An Act to amend section 17 (b) of the Reclamation Projects Act of 1939
PL 86-308 (H.R.1778), enacted 09/21/1959

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after June 30, 1945, on which such United States Commissioner 
renders service in such capacity", and 
(2) by striking out in the second sentence thereof "for more 
than three hundred and thirteen days in any one year'- and 
inserting in lieu thereof "for more than three hundred and thir-
teen days in any one year prior to July 1,1945, or for more than 
two hundred and sixty days in any one year after June 30,1945". 
SEO. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, benefits ]jay-
able by reason of the amendments made by the first section of this 
Act shall be paid from the civil service retirement and disability fund. 
Approvea September 21, 1959. 
September 2 I, 1959 
[H. R. 616] 
Public Law 86-307 
AN ACT 
To designate the dam across the Lampasas River in Texas as Stillhouse Hollow 
Dam. 
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low Dam, Tex. 
68 Stat. 1259. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the dam across 
the Lampasas River in Bell County, Texas, authorized to be con-
structed by section 11 of the Flood Control Act of 1954, is hereby 
designated as Stillhouse Hollow Dam. 
Any law, regulation, map, 
document, record, or other paper of the United States in which such 
dam is referred to shall be held to refer to such dam by the name of 
Stillhouse Hollow Dam. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
September 21, 1959 
[H. R. 1778] 
Public Law 86-308 
AN ACT 
To amend section 17(b) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. 
53 Stat. 1198. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 17, 
subsection (b), of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, as amended, is 
liereby further amended to read as follows: 
"The Secretary is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions of this 
subsection, to defer the time for the payment of such part of any 
installments of construction charges under any repayment contract 
or other form of obligation as he deems necessary to adjust such 
installments to amounts within the probable ability of the water users 
to pay. Any such deferment shall be effected only after findings by 
the Secretary that the installments under consideration probably can-
not be paid on their due date without undue burden on the water 
users, considering the various factors which in the Secretary's judg-
ment bear on the ability of the water users so to pay. 
"The Secretary may effect the deferments hereunder subject to such 
conditions and provisions relating to the operation and maintenance 
of the project involved as he deems to be in the interest of the United 
States. If, however, any deferments would affect installments to ac-
crue more than twelve months after the action of deferment, they shall 
be effected only by a formal supplemental contract. 
Such a contract 
shall provide by its terms that, it being only an interim solution of 
the repayment problems dealt with therein, its terms are not, in them-
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selves, to be construed as a criterion of the terms of any amendatory 
contract that may be negotiated and that any such amendatory con-
tract must be approved by the Congress unless it does not lengthen the 
repayment period for the project in question beyond that permitted 
by the laws applicable to that project, involves no reduction in the 
total amount payable by the water users, and is not in other respects 
less advantageous to the Government than the existing contract 
arrangements. 
The Secretary shall report to the Congress all 
deferments granted under this subsection." 
SEC. 2. The Act of March 6,1952 (66 Stat. 16), as amended, is hereby 
further amended by deleting therefrom the words "and by section 3 
of the Act of April 24, 1945 (59 Stat. 75, 76)". 
SEO. 3. The provisions of section 17, subsection (b), of the Reclama-
tion Project Act of 1939, as amended by section 1 of this Act, shall 
apply to any project within the administrative jurisdiction of the note. 
Bureau of Reclamation to which, if it had been constructed as a project 
under the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 
388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto), these 
provisions would be applicable. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
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Public Law 86-309 
AN ACT 
To amend subsection 432(g) of title 14, United States Code, so as to increase 
the limitation on basic compensation of civilian keepers of lighthouses and 
civilians employed on lightships and other vessels of the Coast Guard from 
$3,750 to $5,100 per annum. 
September 21, 1959 
[H. R. 2245] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That title 14 of 
the United States Code, subsection 432(g), is amended by striking 
the amount "$3,750" therein and inserting in lieu thereof the amount 
"$5,100". 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
63 Stat. 526. 
Public Law 86-310 
AN ACT 
To authorize the conveyance of certain real property of the United States to 
the county of Sacramento, California. 
September 21, 1959 
[H. R. 2247] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ainerica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary caiif.'^ ram en o, 
of the Air Force is authorized and directed to convey to the county 
eonveyance. 
of Sacramento, California, without monetary consideration, and 
subject to the condition set forth in section 3 of this Act, (1) all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the real property 
(including all improvements thereon) more particularly described in 
subsection (a) of section 2 of this Act, and (2) a perpetual easement 
for disposal of sewage effluent and waste water in, over, upon, and 
across the property more particularly described in subsection (b) 
of section 2 of this Act. 
SEC. 2. (a) All that real property lying, being, and situate in the 
county of Sacramento, State of California, described as follows: 
Beginning at a point located north 1,320.00 feet, thence east 569.00 
feet from the corner common to sections 37, 38, 47, and 48 as shown