APPROPRIATION OF JULY 7, 1932 [47 Stat. 634, 644] An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, and for other purposes FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY SYSTEM For carrying out the provisions of the act entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes", approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat., pp. 355-359), and all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, to be expended in accordance with the provisions of said act, as amended, including not to exceed $733,100 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $100,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is composed of $42,400,000, a part of the sum of $125,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, by paragraph 1 of the act approved April 4, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 141), and $57,600,000, part of the sum of $125,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, by paragraph 1 of the act approved April 4, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 141): Provided, That none of the money herein appropriated shall be paid to any State on account of any project on which convict labor shall be directly employed, except this provision shall not apply to convict labor performed by convicts on parole or probation. * * * * * The appropriation of $3,000,000 for roads on unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, and so forth, contained in the act entitled "An act making supplemental appropriations to provide for emergency construction on certain public works during the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, with a view to increasing employment," approved December 20, 1930, is hereby continued available during the fiscal year 1933, and not to exceed $4,760 may be used for personal services in the District of Columbia. For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act approved November 9, 1921 (U. S. C., title 23, sec. 23), including not to exceed $81,020 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $8,905,000, which sum is composed of $2,945,000, part of the sum of $12,500,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1932 by the act approved May 5, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 261), and $5,960,000, part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1933 by the act approved May 5, 1930: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall, upon the approval of this act, apportion and prorate among the several States, Alaska, and Porto Rico, as provided in section 23 of said Federal Highway Act, the sum of $12,500,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, by the act approved May 5, 1930: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall incur obligations, approve projects, or enter into contracts under his apportionment and prorating of this authorization, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation on the part of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof: Provided further, That the total expenditures on account of any State or Territory shall at no time exceed its authorized apportiorment: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the rental, purchase, or construction of buildings necessary for the storage of equipment and supplies used for road and trail construction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such building purchased or constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $2,500: Provided further, That during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, the expenditures on forest highways in Alaska from the amount herein appropriated or from similar appropriations heretofore made shall not exceed $350,000, and the apportionment for forest highways in Alaska from the sum of $12,500,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1933 shall be $350,000. * Approved, July 7, 1932. APPROPRIATION OF MARCH 3, 1933 [47 STAT. 1455-1457] An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934 and for other purposes BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Public Roads, including salaries and the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, supplies, office and laboratory fixtures and apparatus, traveling and other necessary expenses; for conducting research and investigational studies, either independently or in cooperation with State highway departments, or other agencies, including studies of highway administration, legislation, finance, economics, transport, construction, operation, maintenance, utilization, and safety, and of street and highway traffic control; investigations and experiments in the best methods of road making, especially by the use of local materials; studies of types of mechanical plants and appliances used for road building and maintenance and of methods of road repair and maintenance suited to the needs of different localities; and maintenance and repairs of experimental highways, including the purchase of materials and equipment; for furnishing expert advice on these subjects; for collating, reporting, and illustrating the results of same; and for preparing, publishing, and distributing bulletins and reports; to be paid from any moneys available from the administrative funds provided under the act of July 11, 1916 (U. S. C., title 23, sec. 21), as amended, or as otherwise provided. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY SYSTEM For carrying out the provisions of the act entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes," approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat., pp. 355-359), and all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, to be expended in accordance with the provisions of said act, as amended, including not to exceed $672,009 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $35,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is a part of the sum of $125,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, by section 1 of the act approved April 4, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 141), after deducting $15,840,743.86 in making the apportionment of said authorization to the States, in accordance with the act of December 20, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 1031): Provided, That none of the money herein appropriated shall be paid to any State on account of any project on which convict labor shall be employed, except this provision shall not apply to convict labor performed by convicts on parole or probation: Provided further, That not to exceed $45,000 of the funds provided for carrying out the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921 (U. S. Č., title 23, secs. 21 and 23), shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles necessary for carrying out the provisions of said act, including the replacement of not to exceed one such vehicle for use in the administrative work of the Bureau of Public Roads in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That whenever performing authorized engineering or other services in connection with the survey, construction and maintenance, or improvement of roads for other Government agencies the charge for such services may include depreciation on engineering and road building equipment used, and the amounts received on account of such charges shall be credited to the appropriation concerned: Provided, That hereafter in the administration of the Federal Highway Act and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, the first paragraph of section 9 of the act of November 9, 1921, shall not apply to publicly owned toll bridges or approaches thereto, constructed and operated by the highway department of any State, subject, however, to the condition that all tolls received from the operation of any such bridge, less the actual cost of operation and maintenance, shall be applied to the repayment of the cost of its construction, and when the cost of its construction shall have been repaid in full, such bridge thereafter shall be maintained and operated as a free bridge. The appropriation of $3,000,000 for roads on unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, and so forth, contained in the act entitled "An act making supplemental appropriations to provide for emergency construction on certain public works during the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, with a view to increasing employment," approved December 20, 1930, is hereby continued available during the fiscal year 1934. The appropriation of $2,000,000 for roads on unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, and so forth, contained in the act entitled "An act to relieve destitution, to broaden the lending powers of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and to create employment by providing for and expediting a public-works program," approved July 21, 1932, is hereby continued available during the fiscal year 1934, and not to exceed $4,373 may be used for personal services in the District of Columbia. That paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 301 of title 3 of the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932 is amended by striking out the date of "July 1, 1933," where it appears in said paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the date "January 1, 1934." Total, Bureau of Public Roads, $35,000,000. FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act approved November 9, 1921 (U. S. C., title 23, sec. 23), including not to exceed $74,269 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $4,457,400, a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1933 by the act approved May 5, 1930: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the rental, purchase, or construction of buildings necessary for the storage of equipment and supplies used for road and trail construction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such building purchased or constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $2,500: Provided further, That during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, the expenditures on forest highways in Alaska from the amount herein appropriated or from similar appropriations heretofore made shall not exceed $350,000. The appropriation of $800,000 for the construction on Government Island, Alameda, California, of buildings required by the Bureau of Public Roads and Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and the Coast Guard of the Treasury Department, contained in the act entitled "An act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1931, and June 30, 1932", approved March 4, 1931, is hereby continued available during the fiscal year 1934. The appropriation of $5,000,000 for construction and improvement of nationalforest highways contained in the act entitled "An act to relieve destitution, to broaden the lending powers of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and to create employment by providing for and expediting a public-works program", approved July 21, 1932, is hereby continued available during the fiscal year 1934. * * Approved, March 3, 1933. FOURTH DEFICIENCY ACT, FISCAL YEAR 1933 [48 Stat. 275] AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 80, 1933, and June 30, 1934, and for other purposes EXECUTIVE OFFICE AND INDEPENDENT ESTABLISHMENTS NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY AND TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to encourage national industrial recovery, to foster fair competition, and to provide for the construction of certain useful public works, and for other purposes", approved June 16, 1933, and also for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act for the relief of unemployment through the performance of useful public work, and for other purposes", approved March 31, 1933, and for each and every object thereof, to be expended in the discretion and under the direction of the President, to be immediately available, and except as hereinafter provided to remain available until June 30, 1935, $3,300,000,000; of which not to exceed $50,000,000 shall be available to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and to remain available until expended, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled "The Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933", approved May 18, 1933, including the acquisition of necessary land, the clearing of such land, relocation of highways, and the construction and/or purchase of transmission lines and other facilities, the construction of the Cove Creek Dam and power house and all other necessary works authorized by said Act, and for printing and binding, law books, books of reference, newspapers, periodicals, purchase, maintenance, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles, rents in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and all necessary salaries and expenses connected with the organization, operation, and investigations of the Tennessee Valley Authority, including reimbursements for any expenses prior to the enactment of this appropriation incurred at the direction of the President. Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and for the Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and for other purposes TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FEDERAL AID HIGHWAY SYSTEM For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes", approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat., pp. 355–359), anu all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, to be expended in accordance with the provisions of said Act, as amended, including not to exceed $176,400 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $8,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is a part of the sum of $125,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, by section 1 of the Act approved April 4, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 141): Provided, That none of the money herein appropriated shall be paid to any State on account of any project on which convict labor shall be employed, except this provision shall no. apply to convict labor performed by convicts on parole or probation: Provided ¡urther, That not to exceed $45,000 of the funds provided for carrying out the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921 (U. S. C., title 23, secs. 21 and 23), shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled passengercarrying vehicles necessary for carrying out the provisions of said Act, including the replacement of not to exceed one such. vehicle for use in the administrative work of the Bureau of Public Roads in the District of Columbia : Provided further, That, during the fiscal year 1935, whenever performing authorized engineering or other services in connection with the survey, construction and maintenance, or improvement of roads for other Government agencies the charge for such services may include depreciation on engineering and roadbuilding equipment used, and the amounts received on account of such charges shall be credited to the appropriation concernca. The appropriation of $2,000,000 for roads on unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, and so forth, contained in the Act entitled "An act to relieve destitution, to broaden the lending powers of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and to create employment by providing for and expediting a public-works program", approved July 21, 1932, is hereby continued available during the fiscal year 1935, and not to exceed $4,290 may be used for personal services in the District of Columbia. Total, Bureau of Public Roads, $8,000,000. FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act approved November 9, 1921 (U. S. C., title 23, sec. 23), including not to exceed $10,521 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $1,500,000, a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1933 by the Act approved May 5, 1930: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the rental, purchase, or construction of buildings necessary for the storage of equipment and supplies used for road and trail construction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such building purchased or constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $2,500: Provided further, That during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, the expenditures on forest highways in Alaska from the amount herein appropriated or from similar appropriations heretofore made shall not exceed $350,000. Approved March 26, 1934. EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION ACT, FISCAL YEAR 1935 [48 Stat. 1032, 1057, 1058] AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental general and emergency appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 80, 1934, and June 30, 1935, and for other purposes DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS For the construction of roads within the grounds of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation at Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia, fiscal year 1935, $30,000. TITLE II-EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE For the purpose of increasing employment by providing for emergency construction of public highways and other related projects fiscal year 1935, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, which sum shall be apportioned by the Secretary of Agriculture immediately upon the enactment of this Act under the provisions of section 204 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933 (in addition to any sums heretofore allocated under such section), to the highway departments of the several States to be expended by such departments pursuant to the provisions of such section, and which sum is a part of the $200,000,000 authorized to be appropriated by section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to increase employment by authorizing an appropriation to provide for emergency construction of public highways and related projects, and to amend the Federal Aid koad Act, approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes", approved June 18, 1934. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act, approved November 9, 1921, fiscal year 1935, $10,000,000 to remain available until expended in accordance with the provisions of such section 23. |