An Act to validate the coverage of certain State and local employees in the State of Arkansas under the agreement entered into by such State pursuant to section 218 of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes
PL 87-878 (H.R.12820), enacted 10/24/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-878-OCT. 24, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
Effective date. 
SKC. 5. Tile amendment made by the first section of this Act shall 
be effective only with respect to contracts entered into with respect 
to (a) the construction of a vessel the keel of which was laid after 
June 30, 1959, or (b) the reconstruction or reconditioning of a vessel 
the shipyard contract for which was entered into after June 30, 1959, 
and the Secretary may, with the consent of the parties thereto, modify 
any such contract entered into prior to the date of the enactment of 
this Act to the extent authorized by the amendment made by this Act. 
Approved October 24, 1962. 
October 24, 1962 
[H. R. 12820] 
Public Law 87-878 
AN ACT 
To validate the coverage of certain State and local employees in the State of 
Arkansas under the agreement entered into by such State pursuant to section 
218 of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes. 
Social security. 
Coverage valida-
tion. 
64 Stat. 514. 
42 u s e 418. 
70 Stat. 826. 
Tariff Act of 
1930, amend-
ment. 
19 u s e 1001, 
par. 1518. 
19 u s e 1201, 
par. 1722. 
Effective 
date. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repre-sentatives of the 
Vmted /States of America in Congress assembled, That, for purposes 
of the agreement under section 218 of the Social Security Act entered 
into by the State of Arkansas, where employees of an integral unit 
of a political subdivision of the State of Arkansas liave in good faith 
been included under the State's agreement as a coverage group on 
the basis that such integral unit of a political subdivision was a 
political subdivision, then such unit of the political subdivision shall, 
for purposes of section 218(b)(2) of such Act, be deemed to be a 
political subdivision, and employees performing services within such 
unit shall be deemed to be a coverage group, effective with the effective 
date specified in such agi'eement or modification of such agreement 
with resj^ect to such coverage group and ending with the last day of 
the year in which this Act is enacted. 
SEC. 2. Section 218{p) of the Social Security Act is amended by 
inserting "Maine," after "Kansas,". 
SEC. 3. (a) Paragraph 1518(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out^ "when bleached, 50 per centum ad 
valorem;", and 
(2) by striking out "or other material above mentioned, shall 
be subject to the rate of duty provided in this paragraph for such 
materials" and inserting in lieu thereof "or other material above 
mentioned, or wholly or in chief value of any bleached natural 
grasses, grains, leaves, plants, shrubs, herbs, trees, or parts thereof 
provided for in paragraph 1722, shall be subject to the rate of 
duty provided for such materials". 
(b) Paragraph 1722 of the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by striking 
out "and" before "seaweeds", and by inserting before the period at 
the end of such paragraph the following: "; and natural grasses, 
grains, leases, plants, shrubs, herbs, trees, and parts thereof, not 
specially provided for, not further advanced than bleached". 
SEC. 4. The amendments made by section 3 of this Act shall apply 
to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Approved October 24, 1962.