An Act to amend the Small Business Act to provide additional assistance for disaster victims
PL 89-59 (S.1796), enacted 06/30/1965

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PUBLIC LAW 89-59-JUNE 30, 1965 
[79 STAT. 
31 u s e 665, 
SEC. 103. Appropriations and funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be used without regard 
to the time limitations set forth in subsection (d) (2) of section 3679 
of the Revised Statutes, as amended, and expenditures therefrom 
shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authoriza-
tion whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, 
or authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 104. No appropriation or fund made available or authority 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be used to initiate or 
resume any project or activity which was not being conducted during 
the fiscal year 1965. Appropriations made and authority granted 
pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expendi-
tures incurred for any project or activity during the period for which 
funds or authority for such project or activity are available under 
this joint resolution. 
Approved June 30, 1965. 
Public Law 89-59 
June 30, 1965 
AN ACT 
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To amend the Small Business Act to provide additional assistance for disaster 
victims. 
Small Business 
Act, amendment. 
Additional dis-
aster assistance. 
72 Stat. 389. 
15 u s e 636. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) section 
7(b) of the Small Business Act is amended hj striking out "twenty 
years.", in the second sentence, and inserting in lieu thereof the fol-
lowing: "thirty years: Provided, That the Administrator may con-
sent to a suspension in the payment of principal and interest charges 
on, and to an extension in the maturity of, the Federal share 
of any loan under this subsection for a period of not to exceed 
five years, if (A) the borrower under such loan is a homepwner or a 
small-business concern, (B) the loan was made to enable (i) such 
homeowner to repair or replace his home, or (ii) such concern to 
repair or replace plant or equipment which was damaged or destroyed 
as the result of a disaster meeting the requirements of clause (A) or 
(B) of paragraph (2) of this subsection, and (C) the Administrator 
determines such action is necessary to avoid severe financial hard-
ship: Provided 
further, 
That the provisions of paragraph (1) of 
subsection (c) of this section shall not be applicable to any such loan 
having a maturity in excess of twenty years." 
(b) Section 7(c) of such Act is amended by inserting "(1)" after 
"(c)'', and by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph as follows: 
"(2) During any period in which principal and interest 
charges are suspended on the FederaJ share of any loan, as 
provided in subsection (b), the Administrator shall, upon the 
request of any person, firm, or corporation having a participation 
in such loan, purchase such participation, or assume the obliga-
tion of the borrower, for the balance of such period, to make 
principal and interest payments on the non-Federal share of 
such loan: Provided, That no such payments shall be made by 
the Administrator in behalf of any borrower unless (i) the 
Administrator determines that such action is necessary in order 
to avoid a default, and (ii) the borrower agrees to make pay-
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PUBLIC LAW 89-61-JUNE 30, 1965 
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ments to the Administration in an aggregate amount equal to 
the amount paid in its behalf by the Administrator, in such 
manner and at. such times (during or after the term of the loan) 
as the Administrator shall determine having due regard to the 
purposes sought to be achieved by this paragraph." 
(c) Section 4(c) of such Act is amended bv— 
(1) inserting "7(c) (2)," after "7(b)," in the first sentence; 
(2) inserting "and 7(c)(2)" after "7(b)" where "7(b)" first 
appears in the fourth sentence; and 
(3) deleting "section 7(b)" from clause (2) in the fourth sen-
tence and inserting "sections 7(b) and 7(c) (2)". 
SEC. 2. Section 4:(c) of the Small Business Act is amended— 
(1) by striking out "$1,666,000,000" and inserting 
thereof ^'$1,716,000,000"; and 
(2) by striking out "$1,325,000,000" and inserting 
thereof "$1,375,000,000". 
Approved June 30, 1965. 
in lieu 
m lieu 
76 Stat. 220. 
15 u s e 633. 
Public Law 89-60 
AN ACT 
June 30, 1965 
[H. R. 6032] 
To amend the Act authorizing the Mann Creek Federal reclamation project, 
Idaho, in order to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for such 
project (Act of August 16,1962; 76 Stat. 388). 
Be it enacted hy the Senate amd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of p^^erai^reclama-
the Act entitled "AJI Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to tion project, waho. 
construct, operate, and maintain the Mann Creek Federal reclama- ^^^^riIIiion°1n. 
tion project, Idaho, and for other purposes", approved August 16, c"ease?^ °''' 
1962 (76 Stat. 388; 43 U.S.C. 616j), is amended by striking out 
"$3,490,000 (April 1961 prices) " and inserting in lieu thereof $4,180,000 
(January 1965 prices) includmg $120,000 heretofore appropriated for 
preauthorization investigations, plus or minus such amounts, if any, 
as may be required by reasons of changes in the cost of construction 
work of the types involved therein as shown by engineering cost 
indexes." 
Approved June 30, 1965. 
Public Law 89-61 
AN ACT 
"To continue until the close of June 30, 1967, the existing suspension of duties 
for metal scrap. 
Be it enacted by the Senate a/nd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the matter 
appearing in the effective period column for items 911.10, 911.11, and 
911.12 of title I of the Tariff Act of 1930 (Tariff Schedules of the 
United States; 28 F.R., part II, page 433, Aug. 17, 1963) is amended 
by striking out "On or before 6/30/65" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"On or before 6/30/67". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consump-
tion, after June 30,1965. 
Approved June 30, 1965. 
June 30, 1965 
[H. R. 4493] 
Metal scrap. 
Duty suspen-
sion. 
77A Stat. 433. 
78 Stat. 222. 
19 u s e 1202.