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PUBLIC LAW 85-170-AUG. 28, 1957

Eemodeling, Senate Office Building: Toward carrying out the provisions of the Act of July 10, 1957 (Public Law 85-95, Eighty-fifth Congress), authorizing the enlargement and remodeling of Senators' suites and structural, mechanical, and other changes and improvements in the existing Senate Office Building to provide improved accommodations for the United States Senate, $250,000, to be expended by the Architect of the Capitol under the direction of the Senate Office Building Commission and to remain available until expended: Provided, That the funds herein appropriated may be expended only for such work as can be done by the force of the Architect of the Capitol, except that not to exceed $20,000 of such funds may be expended on a personal service contract basis for consulting architectural and engineering services for preparation of preliminary plans and estimates of cost heretofore completed. CHAPTEK X III C L A I M S FOR DAMAGES, A U D I T E D CLAIMS, A N D JUDGMENTS For payment of claims for damages as settled and determined by departments and agencies in accord with law, audited claims certified to be due by the General Accounting Office, and judgments rendered against the United States by United States district courts and the United States Court of Claims, as set forth in House Document Numbered 213, and schedule C of Senate Document Numbered 38, Eightyfifth Congress, $2,104,087, together with such amounts as may be necessary to pay interest (as and when specified in such judgments or in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office or provided by law) and such additional sums due to increases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in foreign currency: Provided, That no judgment herein appropriated for shall be paid until it shall have become final and conclusive against the United States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise: Provided further, That, unless otherwise specifically required by law or by the judgment, payment of interest wherever appropriated for herein shall not continue for more than thirty days after the date of approval of this Act. For payment of claims for damages as settled and determined by departments and agencies in accord with law, audited claims, certified to be due by the General Accounting Office, and judgments rendered against the United States by United States district courts and the United States Court of Claims, as set forth in Senate Document Numbered 60, Eighty-fifth Congress, $753,860 together with such amounts as may be necessary to pay interest (as and when specified in such judgments or in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office or provided by law) and such additional sums due to increases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in foreign currency: Provided, That no judgment herein appropriated for shall be paid until it shall have become final and conclusive against the United States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise: Provided further. That, unless otherwise specifically required by law or by the judgment, payment of interest wherever appropriated for herein shall not continue for more than thirty days after the date of approval of this Act.

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