An Act for the relief of Elmer M. Grade
PL 91-612 (H.R.6114), enacted 12/31/1970

84 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91^13-DEC. 31, 1970 
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(e) In determining the need for storage for regulation of streamflow 
and water release, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 
of Engineers, shall not be limited by the provisions of section 3(b) (1) 
and (4) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, but may include 
recommendations, if appropriate, which are consistent with section 8 of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and other like project pur-
poses of water resources projects. 
SEC. 236. Title I I of this Act may be cited as the "Flood Control Act 
of 19Y0". 
Approved December 31. 1970. 
70 Stat. 498; 
75 Stat. 204; 
79 Stat. 903. 
33 u s e 466a. 
80 Stat. 1248. 
33 u s e 466e. 
Citation of title. 
Public Law 91-612 
AN ACT 
For the relief of Elmer M. Grade and for other purposes. 
December 31,1970 
[H. R. 6114] 
Elmer M. Grade, 
relief; and passen-
ger v e s s e l s , fire 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Afnerica in Congress assembled, That tlie Secretary 
of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any funds in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Elmer M. Grade, of ••eta'-dant materials 
Annandale, Virginia, the sum of $900 in full settlement of all his 
claims against the United States for reimbursement of expenses aris-
ing in connection with the sale of his Denver, Colorado, residence pur-
suant to his change of official station as an employee of the L^nited 
States Department of Labor. 
SEC. '2. Xo part of the amount appropriated in this Act shall be paid 
or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of 
services rendered in connection with such claim, and the same shall be 
unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person 
violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not 
exceeding $1,000. 
SEC. 3. Section 4 of Public Law 89-777 (80 Stat. 1356 et seq.), as 
amended by Public Law^ 90-435 (82 Stat. 449), is further amended by 
changing the first sentence of the language of that section w^iich 
amends subsection 5(b) of the Act of May 27, 1936 (49 Stat. 1384), 
to read: ''After November 1, 1970, no passenger vessel of the United 
States of one hundred gross tons or over, having berth or stateroom 
accommodations for fifty or more passengers, shall be granted a certif-
icate of inspection by the (^oast Guard unless the vessel is constructed 
of fire retardant material, except that this requirement shall not 
apply until November 1,1973, with respect to a vessel operating solely 
on the inland rivers.". 
Approved December 31, 1970. 
46 u s e 369. 
Exception. 
Public Law 91-613 
AN ACT 
December 31, 1970 
To amend the definition of "metal bearing ores" in the Tai-ifE Schedules of the 
[H. R. 6049l 
United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assernbled, That headnote 2(a) 
of part 1 of schedule 6 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 
U.S.C. 1202) is amended by inserting "manganese," after "copper,". 
Approved December 31, 1970. 
'•Metal bearing 
o r e s . " 
77A Stat. 253; 
79 Stat. 939.