An Act to amend section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
PL 89-210 (S.2042), enacted 09/29/1965

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(e) Payments to States from allotments made under subsection 
(b) shall be made in the same manner as provided in section 304 of 
the National Defense Education Act of 1968, as amended (72 Stat. 
1589;20U.S.C. 444). 
(f) The Commissioner shall allot and administer loans to nonprofit 
private schools in the same manner as provided in section 305 of the 
National Defense Education Act of 1968, as amended (72 Stat. 1690; 
20U.S.C. 445). 
TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTES 
SEC. 13. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Com-
missioner of Education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and 
each of the two succeeding years the sum of $500,000; but for the 
fiscal year ending on June 30, 1969, and each subsequent fiscal year, 
only such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter 
authorize by law. 
Such sums shall be used to enable the Commis-
sioner of Education to arrange, through grants or contracts, with 
institutions of higher education for the operation by them within the 
United States of short term or regular session institutes for advanced 
study, including study in the use of new materials, to improve the 
(lualification of individuals who are engaged in or preparing to engage 
in the teaching or supervising or training of teachers, of such subjects 
as will, in the judgment of the Commissioner, after consultation with 
the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, 
strengthen the teaching of the humanities and the arts in elementary 
and secondary schools. 
(b) Each individual who attends an institute operated under the 
provisions of this part shall be eligible (after application therefor) 
to receive a stipend at the rate of $76 per week for the period of his 
attendance at such institute, and each such individual with one or 
more dependents shall receive an additional stipend at the rate of 
$16 per week for each such dependent. 
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS 
SEC. 14. The President is requested to make such appointments 
(including any nomination) as are provided for in this Act within 
ninety days after the enactment of this Act. 
Approved September 29, 1965. 
Public Law 89-210 
AN A C T 
September 29,, 1965 
To amend section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That subsection 170 A^*of"i9M"^'^^^ 
c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read amendment.' 
as follows: 
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"c. The Commission shall, with respect to licenses issued 
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between August 30,1954, and August 1,1977, for which it requires demnity. 
financial protection, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the 
licensee and other persons indemnified, as their interest may 
appear, from public liability arising from nuclear incidents 
which is in excess of the level of financial protection required 
of the licensee. The aggregate indemnity for all persons 
indemnified in connection with each nuclear incident shall not 
Indemnification 
agreements. 
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exceed $500,000,000 including the reasonable costs of investi-
gating and settling claims and defending suits for damage: 
Provided^ however^ That this amount of indemnity shall be 
reduced by the amount that the financial protection required shall 
exceed $60,000,000. Such a contract of indemnification shall 
cover public liability arising out of or in connection with the 
licensed activity. 
With respect to any production or utilization 
facility for which a construction permit is issued between 
August 30, 1954, and August 1, 1977, the requirements of this 
subsection shall apply to any license issued for such facility 
subsequent to August 1,1977." 
SEC. 2. The first two sentences of subsection 170 d. of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, are amended to read as follows: 
"In addition to any other authority the Commission may have, 
the Commission is authorized until August 1, 1977, to enter into 
agreements of indemnificaition with its contractors for the con-
struction or operation of production or utilization facilities or 
other activities under contracts for the benefit of the United States 
involving activities under the risk of public liability for a substan-
tial nuclear incident. 
In such agreements of indemnification the 
Commission may require its contractor to provide and maintain 
financial protection of such a type and in such amounts as the 
Commission shall determine to be appropriate to cover public 
liability arising out of or in connection with the contractual activ-
ity, and shall indemnify the persons indemnified against such 
claims above the amount of the financial protection required, in the 
amount of $500,000,000, including the reasonable costs of investi-
gating and settling claims and defending suits f,or damage in the 
aggregate for all persons indemnified in connection with such 
contract and for each nuclear incident: Provided, 
That this 
amount of indemnity shall be reduced by the amount that the 
financial protection required shall exceed $60,000,000: Provided 
further, That in the case of nuclear incidents occurring outside 
the United States, the amount of the indemnity provided by the 
Commission shall not exceed $100,000^000." 
SEC. 3. The first sentence of subsection 170 e. of the Atomic Energy 
76 Stat. 410. 
Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows: 
Aggregate liabii- 
"The aggregate liability for a single nuclear incident of per-
sons indemnified, including the reasonable costs of investigating 
and settling claims and defending suits for damage, shall not 
exceed the sum of $500,000,000 together with the amount of finan-
cial protection required of the licensee or contractor: Provided^ 
however, That such aggregate liability shall in no event exceed 
the sum of $560,000,000: Provided further, That with respect to 
any nuclear incident occurring outside of the United States to 
which an agreement of indemnification entered into under the pro-
visions of subsection 170 d. is applicable, such aggregate liability 
shall not exceed the amount of $100,000,000 together with the 
amount of financial protection required of the contractor." 
SEC. 4. Subsection 170 k. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
72 Stat. 837; 
amcudcd, is amended by striking out the date "August 1,1967" wher-
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^'^^'^ ^t appears and inserting in lieu thereof the date "August 1,1977". 
SEC. 5. Subsection 170 1. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
72 Stat. 525. 
amended, is amended to read as follows: 
Nuclear ship, 
"1. Xhc Commissioii is authorized until August 1,1977, to enter 
Savannah. 
-^^^^ ^^ agreement of indemnification with any person engaged in 
the design, development, construction, operation, repair, and main-
tenance or use of the nuclear-powered ship authorized by section 
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^^^ ^^ *^® Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and designated the 'nuclear 
ship Savannah'. In any such agreement of indemnification the 
ities. 
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Commission may require such person to provide and maintain 
financial protection of such a type and in such amounts as the 
Commission shall determine to be appropriate to cover public 
liability arising from a nuclear incident in connection with such 
design, development, construction, operation, repair, maintenance 
or use and shall indemnify the person indemnified against such 
claims above the amount of the financial protection required, in 
the amount of $500,000,000 including the reasonable costs of inves-
tigating and settling claims and defending suits for damage in 
the aggregate for all persons indemnified in connection with each 
nuclear incident: Promded, That this amount of indemnity shall 
be reduced by the amount that the financial protection required 
shall exceed $60,000,000." 
Approved September 29, 1965. 
Public Law 89-211 
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September 29, 1965 
To amend the Act of July 2, 1954, relating to office space in the districts of Mem- 
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bers of the House of Representatives, and the Act of June 27, 1956, relating to 
office space in the States of Senators. 
Members of 
Congress. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) the third ^ 
sentence of the eighteenth paragraph under the subheading "Con- "office"space in 
tingent Expenses of the House" under the heading "HOUSE OF ^ome districts. 
EEPKESENTATIVES" in the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1955 
(2 U.S.C. 122), is amended by striking out "$1,200" and inserting in 
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lieu thereof "$2,400", and the last sentence of such paragraph is 
amended by striking out "the Delegate from Alaska, the Delegate 
from Hawaii," and by striking out "Alaska, Hawaii,". 
(b) The second paragraph under the subheading "Administrative 
Provisions" under the heading "SENATE" in the Legislative Branch 
Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 52), is amended to read as follows: 
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"Each Senator shall be entitled to office space suitable for his official 
use at not more than two places designated by him in the State he 
represents. The Sergeant at Arms is authorized and directed to secure 
for each Senator such suitable office space in post offices or other Fed-
eral buildings at the places designated by each Senator in the State 
he represents: Provided^ That in the event suitable space is not avail-
able in post offices or other Federal buildings at one or both of the 
places designated by a Senator within his State, such Senator may 
lease or rent other office space for the purpose at such place or places, 
and the Sergeant at Arms shall approve for payment from the con-
tingent fund of the Senate vouchers covering bona fide statements of 
rentals due in an amount not exceeding $2,400 for any fiscal year for 
such Senator." 
SEC. 2. The amendments made by the first section of this Act shall 
Elective date. 
take eflfect on the first day of the first month which begins after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved September 29, 1965. 
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