732 Employees. 63 Stat. 954. 5 USC 1071 note.
Powers.
Exp endltur e s.
Report to C o n gress
Property,
Expiration date.
PUBLIC LAW 86-684-SEPT. 2, 1960
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SEC. 3. The Commission may employ, without regard to the civilservice laws or the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, such employees as may be necessary in carrying out its functions. Service of an individual as a member of the Commission or employment of an individual by the Commission, on a part-time or full-time basis, with or without compensation, shall not be considered as service or employment bringing such individual within the provisions of sections 281, 283, 284, 434, or 1914 of title 18 of the United State Code, or section 190 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C. 99). SEC. 4. (a) The Commission is authorized to accept donations of money, property, or personal services; to cooperate with patriotic and historical societies and with institutions of learning • and to call upon other Federal departments or agencies for their advice and assistance in carrying out the purposes of this joint resolution. The Commission, to such extent as it finds to be necessary, may, without regard to the laws and procedures applicable to Federal agencies, procure supplies, services, and property and make contracts, and may exercise those powers that are necessary to enable it to carry out efficiently and in the public interest the purposes of this joint resolution. (b) Expenditures of the Commission shall be paid by the executive officer of the Commission, who shall keep complete records of such expenditures and who shall account also for all funds received by the Commission. A report of the activities of the Commission, including an accounting of funds received and expended, shall be furnished by the Commission to the Congress within two months following the celebration as prescribed by this joint resolution. (c) Any property acquired by the Commission remaining upon termination of the celebration may be used by the Secretary of the Interior for purposes of the national park system or may be disposed of as surplus property. The net revenues, after payment of Commission expenses, derived from Commission activities, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States. SEC. 5. The Commission shall expire upon the completion of its duties, but in no event later than March 1, 1965. Approved September 2, 1960.
Public Law 86-684 September 2, 1960 [S, 68]
Water delivery to e x c e s s lands.
43 USC 371 note.
AN ACT To provide for contimietl delivery of water under the Federal reclamation laws to lands held by husband and wife upon the death of either.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That where the death of a husband or wife causes lands in private ownership to become excess lands, as that term is used in section 46 of the Act of May 26, 1926 (44 Stat. 636; 43 U.S.C. 423e), and those lands had theretofore been eligible to receive water from a project under the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and Acts amendatory thereto) without execution of a recordable contract under section 46 of said Act of May 25, 1926, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to furnish water to them, without requiring execution of such a contract, so long as they remain in the ownership of the surviving spouse: Provided, That in the event of the remarriage of the surviving spouse, such lands shall be governed by applicable law without regard to the provisions of this Act. Approved September 2, 1960.
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