the Governors of Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, as authorized by law (48 U. S. C., secs. 61, 531, 1422, 1431a (c), expenses of the Government of the Virgin Islands including the agricultural station, as authorized by law (48 U. S. C. 1405, 7 U. S. C. 386g), and expenses of the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands appointed pursuant to the trusteeship agreement approved by Public Law 204, Eightieth Congress; compensation and mileage of members of the legislatures in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and American Samoa as authorized by law (48 U. S. C., secs. 87, 599, 1421d (e), and 1431a (c)); compensation and expenses of the judiciary in American Samoa as authorized by law (48 U. S. C. 1431a (c)) and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands under the trusteeship agreement approved by Public Law 204, Eightieth Congress; care of insane as authorized by law for Alaska (48 U. S. C. 46-50); grants to the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, in addition to current local revenues, for support of governmental functions; and not to ex eed $50,000 for personal services, household equipment and furnishings, and utilities necessary in the operation of the several Governors' houses; $7,020,000, of which not to exceed $811,865 shall be available for personal services: Provided, That the Territorial and local governments of the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands are authorized to make purchases through the General Services Administration: Provided further, That appropriations available for the Administration of Territories, including the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, may be expended for the purchase, maintenance, and operation of not to exceed four aircraft, 1 AK and 6 AKL type surface vessels, and such minor vessels as may be required, for official purposes and for commercial transportation purposes found by the Secretary to be necessary in carrying out the provisions of Article 6 (2) of the trusteeship agreement approved by Public Law 204, Eightieth Congress.

ALASKA PUBLIC WORKS

For an additional amount for expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1949 (Public Law 264), to remain available until June 30, 1955, $7,000,000, of which not to exceed $463,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, and of which not to exceed $333,000 shall be available for personal services.

CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, ALASKA

For construction of roads, tramways, buildings, ferries, bridges, and trails, including surveys and plans for new road construction; acquisition of lands or interests in lands by purchase, donation, condemnation, or otherwise; to remain available until expended, $20,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,493,000 shall be available for personal services, and of which not to exceed $8,000,000 is for liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority previously granted.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS, ALASKA

For operation and maintenance of roads, tramways, buildings, ferries, bridges, and trails, $2,900,000, of which not to exceed $1,935,840 shall be available for personal services.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The total of the amounts herein appropriated for construction, operation and maintenance of roads in Alaska shall be available in

90932-51--11

$7,020,000

7,000,000

20, 000, 000

2, 900, 000

one fund, except that the appropriation herein made for operation and maintenance shall be available only for the service of the current fiscal year.

Not to exceed 20 per centum of the amount herein appropriated for construction of roads in Alaska shall be available for construction work by force account, or on a hired labor basis.

CONSTRUCTION, ALASKA RAILROAD

For the authorized work of the Alaska Railroad, including improvements and new construction, to remain available until expended, $2,000,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head may be transferred to the Alaska Railroad Special Fund for purposes of accounting and administration.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ALASKA RAILROAD

The Alaska Railroad Special Fund shall continue available until expended for the work authorized by law, including operation of facilities under the jurisdiction of the railroad in Mount McKinley National Park; operation and maintenance of oceangoing or coast wise vessels by ownership, charter, or arrangement with other branches of the Government service, for the purpose of providing additional facilities for transportation of freight, passengers, or mail, when deemed necessary for the benefit and development of industries or travel in the area served; and payment of compensation and expenses as authorized by section 42 of the Act of September 7, 1916 (5 U. S. C. 793), to be reimbursed as therein provided: Provided, That no one other than the general manager of said railroad, and one assistant general manager at not to exceed $13,000 per annum, shall be paid an annual salary out of said fund of more than $11,000.

VIRGIN ISLANDS PUBLIC WORKS

For an additional amount to carry out the provisions of the Act of December 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 827), $992,970, of which not to exceed $63,270 shall be available for personal services: Provided, That the estimated project costs specified in said Act of December 20, 1944, shall not constitute limitations on amounts that may be expended for such projects: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the waterfront development project on Saint Thomas, and the amount included in the 1952 budget estimates for this project is hereby made available for school and hospital facilities in the Virgin Islands.

[Total, Office of Territories, $39,912,970.]

ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior (referred to herein as the Secretary), including teletype rentals and service; $2,154,911, of which not to exceed $1,890,798 shall be available for personal services.

[For appropriation for 1952 for salaries and expenses, defense production activities, see p. 257.]

$2,000, 000

992, 970

2, 154, 911

GENERAL PROVISIONS-DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

SEC. 102. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, aliens may be employed during the current fiscal year in the field service of the Department for periods of not more than thirty days in cases of emergency caused by fire, flood, storm, act of God, or sabotage.

SEC. 103. Appropriations in this Act available for travel expenses shall be available, for expenses of attendance of officers and employees at meetings or conventions of members of societies or associations concerned with the work of the bureau or office for which the appropriation concerned is made.

SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act shall be available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement or repair of buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made available under this authority until funds specifically made available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted.

SEC. 105. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office) of any appropriation in this Act, in addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening lands under jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior: Provided, That apppropriations made in this Act for fire suppression purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year. SEC. 106. Appropriations made in this Act shall be available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any other activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act of June 30, 1932 (31 U. S. C. 686): Provided, That reimbursements for cost of supplies, materials and equipment, and for services rendered may be credited to the appropriation current at the time such reimbursements are received.

SEC. 107. Appropriations made in this Act shall be available for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5) U. S. C. 55a) when authorized by the Secretary; maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; examination of estimates of appropriations in the field; payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members.

SEC. 108. The balances of all contract authorizations heretofore granted to the Interior Department or any of its bureaus or offices, which remain unobligated on June 30, 1952, are hereby rescinded.

SEC. 109. Transfers to the Department of the Interior pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 of property, other than real, excess to the needs of the Navy Department may be made during the current fiscal year at the request of the Secretary of the Interior without reimbursement or transfer of funds when required by the Interior Department for operations conducted in the administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and American Samoa.

TITLE II-VIRGIN ISLANDS CORPORATION

REVOLVING FUND

For an additional amount for the revolving fund established under this head in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1950, to provide for advances to the Virgin Islands Corporation as authorized by law, $2,595,000___

GRANTS

For payment to the Virgin Islands Corporation in the form of grants, for expenses incurred during the current fiscal year, as authorized by section 8 of the Virgin Islands Corporation Act, in the conduct of activities budgeted as predominantly nonrevenue producing, $130,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1951, for estimated losses to be sustained during the fiscal year 1951, shall remain available for estimated losses to be sustained during the fiscal year 1952: Provided further, That an amount equal to the excess of grants for estimated losses for revenue producing activities over the actual loss for the fiscal year 1951 and the estimated loss for the fiscal year 1952 shall be transferred from the appropriation for "Grants" to the "Revolving Fund, Virgin Islands Corporation" and shall be merged therewith.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

During the current fiscal year the Virgin Islands Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available to it and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal-year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out its programs as set forth in the budget for the fiscal year 1952: Provided, That not to exceed $130,000 shall be available for administrative expenses (to be computed on an accrual basis) of the Corporation, covering the categories set forth in the 1952 Budget estimates for such expenses. [Total, Virgin Islands Corporation, $2,725,000.]

TITLE III-GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. No part of the money appropriated by this Act or by it made available for expenditure by the Virgin Islands Corporation which is in excess of 75 per centum of the amount required to pay the compensation of all persons which the budget estimates for personal services heretofore submitted to the Congress for the fiscal year 1952 contemplated would be employed by the Department of the Interior or the Virgin Islands Corporation during such fiscal year in the performance of

(1) functions performed by a person designated as an information specialist, information and editorial specialist, publications and information coordinator, press relations officer or counsel, photographer, radio expert, television expert, motionpicture expert, or publicity expert, or designated by any similar title, or

(2) functions performed by persons who assist persons performing the functions described in (1) in drafting, preparing, editing, typing, duplicating, or disseminating public information publications or releases, radio or television scripts, magazine articles, photographs, motion pictures, and similar material,

$2,595, 000

130, 000

130,000 (corporate funds)

shall be available to pay the compensation of persons performing the functions described in (1) or (2): Provided, That this section shall not be construed as having application to the preparation for publication of reports and maps resulting from authorized scientific and engineering investigations and surveys, to photography incident to the compilation and reproduction of maps and reports, or to photocopying of permanent records for preservation.

SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any civilian employee of the Government in the District of Columbia whose duties consist of acting as chauffeur of any Government-owned passenger motor vehicle (other than a bus or ambulance and two passenger motor vehicles assigned one to the Secretary and one to the Under Secretary), unless such appropriation is specifically authorized to be used for paying the compensation of employees performing such duties. •

SEC. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any employee engaged in personnel work in excess of the number that would be provided by a ratio of one such employee to one hundred and ten, or a part thereof, full-time, part-time, and intermittent 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 in personnel administration consisting of direction and administration of the personnel program; employment, placement, and separation; job evaluation and classification; employee relations and services; training; committees of expert examiners and boards. of civil-service examiners; wage administration; and processing, recording, and reporting.

SEC. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included 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 overthrow 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 organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided further, That 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 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 or fund 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: Provided further, That in cases of emergency, caused by fire, flood, storm, act of God, or sabotage, persons may be employed for periods of not more than thirty days and be paid salaries and wages without the necessity of inquiring into their membership in any organization.