An Act to amend the Clean Air Act so as to authorize grants to air pollution control agencies for maintenance of air pollution control programs in addition to present authority for grants to develop, establish, or improve such programs; make the use of ap
PL 89-675 (S.3112), enacted 10/15/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-675-OCT. 15, 1966 
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Public Law 89-675 
October 15, 1966 
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To amend the Clean Air Act so as to authorize grants to air pollution control 
agencies for maintenance of air pollution control programs in addition to 
present authority for grants to develop, establish, or improve such programs; 
make the use of appropriations under the Act more flexible by consolidating 
the appropriation authorizations under the Act and deleting the provision 
limiting the total of grants for support of air pollution control programs to 20 
per centum of the total appropriation for any year; extend the duration of 
the programs authorized by the Act; and for other purposes. 
Clean Air Act 
Amendments of 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^^'^'^^^^ States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
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be cited as the "Clean Air Act Amendments of 1966". 
CONSOLIDATION OF APPROPRIATION CEILINGS 
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^^^- ^- (^) Section 306 of the Clean Air Act is amended to read 
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"SEC. 306. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this Act, $46,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, 
$66,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and $74,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1969." 
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^^^ Section 209 of such Act is hereby repealed. 
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AUTHORIZATION OF MAINTENANCE GRANTS FOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL 
PROGRAMS AND REMOVAL OF 20 PER CENTUM CEILING 
SEC. 3. (a) (1) Subsection (a) of section 104 of the Clean Air Act 
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(42 U.S.C. 1857c(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 104. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to air 
pollution control agencies in an amount up to two-thirds of the cost 
of developing, establishing, or improving, and grants to such agencies 
in an amount up to one-half of the cost of maintaining, programs for 
the prevention and control of air pollution: Provided^ That the Secre-
tary is authorized to make grants to intermunicipal or interstate air 
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pollution control agencies (described in section 302(b) (2) and (4)) 
in an amount up to three-fourths of the cost of developing, establish-
ing, or improving, and up to three-fifths of the cost of maintaining, 
regional air pollution control programs. As used in this subsection, the 
term 'regional air pollution control program' means a program for the 
prevention and control of air pollution in an area that includes the 
areas of two or more municipalities, whether in the same or different 
States." 
(2) Subsection (b) of such section 104 is amended by striking out 
"under" in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "for the pur-
})oses of", and in the next to the last sentence by inserting a comma 
after the word "funds" and adding "for other than non-recurrent 
expenditures," and in the same sentence after the word "pollution", 
the word "control". Such next to the last sentence is further amended 
by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the fol-
lowing : "; and no agency shall receive any grant under this section 
with respect to the maintenance of a program for the prevention and 
control of air pollution unless the Secretary is satisfied that such grant 
will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practicable, increase 
the level of State, local, and other non-Federal funds that would in 
the absence of such grant be made available for the maintenance of such 
program, and will in no event supplant such State, local, and other 
non-Federal funds". 
(b) Subsection (c) of such section 104 is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) Not more than I21/2 per centum of the total of funds appropri-
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ated or allocated for the purposes of subsection (a) of this section 
shall be granted for air pollution control programs in any one State. 
In the case of a grant for a program in an area crossing State 
boundaries, the Secretary shall determine the portion of such grant 
that is chargeable to the percentage limitation under this subsection 
for each State into which such area extends." 
Approved October 1.5, 1966. 
Public Law 89-676 
A N A C T 
October 15, 1966 
To provide for the striking of a medal in commemoration of the designation of 
[S. 3704] 
Ellis Island as a part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in New 
York City, New York. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, in commemo- j^ y"^^ island, 
ration of the designation by the President of the United States of 
commemorative 
Ellis Island as a part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument medai. 
in New York City, New York, the Secretary of the Treasury is author-
ized and directed to strike and furnish to the New York City National 
Shrines Advisory Board a fourth medallion in the liberty series of 
no more than two hundred and fifty-five thousand medals with suit-
able emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the New 
York City National Shrines Advisory Board and subject to the ap-
proval of the Secretary of the Treasury. The medals shall be made 
and delivered at such times as may be required by the advisory board 
in quantities of not less than two thousand. 
The medals shall be 
considered to be national medals within the meaning of section 3551 
of the Revised Statutes. 
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SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause such medals to be 
struck and furnished at not less than the estimated cost of manufac-
ture, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead 
expenses; and security satisfactory to the Director of the Mint shall 
be furnished to indemnify the United States for full payment of such 
cost. 
SEC. 3. The medals authorized to be issued pursuant to this bill shall 
be of such size or sizes and of such metals as shall be determined by the 
Secretary of the Treasury in consultation with such advisory board. 
SEC. 4. After December 31, 1968, no further medals shall be struck 
under the authority of this Act. 
Approved October 15, 1966. 
Public Law 89-677 
A N A C T 
October 15, 1966 
To improve the balance-of-payments position of the United States by permitting 
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the use of reserved foreign currencies in lieu of dollars for current expendi-
tures. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That any foreign 
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currencies held by the United States which have been or may be 
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reserved or set aside for specified programs or activities of any agency agencies. 
of the Government may be used by Federal agencies for any author-
ized purpose, except (1) that reimbursement shall be made to the 
Treasury from applicable appro[)riations of the agency concerned, 
and (2) that any foreign currencies so used shall be replaced when 
needed for the purpose for which originally reserved or set aside. 
Approved October 15, 1966.