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87-15 Sugar Act of 1948, amendment. AN ACT To amend and ex

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tend the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended..

Interstate Commerce Act, amendment. AN ACT To amend
section 510 of the Interstate Commerce Act so as to extend
for twenty-seven months the loan guaranty authority of the
Interstate Commerce Commission..

Interstate commerce, taxation studies. AN ACT To amend
Public Law 86-272 relating to State taxation of interstate

commerce_.

Reorganization Act of 1949, amendment. AN ACT To further
amend the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended, so that
such Act will apply to reorganization plans transmitted to
the Congress at any time before June 1, 1963.
Food Additives Transitional Provisions Amendment of 1961.
AN ACT To amend the transitional provisions of the Act
approved September 6, 1958, entitled "An Act to protect
the public health by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act to prohibit the use in food of additives which
have not been adequately tested to establish their safety",
and for other purposes..

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Law Day, U.S.Ă. JOINT RESOLUTION To designate the first day of May of each year as Law Day, U.S.A. 87-21 Mobile, Ala., two hundred and fiftieth anniversary, medals. ACT To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Mobile, Alabama.. The Practical Nurse Training Extension Act of 1961. AN ACT To amend title II of the Vocational Education Act of 1946, relating to practical nurse training, and for other purposes. Indian Arts and Crafts Board, per diem payments. AN ACT To authorize the payment of per diem to members of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board at the same rate that is authorized for other persons serving the Federal Government without compensation --

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Indians, Nez Perce Tribe. AN ACT To authorize the use of
funds arising from a judgment in favor of the Nez Perce
Tribe of Indians, and for other purposes

87-25 Indians, Lac du Flambeau Reservation, Wis. AN ACT To
permit the Secretary of the Interior to revoke in whole or in
part the school and agency farm reserve on the Lac du
Flambeau Reservation_

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National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, amendment.
ACT To amend section 201 of the National Aeronautics and
Space Act of 1958...

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Area Redevelopment Act. AN ACT To establish an effective
program to alleviate conditions of substantial and persistent
unemployment and underemployment in certain economi-
cally distressed areas..

Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954,
amendment. AN ACT To amend title I of the Agricultural
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, amendment. AN ACT To
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt from
tax income derived by a foreign central bank of issue from
obligations of the United States, and for other purposes. --- May 4, 1961...
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1961. AN ACT To
amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended,
to provide coverage for employees of large enterprises en-
gaged in retail trade or service and of other employers en-
gaged in commerce or in the production of goods for com-
merce, to increase the minimum wage under the Act to $1.25
an hour, and for other purposes-
Social Security Act, amendment.

AN ACT To amend title IV
of the Social Security Act to authorize Federal financial
participation in aid to dependent children of unemployed
parents, and for other purposes--

U.S. Constitution, anniversary. AN ACT To amend the joint
resolution providing for observance of the one hundred and
seventy-fifth anniversary of the Constitution
Agriculture. Pooled acreage allotments. AN ACT To authorize
the temporary release and reapportionment of pooled acreage
allotments..

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87-34 ... National Transportation Week. JOINT RESOLUTION Au-
thorizing the President to proclaim the week in May 1961 in
which falls the third Friday of that month as National Trans-
portation Week..
Indians, Pala Band, land conveyance. AN ACT To convey

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certain land of the Pala Band of Indians to the Diocese of
San Diego Education and Welfare Corporation....
Circuit and district judges. AN ACT To provide for the ap-
pointment of additional circuit and district judges, and for
other purposes-
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, amendment. AN ACT
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as
amended..
National Housing Act, amendment. JOINT RESOLUTION
To amend section 217 of the National Housing Act to provide
an interim increase in the authorization for insurance of
mortgages by the Federal Housing Administration___
Robert Frost medal, duplicates. AN ACT Authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to coin and sell duplicates in
bronze of a gold medal presented to Robert Frost by the
President of the United States

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N. Mex., sales of lands. AN ACT To waive certain restrictions
of the New Mexico Enabling Act with respect to certain
sales of lands granted to the State by the United States; and
to consent to an amendment of the constitution of the State
of New Mexico...
Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program.
AN ACT Making appropriations for the Inter-American
Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean
Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes.
Dr. Thomas A. Dooley III, medal. JOINT RESOLUTION
To authorize the President of the United States to award
posthumously a medal to Doctor Thomas Anthony Dooley
III..
Naval aviation, anniversary. JOINT RESOLUTION Author-
izing the manufacture and presentation of a galvano in
commemoration of the golden anniversary of naval aviation. May 27, 1961...
Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa. AN ACT To
provide for the addition or additions of certain lands to the
Effigy Mounds National Monument in the State of Iowa,
and for other purposes-

Merchant Marine Act, 1936, amendment. AN ACT To amend
title VI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to authorize the
payment of operating-differential subsidy for cruises..
National Guard. AN ACT To amend section 714 of title 32,
United States Code, to authorize certain payments of
deceased members' final accounts without the necessity of
settlement by General Accounting Office...
Philippine tobacco. AN ACT Relating to duty-free imports
of Philippine tobacco...

Indian Claims Commission, termination. AN ACT To termi-
nate the existence of the Indian Claims Commission, and for
other purposes.

Council of Economic Advisers. AN ACT To amend section 4
of the Employment Act of 1946.
Compact, Arizona and Nevada. AN ACT Giving the consent
of Congress to a compact between the State of Arizona and
the State of Nevada establishing a boundary between those
States...

National American Guild of Variety Artists Week. JOINT
RESOLUTION Designating the week of October 9-15, 1961,
as National American Guild of Variety Artists Week..
Los Alamos County, N. Mex., support facilities. AN ACT
To authorize construction of community support facilities
at Los Alamos County, New Mexico.-
Armed Forces. Aircraft, missiles, etc.

AN ACT To authorize
appropriations for aircraft, missiles, and naval vessels for
the Armed Forces, and for other purposes-
Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial Day. JOINT RES-
OLUTION Designating the week of May 13-19, 1962, as
Police Week and designating May 14, 1962, as Peace
Officers Memorial Day....

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Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, filing of report.
JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to the time for filing a
report on renegotiation by the Joint Committee on Internal
Revenue Taxation__

87-56 Legion of Valor of the U.S.A., Inc. AN ACT To change the
name of the Army and Navy Legion of Valor of the United
States of America, Incorporated, and for other purposes. ---
87-57 Military Construction Act of 1961. AN ACT To authorize
certain construction at military installations, and for other
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Public debt, reduction by gifts. AN ACT To authorize the
acceptance by the Government of gifts to be used to reduce
the public debt..

Plumbers Union Local No. 12, pension fund. AN ACT Relat-
ing to the effective date of the qualification of Plumbers
Union Local Numbered 12 Pension Fund as a qualified
trust under section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1954, and for other purposes -

D. C., police force, increase. AN ACT To provide that the
authorized strength of the Metropolitan Police force of the
District of Columbia shall be not less than three thousand
officers and members..

Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1961. AN ACT To amend certain
laws relating to Federal-aid highways, to make certain
adjustments in the Federal-aid highway program, and for
other purposes -

Soil Bank Act, amendment. AN ACT To amend the Soil Bank
Act so as to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to permit
the harvesting of hay on conservation reserve acreage under
certain conditions__.

International Travel Act of 1961. AN ACT To strengthen the
domestic and foreign commerce of the United States by
providing for the establishment of a United States Travel
Service within the Department of Commerce__
Social Security Amendments of 1961. AN ACT To improve
benefits under the old-age, survivors, and disability insur-
ance program by increasing the minimum benefits and aged
widow's benefits and by making additional persons eligible
for benefits under the program, and for other purposes.
87-65 Continuing Appropriations, 1962. JOINT RESOLUTION
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1962,
and for other purposes..

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Old Series Currency Adjustment Act. AN ACT To authorize
adjustments in accounts of outstanding old series currency,
and for other purposes.

Milk Program. AN ACT To extend and increase the special
milk program for children........

Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebr. AN ACT To revise
the boundaries of the Scotts Bluff National Monument,
Nebraska, and for other purposes--

Public debt, temporary increase. AN ACT To increase for a
one-year period the public debt limit set forth in section 21
of the Second Liberty Bond Act..
Housing Act of 1961. AN ACT To assist in the provision of
housing for moderate and low income families, to promote
orderly urban development, to extend and amend laws
relating to housing, urban renewal, and community facilities,
and for other purposes...

Blue Ridge Parkway, Va. AN ACT To transfer a section of
Blue Ridge Parkway to the Shenandoah National Park, in
the State of Virginia, and for other purposes...

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87-74 Fourth Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1961. AN ACT
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes---
Shipping Act, 1916, amendment. AN ACT To amend Public
Law 85-626, as amended by Public Law 86-542, relating
to dual rate contract agreements.---
Blue Ridge and Natchez Trace Parkways. AN ACT To author-
ize the purchase and exchange of land and interests therein
on the Blue Ridge and Natchez Trace Parkways___
Canadian vessels. AN ACT To provide transportation on
Canadian vessels between ports in southeastern Alaska,
and between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in southeast-
ern Alaska, and between Hyder, Alaska, and other points
in the United States outside Alaska, either directly or via
a foreign port, or for any part of the transportation..
Fort Vancouver National Monument, Wash. AN ACT To
revise the boundaries and to change the name of Fort Van-
couver National Monument, in the State of Washington,
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D.C. Hospital Center. AN ACT To amend the Act of August
7, 1946, relating to the District of Columbia hospital center
to extend the time during which appropriations may be
made for the purposes of that Act..
Joshua Tree National Monument, Calif. AN ACT To include
within the boundaries of Joshua Tree National Monument,
in the State of California, certain federally owned lands
used in connection with said monument, and for other
purposes.

Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah. AN ACT To add
federally owned lands to, and exclude federally owned
lands from, the Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah,
and for other purposes-

Senate Restaurants. JOINT RESOLUTION Transferring the
management of the Senate Restaurants to the Architect of
the Capitol, and for other purposes -
National Guard. AN ACT To provide that participation by
members of the National Guard in the reenactment of the
Battle of First Manassas shall be held and considered to be
full-time training duty under section 503 of title 32, United
States Code, and for other purposes.-

Veterans. AN ACT To extend the veterans' guaranteed and
direct home loan program and to provide additional funds
for the veterans' direct loan program..
Congressional Record. AN ACT To provide for the increased
distribution of the Congressional Record to the Federal
judiciary.

Public Law 87-36, technical amendment. AN ACT To correct
a technical inaccuracy in the Act of May 19, 1961 (Public
Law 87-36)-

Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act,
amendment. AN ACT To amend the Longshoremen's and
Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended, to pro-
vide increased benefits in case of disabling injuries, and for
other purposes-

Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1961.
ACT To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to
provide for a more effective program of water pollution con-
trol, and for other purposes – –

Federal Aviation Act of 1958, amendment. AN ACT To extend
the provisions of title XIII of the Federal Aviation Act of
1958, relating to war risk insurance.......
Surplus Property Act of 1944, amendment. AN ACT To
amend the Surplus Property Act of 1944 to revise a restric-
tion on the conveyance of surplus land for historic-monu-
ment purposes-

Publications for U.S. agencies. AN ACT To authorize agencies
of the Government of the United States to pay in advance
for required publications, and for other purposes...
Agricultural surpluses. AŃ ACT To continue the authority
of the President under title II of the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, to
utilize surplus agricultural commodities to assist needy
peoples and to promote economic development in under-
developed areas of the world...

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U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. AN ACT To amend section
216 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to
clarify the status of the faculty and administrative staff at
the United States Merchant Marine Academy, to establish
suitable personnel policies for such personnel, and for other
purposes..-
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949,
amendment. AN ACT To amend the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, so as to
authorize the use of surplus personal property by State dis-
tribution agencies, and for other purposes.-
Tariff Act of 1930, amendment. AN ACT To amend the
Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the free entry of electron
microscopes and certain other apparatus imported by, or on
behalf of, certain institutions__-
Massachusetts, highway funds. JOINT RESOLUTION Pro-
viding for the apportionment to the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts of its share of funds authorized for the
National System of Interstate and Defense Highways for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963---
Board of Veterans' Appeals. AN ACT To amend section 4004
of title 38, United States Code, to require that the Board of
Veterans' Appeals render findings of fact and conclusions
of law in the opinions setting forth its decisions on appeals. July 20, 1961...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. AN ACT
To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration for salaries and expenses, research
and development, construction of facilities, and for other
purposes..
Veterans. AN ACT To equalize the provisions of title 38,
United States Code, relating to the transportation of the
remains of veterans who die in Veterans' Administration
facilities to the place of burial...

87-100 Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps. AN ACT To place
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps graduates (Regu-
lars) in a status comparable with United States Naval
Academy graduates..

87-101 Veterans. AN ACT To amend section 521 of title 38, United
States Code, to provide that certain service shall be credit-
able for pension purposes. -
87-102 Veterans. AN ACT To extend the provisions for benefits
based on limited periods immediately following discharge
from active duty after December 31, 1956, to veterans dis-
charged before that date...

87-103. Career Compensation Act of 1949, amendments. AN ACT To
provide uniformity in certain conditions of entitlement to
reenlistment bonuses under the Career Compensation Act
of 1949, and for other purposes--

87-104 Wheat, marketing quota. JOINT RESOLUTION To extend the time for conducting the referendum with respect to the national marketing quota for wheat for the marketing year beginning July 1, 1962.

87-105. Grapes and plums, foreign trade. AN ACT To amend the Act of September 2, 1960 (74 Stat. 734), in order to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to establish minimum standards of quality for any variety of grapes and plums covered by such Act, and for other purposes-

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87-106. Agriculture, livestock loans. AN ACT To amend the Act of
April 6, 1949, as amended, so as to authorize the Secretary
of Agriculture to make emergency livestock loans under such
Act until December 31, 1961, and for other purposes..
87-107. House of Representatives. JOINT RESOLUTION To amend
the joint resolution of March 25, 1953, relating to electrical
and mechanical office equipment for the use of Members,
officers, and committees of the House of Representatives to
provide that Members having constituencies of five hundred
thousand shall be entitled to an additional $500 worth of
equipment; to increase the number of electric typewriters
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