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 further, 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 for 1951,” pt. 6, p. 1991, and hearings before Senate Appropriations Committee (Independent Offices Subcommittee) entitled "Independent Offices Appropriations for 1951,” pp. 337, 357; see also H. Rept. No. 1797; S. Rept. No. 1941; and conference report (H. Rept. No. 2991).)

(64 Stat. 1054)

[PUBLIC LAW 843-81st CONGRESS]

[H. R. 9526]

AN ACT

Making supplemental appropriations 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, to supply supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and for other purposes, namely;

For an additional amount for "Atomic Energy Commission”, $260,000,000.

(See hearings before House Appropriations Committee (Independent Offices Subcommittee) entitled “The Supplemental Appropriation Bill for 1951” (Independent Offices section), p. 273; see also H. Rept. No. 2987; S. Rept. No. 2567; and conference report (H. Rept. No. 3096).)

(64 Stat. 1228)

[PUBLIC Law 911—81st CONGRESS]

[H. R. 9920]

AN ACT

Making supplemental appropriations 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, to supply supplemental

appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and for other purposes, namely:

For an additional amount, $1,065,000,000, and appropriations made under this head for the fiscal year 1951 shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed five hundred passenger motor vehicles, including replacements.

(See hearings before House Appropriations Committee (Independent Offices Subcommittee) entitled "Second Supplemental Appropriation Bill for 1951" (Independent Offices section), p. 179; see also H. Rept. No. 3193; S. Rept. No. 2684; and conference report (H. Rept. No. 3240).)

(65 Stat. 48)

[PUBLIC LAW 43-82d CONGRESS]

[H. R. 3842]

AN ACT

Making supplemental appropriations 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, to supply supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and for other purposes, namely:

CHAPTER I

INDEPENDENT OFFICES

ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

For an additional amount for "Atomic Energy Commission”, $59,323,000.

(See hearings before House Appropriations Committee (Independent Offices Subcommittee) entitled "Fourth Supplemental Appropriation Bill for 1951," p. 819, and hearings before Senate Appropriations Committee (Independent Offices Subcommittee) entitled "Fourth Supplemental Appropriation Bill for 1951," p. 1; see also H. Rept. No. 377, and S. Rept. No. 329.)

(65 Stat. 269)

[H. R. 3880]
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, 1952, 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 Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, namely:

For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, including 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 three hundred and seventy-five passenger motor vehicles, of which two hundred and fifteen shall be for replacement only; purchase, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; publication and dissemination of atomic information; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms; purchase of newspapers and periodicals (not to exceed $8,000); 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; $1,139,932,750, of which not more than $25,135,000 shall be available for personal services, together with the unexpended balances, as of June 30, 1951, 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: 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 1949, 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 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 of 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 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: Provided further, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be used for any new construction project until after the Commission shall have notified all architects and engineers involved that the plans for such project should be purely utilitarian and without unnecessary refinements.

INDEPENDENT OFFICES- GENERAL PROVISIONS

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 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 further, 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.

SEC. 110. No part of any appropriation made in this title or title II of this Act, except appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission and the Tennessee Valley Authority, shall be available for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle for replacement purposes unless each such passenger motor vehicle purchased replaces two passenger motor vehicles. Approved August 31, 1951.

(See hearings before House Appropriations Committee (Independent Offices Subcommittee) entitled "Independent Offices Appropriations for 1952," pt. 1, p. 792; and Hearings before Senate Appropriations Committee (Independent Offices Subcommittee) entitled "Independent Offices Appropriations for 1952," p. 51; see also H. Rept. No. 384; S. Rept. 418; and conference report (H. Rept. No. 753).)

(65 Stat. 743)

[H. R. 5215]

AN ACT

Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, 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, 1952, and for other purposes, namely:

ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

For an additional amount for "Atomic Energy Commission", $265,965,000: Provided, That the limitation contained in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available to the Commission for personal services is

hereby amended to read, “of which not to exceed $30,400,000 shall be available for personal services”: Provided further, That section 605 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952, shall not be applicable to the Commission.

(See hearings before House Appropriations Committee (Independent Offices Subcommittee) entitled “The Supplemental Appropriation Bill for 1952,” pt. 1, p. 41, and Hearings before Senate Appropriations Committee (Independent Offices Subcommittee) entitled “The Supplemental Appropriation Bill for 1952,” p. 1319; see also H. Rept. No. 890; S. Rept. No. 891; and conference report (H. Rept. No. 1222).)

(65 Stat. 761)

[PUBLIC LAW 254–82D CONGRESS]

[H. R. 5650]
AN ACT

Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, 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, 1952, and for other purposes, namely:

INDEPENDENT OFFICES

ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses, Atomic Energy Commission", $200,000,000.

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Approved November 1, 1951.

(See hearings before House Appropriations Committee (Independent Offices Subcommittee) entitled "Second Supplemental Appropriation Bill for 1952,” p. 1; see also H. Rept. No. 1110; S. Rept. No. 1036; and conference report (H. Rept. No. 1226).)

(66 Stat. 101)

[PUBLIC LAW 375–82d ConGRESS]

[H. R. 6947]

AN ACT

Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes.

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GENERAL PROVISIONS

Appropriations or other funds made available by this or any other Act for personal services during the fiscal year 1952 shall be available for pay increases, comparable to those provided by Public Law 201, approved October 24, 1951, granted by administrative action pursuant to law: Provided, That such pay increases may be made retroactively effective on the same basis as if they had been authorized by said law: Provided further, That this section shall not affect the