An Act to continue until the close of June 30, 1972, the existing suspension of duty on certain copying shoe lathes
PL 91-56 (H.R.5833), enacted 08/09/1969

83 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-56-AUG. 9, 1969 
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Public Law 91-56 
AN ACT 
August 9, 1969 
To continue until the close of June 30, 1972, the existing suspension of duty 
[H. R. 5833] 
on certain copying shoe lathes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) item 911.70 
shoe lathes. 
of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) is sion'^'exTen^slon. 
amended by striking out "On or before 6/30/69" and inserting in lieu 
so stat. i90. 
thereof "On or before 6/30/72". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect 
to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, 
after June 30, 1969. 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 1903(e) of the Social Security Act is amended 
social security 
(1) by striking out "1975" and inserting in lieu thereof "1977". 
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(b) The provisions of section 1903(e) of the Social Security Act 
42 use i396b. 
shall not apply for any period prior to July 1, 1971. In performing 
his functions under title X I X of the Social Security Act, the Secre-
tary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall issue regulations and 
give advice to the States consistent with the preceding sentence. 
(c) Section 1902(c) of the Social Security Act is amended by strik- 
state medical 
ing out "aid or assistance (other than so much of the aid or assistance ^ Pub'ifc^arslst-
as is provided for under the plan of the State approved under this ance payments, 
title)" and inserting in lieu thereof "aid or assistance in the form of hlbrted°"^ ^'^° 
money payments (other than so much, if any, of the aid or assistance 
in such form as was, immediately prior to the effective date of the 
State plan under this title, attributable to medical needs)". 
(d) Section 1902 of the Social Security Act is amended by adding ^f^l^^ll^^^^ 
at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
certification 
"(d) Whenever any State desires a modification of the State plan '^^42^usc'i3^96a 
for medical assistance so as to reduce the scope or extent of the care 
and services provided as medical assistance under such plan, or to 
terminate any of such care and services, the Secretary shall, upon 
application of the State, approve any such modification if the Gover-
nor of such State certifies to the Secretary that— 
"(1) the average quarterly amount of non-Federal funds ex-
pended in providing medical assistance under the plan for any 
consecutive four-quarter period after the quarter in which such 
modification takes effect will not be less than the average quar-
terly amount of such funds expended in providing such assistance 
for the four-quarter period which immediately precedes the quar-
ter in which such modification is to become effective, 
"(2) the State is fully complying with the provisions of its 
State plan (relating to control of utilization and costs of serv-
ices) which are included therein pursuant to the requirements 
of subsection (a) (30), and 
si stat. 911. 
" (3) the modification is not made for the purpose of increasing 
the standard or other formula for determining payments for those 
types of care or services which, after such modification, are pro-
vided under the State plan, 
and if the Secretary finds that the State is complying with the pro-
visions of its State plan referred to in clause (2) ; except that nothing 
in this subsection shall be construed to authorize any modification in 
the State plan of any State which would terminate the care or services 
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required to be included pursuant to subsection (a) (13). Any increase 
in the formula or other standard for determining payments for those 
types of care or services which, after such modification, are provided 
under the State plan shall be made only after approval thereof by 
the Secretary." 
Approved August 9, 1969. 
Public Law 91-57 
August 9, 1969 
AN ACT 
[H.R. 2785] 
To auithorize the Secretary of Uie Interior to convey to the State of Tennessee 
certam lands within Great Smoky Mountains National Park and certain lands 
comprising the Gatlinburg Spur of the Foothills Parkway, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
state of 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
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^^ the Interior is authorized to convey to the State of Tennessee, subject 
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to such conditions as he may deem necessary to preserve the natural 
beauty of the adjacent park lands, approximately twenty-eight acres 
of land comprising a portion of the right-of-way of Tennessee State 
Route 72 (U.S. 129), and approximately forty-one acres comprising 
portions of the right-of-way of Tennessee State Route 73 east of 
Gatlinburg, which are Avithin the boundary of Great Smoky Mountains 
National Park. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary is further authorized to convey to the State 
of Tennessee, subject to such conditions as he may deem necessary 
to assure administration and maintenance thereof by the State and 
to preserve the existing parkway character of the conveyed lands, the 
rights-of-way heretofore conveyed to the United States for the pur-
ix)ses of the Gatlinburg Spur of the Foothills Parkway together with 
any and all parcels of land heretofore conveyed by the State of Ten-
nessee to the United States for the control and stabilization of land-
slides along said Gatlinburg Spur, except such lands as the Secretary 
determines may be necessary to provide for (1) the interchange 
between the road known as the Gatlinburg bypass and United States 
441, (2) the interchange between United States Highway 441 and the 
Foothills Parkway in the vicinity of Caney Creek, and (3) the man-
agement and administration of the Foothills Parkway: Provided^ That 
such reconveyance shall not be effected until construction of the 
Gatlinburg bypass and of two rock retaining walls to control erosion 
on the Gatlinburg Spur are completed, and Interstate Route 40 is 
open to public travel from Newport, Tennessee to United States Route 
19 near Waynesville, North Carolina. 
SEC. 3. Tlie conveyance of the lands described in sections 1 and 2 of 
this Act shall eliminate them from the park and parkway. Upon such 
conveyance and upon acceptance by the State of Tennessee of legisla-
tive jurisdiction over the lands and notification of such acceptance 
being given to the Secretary of the Interior, such jurisdiction is 
retroceded to the State. 
Approved August 9, 1969.