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An Act to amend title 46, section 1159, to provide for construction aid for certain vessels operating on the inland rivers and w waterways
PL 90-183 (S.2211), enacted 12/10/1967

81 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-183-DEC. 10, 1967 
559 
wealth of Pennsylvania or tlie State of West Virginia and by any 
agency and political subdivision thereof. 
/'ARTICLE IX. EFFECTIVE DATE OF COMPACT. 
"This compact shall become effective upon ratification by tlie Gen-
eral Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Legisla-
ture of the State of West Virginia and upon approval by the Congress 
of the United States." 
SEC. 2. (a) The consent granted by this Act does not include 
advance consent for any additional powers that may hereafter be con-
ferred upon the Wheeling Creek Watershed Protection and Flood 
Prevention Commission by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania and 
the Legislature of AVest Virginia. 
(b) The (^'ongress and any of its connnittees shall have the right to 
re(piire tlie disclosure and furnishing of such information by the 
TMieeling Creek Wate>i'shed Protection and Flood Prevention Com-
mission as they may deem appropriate and shall have access to all 
books, records, and papers of the Commission. 
(c) The I'iglit to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly 
j-eserved. 
Approved December 8, 1967. 
Public Law 90-182 
A N A C T 
December 8, 1967 
To provide long-term leasing for the Gila River Indian Reservation. 
[H. R. 2154] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Refresentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assertibled^ That section 1 of the- ^"dians. 
Act of August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539), as amended, is hereby amended leased. 
as follows: After the words "Pyramid Lake Reservation,-' insert the 
25 use 415. 
words "the Gila Elver Reservation,". 
Approved December 8, 1967. 
Public Law 90-183 
A N A C T 
December 110, 1967 
To amend section 509 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to provide for _^_Jfll^_l] 
construction aid for certain passenger vessels operating on the inland rivers 
and waterways. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a'^serribled., That section 509 
of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1159), is amended by tTade"''°"'"'" 
inserting immediately after the words "fourteen knots," the follow- ,/^,^*^*4^^;°°°' 
ing: "or in the case of a passenger vessel operating solely on the 
inland rivers and waterways which is designed to be of not less 
than one thousand gross tons and to be capable of sustained speed 
of not less than eight knots,". 
Approved December 10, 1967. 
Passenger ves-
66 Stat. 761. 
85-622 0-68—38
An Act to provide long-term leasing for the Gila River Indian Reservation
PL 90-182 (H.R.2154), enacted 12/08/1967

81 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-183-DEC. 10, 1967 
559 
wealth of Pennsylvania or tlie State of West Virginia and by any 
agency and political subdivision thereof. 
/'ARTICLE IX. EFFECTIVE DATE OF COMPACT. 
"This compact shall become effective upon ratification by tlie Gen-
eral Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Legisla-
ture of the State of West Virginia and upon approval by the Congress 
of the United States." 
SEC. 2. (a) The consent granted by this Act does not include 
advance consent for any additional powers that may hereafter be con-
ferred upon the Wheeling Creek Watershed Protection and Flood 
Prevention Commission by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania and 
the Legislature of AVest Virginia. 
(b) The (^'ongress and any of its connnittees shall have the right to 
re(piire tlie disclosure and furnishing of such information by the 
TMieeling Creek Wate>i'shed Protection and Flood Prevention Com-
mission as they may deem appropriate and shall have access to all 
books, records, and papers of the Commission. 
(c) The I'iglit to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly 
j-eserved. 
Approved December 8, 1967. 
Public Law 90-182 
A N A C T 
December 8, 1967 
To provide long-term leasing for the Gila River Indian Reservation. 
[H. R. 2154] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Refresentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assertibled^ That section 1 of the- ^"dians. 
Act of August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539), as amended, is hereby amended leased. 
as follows: After the words "Pyramid Lake Reservation,-' insert the 
25 use 415. 
words "the Gila Elver Reservation,". 
Approved December 8, 1967. 
Public Law 90-183 
A N A C T 
December 110, 1967 
To amend section 509 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to provide for _^_Jfll^_l] 
construction aid for certain passenger vessels operating on the inland rivers 
and waterways. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a'^serribled., That section 509 
of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1159), is amended by tTade"''°"'"'" 
inserting immediately after the words "fourteen knots," the follow- ,/^,^*^*4^^;°°°' 
ing: "or in the case of a passenger vessel operating solely on the 
inland rivers and waterways which is designed to be of not less 
than one thousand gross tons and to be capable of sustained speed 
of not less than eight knots,". 
Approved December 10, 1967. 
Passenger ves-
66 Stat. 761. 
85-622 0-68—38
An Act to amend further the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), as amended
PL 90-175 (S.1031), enacted 12/05/1967

542 
PUBLIC LAW 90-175-DEC. 5, 1967 
[81 STAT. 
"Training center 
for allied health 
professions." 
80 Stat. 1228. 
42 u s e 295h-4. 
Effective date. 
Report to 
gress. 
(e) Section 795(1) (A) (ii) of such Act is amended to read as fol-
lows: "'(ii) of education in optometric technology, dental hygiene, 
or curriculunis as are specified by regulation, and". 
(f) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective as of 
Xovember 3,1966. 
COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY 
SEC. 14, The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, in con-
sultation and cooperation with other officials of the Federal Govern-
ment and of the States, shall make a comprehensive survey of the 
incidence and location of serious hunger and malnutrition and health 
problems incident thereto in the United States and shall report his 
findings and recommendations for dealing with these conditions to 
the Congress within six months from the date of enactment of this 
section. 
MEANING OF SECRETARY 
SEC. 15. As used in the amendments made by this Act, the term 
"Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. 
Approved December 5, 1967. 
December 5, 1967 
[S. 1031] 
Public Law 90-175 
AN ACT 
To amend further the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), as amended. 
Peace Corps. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
80 Stat. 764. 
22 use 2502. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 3(b) of 
the Peace Corps Act, as amended, which authorizes apj)ropriations to 
carry out the purposes of that Act, is amended by striking out "1967" 
and "$110,000,000" and substituting "1968" and "$115,700,000", re-
spectively. 
Approved December 5, 1967. 
December 6, 1967 
Public Law 90-176 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 2529] 
rp^j amend the Act of September 8, 1960, relating to the Washington Channel 
waterfront. 
Washington 
Channel water-
front. 
D.C Code 
5-723. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (1) the first 
sentence of section 4(b) of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the 
Commissioners of the District of Columbia on behalf of the United 
States to transfer from the United States to the District of Columbia 
Kedevelopment Land Agency title to certain real property in said 
District", approved September 8, 1960 (74 Stat. 872), is amended by 
striking out "by reason of the enactment of the joint resolution 
approved August 28, 1958 (72 Stat. 983; Public Law 85-821),". 
(2) The second sentence of section 4(b) of such Act is amended 
by striking out "by reason of the operation of such joint resolution 
approved August 28, 1958,". 
(3) Section 4(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the 
first sentence thereof the following: "The priority of opportunity 
created by this section is a personal right of the owners of businesses 
displaced. In the event of the death of any such owner of any such 
displaced business, the spouse of such owner, or, if there is no spouse,
An Act to amend the act to provide for the establishment of a public crematorium in the District of Columbia
PL 90-173 (S.770), enacted 12/04/1967

i532 
PUBLIC LAW 90-172-DEC. 4, 1967 
[81 STAT. 
December 4, 1967 
[S. 764] 
Public Law 90-172 
AN A C T 
To amend section 6 of the District of Columbia Traffic Act, 1025, as amended, 
and to amend section 6 of the Act approved July 2, 1940, as amended, to 
eliminate requirements that applications for motor vehicle title certificates and 
certain lien information related thereto be submitted under oath. 
D.C. motor ve-
hicle title certifi-
cates. 
Oath require-
ments. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the first sen-
tence of subsection (d) of section 6 of the District of Columbia TraiSc 
Act, 1925, as amended (43 Stat. 1121, 46 Stat. 1425; sec. 40-603(d), 
D.C. Code), is amended by striking ", under oath,"\ 
SEC. 2. The first sentence of section 6 of the Act approved July 2, 
1940, as amended (54 Stat. 737; sec. 40-706, D.C. Code), is amended 
by striking "under oath". 
Approved December 4, 1967. 
December 4, 1967 
[S. 770] 
Public Law 90-173 
AN ACT 
To amend an Act to provide for the establishment of a public crematorium in 
the District of Columbia. 
D.C. public 
crematorium. 
Establishment. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of 
the Act approved April 20,1906, as amended (34 Stat. 123; sec. 27-130, 
D.C. Code), is amended (1) by deleting from the first sentence ", and 
for the incineration of such other bodies as may be presented for 
that purpose by the persons having custody thereof"; (2) by striking 
from the second sentence the comma immediately after "crematorium" 
and inserting in lieu thereof a period, and striking the remainder of 
the sentence; and (3) by striking the third sentence. 
Approved December 4, 1967.
An Act to amend section 6 of the District of Columbia Traffic Act, 1925, as amended, and to amend section 6 of the act approved July 2, 1940, as amended, to eliminate requirements that applications for motor vehicle title certificates and certain lien information related thereto be submitted under oath
PL 90-172 (S.764), enacted 12/04/1967

i532 
PUBLIC LAW 90-172-DEC. 4, 1967 
[81 STAT. 
December 4, 1967 
[S. 764] 
Public Law 90-172 
AN A C T 
To amend section 6 of the District of Columbia Traffic Act, 1025, as amended, 
and to amend section 6 of the Act approved July 2, 1940, as amended, to 
eliminate requirements that applications for motor vehicle title certificates and 
certain lien information related thereto be submitted under oath. 
D.C. motor ve-
hicle title certifi-
cates. 
Oath require-
ments. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the first sen-
tence of subsection (d) of section 6 of the District of Columbia TraiSc 
Act, 1925, as amended (43 Stat. 1121, 46 Stat. 1425; sec. 40-603(d), 
D.C. Code), is amended by striking ", under oath,"\ 
SEC. 2. The first sentence of section 6 of the Act approved July 2, 
1940, as amended (54 Stat. 737; sec. 40-706, D.C. Code), is amended 
by striking "under oath". 
Approved December 4, 1967. 
December 4, 1967 
[S. 770] 
Public Law 90-173 
AN ACT 
To amend an Act to provide for the establishment of a public crematorium in 
the District of Columbia. 
D.C. public 
crematorium. 
Establishment. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of 
the Act approved April 20,1906, as amended (34 Stat. 123; sec. 27-130, 
D.C. Code), is amended (1) by deleting from the first sentence ", and 
for the incineration of such other bodies as may be presented for 
that purpose by the persons having custody thereof"; (2) by striking 
from the second sentence the comma immediately after "crematorium" 
and inserting in lieu thereof a period, and striking the remainder of 
the sentence; and (3) by striking the third sentence. 
Approved December 4, 1967.
Joint resolution extending for one year the emergency provisions of the urban mass transportation program
PL 90-169 (H.J.Res.859), enacted 12/01/1967

70A Stat. 610. 
70A Stat. 497. 
10 u s e 8201-
526 
PUBLIC LAW 90-169-DEC. 1, 1967 
[81 STAT. 
at the end of clause (3) and inserting in place thereof "; and", and 
adding the following new clause: 
"(4) when away from home to perform duty, including duty 
by a member of the Army National Guard of the United States or 
the Air National Guard of the United States, as the case may be, 
in his status as a member of the National Guard, for which he is 
entitled to, or has w^aived, pay under this title." 
SEC. 4. The last sentence of section 502(b) of title 32, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: "However, to have a series of 
formations credited as an assembly for drill and instruction, all parts 
of the unit must be included in the series within 30 consecuti^-e days." 
SEC. 5. From December 1, 1967, through June 30, 1969, appoint-
ments and promotions may be made without regard to the authorized 
strength in grade prescribed hj or under chapter 831 of title 10, United 
States Code, to fill vacancies m units of the Air National Guard, and 
8230. 
in units organized to serve as units in the Air Force Reserve, as 
follows: 
(1) Before July 1, 1968, in the Air National Guard, 250 in the 
grade of lieutenant colonel and 340 in the grade of major, and in 
the Air Force Reserve, 270 in the grade of lieutenant colonel and 
240 in the grade of major, and 
(2) Aft^r June 30,1968, in the Air National Guard, 220 in the 
grade of lieutenant colonel and 300 in the grade of major, and in 
the Air Force Reserve, 125 in the grade of lieutenant colonel and 
175 in the grade of major. 
SEC. 6. Section 412 of Public Law 86-149, as amended, is amended 
personnel 
by adding at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: 
fzatr^n^b ^c*(!'n'^ 
"^^^ Beginning with the fiscal year which begins July 1, 1968, and 
gres'r." ^ °" 
for each fiscal year thereafter, the Congress shall authorize the per-
73 Stat. 322; 
sounel Strength of the Selected Reserve of each Reserve component of 
" *"""' '^° 
the Armed Forces; and no funds may be appropriated for any fiscal 
year beginning on or after such date for the pay and allowances of 
members of any Reserve component of the Armed Forces unless the 
personnel strength of the Selected Reserve of such Reserve component 
for such fiscal year has been authorized by law." 
SEC. 7. The provisions of this Act shall become effective on the first 
day of the first calendar month following the date of enactment. 
Approved December 1, 1967. 
Public Law 90-169 
December 1, 1967 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[ .J. es. 8 ] Kxteudiu^ for one .venr tlie emergency provisions of the urban mass transportation 
program. 
ReM>leed hy the Semite and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 5 of tlie Urban 
^9'use 1604 
Miiss Transportation Act of 1964 is amended by striking out "Novem-
ber 1, 1967" and inserting in lieu thereof ''November 1,1968". 
Approved December 1, 1967. 
Selected Re 
serve 
79 Stat. 128. 
Effective date.
An Act to amend sections 334, 355, 367, and 369 of the Bankruptcy Act
PL 90-156 (H.R.2519), enacted 11/28/1967

510 
PUBLIC LAW 90-156-NOV. 28, 1967 
[81 STAT. 
tai-y of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the city of 
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the sum of $5,313.45 in full settlement of 
all its claims against the United States for the Federal shai-e of the 
cost of a civil defense rescue truck, acquired by such city. Timely 
application for such Federal share was not made by reason of an ad-
ministrative error. 
SEC. 2. No part of the amount appropriated in the first section of 
this Act shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or at-
torney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, 
and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwith-
standing. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be 
fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. 
Approved November 28, 1967. 
Public Law 90-156 
November 28, 1967 
AN A C T 
[H. R. 25 19] 
rp^j amend sections 334, 355, 367, and 369 of the Bankruptcy Act. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Bankruptcy. 
UTuted States of America in Congress assonhled^ That section 334 of 
77 Stat. 330. 
the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 734) is amended to read as follows: 
''SEC. 334. Not less than twenty-five nor more than forty days after 
the petition is filed the court shall hold a first meeting of creditors." 
11 use 755a. 
g^,^ g. Sectiou 355 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 755) is 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 355. Creditors, including the United States, any State, and 
any subdivision thereof, shall file their proofs of claim before con-
firmation except as follows: 
"(1) if scheduled by the debtor, a claim may be filed within 
thirty days after the date of mailing notice of confirmation to 
creditors but shall not be allowed for an amount in excess of that 
set forth in the debtor's schedules; and 
"(2) a claim arising from the rejection of an executory contract 
of the debtor may be filed within such time as the court may 
direct." 
SEC. 3. Paragraph (3) of section 367 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 
U.S.C. 767(3)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(3) the consideration deposited, if any, shall be distributed 
and the rights provided by the arrangement shall inure to the 
creditors affected by the arrangement, including the United States, 
any State, and any subdivision thereof, whose claims are filed 
within the time prescribed by section 355 of this chapter and are 
allowed; and*' 
SEC. 4. Section 369 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 769) is 
amended to read as follows: 
"'SEC, 369. The court shall in any event retain jurisdiction until the 
final allowance or disallowance of all claims affected by the arrange-
ment which have been filed within the limitations as to time and 
amount prescribed by section 355 but have not been allowed or dis-
allowed prior to confirmation." 
Approved November 28, 1967.
An Act declaring a portion of Bayou Lafourche, La., a nonnavigable waterway of the United States
PL 90-149 (H.R.6692), enacted 11/22/1967

81 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-150-NOV. 24, 1967 
507 
June 30, 1969, and $134,300,000 for the fiscal vear ending June 30, 
1970. 
"SHORT TTTLE 
•'SEC. 310. This Act may be cited as the 'Clean Air Act'." 
Approved November 21, 1967. 
Public Law 90-149 
A N A C T 
November 22, 1967 
Declaring a portion of Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, a nonnavigable waterway 
[H. R. 6692) 
of the United States. 
Be it eruicted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United 
States 
of America 
in Congress 
assembled, That Bayou ^^y°"^^-
Lafourche, iii the State of Louisiana, between Canal Boulevard, city °Nonnavigabie 
of Thibodaux, Parish of Lafourche, State of Louisiana, and the head waterway. 
of the bayou at its junction with the Mississippi River levee at the city 
of Donaldsonville, Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana, is hereby 
declared to be a nonnavigable waterway of the United States within 
the meaning of the laws of the LTnited States. The existing project for 
Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, authorized by the Acts of August 30, 
1935 (49 Stat. 1028) and July 14, 1960 (74 Stat. 480) is hereby 
deauthorized in the reach of Bayou Lafourche herein declared 
nonnavigable. 
SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby 
expressly reserved. 
Approved November 22, 1967. 
Public Law 90-150 
A N A C T 
November 24, 1967 
To amend the Highway Safety Act of ItmtS. 
I^^' ^^^^' 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 404 of ^"'of'Tgee^"^^*^ 
the Highway Safety Act (23 U.S.C, 401 et seq.) is amended by— 
amendment.' 
(1) striking subsection (a)(1) thereof and inserting in lieu 
so stat. 733. 
thereof the following: 
"(a) (1) There is established in the Department of Transportation ^jftt'e^"'^ "^""^ 
a National Highway Safety Advisory Committee, composed of the 
Secretary or an officer of the Department appointed by him, who shall 
be Chairman, the Federal Highway Administrator, and thirty-five 
members a})pointed by the President, no more than four of whom shall 
be Federal officers or employees. The appointed members, having due 
regard for the purposes of this chapter, shall be selected from among 
representatives of various State and local governments, including 
State legislatures, of public and private interests contributing to, 
affected by, or concerned with highway safety, including the national 
organizations of passenger car, l)us, and truck owners, and of other 
public and private agencies, organizations, or groups demonstrating 
an active interest in highway safety, as well as research scientists and 
other individuals who are expert in this field.*" 
(2) striking subsection 
(a) (2) (A) 
and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: 
"(2) (A) Each member appointed by the President shall hold office 
for a term of three years, except that (i) any member appointed to fill