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[76 Stat. 740]
PUBLIC LAW 87-000—MMMM. DD, 1962
[76 Stat. 740]

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Fallout shelters.

Research projects.

Short title.

PUBLIC LAW 87-742-OCT. 3, 1962

[76 STAT.

nel administration consisting of direction and administration of the personnel program; employment, placement, and separation; job evaluation and classification; employee relations and services; wage administration; and processing, recording, and reporting. SEC. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act, or of any funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency, shall be used for construction of fallout shelters unless the specific projects have been authorized by appropriate Committees of the Congress. SEC. 304. None of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay any recipient of a grant for the conduct of a research project an amount for indirect expenses in connection with such project in excess of 25 per centum of the direct costs. This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1963". Approved October 3, 1962.

Public. Law 87-742 October 3, 1962 HH. R. 11266]

Alaska. Coal, oil or gas lands, disposition.

26 Stat. 1099.

42 Stat. 416.

AN ACT To amend the Act of March 8, 1922, as amended, to extend its provisions to the townsite laws applicable in the State of Alaska.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the Act of March 8, 1922 (42 Stat. 415), as amended (75 Stat. 384; 48 U.S.C. 376, 377, 377a), is further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior may (a) sell under the provisions of section 2455 of the Revised Statutes (43 U.S.C. 1171), as amended, or (b) make disposition under the following townsite laws, as amended: Sections 2380 and 2381 of the Revised Statutes (43 U.S.C. 711,712); section 11 of the Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1009; 48 U.S.C. 355); Act of May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 629; 48 U.S.C. 355a355d); and Act of March 12, 1914 (38 Stat. 305; 48 U.S.C. 301, 302, 303-308), of any lands in Alaska known to contain workable coal, oil or gas deposits, or that may be valuable for the coal, oil or gas contained therein, and which are otherwise subject to sale or disposition under said section 2455, as amended, or the said townsite laws, as amended, upon the condition that the patent issued to the purchaser thereof shall contain the reservation required by section 2 of this Act." Approved October 3, 1962.

Public Law 87-743 October 3, 1962 [H. R. 11728]

War risk insurance fvind. Investment. 64 Stat. 775.

AN ACT To amend section 1208(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to authorize investment of the war risk insurance fund in securities of, or guaranteed by, the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1208(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1288(a)), is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: "Upon the request of the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury may invest or reinvest all or any part of the fund in securities of the United States or in securities guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States. The interest and benefits accruing from such securities shall be deposited to the credit of the fund." Approved October 3, 1962.