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embarkation and the oversea post office. The total annual cost was estimated to be $7.45 million.

NATIONAL ECONOMY

INCREASED SBA LENDING AUTHORITY FOR SBIC'S AND STATE AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES

(Public Law 89-78. Approved July 21, 1965)

This law (H.R. 7847) increased from $341 million to $461 million the portion of the Small Business Administration's revolving fund which may be on loan to small business investment companies and State and local development companies pursuant to the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. The law did not appropriate or authorize the appropriation of any new funds.

INTEREST RATES ON FOREIGN OFFICAL TIME DEPOSITS

(Public Law 89-79. Approved July 21, 1965)

This law (H.R. 5306) extended through October 15, 1968, the authority for commercial banks to pay on certain foreign time deposits higher rates of interest than those otherwise permitted by regulations issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The law is part of the Government's program to improve the international balance-ofpayments position of the United States.

AMENDING FISHERIES LOAN ACT

(Public Law 89-85. Approved July 24, 1965)

This law (S. 998) amended section 4 of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make loans for the financing and refinancing of new and used fishing vessels, and to extend the term during which the Secretary can make fisheries loans under the act for 5 years, to June 30, 1970. The law authorized appropriation of $20 million to the fisheries loan fund.

PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1965

(Public Law 89-136. Approved August 26, 1965)

This law (S. 1648) (largely based upon three previous acts, the Area Redevelopment Act, the Public Works Acceleration Act, and the Appalachian Regional Development Act) provided a comprehensive program of Federal assistance to help provide more jobs and higher incomes for people who live in areas where jobs are scarce and incomes low.

The law authorized the Secretary of Commerce to make grants of up to 80 percent in eligible areas for public works which are necessary for area economic development or for the objectives of the antipoverty program; make supplementary grants which would reduce the local share for needy communities in eligible areas down to as low as 20 percent for other Federal public works programs which require community contributions; make loans on favorable terms in eligible areas for public works and development facilities; make long-term, low-cost loans in eligible areas to help establish or expand job-creating busi

nesses; guarantee up to 90 percent of the outstanding balance of private loans for working capital made in connection with the expansion or establishment of businesses assisted under the program; help communities and businessmen find the answers to the specific economic and technical problems which are obstacles to economic growth; pay up to 75 percent of the cost of providing full-time planning staff for State, district, and selected local economic development organizations; undertake research on general problems of long-term unemployment and underemployment; give communities information and advice on how to reduce unemployment and attain economic growth; establish an independent study board to investigate the effects of Government procurement on regional economic development; designate the areas which would be eligible for financial assistance on the basis of unemployment, income, and comparable criteria; provide similar financial help to areas which suffer or are about to suffer from a sudden rise in unemployment; help the State and localities form larger, multicounty economic development districts and officially recognize such districts as eligible for planning assistance; designate economic development centers within such districts as eligible for financial assistance for projects designed to reduce district unemployment; make grants of up to 10 percent extra on the cost of public works or development facilities to distressed areas cooperating in a district plan, but not to exceed an 80-percent overall maximum; designate economic development regions composed of two or more States; help the States establish multistate planning commissions for such regions; provide special technical assistance to the regional planning commissions; pay the necessary administrative expenses of each commission for the first 2 years of its existence, and half the expenses thereafter; assign the responsibility for administering and coordinating the program to a new Assistant Secretary of Commerce and an Administrator whom the President is authorized to appoint; and appoint a National Public Advisory Committee on Regional Economic Development. The law authorized appropriations as follows:

Public works and facilities grants not to exceed $500 million a year for fiscal years 1966 through 1969;

Loans for public works and facilities, loans for industrial and commercial guarantees for working capital loans not to exceed $170 million a year for fiscal years 1966 through 1970;

Technical assistance, research, planning grants, training, and study programs, $25 million a year for fiscal years 1966 through 1970;

Loans and grants to development centers, grant increase of 10 percent for designated areas in districts not to exceed $50 million a year for fiscal years 1967 through 1970; and

Technical assistance to regions, administrative expenses to regions, $15 million a year for fiscal years 1966 through 1970. EXTENDING THE DURATION OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTION IN CERTAIN CASES

(Public Law 89-142. Approved August 28, 1965)

This law (H.J. Res. 431) continued until December 31, 1967, the renewal term of any copyright subsisting on the date of approval of this law where such term would otherwise expire prior to December 31, 1967.

STATE TECHNICAL SERVICES ACT OF 1965

(Public Law 89-182. Approved September 14, 1965)

This law (S. 949) provided for the establishment of a 3-year matching grants program of incentives and support for the several States individually and in cooperation with each other in establishing and maintaining State and interstate technical service programs designed to enable businesses, commerce, and industrial establishments to acquire and use scientific and engineering information more effectively. The law authorized to be appropriated $10 million for fiscal 1966, $20 million for fiscal 1967, and $30 million for fiscal 1968.

USE OF CARGO CONTAINERS IN COASTWISE TRADE

(Public Law 89-194. Approved September 21, 1965)

This law (H.R. 5989) amended section 27, Merchant Marine Act of 1920, as amended, to permit empty cargo vans, empty lift vans, and empty shipping tanks to be transported coastwise by vessels of the United States not qualified to engage in the coastwise trade and by vessels of foreign registry if the government of the nation of registry extends reciprocal privileges to U.S. vessels, so long as such vans or tanks are owned or leased by the owner or operator of the transporting vessel and are being transported for use in the carriage of cargo in foreign trade.

AMENDING THE LEAD-ZINC SMALL PRODUCERS STABILIZATION ACT

(Public Law 89-238.

Approved October 5, 1965)

This law (H.R. 5842) amended the Lead-Zinc Small Producers Stabilization Act of October 3, 1961, to extend the lead-zinc small producers program for a period of 4 years, to December 31, 1969. The law also increased the tonnage a small operator may produce and still qualify for participation in the program to 1,200 tons of each metal from the present limit of 600 tons and amended the definition of "small domestic producers" to simplify administration. No new or additional appropriations were authorized, but a limitation of $2,500,000 was placed on the amount of payments which could be made in any calendar year on account of newly mined ores or concentrates produced therefrom.

TARIFF SCHEDULES TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1965

(Public Law 89-241. Approved October 7, 1965)

This law (H.R. 7969) corrected certain errors in the Tariff Schedules of the United States and established schedules of tariff classifications which will be logical in arrangement and terminology and adapted to the changes which have occurred since 1930 in the character and importance of articles produced in and imported into the United States and in the markets in which they are sold.

EXTENSION OF VESSEL EXCHANGE PROGRAM

(Public Law 89-254. Approved October 10, 1965)

This law (H.R. 728) extended for an additional 5 years the vessel exchange program under section 510(i) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, and broadened the exchange provisions by eliminating the requirement of existing law that the traded-in vessels shall be war-built vessels, so as to include older vessels built prior to World War II in the category of eligibility for trade-in in order to make prewar vessels operating on the Great Lakes eligible for trade-in on newer Government ships.

INCREASE IN SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION REVOLVING

FUND

(Public Law 89-334. Approved November 8, 1965)

This law (S. 2542) amended the Small Business Act to increase the authorization for appropriations to the SBA revolving fund by $120 million, from $1,721,000,000 to $1,841,000,000.

NATURAL RESOURCES

MOVABLE PROPERTY ACT

(Public Law 89-48. Approved June 24, 1965)

This law (S. 1000) amended the act of July 29, 1954, as amended, to give the Secretary of the Interior authority to transfer title to movable property to a municipality which assumes responsibility for the operation and maintenance of works constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation to furnish and distribute municipal water. It placed municipalities on the same footing as irrigation districts and other water users' organizations which have had this authority available to them since 1954 with respect to irrigation works.

FEDERAL WATER PROJECT RECREATION ACT

(Public Law 89-72. Approved July 9, 1965)

This law (S. 1229) established prospective standard guidelines on the allocation of the reimbursability of recreation and fish and wildlife costs of Federal multiple-purpose, water-resource projects, gave the Secretary of the Interior certain limited authority for recreation development on existing projects under his control, and required prior approval by the Congress of any studies and investigations leading to the preparation of a "feasibility report" on a reclamation project.

WATER RESOURCES PLANNING ACT

(Public Law 89-80. Approved July 22, 1965)

This law (S. 21) (1) established a Water Resources Council composed of the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, Army, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Chairman of the Federal Power Commission, with a permanent authorization of not to exceed $300,000 a year; (2) authorized the creation by the President of river basin commissions for coordinated studies and planning within a State, basin, or group of basins, with a permanent authorization of not

to exceed $6 million a year; and (3) provided Federal grants to the States to assist them in developing comprehensive water and related land resources plans, with an authorization of $5 million a year for 10 years beginning fiscal 1967 for grants and an authorization of not to exceed $400,000 a year for 10 years beginning fiscal 1967 for administration.

SALINE WATER CONVERSION PROGRAM

(Public Law 89-118. Approved August 11, 1965)

This law (S. 24) expanded and extended the saline water research and development program for an additional 5 years through fiscal 1972; authorized an additional $15 million to be appropriated for research and development work (which, when added to previously authorized but unappropriated funds, makes available $35 million for appropriation after fiscal 1966); and required additional authorization by the Congress for appropriation of amounts above $90 million, with a ceiling of $185 million on such additional amounts.

DELAWARE WATER GAP NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

(Public Law 89-158. Approved September 1, 1965)

This law (H.R. 89) established the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (Tocks Island National Recreation Area) in the States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The amount authorized to be appropriated was limited to $37,412,000 for land acquisition and $18,200,000 for the installation and construction of recreation facilities.

ASSATEAGUE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE

(Public Law 89-195. Approved September 21, 1965)

This law (S. 20) provided for the establishment of the Assateague Island National Seashore in the States of Maryland and Virginia and authorized up to $16,250,000 to enable the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands and interest in land. The law authorized appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for development.

PROTECTION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE FROM PESTICIDES

(Public Law 89–232. Approved October 1, 1965)

This law (S. 1623) amended the act of August 1, 1958, to increase the ceiling on authorized annual appropriations for pesticides research from $2,565,000 to $3.2 million for fiscal 1966 and to $5 million annually for fiscal 1967 and 1968.

WATER QUALITY ACT OF 1965

(Public Law 89-234. Approved October 2, 1965)

This law (S. 4) amended the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, to establish the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration; to provide a 4-year, $20 million a year program for demonstration grants on controlling pollution from storm and sanitary sewers; to increase grants for municipal sewage treatment works to $150 million a year for fiscal 1966 and fiscal 1967; to authorize the establishment of standards of water quality to aid in preventing,

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