An Act to amend the act of February 28, 1901, to insure that policemen and firemen in the District of Columbia will receive medical care for all injuries and diseases
PL 87-708 (H.R.12727), enacted 09/27/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-708-SEPT. 27, 1%2 
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therefor, shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable. 
Before the 
works are transferred to an irrigation water user's organization for 
care, operation, and maintenance, the organization shall have agreed 
to operate them in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of the 
Interior with respect to achieving the fish and wildlife benefits, and to 
return the works to the United States for care, operation, and main-
tenance in the event of failure to comply with the requirements to 
achieve such benefits. 
(c) The works authorized in this Act shall be operated for flood 
control in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
the Army pursuant to section 7 of the Flood Control Act approved 
September 22,1944 (58 Stat. 887). 
33 use 709. 
SEC. 4. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for construe- 
Appropriation. 
tion of the Baker Federal reclamation project the sum of $6,168,000 
(February 1962 prices), plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may 
be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as 
indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of con-
struction involved herem. 
There are also authorized to be appro-
priated such additional sums as may be required for operation and 
maintenance of the project. 
Approved September 27, 1962. 
Public Law 87-707 
A N A C T 
September 27, 1962 
To amend part I of the Interstate Commerce Act in order to provide that the 
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provisions of section 4(1) thereof, relating to long- and short-haul charges, 
shall not apply to express companies. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4(1) 
interstate com-
of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C. 4(1)) is amended by in- '"•'ce Act, amend-
serting before the period at the end thereof a colon and the following: '"T'ong- and short-
^^And provided further, That the provisions of this paragraph shall ^^"i charge 
not apply to express companies subject to the provisions of this part, *Ti"st"at. 292. 
except that the exemption herein accorded express companies shall not 
be construed to relieve them from the operation of any other provision 
contained in this Act". 
Approved September 27, 1962. 
;es, ex-
Public Law 87-708 
AN ACT 
September 27, 1962 
To amend the Act of February 28, 1901, to insure that policemen and firemen [H.R. 12727] 
in the District of Columbia will receive medical care for all injuries and 
diseases. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled, That the third 
D.C. poucemen 
sentence of paragraph (7) of the first section of the Act entitled "An ^"MedilS^c'are 
Act relating to the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia", 
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approved February 28, 1901, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 4^124), is 
34 stat. 222. 
amended by inserting after "Fire Department of said District" the 
following: "for any injury received or disease contracted (whether 
or not received or contracted in the performance of duty)". 
Approved September 27, 1962.