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87-55 Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, filing of report. JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to the time for filing a report on renegotiation by the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation...

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June 21, 1961...

87-56 Legion of Valor of the U.S.A., Inc. AN ACT To change the
name of the Army and Navy Legion of Valor of the United
States of America, Incorporated, and for other purposes. June 21, 1961...
87-57 Military Construction Act of 1961. AN ACT To authorize
certain construction at military installations, and for other
purposes.--..

87-58 Public debt, reduction by gifts. AN ACT To authorize the acceptance by the Government of gifts to be used to reduce the public debt..

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

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

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

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

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

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

87-67 Milk Program. AN ACT To extend and increase the special
milk program for children____

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

AN ACT To transfer a section of
Blue Ridge Parkway to the Shenandoah National Park, in
the State of Virginia, and for other purposes..
87-72 Tax Rate Extension Act of 1961. AN ACT To provide a one-
year extension of the existing corporate normal-tax rate
and of certain excise-tax rates..
Caribbean Organization Agreement. JOINT RESOLUTION
Providing for acceptance by the United States of America
of the Agreement for the Establishment of the Caribbean
Organization signed by the Governments of the Republic
of France, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the
United States of America..

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87-74 Fourth Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1961. AN ACT
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes---
Shipping Act, 1916, amendment. AN ACT To amend Public
Law 85-626, as amended by Public Law 86-542, relating
to dual rate contract agreements.---.
Blue Ridge and Natchez Trace Parkways. AN ACT To author-
ize the purchase and exchange of land and interests therein
on the Blue Ridge and Natchez Trace Parkways...
Canadian vessels. AN ACT To provide transportation on
Canadian vessels between ports in southeastern Alaska,
and between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in southeast-
ern Alaska, and between Hyder, Alaska, and other points
in the United States outside Alaska, either directly or via
a foreign port, or for any part of the transportation..
Fort Vancouver National Monument, Wash. AN ACT To
revise the boundaries and to change the name of Fort Van-
couver National Monument, in the State of Washington,
and for other purposes--.

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D.C. Hospital Center. AN ACT To amend the Act of August
7, 1946, relating to the District of Columbia hospital center
to extend the time during which appropriations may be
made for the purposes of that Act--
Joshua Tree National Monument, Calif. AN ACT To include
within the boundaries of Joshua Tree National Monument,
in the State of California, certain federally owned lands
used in connection with said monument, and for other
purposes...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration for salaries and expenses, research
and development, construction of facilities, and for other
purposes..
Veterans. AN ACT To equalize the provisions of title 38,
United States Code, relating to the transportation of the
remains of veterans who die in Veterans' Administration
facilities to the place of burial..

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

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

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

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

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

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87-106. Agriculture, livestock loans. AN ACT To amend the Act of
April 6, 1949, as amended, so as to authorize the Secretary
of Agriculture to make emergency livestock loans under such
Act until December 31, 1961, and for other purposes. -
87-107 House of Representatives. JOINT RESOLUTION To amend
the joint resolution of March 25, 1953, relating to electrical
and mechanical office equipment for the use of Members,
officers, and committees of the House of Representatives to
provide that Members having constituencies of five hundred
thousand shall be entitled to an additional $500 worth of
equipment; to increase the number of electric typewriters
which may be furnished Members; and for other purposes. July 26, 1961---

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87-108 Postal Service. AN ACT To repeal the provisions of section 5 of the Act of July 28, 1916, as amended, relating to the furnishing of information to the Postmaster General by the Interstate Commerce Commission with respect to revenue received by railroads from express companies for the transportation of express matter..

87-109. Internal Revenue Code of 1954; membership organizations. AN
ACT To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to per-
mit the prepaid dues income of certain membership organi-
zations to be included in gross income for the taxable years
to which the dues relate__

87-110 Metal scrap, duty suspension. AN ACT To continue until the
close of June 30, 1962, the suspension of duties on metal
scrap, and for other purposes..
87-111 Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Ky. AN ACT To
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire approxi-
mately nine acres of land for addition to Cumberland Gap
National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

87-112 Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation
Act, 1962. AN ACT Making appropriations for the De-
partment of Agriculture and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes-
87-113 Alaska. AN ACT To provide for the indexing and microfilm-
ing of certain records of the Russian Orthodox Greek
Catholic Church in Alaska in the collections of the Library
of Congress – –
87-114. Civil service retirement fund, annuities. AN ACT To make
permanent certain increases in annuities payable from the
civil service retirement and disability fund.

87-115. Pennsylvania and Ohio Compact. AN ACT Consenting to
the amendment of the compact between the States of Penn-
sylvania and Ohio relating to Pymatuning Lake..

87-116 U.S. Citizens Commission on NATO. JOINT RESOLU-
TION To extend through June 30, 1962, the life of the
United States Citizens Commission on North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.

87-117. Armed Forces, Ready Reserve, active duty. JOINT RESOLU-
TION To authorize the President to order units and mem-
bers in the Ready Reserve to active duty for not more than
twelve months, and for other purposes.

87-118. Aircraft, missiles, naval vessels. AN ACT To authorize addi-
tional appropriations for aircraft, missiles, and naval vessels
for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes--
Wyandotte National Wildlife Refuge, Mich. AN ACT To
create the Wyandotte National Wildlife Refuge.
Trinity County, Calif., conveyance. AN ACT To authorize
the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain property in
the State of California to the county of Trinity...

87-119. 87-120.

87-121... Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act, amendment. JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for amending section 3 of the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act (64 Stat. 319), amended (64 Stat. 458)..

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87-122 Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation
Act, 1962. AN ACT Making appropriations for the De-
partment of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes-
87-123... U.S. Marine Corps. ÁN ACT To reassign officers designated
for supply duty as officers not restricted in the performance
of duty in the Marine Corps - -

87-124. Susanville, Calif., conveyance.. AN ACT To authorize and
direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands
in Lassen County, California, to the city of Susanville,
California..--
87-125--- General Government Matters, Department of Commerce, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriation Act, 1962. AN ACT Making
appropriations for the Executive Office of the President, the
Department of Commerce, and sundry agencies for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes--
87-126. Cape Cod National Seashore, Mass. AN ACT To provide for
the establishment of Cape Cod National Seashore----
87-127... Commodity Credit Corporation. AN ACT To amend section
407 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended.__

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87–128... Agricultural Act of 1961. AN ACT To improve and protect
farm prices and farm income, to increase farmer participa-
tion in the development of farm programs, to adjust supplies
of agricultural commodities in line with the requirements
therefor, to improve distribution and expand exports of
agricultural commodities, to liberalize and extend farm
credit services, to protect the interest of consumers, and for
other purposes.
AN ACT To add cer-
tain federally owned land to the Lassen Volcanic National
Park in the State of California, and for other purposes-
87-130 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1962. AN ACT Mak-
ing appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes.
87-131 Natchez Trace Parkway. AN ACT To include Ackia Battle-
ground National Monument, Mississippi, and Meriwether
Lewis National Monument, Tennessee, in the Natchez
Trace Parkway, and to provide appropriate designations
for them, and for other purposes--

87-129. Lassen Volcanic National Park, Calif.

87-132 Tariffs, duty-free allowances. AN ACT To amend paragraph 1798 (c) (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 to reduce temporarily the exemption from duty enjoyed by returning residents, and for other purposes.

87-133 Tupelo National Battlefield, Miss.

AN ACT To provide additional lands for the Tupelo National Battlefield site, Mississippi, and for other purposes 87-134. Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Pa. AN ACT To provide additional lands at, and change the name, the Fort Necessity National Battlefield site, Pennsylvania, and for other purposes -

87-135 Parkway N.C.-Ga., survey. AN ACT To provide for an
appropriation of a sum not to exceed $35,000 with which to
make a survey of a proposed national parkway from the
Blue Ridge Parkway at Tennessee Bald or Beech Gap
southwest and running into the State of Georgia....
87-136- Wupatki National Monument, Ariz. AN ACT To authorize
an exchange of lands at Wupatki National Monument,
Arizona, to provide access to certain ruins in the monument,
to add certain federally owned lands to the monument, and
for other purposes-

87-137. Labor Department, Assistant Secretary. AN ACT To provide
for one additional Assistant Secretary of Labor in the
Department of Labor...
87-138 Veterans. AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code,
to increase the rate of special pension payable to certain
persons awarded the Medal of Honor, and for other purposes.
87-139. Federal employees, per diem allowances, increase. AN ACT
To increase the maximum rates of per diem allowance for
employees of the Government traveling on official business,
and for other purposes.

87-140--- Career Compensation Act of 1949, amendment. AN ACT To
amend section 303 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949
to authorize the transportation of dependents and baggage
and household effects of certain retired members..
87-141 Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1962. AN ACT Making
appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus,
boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices,
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for other
purposes..

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87-142 Army Medical Service officers. AN ACT To amend section
3579, title 10, United States Code, to provide that commis-
sioned officers of the Medical Service Corps may exercise
command outside the Army Medical Service when directed
by proper authority..
Armed Forces; aliens, enlistment. AN ACT To amend sections
3253 and 8253 of title 10, United States Code-
Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1962. AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes-
87-145- Career Compensation Act of 1949, amendment. AN ACT To
amend the Career Compensation Act of 1949 with respect
to special pay for diving duty, and for other purposes..