An Act to authorize Canadian vessels to be employed in the coastwise transportation of coal to Ogdensburg, N. Y.
PL 84-1019 (H.R.9874), enacted 08/07/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 1019-AUQ. 7, 1956 
[70 STAT. 
Rules and regu-
lations. 
L o a n s to local 
organizations. 
^plicability 
Act. 
of 
Agriculture prior to the expiration of the above thirty-day period, 
shall accompany the plan transmitted by the Secretary of Agriculture 
to the Congress through the President: Provided further^ That, prior 
to any Federal participation in the works improvement under this 
Act, the President shall issue such rules and regulations as he deems 
necessary or desirable to carry out the purj)oses of this Act, and to 
assure the coordination of the work authorized under this Act and 
related work of other agencies including the Department of the In-
terior and the Department of the Army." 
(g) After section 7 insert the following two new sections and 
renumber subsequent sections of the Act to conform: 
"SEC. 8. The Secretary is authorized to make loans or advance-
ments to local organizations to finance the local share of costs of 
carrying out works of improvement provided for in this Act. 
Such 
loans or advancements shall be made under contracts or agreements 
which will provide, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
deems appropriate, for the repayment thereof in not more than fifty 
years from the date when the principal benefits of the works of im-
provement first become available, with interest at the average rate, 
as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, payable by the 
Treasury upon its marketable public obligations outstanding at the 
beginning of the fiscal year in which the loan or advancement is made, 
which are neither due nor callable for redemption for fifteen years 
from date of issue. With respect to any single plan for works of 
improvement, the amount of any such loan or advancement shall not 
exceed five million dollars. 
"SEC. 9. The provisions of this Act shall be applicable to Hawaii, 
Alaska, Puerto Kico, and the Virgin Islands." 
SEC. 2. The amendments made by this Act shall be applicable to 
all works of improvement and plans for such works under the pro-
visions of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act. Any 
plans for works of improvement with respect to which the Secretary 
of Agriculture was authorized prior to the date of this Act to partici-
pate in the installation of works of improvement in accordance with 
such plan, or any plan for works of improvement which has received 
prior to the date of this Act the approval of congressional commit-
tees, as required by such Act, need not be submitted to the congres-
sional committees as required by the Watershed Protection and Flood 
Prevention Act as amended by this Act. 
Approved August 7,1956. 
August 7, 1956 
[H. R. 9874] 
Public Law 1019 
CHAPTER 1028 
AN ACT 
To authorize Canadian vessels to be employed in tlie coastwise transportation 
of coal to Ogdensburg, New York. 
C anadian ves-
sels. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That until June 30, 
1957, notwithstanding the provisions of law of the United States re-
stricting to vessels of the United States the transportation of merchan-
dise, directly or indirectly, from any port in the United States to 
another port of the United States, Canadian vessels may transport 
coal to Ogdensburg, New York, from other points in the United 
States, on the Great Lakes, or their connecting or tributary waters. 
Approved August 7, 1956.