DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

SEC. 501. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses and ambulances), is hereby fixed at $1,500 except station wagons for which the maximum shall be $1,950.

SEC. 502. Unless otherwise specified and during the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States (including any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States) whose post of duty is in continental United States unless such person (1) is a citizen of the United States, (2) is a person in the service of the United States on the date of enactment of this Act, who, being eligible for citizenship, had filed a declaration of

intention to become a citizen of the United States prior to such date, (3) is a person who owes allegiance to the United States, or (4) is an alien from Poland or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person shall be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section with respect to his status have been complied with: Provided further, That any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. This section shall not apply to citizens of the Republic of the Philippines or to nationals of those countries allied with the United States in the current defense effort, or to temporary employment of translators, or to temporary employment in the field service (not to exceed sixty days) as a result of emergencies.

SEC. 503. Appropriations of the executive departments and independent establishments for the current fiscal year, available for expenses of travel or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance with title II of the Act of September 6, 1960 (74 Stat. 793).

SEC. 504. No part of any appropriation for the current fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any person for the filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to approve the nomination of said person. SEC. 505. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act for the current fiscal year shall be used to pay in excess of $4 per volume for the current and future volumes of the United States Code, Annotated, and such volumes shall be purchased on condition and with the understanding that latest published cumulative annual pocket parts issued prior to the date of purchase shall be furnished free of charge, or in excess of $4.25 per volume for the current or future volumes of the Lifetime Federal Digest, or in excess of $6.50 per volume for the current or future volumes of the Modern Federal Practice Digest.

SEC. 506. Funds made available by this or any other Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations and agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 841), shall be available, in addition to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in the event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced.

SEC. 507. Pursuant to section 1415 of the Act of July 15, 1952 (66 Stat. 662), foreign credits (including currencies) owed to or owned by the United States may be used by Federal agencies for any purpose for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (including the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing the use of such credits), only when reimbursement therefor is made to the Treasury from applicable appropriations of the agency concerned: Provided, That such credits received as exchange allowances or proceeds of sales of personal property may be used in whole or part payment for acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the manner authorized by law, without reimbursement to the Treasury.

SEC. 508. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act, or of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency, shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes designed to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress. SEC. 509. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

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The purposes of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, are to assist the Appalachian region meet its special problems, promote its economic development, and to establish a framework of joint Federal and State efforts to provide the basic facilities essential to economic growth in Appalachia.

Program investments made in the Appalachian region are concentrated in areas where there is significant potential for future growth and where the expected return on public dollars invested will be the greatest.

The States, acting through the Appalachian Regional Commission, are responsible for recommending local and State projects within their borders for assistance under this program.

1. Appalachian Development Highway system.-Section 201 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act amendments of 1967 authorizes construction of an Appalachian Development Highway system including local access roads. This system is designed to improve the accessibility of Appalachia; to reduce highway transportation costs to and within Appalachia; to provide the highway transportation facilities necessary to accelerate the overall development of Appalachia. In addition, access roads to specific development facilities are authorized. Funds in the amount of $645 million are currently authorized to be appropriated for the remaining 3 fiscal years of this program.

2. Demonstration health projects.-Grants are made for the construction, equipping, and operation of multicounty demonstration health facilities, including hospitals, regional health diagnostic or treatment centers, and other facilities. Under the 1967 amendments to the act, emphasis will be given to operational assistance for health activities in nine districts within the Appalachian region.

3. Land stabilization, conservation, and erosion control.Section 203 of the act authorizes contracts of up to 10

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years for assistance to landowners, operators or occupiers of land in the Appalachian region. Such contracts provide for land stabilization, erosion and sediment control, and reclamation through changes in land use, and the establishment of measures for the conservation and develop; ment of the region's soil, water, woodland, wildlife, and recreation resources. The Federal share may not exceed 80% of the total cost on not more than 50 acres of land for any person. The program is administered through the Department of Agriculture.

4. Mine area restoration.-Section 205 of the act authorizes a program for the sealing and filling of voids in abandoned coal mines, the planning and execution of projects for the extinguishment and control of underground and outcrop mine fires, and the reclamation and rehabilitation of strip and surface mine areas, including waste banks, on public land in those areas where the greatest potential for economic growth exists in Appalachia. The States must bear 25% of projects costs.

5. Appalachian Housing fund. This program authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make loans for up to 80% of the preliminary cost of planning a project and obtaining an insured mortgage under section 221 of the National Housing Act, including such costs as preliminary surveys and analyses of market needs, preliminary site engineering and architectural fees, site options, FHA and FNMA fees, and construction loan fees and discounts.

This also authorizes the Secretary to make technical assistance grants for up to 80% of the administrative. expenses not recoverable under a section 221 insured mortgage, when these expenses are incurred incident to planning a project and obtaining an insured mortgage such as the preparation of an application to FHA and FNMA.

6. Vocational education facilities.-Grants are made to States in the Appalachian region for the construction and equipment of vocational education facilities in Appalachia. Vocational education facilities are key elements for the training and upgrading of potential and existing labor force entrants in skills required in modern industry. There were 42 projects supported in 1967. It is estimated 53 projects will be supported in 1968, and 62 projects in 1969. This program is administered through the Office of Education.

7. Sewage treatment facilities.-Grants are made to the States in the Appalachian region for construction of sewage treatment facilities. Funds under this program are in addition to those allocated to the States under the authority of Public Law 660 administered by Interior and are subject to the same requirements.

8. Supplements to Federal grant-in-aid programs.— This program provides supplemental grants to enable areas to take advantage of other Federal programs. Direct grants plus supplemental grants cannot exceed 80% of the project cost. The amount of supplemental grant depends upon relative need of the area and nature of the project. Recent data clearly demonstrate that these grants have successfully been used to bring a more equitable share of Federal grants to the region.

For example, in 1965, when no section 214 funds were available, six major Federal grant-in-aid programs made

grants for $65 million in the region. In 1967, with an expenditure of approximately $34 million of section 214 funds, these same six major programs made grants for $135 million in the region. For every dollar of section 214 funds invested in the region, three additional dollars of other Federal funds are also invested through grant-in-aid projects.

9. Research and local development district program.Appalachian planning assistance is provided through grants to local development districts and for research and demonstration projects. Grants are made for the adminis exceed 75% of eligible, budgeted administrative expenses trative expenses of local development districts but do not in any one year. Local development districts are States, multicounty units, or single counties in the Appalachian region. Other planning and technical assistance is provided for (a) programs which improve the base for economic growth, (b) programs which will attract industrial devel opment within the region, (c) programs which improve the health, education, and skills of people, and (d) projects which conserve, maintain, or improve natural resources. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) Identification code 04-02-0090-0-1-507

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