GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Operating Expenses, Public Building Service For necessary expenses of real property management and related activities as provided by law; 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 73 Stat. 505 therein; and payments in lieu of taxes pursuant to the Act of August 12, 1955 (40 U.S.C. 521); $151,000,000: 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 land as authorized by title III of the Act of June 16, 1949 (40 U.S.C. 297); and care and safeguarding of sites acquired for Federal buildings; $60,000,000, to remain available until expended. 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), $1,675,000: Provided, That authority heretofore granted under this head for the Administrator of General Services to enter into a 10-year contract for the project at Sacramento, California, for which the annual payment for amortization of principal and interest thereon shall not exceed $1,250,600, is hereby extended to December 31, 1959. Sites and Expenses, Public Buildings Projects For an additional amount for expenses necessary in connection with construction of public buildings projects not otherwise provided for, as specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1959, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, and this amount shall lie expended for projects at such additional locations as may be selected by the Administrator of General Services and in amounts he deems necessary. Operating Expenses, Federal Supply Service For necessary expenses of personal property management and related activities as authorized by law and not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $300 for the purchase of newspapers and periodicals, $3,770,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,230,000 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; and not to exceed $250 for purchase of newspapers and periodicals; $21,450,000. 73 Stat. 506 Operating Expenses, National Archives and Records Service For necessary expenses in connection with Federal records management and related activities as provided by law, including contractual services incident to movement or disposal of records, $9,176,800. Operating Expenses, Transportation and Public Utilities Service For necessary expenses of transportation and public utilities management and related activities, as provided by law, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $75 per diem for individuals, $2,000,000. Strategic and Critical Materials Fluids available for carrying out the provisions of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98–98b), during the current fiscal year, shall be available 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)), and for carrying out the provisions of the National Industrial Reserve Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. 451–462), relating to machine tools and industrial manufacturing equipment for which the General Services Administration is responsible, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), and not to exceed $3,230,000 for operating expenses, but total obligations of funds available for carrying out the provisions of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act during the current fiscal year shall not exceed $50,000,000: Provided, That to the extent materials sold under section 3(d) of said Act to prevent deterioration are excess to stockpile needs the replacement provisions of said section 3(d) shall not be mandatory: 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 section 6(a) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (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: Provided further, That unobligated balances of funds in excess of $50,000,000 as of July 1, 1959, together with any receipts from sales or otherwise, during the fiscal year 1960, are hereby rescinded and shall be promptly deposited into the Treasury. 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 $250 for purchase of newspapers and periodicals, $225,000. Allowances and Office Facilities for Former Presidents For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 838), $200,000: Provided, That the Administrator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections (a) and (e) of such Act. 73 Stat. 507 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, through 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 1960 from funds made available to General Services Administration in this Act shall not exceed $12,750,000, of which not to exceed $400 may be used for purchase of newspapers and periodicals: 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. General Provisions The appropriate appropriation or fund available to the General Services Administration snail 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. Not to exceed $2,000,000 granted in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act,. 1959, under the appropriation for “Construction, Federal Office Building Numbered Six, Washington, District of Columbia”, may be transferred to “Construction, Public Buildings projects”: Provided, That the latter appropriation shall be available for acquisition of buildings and sites thereof by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, including prepayment of purchase contracts: Provided further, That the limits of cost applicable to projects authorized under said appropriation may be exceeded to the extent that savings are effected on other projects. 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.