ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, including personal services in the District of Columbia and employment of aliens; purchase of land and interests in land; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. §. C. 55a); purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; purchase, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; printing and binding; health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); publication and dissemination of atomic information; payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 921); purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms; purchase of newspapers and periodicals (not to exceed $8,000) and travel expenses (not to exceed $1,500,000); and payment of obligations incurred under prior year contract authorizations; $511,850,000, of which amount $100,000 may be expended for objects of a confidential nature and in any such case the certificate of the Commission as to the amount of the expenditure and that it is deemed inadvisable to specify the nature thereof shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended; from which appropriation transfers of sums may be made to other agencies of the Government for the performance of the work for which this appropriation is made, and in such cases the sums so transferred may be merged with the appropriation to which transferred; and in addition to the amount herein provided, the Commission is authorized to contract for the purposes of this appropriation during the fiscal year in an amount not exceeding $400,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee (except such officers and employees whose compensation is fixed by law, and scientific and technical personnel) whose position would be subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, if such Act were applicable to such position, at a rate in excess of the rate payable under such Act for positions of equivalent difficulty or responsibility.

(See hearings before House Appropriations Committee (Independent Offices Subcommittee) entitled “Supplemental Independent Offices Appropriation Bill for 1949," p. 747, and hearings before Senate Appropriations Committee (Independent Offices Subcommittee) entitled “Supplemental Independent Offices Appropriation Bill for 1949," p. 80; see also H. Rept. No. 2245; S. Rept. No. 1758; and conference report (H. Rept. No. 2435).)

(63 Stat. 233)

[PUBLIC LAW 119-81sT CONGRESS]

[H. R. 4046]

AN ACT

Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes

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, to supply supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes, namely:

*

INDEPENDENT OFFICES

ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

For an additional amount for "Atomic Energy Commission," $110,000,000.

*

Approved June 23, 1949.

(See hearings before House Appropriations Committee (Independent Offices Subcommittee) entitled "Second Deficiency Appropriation Bill for 1949," p. 435; see also H. Rept. No. 401; S. Rept. No. 432; and conference report (H. Rept. No. 791).)

(63 Stat. 634)

[PUBLIC LAW 266-81st CONGRESS]

[H. R. 4177]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative 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 and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, namely:

For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, including personal services in the District of Columbia and employment of aliens; purchase of land and interests in land; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; purchase, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; printing and binding; health-service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); publication and dissemination of atomic information; payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 2672); purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms; purchase of newspapers and periodicals (not to exceed $8,000) and travel expenses; official entertainment expenses (not to exceed $5,000); and payment of obligations incurred under prior year contract authorizations; $702,930,769, together with the unexpended balances, as of June 30, 1949, of prior year appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission, of which amounts $100,000 may be expended for objects of a confidential nature and in any such case the certificate of the Commission as to the amount of the expenditure and that it is deemed inadvisable to specify the nature thereof shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended; from which appropriation transfers of sums may be made to other agencies of the Government for the performance of the work for which this appropriation is made, and in such cases the sums so transferred may be merged with the appropriation to which transferred; and in addition to the amount herein provided, the Commission is authorized to contract for the purposes of this appropriation during the current fiscal year in an amount not exceeding $387,189,628: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee (except such officers and employees whose compensation is fixed by law, and scientific and technical personnel) whose position would be subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, if such Act were applicable to such position, at a rate in excess of the rate payable under such Act for positions of equivalent difficulty or responsibility: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,700,000 of the amount herein appropriated may be transferred to the Department of the Navy for the acquisition, construction, and installation, at a location to be determined, of facilities (including necessary land and rights pertaining thereto) to replace existing Navy facilities at Arco, Idaho, which latter facilities are hereby authorized to be transferred by the Secretary of the Navy to the Commission for its purposes: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation or contract authorization shall be used

(A) to start any new construction project for which an estimate was not included in the budget for the current fiscal year;

(B) to start any new construction project the currently estimated cost of which exceeds the estimated cost included therefor in such budget; or

(C) to continue any community facility construction project whenever the currently estimated cost thereof exceeds the estimated cost included therefor in such budget;

unless the Director of the Bureau of the Budget specifically approves the start of such construction project or its continuation and a detailed explanation thereof is submitted forthwith by the Director to the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives and the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy; the limitations contained in this proviso shall not apply to any construction project the total estimated cost of which does not exceed $500,000; and, as used herein, the term "construction project” includes the purchase, alteration, or improvement of buildings, and the term "budget" includes the detailed justification supporting the budget estimates: Provided further, That whenever the current estimate to complete any construction project (except community facilities) exceeds by 15 per centum the estimated cost included therefor in such budget or the estimated cost of a construction project covered by clause (A) of the foregoing proviso which has been approved by the Director, the Commission shall forthwith submit a detailed explanation thereof to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of Representatives and the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.

SEC. 102-A. No part of any appropriation contained in this title for the Atomic Energy Commission shall be used to confer a fellowship on any person who advocates or who is a member of an organization or party that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence or with respect to whom the Commission finds, upon investigation and report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the character, associations, and loyalty of whom, that reasonable grounds exist for belief that such person is disloyal to the Government of the United States: Provided, That any person who advocates or who is a member of an organization or party that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts employment or a fellowship the salary, wages, stipend, grant, or expenses for which are paid from any appropriation contained in this title 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 penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law.

(See hearings before House Appropriations Committee (Independent Offices Subcommittee) entitled “Independent Offices Appropriations Bill for 1950,” pt. 1, p. 1068 (also additional hearings, May 16, 1949, p. 1), and hearings before Senate Appropriations Committee (Independent Offices Subcommittee) entitled "Independent Offices Appropriations Bill for 1950,” pp. 343, 565 (and index to hearings, p. 1427); see also H. Rept. No. 425; S. Rept. No. 639; and conference report (H. Rept. No. 1262).)

(63 Stat. 947)

[PUBLIC LAW 422-81st CONGRESS]

[S. 2668]

AN ACT

To amend the Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1950 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sentence in title I, Public Law 266, Eighty-first Congress, pertaining to appropriations for the use of the Atomic Energy Commission is hereby amended by striking out the period at the end thereof, inserting a colon, and adding the following new clause: "Provided further, That the two foregoing provisos shall have no application with respect to technical and production facilities (1) if the Commission certifies to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget that immediate construction or immediate continuation of construction is necessary to the national defense and security, and (2) if the Director agrees that such certification is justified.”

Approved October 28, 1949.

(Legislative history index: Mr. McMahon; Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 14174; reported with amendment (S. Rept. 1201), 14827; amended and passed Senate, 14883; passed House, 15079; examined and signed, 15044, 15101; presented to the President, 15045; approved (Public Law 422), 15045.)

(64 Stat. 37)

[PUBLIC LAW 468-81ST CONGRESS]

[H. R. 7207]

AN ACT

Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other purposes

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, to supply supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other purposes, namely:

INDEPENDENT OFFICES

ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

The authorization under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1950, to enter into contracts for the purposes of the appropriation therein made, is increased from “$387,189,628” to “$466,074,628”.

Approved March 27, 1950.

(See hearings before House Appropriations Committee (Independent Offices Subcommittee) entitled “Urgent Deficiencies Appropriations Bill for 1950,” p. 37, and hearings before Senate Appropriations Committee (Independent Offices Subcommittee) entitled "Urgent Deficiencies Appropriations Bill for 1950"; see also H. Rept. No. 1614; S. Rept. No. 1287; and conference report (H. Rept. No. 1794).)

(64 Stat. 699, 720)

[PUBLIC LAW 759-81st CONGRESS]

[H. R. 7786]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the support of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and for other purposes

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 support of the Government, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, namely:

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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, including personal services in the District of Columbia ‘and employment of aliens; purchase of land and interests in land; services authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); purchase of not to exceed one hundred and fifty passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; purchase, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; printing and binding; health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150); publication and dissemination of atomic information; payment of tort claims pursuant to law; purchase, repair, and

cleaning of uniforms; purchase of newspapers and periodicals (not to exceed $8,000) and travel expenses; official entertainment expenses (not to exceed $5,000); reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services; and payment of obligations incurred under prior year contract authorizations; $647,820,000, together with the unexpended balances, as of June 30, 1950, of prior year appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission, of which amounts $100,000 may be expended for objects of a confidential nature and in any such case the certificate of the Commission as to the amount of the expenditure and that it is deemed inadvisable to specify the nature thereof shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended; from which appropriation transfers of sums may be made to other agencies of the Government for the performance of the work for which this appropriation is made, and in such cases the sums so transferred may be merged with the appropriation to which transferred; and in addition to the amount herein provided, the Commission is authorized to contract for the purposes of this appropriation during the current fiscal year in an amount not exceeding $300,150,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee (except such officers and employees whose compensation is fixed by law, and scientific and technical personnel) whose position would be subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, if such Act were applicable to such position, at a rate in excess of the rate payable under such Act for positions of equivalent difficulty or responsibility: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation or contract authorization shall be used

(A) to start any new construction project for which an estimate was not included in the budget for the current fiscal year;

(B) to start any new construction project the currently estimated cost of which exceeds the estimated cost included therefor in such budget; or (C) to continue any community facility construction project whenever the currently estimated cost thereof exceeds the estimated cost included therefor in such budget;

unless the Director of the Bureau of the Budget specifically approves the start of such construction project or its continuation and a detailed explanation thereof is submitted forthwith by the Director to the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives and the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy; the limitations contained in this proviso shall not apply to any construction project the total estimated cost of which does not exceed $500,000; and, as used herein, the term "construction project” includes the purchase, alteration, or improvement of buildings, and the term “budget” includes the detailed justification supporting the budget estimates: Provided further, That whenever the current estimate to complete any construction project (except community facilities) exceeds by 15 per centum the estimated cost included therefor in such budget or the estimated cost of a construction project covered by clause (A) of the foregoing proviso which has been approved by the Director, the Commission shall forthwith submit a detailed explanation thereof to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of Representatives and the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy: Provided further, That the two foregoing provisos shall have no application with respect to technical and production facilities (1) if the Commission certifies to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget that immediate construction or immediate continuation of construction is necessary to the national defense and security, and (2) if the Director agrees that such certification is justified: Provided further, That no part of the foregoing appropriation or contract authorization shall be used in connection with the payment of a fixed fee to any contractor or firm of contractors engaged under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract or contracts at any installation of the Commission, where that fee for community management is at a rate in excess of $90,000 per annum, or for the operation of a transportation system where that fee is at a rate in excess of $45,000 per annum.

SEC. 102. No part of any appropriation contained in this title for the Atomic Energy Commission shall be used to confer a fellowship on any person who advocates or who is a member of an organization or party that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence or with