An Act to approve an order of the Secretary of the Interior canceling and deferring certain irrigation charges, eliminating certain tracts of non-Indian owned land under the Wapato Indian irrigation project, Washington, and for other purposes
PL 88-159 (H.R.641), enacted 10/28/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-158-OCT. 24, 1963 
[77 STAT. 
taxation thereof; and for research and development, necessary in 
connection with the planning, design, construction, and maintenance 
of highways and highway systems, and the regulation and taxation 
of their use." 
SEC. 7. (a) Subsection (c) of section 106 of title 23, United States 
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2 Stat. 892. 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) Items included in any such estimate for construction engi-
neering shall not exceed 10 per centum of the total estimated cost 
of a project financed with Federal-aid primary, secondary, or urban 
funds, after excluding from such total estimated cost, the estimated 
costs of rights-of-way, preliminary engineering, and construction 
engineering: Provided^ That such limitation shall be 15 per centum 
in any State with respect to which the Secretary finds such higher 
limitation to be necessary. For any project financed with interstate 
funds, such limitation shall be 10 per centum." 
(b) The second sentence of subsection (d) of section 121 of title 
72 Stat. 900. 
23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "Payments 
for construction engineering on any project financed with Federal-
aid primary, secondary, or urban funds shall not exceed 10 per centum 
of the Federal share of the cost of construction of such project after 
excluding from the cost of construction the costs of rights-of-way, 
preliminary engineering, and construction engineering: Provided^ 
That such limitation shall be 15 per centum in any State with respect 
to which the Secretary finds such higher limitation to be necessary. 
For any project financed with interstate funds, such limitation shall 
be 10 per centum." 
Approved October 24, 1963. 
Public Law 88-158 
October 24, 1963 
J O I N T RESOLUTION 
[H. J. Res. 724] 
rpQ provide additional housing for the elderly. 
Resolved hy the Senate aind House of Representatives 
of the United 
73 Stat. 667- 
Stotes of Amevica in Congress assembled^ That section 202(a) (4) of 
76 Stat. 670. 
the Houslng Act of 1959 is amended by striking out "$225,000,000" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$275,000,000". 
Approved October 24, 1963. 
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Public Law 88-159 
October 28, 1963 
AN A C T 
[H. R. 641] 
rj,^ approve an order of the Secretary of the Interior canceling and deferring 
certain irrigation charges, eliminating certain tracts of non-Indian-owned land 
under the Wapato Indian irrigation project, Washington, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
wapat indiAn 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in accordance 
irrigation project, 
with the Act of Juuc 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1803; 25 U.S.C. 389-389e), 
the order of the Secretary of the Interior dated September 12, 1962, 
canceling $4,494.58 of delinquent irrigation charges, providing for the 
deferred payment of $10,356.03, and providing for the removal of 
78.12 acres of assessable land from the Wapato Indian irrigation 
project, is hereby approved. 
Approved October 28, 1963.