An Act to provide for participation of the United States in the Hemis Fair 1968 Exposition to be held at San Antonio, Tex., in 1968, and for other purposes
PL 89-284 (H.R.9247), enacted 10/22/1965

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PUBLIC LAW 89-284-OCT, 22,1965 
[79 STAT. 
(2) the retaiJ pri(;es of motor veliicles uiui nioior vehiole parts 
in the United Statas and Canada^ 
(3) employinent in the motor vehicle industry and motor 
vehicle parti5 industry in.the United States and Canada, and 
(4) United Stat*is and Canadian trade m motor vehicles and 
motor v^ehicle pai-t^s, particularly tnide l)et\veen the United States 
and Oanada. 
42 Stat. 11; 
72 Stat. 583. 
38 Stat. 730. 
APPLICABrLiry O F A N i n J U M F I N G AND ANTITRUST LAWS 
SEC. 503. Nothing contained in this Act shall he construed to aft'ect 
or moflify the provisions of the Anti-Dumping Act, 1921 (19 U.S.C. 
160-173), or of any of the antitrust laws as designated in section I 
of the Act entitled "An Act to supplement existing laws against unlaw-
ful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes", approved 
October 1.5,1914 (15 U.S.C. 12). 
TITLE VI- MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Appropriation. 
.lOlNT OOMMI'lTEE ON REDUCTION OF NONESSENaiAL INDERAL 
EXPENDPrCRES 
SEC. 601. Section 601(e) of the Revenue Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 
726) (relating to the Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential 
Federal Expenditures) is amended to read as follows: 
"(e) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be nec^.ssary to carry out the provisions of this section." 
Approved October 21, 1965. 
October 22, 1965 
[H. R. 9247] 
Public Law 89-284 
AN ACT 
To provide for participation of the United States in the HemisFair 1968 
Exposition to be held at San Antonio, Texas, in 1968, and for other purposes. 
HemisFair 1968 
Exposition. 
U. S. participa-
tion. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress 
hereby recognizes the international exposition, HemisFair 1968 (here-
after in this Act referred to as the "exposition"), which is being held 
at San Antonio, Texas, in 1968, as an event designed to enhance the 
existing brotherhood between new world nations, reaffirm common 
ties, increase understanding, and fortify world peace. The purposes 
of such exposition are to— 
(1) honor and display the diversified cultures of Pan America, 
including the history, art, industry, commerce, and economic 
development of each of the nations of the Western Hemisphere, 
their interrelationships and common ties, and the contributions 
to their development from Europe, Asia, and Africa; 
(2) encourage, coincident with the Olympic Games being held 
in Mexico City in 1968, tourist travel in and to the United States, 
stimulate foreign trade, and promote cultural exchanges; and 
(3) commemorate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of 
the founding of historic bilingual San Antonio, "the gateway of 
Latin America". 
SEC. 2. (a) To implement the recognition declared in the first sec-
tion of this Act, the President, through the Secretary of Commerce, 
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shall cooperate with the State of Texas with respect to, and determine 
the extent to which the United States shall be a participant in and an 
exhibitor at, the exposition. 
(b) The President is authorized and requested, by proclamation or 
in such other manner as he may deem proper, to invite the several 
States of the Union and foreign countries to take part in the exposition. 
SEC. 3. (a) In carrying out his duties under section 2(a) of this 
Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall establish a planning staff to con-
duct a study to determine the manner in which and the extent to which 
the United States shall be a participant in and an exhibitor at the 
exposition, and to report thereon to the Secretary of Commerce and 
the President. 
(b) (1) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to appoint, with-
out regard to the civil service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, 
such consultants and experts as he deems to be necessary \o assist the 
planning staff established under subsection (a). 
Persons so appointed 
as consultants and experts, who are not otherwise employed by the 
United States, shall be (A) paid compensation at a rate not to exceed 
$100 per diem while engaged in the work of such planning staff, and 
(B) reimbursed for travel and other necessary expenses incurred while 
so engaged, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by 
law (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed 
intermittently. 
(2) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to appoint and fix 
the compensation of the members of such planning staff and such 
secretarial, clerical, and other staff assistants as may be necessary to 
enable such planning staff to perform its functions, without regard 
to the civil service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, except that 
no person appointed under this paragraph shall receive compensation 
at a rate in excess of that received by persjons under the Classification 
Act of 1949 for performing comparable duties. 
SEO. 4. The head of each department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the Federal Government is authorized— 
(1) to cooperate with the Secretary of Commerce with respect 
tp determining the manner in which and the extent to which the 
United States shall be a participant in and an exhibitor at the 
exposition; and 
(2) to make available to the Secretary of Commerce, from 
time to time, on a reimbui*sable basis, such personnel as may be 
necessary to assist the Secretary of Commerce in carrying out 
his functions under this Act. 
SEC. 5. The President shall report to tlie Congress during the first 
regular session of Congress which begins after the date of enactment 
of this Act with respect to (1) the findings derived from the study 
referred to in section 3, together with such recommendations as the 
Secretary of Commerce and the President may deem appropriate con-
cerning the most effective manner of representation of the United 
States at the exposition, and (2) the amount of appropriations which 
are necessary to accomplish such representation. 
SEC. 6. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated not to 
exceed $125,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved October 22, 1965, 12:25 p.m. 
Planning staff, 
report to Commerce 
Secretary and 
President. 
Consultants, 
appointments 
and compen-
sation. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 
note. 
60 Stat. 808; 
75 Stat. 339, 340. 
Planning staff, 
appointment and 
compensation. 
Other Federal 
agencies, coop-
eration. 
Report to 
Congress. 
Appropriation,