77 Stat. 135. 62 Stat. 604; 65 Stat. 75. Ante, p. 100. (11) Section 511(d) is amended to read as follows: (d) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, a non-prior-service person who is under 26 years of age, who is qualified for induction for active duty in an armed force, and who is not under orders to report for induction into an armed force under the Military Selective Service Act of 1967 (50 App. U.S.C. 451-473), except as provided in section 6(c)(2)(A)(ii) and (iii) of such Act, may be enlisted in the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, or as a Reserve for Service in the Army Reserve, Naval Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, or Coast Guard Reserve, for a term of six years. Eash person enlisted under this subsection shall perform an initial period of active duty for training of not less than four months to commence insofar as practicable within 180 days after the date of the enlistment." 21. FACILITATION OF EXCHANGES OF LAND UNDER THE (Public Law 90-171, approved December 4, 1967) H.R. 10442, a bill to facilitate land exchanges for public schools, was introduced on May 31, 1967, by Representative B. F. Sisk, of California. The bill was referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Hearings on this and other bills were held before the Subcommittee on Departmental Oversight of the Committee on Agriculture on June 8, 9 and August 9, 1967. H.R. 10442 was reported in the House on September 27, 1967 (H. Rept. 716). It passed the House on October 23, 1967. It was reported in the Senate, from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, on November 16, 1967 (S. Rept. 793). It passed the Senate on November 20, 1967. The Act was approved on December 4, 1967 and became Public Law 90-171. B. DIGEST OF THE ACT The Act allows the Secretary of Agriculture to make an exchange of national forest lands with a public school authority which does not have sufficient lands for making the exchange if the school authority deposits with the Secretary the value of the selected land. The Act provides that the deposit shall be covered into a special fund in the Treasury which when appropriated shall be available until expended by the Secretary for the acquisition of lands in the same State. C. TEXT OF THE ACT Following is the text of Public Law 90–171: AN ACT To facilitate exchanges of land under the Act of March 20, 1922 81 Stat. 531. Public schools. national forests. 43 Stat. 1090. Land exchanges in The provisions of this Act shall not be applicable to the conveyance in exchange of more than eighty acres to any one Limitation. public school district or other public school authority. 22. PEACE CORPS ACT AMENDMENT OF 1967 (Public Law 90-175, approved December 5, 1967) (NOTE. The Peace Corps arranges for the placement abroad of volunteer men and women of the United States in newly developing nations of the world to help fill the needs of these nations for skilled manpower. Peace Corps volunteers are selected, trained, and given assignments to serve for periods of 2 years teaching, building, or working in the communities to which they are sent. One of the principal channels of operation is through arrangements with colleges, universities, or other educational institutions.) A. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY S. 1031, a bill to amend further the Peace Corps Act, as amended, was introduced on February 20, 1967, by request, by Senator J. W. Fulbright, of Arkansas. The bill was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings on the bill were held before that committee on May 4, 1967. The bill was reported in the Senate on May 11, 1967 (S. Rept. 223). It passed the Senate on May 15, 1967, and was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 16, 1967. The Committee on Foreign Affairs held hearings on the bill on September 19 and 26, 1967. The bill was reported in the House on October 23, 1967 (H. Rept. 807). It passed the House on November 21, 1967. It was approved on December 5, 1967 and became Public Law 90-175. 81 Stat. 542. Peace Corps. Appropriation authorization. 80 Stat. 764. 22 USC 2502. 81 Stat. 575. B. DIGEST OF THE ACT The Act authorizes the appropriation of $15,700,000 to carry out the purposes of the Peace Corps Act for the fiscal year 1968. C. TEXT OF THE ACT Following is the text of Public Law 90-175. AN ACT To amend further the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 3 (b) of the Peace Corps Act, as amended, which authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of that Act, is amended by striking out "1967" and "$110,000,000" and substituting "1968" and "$115,700,000", respectively. 23. ATOMIC ENERGY ACT AMENDMENT: ADDITIONAL (Public Law 90-190, approved December 14, 1967) Hearings on "AEC Omnibus Legislation 1967" were held before the Subcommittees on Communities and Legislation, of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy on August 11, 15 and 24, 1967. S. 2644 was introduced on November 9, 1967, by Senator John O. Pastore, of Rhode Island. The bill was referred to the Committee on Atomic Energy. It was reported in the Senate on November 13, 1967 (S. Rept. 743). It passed the Senate on November 15, 1967. It passed the House on November 30, 1967. It was approved on December 14, 1967 and became Public Law 90-190. B. DIGEST OF PROVISION CONCERNING RESEARCH AND TRAINING The Act authorizes the Atomic Energy Commission under certain circumstances to conduct, for other persons, research and development or training activities and studies in the fields of protection of public health and safety. C. TEXT OF PROVISION CONCERNING RESEARCH AND TRAINING Following is the text of the provision of Public Law 900-190 relative to research and training (emphasis added). Research, additional authority. 42 USC 2053. AN ACT To amend the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955, as amended, the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958, as amended. * SEC. 7. Section 33 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 33. RESEARCH FOR OTHERS.-Where the Commission finds private facilities or laboratories are inadequate to the 42 USC 2051. purpose, it is authorized to conduct for other persons, through its own facilities, such of those activities and studies of the types specified in section 31 as it deems appropriate to the develop- 68 Stat. 927; ment of atomic energy. To the extent the Commission deter- 70 Stat. 1069. mines that private facilities or laboratories are inadequate to the purpose, and that the Commission's facilities, or scientific or technical resources have the potential of lending significant assistance to other persons in the fields of protection of public health and safety, the Commission may also assist other persons in these fields by conducting for such persons, through the Commission's own facilities, research and development or training activities and studies. The Commission is authorized to determine and make such charges as in its discretion may be desirable for the conduct of the activities and studies referred to in this section." 24. POSTAL REVENUE AND FEDERAL SALARY ACT OF 1967: PROVISIONS AFFECTING EDUCATION (Public Law 90-206, approved December 16, 1967) A. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY H.R. 7977, the "Postal Revenue and Federal Salary Act of 1967" was introduced on April 5, 1967 by Representative Thaddeus J. Dulski, of New York. The bill was referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Hearings on the "Federal Salary Act of 1967" were held before the Subcommittee on Compensation of the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service intermittently from April 25 to June 22, 1967. Hearings on "Postal Rates" were held before the Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service on October 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 30, 1967. H.R. 7977 was reported in the House on September 28, 1967 (H. Rept. 722). It passed the House on October 11, 1967. It was reported in the Senate, from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Seryiee, on November 21, 1967 (S. Rept. 801). It passed the Senate, amended, and the Senate asked for a conference on November 29, 1967. On November 30, 1967, the House agreed to a conference. The conference report was filed on December 7, 1967 (H. Rept. 1013). The House concurred in the Senate amendment with an amendment on December 11, 1967. The Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment on December 12, 1967. The Act was approved on December 16, 1967 and became Public Law 90-206. B. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS AFFECTING EDUCATION The act contains several provisions conerning or affecting education, including the following: The act establishes special second-class postage rates for nonprofit publications, classroom publications, and agricultural publications. It increases the rate on fourth-class mail applicable to libraries, schools, and certain nonprofit organizations, from four cents for the first pound to five cents for the first pound; and from one cent to two cents for each additional pound. It clarifies the existing law so that it will not be interpreted to deny the special fourth-class rates to book supplements. It extends certain free mailing privileges to persons who cannot use or read conventionally printed material because of a physical impairment. It adds publications of nonprofit and State-owned educational television stations to the group of organizations eligible for secondclass rates without subscribers. C. TEXT OF PROVISIONS AFFECTING EDUCATION Following is the text of certain provisions of Public Law 90-206 concerning or affecting education (emphasis added). Postal Revenue and Federal Salary Act of 1967. AN ACT To adjust certain postage rates, to adjust the rates of basic compensation for certain officers and employees in the Federal Government, and to regulate the mailing of pandering advertisements, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Postal Revenue and Federal Salary Act of 1967". TITLE I-POSTAL RATES 76 Stat. 832 81 Stat. 616. 3tat. 669. SECOND-CLASS MAIL PREFERRED RATES SEC. 103. (a) Section 4358 of title 39, United States Code, is amended (1) by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the rate of postage on publications admitted as second-class mail when addressed for delivery within the county in which they are published and entered is as follows: (2) by adding at the end thereof the following: "(d) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the rates of postage on publications mailed in accordance with section 4359(a) of this title, of qualified nonprofit organizations, are as follows: |