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[72 Stat. 547]
PUBLIC LAW 85-000—MMMM. DD, 1958
[72 Stat. 547]

72 S T A T. ]

547

PUBLIC LAW 85-619-AUG. 12, 1958

SEC. 3. Any funds appropriated for the construction of facilities pursuant to this Act may, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, be used for emergency repairs of existing facilities when (1) such existing facilities are made inoperative by major breakdown, accident, or other circumstance; and (2) such repairs are deemed by the Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to be of greater urgency than the construction of new facilities. SEC. 4. Not to exceed $500,000 of the funds appropriated for the construction of facilities pursuant to this Act may, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, be used for the construction of new research facilities or for the modernization of existing research facilities not specifically authorized herein when such construction or modification is deemed b j the Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to be of greater urgency than the construction of the facilities authorized by this Act: Provided, however, That no such funds shall be used for the construction or modernization of any facility for which funds may previously have been denied by the Congress. SEC. 5. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be required to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Approved August 8, 1958.

Emergency pairs.

Li m i t E t i o n on l new f a c i l i t i e s, e t c.

Restriction.

Appropriations.

Public Law 85-618 AN ACT To reinstate certain terminated oil and gas leases.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the payment of the annual rental, which was due no later than September 3, 1957, but which was made on September 6, 1957, with respect to noncompetitive oil and gas leases Colorado 08830, 08861, and 08862 shall be deemed to have been compliance with the terms and provisions of those leases and of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. sec. 181 and the following), and those aforementioned leases which were automatically terminated for the failure to make timely payment of rental are hereby reinstated as of the date of that termination. Approved August 12, 1958.

August u, 1958 [S. 3307]

O i l and gai leases. Reinstatement.

41 Stat. 437.

Public Law 85-619 AN ACT To amend section 161 of the Revised Statutes with respect to the authority of Federal oflScers and agencies to withhold information and limit the availability of records.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 161 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C. 22) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "This section does not authorize withholding information from the public or limiting the availability of records to the public." Approved August 12, 1958.

August 12. 1958 [H. R. 2767]