industry; operation of the Alaska Railroad; construction and maintenance of wagon roads, bridges, and trails in Alaska; and expenditures in aid of the municipalities and industries in the Virgin Islands. The estimates of appropriations for the Territories and island possessions show a major decrease of $86,410 because of the elimination for 1936 of the biennial expenses of the Territorial Legislatures of Alaska and Hawaii, and major increases of $180,000, representing estimates of annual appropriations heretofore carried as permanent appropriations, and $249,000 for the Alaska Railroad in replacement for 1936 of funds continued available for 1935 from the preceding year.

ST. ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL

The increase represents an additional amount of $53,641 due to increased number of inmates, and increased cost of

food and other supplies, and $200,000 for construction of a continuous treatment building, on account of the increased number of inmates.

COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF

Increases of $2,000 for supplies, and $5,850 for repairs to buildings and replacement of worn-out equipment, are provided.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY

The increase represents additional amounts for operation of the new heating and lighting plant and for custodial and other supplies for new buildings.

FREEDMEN'S HOSPITAL

The increase provides additional amounts for materials and supplies, and for heating, lighting, and power expendi

tures.

Permanent appropriations:

The decrease is due to the provisions of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934, requiring the submission of estimates of appropriations, heretofore appearing as permanent appropriations, as estimates of annual appropriations for 1936.

Trust accounts:

The increase results chiefly from the larger amount of available tribal moneys to be expended during 1936.