Joint resolution to designate Benjamin Franklin Memorial Hall at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial
PL 92-551 (S.J.Res.221), enacted 10/25/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-551-OCT. 25, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
24 Stat. 387; 
71 Stat. 564. 
49 u s e 22. 
Advance 
payment. 
"Head of a 
Government 
agency." 
Short title. 
mission, and any State transportation regulatory agency, and charges 
in excess of those applicable thereto under rates, fares, and charges 
established pursuant to section 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as 
amended, or other equivalent contract, arrangement, or exemption 
from regulation". 
(b) By adding the following new subsections to the section: 
"(b) Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the head of a Govern-
ment agency or his designee and in conformity with such standards 
as shall be promulgated jointly by the Secretary of the Treasury and 
the Comptroller General of the United States, bills for passenger 
or freight transportation services to be furnished the United States 
by any carrier or forwarder may be paid in advance of completion of 
the services, without regard to section 3648 of the Eevised Statutes, 
as amended (31 U.S.C. 529) : Provided, That such carrier or forwarder 
has issued the usual ticket, receipt, bill of lading, or equivalent docu-
ment covering the service involved, subject to later recovery by deduc-
tion or otherwise of any payments made for any services not received 
as ordered by the United States. 
"(c) The term 'head of a Government agency' means any individual 
or group of individuals having final decisionmaking responsibility for 
any department, commission, board, service. Government corporation, 
instrumentality, or other establishment or body in the United States 
Government." 
SEC. 2. This Act may be cited as the "Transportation Payment Act 
of 1972". 
Approved October 25, 1972. 
October 25, 1972 
[S. J. Res. 221] 
Public Law 92-551 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To designate Benjamin Franklin Memorial Hall at the Franklin Institute, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial. 
Benjamin 
Franklin Na-
tional Memorial, 
Designation. 
Effective date. 
Whereas the American people feel a deep debt of gratitude to Ben-
jamin Franklin for his outstanding services to this Nation as a 
statesman and for his achievements as a scientist and inventor; 
Whereas the Franklin Institute, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has 
played a leading role in promoting the development of science and 
technology in the United States; 
Whereas the said Franklin Institute named the Benjamin Franklin 
Memorial Hall in honor of Benjamin Franklin over thirty years 
^so; 
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Whereas the year 1974 is the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of 
the founding of the said Franklin Institute; 
Whereas the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a most appropriate 
location for a national memorial to Benjamin Franklin since Phila-
delphia was his home for many years; 
Whereas Benjamin Franklin Memorial Hall is a fitting memorial to 
this great Ajnerican: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved hy the Seriate and House of Represerdatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assenibled, That Benjamin Franklin 
Memorial Hall located in the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, is hereby designated as Benjamin Franklin National 
Memorial. 
SEC. 2. The designation made by the first section of this resolution 
shall become effective upon conclusion of a cooperative agreement satis-
factory to the governing body of the Franklin Institute and the Sec-
retary of the Interior. 
Approved October 25, 1972.