An Act to provide additional revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes
PL 91-650 (H.R.19885), enacted 01/05/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 91-650-JAN. 5, 1971 
[84 STAT. 
January 5, 1971 
[H. R. 19885] 
Public Law 91-650 
AN ACT 
To provide additional revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other 
purposes. 
District of 
Columbia Reve-
nue Act of 1970. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatiiies 
of the 
United States of Ametica in Congress assembled. That this Act may be 
cited as the "District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1970". 
TITLE I—REVENI^E 
80 Stat. 857; 
83 Stat. 180. 
81 Stat. 339. 
Sanitary and 
sewer systems. 
68 Stat. 108; 
74 Stat. 811. 
Highway con-
struction. 
80 Stat. 858. 
Water system 
expansion. 
64 Stat. 195; 
68 Stat. 103. 
Vehicles, 
permit fees. 
41 Stat. 69. 
31 u s e 491. 
SEC. 101. Section 1 of article VI of the District of Columbia Reve-
nue Act of 1947 (D.C. Code, sec. 47-2501a) is amended (1) by striking 
out "1970" and inserting in lieu thereof "1971", and (2) by striking out 
"$105,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$126,000,000". 
SEC. 102. The Office of Managememnt and Budget shall carefully 
examine and review each request of the District of Columbia for regu-
lar, supplemental, and deficiency appropriations to determine (1) the 
priorities of the expenditures for which each appropriation is 
requested, and (2) where reductions can be made in such expenditures. 
SEC. 103. (a) Subsection (b) (1) of the first section of the Act of 
June 6,1958 (D.C. Code, sec. 9-220 (b) (1)) (relating to the borrowing 
authority of the District of Columbia), is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking out "1968, 1969, or 
1970" and inserting in lieu thereof "1971 or 1972" and by striking 
out "6 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof "9 per centum"; 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking out "1970" each place it 
appears and inserting in lieu thereof "1972" and by striking out 
"6 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof "9 per centum". 
(b) Section 214 of the District of Columbia Public Works Act of 
1954 (D.C. Code, sec. 43-1613) is amended by striking out "$32,000,000" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$72,000,000". 
(c) Section 402 (a) of the District of Columbia Public Works Act of 
1954 (D.C. Code, sec. 7-133(a)) 
is amended by striking out 
"$85,250,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$110,000,000". 
(d) Section 2(a) of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing loans from 
the United States Treasuiy for the expansion of the District of Colum-
bia water system", approved June 2,1950 (D.C. Code, sec. 43-1540(a)), 
is amended by striking out "$35,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$51,000,000". 
SEC. 104. (a) The fifth paragraph under the heading "General 
Expenses" in the first section of the Act of July 11, 1919 (DC. Code, 
sec. 5-316), is amended by inserting immediately after the period at 
the end thereof the following: "Notwithstanding the provisions of the 
preceding sentence and section 7 of the Act of February 22, 1921 (41 
Stat. 1144), in the case of a single unit motor vehicle which has three 
or more axles and is designed to unload itself and which is operated in 
the District of Columbia under an annual hauling permit of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the fee for such permit shall be as follows: 
"(1) $680 if such motor vehicle is first placed in service after 
July 1,1970. 
" (2) If such motor vehicle is in service on or before July 1,1970, 
and operated at a gross weight— 
" (A) in excess of the weight permitted under normal oper-
ations under applicable regulations of the Commissioner of 
the District of Columbia but less than 50,000 pounds, a fee of 
$380; 
Fees, increase. 
50 Stat. 676. 
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"(B) of 50,000 pounds or more but less than 55,000 pounds, 
a fee of $480; 
"(C) of 55,000 pounds or more but less than 60,000 pounds, 
a fee of $580; or 
"(D) of 60,000 pounds or more, not to exceed 65,000 pounds, 
afeeof$680. 
The Commissioner of the District of Columbia is authorized to increase, 
from time to time, the fees prescribed by paragraphs (1) and (2), tak-
ing into account expenditures for the purpose of repairing or replac-
ing highway structures and roadway pavements requiring such repair 
or replacement as a result of the operation of the motor vehicles for 
which hauling permit fees are prescribed under the preceding sentence. 
Proceeds from fees from annual hauling permits for such vehicles shall 
be deposited in the highway fund created by the first section of the Act 
entitled 'An Act to provide for a tax on motor-vehicle fuels sold within 
the District of Columbia, and for other purposes', approved April 23, 
1924 (D.C. Code, sec. 47-190,1)." 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the 
Effective date. 
ninetieth day following the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 105. (a) Section 101 of the District of Columbia Public Works 
water rates. 
Act of 1954 (D.C. Code, sec. 43-1520c) is amended— 
es stat. loi; 
(1) by striking out the first three sentences of subsection (a) ^^ ^*^'* ^^* 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The District of 
Columbia Council is authorized from time to time to fix the rates 
charged by the District for water and water services furnished 
by the District water supply system, at such amount as the Coun-
cil, on the basis of a recommendation made by the Commissioner 
of the District of Columbia, determines is necessary to meet the 
expense to the District of furnishing such water and water serv-
ices. In computing the charge for the consumption of water in 
excess of the minimum amount allowed for metered service, if 
such charge is for a period beginning prior to a change in water 
rates and ending thereafter, the charge for such excess consump-
tion shall be based upon the rate in effect at the time the charge is 
rendered."; and 
(2) by striking out " ( a ) " in subsection (a) and by repealing 
Repeal. 
subsection (b). 
(b) Section 207 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 43-1606) is amended— 
sanitary sewer 
(1) by striking out in paragraph (a) ", but such percentage ''^^''^^^• 
shall not exceed 75 per centum of the water charge"; 
(2) by striking out in paragraph (b) ", but such percentage 
shall not exceed 75 per centum of such rates"; 
(3) by striking out in paragraph (d) "not more than 75 per 
centum of the water charge" and inserting in lieu thereof "the 
amount"; and 
(4) by inserting " ( a ) " immediately before "The sanitary 
sewer service charges" in the matter preceding paragraph (a), by 
redesignating paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) as paragraphs 
(1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively; and by adding at the end 
of the section the following new subsection: 
"(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the District 
of Columbia Council is authorized, in its discretion, from time to time 
to establish one or more sanitary sewer service charges at such amount 
as the Council, on the basis of a recommendation made by the Com-
missioner, finds it necessary to meet the expense to the District of fur-
nishing sanitary sewer services, including debt retirement." 
(c) Subsection (c) of section 208 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 43- Payment. 
1607 (c)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) In computing the charge for sanitary sewer service, if such 
charge is for a period beginning prior to a change in the established 
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[84 STAT. 
sanitary sewer service charge and ending thereafter, the charge shall 
be based on the rate in effect at the time the charge is rendered." 
(d) Water and sewer rates established under the District of Colum-
D^c.^'code 4
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- ^^^ Public Works Act of 1954 which are in effect on the date of enact-
1601 note. 
mcnt of this Act shall continue in effect until revised by the District of 
Columbia Council in accordance with that Act as amended by this 
section. 
TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS TAX MATTERS 
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SEC. 201. (a)(1) The second proviso in section 114(a)(6) of the 
District of Columbia Sales Tax Act (D.C. Code, sec. 47-2601, par. 
70 Stat. 80. 
14(a) (6)) is repealed. 
Tax rate, ex- 
(2) Sectlou 125 (1) of the Dlstrlct of Columbia Sales Tax Act (D.C. 
"^a^^'c^'f 170 
Code, sec. 47-2602(1)) is amended by striking out "and"' immediately 
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and by strikmg out the semicolon and msertmg m 
lieu thereof the following: ", and (D) charges for rental of textiles if 
the essential part of the rental includes recurring services of laundering 
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(b) Scction 128 of the District of Columbia Sales Tax Act (D.C. 
tion. 
Code, sec. 47-2605) is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
sa^taueiV.^' 
ing new paragraph: 
"(r) Sales of textiles to persons who are engaged in the business of 
renting such textiles, if the essential part of such rental business 
includes recurring services of laundering or cleaning such textiles." 
K^p^^i* 
(c) (1) The second proviso in section 201(a) (4) of the District of 
70 Stat. 81. 
Columbia Use Tax Act (D.C. Code, sec. 47-2701(1) (a) (4)) is repealed. 
(2) Section 212(1) of the District of Columbia Use Tax Act (D.C. 
83 Stat. 172. 
Code, scc. 47-2702(1)) is amended by striking out "and" immediately 
preceding " ( C ) " and by striking out the semicolon and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: ", and (D) charges for rental of textiles if the 
essential part of the rental includes recurring service of laundering 
or cleaning of the textiles;". 
Certain prop- 
ggc. 202. Paragraph (h) of section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to 
erty, exemption, 
(jgfji^g the real property exempt from taxation in the District of Colum-
56 Stat. 1089. 
bla", approved December 24, 1942 (D.C. Code, sec. 47-801a), is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: 
"For purposes of this paragraph, any building— 
"(1) which is financed in whole or in part with (A) a mort-
gage insured under section 221 (d)(3), (h), or (i) of the National 
12 use 1715/. 
Housing Act and receiving the benefits of the interest rate pro-
vided for in the proviso in section 221(d) (5) of such Act, or (B) 
1
2 use 1715Z-2. 
a mortgage insured under section 237 of such Act; 
"(2) with respect to which periodic assistance payments are 
1
2 use 1715Z. 
made under section 235 of the National Housing Act or interest 
1
2 use 1715Z-1. 
reduction payments are made under section 236 of such Act; 
"(3) with respect to w^hich rent supplement payments are 
made under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 
12 use 1701s. 
Act of 1965; 
"(4) which is financed in whole or in part with a loan made 
1
2 use 1701 q. 
under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959; 
"(5) which contains dwelling units constituting low^-rent hous-
ing in private accommodations within the meaning of section 23 
42 use 1421b. 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937; or 
" (6) with respect to which there is an outstanding rehabilitation 
42 use 1452b. 
loan made under section 312 of the Housing Act of 1964, 
shall not, so long as the mortgage or loan involved remains outstanding 
or the assistance involved continues to be received, be considered a 
building used for purposes of public charity; except that this sentence 
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will not apply to those organisations granted an exemption under this 
paragraph before the date of enactment of this sentence." 
SEC. 203. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this p,f tt^"';;^^"^' 
section, the following property in the District of Columbia owned by emption.' 
the American Institute of Architects Foundation, Incorporated, a non-
profit corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State 
of New York, shall be exempt from taxation by the District of 
Columbia: 
(1) The real property (including the improvements thereon known 
as the Octagon House) which is described as lot 36 in square 170. 
(2) The furniture, furnishings, and other personal property located 
in any improvements on such real property. 
(b) The property described in subsection (a) shall be exempt from 
taxation by the District of Columbia so long as (1) that property is 
owned by the Foundation referred to in subsection (a) and is used 
in carrying on its purposes and activities and is not used for any com-
mercial purposes; and (2) the Octagon House is (A) maintained by 
that Foundation as a historical building to be preserved for its archi-
tectural and historical significance, and (B) accessible to the general 
public without charge or payment of a fee of any kind at such rea-
sonable hours and under such regulations as may, from time to time, 
be prescribed by that Foundation. The provisions of section 2 of the 
Act entitled "An Act to define the real property exempt from taxation 
in the District of Columbia", approved December 24,1942 (D.C. Code, 
sec. 47-801b), shall apply with respect to the property made exempt 
se stat. 1091. 
from taxation by this section, and the Foundation shall make the 
reports required by section 3 of that Act (D.C. Code, sec. 47-801c) 
and shall have the appeal rights provided by section 5 of that Act 
(D.C. Code, sec. 47-801e). 
(c) This section shall apply with respect to taxable years beginning 
Effective date. 
after June 30, 1969. 
SEC. 204. Section 3(a) (7) of title I I I of the District of Columbia 
o^'^^-tions. 
Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947 (D.C. Code, sec. 47-1557b 
(a) (7)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
^^ ^^^'' ^^^' 
sentence: "In the case of property held by any taxpayer on the first 
day of his first taxable year beginning after December 31,1968, which, 
on such first day, was property described in this paragraph, any 
reduction in the basis of such property for purposes of computing the 
allowance under this paragraph which resulted from the enactment 
of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1969 shall be treated as 
^^ stat. i69. 
an additional depreciation deduction which shall (subject to paragraph 
(14)) be allowable under this paragraph ratably over such period 
(beginning not earlier than the first taxable year of the taxpayer 
which begins after December 31,1968), not to exceed ten taxable years, 
as may be agreed upon by the taxpayer and the Commissioner." 
SEC. 205. (a) Title I I I of article I of the District of Columbia ^^^t^^^^Y;^^3tf" 
Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947 (D.C. Code, sec. 47-1557b) is ''^AnTeTp.'sa^i.^* 
amended by inserting after paragraph (15) of section 3(a) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
"(16) Real estate investment trusts.—In the case of a real estate 
investment trust as defined in section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1954, which meets the requirements of section 857(a) of the Internal 
^^ ^t^'* i°04. 
Revenue Code of 1954, the dividends paid by the real estate investment 
trust which qualify for the dividends-paid deduction under section 
857(b) (2) (C) and section 857(b) (3) (A) (ii) of the Internal Revenue 
' ' ^'^'' "'* 
Code of 1954, including dividends considered as having been paid dur-
ing the taxable year by reason of section 858 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1954." 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect 
Elective date. 
to taxable years of real estate investment trusts beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 1970. 
D.C. Code 
47-1557b note. 
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TITLE III—MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCHOOL SUBSIDY 
Citation of title, 
Grants, 
Limitations, 
Ante, p. 1343, 
Appropriation, 
Applications, 
Regulations, 
Advance pay-
ments. 
Payments, 
SEC. 301. This title may be cited as the "District of Columbia Medi-
cal and Dental Manpower Act of 1970". 
SEC. 302. It is the purpose of this title to assist private nonprofit 
medical and dental schools in the District of Columbia in their critical 
financial needs in meeting the operational costs required to maintain 
quality medical and dental educational programs and to increase the 
number of students in such institutions as a necessary health manpower 
service to the metropolitan area of the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 303. (a) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 
(hereinafter in this title referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized 
to make grants to the Commissioner of the District of Columbia (here-
inafter in this title referred to as the "Commissioner") in amounts the 
Secretary determines to be the minimum amounts necessary to carry 
out the purposes of this title. The total amount of grants under this 
section for any fiscal year shall not exceed the sum of (1) the product 
of $5,000 times the number of full-time students enrolled in private 
nonprofit accredited medical schools in the District of Columbia, and 
(2) the product of $3,000 times the number of full-time students 
enrolled in private nonprofit accredited dental schools in the District 
of Columbia. 
(b) For the purposes of this section and section 307, in determining 
eligibility for, and the amount of, grants with respect to private non-
profit medical and dental schools, consideration shall be given to any 
grants made to such schools pursuant to the portion of the program 
under section 772 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295f-2) 
relating to financial assistance to schools which are in serious financial 
straits to aid them in meeting their costs of operation. 
(c) There are authorized to be appropriated $6,200,000 for the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1971, and such sums as may be necessary for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, to make grants under this section. 
SEC. 304. The Secretary may from time to time set dates by which 
applications for grants under section 303 for any fiscal year must be 
filed by the Commissioner. A grant under section 303 may be made only 
if application therefor— 
(1) is approved by the Secretary; 
(2) contains such information as the Secretary may require to 
make the determinations required of him under this title and such 
assurances as he may find necessary to carry out the purposes of 
this title; and 
(3) provides for such fiscal control and accounting procedures 
and reports and access to the records of the Commissioner and 
the applicant schools as the Secretary may from time to time 
require in carrying out his functions under this title. 
SEC. 305. For the purposes of section 303 and section 307, regu-
lations of the Secretary shall include provisions relating to the deter-
mination of the number of students enrolled in a school, or in a 
particular year-class in a school, as the case may be, on the basis of 
estimates, or on the basis of the number of students who were enrolled 
in a school, or in a particular year-class, as the case may be, in an 
earlier year, or on such basis as he deems appropriate for making 
such determinations. 
SEC. 306. Grants under section 303 may be paid in advance or by 
way of reimbursement at such intervals as the Secretary may find 
necessary and with appropriate adjustments on account of overpay-
ments or underpayments previously made. 
SEC. 307. From funds received under section 303, the Commissioner 
shall make payments (in amounts determined by the Secretary under 
such section 303) to private nonprofit schools of medicine and dentistry 
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1935 
in the District of Columbia. The total of the payments mider this 
Limitations. 
section in any fiscal year to a medical school shall not exceed the 
product of $5,000 times the number of full-time students enrolled 
in such school, and the total of payments to a dental school shall not 
exceed the product of $3,000 times the number of full-time students 
enrolled in such school. 
SEC. 308. The Commissioner may from time to time set dates by 
^iUng date. 
which applications for payments by the Commissioner under section 
307 for any fiscal year must be filed. A payment under section 307 by 
the Commissioner may be made only if the application therefor— 
(1) is approved by the Commissioner upon his determination 
tliat the applicant meets the eligibility conditions of this title; and 
(2) contains such information as the Commissioner and the 
Secretary may require to make determinations required under this 
title and such assurances as they may find necessary to carry out 
the purposes of this title. 
SEC. 309. Payments mider section 307 by the Commissioner may be 
Advance pay-
paid in advance or by way of reimbursement at such intervals as the "'®"'^' 
Commissioner may find necessary and with appropriate adjustments 
on account of overpayments or underpayments previously made. 
SEC. 310. For purposes of this title: 
Definitions. 
(1) The term "full-time students" means students pursuing a full-
time course of study in an accredited school of medicine or school of 
dentistry leading to a degree of doctor of medicine, doctor of dentistry, 
or an equivalent degree. 
(2) The terms "school of medicine*' and "school of dentistry" mean 
a school in the District of Columbia which provides training leading, 
respectively, to a degree of doctor of medicine and doctor of dentistry, 
or an equivalent degree, and which is accredited by a recognized body 
or bodies approved for such purpose by the Commissioner of Educa-
tion of the United States. 
(3) The term "nonprofit" as applied to a school of medicine or a 
school of dentistry means one which is owned and operated by one or 
more corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of which 
inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder 
or individual. 
TITLE IV—FUNDS FOR H I G H E R EDUCATION 
SEC. 401. (a) Section 107 of the District of Columbia Public Educa- 
F^^erai city 
tion Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1607) is amended— 
82lt%. 241. 
(1) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (4) ; 
(2) by adding "and" at the end of paragraph (5); 
(3) by adding after paragraph (5) the following new para-
graph : 
"(6) section 108(b) of this Act,"; and 
(4) by striking out "Federal City College shall" and inserting 
in lieu thereof the following: "Federal City College and the 
Washington Technical Institute shall each". 
(b) Section 109(a) (1) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1609 (a) (1)) 
is amended by striking out "Federal City College shall" and inserting 
in lieu thereof the following: "Federal City College and the Wash-
ington Technical Institute shall each". 
(c) Section 110 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1610) is redesig- 
Grant sharing. 
nated as section 112 and the following new sections are inserted imme-
diately after section 109: 
"SEC. 110. Grants to the District of Columbia under the Acts referred 
to in section 107 and under section 109(b) and the earnings of sums 
appropriated under section 108(b) shall be shared equally between 
the Federal City College and the Washington Technical Institute. 
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Ante, 
p. 1935. 
Usury laws, ex-
emption, 
79 Stat. 1269; 
82 Stat. 1042, 
1050. 
20 u s e 1141. 
"SEC. 111. Sections 107 and 109 provide that the Washington Tech-
nical Institute shall be considered to be a college established for the 
benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts in accordance with 
the provisions of the Act of July 2, 1862, for the purpose of enabling 
the Washington Technical Institute to share, under section 110, with 
the Federal City College (1) grants under the Acts referred to in sec-
tion 107, (2) grants under section 109(b), and (3) earnings of sums 
appropriated under section 108(b)." 
(d) The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect 
to (1) grants made to the District of Columbia under the Acts referred 
to in section 107 of the District of Columbia Public Education Act 
and under section 109(b) of such Act for fiscal years beginning after 
June 30, 1971, and (2) any earnings, on and after July 1, 1971, of 
sums heretofore appropriated to the District of Columbia pursuant 
to section 108 (b) of such Act. 
SEC. 402. Any institution of higher education located in the District 
of Columbia and described in the first sentence of section 1201(a) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (other than District of Columbia 
Teachers' College, Federal City College, Gallaudet College, and 
Howard University) may borrow money at such rates of interest as 
the institution may determine, without regard to the restrictions of 
any usury law applicable in the District of Columbia, and shall not 
plead any statutes against usury in any action. 
TITLE V—INDUSTRIAL SAFETY 
55 Stat. 738. 
D efinitions. 
Minimum Wage 
and Industrial 
Safety Board, 
duties. 
Regulations, 
variations. 
Hearing. 
Judicial review. 
Penalties. 
SEC. 501. Title II of the Act of September 19, 1918 (D.C. Code, 
sees. 36-431—36-^42) is amended as follows : 
(1) Section 2 of such title (D.C. Code, sec. 36-432) is amended— 
(A) by striking out in paragraph (a) "industrial employment, 
place of employment,'' and inserting in lieu thereof "place of 
employment", and 
(B) by striking out in paragraph (d) "industrial". 
(2) Section 3 of such title (D.C. Code, sec. 36-433) is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "To promote the 
safety of persons employed in existing buildings or other existing struc-
tures, such rules, regulations, and standards may require, without limi-
tation, changes in the permanent or temporary features of such 
buildings or other structures.". 
(3) Section 6 of such title (D.C. Code, sec. 36-436) is amended to 
read as follows: 
"SEC. 6. The Board may, upon written application of any employer 
affected by such rule or regulation, permit variations from any provi-
sions thereof if it shall find that the application of such provision would 
result in unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty, and notwith-
standing such variance, that the protection afforded by such rule or 
regulation will be provided. The Board may grant a hearing open to 
the public on such application upon request of the applicant or other 
interested party or parties, or on its own initiative. The Board's deci-
sion thereon shall be subject to review by the District of Columbia 
Court of Appeals upon petition of the applicant or other affected 
party or parties. The Board shall keep a properly indexed record of all 
variations permitted from any rule or regulation, which shall be open to 
public inspection.". 
(4) Section 12 of such title (D.C. Code, sec. 36-442) is amended by 
striking out "more than $300" and inserting in lieu thereof the fol-
lowing : "less than $100 or more than $600". 
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TITLE YI—SALE OF DAIKY PRODUCTS IN DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
Definitions. 
Sale permit. 
SEC. 601. (a) The Act entitled "An Act to regulate within the Dis-
trict of Columbia the sale of milk, cream, and ice cream, and for other 
purposes", approved February 27, 1925 (D.C. Code, sees. 33-301— 
33-319), is amended to read as follows: 
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"SECIION 1. None but pure, clean, and wholesome milk, cream, milk ^^^^ s
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products, or frozen desserts conforming to standards established by ducti'on^and'^^rans-
the District of Columbia Council, not inconsistent with standards portation. 
established by the United States Grovemment, shall be produced in, or 
be shipped into, the District of Columbia. 
"SEC. 2. As used in this Act— 
"(1) The term 'person' includes firms, associations, partnerships, 
and corporations in addition to individuals. 
"(2) The term 'Commissioner' means the Commissioner of the Dis-
trict of Columbia or his designated agents. 
"(3) The term 'District' means the District of Columbia. 
"SEC. 3. No person shall keep or maintain within the District a 
dairy farm, milk plant, or frozen dessert plant producing, as the case 
may be, milk, cream, milk products, or frozen desserts for sale in the 
District, or bring or send into the District for sale any milk, cream, 
milk product, or frozen dessert, without a permit so to do from the 
Commissioner, and then only in accordance with the terms of such 
permit. Such permit shall be valid only for the calendar year in which 
it is issued, and shall be renewable annually on or before the 1st day 
of January of each calendar year thereafter. Application 
for 
such permit shall be in writing upon a form prescribed by the 
Commissioner. 
"SEC. 4. The Commissioner is authorized to suspend any permit 
issued under the authority of this Act whenever, in his opinion, the 
public health is endangered by the impurity or unwholesomeness of 
milk, cream, milk product, or frozen dessert supplied by the holder of 
the permit, and the suspension shall remain in force until the Commis-
sioner finds the danger no longer continues. Whenever any permit is 
suspended the Commissioner shall in writing furnish to the holder of 
such permit his reasons for such suspension, and each dealer receiving 
milk, cream, milk product, or frozen dessert from such holder shall also 
be promptly notified by the Commissioner in writing of the suspen-
sion of the permit. 
"SEC. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit (1) the 
shipment into the District of milk, cream, or milk products from ship-
ping stations or plants having a sanitation compliance and enforcement 
rating of 90 per centum or better as determined by a milk sanitation 
rating officer certified by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare, or (2) the shipment into the District of milk or cream for manu-
facture into frozen desserts and frozen desserts containing milk or 
cream which has been produced and transported in accordance with 
specifications established by a State or Federal regulatory or certifying 
agency and approved by the Commissioner. 
"SEC. 6. No milk, cream, milk product, or frozen dessert shall be sold 
or offered for sale to a consumer in the District unless it has been 
pasteurized by a method acceptable to the Secretary of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare. 
"SEC. 7. The Commissioner is authorized to seize all milk, cream, 
milk products, or frozen desserts which may be brought into the 
District in violation of the provisions of this Act. The owner of any 
such milk, cream, milk product, or frozen dessert shall immediately 
be notified of such seizure, and if he shall fail within twenty-four hours 
from the time such notice is given to him to remove or cause to be 
Suspension. 
Notification. 
Pasteurization, 
Notification. 
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[84 STAT. 
Regulations and 
standards^ 
Publication. 
Sale, restric-
Penalty. 
Effective date. 
removed from the District the seized milk, cream, milk product, or 
frozen dessert, the Commissioner is authorized to destroy or otherwise 
dispose of it. 
"SEC. 8. The District of Columbia Council is hereby authorized to 
make from time to time all such reasonable regulations or standards 
consistent with this Act as it deems necessary to protect the milk, 
cream, milk product, and frozen dessert supply of the District. Such 
regulations or standards shall be published once in a daily newspaper 
of general circulation in the District at least thirty days before any 
penalty may be exacted for violation thereof. 
"SEC. 9. No person in the District shall sell or offer for sale any milk, 
cream, milk product, or frozen dessert from any source until he shall 
have first determined that the person providing such milk, cream, milk 
product, or frozen dessert holds a permit from the Commissioner to 
ship milk, cream, milk products, or frozen desserts into the District. 
"SEC. 10. Any person who violates any provision of this Act or the 
regulations or standards promulgated hereunder shall be punished 
by a fine of not more than $300 or imprisonment for not more than 
thirty days, or both. Prosecutions shall be conducted in the Superior 
Court of the District of Columbia in the name of the District of 
Columbia by the Corporation Counsel or any of his assistants." 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall 
take effect on December 31,1971. 
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS 
old Georgetown 
Market. 
80 Stat. 830. 
Minimum wage 
and overtime pro-
visions, exemp-
tion. 
80 Stat. 964. 
49 Stat. 546. 
49 u s e 304. 
Effective date. 
"Washington 
metropolitan 
region." 
Single wage 
rate. 
Wage orders, 
revision. 
SEC. 701. Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to declare the Old 
Georgetown Market a historic landmark and to require its preserva-
tion in continued use as a public market, and for other purposes", 
approved September 21, 1966 (D.C. Code, sec. 5-807), is amended by 
striking out ", but not to exceed in the aggregate $150,000". 
SEC. 702. (a) Section 4(b) of the District of Columbia Minimum 
Wage Act (D.C. Code, sec. 36-404) is amended (1) by striking out 
"or" at the end of paragraph (4), (2) by striking out the period at 
the end of paragraph (5) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and 
"or", and (3) by adding after paragraph (5) the following new 
paragraph: 
"(6) any employee (A) with respect to whom the Interstate 
Commerce Commission has power to establish qualifications and 
maximum hours of service pursuant to the provisions of section 
204 of part I I of the Interstate Commerce Act, and (B) who is 
not employed for more than 50 per centum of any workweek 
within the Washington metropolitan region." 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) of this section shall 
take effect as of February 1,1967. 
SEC. 703. (a) Section 2 of the District of Columbia Minimum Wage 
Act (D.C. Code, sec. 36-402) is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following: 
"(8) The term 'Washington metropolitan region' means the area 
consisting of the District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince 
George's Counties in Maryland, Arlington and Fairfax Counties and 
the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church in Virginia." 
(b) Section 3 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 36-403) is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(f) A wage order under this Act may establish at any one time 
only one wage rate for the occupation or the classification of employees 
w^ithin an occupation, as the case may be, to which the wage order 
applies." 
(c) Section 6 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 36-406) is amended as 
follows: 
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1939 
(1) Tlie first sentence of subsection (a) of such section is amended 
(A) by striking out "wage order'' the first time it appears and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "wage rate within a wage order", and (B) by 
striking out "the wage rates" and inserting in lieu thereof "such 
wage rate". 
(2) The first sentence of subsection (b) of such section is amended 
(A) by inserting "and" immediately after "occupation," the second 
time it occurs, and (B) by striking out ", and one or more representa-
tives of the agency designated by the Commissioners to administer this 
Act." and inserting in lieu thereof a period and the following: "The 
chairman of the agency designated by the Commissioner to administer 
this Act shall be an ex officio member of the committee." 
(3) Clause (3) of the second sentence of subsection (e) of such 
section is amended by striking out "District of Columbia" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "Washington metropolitan region". 
(4) Subsection (f) of such section is amended by inserting immedi-
ately before the period at the end thereof the following: "and after 
taking into consideration the matters referred to in the second sentence 
of subsection (e)". 
(d) The amendment made by subsection (b) of this section shall 
Effective date,, 
apply with respect to any wage order under the District of Columbia 
Minimum Wage Act issued or revised after the date of enactment of 
so stat. 970. 
this Act. 
36°4';9f°'' 
SEC. 704. (a) The Administrator of the P^vironmental Protection 
study. 
Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, the Chief 
of Engineers of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army and 
the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, shall conduct a special 
study of and make recommendations with respect to— 
(1) the water pollution problems of the part of the Potomac 
River that is located within the Washington metropolitan area, 
('2) the water resources of the Potomac River for such area. 
(3) the problems relating to the provision of adequate facilities 
for water, sewer, sanitation, and related services for such area, and 
(4) the establishment of an apjn^ojjriate independent area or 
regional entity to control and resolve such water pollution prob-
lems, to regulate and control such water resources, and to provide 
such services at reasonable costs. 
The study shall contain specific recommendations as to the extent and 
Recommenda-
amount of funding that would be necessary to establish and maintain *'°"^' 
such an area or regional entity, recommendations as to any functions 
now performed by Federal and District of Columbia entities w^hich 
should be transferred to such an area or regional entity, and recom-
mendations as to provisions for protection of employees of entities that 
would be affected by such transfers. 
(b) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
Report to con-
shall report to the Congress the results of the study under subsection ^^^^^' 
(a), together with his recommendations, on or before March 31, 1971. 
SEC. 705. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the^g^fg^^ ^^'•*^" 
Commissioner of the District of Columbia is authorized to enter into 
lease agreements with any person, copartnership, corporation, or other 
entity, which do not bind the government of the District of Columbia 
for periods in excess of twenty years for each such lease agreement, on 
such terms and conditions, including, without limitation, lease-pur-
chase, as he deems to be in the interest of the District of Columbia and 
necessary for the accommodation of District of Columbia agencies and 
activities in buildings or other improvements which are in existence 
or are to be constructed by the lessor for such purposes, or on unim-
proved real property. 
(b) Xo lease agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall pro-
vide for the payment of rental in excess of the limitations prescribed 
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[84 STAT. 
47 Stat, 412, 
1517. 
Repeals. 
58 Stat. 532. 
72 Stat, 511. 
Alcoholic bev-
erages, licenses. 
Ante, p. 853. 
by section 322 of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for 
the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1933, and for other purposes", approved June 30, 1932 (40 
TJ.S.C. 278a), except that the provisions of this subsection shall not 
apply to leases made prior to the date of the enactment of the District 
of Columbia Kevenue Act of 1970 except when renewals thereof are 
made after such date. 
(c) (1) Section 6 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 
1945 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-243) is repealed. 
(2) Section 12 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1959 
(D.C. Code, sec. l-243a) is repealed. 
SEC. 706. The second sentence in the second paragraph of section 7 
of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (D.C. 
Code, sec. 25-107) is amended by striking out "any election'' and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "the presidential election". 
TITLE VIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Separability, 
81 Stat, 948. 
5 u s e app. 
SEC. 801. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to 
any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of this 
Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circum-
stances shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 802. Nothing in this Act, or any amendments made by this Act, 
shall be construed so as to affect the authority vested in the Commis-
sioner of the District of Columbia or the authority vested in the 
District of Columbia Council by Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 
of 1967. The performance of any function vested by this Act in the 
Commissioner of the District of Columbia or in any office or agency 
under his jurisdiction and control, or in the District of Columbia 
Council, may be delegated bj; the Commissioner or Council, as the 
case may be, in accordance with the provisions of such plan. 
SEC, 803. (a) The repeal or amendment by this Act of any provision 
of law shall not affect any other provision of law, any act done or 
any right accrued or accruing under such repealed or amended law, 
or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause before 
repeal or amendment of such law; but all rights and liabilities under 
such repealed or amended laws shall continue, and may be enforced in 
the same manner and to the same extent, as if such repeal or amend-
ment had not been made. 
(b) In the case of any offense committed or penalty incurred under 
any provision of law repealed or amended by this Act such offense 
may be prosecuted and punished and such penalty may be enforced 
in the same manner and with the same effect as if this Act had not 
been enacted. 
Approved January 5, 1971. 
Public Law 91-651 
January 5, 1971 
[H.R. 14645] 
Seals of the 
U.S., the Presi-
dent and Vice 
President. 
Certain uses, 
prohibition. 
80 Stat. 1525. 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18 of the United States Code to prohibit certain uses of like-
nesses of the great seal of the United States, and of the seals of the President 
and Vice President, and to authorize Secret Service protection of visiting 
heads of foreign states or governments, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 713 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: