An Act to authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air Force equipment and provide certain services to the Boy Scouts of America for use in the 1969 National Jamboree, and for other purposes
PL 90-501 (H.R.15268), enacted 09/20/1968

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PUBLIC LAW QO-SOl-SLFT. 20, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
SeptemberaO, 1968 
[H.R. 15268] 
Public Law 90-501 
AN ACT 
, To authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air 
Force equipment and provide certain services to the Boy Scouts of America 
for use in the 1969 National Jamboree, and for other purposes. 
39 Stat. 227. 
36 u s e 21-29. 
Equipment. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hou^se of Representatives 
of the 
se°venthN*ationai ^'^^t^^ States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Secre-
jamboree, military tarj of Defense is hereby authorized, under such regulations as he 
support. 
jj^j^y prescribe, to lend to the Boy Scouts of America, a corporation 
created under the Act of June 15,1916, for the use and accommodation 
of approximately^ forty thousand Scouts and officials who are to attend 
the Seventh National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America to be 
held at Farragut State Park, Idaho, during July 1969, such tents, cots, 
blankets, commissary equipment, refrigerators, vehicles, and other 
equipment and .services as may be necessary or useful to the extent 
that items are in stock and available and their issue will not jeopardize 
the national defense program. 
(b) Such equipment is authorized to be delivered at such time prior 
to the holding of such jamboree and to be returned at such time after 
the close of such jamboree, as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of 
Defense and the National Council, Boy Scouts of America. No expen.se 
shall be incurred by the United States Government for the delivery and 
return of such equipment, and the Boy Scouts of America shall pay 
for the cost of the actual rehabilitation and repair, or replacement of 
such equipment. 
(c) The Secretary of Defense, before delivering such property, 
shall take from the Boy Scouts of America a good and sufficient bond 
for the safe return of such property in good order and condition, 
and the whole without expense to the United States. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized, under such 
regulations as he may prescribe, to provide to the Boy Scouts of 
America, in support of the encampment referred to in subsection (a) 
of the first section of this Act, such communication, medical, engi-
neering, protective, and other logistical services as may be necessary 
or useful to the extent that such services are available and the pro-
viding of them will not jeopardize the national defense program. 
SEC. 3. Each department of the Federal Government is hereby 
authorized under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Sec-
retary thereof to assist the Boy Scouts of America in the carrying 
out and the fulfillment of the plans for the encampment referred to 
in subsection (a) of the first section of this Act. 
Approved September 20, 1968. 
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September20, 1968 
[H.R. 18146] 
Public Law 90-502 
AN ACT 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to correct an inequity affecting officers of 
the Supply Corps and Civil Engineer Corps of the Navy. 
Navy. 
Supply Corps 
and Civil Engi-
neer Corps, offi-
cers. 
70A Stat. 409. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6388 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Subsection (a) is redesignated as subsection " ( b ) " and is 
amended by— 
(A) striking out "originally" and inserting "initially" in place 
thereof; and 
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(B) inserting "except the Supply Corps and the Civil Engineer 
Corps" after "any staff corps of the Navy". 
(2) Subsection (b) is redesignated as subsection " ( c ) " and is 
amended by inserting "or (b)" after "subsection (a)". 
(3) Subsection (c) is redesignated as subsection " ( d ) " and is 
amended by striking out " ( b ) " and inserting "(c)" in place thereof. 
(4) Subsection (d) is redesignated as subsection "(e)". 
(5) Subsection (e) is redesignated as subsection " ( f ) " and is 
amended by striking out " ( d ) " and inserting "(e)" in place thereof. 
(6) A new subsection (a) is inserted readmg as follows: 
"(a) For the purpose of the preceding sections of this chapter, the 
total commissioned service of each officer on the active list of the 
Navy in the Supply Corps or the Civil Engineer Corps who was ini-
tially appointed as a Eegular or as a Reserve in the grade of ensign in 
the line or any staff corps or in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) 
in the Civil Engineer Corps and who has served continuously on active 
duty since that appointment shall be computed from June 30, of the 
fiscal year in which he accepted that appointment." 
SEC*. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an officer of the 
Navy in the Supply Corps or the Civil Engineer Corps who is not 
selected for promotion to a higher grade after the enactment of this 
Act may not be retired under chapter 573 of title 10, United States 
Code, earlier than he would have been retired had this Act not been ^ lo use 637i-
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enacted. 
Approved September 20, 1968. 
Public Law 90-503 
A N A C T 
September 21, 196f 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, oi>erate, and maintain 
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the Mountain Park reclamation project, Oklahoma, and for other purposes. 
Mountain Park 
reclamation proj-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary _^__.^^ 
of the Interior is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain the ec^roki'a 
Mountain Park reclamation project, Oklahoma, under the Federal 
reclamation laws (Act of June 17,1902; 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amenda-
tory thereof or supplementary thereto) for the principal purposes of ^3 use 371. 
storing, regulating, and furnishing water for municipal, domestic, and 
industrial uses, conserving and developing fish and wildlife resources, 
providing outdoor recreation opportunities, and controlling floods. 
The principal features of the project shall consist of a dam and 
reservoir on Otter Creek, a diversion dam on Elk Creek, a canal from 
the diversion dam to a storage reservoir on Otter Creek, aqueducts 
from the storage reservoir to the cities of Altus and Snyder, Oklahoma, 
a wildlife management area, and basic public outdoor recreation facili-
ties. Construction of the project may be undertaken in such units or 
stages as in the determination of the Secretary will best serve project 
requirements and meet water needs. 
SEC. 2. (a) Costs of the project, or any unit or stage thereof, alio- g^j^^^^'"^"* 
cated to municipal water supply, shall be repayable, with interest, by 
the municipal water users over a period of not more than fifty years 
from the date that water is first delivered for that purpose, pursuant to 
contracts with municipal corporations or other organizations, as 
defined in section 2(g) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 
Stat. 1187), Such contracts shall be precedent to the commencement of 
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construction of any unit or stage of the project. The contracting orga-
nization shall be responsible for the disposal and sale of water surplus