An Act to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, to authorize reimbursement to a State, or political subdivision thereof for sidewalk repair and replacement or to make other arrangements therefore
PL 89-344 (H.R.9830), enacted 11/08/1965

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PUBLIC LAW 89-344-NOV. 8, 1965 
[79 STAT. 
Secretary of 
Interior. 
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832l. 
(d) By adding at the end of that subsection the following new 
paragraph: 
" (20) The Secretary of the Interior with respect to procurement 
for program operations under the Bonneville Project Act of 1937 
(50 Stat. 731), as amended." 
Approved November 8, 1965. 
November 8, 19 65 
[H. R. 9830] 
Public Law 89-344 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended, to authorize reimbursement to a State or political subdivision thereof 
for sidewalk repair and replacement or to make other arrangements therefor. 
Federal agen-
cies. 
Sidewalk repair, 
etc., State reim-
bursement. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled.^ That section 210 of 
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, 64 
Stat. 580, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490), is further amended by adding 
the following new subsection: 
"(i) (1) Any executive agency is authorized to install, repair, and 
replace sidewalks around buildings, installations, properties, or 
grounds under the control of such agency and owned by the United 
States within the several States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Kico, and the possessions of the United States, 
by reimbursement to a State or political subdivision thereof, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and a possession 
of the United States, or otherwise. 
"(2) Installation, repair, and replacement under this subsection 
shall be performed in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by 
the Administrator of General Services with the approval of the Direc-
tor of the Bureau of the Budget. 
"(3) Funds appropriated to the agency for installation, repair, 
and maintenance, generally, shall be available for expenditure to 
accomplish the purposes of this subsection. 
"(4) Nothing contained herein shall increase or enlarge the tort 
liability of the 
United States for injuries to persons or damages to 
property beyond such liability presently existing by virtue of any 
other law." 
Approved November 8, 1965. 
November 8, 1965 
[H. R. 4421] 
Public Law 89-345 
AN ACT 
Aiirhorizing the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to convey certain property 
to the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming. 
Cheyenne, 
Conveyanc 
Wyo. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Adminis-
trator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized to convey, without monetary 
consideration, to the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for park and recrea-
tional purposes, all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to a tract of twenty-seven acres of land, more or less, constituting 
a portion of the reservation of the Veterans' Administration Center, 
Cheyenne, Wyoming. The exact legal description of the tract shall 
be determined by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, and if a 
survey is required in order to make such determination, the city of 
Cheyenne, Wyoming, shall bear the expense thereof. 
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SKC. 2. Any deed of conveyance made pursuant to this Act shall— 
conditions. 
(a) provide that the land conveyed shall be used for park and 
recreational purposes and in a manner that will not, in the judg-
ment of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, or his designate, 
interfere with tlie care and treatment of patients in the Veterans' 
Administration Center, Clieyenne, Wyoming; 
(b) contahi such additional terms, conditions, reservations, 
easements, and restrictions as may be determined by the Adminis-
trator of Veterans' Affaii"s to be necessary to protect the interest 
of the United Stat es: 
(c) provide that if the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, violates 
any provision of the deed of conveyance or alienates or attempts 
to alienate alj or any part of the parcel so conveyed, title thereto 
shall revert to the United States; and that a determination by the 
Administrator of Veterans' Affairs of any such violation or 
alienation or attempted alienation shall be final and conclusive; 
and 
(d) provide that in the event of such reversion, all improve-
ments made by the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, during its occu-
pancy shall vest in the United States without payment of 
compensation therefor. 
Approved November 8, 1965. 
Public Law 89-346 
A N A C T 
November 8, 1965 
To amend sections 9 and 37 of the Shipping Act, 1916, and subsection O of the ^_J£l£ii£] 
Ship Mortgage Act, 1920. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 9 of the 
Merchant ves-
Shipping Act, 1916 (46 U.S.C. 808), is amended by inserting a new ^
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paragraph between the existing third and fourth paragraphs thereof sale and validity.' 
as follows: 
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"The issuance, transfer, or assignment of a bond, note, or other 
evidence of indebtedness which is secured by a mortgage of a vessel to 
a trustee or by an assigimient to a trustee of the owner's right, title, 
or interest in a vessel under construction, to a person not a citizen of 
the United States, without the approval of the Secretary of Com-
merce, is unlawful unless the trustee or a substitute trustee of such 
mortgage or assignment is approved by the Secretary of Commerce. 
The Secretary of Commerce shall grant his approval if such trustee 
or a substitute trustee is a bank or trust company which (1) is orga-
nized as a corporation, and is doing business, under the laws of the 
United States or any State thereof, (2) is authorized under such laws 
to exercise corporate trust powers, (3) is a citizen of the United States, 
(4) is subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State 
authority, and (5) has a combined capital and surplus (as set forth 
in its most recent published report of condition) of at least $3,000,000. 
If such trustee or a substitute trustee at any time ceases to meet the 
foregoing qualifications, the Secretary of Commerce shall disapprove 
such trustee or substitute trustee, and after such disapproval the trans-
fer or assignment of such bond, note, or other evidence of indebted-
ness to a person not a citizen of the United States, without the approval 
of the Secretary of Commerce, shall be unlawful. The trustee or sub-
stitute trustee approved by the Secretary of Commerce shall not oper-
ate the vessel under the mortgage or assignment without the approval 
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