GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Operating expenses. Public Buildings Service: For necessary expenses of real property management and related activities as provided by law; furnishings and equipment; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving Government agencies (including space adjustments) in connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of building space; acquisition by purchase or otherwise and disposal by sale or otherwise of real estate and interests therein; payments in lieu of taxes pursuant to the Act of August 12, 1955 (40 U. S. C. 521); and not to exceed $222,000 for71 Stat. 230 expenses of travel; $130,339,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, without regard to section 322 of the Act of June 30, 1932, as amended (40 U. S. C. 278a), with respect to buildings or parts thereof, heretofore leased under the appropriation for “Emergency operating expenses”. Repair and improvement, federally owned buildings: For expenses necessary for the repair, alteration, preservation, renovation, improvement, extension, equipment, and demolition of federally owned Buildings and buildings occupied pursuant to the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (40 U. S. C. 356), not otherwise provided for, including grounds, approaches and appurtenances, wharves and piers, together with the necessary dredging adjacent thereto; acquisition of hind as authorized by title III of the Act of June 16, 1949 (40 U. S. C. 297); not to exceed $260,000 for expenses of travel; and care and safeguarding of sites acquired for Federal buildings; $65,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the unexpended balance of appropriations heretofore granted for “Repair, improvement, and equipment of federally owned buildings outside the District of Columbia” shall be merged with this appropriation. Sites and expenses, purchase contract and public buildings projects: For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (40 U. S. C. 356), not otherwise provided for, including preparation of drawings and specifications, by contract or otherwise; acquisition of sites, including soil investigations and tests; not to exceed $100,000 for expenses of travel; and administrative expenses; $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, and not to exceed $500,000 of this amount shall be available for construction of approved small public buildings projects outside the District of Columbia pursuant to the Public Buildings Act of May 25, 1926, as amended (40 U. S. C. 341): Provided, That no part of such funds shall be used during the current fiscal year for preparation of drawings and specifications, acquisition of sites, design, planning, construction, or in any other manner for or in connection with proposed Federal office building numbered 7 on square 167 in the District of Columbia (project numbered 3–DC–05, General Services Administration prospectus submitted July 13, 1956). Payments, public buildings purchase contracts: For payments of principal, interest, taxes, and any other obligations under contracts entered into pursuant to the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (40 U. S. C. 356), $1,331,100: Provided, That the Administrator of General Services may enter into contracts during the fiscal year 1958 for which the aggregate of annual payments for amortization of principal and interest thereon shall not exceed the unused portion of the $12,000,000 limitation applicable prior to July 1, 1957, under the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1957 (70 Stat. 343). Construction, public buildings: For construction of public buildings pursuant to the Public Buildings Act of May 25, 1926, as amended (40 U. S. C. 341), $2,125,000, to remain available until expended. Hospital facilities in the District of Columbia: For an additional amount for expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended, authorizing the establishment of a hospital center in the District of Columbia, including grants to private agencies for hospital facilities in said District, $1,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the limitation on the total amount for completion of the hospital center is increased from $21,700,000 to $23,200,000: Provided further, That71 Stat. 231 this paragraph shall become effective only upon approval of the increased authorization proposed in S. 2194 and/or H. R. 7835, Eighty-fifth Congress. Operating expenses, Federal Supply Service: For necessary expenses of personal property management and related activities as provided by law; including not to exceed $300 for the purchase of newspapers and periodicals; and not to exceed $170,000 tor expenses of travel; $3,360,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,600,000 of any funds received during the current or preceding fiscal year for deposit under section 204 (a) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, and not otherwise disposed of by law, shall be deposited to the credit of this appropriation and shall be available for necessary expenses in carrying out the functions of the General Services Administration under the said Act, with respect to the utilization and disposal of excess and surplus personal property. Expenses, supply distribution: For expenses, not otherwise provided, necessary for operation of the stores depot system and other procurement services, including contractual services incident to receiving, handling, and shipping warehouse items; not to exceed $250 for purchase of newspapers and periodicals; and not to exceed $117,000 for expenses of travel; $17,765,000. General supply fund: To increase the general supply fund established by the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949,as amended (5U. S. C. 630g), $12,500,000. Operating expenses, National Archives and Records Service: For necessary expenses in connection with Federal records management and related activities as provided by law; and not to exceed $48,400 for expenses of travel; $7,263,000. Operating expenses, Transportation and Public Utilities Service: For necessary expenses of transportation and public utilities management and related activities, as provided by law, including not to exceed $27,500 for expenses of travel; $1,515,000. Strategic and critical materials: Funds available for carrying out the provisions of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act of July 23, 1946, during the current fiscal year shall be available for the acquisition of one parcel of land located at Harahan, Louisiana, now under lease to the Government and used for the storage of strategic and critical materials, services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a). not to exceed $3,327,600 for operating expenses, not to exceed $86,000 for expenses of travel, and necessary expenses for transportation and handling, within the United States (including charges at United States ports), storage, security, and maintenance of strategic and critical materials acquired for or transferred to the supplemental stockpile established pursuant to section 104 (b) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U. S. C. 1704 (b)): Provided, That any funds received as proceeds from sale or other disposition of materials on account of the rotation of stocks under said Act shall be deposited to the credit, and be available for expenditure for the purposes, of this appropriation: Provided further, That during the current fiscal year, there shall be no limitation on the value of surplus strategic and critical materials which, in accordance with subsection 6 (a) of the Act of July 23, 1946 (50 U. S. C. 98e (a)), may be transferred to stockpiles established in accordance with said Act: Provided further, That no part of funds available shall be used for construction of warehouses or tank storage facilities. Abaca fiber program: Not to exceed $47,000 of funds available to the General Services Administration for the abaca fiber program shall be available for administrative expenses incident to the abaca fiber71 Stat. 232 program, to be computed on an accrual basis, and to be exclusive of the interest paid, depreciation, capitalized expenditures, expenses in connection with the acquisition, protection, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of real or personal property relating to the abaca fiber program, and expenses oi services performed on a contract or fee basis in connection with the performance of legal services. Salaries and expenses, Office of Administrator: For expenses of executive direction for activities under the control of the General Services Administration, including not to exceed $8,000 for expenses of travel, and not to exceed $250 for purchase of newspapers and periodicals; $260,000. Administrative operations fund: Funds available to General Services Administration for administrative operations, in support of program activities, shall be expended and accounted for, as a whole, rough a single fund, which is hereby authorized: Provided, That costs and obligations for such administrative operations for the respective program activities shall be accounted for in accordance with systems approved by the General Accounting Office: Provided further, That the total amount deposited into said account for the fiscal year 1958 from funds made available to General Services Administration in this Act shall not exceed $10,530,000, of which not to exceed $153,300 may be used for travel expenses: Provided further, That amounts deposited into said account for administrative operations for each program shall not exceed the amounts included in the respective program appropriations for such purposes. The appropriate appropriation or fund available to the General Services Administration shall be credited with (1) cost of operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part of rentals received from Government corporations pursuant to law (40 U. S. C. 129); (2) reimbursements for services performed in respect to bonds and other obligations under the jurisdiction of the General Services Administration, issued by public authorities, States, or other public bodies, and such services in respect to such bonds or obligations as the Administrator deems necessary and in the public interest may, upon the request and at the expense of the issuing agencies, be provided from the appropriate foregoing appropriation; and (3) appropriations or funds available to other agencies, and transferred to the General Services Administration, in connection with property transferred to the General Services Administration pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1948 (50 U. S. C. 451ff), and such appropriations or funds may, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, be so transferred. Funds available to the General Services Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. No part of any money appropriated by this or any other Act for any agency of the executive branch of the Government shall be used during the current fiscal year for the purchase within the continental limits of the United States of any typewriting machines except in accordance with regulations issued pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appropriation made available to the General Services Administration for the current fiscal year by this Act may be transferred to any other such appropriation, but no such appropriation shall be thereby increased more than 2 per centum: Provided, That such transfers shall apply only to operating expenses. and shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount of $2,000,000.