An Act to establish a U.S. Arms Control Agency
PL 87-297 (H.R.9118), enacted 09/26/1961

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Public Law 87-297 
A N A C T 
September 26, 1961 
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To establish a United States Arms Control and Disaruiament Agency. 
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Be it enacted hy the Seiiate mid House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
TITLE I—SHORT TITLE, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITIONS 
SHORT TITI^E 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Arms Control and Dis- Di^^a^^,^°AcT'^ 
armament Act". 
PURPOSE 
SEC. 2. An ultimate goal of the United States is a world which is free 
from the scourge of w^ar and the dangers and burdens of armaments; 
in which the use of force has been subordinated to the rule of law; and 
in which international adjustments to a changing world are achieved 
peacefully. It is the purpose of this Act to provide impetus toward 
this goal by creating a new agency of peace to deal with the problem 
of reduction and control of armaments looking toward ultimate world 
disarmament. 
Arms control and disarmament policy, being an important aspect 
of foreign policy, must be consistent with national security policy as 
a whole. The formulation and implementation of United States arms 
control and disarmament policy in a manner which will promote the 
national security can best be insured by a central organization charged 
by statute with primary responsibility for this field. This organiza-
tion must have such a position within the Government that it can 
provide the President, the Secretary of State, other officials of the 
executive branch, and the Congress with recommendations concerning 
United States arms control and disarmament policy, and can assess 
the effect of these recommendations upon our foreign policies, our 
national security policies, and our economy. 
This organization must have the capacity to provide the essential 
scientific, economic, political, military, psychological, and technologi-
cal information upon which realistic arms control and disarmament 
policy must be based. It must be able to carry out the following pri-
mary functions: 
(a) The conduct, support, and coordination of research for 
arms control and disarmament policy formulation; 
(b) The preparation for and management of United States 
participation in international negotiations in the arms control 
and disarmament field; 
(c) The dissemination and coordination of public information 
concerning arms control and disarmament; and 
(d) The preparation for, operation of, or as appropriate, 
direction of United States participation in such control systems 
as may become part of United States arms control and disarma-
ment activities. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 3. As used in this Act— 
(a) The terms "arms control" and "disarmament" mean the 
identification, verification, inspection, limitation, control, reduc-
tion, or elimination, of armed forces and armaments of all kinds 
under international agreement including the necessary steps taken 
under such an agreement to establish an effective sytem of inter-
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national control, or to create and strengthen international organi-
zations for the maintenance of peace. 
(b) The term "Government agency" means any executive depart-
ment, commission, agency, independent establishment, corporation 
wholly or partly owned by the United States which is an instru-
mentality of the United States, or any board, bureau, division, 
service, office, officer, authority, administration, or other establish-
ment in the executive branch of Government. 
(c) The term "Agency" means the United States Arms Control 
and Disarmament Agency. 
TITLE II—ORGANIZATION 
UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY 
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SEC. 21. I'here is hereby established an agency to be known as the 
"United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency". 
DIRECTOR 
SEC. 22. The Agency shall be headed by a Director, who shall serve 
as the principal adviser to the Secretary of State and the President on 
arms control and disarmament matters. 
In carrying out his duties 
under this Act the Director shallj under the direction of the Secretary 
of State, have primary responsibility within the Government for arms 
control and disarmament matters, as defined in this Act. 
He shall 
be appointed by the President, by and Avith the advice and consent of 
the Senate. He shall receive compensation at the rate of $22,500 per 
annum. 
D E P U T Y DIRECTOR 
SEC. 23. A Deputy Director of the Agency shall be appointed by 
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
He 
shall receive compensation at the rate of $21,500 per annum. 
The 
Deputy Director shall perform such duties and exercise such powers 
as the Director may prescribe. 
He shall act for, and exercise the 
powers of, the Director during his absence or disability or during a 
vacancy in said office. 
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS 
SEC. 24. Not to exceed four Assistant Directors may be appointed by 
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. They 
shall receive compensation at the rate of $20,000 per annum. 
They 
shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Director 
may prescribe. 
B U R E A U S , OFFICES, AND DIVISIONS 
SEC. 25. The Director, under the direction of the Secretary of State, 
may establish within the Agency such bureaus, offices, and divisions as 
he may determine to be necessary to discharge his responsibilities under 
this Act, including, but not limited to, an Office of the General Counsel. 
GENERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
SEC. 26. The President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, may appoint a General Advisory Committee of not to exceed 
fifteen members to advise the Director on arms control and disar-
mament policy and activities. The President shall designate one of 
the members as Chairman. 
The members of the committee may 
receive the compensation and reimbursement for expenses specified for 
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consultants by section 41(d) of this Act. Tlie Committee shall meet 
at least twice each year. 
It shall from time to time advise the 
President, the Secretary of State, and the Disarmament Director 
respecting matters affecting arms control, disarmament, and world 
peace. 
TITLE III—FUNCTIONS 
RESEARCH 
SEC. 31. The Director is authorized and directed to exercise his 
powers in such manner as to insure the acquisition of a fund of 
theoretical and practical knowledge concerning disarmament. 
To 
this end, the Director is authorized and directed, under the direction 
of the President, (1) to insure the conduct of research, development, 
and other studies in the field of arms control and disarmament; (2) 
to make arrangements (including contracts, agreements, and grants) 
for the conduct of research, development, and other studies in the 
field of arms control and disarmament by private or public institu-
tions or persons; and (3) to coordinate the research, development, and 
other studies conducted in the field of arms control and disarmament 
by or for other Government agencies in accordance with procedures 
established under section 35 of this Act. In carrying out his responsi-
bilities under this Act, the Director shall, to the maximum extent 
feasible, make full use of available facilities, Government and private. 
The authority of the Director with respect to research, development, 
and other studies shall be limited to participation in the following 
insofar as they relate to arms control and disarmament: 
(a) the detection, identification, inspection, monitoring, limita-
tion, reduction, control, and elimination of armed forces and 
armaments, including thermonuclear, nuclear, missile, conven-
tional, bacteriological, chemical, and radiological weapons; 
(b) the techniques and systems of detecting, identifying, in-
specting, and monitoring of tests of nuclear, thermonuclear, and 
other weapons; 
(c) the analysis of national budgets, levels of industrial pro-
duction, and economic indicators to determine the amounts spent 
by various countries for armaments; 
(d) the control, reduction, and elimination of armed forces and 
armaments in space, in areas on and beneath the earth's surface, 
and in underwater regions; 
(e) the structure and operation of international control and 
other organizations useful for arms control and disarmament; 
(f) the training of scientists, technicians, and other personnel 
for manning the control systems which may be created by interna-
tional arms control and disarmament agreements; 
(g) the reduction and elimination of the danger of war resulting 
from accident, miscalculation, or possible surprise attack, includ-
ing (but not limited to) improvements in the methods of communi-
cations between nations; 
(h) the economic and political consequences of arms control 
and disarmament, including the problems of readjustment arising 
in industry and the reallocation of national resources; 
(i) the arms control and disarmament implications of foreign 
and national security policies of the United States with a view to 
a better understanding of the significance of such policies for the * 
achievement of arms control and disarmament; 
(j) the national security and foreign policy implications of 
arms control and disarmament proposals with a view to a better 
understanding of the effect of such proposals upon national 
security and foreign policy; 
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(k) methods for the maintenance of peace and security during 
different stages of arms control and disarmament; 
(1) the scientific, economic, political, legal, social, psychological, 
military, and technological factors related to the prevention of 
war with a view to a better understanding of how the basic 
structure of a lasting peace may be established; 
(m) such related problems as the Director may determine to 
be in need of research, development, or study in order to carry 
out the provisions of this Act. 
PATENTS 
SEC. 32. All research within the United States contracted for, 
sponsored, cosponsored, or authorized under authority of this Act, 
shall be provided for in such manner that all information as to uses, 
products, processes, patents, and other developments resulting from 
such research developed by Government expenditure will (with such 
exceptions and limitations, if any, as the Director may find to be 
necessary in the public interest) be available to the general public. 
This subsection shall not be so construed as to deprive the owner of 
any background patent relating thereto of such rights as he may 
have thereunder. 
POLICY FORMULATION" 
SEC. 33. The Director is authorized and directed to prepare for the 
President, the Secretary of State, and the heads of such other Govern-
ment agencies, as the President may determine, recommendations con-
cerning United States arms control and disarmament policy: Provided^ 
however. That no action shall be taken under this or any other law 
(hat will obligate the United States to disarm or to reduce or to limit 
the Armed Forces or armaments of the United States, except pursuant 
use prec. title i.'to the treaty making power of the President under the Constitution 
or unless authorized oy further affirmative legislation by the Congress 
of the United States. 
NEGOTIATIONS AND RELATED FUNCTIONS 
SEC. 34. Under the direction of the Secretary of State— 
(a) the Director, for the purpose of conducting negotiations con-
cerning arms control and disarmament or for the purpose of exer-
cising any other authority given him by this Act, may (1) consult 
and communicate with or direct the consultation and communi-
cation with representatives of other nations or of international 
organizations and (2) communicate in the name of the Secretary 
with diplomatic representatives of the United States in this coun-
try and abroad. 
(b) the Director shall perform functions pursuant to section 
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to the United States Information Agency official United States 
positions and policy on arms control and disarmament matters 
for dissemination abroad. 
(c) the Director is authorized (1) to formulate plans and make 
preparations for the establishment, operation, and funding of 
inspection and control systems which may become part of the 
United States arms control and disarmament activities, and (2) 
as authorized by law, to put into effect, direct, or otherwise assume 
United States responsibility for such systems. 
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COORDINATION 
SEC. 35. The President is authorized to establish procedures to (1) 
assure cooperation, consultation, and a continuing exchange of in-
formation between the Agency and the Department of DefjMise, the 
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Atomic Energy Commission, the National Aeronautics stnd Space 
Administration and other affected Government agencies, in all signifi-
cant aspects of United States arms control and disarmament policy 
and related matters, including current and prospective policies, plans, 
and programs, (2) resolve differences of opinion between the 
Director and such other agencies which cannot be resolved through 
consultation, and (3) provide for presentation to the President of 
recommendations of the Director with respect to such differences, 
when such differences involve major matters of policy and cannot be 
resolved through consultation. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
GENERAL AUTHORITY 
SEC. 41. In the performance of his functions, the Director is author-
ized to— 
(a) utilize or employ the services, personnel, equipment, or 
facilities of any other Government agency, with the consent of 
the agency concerned, to perform such functions on behalf of the 
Agency as may appear desirable. 
It is the intent of this section 
that the Director rely upon the Department of State for general 
administrative services in the Ignited States and abroad to the 
extent agreed upon between the Secretary of State and the 
Director. 
Any Government agency is authorized, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, to transfer to or to receive from the 
Director, without reimbursement, supplies and equipment other 
than administrative supplies or equipment. 
Transfer or receipt 
of excess property shall be in accordance with the provisions of 
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, 
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as amended; 
(b) appoint officers and employees, including attorneys, for the 
Agency in accordance with the civil service laws and fix their 
compensation in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, 
63 stat. 9S4. 
as amended; 
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(c) enter into agreements with other Government agencies, in-
cluding the military departments through the Secretary of De-
fense, under which officers or employees of such agencies may be 
detailed to the Agency for the performance of service pursuant 
to this Act without prejudice to the status or advancement of 
such officers or employees within their own agencies; 
(d) procure services of experts and consultants or organiza-
tions thereof, including stenographic reporting services, as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C 
55a), at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals, and 
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to pay in connection therewith travel expenses of individuals, in-
cluding transportation and per diem in lieu of subsistence while 
away from their homes or regular places of business, as author-
ized by section 5 of said Act, as amended (5 TT.S.C. 73b-2) : 34^"'®' ^^- ^^^' 
Prov/ded, That no such individual shall be employed for more 
than one hundred days in any fiscal year unless tlie President 
certifies that employment of such individual in excess of such 
number of days is necessary in the national interest: And pro-
vided further, That such contracts may be renewed annually; 
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(e) employ individuals of outstanding ability without com-
pensation in accordance with the provisions of section 710(b) of 
the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 
69 Stat. 582. 
2160), and regulations issued thereunder; 
(f) establish advisory boards to advise with and make recom-
mendations to the Director on United States arms control and 
disarmament policy and activities. The members of such boards 
may receive the compensation and reimbursement for expenses 
specified for consultants by section 41(d) of this Act; 
(g) delegate, as appropriate, to the Deputy Director or other 
officers of the Agency, any authority conferred upon the Director 
by the provisions of this Act; and 
(h) make, promulgate, issue, rescind, and amend such rules 
and regulations as may be necessary or desirable to the exercise of 
anj authority conferred upon the Director by the provisions of 
this Act. 
FOREIGN SERVICE RESERVE AND STAFF OFFICERS 
SEC. 42. The Secretary of State may authorize the Director to exer-
cise, with respect to Foreign Service Reserve officers and Foreign Serv-
ice Staff officers and employees appointed or employed for the Agency, 
the following authority: (1) The authority available to the Secretary 
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authority available to the Secretary under any other provision of law 
pertaining specifically, or generally applicable, to such officers or em-
})loyees, and (3) the authority of the Board of Foreign Service pur-
suant to the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended. 
CONTRACTS OR EXPENDITURES 
SEC. 43. The President may, in advance, exempt actions of the 
Director from the provisions of law relating to contracts or expendi-
tures of Government funds whenever he determines that such action 
is essential in the interest of United States arms control and disarma-
ment and security policy. 
CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND DUAL COMPENSATION LAWS 
SEC. 44. The members of the General Advisory Committee created 
by section 26 of this Act, and the members of the advisory boards, the 
consultants, and the individuals of outstanding ability employed 
without compensation, all of which are provided in section 41 of this 
Act, may serve as such without regard to the provisions of section 
62 Stat. 697. 
281, 283, 284 or 1914 of title 18 of the United States Code, or of sec-
tion 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 99), or of any other Fed-
eral law imposing restrictions, requirements, or penalties in relation 
to the employment of individuals, the performance of services, or the 
payment or receipt of compensation in connection with any claim, 
proceeding, or matter involving the United States Government, except 
insofar as such provisions of law may prohibit any such individual 
from receiving compensation from a source other than a nonprofit 
educational institution in respect of any particular matter in which 
the Agency is directly interested. 
Nor shall such service be con-
sidered as employment or holding of office or position bringing such 
individual within the provisions of section 13 of the Civil Service 
70 Stat. 757. 
Retirement Act (5 U.S.C. 2263), section 212 of the Act of June 30, 
47 Stat. 406; 69 1932, as amended (5 U.S.C. 59a), or any other Federal law limiting 
Stat. 498. 
^^^ reemployment of retired officers or employees or governing the 
simultaneous receipt of compensation and retired pay or annuities. 
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SECURITY REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 45. (a) The Director shall establish such security and loyalty 
requirements, restrictions, and safeguards as he deems necessary in the 
interest of the national security and to carry out the provisions of'this 
Act. The Director shall arrange with the Civil Service Commission 
for the conduct of full-field background security and loyalty investiga-
tions of all the Agency's officers, employees, consultants, persons de-
tailed from other Government agencies, members of its General Ad-
visory Committee, advisory boards, contractors and subcontractors, 
and their officers and employees, actual or prospective. In the event 
the investigation discloses information indicating that the person in-
vestigated may be or may become a security risk, or may be of doubtful 
loyalty, the report of the investigation shall be turned over to the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation for a full-field investigation. 
The 
final results of all such investigations shall be turned over to the 
Director for final determination. 
No person shall be permitted to 
enter on duty as sucli an officer, employee, consultant, or member of 
advisory committee or board, or pursuant to any such detail, and no 
contractor or subcontractor, or officer or employee thereof shall be 
permitted to have access to any classified information, until he shall 
have been investigated in accordance with this subsection and the 
report of such investigations made to the Director, and the Director 
shall have determined that such person is not a security risk or of 
doubtful loyalty. Standards applicable with respect to the security 
clearance of persons within any category referred to in this subsection 
shall not be less stringent, and the investigation of such persons 
for such purposes shall not be less intensive or complete, than in the 
case of such clearance of persons in a corresponding category under 
the security procedures of the Government agency or agencies having 
the highest security restrictions witli respect to persons in such 
category. 
(b) The Atomic Energy Commission may authorize any of its 
employees, or employees of any contractor, prospective contractor, 
licensee, or prospective licensee of the Atomic Energy Commission or 
any other person authorized to have access to Restricted Data by the 
Atomic Energy Commission under section 2165 of title 42, to permit 
es stat. 942. 
the Director or any officer, employee, consultant, person detailed from 
other Government agencies, member of the General Advisory Commit-
tee or of an advisory board established pursuant to section 41(f), 
contractor, subcontractor, prospective contractor, or prospective sub-
contractor, or officer or employee of such contractor, subcontractor, 
prospective contractor, or prospective subcontractor, to have access to 
Restricted Data which is required in the performance of his duties and 
so certified by the Director, but only if (1) ^^^ Atomic Energy Com-
mission has determined, in accordance with the established personnel 
security procedures and standards of the Commission, that permitting 
such individual to have access to such Restricted Data will not endan-
ger the common defense and security, and (2) the Atomic Energy 
Commission finds that the established personnel and other security 
procedures and standards of the Agency are adequate and in reasonable 
conformity to the standards established by the Atomic Energy Com-
mission under section 2165 of title 42, including those for mterim 
clearance in subsection (b) thereof. 
Any individual granted access 
to such Restricted Data pursuant to this subsection may exchange such 
data with any individual who (A) is an officer or employee of the 
Department of Defense, or any department or agency thereof, or a 
member of the Armed Forces, or an officer or employee of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, or a contractor or subcontrac-
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tor of any such department, agency, or armed force, or an officer or 
employee of any such contractor or subcontractor, and (B) has been 
authorized to have access to Restricted Data under the provisions of 
68 Stat. 941; 72 gectious 2163 or 2455 of title 42. 
Stat. 433. 
COMPTROLLEK GENERAL 
AUDIT 
SEC. 46. No moneys appropriated for the purpose of this Act shall 
be available for payment under any contract with the Director, 
negotiated without advertising, except contracts with any foreign 
government, international organization or any agency thereof, unless 
such contract inchides a clause to the effect that the Comptroller 
General of the United States or any of his duly authorized representa-
tives shall, until the expiration of three years after final payment, have 
access to and the right to examine any directly pertinent books, 
documents, papers, and records of the contractor or any of his subcon-
tractors engaged in the performance of, and involving transactions 
related to such contracts or subcontracts: Provided^ Iwwever^ That no 
moneys so appropriated shall be available for payment under such 
contract which includes any provisions precluding an audit by the 
General Accounting Office of any transaction under such contract: 
And provided further^ That nothing in this section shall preclude the 
earlier disposal of contractor and subcontractor records in accordance 
with records disposal schedules agreed upon between the Director and 
the General Accounting Office. 
TRANSFER OF ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES TO AGENCY 
SEC. 47. (a) The United States Disarmament Administration, 
together with its records, property, personnel, and funds, is hereby 
transferred to the Agency. 
The appropriations and unexpended 
balances of appropriations transferred pursuant to this subsection 
shall be available for expenditure for any and all objects of expendi-
ture autliorized by this Act, without regard to the requirements of 
64 Stat. 765. 
apportionment under section 665 of title 31. 
(b) The President, by Executive order, may transfer to the Director 
any activities or facilities of any Government agency which relate 
primarily to arms control and disarmament. 
In connection with any 
such transfer, the President may under this section or other applicable 
authority, provide for appropriate transfers of records, property, 
civilian personnel, and funds. 
No transfer shall be made under this 
subsection until (1) a full and complete report concerning the nature 
and effect of such proposed transfer has been transmitted by the 
President to the Congress, and (2) the first period of sixty calendar 
days of regular session of the Congress following the date of receipt 
of such report by the Congress has expired without adoption by either 
House of the Congress of a resolution stating that such House does 
not favor such transfer. 
The procedures prescribed in title I I of the 
" u s e ' 1332-10- Reorganization Act of 1949 shall apply to any such resolution. 
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approval. 
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USE OF FUNDS 
S E C 48. Appropriations made to the Director for the purposes of 
this Act, and transfers of funds to him by other Government agencies 
for such purposes, shall be available to him to exercise any authority 
granted him by this Act, including, without limitation, expenses of 
printing and binding without regard to the provisions of section 11 
of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U.S.C. I l l ) ; purchase or hire of 
one passenger motor vehicle for the official use of the Director without 
60 Stat. 810. 
regard to the limitations contained in section 78(c) of title 6 of the 
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United States Code; entertainment and official courtesies to the extent 
authorized by appropriation; expenditures for training and study; 
expenditures in connection with participation in international con-
ferences for the purposes of this Act; and expenses in connection with 
travel of personnel outside the Uliited States, including transporta-
tion expenses of dependents, household goods, and personal effects, 
and expenses authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as 
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amended, not otherwise provided for. 
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APPROPRIATION 
SEC. 49. (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated not to 
exceed $10,000,000 to remain available until expended, to carry out 
the purposes of this Act. 
(b) Funds appropriated pursuant to this section may be allocated 
or transferred to any agency for carrying out the purposes of this Act. 
Such funds shall be available for obligation and expenditure in ac-
cordance with authority granted in this Act, or under authority gov-
erning the activities of the agencies to which such funds are allocated 
or transferred. 
REPORT TO CONGRESS 
SEC. 50. The Director shall submit to the President, for transmittal 
to the Congress, not later than January 31 of each year, a report 
concerning activities of the Agency. 
Approved September 26, 1961, 12:45 p.m. 
Public Law 87-298 
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September 26, 1961 
To authorize the use of funds arising from judgments in favor of any of the Con- 
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federated Tribes of the Oolville Reservation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the funds on 
^o/^^f; Reser-
deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Col- vation. 
ville Tribe, San Poeils-Nespelem Tribe, Okanogan Tribe, Methow 
Tribe, and Lake Tribe (certain constituent groups of the Confeder-
ated Tribes of the Colville Reservation) that were appropriated to 
pay a judgment of the Indian Claims Commission dated March 1, 
1960, in docket numbered 181, and the funds which may be deposited 
in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the said con-
stituent groups or any other constituent groups of the Confederated 
Tribes of the Colville Reservation to pay any judgments arising out 
of proceedings presently pending before the Indian Claims Commis-
sion in dockets numbered 161, 179,181-A, 181-B, 181-C, 222, and 224, 
and the interest on said judgments, after payment of attorney fees 
and expenses, shall be credited to the account of the Confederated 
Tribes of the Colville Reservation, and may be advanced or expended 
for any purpose that is authorized by the tribal governing body of the 
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and approved by the 
Secretary of the Interior. 
Any part of such funds that may be 
distributed per capita to the members of the tribes shall not be subject 
to Federal or State income tax. 
Approved September 26, 1961. 
C o n f e d e r a t e d 
Tribes.