An Act to amend section 207 of the Military Construction Act of 1960 in order to clarify the authority granted under such section to the Secretary of the Navy to exchange certain lands owned by the United States for lands owned by the State of Oregon
PL 87-356 (S.2476), enacted 10/04/1961

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Public Law 87-356 
AN ACT 
To amend section 207 of the Military Construction Act of 1960 in order to 
clarify the authority granted under such section to the Secretary of the Navy 
to exchange certain lands owned by the United States for lands owned by the 
State of Oregon. 
October 4, 1961 
[S. 2476] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 207 
of the Military Construction Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 166, 175) is 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 207. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
Secretary of the Navy is authorized, upon such terms and conditions 
as he may determine to be in the public interest, to convey to the State 
of Oregon all or part of or interests in the lands, including acquired 
and public domain lands, comprising the Boardman Bombing Range 
in the State of Oregon, as delineated on a map designated as 'War 
Department, Office of the Division Engineer, North Pacific Division, 
Real Estate, Boardman Precision Bombing Range,' approved Febru-
ary 17, 1947, drawing numbered 0-31-52. 
The conveyance of such 
lands to the State of Oregon shall be made in exchange for a con-
veyance, without restriction as to the use of lands, to the United 
States of such lands, or interests therein, of the State of Oregon as 
the Secretary of the Navy shall find suitable for use, with any lands 
or interests retained by the Navy, as a bombing range, and upon pay-
ment by the State of Oregon to the United States of such amount as 
the Secretary of the Navy determines to represent the total of (1) the 
difference, if any, between the fair market value of the property so 
conveyed by the Secretary of the Navy and the fair market value of 
the land and interests in lands accepted in exchange therefor, and 
(2) the cost to the Department of the Navy of providing a complete 
substitute facility on the retained lands, if any, and the State lands 
so acquired. 
"(b) The State of Oregon shall agree to be primarily liable and 
hold the United States harmless from any claims for personal injury 
or property damage resulting from the condition of the lands con-
veyed by the United States. 
"(c) Of the lands retained by the Navy, if any, together with any 
lands conveyed to the United States by the State of Oregon, 37,320.31 
acres thereof, inclusive of any retained public domain lands, as agreed 
upon by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Navy, 
shall become public domain lands of the United States subject to all 
the laws and regulations applicable thereto, but shall remain with-
drawn from all forms of a|)propriation under the public land laws, 
including the mining and mineral leasing laws, and shall be reserved 
for use as a bombing range under the administration of the Depart-
ment of the Navy until such withdrawal and reservation is revoked by 
order of the Secretary of the Interior with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of the Navy. 
The remaining acreage of the lands conveyed 
to the United States shall become a part of the lands comprising the 
substitute bombing range and shall be administered by the Department 
of the Navy. 
"(d) The money received by the Secretary of the Navy in connec-
tion with the exchange authorized by this Act shall be disbursed as 
follows: (1) The difference in the fair market value between the pub-
lic domain lands conveyed by the United States and the lands desig-
nated as public domain lands under subsection (c), exclusive of any 
retained public domain lands, sliall be distributed as a receipt from 
Oregon. 
Land exchanges. 
S e e r e t a r y of 
Navy. 
Authority, 
L i a b i l i t y of 
State. 
R e s e r vatlon of 
lands. 
Disbursement 
moneys. 
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Boardman Bomb-
ing Range. 
the sale of public domain lands; (2) the difference in the fair market 
value between the remaining lands and interests exchanged shall be 
covered into the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt; and (3) the 
amount representing the cost to the Department of the Navy of pro-
viding a complete substitute facility on the retained lands, if any, 
and the State lands so acquired, shall be covered into the Treasury as 
a miscellaneous receipt. 
"(e) The Department of the Navy shall not be required to relin-
quish use of any lands of the Boardman Bombing Range to be con-
veyed to the State of Oregon until the complete substitute facility is 
available for use." 
Approved October 4, 1961. 
October 4, 1961 
[S. 1107] 
Public Law 87-357 
AN ACT 
To provide a two-year extension of the existing provision for a minimum wheat 
acreage allotment in the Tulelake area of California. 
Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Tufe^i^akra^r^e^a United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 334(i) 
Calif. 
' of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended— 
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(1) by striking "1958 through 1961" out of the first sentence 
7 bsc 1334. 
thereof, and inserting "1958 through 1963"; and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following additional 
sentence: "Any provision of law providing for a general reduction 
in farm acreage allotments, or for an acreage diversion program, 
for the 1962 or 1963 crop of wheat shall not be construed to apply 
to farms for which acreage allotments are increased under the 
provisions hereof unless such provision of law is made applicable 
specifically to such farms." 
Approved October 4, 1961. 
October 4, 1961 
[S. 564] 
Public Law 87-358 
AN ACT 
To provide for apportioning the expense of maintaining and operating the 
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge over the Potomac River from, Jones Point, 
Virginia, to Maryland. 
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penses 
68 Stat. 
Stat. 184. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
uemo^aiB^d'T'^ United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the bridge 
A^°ntenance^and being coustructed by the Secretary of Commerce in accordance with 
a ting ex- ^j^g provisious of title I I of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize 
and direct the construction of bridges over the Potomac Kiver, and 
963; 70 ^QJ. other purposes", approved August 30, 1954, as amended, shall be 
maintained and operated at the expense of the States of Maryland 
and Virginia and the District of Columbia in accordance with such 
arrangements as shall be agreed upon by such States and the District 
of Columbia: Provided^ That the annual portion of such expense to be 
assumed by the District of Columbia shall not exceed one-third of the 
total annual cost of maintaining and operating such bridge. 
Approved October 4, 1961.