Procurement of Ordnance and Ammunition

Procurement of Ordnance and Ammunition For expenses necessary for the production and procurement of Navy ordnance and ammunition (except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and ships authorized for conversion); expansion of public and private plants, including land necessary therefor, without regard to section 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, and such land, and interests therein, may be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title by the Attorney General us required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procurement of plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation thereof in public or private plants; $185,842,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such sums as may be determined by the Secretary of the Navy, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense and the Bureau of the Budget, of the unexpended balances of funds appropriated for the foregoing purposes under the head “Ordnance and Facilities” which, as originally passed by the Congress, were available for expenditure on June 30, 1955, are hereby transferred to and merged with this appropriation.