GENERAL GOVERNMENT MATTERS, DEPART- [PUBLIC LAW 87-125] [87TH CONGRESS, H.R. 7577] By the Act making appropriations for the Executive Office of the President, the 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 of the President, the Department of Commerce, and sundry agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, 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 $215,000 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; newspapers, periodicals, teletype news service, and travel, and official entertainment expenses of the President, to be accounted for solely on his certificate; $2,495,000-- SPECIAL PROJECTS For expenses necessary to provide staff assistance for the President in connection with special projects, to be expended in his discretion 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, $1,500,000: Provided, That not to exceed 10 per centum of this appropriation may be used to reimburse the appropriation for "Salaries and expenses, The White House Office", for administrative services. 76 $150,000 2,495,000 1,500,000 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, $528,000 [For an additional amount for 1962, for the foregoing purpose, see p. 219.] BUREAU OF THE BUDGET SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary for the Bureau of the Budget, including not to exceed $125,000 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 $75 per diem for individuals, $5,517,000-- COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), including not exceeding $10,000 for expenses of travel, and not to exceed $345,000 for salaries, $414,000--- [For an additional amount for 1962, for the foregoing purpose, see p. 219.] $528,000 5,517,000 414, 000 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary for the National Security Council, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), and acceptance and utilization of voluntary and uncompensated services, $554,000-- PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON LABOR-MANAGEMENT POLICY For necessary expenses of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy, established by Executive Order 10918 of February 16, 1961, including rent in the District of Columbia either for the Committee or for Federal agencies displaced in the interests of the Committee, services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but at rates for individuals not to exceed $100 per diem, and $25 per diem in lieu of subsistence for members of the Committee while away from their homes or regular places of business, $200,000 [For appropriation for 1962 for "National Aeronautics and Space Council, salaries and expenses," see p. 219.] [Total, Executive Office of the President, $11,358,000.] FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 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 dis 554,000 200,000 cretion for emergencies affecting the national interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during the current fiscal year, $1,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for allocation to finance a function or project for which function or project a budget estimate of appropriation was transmitted pursuant to law during the Eighty-seventh Congress, and such appropriation denied after consideration thereof by the Senate or House of Representatives or by the Committee on Appropriations of either body. EXPENSES OF MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT For expenses necessary to assist the President in improving the management of executive agencies and in obtaining greater economy and efficiency through the establishment of more efficient business methods in Government operations, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates for individuals not to exceed $75 per diem, by allocation to any agency or office in the executive branch for the conduct, under the general direction of the Bureau of the Budget, of examinations and appraisals of, and the development and installation of improvements in, the organization and operations of such agency or of other agencies in the executive branch, $350,000, to remain available until expended, and to be available without regard to the provisions of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended. [For appropriation for 1962 for "Disaster relief," see pp. 94 and 220.] [Total, funds appropriated to the President, $1,350,000.] [Total, title 1, $12,708,000.] TITLE II-DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary for the general administration of the Department of Commerce, including expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 259), and not to exceed $2,000 for official entertainment, $3,620,000‒‒‒ AVIATION WAR RISK INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available pursuant to section 1306 of the Act of August 23, 1958 (72 Stat. 803), and in accordance with section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 849), as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for aviation war risk insurance activities under said Act: Provided, That this fund shall be effective only upon the enactment into law during the Eighty-seventh Congress of legislation extending the provisions of title XIII of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 800-806). [For appropriation for 1962, for "Participation in Century 21 Exposition," see p. 215.] BUREAU OF THE CENSUS SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, and publishing current census statistics provided for by law, $10,594,000. [For an additional amount for 1962, for the foregoing purpose, see p. 215.] 1962 CENSUS OF GOVERNMENTS For an additional amount for expenses necessary for preparing for, taking, compiling, and publishing the 1962 census of governments as authorized by law, $1,096,000, to remain available until June 30, 1964. EIGHTEENTH DECENNIAL CENSUS For an additional amount for expenses necessary for preparing for, taking, compiling, and publishing the Eighteenth Decennial Census, as authorized by law, $3,630,000, to remain available until December 31, 1962. 1963 CENSUSES OF BUSINESS, TRANSPORTATION, MANUFACTURES, AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES For expenses necessary for preparing for, taking, compiling, and publishing the 1963 censuses of business, transportation, manufactures, and mineral industries, as authorized by law, $1,000,000, to remain available until December 31, 1966. [Total, Bureau of the Census, $16,320,000.] COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of August 6, 1947, as amended (33 U.S.C. 883a-883i), including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); lease of sites and the erection of temporary buildings for tide, magnetic or seismological observations; hire of aircraft; operation, maintenance, and repair of an airplane; pay, allowances, gratuities, transportation of dependents and household effects, and payment of funeral expenses, as authorized by law, for not to exceed an annual average of 185 commissioned officers on the active list; payments under the Uniform Services Contingency Option Act of 1953; and pay of commissioned officers retired in accordance with law; $18,725,000, of which $809,000 shall be available for retirement pay of commissioned officers: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, this appropriation shall be reimbursed for at least press costs and costs of paper for charts published by the Coast and Geodetic Survey and furnished for the official use of the military departments of the Department of Defense. CONSTRUCTION OF SURVEYING SHIPS For necessary expenses for the design, supervision, construction, equipping, and outfitting of surveying vessels, as authorized by the Act of August 6, 1947 (33 U.S.C. 8831), $14,185,000, to remain available until expended. [Total, Coast and Geodetic Survey, $32,910,000.] OFFICE OF FIELD SERVICES SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary to operate and maintain field offices for the collection and dissemination of information useful in the development and improvement of commerce throughout the United States and its possessions, $3,163,000. $1,096, 000 3,630,000 1,000,000 18,725,000 14, 185, 000 3, 163, 000 BUSINESS AND DEFENSE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Business and Defense Services Administration, $4,211,800 BUREAU OF FOREIGN COMMERCE SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Foreign Commerce, including trade centers abroad; employment of aliens by contract for service abroad; rental of space, for periods not exceeding five years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; advance of funds under contracts abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28 of the United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; the purchase of commercial and trade reports and not to exceed $10,000 for representation expenses abroad; $4,900,000‒‒‒. PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of promotion of travel to the United States, including travel offices abroad; employment of aliens by contract for service abroad; rental of space, for periods not exceeding five years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; advance of funds under contracts abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28 of the United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; and not to exceed $9,600 for representation expenses abroad; $2,500,000--- EXPORT CONTROL For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of the Export Control Act of 1949, as amended, relating to export controls, including awards of compensation to informers under said Act and as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1953 (22 U.S.C. 401), $3,480,000 of which not to exceed $1,237,000 may be advanced to the Bureau of Customs, Treasury Department, for enforcement of the export control program, and of which not to exceed $80,400 may be advanced to the appropriation for "Salaries and expenses" under "General administration". OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS $4, 211, 800 4,900,000 2,500,000 3, 480,000 SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Office of Business Economics, $1,600,000-- 1,600,000 MARITIME ACTIVITIES SHIP CONSTRUCTION For construction-differential subsidy and cost of national-defense features incident to construction of ships for operation in foreign commerce (46 U.S.C. 1152, 1154); for construction-differential subsidy and cost of national-defense features incident to the reconstruction and reconditioning of ships under title V of the Merchant Marine |