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Public Law 90-51 July 7, 1967 [H. R. 8265]

Tobacco. Acreage allotments and a c r e age-poundage quota s, transfer. 52 Stat. 3 1; 79 Stat. 66. 7 USC 1281, 1314c.

Conditions.

Acreage history and marketing quota, transfer.

New farm allotment, restriction.

Allotment adjustment.

AN ACT To amend the Agricultural Adj^istment Act of 1938, as amended, to authorize the transfer of tobacco acreage allotments and acreage-poundage quotas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by adding the following new section: "SEC. 318. (a) Notwithstanding any other f)rovision of law, the Secretary, if he determines that it will not impair the effective operation of the tobacco marketing quota or price support programs, (1) may permit the owner and operator of any farm for which a Firecured, dark air-cured, or Virginia sun-cured tobacco acreage allotment or acreage-poundage quota is established under this Act to sell or lease all or any part or the right to all or any part of such allotment or quota to any other owner or operator of a farm for transfer to such farm; and (2) may permit the owner of a farm to transfer all or any part of such allotment or quota to any other farm owned or controlled by him. " (b) Transfers under this section shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) no allotment or quota shall be transferred to a farm in another county; (2) no transfer of an allotment or quota from a farm subject to a mortgage or other lien shall be permitted unless the transfer is agreed to by the lienholders; (3) no sale of a farm allotment or quota from a farm shall be permitted if any sale of allotment or quota to the same farm has been made within the three immediately preceding crop years; and (4) no transfer of allotment or quota shall be effective until a record thereof is filed with the county committee of the county to which such transfer is made and such committee determines that the transfer complies with the provisions of this section. "(c) The transfer of an allotment or quota under this section shall have the effect of transferring also the acreage history and marketing quota attributable to such allotment or quota and if the transfer is made prior to the determination of the allotment or quota for any year the transfer shall include the right of the owner or operator to have an allotment or quota determined for the farm for such year: Provided, That in the case of a transfer by lease the amount of the allotment or quota shall be considered for purposes of determining allotments or quotas after the expiration of the lease to have been planted on the farm from which such allotment is transferred. " (d) The land in the farm from which the entire tobacco allotment or quota has been transferred shall not be eligible for a new farm tobacco allotment or quota during the five years following the year in which such transfer is made. "(e) If the normal yield established by the county committee for the farm to which the allotment is transferred does not exceed the normal yield established by the county committee for the farm from which the allotment is transferred by more than 10 per centum, the transfer shall be approved acre for acre. If the normal yield for the farm to which the allotment is transferred exceeds the normal yield for the farm from which the allotment is transferred by more than 10 per centum, the county committee shall make a downward adjustment in the amount of the acreage allotment transferred by multiplying the normal yield established for the faiTii from which the allotment IS transferred by the acreage being transferred and dividing the result by the normal yield established for the farm to which the allotment is transferred.

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"(f) Any lease under this section may be made for such term of years not to exceed five as the parties thereto a^ree, and on such other terms and conditions except as otherwise provided in this section as the parties thereto agree. " (g) Under the provisions of this section not more than ten acres of allotment may be transferred to any farm: Provided, That the total acreage allotted to any farm after such transfer shall not exceed 50 per centum of the acreage of cropland in the farm. " (h) The lease of any part of a tobacco acreage allotment or acre- Future aiiotage-poundage quota under this section determined for a farm shall ™^" ^' not affect the allotment or quota for the farm from which such allotment or quota is transferred or the farm to which it is transferred, except with respect to the crop year or years specified in the lease. The amount of the acreage allotment and acreage-poundage quota which is leased from a farm shall be considered for purposes of determining future allotments and quotas to have been planted to tobacco on the farm from which such allotment or quota is leased and the production pursuant to the lease shall not be taken into account in establishing allotments or quotas for subsequent years for the farm to which such allotment is leased. The lessor shall be considered to have. Referendum, votbeen engaged in the production of tobacco for purposes of eligibility '"^ ^ 'g' ^ * yto vote in the referendum. " (i) If the sale or transfer under this section occurs during a period ^^^^ utilization in which the farm is covered by a conservation reserve contract, crop- me^nt^^djusVmentl. land conversion agreement, or other similar land utilization agreement the rates of payment provided for in the contract or agreement of the farm from which the transfer is made shall be subject to an appropriate adjustment, but no adjustment shall be made in the contract or agreement of the farm to which the transfer is made. "(j) The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations and other terms and conditions as he deems necessary for the administration of this section." SEC. 2. Section 315 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as ^^PIamended, is hereby repealed. l^r^i^*" ^°^A

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Approved July 7, 1967. Public Law 90-52 AN ACT To remove the five-acre limitation on the amount of tobacco allotment acreage which may be leased.

j^^ly 7^ 1967 [H. R. 5702]

Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 316(e) Tobacco. ^ of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended ment^^^^ ^ to read as follows: ^s Stat. 470. "The total acreage allotted to any farm after the transfer by lease 7 USC 1314b. of tobacco acreage allotment to the farm under the provisions of this section shall not exceed 50 per centum of the acreage of cropland in the farm." Approved July 7, 1967.

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Public Law 90-53 July 7, 1967 [S. 1226]

D.c. marriage^ ^^censes, au or ^^D.c.^code 30' " •

AN ACT rjiQ transfer from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the District of Columbia (V^urt of General Sessions the authority to waive certain provisions relating to the issuance of a marriage license in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 3 and ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ entitled "An Act to require premarital examinations in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved October 15^ 1966 (80 Stat. 959), are amended by striking "United States District Court for the District of Columbia" and inserting in lieu thereof "District of Columbia Court of General Sessions". Approved July 7, 1967.

Public Law 90-54 July 17, 1967 [.J. es. 81]

45 USC III' Ante, p. 12!

JOINT RESOLUTION rp^ provide for the settlement of the labor dispute between certain carriers by railroad and certain of their employees.

Whereas the labor dispute between the carriers represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers; Sheet Metal Workers' International Association; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America; International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers functioning through the Railway Employees' Department, A F L - C I O, labor organizations, threatens essential transportation services of the Nation; and Whereas Emergency Board Numbered 169 (created by Executive Order 11324, January 28, 1967, 32 F.R. 1075) has made its report; and Whereas, under procedures for resolving such dispute provided for i^ the Railway Labor Act as extended and implemented by Public Law 90-10 of April 12, 1967, as amended, the parties have not succeeded completely in resolving all of their differences through the processes of free collective bargaining; and Whereas related disputes have been settled by private collective bargaining between the carriers and other organizations representing approximately three-quarters of their employees, so that the present dispute represents a barrier to the completion of this round of bargaining in this industry; and Whereas a Special Mediation Panel appointed by the President upon enactment of Public Law 90-10 proposed settlement terms to assist the parties in implementation of the collective bargaining envisaged in the recommendations of Emergency Board Numbered 169; and Whereas it is desirable to provide procedures for the orderly culmination of this collective bargaining process; and Whereas the national interest, including the national health and defense, requires that transportation services essential to interstate commerce be maintained; and

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Whereas the Congress finds that an emergency measure is essential to security and continuity of transportation services by such carriers: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Railroad-labor States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby estab- negotiations. lished a Special Board for the purpose of assisting the parties in the completion of their collective bargaining and the resolution of the remaining issues in dispute. The Special Board shall consist of five p^esidirtiTfl* members to be named by the President. The National Mediation poinrment"orme^mI Board is authorized and directed (1) to compensate the members of ^^rs. the Board at a rate not in excess of $100 per each day together with necessary travel and subsistence expenses, and (2) to provide such services and facilities as may be necessary and appropriate in carrying out the purposes of this resolution. For the purpose of any hearing conducted by the Special Board, it shall have the authority conferred by the provisions of sections 9 and 10 (relating to the attendance and examination of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and documents) of the Federal Trade Commission Act of September 26, 1914, as amended (15 U.S.C. 49, 50). ^^ ^*^*- ^22. SEC. 2. The Special Board shall attempt by mediation to bring about a resolution of this dispute and thereby to complete the collective bargaining process. SEC. 3. If agreement has not been reached within thirty days after Hearings. the enactment of this resolution, the Special Board shall hold hearings on the proposal made by the Special Mediation Panel, in its report to the President of April 22, 1967, in implementation of the collective bargaining contemplated in the recommendation of Emergency Board Numbered 169, to determine whether the proposal (1) is in the public interest, (2) is a fair and equitable settlement within the limits of the collective bargaining and mediation efforts in this case, (3) protects the collective bargaining process, and (4) fulfills the purposes of the Railway Labor Act. A t such hearings the parties shall be ac- ^^ ^^'^ ^'^'^^ corded a full opportunity to present their positions concerning the proposal of the Special Mediation Panel. SEC. 4. The Special Board shall make its determination by vote of jna^orit'"'t"ot"°" ^^ of the majority of the members on or before the sixtieth day after within eo days. the enactment of this resolution, and shall incorporate the proposal of the Special Mediation Panel with such modifications, if any, as the Board finds to be necessary to (1) be in the public interest, (2) achieve a fair and equitable settlement within the limits of the collective bargaining and mediation efforts in this case, (3) protect the collective bargaining process, and (4) fulfill the purposes of the Railway Labor Act. The determination shall be promptly transmitted by the Board ^j^^^^nd c° T'^^e^' to the President and to the Congress. " ^" ongress. SEC. 5. (a) If agreement has not been reached by the parties upon Effective period the expiration of the period specified in section 6, the determination of ° ^ the Special Board shall take effect and shall continue in effect until the parties reach agreement or, if agreement is not reached, until such time, not to exceed two years from January 1, 1967, as the Board shall determine to be appropriate. The Board's determination shall have the same effect (including the preclusion of resort to either strike or lockout) as though arrived at by agreement of the parties under the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.). (b) I n the event of disagreement as to the meaning of any part or all of a determination by the Special Board, or as to the terms of the detailed agreements or arrangements necessary to give effect thereto, any party may within the effective period of the determination apply to the Board for clarification of its determination, whereupon

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the Board shall reconvene and shall promptly issue a further determination with respect to the matters raised by any application for clarification. Such further determination may, in the discretion of the Board, be made with or without a further hearing. (c) The United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all suits concerning the determination of the Special Board. SEC. 6. The provisions of the final paragraph of section 10 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 160), as heretofore extended by law, shall be hereby reinstated and extended until 12:01 o'clock antemeridian of the ninety-first day after enactment of this resolution with respect to the dispute referred to in Executive Order 11324, January 28, 1967. Approved July 17, 1967, 9:30 p.m.

Public Law 90-55 July 20, 1967 ^ • ^^^^

Commission on P o l i t i c a l Activity of Government Personnel. Extension.

AN ACT To extend the life of the Coimuission on Political Activity of Personnel.

Government

Be it eiKieted by the ISenote and House of RepreHentatlve^ of the United States of America in Congre>i.H oMHemhled. That the first sentence of section 7(b) of the Act entitled "An Act to create a bi]>artisan commission to study Federal laws limiting political activity by officers and employees of (xovernment", approved October 3, 1966 (80 Stat. 868), is amended to read as follows: "The (Commission shall submit a comprehensive report of its activities and the results of its studies to the President and to the Congress (m or before December 31, 1967, and upon the filing of the report, the Commission shall cease to exist.-' Approved July 20, 1967.

Public Law 90-56 July 26, 1967 [H. R. 10918]

Atomic Energy Commission. Appropriation authorization. 77 Stat. 88. 42 USC 2017.

AN ACT To authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance vpith section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SEC. 101. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with the provisions of section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended: (a) For "Operating expenses", $2,164,843,000. (b) For "Plant and capital equipment", including construction, acquisition, or modification of facilities, including land acquisition; and acquisition and fabrication of capital equipment not related to construction, a sum of dollars equal to the total of the following: (1)

SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS.—

Project 68-1-a, hot laboratory, New Brunswick, New Jersey, $1,000,000. Project 68-1-b, replacement waste storage tanks, Richland, Washington, $2,500,000.

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(2) ATOMIC WEAPONS.—

Project 68-2-a, new weapons production capabilities, various locations, $100,500,000. Project 68-2-b, weapons production, development, and test installations, $10,000,000. (3) REACTOR DEVELOPMENT.—

Project 68-3-a, research and development test plants. Project Rover, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, and Nevada Test Site, Nevada, $2,000,000. Project 68-3-b, isotopic space systems facility, Sandia Base, New Mexico, $2,250,000. Project 68-3-c, modifications to reactors, $1,000,000. (4) PHYSICAL RESEARCH.—

Project 68—l~a, accelerator and reactor additions and modifications, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, $1,095,000. Project 68—1-b, accelerator improvements, zero gradient synchrotron, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, $1,900,000. Project 68—i-c, accelerator improvements, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley, California, $1,740,000. Project 68-4-d, accelerator improvements, Cambridge and Princeton accelerators, $400,000. Project 68^t-e, accelerator improvements, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, California, $865,000. Project 68-4—f, 200 Bev accelerator, Du Page and Kane Counties near Chicago, Illinois, $7,333,000. Project 68—1—g, laboratory and energy storage facility, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, $8,500,000. (5) TRAINING. EDUCATION AND INFORMATION.—

Project 68-5-a, addition to biomedical building, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, $1,400,000. (6) GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS.—$39,175,000. (7) CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.—Acquisition and fabrication

of capital

equipment not related to construction, $156,575,000. SEC. 102. LIMITATIONS.—(a) The Commission is authorized to start any project set forth in subsections 101(b)(1), (2), (3), and (4) only if the currently estimated cost of that project does not exceed by more than 25 per centum the estimated cost set forth for that project. (b) l l i e Commission is authorized to start the project set forth in subsection 101(b)(5) only if the currently estimated cost of that project does not exceed by more than 10 per centum the estimated cost set forth for that project. (c) The Commission is authorized to start a project under subsection 101(b)(6) only if it is in accordance with the following: (1) The maximum currently estimated cost of any project shall be $500,000 and the maximum currently estimated cost of any building included in such project shall be $100,000, provided that the building cost limitation may be exceeded if the Commission determines that it is necessary in the interest of efficiency and economy. (2) The total cost of all projects undertaken under subsection 101(b)(6) shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth in that subsection by more than 10 per centum. SEC. 103. The Commission is authorized to perform construction Construction dedesign services for any Commission construction project whenever ^*^" ^^"^^ ''^^' (1) such construction project has been included in a proposed authorization bill transmitted to the Congress by the Commission and (2) the

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Commission determines that the project is of such urgency that construction of the project should be initiated promptly upon enactment of legislation appropriating funds for its construction. gj^^^ ][04, When SO Specified in an appropriation Act, transfers of amouuts between "Operating expenses" and "Plant and capital equipment" may be made as provided in such appropriation Act. SEC. 105. COOPERATIVE POWER REACTOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—

8o^stat^\6^3°^'

80 Stat. 163.

80 Stat. 162.

77 Stat. 85.

Section 111 of Public Law 85-162, as amended, is further amended by striking out the date "June 30, 1967" in clause (3) of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the date "June 30, 1968". SEC. 106. AMENDMENT OF PRIOR YEAR ACT S. — (a) Section 101 of Public Law 89-32, as amended, is further amended by (1) striking therefrom the figure "$2,604,821,000", and substituting therefor the figure "$2,655,621,000"; (2) striking from subsection (b) thereof the figure "$344,045,000", and substituting therefor the figure "$394,845,000"; and (3) striking from subsection (b)(5) thereof "Project 66-5-h, meson physics facility, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico (AE only), $4,200,000", and substituting therefor "Project 66-5-h, meson physics facility, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, $55,000,000". (|j) Section 101 of Public Law 89-128, as amended, is further amended by (1) striking therefrom the figure "$2,210,658,000", and substituting therefor the figure "$2,290,658,000"; (2) striking from subsection (b) thereof the figure "$246,530,000", and substituting therefor the figure "$326,530,000"; (3) striking from subsection (b)(3) thereof "Project 67-3-a, fast flux test facility (AE only), $7,500,000", and substituting therefor "Project 67-3-a, fast flux test facility, $87,500,000"; and (4) striking from subsection (b)(3) thereof "Project 67-3-b, modifications and addition to S I W reactor facility. National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, $10,000,000", and substituting therefor "Project 67-3-b, modifications and addition to reactor facilities. West Milton, New York, $10,000,000". g^c. 107. RESCISSIONS.—(a) Public Law 88-72, as amended, is further amended by rescinding therefrom authorization for a project, except for funds heretofore obligated, as follows: Project 64-e-3, S N A P development and test facilities, Santa Susana, California, $500,(M). (b) Public Law 89-428j as amended, is further amended by rescinding therefrom authorization for a project as follows: Project 67-3-e, heavy water organic cooled reactor (Ap] only), $2,00,0. Approved July 26, 1967, 10:30 p.m.

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Public Law 90-57 AN ACT Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and for other puriwses.

July 28, 1967 [H. R. IO368]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Legislative sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- ation'ActrTges! wise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and for other purposes, namely: SENATE COMPENSATION OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS, MILEAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SENATORS, AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND LEADERS OF THE SENATE COMPENSATION OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS

For compensation of the Vice President and Senators of the United States, $3,299,305. MILEAGE OF PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE A N D OF SENATORS

For mileage of the President of the Senate and of Senators, $58,370. EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, A N D MAJORITY A N D MINORITY LEADERS

For expense allowance of the Vice President, $10,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $3,000; and Minority Leader of the Senate, $3,000; in all, $16,000. SALARIES, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES

For compensation of officers, employees, clerks to Senators, and others as authorized by law, including agency contributions and longevity compensation as authorized, which shall be paid from this appropriation without regard to the below limitations, as follows: OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

For clerical assistance to the Vice President, $235,080. CHAPLAIN

Chaplain of the Senate, $15,995. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

For office of the Secretary, $1,445,745, including $156,060 required for the purposes specified and authorized by section 74b of title 2, United States Code: Provided, That effective August 1, 1967, the gross allowance for clerical assistance and readjustment of salaries in the disbursing office shall be $204,300; and the gross salary of the Financial Clerk shall be $25,611 per annum. COMMITTEEMPLOYEES

For prof essional and clerical assistance to standing committees and the Select Committee on Small Business, $3,486,060. 85-622 0-68—11

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CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $103,320. For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be' fixed by the chairman of said committee, $103,320. ADMINISTRATIVE A N D CLERICAL ASSISTANTS TO SENATORS

For administrative and clerical assistants and messenger service for Senators, $20,254,000. OFFICE OF SERGEANT A T ARMS A N D DOORKEEPER

For office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $3,878,510: Provided, That, effective July 1, 1967, the Sergeant at Arms is authorized to employ the following additional employees: one assistant night supervisor at $2,460 basic per annum; one automatic typing repairman at $2,880 basic per annum; one mailing equipment repairman at $2,640 basic per annum; one senior addressograph operator at $2,400 basic per annum; two addressograph operators at $2,160 basic per annum each; one offset press operator at $2,700 basic per annum; two inserting machine operators at $1,980 basic per annum each; one Captain, Police force, at $4,320 basic per annum; one Lieutenant, Police force, at $3,600 basic per annum; four Sergeants, Police force, at $2,940 basic per annum each; and forty Privates, Police force, at $2,160 basic per annum each: Provided further, That appointees to the Capitol Police force positions authorized herein shall have the equivalent of at least one year's police experience. OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE M A J O R I T Y A N D THE M I N O R I T Y

For the offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the Minority, $172,905. OFFICES OF THE M A J O R I T Y A N D M I N O R I T Y

WHIPS

For four clerical assistants, two for the Majority Whip and two for the Minority Whip, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the respective Whips, $19,080 each; in all, $38,160. OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, $327,575. CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES

For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $211,325 for each such committee; in all, $422,650. A U TO M O B I L E S AND MAINTENANCE

For purchase, exchange, driving, maintenance, and operation of four automobiles, one for the Vice President, one for the President Pro Tempore, one for the Majority Leader, and one for the Minority Leader, $44,700.

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FURNITURE

For service and materials in cleaning and repairing furniture, and for the purchase of furniture, $31,190: Provided, That the furniture purchased is not available from other agencies of the Government. INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy- 2°us*c*'i9o\^" ninth Congress, including $404,335 for the Committee on Appropriations, to be availablfe also for the purposes mentioned in Senate Resolution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, $5,623,265. rOLDING DOCUMENTS

For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pamphlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $2.32 per hour per person, $41,900. MAIL

TRANSPORTATION

For maintaining, exchanging, and equipping motor vehicles for carrying the mails and for official use of the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms, $16,560. MISCELLANEOUS

ITEMS

For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, $4,088,420, including $365,000 for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with section 4 of Public Law 87-82, approved July 6, 1961.

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For postage stamps for the offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and Minority, $140; and for airmail and special delivery stamps for the office of the Secretary, $160; office of the Sergeant at Arms, $125; Senators and the President of the Senate, as authorized by law, $90,400; in all, $90,825. STATIONERY

(REVOLVING F U N D)

For stationery for Senators and the President of the Senate, $303,000; and for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, $13,200; in all, $316,200, to remain available until expended. COMMUNICATIONS

For an amount for communications which may be expended interchangeably for payment, in accordance with such limitations and restrictions as may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration, of charges on official telegrams and long-distance telephone calls made by or on behalf of Senators or the President of the Senate, such telephone calls to be in addition to those authorized by the provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947 (60 Stat. 392; 2 U.S.C. 46c, 46d, 46e), as amended, and the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1949 (63 Stat. 77; 2 U.S.C. 4 6 d - l), ^s Stat. 4oo; 80 Stat.' 356. $15,150.. °^ " " ' " ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Effective January 1, 1968, the paragraph relating to official long- Long-distance distance telephone calls to and from Washington, District of Co- **^^P^°"^ ''^"^• lumbia, and the paragraph relating to long-distance telephone calls

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originating and terminating outside Washington, District of Columbia, under the heading '"Contingent Expenses of the Senate" in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947, as amended (Public Law 479, Seventy-ninth Congress; 2 U.S.C. 46c, 46d), and the paragraph relating to flat rate long-distance telephone service contracts under the heading "Administrative Provisions" in the appropriations for the Senate in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1966 (Public Law 80-90; 2 U.S.C. 46d-2) are repealed. Effective January 1, 1968, and thereafter, there shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate charges on strictly official longdistance telephone calls when so designated in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. HOUSE OF EEPRESENTATIVES SALARIES, MILEAGE FOR THE MEMBERS, AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF THE

SPEAKER

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MEMBERS

For compensation of Members (wherever used herein the term "Member" shall include Members of the House of Representatives and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico), $14,160,700. MILEAGE OF MEMBERS AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF THE SPEAKER

For mileage of Members and expense allowance of the Speaker, as authorized by law, $200,000. SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

For compensation of officers and employees, as authorized by law, as follows: OFFICE OF THE

SPEAKER

For the Office of the Speaker, $132,850. OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENTARIAN

For the Office of the Parliamentarian, $116,250, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of the Rules, as authorized by law. COMPILATION OF PRECEDENTS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

For compiling the precedents of the House of Representatives, as heretofore authorized, $12,000. OFFICE OF THE C H A P L A I N

For the Office of the Chaplain, $15,995. OFFICE OF THE CLERK

For the Office of the Clerk, including $152,182 for the House Recording Studio, $1,872,000. OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS

For the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $1,596,500.

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OFFICE OF THE DOORKEEPER

For the Office of the Doorkeeper, $1,941,100. OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER

For the Office of the Postmaster, including $11,225 for employment of substitute messengers and extra services of regular employees when required a t the basic salary rate of not to exceed $2,100 per annum each, $550,200. COMMITTEEMPLOYEES

For committee employees, including the Committee on Appropriations, $4,300,000. SPECIAL A N D M I N O R I T Y E M P L O Y E E S

For six minority employees, $125,200. For the House Democratic Steering Committee, $47,800. For the House Republican Conference, $47,800. For the office of the majority floor leader, including $3,000 for official expenses of the majority leader, $102,500. For the office of the minority floor leader, including $3,000 for official expenses of the minority leader, $93,100. For the office of the majority whip, including $11,300 basic lumpsum clerical assistance, $69,000. For the office of the minority whip, including $11,300 basic lumpsum clerical assistance, $69,000. For two printing clerks, one for the majority caucus room and one for the minority caucus room, to be appointed by the majority and minority leaders, respectively, $17,000. For a technical assistant in the office of the attending physician, to be appointed by the attending physician, subject to the approval of the Speaker, $15,100. OF F I C I A L REPORTERS OF DEBATES

For official reporters of debates, $277,100. OF F I C I A L REPORTERS TO C O M M I T l ' E E S

For official reporters to committees, $273,925. COMMITTEE O N APPROPRIATIONS

For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations of executive agencies, by the Committee on Appropriations, and temporary personal services for such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative Eeorganization Act, 1946, and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed, $750,000, of which such amount as may be necessary may be transferred to the appropriation under this heading for the fiscal year 1967. OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE

COUNSEL

For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $350,000. MEMBERS' CLERK H I K E

For clerk hire, necessarily employed by each Member in the discharge of his official and representative duties, $35,500,000.

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CONTINGENT EXPENSES or THE HOUSE FURNITURE

For furniture and materials for repairs of the same, including tools and machinery for furniture repair shops, and for the purchase of packing boxes, $250,000. The Clerk of the House is authorized and directed to transfer to the Library of Congress, without exchange of funds, such office furniture and equipment as the Clerk shall have determined to be excess to the needs of the House and the Librarian of Congress deems necessary and suitable to the needs of the Library. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, including the sum of $260,000 for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with section 208 of the Act approved October 9, 1940 (Public Law ^^^"^ ' ^^^ exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of the Clerk's motor vehicles; the exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of the publications and distribution service motortruck; the exchange, maintenance, operation, and repair of the post office motor vehicles for carrying the mails; not to exceed $5,000 for the purposes authorized by section 1 of House Resolution 348, approved June 29, 1961; the sum of $600 for hire of automobile for the Sergeant at Arms; materials for folding; and for stationery for the use of committees, departments, and officers of the House; $6,900,000. REPORTING

HEARINGS

For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than special and select committees, $223,000. SPECIAL A N D SELECT

COMMITTEES

For salaries and expenses of special and select committees authorized by the House, $4,690,000. OFFICE OF THE COORDINATOR OF INFORMATION

For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Coordinator of Information, $35,000: Provided., That this appropriation shall not be available for obligation after the sine die adjournment of the first session of the Ninetieth Congress, or October 1, 1967, whichever first occurs. TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE

For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services. $4,032,000. STATIONERY (REVOLVING

FUND)

For a stationery allowance for each Member for the second session of the Ninetieth Congress, as authorized by law, $1,308,000, to remain available until expended. POSTAGE S T A M P ALLOWANCES

Postage stamp allowances for the second session of the Ninetieth Congress, as follows: Postmaster, $400; Clerk, $800; Sergeant at Arms, $600; Doorkeeper, $500; airmail and special-delivery postage stamps for each Member, the Speaker, the majority and minority

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leaders, the majority and minority whips, and to each standing committee, as authorized by law; $228,550. REVISION OF LAWS

For preparation and editing of the laws as authorized by 1 U.S.C. 202, 203, 213, $28,000, to be expended under the direction of the Committee on the judiciary.

61 Stat. 637.

SPEAKER'S AUTOMOBILE

For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the Speaker, $13,000. MAJORITY L E A D E R ' S AUTOMOBILE

For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the majority leader of the House, $13,000. MINORITY L E A D E R ' S AUTOMOBILE

For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the minority leader of the House, $13,000. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

Except as provided by the House Employees Position Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 291 and following) or by any other provision of law to the contrary, salaries or wages paid out of the items herein for the House of Representatives shall be computed at basic rates, plus increased and additional compensation, as authorized and provided by law. JOINT ITEMS

78 Stat. 1079.

For joint committees, as follows: JOINT COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION or NONESSENTIAL FEDERAL EXPENDITURES

For an amount to enable the Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures to carry out the duties imposed upon it by section 601 of the Revenue Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 726), to remain available during the existence of the Committee, $37,525, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate. CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENAI'E JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, $401,620. JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, $367,000. JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, $190,000.

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C O N T I N G E N T E X P E N S E S OF THE H O U S E JOINT COMMITTEE O N I N T E R N A L R E V E N U E TAXATION

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, $480,000. JOINT COMMITTEE ON D E F E N S E PRODUCTION

64 Stat. 798. 50 USC app. 2061.

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Defense Production as authorized by the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, $87,435. For other joint items, as follows: OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING

PHYSICIAN

For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the emergency rooms, and for the attending physician and his assistants, including (1) an allowance of two hundred fifty dollars per month to the attending physician; (2) an allowance of one hundred fifty dollars per month each to two medical officers while on duty in the attending physician's office; and (3) an allowance of one hundred fifty dollars per month each to not to exceed eight assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such assistants, $130,000. CAPITOL POLICE GENERAL EXPENSES

For purchasing and supplying uniforms; the purchase, maintenance, and repair of police motor vehicles, including two-way police radio equipment; contingent expenses, including $25 per month for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board by such member of the staff of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House, as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board; $96,758. CAPITOL P O L I C E BOARD

Detail p e r s o n n e l.

Reimbursement to D. C. government.

To enable the Capitol Police Board to provide additional protection for the Capitol Buildings and Grounds, including the Senate and House Office Buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, $880,596. Such sum shall be expended only for payment of salaries and other expenses of personnel detailed from the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to make such details upon the request of the Board. Personnel so detailed shall, during the period of such detail, serve under the direction and instructions of the Board and are authorized to exercise the same authority as members of such Metropolitan Police and members of the Capitol Police and to perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Board. Reimbursement for salaries and other expenses of such detail personnel shall be made to the government of the District of Columbia, and any sums so reimbursed shall be credited to the appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries and expenses are payable and shall e available for all the purposes thereof: Provided, That any person detailed under the authority of this paragraph or under similar authority in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1942, and the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940, from the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia shall be deemed a member of such Metropolitan Police during the period or periods of any such detail for all purposes of rank, pay, allowances, privileges, and bene-

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fits to the same extent as though such detail had not been made, and at the termination thereof any such person who was a member of such police on July 1, 1940, shall have a status with respect to rank, pay, allowances, privileges, and benefits which is not less than the status of such person in such police at the end of such detail: Provided further, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are directed (1) to pay the deputy chief of police detailed under the authority of this paragraph the salary of the rank of deputy chief of police plus $1,625 and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as this position is held by the present incumbent, (2) to pay the two detective lieutenants detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving as acting detective captains the salary of the rank of detective captains plus $1,625 and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as these positions are held by the present mcumbents, (3) to pay the detective sergeant detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving as acting detective lieutenant the salary of the rank of detective lieutenant plus $1,625 and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as this position is held by the present incumbent, (4) to pay the three detectives permanently detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving as acting detective sergeants the salary of the rank of detective sergeants and such increases m basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law, and (5) to pay the acting sergeant of the uniform force regularly assigned as such the salary of the rank of sergeant and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as this position is held by the present incumbent. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be paid as compensation to any person appointed after June 30, 1935, as an officer or member of the Capitol Police who does not meet the standards to be prescribed for such appointees by the Capitol Police Board: Provided, That the Capitol Police Board is hereby authorized to detail police from the House Office, Senate Office, and Capitol buildings for police duty on the Capitol Grounds and on the Library of Congress Grounds. EDUCATION or PAGES

For education of congressional pages and pages of the Supreme Court, pursuant to section 243 of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, $93,726, which amount shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation of the District of Columbia, and the Board of Education of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to employ such personnel for the education of pages as may be required and to pay compensation for such services in accordance with such rates of compensation as the Board of Education may prescribe.

^o Stat. 839.

OFFICIAL M A I L COSTS

For expenses necessary under section 2 of Public Law 286, Eightythird Congress, $8,534,000, to be available immediately. 7/sta!^663^\'28 The foregoing amounts under "other joint items" shall be disbursed 39 USC 4167 and note. by the Clerk of the House. STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the statements for the first session of the Ninetieth Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts author-

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ized, together with a chronological history of the regular appropriation bills as required by law, $13,000, to be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the work. AECHITECT OF THE CAPITOL OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL SALARIES

For the Architect of the Capitol, Assistant Architect of the Capitol, and Second Assistant Architect of the Capitol and other personal services at rates of pay provided by law, $678,200. Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $20,000. CONTINGENT EXPENSES

To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make surveys and studies and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with activities under his care, $50,000. CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS CAPITOL B U I L D I N G S

80 Stat. 508.

41 USC 5.

For necessary expenditures for the Capitol Building and electrical substations of the Senate and House Office Buildings, under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including improvements, maintenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, fuel, oil, waste, and appurtenances; furnishings and office equipment; special and protective clothing for workmen; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901; 80 Stat. 299); personal and other services; cleaning and repairing works of art, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; purchase of necessary reference books and periodicals; for expenses of attendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with subjects related to work under the Architect of the Capitol, $1,676,600. CAPITOL G R O U N D S

For care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House Office Buildings, and the Capitol Power P l a n t; personal and other services; care of trees; planting; fertilizers; repairs to pavements, walks, and roadways; waterproof wearing apparel; maintenance of signal lights; and for snow removal by hire of men and equipment or under contract without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; $720,800. Not to exceed $35,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1967 is hereby continued available until June 30, 1968. SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

For maintenance, miscellaneous items and supplies, including furniture, furnishings, and equipment, and for labor and material incident thereto, and repairs thereof; for purchase of waterproof

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wearing apparel, and for personal and other services; including eight attendants at $1,800 each; for the care and operation of the Senate Office Buildings; including the subway and subway transportation systems connecting the Senate Office Buildings with the Capitol; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C 5901; 80 Stat. 299), to be expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol; in all, $3,204,900, of which $470,000 shall remain available until expended.

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S E N A T E GARAGE

For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, and all other necessary expenses, $58,600. H O U S E OFFICE

BUILDINGS

For maintenance, including equipment; waterproof wearing apparel; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901; 80 Stat. 299); prevention and eradication of insect and other pests without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; miscellaneous items; and for all necessary services, including the position of Superintendent of Garages at a gross annual rate of $12,000; $4,481,000. CAPITOL POWER P L A N T

For lighting, heating, and power (including the purchase of electrical energy) for the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, Supreme Court Building, (Congressional Library Buildings, and the grounds about the same. Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and for airconditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such buildings; for heating the Government Printing Office, Washington City Post Office, and Folger Shakespeare Library, reimbursement for which shall be made and covered into the Treasury; personal and other services, fuel, oil, materials, waterproof wearing apparel, and all other necessary expenses in connection with the maintenance and operation of the plant; $2,841,600. E X P A N S I O N OF F A C I L I T I E S, CAPITOL POWER P L A N T

For expansion of the Capitol Power Plant facilities, $250,000, to remain available until expended and to be expended by the Architect of the Capitol under the direction of the House Office Building Commission, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1714-1716). LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

For necessary expenditures for mechanical and structural maintenance, including improvements, equipment, supplies, waterproof wearing apparel, and personal and other services, $996,900, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for expenditure without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended. FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

For furniture, partitions, screens, shelving, and electrical work pertaining thereto and repairs thereof, office and library equipment, apparatus, and labor-saving devices, $350,000.

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B O T A N I C GAKDEN SALARIES A N D E X P E N S E S

For all necessary expenses incident to maintaining, operating, repairing, and improving the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, groundSj collections, and equipment pertaining thereto, including personal services; waterproof wearing apparel; not to exceed $25 for emergency medical supplies; traveling expenses, including bus fares, not to exceed $275; the prevention and eradication of insect and other pests and plant diseases by purchase of materials and procurement of personal services by contract without regard to the provisions of any other Act; purchase and exchange of motor trucks; purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; purchase of botanical books, periodicals, and books of reference, not to exceed $100; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library; $584,500. LIBRARY O F CONGRESS SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody, care, and maintenance of the Library Buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering, and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, $15,892,000, including $880,000 to be available for reimbursement to the General Services Administration for rental of suitable space in the District of Columbia or its immediate environs for the Library of Congress, together with $478,000 to be derived by transfer from the appropriations made for the Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. COPYRIGHT OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving copyrights, $2,451,800. LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES

60 Stat. 836.

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 166), $3,239,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation may be used to pay any salary or expense m connection with any publication, or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library oi Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House Administration or the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.

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DISTRIBUTION OF CATALOG CARDS SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the preparation and distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the Library, $6,422,800: Provided, That $200,000 of this appropriation shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended ^31 U.S.C. 665), only to the extent necessary to provide for expenses (excluding permanent personal services) for workload increases not anticipated in the budget estimates and which cannot be provided for by normal budgetary adjustments. BOOKS FOR THE GENERAL COIXECTIONS

For necessary expenses (except personal services) for acquisition of books, periodicals, and newspapers, and all other material for the increase of the Library, $590,000, to remain available until expended, including $25,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials for additions to the collections. BOOKS FOR THE LAW LIBRARY

For necessary expenses (except personal services) for acquisition of books, legal periodicals, and all other material for the increase of the law library, $125,000, to remain available until expended. BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED SALARIES A N D EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a), as amended, $6,085,000.

8° Stat. 330.

ORGANIZING AND MICROFILMING THE PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act of August 16, 1957 (71 Stat. 368), as amended by the Act of April 27, 1964 (78 Stat. 183), $112,800, to remain available until expended. J^^^'^ ^^i COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM)

For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of section 104(b)(5) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), to remain available until expended, $2,223,000, of which $2,003,000 shall be available only for payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department shall determine to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States.

so Stat. 1530.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of Congress for salaries shall be available for expenses of investigating the loyalty of Library employees; special and temporary services (including employees engaged by the day or hour or in piecework); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

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Not to exceed ten positions in the Library of Congress may be exempt from the provisions of appropriation Acts concerning the employment of aliens during the current fiscal year, but the Librarian shall not make any appointment to any such position until he has ascertained that he cannot secure for such appointments a person in any of the categories specified in such provisions who possesses the special qualifications for the particular position and also otherwise meets the general requirements for employment in the Library of Congress. Funds available to the Library of Congress may be expended to reimburse the Department of State for medical services rendered to employees of the Library of Congress stationed abroad; for purchase or hire of passenger motor vehicles; and for payment of travel, storage and transportation of household goods, and transportation and per diem expenses for families en route (not to exceed twenty-four), subject to such rules and regulations as may be issued by the Librarian of Congress. Payments in advance for subscriptions or other charges for bibliographical data, publications, materials in any other form, and services may be made by the Librarian of Congress whenever he determines it to be more prompt, efficient, or economical to do so in the interest of carrying out required Library programs. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE PRINTING AND BINDING

49 Stat. 1546. 49 Stat. 502; 67 Stat. 388; 77 Stat. 3 4 3; 56 Stat. 1045.

For authorized printing and binding for the Congress; for printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 182); printing, binding, and distribution of the Federal Register (including the Code of Federal Regulations) as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 309, 311, 311a); and printing and binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recipients; $26,700,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for printing and binding part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture): Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years. OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS SALARIES A N D EXPENSES

43 Stat. 658.

For necessary expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents, including compensation of all employees in accordance with the Act entitled "An Act to regulate and fix rates of pay for employees and officers of the Government Printing Office", approved June 7, 1924 (44 U.S.C. 4 0); travel expenses (not to exceed $2,700); price lists and bibliographies; repairs to buildings, elevators and machinery; and supplying books to depository libraries; $7,359,000: Provided, That $200,000 of this appropriation shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), with the approval of the Public Printer, only to the extent necessary to provide for expenses (excluding permanent personal services) for workload increases not anticipated in the budget estimates and which cannot be provided for by normal budgetary adjustments.

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During the current fiscal year the Government Printing Office revolving fund shall be available for the hire of one passenger motor vehicle. Commencing with the fiscal year 1969, the annual business-type budget for the Government Printing Office revolving fund shall be considered and enacted in the manner prescribed by law (section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act (31 U.S.C. 849)) for wholly owned Government corporations.

^i Stat. 584.

GENEEAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including not to exceed $2,000 to be expended on the certification of the Comptroller General of the United States in connection with special studies of governmental financial practices and procedures and including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $52,800,000.

so Stat. 4i6.

GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 102. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles. SEC. 103. Whenever any office or position not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein or whenever the rate of compensation or designation of any position appropriated for herein is different from that specifically established for such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation of the position, or either, appropriated for or provided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the provisions herein for the various items of official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House, and clerk hire for Senators and Members shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided further, That the provisions relating to positions ,and salaries thereof carried in House Resolution 1055 of the Eightyninth Congress shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. SEC. 104. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. SEC. 105. (a)(1) Whenever the rate of compensation of any employee whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate is fixed or adjusted on or after the effective date of this section, such rate as so fixed or adjusted shall be a single per annum gross rate which is a multiple of $180. (2) New or changed rates of compensation of any such employees shall be certified in writing to the disbursing office of the Senate on or before the day on which they are to become effective, except that in the case of any change, other than an appointment, to become effective on or after the first day and prior to the tenth day of any month, such certification may be made at any time not later than the tenth day of such month. (b) The rate of compensation of each employee whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate which was fixed before the effective date of this section at a basic rate with respect to which additional compensation is payable by law shall be converted as of such date to the lowest per annum gross rate which is a multiple of $180 and which is not less than the aggregate rate of compensation (basic compensation plus additional compensation provided by law) which such employee was receiving immediately prior to such date.

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Any increments of longevity compensation to which an employee l)ecame entitled prior to the effective date of this section under section 106(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963, as amended (2 U.S.C. 60j), shall be excluded in converting such employee's rate of compensation under this subsection, but such employee's rate of gross compensation shall be increased by $540 (which shall be considered to be an increase under such section 106(b)) for each such increment. (c) I n any case in which the rate of compensation of any employee or position, or class of employees or positions, the compensation for which is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, or any maximum or minimum rate with respect to any such employee, position, or class, is referred to in or provided by statute or Senate resolution, and the rate so referred to or provided is a basic rate with respect to which additional compensation is provided by law, such statutory provision or resolution shall be deemed to refer, in lieu of such basic rate, to the per annum gross rate which an employee receiving such basic rate immediately prior to the effective date of this section would receive (without regard to such statutory provision or resolution) under subsection (b) on and after such date. (d)(1) On and alter the effective date of this section, the aggregate of the per annum gross rates of compensation of employees in the office of a Senator shall not at any time exceed— $190,800 if the population of his State is less than 3,000,000; $203,400 if such population is 3,000,000 but less than 4,000,000; $214,200 if such population is 4,000,000 but less than 5,000,000; $224,100 if such population is 5,000,000 but less than 7,000,000; $234,900 if such population is 7,000,000 but less than 9,000,000; $247,500 if such population is 9,000,000 but less than 10,000,000; $260,100 if such population is 10,000,000 but less than 11,000,000; $272,700 if such population is 11,000,000 but less than 12,000,000; $285,300 if such population is 12,000,000 but less than 13,000,000; $297,900 if such population is 13,000,000 but less than 15,000,000; $310,500 if such population is 15,000,000 but less than 17,000,000; or $324,000 if such population is 17,000,000 or more. (2) Within the limits prescribed by paragraph (1) of this subsection. Senators may fix the number and the rates of compensation of employees in their respective offices. The salary of an employee in a Senator's office shall not be fixed under this paragraph at a gross rate less than $1,080 per annum or in excess of $14,400 per annum, except that (i) the salary of one employee may be fixed at a gross rate of not more than $18,180 per annum, (ii) the salary of one employee may be fixed at a gross rate of not more than $22,320 per annum, (iii) the salaries of two employees may be fixed at gross rates of not more than $23,400 per annum, and (iv) the salary of one employee may be fixed at a gross rate of not more than $24,480 per annum. A Senator may establish such titles for positions in his office as he may desire to designate, by written notification to the disbursing office of the Senate. (e)(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3), the professional staff members of standing committees of the Senate shall receive gross annual compensation, to be fixed by the chairman ranging from $14,220 to $22,320. (2) The rates of gross compensation of the clerical staff of each standing committee of the Senate shall be fixed by the chairman as follows: (A) for each committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations), one chief clerk and one assistant chief clerk at $6,120

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to $22,320, and not to exceed four other clerical assistants at $6,120 to $10,620; and (B) for the Committee on Appropriations, one chief clerk and one assistant chief clerk and two assistant clerks at $15,840 to $22,320; such assistant clerks as may be necessary at $10,800 to $15,660; and such other clerical assistants as may be necessary at $6,120 to $10,620. (3) No employee of any standing or select committee of the Senate /•

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(i)(1) The paragraph under the heading "Administrative Provisions" in the provisions relating to the Senate in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1958 (2 U.S.C. 72a-4), is repealed. (2) The paragraph relating to the authority of Senators to rearrange the basic salaries of employees in their offices in the Legislative Brauch Appropriation Act, 1947, as amended (2 U.S.C. 60f), is repealed. (3) The paragraph imposing limitations on basic and gross compensation of officers and employees of the Senate appearing under the heading "Senate" in the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1956, as amended (2 U.S.C. 60a note), is repealed. (4) The paragraph relating to rates of compensation of employees of committees of the Senate, contained in the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1956, as amended (2 U.S.C. 7 2 a - l a), is repealed. (5) The joint resolution entitled "Joint Resolution providing for a more effective staff organization for standing committees of the Senate", approved February 19, 1947 (2 U.S.C. 7 2 a - l), as amended, is repealed. (6) Section 4(f) of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955, as amended, is repealed. (j) The rate of compensation of each telephone operator on the United States Capitol telephone exchange and each member of the Capitol Police, whose compensation is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be converted to a gross rate in accordance with the provisions of this section. (jj) This section shall be effective from and after August 1, 1967. This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968". Approved July 28, 1967.

Public Law 90-58 July 29, 1967 [s. J. Res 88]

JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the operation of an amateur radio station by participants in the XII World Boy Scout Jamboree at Farragut State Parli, Idaho, August 1 through August 9, 1967.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United sc^ut ^ambo^eJ Sttttes of Amevica in Congress assembled, That nothing in the Com'Amateur radio muuications Act of 1934, as amended, or in any other provision of law station, operation, shall be coustrued to prohibit participants in the X II World Boy Scout 47 USC 609.^ Jamboree, to be held m Farragut State Park, Idaho, during the period from August 1 through August 9, 1967 (both dates inclusive), from operating at such jamboree during such period any amateur radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, but any such operation shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the Federal Communications Commission may deem necessary. Approved July 29, 1967.

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Public Law 90-59 AN ACT To provide an extension of the interest equalization tax, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, ETC. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the "Interest Equalization Tax Extension Act of 1967". (b) AMENDMENT OF 1954 CODE.—Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a section or other provision, the reference is to a section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF INTEREST EQUALIZATION TAX. Section 4911(d) is amended by striking out "July 31, 1967" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 31, 1969". SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF TAX. (a) AMOUNT OF TAX.—Section 4911(b) is amended to read as follows: "(b)

AMOUNT OF T A X. —

"(1) RATES OF TAX.—Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3)— " (A) STOCK.—The tax imposed by subsection (a) on the acquisition of stock shall be equal to 15 percent of the actual value of the stock. "(B)

DEBT OBLIGATIONS.—The tax imposed by subsection

(a) on the acquisition of a debt obligation shall be equal to a percentage of the actual value of the debt obligation measured by the period remaining to its maturity and determined under column 11(A) of the following table: "I "If the period remaining to maturity i s —

II The tax, as a percentage of actual value, is—• (A)

At least 1 year, b u t less than 13^ years . _ _. _ At least 13^ years, b u t less than l]/^ v e a r s. At least 13^ years, b u t less than 1 ^ yearsA t least 1 % years, b u t less than 2)4, year s. _ _ „ At least 23^ years, b u t less than 2 ^ years _ _ _ _ A t least 2 ^ years, b u t less than 33^ year s. __ __. At least 33^2 years, b u t less than 43^ years _ . _ At least 43^ years, b u t less than 53^ years At least 53^ years, b u t less than 63^ years At least 63^ years, b u t less than 73^ years At least 73^ years, b u t less than 83^2 years _. At least 8 ^ years, b u t less than 93^2 years A t least 93^ years, b u t less than 103^2 years _ _ _ At least 103^ years, b u t less than 113^ year s, _ _ _ _ At least 113^ years, b u t less than 133^ year s. A t least 133^ years, b u t less than 163^ years __ _ At least 163^ years, b u t less than 183^ years At least 183^ years, b u t less than 213^ years __ A t least 213^ years, b u t less than 2334 year s.. At least 233^ years, b u t less than 263^ years A t least 263^ years, b u t less than 283^2 year s. __ _. 283^ years or more. _. _. _._

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Interest E q u a l i z a t i o n T a x Extension Act of 1967.

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" (A) IN GENERAL.—If the President of the United States determines that the rates of tax imposed by paragraph (1), or provided in any prior Executive order issued pursuant to this paragraph, are lower or higher than the rates of tax necessary to limit the total acquisitions by United States persons of stock of foreign issuers and debt obligations of foreign obligors within a range consistent with the balanceof-payments objectives of the United States, he may by Executive order (effective as provided in subparagraph (C) (ii)) increase or decrease such rates of tax. " (B) MAXIMUM RATE.—No increase in the rates of tax which is prescribed in an Executive order issued under subparagraph (A) shall— " (i) cause the rate applicable to the acquisition of stock to be higher than 22.5 percent, or "(ii) cause the rates applicable to the acquisition of debt obligations to be higher than the rates set forth in column 11(B) of the table in paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection. "(C)

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APPLICATION or EXECUTIVE ORDERS.—

" (i) Each increase and each decrease in the rates of tax which is prescribed in an Executive order issued under subparagraph (A) shall provide for the same proportionate increase or decrease in each rate of tax, except that any such rate may be rounded to the nearest 0.01 percent. " (ii) Any Executive order issued under subparagraph (A) shall apply with respect to acquisitions made after the date on which such order is issued (or, if later, after the 29th day following the date of the enactment of this paragraph); except that in the case of any such order which increases the rates of tax (as in effect without regard to such order), to the extent specified in such order, rules similar to the rules prescribed by paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of section 3(c) of the Interest Equalization Tax Extension Act of 1967 shall apply. " (iii) If, by reason of an Executive order issued under subparagraph (A), the rates of tax in effect on the date of an acquisition described in paragraph (2) or (4) of section 3(c) of the Interest Equalization Tax Extension Act of 1967 are lower than the rates of tax in effect on January 25, 1967, the applicable rate of tax prescribed in such Executive order shall apply to such acquisition. "(3) RATES DURING INTERIM PERIOD.—In the case of acquisitions of stock and debt obligations made after January 25, 1967, and before the thirtieth day after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the tax imposed by subsection (a) shall be 22,5 percent in the case of acquisition of stock, and shall be determined under column 11(B) (rather than column II (A)) of the table in paragraph (1)(B) in the case of acquisition of a debt obligation. "(4) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary or his delegate may prescribe such regulations (not inconsistent with the provisions of this section or of any Executive order issued and in effect under this section) as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section."

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(b) APPLICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 11198, ETC.— ^° 5sc Jai^' (1) The table in section 4931(c) (relating to debt obligations note. with maturity from 1 to 3 years) is amended to read as follows: _ J | Stat. 839; "If the period remaining to maturity is: "At least 1 year, but less than 1 ^ years At least 1 ^ years, but less than l^^ years At least IV2 years, but less than 1% years At least 1% years, but less than 2^4 years At least 2 ^ years, but less than 2% years At least 2% years, but less than 3 years

The tax, as a percentage of actual value, i s: 1. 58 percent 1, 95 percent 2. 25 percent 2. 78 percent 3. 45 percent 4.13 percent."

(2) Section 3(e)(1)(A) of the Interest Equalization Tax Extension Act of 1965 is amended to read as follows: " (A) by striking out subsection (c) (as amended by the Interest Equalization Tax Extension Act of 19G7) and redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively;".

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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE AND SPECIAL RULES.— (1) GENERAL RUiJE.—The amendments made by subsection (a)

shall apply only with respect to acquisitions of stock or debt obligations made after January 25, 1967. The amendment made by I)aragraph (1) of subsection (b) shall apply only with respect to acquisitions of debt obligations made after January 25, 1967, and before February 21, 1967 (the date on which the amendments made by section 3(e)(1) of the Interest Equalization Tax Extension Act of 1965 became effective). (2) PREEXISTING COMMITMENTS.—Except as provided in section 4911(b)(2)(C)(iii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (as added by such amendments), such amendments shall not apply to an acquisition— (A) made pursuant to an obligation to acquire which on January 25, 1967— (i) was unconditional, or (ii) was subject only to conditions contained in a formal contract under which partial performance had occurred; or (B) as to which on or before January 25, 1967, the acquiring United States person (or, in a case where 2 or more United States persons are making acquisitions as part of a single transaction, a majority in interest of such persons) had taken every action to signify approval of the acquisition under the procedures ordinarily employed by such person (or persons) in similar transactions and had sent or deposited for delivery to the foreign person from whom the acquisition was made written evidence of such approval in the form of a commitment letter, memorandum of terms, draft purchase contract, or other document setting forth, or referring to a document sent by the foreign person from whom the acquisition was made which set forth, the principal terms of such acquisition, subject only to the execution of formal documents evidencing the acquisition and to customary closing conditions. (3) PUBLIC OFFERINGS.—Such amendments shall not apply to an acquisition made on or before March 27, 1967, if— (A) a reijistration statement (within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933) was in effect with respect to the stock or debt obligation acquired at the time ot its acquisition;

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(B) the registration statement was first tiled with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 25, 1967, or within 90 days before that date; and (C) no amendment was filed with the Securities and E x change Commission after January 25, 1967, and before the acquisition which had the effect of increasing the number of shares of stock or the aggregate face amount of the debt obligations covered by the registration statement. (4) OPTIONS, FORECLOSURES, AND CONVERSIONS.—Except as provided in section 4911(b)(2)(C) (iii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (as added by such amendments), such amendments shall not apply to an acquisition— (A) of stock pursuant to the exercise of an option or similar right (or a right to convert a debt obligation into stock), if such option or right was held on January 25, 1967, by the person making the acquisition or by a decedent from whom such person acquired the right to exercise such option or right by bequest or inheritance or by reason of such decedent's death, or (B) of stock or debt obligations as a result of a foreclosure by a creditor pursuant to the terms of an instrument held by such creditor on January 25, 1967. (d) RETURNS.—If, by reason of the enactment of this Act, a person incurs additional liability for interest equalization tax with respect to acquisitions of stock or debt obligations made after January 25, 1967, for which a return has been filed under section 6011(d)(1) ,^f ^]^g Internal Revenue Code of 1954 before the date of the enactment of this Act, such person shall make an amended return showing such additional liability. If liability for interest equalization tax with respect to such acquisitions is initially created by reason of the enactment of this section, the person incurring such liability shall make a return. The returns required to be made by this paragraph shall be filed on or before the last day of the month following the close of the calendar quarter in which the date of the enactment of this Act occurs or at such later time as the Secretary or his delegate may prescribe. SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES. (a) EXEMPTION FOR PRIOR AMERICAN OWNERSHIP AND COMPLI-

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ANCE.—Section 4918 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4918. EXEMPTION FOR PRIOR AMERICAN OWNERSHIP AND COMPLIANCE. 4i^^^ GENERAL RULE.—The tax imposed by section 4911 shall not apply to an acquisition of stock of a foreign issuer or a debt obligation of a foreign obligor if it is established in the manner provided in this section that— "(1) the person from whom such stock or debt obligation was acquired was a United States person throughout the period of his ownership or continuously since July 18, 1963, and was not ineligible, under the provisions of this chapter, to dispose of such stock or debt obligation as a United States person; and "(2) such person— " (A) had paid the tax imposed by section 4911 with respect to the acquisition of such stock or debt obligation by such person; or " (B) acquired such stock or debt obligation without liability for payment of such tax.

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" (b) ESTABLISHING E X E M P H O N roR PRIOR AMERICAN OWNERSHIP AND C O M P L I A N C E. —

"(1) CONCLUSIVE PROOF.—For purposes of the exemption for

prior American ownership and compliance provided in subsection "'(A) a validation certificate, evidencing that the person from whom stock of a foreign issuer or a debt obligation of a foreign obligor was acquired was a person described in subsection (a), issued by the Secretary or his delegate (or by any officelr or employee of the United States designated by the Secretary or his delegate) and filed in accordance with the requirements prescribed by the Secretary or his delegate; or " (B) a written confirmation (referred to as an l E T clean confirmation) received by the person acquiring such stock or debt obligation from a participating firm acting as a broker in effecting the acquisition (or acting for its own account) which contains no reference to liability for the tax imposed by section 4911, shall be conclusive proof that such exemption applies with respect to the acquisition of the stock or debt obligation described in such certificate or confirmation, if the f)erson making the acquisition relies in good faith on the validity of such certificate or confirmation. "(2) OTHER PROOF.—If the person making an acquisition of stock or a debt obligation shows reasonable cause for his inability to establish such exemption under paragraph (1) he may furnish other evidence to establish to the satisfaction of the Secretary or his delegate that such exemption is applicable to such acquisition. "(c)

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PARTIGIPATING F I R M. —

"(1) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, a participating firm is a member or member organization of a national securities exchange or association registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission which satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth in paragraph (2). "(2)

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—

" (A) IN GENERAL.—A member or member organization of a national securities exchange or association registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission shall qualify as a participating firm if such member or member organization notifies the Secretary or his delegate that it— "(i) agrees to comply with the provisions of this chapter and with the documentation, recordkeeping, reporting, and auditing requirements prescribed by the Secretary or his delegate to implement such provisions; and "(ii) if such notification is made after August 14, 1967, is complying with such provisions and requirements. "(B)

PARTICIPATING FIRMS DURING INTERIM PERIOD.—Dur-

ing the period commencing July 15, 1967, and ending on August 14, 1967, the following are deemed to be participating firms which satisfy the eligibility requirements of subparagraph (A): " (i) all members and member organizations of the New York Stock Exchange; "(ii) all members and member organizations of the American Stock Exchange; and "(iii) members or member organizations of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., which reported net capital (as defined in rule 15c 3-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1984) of $750,000 in the

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latest tinancial statement tiled with the Securities and Exchange Commission on form X-17A-5 prior to July 13, 1967, or which effected at least 300 transactions with respect to the sale or acquisition of stock of foreign issuers or debt obligations of foreign obligors during either the week commencing on July 2, 1967, or the week commencing on July 9, 1967. " (C) TERMINATION OF STATUS.—The status of a member or

member organization of a national securities exchange or association registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission qualifying as a participating firm shall be terminated if— " (i) such member or member organization qualifies as a participating firm during the interim period described in subparagraph (B) and does not submit to the Secretary or his delegate, on or before August 15, 1967, the notification described in subparagraph (A); "(ii) such member or member organization files a written request with the Secretary or his delegate to terminate such status; or "(iii) the Secretary or his delegate has reasonable cause to believe a participating firm is failing to comply with the statutory provisions and procedural requirements described in subparagraph (A), and notifies the participating firm of such noncompliance. Any termination of the status of a participating firm in accordance with this subparagraph shall be effective as of the date specified in a notice to such participating firm issued by the Secretary or his delegate which date shall be subsequent to the date on which information regarding the termination of such status is published for the purpose of informing the remaining participating firms and participating custodians. For purposes of this paragraph, an associate member or member organization of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or a national securities association registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission shall be deemed a member or member organization of such exchange or association. " (d) ISSUANCE OF I E T

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FIRM.—A participating firm may issue an I E T clean confirmation (referred to in subsection (b)(1)(B)) in connection with an acquisition of stock of a foreign issuer or a debt obligation of a foreign obligor by a United States person— "(1) if such participating firm— " (A) acted as a broker in effecting such acquisition and received from another participating firm a written comparison or broker-dealer confirmation under subsection (e) which indicates that the exemption for prior American ownership and compliance provided in subsection (a) applies to such acquisition; " (B) acted as a broker in effecting both the sale and acquisition on the same day of such stock or debt obligation and would have been entitled to issue a written comparison or broker-dealer confirmation under paragraph (e) which indicates that the exemption for prior American ownership and compliance provided in subsection (a) applies to such acquisition if such acquisition had been effected by another participating firm; or " (C) sold such stock or debt obligati(m for its own account and is a person described in subsection (a) with respect to such acquisition; or

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"(2) if such acquisition was effected by such participatin/i; firm in a sale b^, or effected by, another participating firm on a national securities exchange registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or in a transaction in which such participating firm and the participating firm effecting the sale were members of a national association of securities dealers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and if such acquisition was effected in accordance with rules of such exchange or such association which the Secretary or his delegate determines require acquisitions exempt from tax under this section to be effected in such a manner that the requirements of subsection (e) are satisfied. Any l E T clean confirmation issued under this subsection shall be clearly distinguishable from any other confirmation issued with respect to an acquisition of stock of a foreign issuer or a debt obligation of a foreign obligor by a participating firm. "(e) SALES EFFECTED BY PARTICIPATING F I R M S IN CONNECTION W I T H EXEMPT ACQUISITIONS.—A participating firm selling, or effecting the

sale of, stock of a foreign issuer or a debt obligation of a foreign obligor may issue a written comparison or broker-dealer confirmation, which indicates the exemption for prior American ownership and compliance provided in subsection (a) applies to such acquisition, only if such participating firm has in its possession (except in the case of a sale for another participating firm or a participating custodian to which paragraph (4) applies) a statement, upon which such participating firm relies in good faith, executed under penalty of perjury by the person making the sale, establishing that such person is a United States person and is the owner of all stock of foreign issuers and debt obligations of foreign obligors carried in the records of such participating firm for the account of such person; and either— "(1)(A) at the close of business on July 14, 1967, carried such stock or debt obligation in its records (on a trade-date basis) for the account of the seller; and " (B) included such stock or debt obligation in the transition inventory referred to in subsection (g) filed or to be filed on or before the due date by such participating firm with the Secretary or his delegate in accordance with the provisions of such subsection; "(2) after July 14, 1967— " (A) sold for its own account such stock or debt obligation to the seller, or acting as broker effected the acquisition of such stock or debt obligation by the seller, if the exemption for prior American ownership and compliance provided in subsection (a) applied to such acquisition by reason of subsection (b)(1)(B); and " (B) continuously carried in its records on a trade-date basis for the account of the seller such stock or debt obligation; "(3)(A) sold for its own account such stock or debt obligation to the seller, or acting as a broker effected the acquisition of such stock or debt obligation by the seller, if, by reason of subsection (b)(1)(B) (or by reason of subsections (c) or (d) as in effect with respect to acquisitions before July 15, 1967), the exemption for prior American ownership and compliance provided by subsection (a) (or the exemption for prior American ownership provided by subsection (a) as in effect with respect to acquisitions before July 15, 1967) applied to such acquisition; and

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