GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Operating Expenses, Public Buildings Service For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 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 of real estate and interests therein; and contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings and moving; $181,200,000: 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”: Provided further, That this appropriation 76 Stat. 723shall be available to provide such fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other removable facilities on private or other property not in Government ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable the United States Secret Service to perform its function of protecting the person of the President of the United States and his immediate family, the President-elect, and the .Vice President pursuant to Title 18, U.S.C. 3056. Repair and Improvement of Public Buildings For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to alter public buildings and to acquire additions to sites pursuant to the Public Buildings Act of 1059 (73 Stat. 479) and to alter other Federally-owned buildings and to acquire additions to sites thereof, including grounds, approaches and appurtenances, wharves and piers, together with the necessary dredging adjacent thereto; and care and safe-guarding of sites; preliminary planning of projects by contract or otherwise; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; $65,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That for the purposes of this appropriation, buildings constructed pursuant to the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (40 U.S.C. 356) and the Post Office Department Property Act of 1954 (39 U.S.C. 2104 et seq.), and buildings under the. control of another department or agency where alteration of such buildings is required in connection with the moving of such other department or agency from buildings then, or thereafter to be, under the control of General Services Administration shall be considered to be public buildings. Construction, Public Buildings Projects For an additional amount for expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to construct public buildings projects and alter public buildings by extension or conversion where the estimated cost for a project is in excess of $200,000 pursuant to the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479), including equipment for such buildings, $180,955,600, and not to exceed $500,000 of this amount shall be available to the Administrator for construction of small public buildings outside the District of Columbia as the Administrator approves and deems necessary, all to remain available until expended: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall be available for public buildings projects at locations and at maximum construction improvement costs (excluding funds for sites and expenses) as follows: Post office and courthouse, Juneau, Alaska, $11,482,600; Border station (construction and alteration), Nogales, Arizona, $997,500; Federal office building, Bakersfield, California, $1,311,000; Border patrol station, Calexico, California, $288,800; General Services Administration stores depot, Denver, Colorado. $5.505.200; Post office and Federal office building, Wallingford, Connecticut. $836,000; Post office and courthouse, Gainesville, Florida, $2,178,300; Post office and courthouse (construction and alteration), Marianna. Florida, $518,700; Federal office building, Tampa, Florida, $2,254,300; Post office and Federal office building, Macon, Georgia, $3,605,400; Border station, Porthill, Idaho, $116,800; Courthouse and Federal office building, Chicago, Illinois, in addition to the sum heretofore provided, $5,000,000;76 Stat. 724 Post office and Federal office building, Seymour, Indiana, $455,000; Post office and courthouse (construction and alteration), Owensboro, Kentucky, $280,200; Federal office building (construction and alteration), New Orleans, Ixmisiana, $1,225,500; Post office and courthouse (construction and alteration), New Orleans, Louisiana, $3,447,500; Post office and Federal office building, Augusta, Maine, $2,470,000; Border patrol sector headquarters, Houlton, Maine, $318,200; Federal office building, Boston, Massachusetts, $27,114,900; Post office, Webster, Massachusetts, $390,400; Post office and courthouse (construction and alteration), Grand Rapids. Michigan, $700,100; Border station, Pigeon River, Minnesota, $281,200; Post office and courthouse, Clarksdale, Mississippi, $1,164,700; Federal office building, Kansas City, Missouri, $29,816,700; Courthouse and Federal office building, Billings, Montana, $5,342,800; Post office and courthouse (construction and alteration), Grand Island, Nebraska, $305,900; Post office and courthouse, North Platte, Nebraska, $1,444,000; Courthouse and Federal office building, Reno, Nevada, $3,310,700; Post office and courthouse, Concord, New Hampshire, $3,187,200; Courthouse and Federal office building, Albuquerque, New Mexico, $6,932,100; Post office and courthouse,-Fayetteville, North Carolina, $2,022,500; Post office and courthouse (construction and alteration), Grand Forks, North Dakota, $308,700; Post office and Federal office building (construction and alteration), Canton, Ohio, $2,503,200; Post office and courthouse (construction and alteration), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, $754,300; Post office Federal office building and courthouse, Tulsa, Oklahoma, $8,958,500; Post office and Federal office building, Westerly, Rhode Island, $469,300; Post office and courthouse, Pierre, South Dakota, $2,482,300; Post office and Federal office building, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, $2,565,000; Post office and courthouse, Winchester, Tennessee, $860,900; Post office and Federal office building, Austin, Texas, $9,257,700; Border station, Del Rio, Texas, $285,000; Border patrol sector headquarters, Del Rio, Texas, $437,000; Post office and courthouse (construction and alteration), Houston, Texas, $1,323,300; Courthouse and Federal office building, Ogden, Utah, $4,493,500; Post office and courthouse, Montpelier, Vermont, in addition to the sum heretofore provided, $509,000; Health, Education, and Welfare office building (construction and alteration), Charlottesville, Virginia, $2,062,400; Post office and Federal office building, Richland, Washington, $7,716,800; Post office and courthouse, Cheyenne, Wyoming, $4,664,500: Provided further, That the foregoing limits of costs may be exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in other projects, but by not to exceed 10 per centum: Provided further, That not to exceed $6,500,000 of the foregoing appropriation may be used for partial construction of the authorized public building project at Baltimore, Maryland. 76 Stat. 725 Sites and Expenses, Public Buildings Projects For an additional amount for expenses necessary in connection with the construction of public buildings projects not otherwise provided for, as specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Acts of 1959 and 1960, including preliminary planning of public buildings projects by contract or otherwise, $27,500,000, 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), $5,440,000. Additional Court Facilities For an additional amount for expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to provide, directly or indirectly, additional space, facilities and courtrooms for the judiciary, including alteration and extension of Government-owned buildings and acquisition of additions to sites of such buildings; rents; furnishings and equipment; repair and alteration of rented space; moving Government agencies in connection with the assignment and transfer of space; preliminary planning; preparation of drawings and specifications by contract or otherwise; and administrative expenses; $8,500,000, to remain available until expended. Operating Expenses, Federal Supply Service For expenses, not otherwise provided, necessary for supply distribution, procurement, inspection, operation of the stores depot system (including contractual services incident to receiving, handling, and shipping warehouse items), and other supply management and related activities, as authorized by law, $40,500,000. General Supply Fund To increase the general supply fund established by the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 630g), $13,500,000. Operating Expenses, Utilization and Disposal Service For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident to the utilization and disposal of excess and surplus property, as authorized by law, $8,500,000, to be derived from proceeds from the transfer of excess property and the disposal of surplus property. Operating Expenses, National Archives and Records Service For necessary expenses in connection with Federal records management and related activities as provided by law, including reimbursement for security guard services, and contractual services incident to movement.or disposal of records, $14,000,000. Operating Expenses, Transportation and Communications Service For necessary expenses of transportation, communications 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, $4,097,000. 76 Stat. 726 Strategic and Critical Materials For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98–98h), during the current fiscal year, for transportation and handling, within the United States (including charges at United States ports), storage, security, and maintenance of strategic and other 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)), not to exceed $2,000,000 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 reimbursement for security guard services, services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), and not to exceed $3,000,000 for operating expenses, $18,000,000, to be derived from sales of strategic and critical materials: Provided, That no part of funds available shall be used for construction of warehouses or tank storage facilities: Provided further, That during the current fiscal year the General Services Administration is authorized to acquire leasehold interests in property, for periods not in excess of twenty years, for the storage, security, and maintenance of strategic, critical, and other materials and equipment held pursuant to the aforesaid Acts provided said leasehold interests are at nominal cost to the Government: 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 without reimbursement to stockpiles established in accordance with said Act: Provided further, That any receipts from sales during the current fiscal year snail be promptly deposited into the Treasury except as otherwise provided herein: Provided further, That during the current fiscal year materials in the inventory maintained under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and, after compliance with the disposal requirements of section 3(e) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, excess materials in the national stockpile established pursuant to that Act, shall be available, without reimbursement, for transfer at fair market value to contractors as payment for expenses of refining, processing, or otherwise beneficiating materials, pursuant to section 3(c) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, into a form best suitable for stockpiling. Salaries and Expenses, Office of Administrator For expenses of executive direction for activities under the control of the General Services Administration, $1,350,000: Provided, That not to exceed $500 shall be available for reception and representation expenses. Allowances and Office Facilities for Former Presidents For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 838), $320,000: 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. 76 Stat. 727 Administrative Operations Fund Funds available to General Services Administration for administrative operations, in support of program activities, and for reimbursable services, 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, and for reimbursable services for the respective program activities and for other agencies, 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 administrative operations for the fiscal year 1963 from funds mfide available to General Services Administration in this Act (excluding reimbursements for automatic data processing services) shall not exceed $11,400,000: Provided further, That amounts deposited into said account for administrative operations for each program (excluding reimbursements for automatic data processing services) 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 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. 451 ff), and such appropriations or funds may be so transferred, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget. Appropriations to the General Services Administration under the heading “Construction, Public Buildings Projects” made in this Act shall be available, subject to the provisions of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 for (1) acquisition of buildings and sites thereof by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, including prepayment of purchase contracts, (2) extension or conversion of Government-owned buildings, and (3) construction of new buildings, in addition to those set forth under that appropriation: Provided, That nothing herein shall authorize an expenditure of funds for acquisition, extension or conversion, or construction without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. Expenditures heretofore made pursuant to contract or stipulation from, and unexpended obligations heretofore incurred against, appropriations under the heading “Construction, Public Buildings Projects” in prior Appropriation Acts for the purposes of acquisition of buildings and sites thereof by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, including prepayment of purchase contracts, are hereby ratified. 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 76 Stat. 728limits 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 increased thereby 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. Appropriations available to any department or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available for (a) reimbursement to the General Services Administration for those expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which constitute public improvements, performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479) or other applicable law, and (b) transfer or reimbursement to applicable appropriations to said Administration for rents and related expenses, not otherwise provided for, of providing, directly or indirectly, such suitable general purpose space as may be required by any such department or agency, in the District of Columbia or elsewhere. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for the payment of rental on lease agreements for the accommodation of Federal agencies in buildings and improvements which are to be erected by the lessor for such agencies at an estimated cost of construction in excess of $200,000 or for the payment of the salary of any person who executes such a lease agreement: Provided, That the foregoing proviso shall not be applicable to projects for which a prospectus for the lease construction of space has been submitted to and approved by the appropriate Committees of the Congress in the same manner as for public buildings construction projects pursuant to the Public Buildings Act of 1959.