An Act to amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act in order to increase the authorization for appropriations and to modify the personnel security procedures for contractor employees.
PL 88-186 (S.777), enacted 11/26/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-186- NOV. 26, 1963 
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unions and socially minded institutions, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury is authorized and directed to strike an appropriate silver medal 
with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by 
the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and subject to the 
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to 
coin and furnish to the International Ladies' Garment Workers' 
Union not more than two thousand copies in bronze of such medal 
of such size or sizes as shall be determined by the Secretary in con-
sultation w4th the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. 
The medals shall be made and delivered at such times as may be 
required by the union in quantities of not less than one thousand but 
no medals shall be made after December 31, 1965. The medals shall 
be considered to be national medals within the meaning of section 
o551 of the Revised Statutes. 
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SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause such medals to be 
struck and furnished at not less than the estimated cost of manu-
facture, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and over-
head expenses; and security satisfactory to the Director of the Mint 
shall be furnished to indemnify the United States for the full pay-
ment of such cost. The medals authorized to be issued pursuant to 
this Act shall be of such size or sizes and of such metals as shall be 
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury in consultation with such 
union. 
Approved November 20, 1963. 
Public Law 88-186 
AN A C T 
November 26, 1963 
To amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act in order to increase the 
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authorization for appropriations and to modify the personnel security pro-
cedures for contractor employees. 
Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 49(a) 
Arms control 
of the Act entitled "Arms Control and Disarmament Act", approved ^
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September 26, 1961 (75 Stat. 639), is amended by adding at the end ^
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thereof the following new sentence: "In addition, there is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal years 1964 and 1965, the 
sum of $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out 
the purposes of this Act." 
SEC. 2. Section 45 of the Act entitled "Arms Control and Disarma-
ment Act", approved September 26, 1961 (75 Stat. 637), is amended 
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by redesignating subsection 45(b) as subsection 45(c) and by insert-
ing after subsection 45(a) the following new subsection: 
"(b) In the case of contractors or subcontractors and their officers or 
employees, actual or prospective, the Director may accept, in lieu of 
the investigation prescribed in subsection (a) hereof, a report of inves-
tigation conducted by a Government agency, other than the Civil 
Service Commission or the Federal Bureau of Investigation, when it 
is determined by the Director that the completed investigation meets 
the standards established in subsection (a) hereof: Provided^ That 
security clearance had been granted to the individual concerned by 
another Government agency based upon such investigation and report. 
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75 Stat. 634. 
75 Stat. 633. 
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The Director may also grant access for information classified no higher 
than 'confidential' to contractors or subcontractors and their officers 
and employees, actual or prospective, on the basis of reports on less 
than full-field investigations: Provided., That such investigations shall 
each include a current national agency check." 
SEC. 3. Section 33 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 
U.S.C. 2573) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following 
new sentence: "Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to 
authorize any policy or action by any Government agency which would 
interfere with, restrict, or prohibit the acquisition, possession, or use 
of firearms by an individual for the lawful purpose of personal 
defense, sport, recreation, education, or training." 
SEC. 4. Section 49 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: 
"(c) Not more than 20 per centum of any appropriation made pur-
suant to this Act shall be obligated and/or reserved during the last 
month of a fiscal year. 
"(d) None of the funds herein authorized to be appropriated shall 
be used to pay for the dissemination within the United States of prop-
aganda concerning the work of the United States Arms Control and 
Disarmament Agency." 
SEC. 5. In section 31(2) before the word "private" insert the words 
"United States". 
Approved November 26, 1963. 
Public Law 88-187 
November 26, 1963 
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A C T 
[H. R. 8969] 
To provide, for the period ending June 30, 1964, temporary increases in tlie pnblie 
debt limit set fortli in section 21 of the Second Liberty Bond Act. 
Public debt 
limit. 
Temporary in-
creases. 
Ante, pp. 50, 
131. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled., That, during the 
period beginning on December 1, 1963, and ending on June 30, 1964, 
the public debt limit set forth in the first sentence of section 21 of the 
Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 757b), shall be tem-
porarily increased to $309,000,000,000. Because of variations in the 
timing of revenue receipts, the public debt limit as increased by the 
preceding sentence is further increased through June 29, 1964, bv 
$6,000,000,000. 
Approved November 26, 1963. 
Public Law 88-188 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
November 29, 1963 
[H. J. Res. 809] 
Malting continuing appropriations for the iiscal year 1964, and for other purposes. 
Continuing ap-
propriations, 
1964. 
Ante, p. 281. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the joint resolution of 
October 30,1963 (Public Law 88-162), is hereby amended by striking 
out "November 30, 1963" and inserting in lieu thereof "January 31, 
1964". 
Approved November 29, 1963.