TITLE II-UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND $1,217,522,000 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for public service costs and for revenue foregone on free and reduced-rate mail, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 2401 (b) and (c), and for meeting the liability of the Post Office Department to the Employees' Compensation Fund, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 2004, $1,217,522,000. [For an additional amount of $200,000,000 for 1972 for the foregoing purposes, see p. 264.] This title may be cited as the "Postal Service Appropriation Act, 1972”. [Total, title II, United States Postal Service, new budget (obligational) authority (all definite appropriations), $1,217,522,000.] TITLE III-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 3 U.S.C. 102, $250,000. COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 250,000 SALARILS AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), and for necessary expenses of the National Commission on Productivity, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS-18, $2,100,000. 2,100,000 DISASTER RELIEF For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the Office of Emergency Preparedness under the Disaster Relief Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-606), authorizing assistance to States and local governments in major disasters, $85,000,000, to remain available until expended : Provided, That not to exceed 3 per centum of the foregoing amount shall be available for administrative expenses. 85,000,000 DOMESTIC COUNCIL SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Domestic Council, including services as authorized by title 5, United States Code, section 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent of the rate for grade GS-18; and other personal services without regard to the provisions of law regulating the employment and compensation of persons in the Government service; $1,898,000. 1,898,000 EMERGENCY FUND FOR THE PRESIDENT 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 $1,000,000 Government service as he may specify, to provide in his discretion 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 Ninety-second 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 title 5, United States Code, section 3109, by allocation to any agency or office in the executive branch for the conduct, under the general direction of the Office of Management and 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, $400,000, 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. NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 400,000 SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary for the National Security Council, including services as authorized by title 5, United States Code, section 3109, and acceptance and utilization of voluntary and uncompensated services, $2,424,000. 2,424,000 OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary for the Office of Emergency Preparedness, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and expenses of attendance of cooperating officials and individuals at meetings concerned with the work of emergency planning, $6,288,000. 6,288,000 DEFENSE MOBILIZATION FUNCTIONS OF FEDERAL AGENCIES For expenses necessary to assist other Federal agencies to perform civil defense and defense mobilization functions, including payments by the Department of Labor to State employment security agencies for the full cost of administration of defense manpower mobilization activities, $3,314,000. [Total, Office of Emergency Preparedness, $9,602,000.) 3,314,000 OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary for the Office of Intergovernmental Relations, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.Č. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $311,000. $311,000 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary for the Office of Management and Budget; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by title 5, United States Code, section 3109; $19,250,000. OFFICE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY 19,250,000 SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary for the conduct of telecommunications functions assigned to the Director of Telecommunications Policy, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,600,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall remain available for telecommunications studies and research until expended. 2,600,000 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE OPERATING EXPENSES For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing, improvement, heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence, and traveling expenses, to be expended as the President may determine, notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other Act, and official entertainment expenses of the President, to be accounted for solely on his certificate, $1,245,000. 1,245,000 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT For expenses necessary to enable the Vice President to provide assistance to the President in connection with specially assigned functions, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent of the rate for grade GS-18, compensation for one position at a rate not to exceed the rate of Level II of the Executive schedule, and other personal services without regard to the provisions of law regulating the employment and compensation of persons in the Government service, $735,000. 735,000 SPECIAL PROJECTS 1,500,000 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 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 20 per centum of this appropriation may be used to reimburse the appropriation for "Salaries and expenses, The White House Office", for administrative services: Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for allocation within the Executive Office of the President for official reception and representation expenses. THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary for the White House Office, including not to exceed $2,250,000 for services as authorized by title 5, United States Code, section 3109, 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 (not to exceed $75,000), and official entertainment expenses of the President, to be accounted for solely on his certificate; $9,342,000. $9,342,000 SPECIAL ACTION OFFICE FOR DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION SALARIES AND EXPENSES 3,000,000 For necessary expenses of the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention, including grants and contracts for drug abuse prevention and treatment programs, $3,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available to reimburse the appropriation for “Special Projects”, for expenditures made for the purposes of this appropriation : Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available only upon the enactment into law of authorizing legislation. This title may be cited as the "Executive Office Appropriation Act, 1972”. [Total, title III, Executive Office of the President, new budget (obligational) authority (all definite appropriations), $140,657,000.] TITLE IV-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of the United States, established by the Administrative Conference Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 571 et seq.), $408,000. 408,000 ADVISORY COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of September 24, 1959 (73 Stat. 703-706), $718,000. 718,000 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed $10,000 for medical examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; payment in advance for library membership in societies whose publications are available to members only or to members at a price lower than to the general public; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; not to exceed $329,000 for performing the duties imposed upon the Commission by chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $2,500 for oflicial reception and representation expenses; $59,000,000 together with not to exceed $59,000,000 $10,178,000 for necessary expenses incurred during the current fiscal and year in the administration of the retirement and insurance programs, 10.178,000 to be transferred from the trust funds "Civil Service retirement and (trust funds) disability fund”, “Employees life insurance fund”, “Employees health benefits fund", and "Retired employees health benefits fund", in such amounts as may be determined by the Civil Service Commission, without regard to the provisions of any other Act, but this provision shall not affect the authority of 5 U.S.C. 8348(a) and section 1 (b) of Public Law 89–205 (79 Stat. 840), providing for additional administrative expenses to effect annuity adjustments under 5 U.S.C. 8340, section 1(c) of Public Law 89–205 (79 Stat. 840) and section 1 of Public Law 89–314 (79 Stat. 1162): Provided, That $902,000 of this appropriation shall be available to carry out the provisions of Executive Order 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended, prescribing procedures for making available to the Secretary General of the United Nations, and the executive heads of other international organizations, certain information concerning United States citizens employed, or being considered for employment by such organizations, including advances or reimbursements to the applicable appropriations or funds of the Civil Service Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred by such agencies under said Executive Order: Provided further, That members of the International Organizations Employees Loyalty Board may be paid actual transportation expenses, and per diem in lieu of subsistence under 5 U.S.C. 5702, while traveling on official business away from their homes or regular places of business, including periods while en route to and from and at the place where their services are to be performed. No part of the appropriation herein made to the Civil Service Commission shall be available for the salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit in the Examining and Personnel Utilization Division of the Commission, established pursuant to Executive Order 9358 of July 1, 1943. ANNUITIES UNDER SPECIAL ACTS For payment of annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 1944, as amended (48 U.S.C. 1373a), and the Act of August 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C.771-775) $1,161,000. 1,161,000 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS For payment of Government contributions with respect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amended, $109,568,000, to remain available until expended. 109,568,000 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND For financing the unfunded liability of new and increased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after October 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, $136,870,000, to be credited to the Civil Service retirement and disability fund. 436,870,000 |