An Act to authorize the Department of Commerce to make special studies, to provide services, and to engage in joint projects, and for other purposes
PL 91-412 (S.1170), enacted 09/25/1970

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PUBUC LAW 91-412-SEPT. 25, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
Public Law 91-412 
AN ACT 
September 25, 1970 
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rpQ authorize the Department of Commerce to make special studies, to provide 
services, and to engage in joint projects, and for other purposes. 
Commerce De-
partment. 
Special studies. 
Joint projects, 
cost apportion-
ment. 
Receipts, 
disposition. 
Repeals. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asseTnbled, That the Secretary 
of Commerce is authorized, upon the request of any person, firm, 
organization, or others, public or private, to make special studies on 
matters within the authority of the Department of Commerce; to pre-
pare from its records special compilations, lists, bulletins, or reports; 
to perform the functions authorized by section 2 of the Act of Septem-
ber 9,1950 (64 Stat. 823; 15 U.S.C. 1152) ; and to furnish transcripts 
or copies of its studies, compilations, and other records; upon the 
payment of the actual or estimated cost of such special work. 
In the case of nonprofit organizations, research organizations, or 
public organizations or agencies, the Secretary may engage in joint 
projects, or perform services, on matters of mutual interest, the cost 
of which shall be apportioned equitably, as determined by the Secre-
tary, who may, however, waive payment of any portion of such costs 
by others, when authorized to do so under regulations approved by the 
Bureau of the Budget. 
SEC. 2. All payments for work or services performed or to be per-
formed under this Act shall be deposited in a separate account or 
accounts which may be used to pay directly the costs of such work 
or services, to repay or make advances to appropriations or funds 
which do or will initially bear all or part of such costs, or to refund 
excess sums when necessary: Provided, 
That said receipts may be 
credited to a working capital fund otherwise established by law, and 
used under the law governing said funds, if the fund is available for 
use by the agency of the Department of Commerce which is respon-
sible for performing the w^ork or services for which payment is 
received. Acts appropriating funds to the Department of Commerce 
may include provisions limiting annual expenditure from said account 
or accounts. 
SEC. 3. The following laws, or parts of laws, are hereby repealed: 
(a) That proviso in the Act of March 1, 1919 (ch. 86, sec. 1, at 40 
Stat. 1256), which reads as follows: ^''Provided further, 
That all 
moneys hereafter received by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic 
Commerce in payment of photographic and other mechanical repro-
duction of special statistical compilations from its records shall be 
covered into the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt." 
(b) The Act of May 27,1935 (ch. 148, 49 Stat. 292; 15 U.S.C. 189a, 
192, 192a). 
(c) The proviso in the Act of May 15, 1936 (ch. 405, sec. 1, at 
49 Stat. 1335 (15 U.S.C. 189)), which reads as follows: 
''Provided. 
That the Secretary of Commerce may make such charges as he deems 
reasonable for lists of foreign buyers, special statistical services, spe-
cial commodity news bulletins, and World Trade Directory Reports, 
and the amounts collected therefrom shall be deposited in the Treasury 
as miscellaneous receipts." 
(d) The Act of December 19,1942 (ch. 780, 56 Stat. 1067; 15 U.S.C. 
1520). 
(e) The proviso in section 3 of the Act of September 9,1950 (64 Stat. 
823; 15 U.S.C. 1153), which reads as follows: ''Provided, That all 
moneys hereafter received by the Secretary in payment for publica-
tions under this Act shall be deposited in a special account in the 
Treasury, such account to be available, subject to authorization in any 
appropriation Act, for reimbursing any appropriation then current 
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and chargeable for the cost of furnishing copies or reproductions as 
herein authorized, and for making refunds to organizations and indi-
viduals when entitled thereto: And provided further, That an appro-
priation reimbursed by this special account shall, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, be available for the purposes of the original 
appropriation." 
(f) The proviso in title I I I of the Act of October 22, 1951 (ch. 533, 
title III, section 301 at 65 Stat. 586, 15 U.S.C. 1153a), which reads as 
follows: '•'•Provided, That moneys hereafter received by the Secretary 
pursuant to section 3 of said Act of September 9,1950, for publications 
provided thereunder, shall be available for reimbursing any appro-
priation as provided by said section." 
SEC. 4. Except as to those laws expressly repealed herein, nothing in 
this Act shall alter, amend, modify, or repeal any existing law pre-
scribing fees or charges or authorizing the prescribing of fees or 
charges for services performed or for any publication furnished by 
the liepartment of Commerce, or any of its several bureaus or offices. 
Approved September 25, 1970. 
Public Law 91-413 
AN ACT 
September 25, 1970 
To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay judgments in favor 
[S. 3337] 
of the Yakima Tribes in Indian Claims ('(mnnission dockets numbered 47-A, 
162. and consolidated 47 and 164. and for other imritoses. 
Be it enacted by the Senote and Houxe of Repi-e.sentdtireH of the 
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States of America in Congre-sH a^seynhled. That the funds 
appropriated by the Act of October 31, 1965 (79 Stat. 1133, 1152), to 
pay judgments to the Yakima Tribes of the Yakima Reservation in 
Indian (^laims Commission dcx-ket numbered 47-A and 162, and by 
the Act of July 22, 1969 (83 Stat. 49), in consolidated dockets 47 and 
164, together with interests thereon, after payment of attorney fees 
and litigation expenses, may be advanced, expended, invested, or 
reinvested for any purpose that is authorized by the tribal governing 
body and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, 
SEC. 2. Any part of such funds that may be distributed per capita 
under the provisions of this Act shall not be subject to Federal or 
State income tax; and any jjer capita share payable to a person under 
twenty-one years of age or to a i)erson under legal disability shall be 
])aid in accordance with such procedures, including the establishment 
of trusts, as the Secretary determines will adequately protect the best 
interest of such persons. 
Approved September 25, 1970. 
Yakima Tribes, 
Yakima Reserva-
tion. 
Judgment funds, 
disposition. 
Tax exemption. 
Public Law 91-414 
AN ACT 
September 25, 1970 
To amend the Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act of 11)66 to 
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continue the National Council rm Marine Resources and Engineering Develop-
ment. 
Be it enacted hy the Semite and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (f) 
of section 3 of the Marine Resources and Engineering Development 
Act of 1966 (33 U.S.C. 1102(f)) is amended by striking out "June 30, 
1970" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1971". 
Approved September 25, 1970. 
80 Stat. 205; 
83 Stat. 10.