An Act to adjust the salaries of the Vice President of the United States and certain officers of the Congress
PL 91-67 (H.R.7206), enacted 09/15/1969

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PUBLIC L
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W 91-66-AUG. 25, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
August 25, 1969 
[S. 742] 
Public Law "91-66 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of June 12, 1948 (62 Stat. 382), in order to provide for the 
construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keunewick division extension, 
Yakima project, Washington, and for other purposes. 
Yakima project. 
Wash. 
Kennewick divi-
sion extension. 
Irrigation 
costs, repayment 
provisions. 
16 u s e 83Sj-
835m. 
Delivery 
restriction. 
63 Stat. 1056. 
7 u s e 1428. 
62 Stat. 1251; 
63 Stat. 1058. 
7 u s e 1301. 
Appropriation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of Afnerica in Congress assembled^ That the Act of 
June 12, 1948 (62 Stat. 382), is hereby amended as follows: 
(a) Insert the words "and Kennewick division extension", after the 
words "Kennewick division" in section 1 and add the following items 
to the principal miits listed in said section: "Kiona siphon" and "Re-
lift pumping plants". 
(b) Insert at the end of section 3 the following: "Costs of the Ken-
newick division extension allocated to irrigation which are determined 
by the Secretary to be in excess of the water users' ability to repay 
within a fifty-year repayment period following a ten-year develop-
ment period, shall be charged to and returned to the reclamation fund 
in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of June 14, 
1966 (80 Stat. 200), as amended by section 6 of the Act of September 7, 
1966 (80 Stat. 707): Provided, That section 5 of this Act shall not be 
applicable to the revenues derived from the Federal Columbia River 
power system. Power and energy required for irrigation water pump-
ing for the Kennewick extension shall be made available by the Secre-
tary from the Federal Columbia River power system at charges deter-
mined by him." 
SEO. 2. No water shall be delivered to any water user on the Kenne-
wick division extension for a period of ten years from the date of 
enactment of this authorizing Act for the production on newly, irri-
gated lands of any basic agricultural commodity, as defined in the 
Agricultural Act of 1949, or any amendment thereof, if the total 
supply of such commodity for the marketing year in which the bulk 
of the crop would normally be marketed is in excess of the normal 
supply as defined in section 301(b) (10) of the Agricultural Adjust-
ment Act of 1938, as amended, unless the Secretary of Agriculture 
calls for an increase in production of such commodity in the interest 
of national security. 
SEC. 3. There are authorized to be appropriated for the new works 
associated with the Kennewick division extension $6,735,000 (January 
1969 prices), plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be required 
by reason of changes in the cost of construction work of the types 
involved therein, as shown by engineering cost indexes, and, in addi-
tion, such sums as may be required to operate and maintain the 
extension. 
Approved August 25, 1969. 
Public Law 91-67 
September 15, 1969 
A N 
A C T 
[H. R. 72 06] 
rjQ adjust the salaries of the Vice President of the United States and certain 
oflBcers of the Congress. 
Vice President. 
Salary increase. 
62 Stat. 678; 
78 Stat. 422. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 104 of 
title 3, L'^nited States Code, relatmg to the per annum rate of salary 
of the Vice President of the United States, is amended to read as 
follows: 
83 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-68-SEPT. 16, 1969 
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"§ 104. Salary of the Vice President 
"The per annum rate of salary of the Vice President of the United 
States shall be $62,500, to be paid monthly.''. 
SEC. 2. (a) The second sentence of section 601(a) of the Legisla-
tive Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 31), relating to 
the compensation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is 
amended by striking out "$43,000'' and inserting m lieu thereof 
"$62,500". 
(b) The third sentence of section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorga-
nization Act of 1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 31), relating to the com-
pensation of the Majority Leader and the Minority leader of the 
Senate and the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of the House 
of Representatives, is amended— 
(1) by striking out "$36,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$49,500"; 
(2) by inserting "the President pro tempore of the Senate," 
immediately following "compensation of"; and 
(3) by inserting a comma immediately following "Minority 
Leader of the Senate". 
SEC. 3. The amendments made by this Act shall become effective on 
March 1,1969. 
Approved September 15, 1969. 
Speaker of the 
House. 
79 Stat. 1120. 
Majority and 
Minority Leaders. 
President pro 
tempore. 
Effective date. 
September 16, 1969 
[H.R. 12677] 
Public Law 91-68 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Commissioner of the District of Columbia to lease to the Jewish 
Historical Society of Greater Washington the former synagogue of the Adas 
Israel Congregation and real property of the District of Columbia for the 
purpose of establishing a Jewish Historical Museum. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Represeyitatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled. That it is the pur- 
?ewlsh mstor-
pose of this Act to enable the Jewish Historical Society of Greater icarTociety^or" 
"Washington, a nonprofit corporation organized in the District of G'^^ater washing-
Columbia, to place on real property of the District of Columbia the °L*easing o
f 
structure which served as the synagogue of Adas Israel Congregation property. 
(located in the District of Columbia on the southeast comer of Sixth 
and G Streets, Northwest) and to improve and restore such structure 
for the purpose of establishing and maintaining it as a Jewish Histori-
cal Museum or for other appropriate purposes. 
SEC. 2. To carry out the purpose of this Act, the Commissioner 
may— 
(1) acquire the structure described in the first section and lease 
it to the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington, and 
(2) lease to such Society real property of the District of Colum-
bia which he determines is not then required for the needs of the 
District of Columbia. 
An^ lease made under this Act shall be subject to such terms and con-
ditions as the Commissioner may deem necessary to carry out the pur-
poses of this Act and in the discretion of the Commissioner, may be 
made with or without monetary consideration. 
Approved September 16, 1969.