Joint resolution amending the Act of July 14, 1960, to extend the time within which the United States Constitution One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary Commission shall report to Congress and including certain amendments relating to housing
PL 86-788 (H.J.Res.784), enacted 09/14/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-788-SEPT. 14, 1960 
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SEC. 6. The Secretary may make such reasonable provision in con-
nection with the works of the Cheney division, Wichita Federal 
reclamation project, in accordance with section 2 of the Fish and 
Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended, 16 U.S.C, sec. 
661, and the following), as he finds to be required for the preservation 
and propagation of fish and wildlife, and to acquire approximately 
2,500 acres of land for wildlife management purposes within and 
adjacent to Cheney Reservoir. 
A minimum pool of approximately 
ten thousand acre-feet shall be maintained in said reservoir for fish 
life. 
An appropriate portion of the construction cost of the Cheney 
division of the project shall be allocated as provided in said Act and 
it, together with the portion of the construction cost allocated to flood 
control and the portions of the operation and maintenance costs 
allocated to these functions or the equivalent capitalized value thereof, 
shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable under the Federal recla-
mation laws. Appropriate portions of the project area may be made 
available by the Secretary of the Interior to the Kansas Forestry, Fish 
and Game Commission for fish and wildlife management as provided 
in sections 3 and 4 of said Act. 
SEC. 7. The Secretary may, upon conclusion of a suitable agreement 
with any qualified agency of the State of Kansas or political sub-
division or agency thereof for assumption of the administration, 
operation, and maintenance thereof at the earliest practicable date, 
provide minimum basic public recreation facilities at or near Cheney 
Keservoir and the cost thereof incurred by the United States shall be 
nonreimbursable and nonreturnable under the Federal reclamation 
laws. 
SEC. 8. Expenditures for Cheney Reservoir may be made without 
regard to the soil survey and land classification requirements of the 
Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1954 (67 Stat. 261, 266-
267). 
SEC. 9. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for construc-
tion of the works authorized by this Act not to exceed $18,274,000, plus 
or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordi-
nary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering 
cost indices applicable to the types of construction involved herein. 
Approved September 14, 1960. 
72 Stat. 563. 
16 u s e 662(h). 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 86-788 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Amending the Act of July 14, 1960, to extend the time within which the 
United States (Constitution One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary Com-
mission shall report to Congress and including certain amendments relating 
to housing. 
September 14, 1960 
[H. J. Res. 784] 
Resolved ty the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress asserribled, That section 5 of the joint 
resolution entitled "Joint resolution providing for the preparation 
and completion of plans for a comprehensive observance of the one 
hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the formation of the Con-
stitution of the United States", approved July 14, 1960 (Public Law 
86-650), is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 5. The Commission shall report to Congress on its activities 
(including, but not limited to, its recormnendations for legislation) 
not later than January 3,1961." 
U, S. Cons t i t u-
tion, anniversary. 
R e p o r t to Con-
gress, extension. 
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PUBLIC LAW 86-789-SEPT. 14, 1960 
[74 S T A T . 
Hou sing amend-
ment s. 
73 Stat. 654. 
12 u s e 1703. 
73«tat. 681. 
12 u s e 1749. 
69 Stat. 643. 
42 u s e 1493. 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 2(a) of the National Housing Act is amended 
by (1) striking out "1960" and inserting in lieu thereof "1961", and 
(2) striking out the last sentence of the first paragraph thereof. 
(b) Section 401 (d) of the Housing Act of 1950 is amended by strik-
ing out "$1,175,000,000", "$125,000,000", and "$50,000,000" and in-
serting in lieu thereof "$1,675,000,000", "$175,000,000", and "$100,-
000,000", respectively. 
(c) Section 203(a) of the Housing Amendments of 1955 is amended 
by striking out "$100,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$150,-
000,000". 
Approved September 14, 1960. 
Public Law 86-789 
AN ACT 
September 14, 1960 
[s. 16701 
To provide for the granting of mineral rights in certain homestead lands in the 
State of Alaska. 
Alaska. 
H o m e s t 
1 an d s, min 
rights. 
e a d 
er al 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the United 
States hereby quitclaims as of the date of this Act or as of the date of 
issuance of patent, whichever is later, to the patentee or to his lawful 
heirs if title to the lands prior to the date oi this Act had by devise 
or succession passed out of the patentee, all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to oil and gas deposits in lands in the Kenai 
Peninsula in the State of Alaska patented to homestead entrymen pur-
suant to homestead entries on which all requirements of the homestead 
laws had been complied with prior to July 23, 1957, except for the 
actual submission of acceptable final proof. 
SEC. 2. Nothing in this Act shall aifect the validity of any lease 
issued under the Mineral I^easing Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 
437; 30 IT.S.C. 181 and following), as amended, or any rights arising 
thereunder, or any of its terms and conditions except that quitclaim 
under the terms ot this Act of any oil and gas deposit covered by such 
a lease shall vest in the grantee all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to such lease, insofar as the lease pertains to the 
quitclaimed lands, including the right to all rentals, royalties, and 
other payments accruing after the date of quitclaim and including any 
authority that may have been retained by the United States to modify 
its terms and conditions. 
Approved September 14, 1960. 
September 14, I960 
[S. 2761] 
Public Law 86-790 
AN ACT 
To validate payments made for certain emergency conservation measures under 
the program authorized by the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957. 
e o n s e r v a tion 
fjrogram. 
V a l i d a t i o n of 
t>ayments» 
71 Stat. 176. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled, That payments 
which have heretofore been made under the program authorized by 
the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957, under the,item en-
titled "Emergency Conservation Measures, Agricultural Conservation 
Program Service", for emergency conservation measures carried out 
between January 1,1956, and June 21,1957, shall, if otherwise proper, 
not be considered invalid by reason of the fact that they were made 
for measures carried out prior to the enactment of said Act. 
Approved September 14, 1960.