An Act to authorize the disposal, without regard to the prescribed 6-month waiting period, of approximately 97 million pounds of abaca from the national stockpile
PL 89-279 (H.R.6852), enacted 10/20/1965

79 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-279-OCT. 20, 1965 
1011 
Public Law 89-277 
.AN ACT 
To extend the penalty for assault on a police ofllcer in the District of Columbia 
to assaults on employees of penal and correctional institutions and places 
of confinement of juveniles of the District of Columbia. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembledyTh&t subsection (a) 
of section 432 of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Colum-
bia (D.C. Code, sec. 22-505) is amended by inserting after "District 
of Columbia" the following: ", or any officer or employee of any penal 
or correctional institution of the District of Columbia, or any officer 
or employee of the government of the District of Columbia charged 
with the supervision of juveniles bein^ confined pursuant to law in any 
facility of the District of Columbia, whether such institution or 
facility is located within the District of Columbia or elsewhere,". 
Approved October 20, 1965. 
October 20, 1965 
[S. 1715] 
D. C. correc-
tional officers. 
Assault penalty. 
67 Stat. 95. 
Public Law 89-278 
AN ACT 
To amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize payment of incentive pay for 
submarine duty to personnel qualified in submarines attached to staffs of 
submarine operational commanders. 
October 20, 1965 
[H. R. 5571] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United 
States 
of America 
in Congress assembled^ That section 
301(a) (2) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the words, "personnel qualified in submarines," the words, "as a 
member of a submarine operational command staff whose duties 
require serving on a submarine during underway operations— 
"(a^ During one calendar month: 48 hours 
"(b) During any two consecutive calendar months when the 
requirements of clause (a) above have not been met: 96 hours 
"(c) During any three consecutive calendar months when the 
requirements of clause (b) above have not been met: 144 hours,". 
Approved October 20, 1965. 
Armed Forces. 
Submarine per-
sonnel, hazardous 
duty pay. 
77 Stat. 215. 
Public Law 89-279 
AN ACT 
To authorize the disposal, without regard to the prescribed six-month waiting 
period, of approximately ninety-seven million pounds of abaca from the 
national stockpile. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Admin-
istrator of General Services is hereby authorized to dispose of approxi-
mately ninety-seven million pounds of abaca now held in the national 
stockpile. 
Such disposal may be made without regard to the provision 
of section 3(e) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling 
Act (50 U.S.C. 98b (e)) that no disposition of materials held in the 
national stockpile shall be made prior to the expiration of six months 
after the publication in the Federal Register and the transmission to 
the Congress and to the Armed Services Committees of each House 
thereof of notice of the proposed disposition. 
Approved October 20, 1965. 
October 20, 1965 
[H. R. 6852] 
Abaca. 
Disposal, 
60 Stat. 597. 
Publication in 
Federal Register.