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87 STAT. 1025

ANTIDISCRIMINATORY AMENDMENT

SEC. 8. Section 4(b) of the Small Business Act is amended by adding after "The Administrator shall not engage in any other business. vocation, or employment than that of serving as Administrator." the following new sentence: "In carrying out the programs administered by the Small Business Administration including its lending and guaranteeing functions, the Administrator shall not discriminate on the basis of sex or marital status against any person or small business concern applying for or receiving assistance from the Small Business Administration, and the Small Business Administration shall give special consideration to veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States and their survivors or dependents.".

72 Stat. 384. 15 USC 633.

SEC. 10. (a) Section 3 of Public Law 93-24 is amended by striking Ante, p. 24. there from: ", and are unable to obtain sufficient credit elsewhere to finance their actual needs at reasonable rates and terms, taking into consideration prevailing private and cooperative rates and terms in the community in or near which the applicant resides for loans for similar purposes and periods of time", and insert in lieu thereof the following: "Such loans shall be made without regard to whether the required financial assistance is otherwise available from private, cooperative, or other responsible sources".

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be given effect with respect to all loan applications and loans made in connection with a disaster occurring on or after April 20, 1973.

(c) With regard to all disasters occurring on or after December 27, 1972, the Secretary of Agriculture shall extend for ninety days after the date of enactment of this section the deadline for seeking assistance under section 321 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act as amended by this section.

75 Stat. 311.

(d) Section 321(a) of Public Law 87-128, as amended, is hereby 7 USC 1961. amended by striking "which cannot be met for temporary periods of time by private, cooperative, or other responsible sources (including loans the Secretary is authorized to make or insure under subtitles A and B of this title or any other Act of Congress), at reasonable rates and terms for loans for similar purposes and periods of time".

The provisions of this subsection shall be given effect with respect to Effective date. all loan applications and loans made in connection with a disaster occurring on or after December 27, 1972.

Approved January 2, 1974.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 119 (1973):

Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate.

Dec. 17, considered and passed House, amended.

Dec. 19, Senate agreed to House amendment with an
amendment.

Dec. 20, House agreed to Senate amendment.

Public Law 93-244

93rd Congress, H. R. 3733
January 2, 1974

An Act

To authorize the American Battle Monuments Commission to assume control of overseas war memorials erected by private persons and non-Federal and foreign agencies and to demolish such war memorials in certain instances.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act for the creation of the American Battle Monuments Commission to erect suitable memorials commemorating the

American Battle Monuments Commission.

Control of

overseas war memorials.

60 Stat. 317; 70 Stat. 640.

60 Stat. 318. 36 USC 128.

Demolition of memorials, authority. 87 STAT. 1070 87 STAT. 1071

87 STAT. 1071

"Sponsors."

services of the American Soldier in Europe, and for other purposes", approved March 4, 1923 (36 U.S.C. 125), is amended by inserting (a)" immediately before "The", and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections:

"(b) (1) The Commission is authorized, in its discretion, to assume responsibility for the control, administration, and maintenance of any war memorial erected before, on, or after the effective date of this subsection outside the United States by an American citizen, a State, a political subdivision of a State, any other non-Federal gov ernmental agency, foreign agency, or private association to commemorate the services of any of the American Armed Forces in hostilities occurring since April 6, 1917, if (A) the memorial is not erected on the territory of the former enemy concerned, and (B) the sponsors of the memorial consent to the Commission assuming such responsi bilities and transfer to the Commission all their right, title, and interest in the memorial. If reasonable effort fails to locate the sponsors of a memorial, the Commission may assume responsibility therefor under this subsection by agreement with the appropriate foreign authorities. A decision of the Commission to assume responsibility for any war memorial under this subsection is final.

"(2) Any funds accumulated by the sponsors for the maintenance and repair of a war memorial for which the Commission assumes responsibility under this subsection may be transferred to the Commission for use in carrying out the purpose of this Act. Any such funds so transferred shall be deposited by the Commission in the manner provided for in section 7.

"(c) The Commission is authorized to take necessary measures to demolish any war memorial erected on foreign soil by an American citizen, a State, a political subdivision of a State, any other nonFederal governmental agency, foreign agency, or private association and to dispose of the site of such memorial in such manner as it deems proper, if

"(1) the appropriate foreign authorities agree to such demolition; and

or

"(2) the sponsors of the memorial consent to such demolition;

(3) the memorial has fallen into disrepair and a reasonable effort on the part of the Commission has failed

"(A) to persuade the sponsors to maintain the memorial at a standard acceptable to the Commission, or

"(B) to locate the sponsors.

"(d) As used in this section, the term 'sponsors includes the legal successors to the sponsor."

Approved January 2, 1974.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORT No. 93-281 (Comm. on Veterans' Affairs).

SENATE REPORT No. 93-609 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 119 (1973):

July 16, considered and passed House.
Dec. 21, considered and passed Senate.

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II. PERMANENT APPROPRIATIONS-FEDERAL FUNDS

(For permanent trust funds, see table III)

COMPILER'S NOTE.-The text and amounts of these permanent appropriations are taken from data relating to fiscal 1974 in the budget for the fiscal year 1974. These are funds that do require current annual action by the Congress, but rather become available automatically under earlier laws. The amounts shown are for indefinite appropriations unless indicated to be definite. The amounts shown for indefinite appropriations are estimated and are thus subject to revision as better data becomes available during the fiscal year.

LEGISLATIVE

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise Fund:

This fund created by the act entitled "An act to establish a Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise," approved August 5, 1955, is to be used for the preparation of a history of the Supreme Court, finance lectures, and prepare a memorial volume containing the writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes (69 Stat. 533).

Total, Legislative_--

EXECUTIVE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

$4,000

$4,000

AGRICULTURE RESEARCH SERVICE

Salaries and Expenses:

Provides for additional basic and applied research on plant disease and plant pests; and for expansion of plant and animal disease and pest control programs (definite) ---

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH SERVICE

15, 000, 000

Animal Quarantine Station:

Public Law 88-592, approved September 12, 1964, authorized the sale of the Animal Quarantine Station, at Clifton, N.J., to the city of Clifton and application of the proceeds of sale to the planning and construction costs of a new station in the New York-New Jersey port and airport

area

327,000

FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

Salaries and Expenses:

Funds derived by transfer from Section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c), are used to help American agriculture maintain and expand foreign markets for its products (definite)--

3, 117, 000 1055

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