Administration, including the cost of forms used in connection with the national service life insurance, pension and compensation, hospitalization, vocational rehabilitation, education and training, readjustment allowance, loans, etc.

Penalty-mail costs.-The committee has approved the amount of $614,250 to cover the cost of handling penalty mail in accordance with the act of June 28, 1944, Public Law 364, which is an increase of $128,625 over the appropriation granted for this purpose in 1945, and a reduction of 10 percent in the estimate.

Army and Navy pensions.-The bill includes the Budget estimate of $1,080,150,000 for compensation and pensions, which is an increase of $521,898,000 over the amount approved for the current fiscal year. Expenditures under this title cover the payment of all compensation, pensions, and allowances for veterans of the various wars or the Regular Establishment and their dependents in accordance with the laws enacted by the Congress. The increase in this estimate is due almost entirely to the additional number of veterans of World War II and their dependents who are expected to be added to the pension rolls.

Readjustment benefits.-The committee has approved the Budget estimate of $295,000,000 as a new appropriation under the title "Readjustment benefits." This is to provide for the payment from one appropriation of benefits to or on behalf of veterans of World War II as authorized by titles II, III, and V of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (Public Law 346, 78th Cong.). The items of expense to be paid from this appropriation include subsistence allowance and tuition for veterans receiving education and training; interest and guarantee losses on loans; and readjustment allowance to unemployed veterans. This amount does not include administrative costs incident to the carrying out of that act as such expenditures will continue to be paid from the appropriation "Salaries and expenses.'

Military and naval insurance.-The bill includes the Budget estimate of $18,000,000, which is a decrease of $1,794,000 from the amount granted for the current fiscal year. This appropriation covers payments arising from contracts with World War I veterans for what was known as war-risk insurance. Payments are now being made (1) to veterans who suffered a permanent and total disability as a result of war service or during the post-war period in which they carried this type of insurance; (2) to beneficiaries of soldiers who died in service or during the post-war period in which this type of insurance was in force; and (3) to the Government life-insurance trust fund to meet obligations sustained by that fund incident to the extra hazards of military or naval service of persons so engaged while protected by Government life policies.

National service life insurance.-The bill includes the Budget estimate of $1,000,000,000 for this purpose, which covers payments to the

national service life insurance trust fund to meet obligations sustained by that fund incident to excess mortality cost and the cost of waiver of premiums on account of total disability traceable to the extra hazards of military or naval service and the cost of waiver of premiums on account of total disability traceable to the extra hazards of military or naval service and the cost of waiver of the recovery of payments on national service life insurance policies in accordance with the provisions of the act. A total appropriation of $500,000,000 was approved under this appropriation for the current fiscal year.

Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief.-The bill contains the Budget estimate of $400,000 and covers the payment of premiums and interest thereon of insurance policies guaranteed by the Veterans Administration in accordance with the provisions of article IV of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act amendments of 1942.

Hospital and domiciliary facilities.-The bill includes the Budget estimate of $84,500,000. Of this amount $79,339,886 is to cover construction projects providing 14,100 additional beds, including the establishment of 18 new hospitals. The sum of $5,160,114 is for items of major alterations, new services and construction not providing new beds. A total appropriation of $17,945,500 was approved under this title for the 1945 fiscal year. A list of the proposed new construction, repair, and replacement projects is set forth on pages 157 and 158 of the hearings.

LIMITATIONS AND LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

The following limitations and legislative provisions not heretofore carried in connection with any appropriation bill are recommended: On pages 13 and 14, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation:

not to exceed $75,000 for temporary employment of persons or organizations by contract or otherwise for legal or other special services, including audits, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes and the civil service and classification laws; uniforms and equipment for guards; and not to exceed $15,878 for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty mail as required by section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1944 (Public Law 364): Provided, That all expenses of the Corporation in connection with the protection of depositors by making of loans or purchases of assets or the payment of insured depositors, or the collection, liquidation, management, or protection pending liquidation of assets of insured banks by the Cor poration as receiver, pledgee, or purchaser, shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provisions of law except for the limitations in amounts hereinabove specified, the administrative expenses, and all other expenses and obligations of the Corporation shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of said Banking Act of 1935, as amended.

On pages 18 and 19, public works advance planning:

including salary for not to exceed one position at $10,000 per annum; Provided, That the Federal Works Administrator may delegate to the principal administrative officer of this activity the authority to make appointments of personnel hereunder.

On pages 24 and 25, Public Buildings Administration:

For the establishment of a working capital fund, $50,000, without fiscal year limitation, for the p1yment of salaries and other expenses necessary to the operation of a central blueprinting, photostating, and duplicating service; said fund to be reimbursed in order to insure continuous operation, from available funds of constituents of the Federal Works Agency, or of any other Federal agency for which services are performed, at rates to be determined by the Public Buildings Administration on the basis of estimated or actual charges for personal services, materials, equipment (including maintenance, repair, and depreciation on existing as well as new equipment) and other expenses: Provided, That at the close of each fiscal year any excess of funds resulting from such operation, after making adequate provision for the replacement of mechanical and other equipment and for accrued annual leave of employees engaged in this work by the establishment of reserves therefor, shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.

On page 37, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics:

* * * including the cost of a compartment or such other accommodation as may be authorized by the Chairman for security when authorized personnel are required to transport secret documents or hand baggage containing highly technical and valuable equipment;

On pages 48 and 49, Federal Public Housing Authority:

* * * Provided, That all necessary expenses of providing representatives of the Authority at the sites of non-Federal projects in connection with the construction of such non-Federal projects by public housing agencies with the aid of the Authority, shall be reimbursed or paid by such agencies, and expenditures by the Authority for such purposes shall be considered nonadministrative expenses.

On page 54, Tax Court of the United States:

* * * Provided, That traveling expenses of the judges of The Tax Court shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge.

On pages 68 and 69:

SEC. 203. Excepting appropriations for the Military and Naval Establishments, no appropriation for the fiscal year 1946 in this or any other Act shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, or operation of any aircraft unless specific authority for the purchase, maintenance, or operation thereof has been or is provided in such appropriation, and the acquisition of aircraft by any agency by transfer from another agency of the Government shall be considered as a purchase within the meaning hereof. On page 73 (sec. 212):

* * * and for the payment in advance, or otherwise, of money allowances in lieu of transportation, at the rate of 3 cents per mile to enlisted men, regardless of the mode of travel.

COMPLIANCE, RULE XIII, PARAGRAPH 2 (A)

In compliance with paragraph 2 (a), rule XIII, there is submitted the following statement indicating specific amendment of the statutes:

INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION BILL, 1946