INDEPENDENT OFFICES

INDEPENDENT OFFICES CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses of the Civil Aeronautics Board, including employment of temporary guards on a contract or fee basis; not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses; hire, operation, maintenance, and repair of aircraft; 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 $100 per diem: and uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 2131); $10,797,750. Payments to Air Carriers (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) For payments to air carriers of so much of the compensation fixed and determined by the Civil Aeronautics Board under section 406 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1376), as is payable by the Board, including not to exceed $785,000 for payment to Los Angeles Airways, Inc., and $385,000 for payment to Chicago Helicopter Airways, Inc., for subsidies for helicopter operations not beyond December 31, 1965, $81,170,000, to remain available until expended.