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PUBLIC LAW 85-175-AUG. 28, 1957

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wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, for the Atomic Energy Commission, and for other purposes, namely: OPERATING

EXPENSES

For necessary operating expenses of the Commission in carrying out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, S*2%c^2*oii including the employment of aliens; rental in or near the District of note. Columbia; services authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); purchase of equipment; purchase, maintenance, 60 Stat. 810. and operation of aircraft; publication and dissemination of atomic information; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms; purchase of newspapers and periodicals (not to exceed $5,000); official entertainment expenses (not to exceed $30,000); not to exceed $3,700,000 for expenses of travel, including expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the function or activity for which this appropriation is made; reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services; not to exceed $46,100,000 for personal services; purchase (not to exceed four hundred and sixty for replacement only, including two at not to exceed $3,500 each) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $2,215,470,000, together with the unexpended balances, as of June 30, 1957, of prior year appropriations made available under this head to the Atomic Energy Commission, and, in addition, any moneys (except sums received from disposal of property under the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 (42 U.S.C. 2301)) received by the Commission, notwithstanding the 69 Stat. 472. provisions of section 3617 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484): Provided, That of such amounts $100,000 may be expended for objects of a confidential nature and in any such case the certificate of the Commission as to the amount of the expenditure and that it is deemed inadvisable to specify the nature thereof shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended: Proanded further, That from this appropriation transfers of sums may be made to other agencies of the Government for the performance of the work for which this appropriation is made, and in such cases the sums so transferred may be merged with the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used in connection with the payment of a fixed fee to any contractor or firm of contractors engaged under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract or contracts at any installation of the Commission, where that fee for community management is at a rate in excess of $90,000 per annum, or for the operation of a transportation system where that fee is at a rate in excess of $45,000 per annum. P L A N T ACQUISITION A N D CONSTRUCTION

For expenses of the Commission in connection with the purchase and construction of plant and other expenses incidental thereto necessary in carrying out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as ^^^^ " ^ ^ 2° * ^ amended, including the acquisition or condemnationof any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion; and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $108,162,500, to remain available until expended. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Any appropriation available under this or any other Act to the Atomic Energy Commission may initially be used subject to limitations in this Act during the fiscal year 1958 to finance the procurement of materials, services, or other costs which are a part of work or activities for which funds have been provided in any other appropriation

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