Weather Bureau

Weather Bureau Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Weather Bureau, including maintenance and operation of aircraft; purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; not to exceed $25,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); and not to exceed $10,000 for maintenance of a printing office in the city of Washington, as authorized by law; $37,880,100: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the maximum amount authorized under section 3 (a) of the Act of June 2, 1948 (15 U. S. C. 327), for extra compensation to employees of other Government agencies for taking and transmitting meteorological observations, shall be $5 per day; and the maximum base rate of pay authorized under section 3 (b) of said Act, for employees conducting meteorological investigations in the Arctic region, shall be $6,500 per annum, except that not more than five of such employees at any one time may receive a base rate of $9,000 per annum, and such employees may be appointed without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. Establishment of meteorological facilities: For an additional amount for the acquisition, establishment, and relocation of meteorological facilities and related equipment, including the alteration and modernization of existing facilities; $600,000, to remain available until June 30, 1960: Provided, That the appropriations heretofore granted under this head shall be merged with this appropriation.