An Act to postpone for 2 years the date on which passenger vessels operating solely on the inland rivers and waterways must comply with certain safety standards.
PL 90-435 (S.3102), enacted 07/27/1968

82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-435-JULY 27, 1968 
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state for compensation in any fiscal year of such association or federa-
tion a quantity of property for nonmembers which, measured in terms 
of tonnage, exceeds the total quantity of property transported inter-
state for itself and its members in such fiscal year. 
SEC. 2. Section 220 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, 
is further amended by adding the following immediately after sub-
section (f) : 
" (g) The Commission or its duly authorized special agents, account-
ants, or examiners shall, during normal business hours, have access to 
and authority, under its order, to inspect, examine, and copy any and 
all accounts, books, records, memorandums, correspondence, and other 
documents pertaining to motor vehicle transportation of a cooperative 
association or federation of cooperative associations which is required 
to give notice to the Commission pursuant to the provisions of section 
203(b)(5) of this part: Provided^ however^ That the Commission 
shall have no authoritv to prescribe the form of any accounts, records, 
or memorandums to oe maintained by a cooperative association or 
federation of cooperative associations." 
Approved July 26, 1968. 
Accounts, etc. 
of motor carriers, 
access and in-
spection authority. 
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Public Law 90-434 
AN ACT 
To amend section 212(B) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended. 
July 27, 1968 
[H. R. 18340] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 212(B) ^^^^gsT* .^end-
of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1122b), is mem. 
amended as follows: 
7/s a*^2i\°^'*' 
(1) Subsection (a) is amended by striking out "exclusively use" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "use insofar as practicable"; 
(2) Subsection (b) is amended by inserting after "incurred abroad" 
the following: "(other than the cost of transportation on foreign-
flag vessels and aircraft),"; and 
(3) Subsection (c) is amended by striking out "1968." and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "1968, and not to exceed $166,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1969". 
Approved July 27, 1968. 
Public Law 90-435 
AN ACT 
To extend until November 1, 1970, the period for compliance with certain safety 
standards in the case of passenger vessels operating on the inland rivers 
and waterways. 
July 27, :1968 
[S. 3102] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled. That the Act entitled 
"An Act to require evidence of adequate financial responsibility to 
pay judgments for personal injury or death, or to repay fares in the ^rd 
event of nonperformance of voyages, to establish minimum standards 
for passenger vessels and to require disclosure of construction details 
on passenger vessels, and for other purposes", approved November 6, 
1966 (Public Law 89-777; 80 Stat. 1356 et seq.), is amended as 
follows: 
Passenger 
vessels. 
Safety stand-
46 u s e 362 
note. 
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PUBLIC LAW 90-436-JULY 29, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
(1) Section 4 is amended by striking the date "November 1, 1968" 
where appearing and inserting in lieu thereof "November 1, 1970". 
(2) Section 5 is amended by striking the date "November 2, 1968" 
where appearing in the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 
"November 2, 1970". 
Approved July 27, 1968. 
Public Law 90-436 
July 29, 1968 
[S.2986] 
Agricultural 
trade develop-
ment and assist-
ance. 
80 Stat. 1537. 
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7 use 1704. 
7 use 1709. 
AN ACT 
20 u s e 511. 
22 u s e 2451 
note; 20USe 1171 
note, 1001 note, 
821 note, 951 
note; 47 use 390 
note. 
7 use 1703. 
To extend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 
as amended, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 409 
of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 
as amended, is amended by striking out "December 31, 1968" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "December 31,1970". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 104(h) of such Act is amended by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end thereof the following: ". Not less than 5 per 
centum of the total sales proceeds received each year shall, if requested 
by the foreign country, be used for voluntary programs to control 
population growth". 
(b) Section 109(a) of such Act is amended by striking out the word 
"and" at the end of clauses (7) and (8), changing the period at the 
end of such subsection to a semicolon, and adding the following: 
"(10) carrying out voluntary programs to control population 
growth." 
SEC. 3. Section 104(b) (2) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(2) finance with not less than 2 per centum of the total sales 
proceeds received each year in each country activities to assist 
international educational and cultural exchange and to provide 
for the strengthening of the resources of American schools, col-
leges, universities, and other public and nonprofit private educa-
tional agencies for international studies and research under the 
programs authorized by title VI of the National Defense Educa-
tion Act, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961, the International Education Act of 1966, the Higher Educa-
tion Act of 1965, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965, the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 
Act of 1965, and the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967;". 
SEC. 4. Section 103(b) of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act.of 1954, as amended, is amended by striking out the 
proviso at the end thereof and substituting the following: ": Pro-
vided^ That, except where he determines that it would be inconsistent 
with the objectives of the Act, the President shall determine the 
amount of foreign currencies needed for the uses specified in subsec-
tions (a), (b), (c), (e), and (h) of section 104, and the agreements 
for such credit sales shall provide for payment of such amounts in 
dollars or in foreign currencies upon delivery of the agricultural com-
modities. Such payment may be considered as an advance payment 
of the earliest installments." 
SEC. 5. Such Act is further amended by deleting the period at the 
end of subsection (n) of section 103 and inserting in lieu thereof a 
semicolon and adding new subsections (o), (p), and (q) to section 103 
as follows: 
"(o) Take steps to assure that the United States obtains a fair share 
of any increase m commercial purchases of agricultural commodities 
by the purchasing country;