An Act to amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act so as to eliminate delay in the start of projects.
PL 84-734 (H.R.11873), enacted 07/19/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 734-JULY 19, 1956 
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S T A T . 
"Short dry ton". 
Colutnbiutn -t an-
talum. 
67 Stat. 417. 
50 U S C app. 
2181-2183. 
A v a i l a b i l i t y to 
strategic 
s t o c k -
pile. 
7 u s e 1691 note. 
Regulations. 
Termination. 
Approprl ati on. 
2. The price shall be increased 4.2% for each 1% silica 
below 1%, fractions pro rata, and/or 
3. The price shall be decreased 1.1% for each 1% calcium 
fluoride below 97%, fractions pro rata, and/or 
4. The price shall be decreased 4.2% for each 1% silica 
above 1%, fractions pro rata. 
As used in this section the term "short dry ton" shall mean a 
short ton of 2000 pounds with 1% allowablemoisture. All mois-
ture in excess of 1% shall be deducted from the delivery weig:ht 
(out-turn U. S. Railroad Scale Weights) of the material accepted 
to determine the weight on which payment will be based. 
Ad-
justment of weight for moisture shall be accomplished by first 
deducting all moisture, as specified in Government analysis cer-
tificates, and then increasing the dry weight by one percentum. 
(d) a program to purchase columbium-tantalum-bearing ores 
or concentrates produced from ores mined in the United States, 
its Territories, and possessions, meeting the same specifications 
and under the regulations, and at prices in effect on December 1, 
1955, for purchases of this material by the General Services 
Administration under the authority of the Domestic Minerals 
Program Extension Act of 1953 (Public Law 206, Eighty-third 
Congress) in the amount of not to exceed two hundred and fifty 
thousand pounds of contained combined pentoxide (Cb^Os plus 
TaA). 
SEC. 3. All materials purchased pursuant to the authority of this 
Act shall be held by the Department of the Interior to be made avail-
able to the strategic stockpile or to be turned over to the supplemental 
stockpile created for strategic and critical materials in accordance 
with the provisions of the Act of July 10, 1954 (Public Law 480, 
Eighty-third Congress (68 Stat. 454)), as amended, as determined 
by the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to estab-
lish and promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry 
out the purposes of this Act, and may delegate any of the functions 
authorized by this Act to the Administrator of General Services. 
SEC. 5. The programs established pursuant to the authority of this 
Act shall terminate on December 31, 1958. 
SEC. 6. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the De-
partment of the Interior out of any moneys in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this Act. 
Approved July 19, 1956. 
July 19, 1956 
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Public Law 734 
CHAPTER 639 
AN ACT 
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To amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act so as to eliminate 
delay in the start of projects. 
Poat. p. 1089. 
68 Stat. 667. 
16 u s e 1005. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
TJrdted States of America in Congress asserribled^ That section 5 of 
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act is amended by 
striking out of the third proviso of said section the words "forty-five" 
and inserting "fifteen". 
Approved July 19, 1956.