Joint resolution to provide for the designation of the calendar week beginning on May 30, 1971, and ending on June 5, 1971, as ""National Peace Corps Week"", and for other purposes
PL 92-20 (S.J.Res.29), enacted 05/28/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 92-22-JUNE 1, 1971 
M 
which is not clearly proven to have been destroyed. The bond of indem-
nity shall be in such form and amount and with such surety, sureties, 
or security as the Secretary of the Treasury shall require. 
"(c) No relief shall be granted on account of interest coupons 
claimed to have been attached to a security unless the Secretary is 
satisfied that such coupons have not been paid and are in fact destroyed 
or will not become the basis of a valid claim against the United States. 
"(d) The term 'security' means any direct obligation of the United 
States issued pursuant to law for valuable consideration, including 
bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, and Treasury bills, and 
interim certificates issued for any such security." 
Approved May 27, 1971. 
'Security." 
Public Law 92-20 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
May 28, 1971 
To provide for the designation of the calendar week beginning on May 30, 1971, 
[s. j . Res. 29] 
and ending on June 5, 1971, as "National Peace Corps Week", and for other 
purposes. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
/States of America in Congress a^semhled^ That the President is author-
ized and requested to issue a proclamation (1) designating the cal-
endar week beginning on May 30, 1971, and ending on June 5, 1971, 
as "National Peace Corps Week"; and (2) inviting the Governors and 
mayors of States and local governments of the United States to issue 
similar proclamations. 
Approved May 28, 1971. 
National Peace 
Corps Week. 
Designation 
authorization. 
Public Law 92-21 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1971 for certain 
maritime programs of the Department of (Commerce. 
June 1,1971 
[H. R. 5352] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Represetitatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act of 
May 13,1970 (84 Stat. 207; Public Law 91-247) is amended by strik-
ing out of paragraph (b) the figure $193,000,000 and inserting in lieu 
thereof the figure $273,000,000. 
Approved June 1, 1971. 
Maritime pro-
grams. 
Appropriation 
increase. 
Public Law 92-22 
AN ACT 
To establish within the Department of the Interior the position of an additional 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior, 
June I,1971 
[S.1399] 
Department of 
Interior. 
Additional 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That there shall be 
hereafter in the Department of the Interior, in addition to the Assistant 
Secretaries now provided by law, an additional Assistant Secretary of Assistant secre 
the Interior who shall be appointed by the President by and with the *^'^' 
advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be responsible for such 
duties as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe, and shall receive 
compensation at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for 
Assistant Secretaries of the Interior. 
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PUBLIC LAW 92-23-JUNE 2, 1971 
[85 STAT. 
81 Stat. 198. 
Repeals. 
5 u s e app, 
80 Stat. 464. 
SEC. 2. Section 5'315, title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking the figure " (5)" at the end of item (18) and by inserting in lieu 
thereof the figure "(6)". 
SEC. 3. Section 4 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1950, as 
amended (64 Stat. 1262), and item (25) of section 5316, title 5, United 
States Code, are repealed, effective upon the confirmation by the 
United States Senate of a Presidential appointee to fill the position 
created by this Act. 
Approved June 1, 1971. 
June 2, 1971 
[S. J. Res, 103] 
Public Law 92-23 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To authorize the President to designate June 1, 1971, as "Medical Library 
Association Day". 
Medical Library 
Association Day, 
Designation 
authorization. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That, as a tribute to the 
important and dedicated work performed by the medical librarians, 
the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation 
designating the day June 1, 1971, as "Medical Library Association 
Day" to coincide with their annual convention. 
Approved June 2, 1971. 
June 2,1971 
[H. R. 4209] 
Public Law 92-24 
AN ACT 
To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands. 
Virgin Islands. 
Assistant U.S. 
attorneys. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 27 of the 
Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, as amended (73 Stat. 569, 
48 U.S.C. 1617), is amended as follows: 
(a) delete the words "chapter 31" and insert in lieu thereof the 
words "chapter 35". 
(b) delete the words "except that the Attorney General shall 
not appoint more than one assistant United States attorney for the 
Virgin Islands". 
Approved June 2, 1971. 
June 4,1971 
[H. R. 5765] 
Public Law 92-25 
AN ACT 
To extend for six months the time for filing the comprehensive report of the 
Commission on the Organization of the Government of the District of Columbia. 
D.C. 
Commission on 
government organ-
ization. 
84 Stat. 846. 
D.C. Code 1-102 
note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 103(b) 
of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Commission on the Organiza-
tion of the Government of the District of Columbia and to provide for 
a Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of 
Columbia," approved September 22, 1970 (85 Stat. 845), is amended 
by striking out "six months" the first place it appears and inserting in 
lieu thereof "twelve months". 
Approved June 4, 1971.