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PUBLIC LAW 157-JULY 13, 1956

[69 S T A T.

AIRCRAFT AND FACILITIES

For expenses necessary for maintenance, operation, and modification of aircraft; maintenance, operation, and lease of air stations and facilities, testing laboratories, fleet and other aviation activities; procurement of services, supplies, special clothing, tools, materials, and equipment, including rescue boats; industrial mobilization; aerological services, supplies, and equipment for the Navy and Marine Corps; and departmental salaries; $809,632,000: Provided, That $725,000 of the foregoing amount shall be transferred to the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, Weather Bureau, Department of Commerce", fiscal year 1956. SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION

For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and armament therefor, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation thereof in public or private plants; procurement, production, and modernization of electronic ec^uipment and material for ships; procurement of critical long lead time components and designs for vessels to be constructed or converted in the future; expansion of public and private plants, including land necessary therefor, without regard to 40 USC 259, 267. gection 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, and such land, and interests therein, may be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title by the Attorney General as required by note.^^^ '^^ *"** section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and departmental salaries necessary for the purposes of this appropriation; $1,387,634,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That, exclusive of electronic equipment and material, the total of obligations incurred under the heads "Shipbuilding and Conversion" and "Ordnance for Shipbuilding and Conversion", including those incurred against reimbursements credited to these appropriations pursuant to section 403 63 Stat. 717. (b) of the Mutual Assistance Act of 1949, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1574 (b)), and section 522 of the Mutual Security Act of 1954 (68 22 USC 1782. Stat. 855), shall not exceed $5,709,690,000: Provided further. That the unexpended balances of funds appropriated for communication, navigation, and detection equipment for ships under the head "Ships and Facilities" which, as originally passed by the Congress, were available for expenditure on June 30, 1955, are hereby transferred to and merged with this appropriation. S H I P S AND FACILITIES

For expenses necessary for design, maintenance, operation, and alteration of vessels; maintenance and operation of facilities; procurement of plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation thereof in public or private plants; procurement of equipment, supplies, special clothing and services; installation, maintenance, and removal of ships' ordnance; lease of facilities and docks; charter and hire of vessels; relief of vessels in distress; maritime salvage services; industrial mobilization; and departmental salaries; $779,685,000, of which $16,240,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation "Coast Guard Operating Expenses, 1956" for the operation of ocean stations. CONSTRUCTION OF S H I P S

The limit on the total of obligations which may be incurred under this head for construction, conversion, or replacement, approved after July 17, 1947, is reduced from "$1,251,861,000" to "$1,243,289,000",

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