An Act to amend Public Law 86 518 and section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to authorize the amendment of contracts between ship-owners and the United States dealing with vessels whose life has been extended by Public Law 86 518.
PL 88-225 (S.1172), enacted 12/23/1963

77 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-226-DEC. 23, 1963 
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Public Law 88-224 
AN A C T 
December 21,1963 
To am«*ud the Act of March 2. 1031, to profide that ciTtaiii in-oceediuKS of tlie 
[H. R. 8751] 
AMVETS (American Veterans of World War II>, shall be i»riiite<l as a Hcm.se 
document, and for other purposes. 
Be it etKWted hy the Senate mid House of Repre-^entat'tceH of the 
United Statefi of America m Congress as>ienibled. That the first section 
of the Act of March 2,1931, as amended (44 U.S.C. 2T5b), is amended 
to read as follows: 
''That hereafter the proceedings of the national encampments of 
I he Grand Army of the Republic, the United Spanish War Veterans, 
the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the L'nited States, the American 
Legion, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the Veterans of 
World War I of the United States of America, Incorporated, the 
Disabled American Veterans, and the AMVETS (American Veterans 
of World War I I ) , respectively, shall be printed annually, with accom-
[)anying illustrations, as separate House documents of the session of 
tlie Congivss to whieli they may be submitted." 
Approved December 21, 1963. 
AMVETS. 
Proceedings 
printed as House 
document. 
46 Stat. 1481. 
Public Law 88-225 
AN ACT 
December 23,1963 
To amend Public Law 86-518 and section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, 
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to authorize the amendment of contracts between shipowners and the United 
States dealing with vessels whose life has been extended by Public Law 
86-518. 
Be ft enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ That section 8(c) 
of Public Law 86-518 is amended by adding the following to the end 
thereof: "Provisions in such contracts affecting vessels covered by this 
Act providing for refund of construction-differential subsidy for n°t«-
domestic operations under section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 
1936, and costs of national defense features for commercial use shall be 
amended so that for such refund payments made for the period after 
December 31, 1959, the base upon which such refund payments are 
computed annually thereafter shall be the undepreciated amount of 
subsidy or the national defense feature, as the case may be, as at Decem-
ber 31,1959, divided by the years of life of the vessels as provided under 
this Act, remaining after December 31,1959." 
Approved December 23, 1963. 
Vessels. 
Contracts. 
74 Stat. 216. 
46 use 1125 
52 Stat. 958. 
46 use 1156. 
Public Law 88-226 
AN ACT 
December 23,1963 
To provide that the Commission on the DisiH)siti(>n of Alcatraz Island shall 
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have six months after its formation in which to make its report to Congress. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hou^e of Rep7'esentatives of the 
United States of Atnerica in Congress assemhled. That the first sen- 
commission on 
tence of section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Federal *^^ Disposition of 
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Alcatraz Island. 
commission on the disposition ot Alcatraz Island , approved October 
Reporting 
16, 1963 (77 Stat. 247), is amended by striking out "December 31, p^"°d-
1963" and inserting "six montlis after the date on which all the mem-
bers of the Commission have been appointed". 
Approved December 23, 1963.