An Act concerning the White House and providing for the care and preservation of its historic and artistic contents
PL 87-286 (S.2422), enacted 09/22/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-286-SEPT. 22, 1961 
Public Law 87-286 
[75 STAT. 
AN ACT 
September 22,1961 
[s. 2422] 
Concerning the White House and providing for the care and preservation of its 
historic and artistic contents. 
White House. 
Preserve t i o n of 
museum character. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That all of that por-
tion of reservation numbered 1 in the city of Washington, District of 
Columbia, which is within the President's park enclosure, comprising 
eighteen and seven one-hundredths acres, shall continue to be known 
as the White House and shall be administered pursuant to the Act 
of August 25,1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1-3), and Acts supplemen-
tary thereto and amendatory thereof. 
In carrying out this Act 
primary attention shall be given to the preservation and interpretation 
of the museum character of the principal corridor on the ground floor 
and the principal public rooms on the first floor of the White House, 
but nothing done under this Act shall conflict with the administration 
of the Executive offices of the President or with the use and occupancy 
of the buildings and grounds as the home of the President and his 
family and for his official purposes. 
SEC. 2. Articles of furniture, fixtures, and decorative objects of the 
White House, when declared by the President to be of historic or 
artistic interest, together with such similar articles, fixtures, and 
objects as are acquired by the White House in the future when 
Storage at Smith- similarly S
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sonian Institution. 
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and the property oi the White House. Any such article, fixture, or 
object when not in use or on display in the White House shall be 
transferred by direction of the President as a loan to the Smithsonian 
Institution for its care, study, and storage or exhibition, and such 
articles, fixtures, and objects shall be returned to the White House from 
the Smithsonian Institution on notice by the President. 
SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall alter any privileges, powers, or 
duties vested in the White House Police and the United States Secret 
Service, Treasury Department, by section 202 of title 3, United States 
Code, and section 3056 of title 18, United States Code. 
Approved September 22, 1961. 
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Secret Service, 
September 22, 1961 
[S.2224] 
Public Law 87-287 
AN ACT 
To grant minerals, including oil, gas, and other natural deposits, on certain 
lands in the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana, to certain 
Indians, and for other purposes. 
Indians. 
Northern C h e y-
enne Reservation, 
Mont. 
Minerals grant. 
70 Stat. 774. 
25 u s e 
3 9 6 a -
3 9 6 B . 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of 
the Act of June 3, 1926 (44 Stat. 690), as amended by the Act of 
July 24, 1947 (61 Stat. 418), is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 3. (a) The coal or other minerals, including oil, gas, and other 
natural deposits, on said reservation are hereby reserved for the benefit 
of the tribe and may be leased with the consent of the Indian council 
for mining purposes in accordance '^ith the provisions of the Act of 
May 11,1938 (52 Stat. 347; 25 U.S.C. 396 a-f), under such rules, regu-
lations, and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: 
Provided, That at the expiration of fifty years from the date of the 
approval of this Act, the coal or other minerals, including oil, gas, 
and other natural deposits, of said allotments shall become the prop-
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