Pub. L. 82-470, tit. IV, sec. 404

Sec. 404. (a) No appropriation or authorization contained in this Act. shall be available to pay— (1) for travel of personnel, (2) for personal services of personnel above basic rates, or (3) for transportation of things (other than mail), more than 90 per centum of the amount which the budget estimates heretofore submitted in connection with such appropriation or authorization contemplated would be expended therefrom for such purposes, respectively; and the total amount of each appropriation, any part of which is available for any such purpose, is hereby reduced by an amount equal to 10 per centum of the amount requested in such budget estimates for such purpose, less an amount representing the reduction, if any, between the amount requested for personal services in budget estimates and the amount appropriated herein for such services. (b) This section shall not apply to appropriations for— (1) activities for health and safety, law enforcement, soil and moisture, and activities in the field, exclusive of administrative employees not. directly connected with such activities; (2) seasonal and casual workers; (3) the Bureau of Mines; (4) the Geological Survey: (5) employees in grades CPC 1, 2, and 3; (6) salaries and expenses, Office of the Secretary; and (7) activities paid wholly from trust funds, or funds derived by transfer from trust accounts, or to activities paid from appropriations of, or measured by, receipts. This Act may be cited as the “Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1953”.