An Act to amend title III of the Baukhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, to provide for additional means and measures for land conservation and land utilization, and for other purposes
PL 89-796 (S.688), enacted 11/08/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-796-NOV. 8, 1966 
[80 STAT. 
U.S. interest, 
conveyance. 
Appropriation. 
for the purposes of that Act will also apply to the acquisition of 
adjoining lands required for the border highway, and the Secretary 
may transfer to the Secretary of State funds necessary for such 
purposes. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary is authorized to convey all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the highway authorized to be 
constructed by this Act to the State of Texas or the city of El Paso, 
Texas, except that the Secretary shall not construct any highway 
under authority of this Act until such time as he shall have entered 
into an agreement with the State of Texas or the city of El Paso, 
Texas, wherein such State or city agrees to pay to the Secretary of the 
Treasury at such time as may be specified by the Secretary an amount 
equal to 50 per centum of the cost of constructing such highway, exclud-
ing all costs of axi^uiring lands or interests in lands as may be required 
for the construction of the highway authorized by this Act and all 
preliminary engineering costs, and the State of Texas or the city of 
El Paso, Texas, agrees to accept all right, title, and interest to the 
highway upon completion of construction and agrees to maintain such 
highway for such period and in accordance with such terms and con-
ditions as the Secretary determines necessary to protect the interests 
of the United States. Amounts paid by the State of Texas or the city 
of El Paso, Texas, under this section shall be available to the Secre-
tary, together with sums appropriated pursuant to section 3, for use 
in carrymgout the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the 
general fund of the Treasury not to exceed $8,000,000, which shall be 
available for paying the Federal share of the costs of carrying out 
the provisions of this Act. 
Approved November 8, 1966. 
November 8, 1966 
[S. 688] 
Public Law 89-796 
AN ACT 
To amend title III of the Baukhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, to 
provide for additional means and measures for land conservation and land 
utilization, and for other purposes. 
Agriculture. 
Land conserva-
tion and utiliza-
tion, provision. 
50 Stat. 525; 
76 Stat. 607. 
7 u s e 1011. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Umted States of America in Congress assemhled, That (a) section 31 
of title I I I of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended 
(7 U.S.C. 1010), is amended by inserting "developing and protecting 
recreational 
facilitie-s," immediately after" "protecting fish and 
wildlife.". 
(b) Sect ion 32 (e) of title I I I of such Act is amended by— 
(1) inserting "and local nonprofit organizations" immediately 
after "public agencies" each place it occurs in the first sentence 
thereof; and 
(2) inserting "and to local nonprofit organizations" immedi-
ately after "local public agencies" in the second sentence thereof. 
Approved November 8, 1966.