An Act to authorize the conclusion of an agreement for the joint construction by the United States and Mexico of a major international storage dam on-the Rio Grande in accordance with the provisions of the treaty of February 3, 1944, with Mexico, and for other purposes
PL 86-605 (H.R.12263), enacted 07/07/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-605-JULY 7, 1960 
[74 S T A T , 
July 7, I960 
[H. R. 12263] 
U.S.-Mex., 
age dam. 
59 Stat. 1219, 
Site. 
59 Stat. 1231, 
Conditions, 
Public Law 86-605 
AN ACT 
To authorize the conclusion of an agreement for the joint construction by the 
United States and Mexico of a major international storage dam on the Rio 
Grande in accordance with the provisions of the treaty of February 3, 1944, 
with Mexico, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of State, acting through the United States Commissioner, Interna-
tional Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, 
is hereby authorized to conclude with the appropriate official or of-
ficials of the Government of Mexico an agreement for the joint con-
struction, operation, and maintenance by the United States and 
Mexico, in accordance with the provisions of the treaty of February 
3,1944, with Mexico, of a major international storage dam on the Rio 
Grande at the site and having substantially the characteristics de-
scribed in minute numbered 207 adopted June 19, 1958, by the said 
Commission, and in the "Eio Grande International Storage Dams 
Project—Eeport on Proposed Dam and Reservoir" prepared by the 
United States Section of the said Commission and dated September 
1958. 
SEC. 2. If agreement is concluded pursuant to section 1 of this Act 
for the construction of a major international storage dam the Secre-
tary of State, acting through the United States Commissioner, Inter-
national Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, 
is authorized to conclude with the appropriate official or officials oi 
Mexico an agreement consistent with article 7 of the treaty of Feb-
ruary 3, 1944, for the construction, operation, and maintenance on 
a self-liquidating basis, for the United States share, of facilities for 
generating hydroelectric energy at said dam. 
If agreement for the construction of separate facilities for gener-
ating hydroelectric energy is concluded, the United States Commis-
sioner, International Boundary and Water Commission, United 
States and Mexico, is directed to construct, operate, and maintain 
such self-liquidating facilities for the United States. 
SEC. 3. If a dam is constructed pursuant to an a^eement concluded 
under the authorization granted by section 1 of this Act, its operation 
for conservation and release of United States share of waters shall 
be integrated with other United States water conservation activities 
on the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas, in such manner as to 
provide the maximum feasible amount of water for beneficial use in 
the United States with the understandings that (a) releases of United 
States share of waters from said dam for domestic, municipal, indus-
trial, and irrigation uses in the United States shall be made pursuant 
to order by the appropriate authority or authorities of the State of 
Texas, and (b) the State of Texas having stipulated that the amount 
of water that w^ill be available for use in the United States below 
Falcon Dam after the proposed dam is placed in operation will be 
not less than the amount available under existing conditions of river 
development, and to carry out such understandings and said stipula-
tion the conservation storage of said dam shall be used, and it shall 
be the exclusive responsibility of the appropriate authority or author-
ities of said State to distribute available United States share of 
waters of the Rio Grande in such manner as will comply with said 
stipulation. 
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PUBLIC LAW 86-606-JULY 7, 1960 
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SEC. 4. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the De- 
Appropriation. 
partment of State for the use of the United States Section, Inter-
national Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mex-
ico, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
Act. 
Approved July 7, 1960. 
Public Law 86-606 
AN ACT 
J"ly 7. I960 
FH R 
117481 
To continue until the close of June 30, 1961, the suspension of duties on metal 
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scrap, and for other purposes. 
46 Stat, 590. 
Coconut meat. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first sen- 
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tence of section 2 of the Act of September 30,1950 (Public Law 869, "^^J^g^^^g^, ^^^^ 
Eighty-first Congress), is hereby amended by striking out "June 30, par. 301 note. 
1960" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1961": Provided, That 
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this Act shall not apply to lead scrap, lead alloy scrap, antimonial lead 
scrap, scrap battery lead or plates, zinc scrap, or zinc alloy scrap, or 
to any form of tungsten scrap, tungsten carbide scrap, or tungsten 
alloy scrap; or to articles of lead, lead alloy, antimonial lead, zinc, or 
zinc alloy, or to articles of tungsten, tungsten carbide, or tungsten 
alloy, imported for remanufacture by melting. 
SEC. 2. The first section of this Act shall not apply to any article 
provided for in section 4541 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. 
^6 use 4541. 
SEC. 3. (a) Paragraph 758 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1001, par. 758) is amended by inserting " ( a ) " after the paragraph 
number and adding the following new subparagraph: 
"(b) Coconut meat, fresh or frozen, and shredded or grated, or 
similarly prepared, unsweetened or sweetened with sugar not to exceed 
10 per centum by weight, ly^o cents per pound." 
(b) The amendment made by this section shall apply in the case 
of articles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse 
for consumption, after the thirtieth day after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 4. (a) Paragraph 1805 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1201, par. 1805) is amended to read as follows: 
"PAR. 1805. Pickets, palings, hoops, staves of wood of all kinds, and ^^Pi<=kets,paiings, 
tight barrelheads of softwood." 
(b) The amendment made by this section shall apply in the case of 
articles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, after the thirtieth day after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 5. (a) Section 309(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(19 U.S.C. 1309(a)), is amended in the following respects: 
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(1) By inserting ", or between Hawaii and any other part of the 
United States or between Alaska and any other part of the United 
States" immediately after "possessions", wherever it appears. 
(2) By adding the following paragraph thereto: 
"The provisions for free withdrawals made by this subsection (a) leSm prtfductsf*'^"' 
shall not apply to petroleum products for vessels or aircraft in voyages 
or flights exclusively between Hawaii or Alaska and any airport or 
Pacific coast seaport of the United States." 
(b) The amendment made by this section shall apply only with 
respect to r.rticles withdrawn as provided in section 309(a) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
Approved July 7, 1960.