Civil Aeronautics Board

Civil Aeronautics Board salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Civil Aeronautics Board, including contract stenographic reporting services; employment of temporary guards on a contract or fee basis; salaries and traveling expenses of employees detailed to attend courses of training conducted by the Government or industries serving aviation; purchase (one for replacement only), hire, operation, maintenance, and repair of aircraft; expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the activities of this appropriation; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates for individuals not to exceed $50 per diem; $6,050,000: Provided, That the Chairman is authorized, subject to the procedures prescribed in the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, but without regard to the numerical limitations contained therein, to place ten General Schedule positions in the following grades: one in grade GS–18, two in grade GS–17, and seven in grade GS–16; and such positions shall be in addition to positions previously allocated to this agency under section 505 of said Act.