An Act to extend the application of certain laws to American Samoa
PL 87-688 (H.R.10062), enacted 09/25/1962

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PUBUC LAW 87-688-SEPT. 25, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
September 25, 1962 
[H. R. 10062] 
Public Law 87-688 
AN ACT 
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To extend the application of certain laws to American Samoa. 
Be it eTiacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
American Samoa. United States of AmeHca in Congress assembled, That, upon request 
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(^) tlie head of any Federal department, agency, or corpora-
tion may, notwithstanding any other provision of law, extend to 
American Samoa, without reimbursement, such scientific, techni-
cal, and other assistance under any program which it administers 
as, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, will promote 
the welfare of American Samoa. The provisions of the preceding 
sentence shall not apply to financial assistance under any grant-
in-aid program. .The Secretary of the Interior shall not request 
assistance pursuant to this subsection which will involve nonre-
imbursable costs as estimated for him in advance by the heads of 
the departments, agencies, and corporations concerned in excess 
of an aggregate of $150,000 in any one fiscal year; 
(b) the Secretary of Agriculture may extend to American 
Samoa the benefits of the National School Lunch Act (60 Stat. 
230), as amended (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) ; and 
(c) the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may ex-
tend to American 3amoa the benefits of the Vocational Education 
Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 775; 20 U.S.C. 15i et seq.), the Library Serv-
ices Act (70 Stat. 293; 20 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), the Hospital Survey 
and Construction Act (Act of August 13, 1946; 60 Stat. 1040; 
42 U.S.C. 291 et seq.), and section 314 of the Public Health 
Service Act (58 Stat. 693; 42 U.^-C. 246), all as amended. 
60 Stat. 775. 
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VOCATIONAL 
EDUCATION 
SEC. 2. (a) American Samoa shall be entitled to share in the benefits 
of the Vocational Education Act of 1946 (20 U.S.C. 15i et seq.), and 
any Act amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, upon the same 
terms and conditions as any of the several States. There is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1962, 
and annually thereafter, the sum of $80,000, to be available for allot-
ment to American Samoa under such Act and the modifications here-
inafter provided. 
(b) Sums appropriated under the authority of subsection (a) of 
this section shall be allocated for vocational education in (1) agricul-
ture, (2) home economics, (3) trades and industries, and (4) distrib-
utive occupations, in the proportion which the amount authorized to 
be appropriated under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively, 
of section 3 of the Vocational Education Act of 1946, bears to the sum 
of such amounts except insofaii as the Commissioner of Education, 
with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 
deems it necessary to modify said proportions to meet special con-
ditions existing in American Samoa. 
(c) The provisions of section 3, section 7, and section 8(b) of the 
Vocational Education Act of 1946, shall apply to sums appropriated 
under this section with such modifications as the Commissioner of 
Education, with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, 
and Welfare, shall deem necessary to meet special conditions existing 
in American Samoa. 
(d) In addition to the sums authorized to be appropriated under 
section 9 of the Vocational Education Act of 1946, there are hereby 
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authorized to be appropriated such additional sums as may be neces-
sary to carry out the provisions of this section, such sums to be ex-
pended for the same purposes and in the same manner as provided 
in section 7 of the Act of February 23,1917 (20 tJ.S.C. 15). 
39 stat. 933. 
NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT 
SEC. 3. (a) The National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) 
eo stat. 230. 
is amended by inserting "American Samoa," after "Guam," wherever 
appearing in such Act, except that after "the apportionment for 
Guam," in section 4, such Act is amended by inserting the following: 
66 stat. 591. 
"the apportionment for American Samoa,". 
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(b) The amendments made by this section shall be applicable only 
Applicability, 
with respect to funds appropriated after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT 
SEC. 4. (a) The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) 
ss stat. 682. 
is amended as follows: 
(1) in section 314 strike out subsection (1) and insert in lieu 
70 stat. 910. 
thereof the following: 
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"(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection the provisions 
of this section shall be applicable to Guam and American Samoa 
in the same manner in which they apply to the States. Amounts paid 
to Guam or American Samoa from its allotment under subsection (a), 
(b), (c), or (e) of this section, together with matching funds of Guam 
or American Samoa, respectively, may, with the approval of the 
Surgeon General, be expended in carrying out the purposes specified 
in any such subsection or subsections other than the one under which 
the allotment was made."; 
(2) in subsections (a) and (d) of section 631 insert "American 
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Samoa," after "Guam,"; and 
(3) in sections 624 and 652 insert a comma and "American 
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Samoa," after "Virgin Islands". 
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(b) The amendments made by this section shall become effective 
Effective date. 
July 1,1962. 
LIBRARY SERVICES ACT 
SEC. 5. (a) The Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) is 
70 stat. 293. 
amended as follows: 
(1) in subsection (a) of section 4 strike out "and to the Vir- 
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gin Islands" and insert in lieu thereof a comma and "American 
Samoa, and the Virgin Islands"; 
(2) in subsection (a) of section 6 strike out "and of Guam" 
and insert in lieu thereof a comma and "American Samoa, or 
Guam"; and 
(3) in the remainder of such Act insert "American Samoa," 
after "Guam," wherever appearing therein. 
(b) The amendments made by this section shall become effective 
Effective date. 
July 1, 1962. 
Approved September 25, 1962. 
Public Law 87-689 
AN ACT 
September 25, 1962 
To amend section 2 of the Act of July 31, 1947 (61 Stat. 681), and for other 
[H. R. 928O] 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepresentAtives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the 
Materials on 
Act of July 31,1M7 (61 Stat. 681; 30 U.S.C. 602), is hereby amended P^^^UC lands, 
to read as follows: