An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to effect the payment of certain claims against the United States.
PL 86-556 (S.3072), enacted 06/30/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-556-JUNE 30, 1960 
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(a) the Secretary, or his designee, with the concurrence of the 
head of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, 
or his designee, notifies the master that a United States or Cana-
dian registered pilot is not available, or 
(b) the vessel or its cargo is in distress or jeopardy. 
Local authority. 
gjjc. 9. (a) No State, municipal, or other local authority shall have 
any power to require the use of pilots or to regulate any aspect of 
pilotage in any of the waters specified in this Act. 
(b) Nothing in this Act shall apply to any vessel of the United 
States which, in its navigation of waters to which this Act is 
applicable, is required by any other Act to have in its service and on 
board pilots or other navigating officers licensed by the United States 
for such waters. 
(c) The exceptions in section 2(f) applying to Canadian vessels shall 
be effective only so long as Canada permits enrolled vessels of the 
United States to be navigated on Canadian waters of the Great Lakes 
solely by qualified officers licensed by the head of the Department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating. 
SEC. 10. (a) The Secretary is authorized to appoint an Advisory 
Committee of three public members, each of whom shall have had at 
least five years of practical experience in maritime operations. 
The 
term for which a member may be appointed or reappointed shall not 
exceed five years. 
(b) The Advisory Committee shall meet at the call of the Secretary. 
The Advisory Committee may review proposed pilotage regulations 
and policies and make such recommendations as are deemed appro-
priate. 
(c) Members of the Advisory Committee shall be compensated at 
a rate not exceeding $75 per day when actually engaged in the per-
formance of their duties, together with their necessary travel expenses 
while going to and from meetings and when engaged on business at 
the call of the Secretary. 
SEC. 11. The Secretary may use, with their consent, the available 
services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of agencies and instru-
mentalities of the Federal Government, on a reimbursable basis when 
appropriate. 
SEC. 12. If a provision of this Act or the application of such provi-
sion to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder 
of the Act and the application of such provision to persons or cir-
cumstances other than those to which it is held invalid shall not be 
affected thereby. 
SEC. 13. This Act shall become effective upon the date of its enact-
ment, except that the pilotage provisions of this Act shall not become 
effective until the first day of the fourth month following the issuance 
of regulations pursuant hereto by the Secretary. 
Approved June 30, 1960. 
Use of services, 
equipment, etc. 
Effective date. 
June 30, 1960 
[S. 3072] 
Public Law 86-556 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to effect the payment of certain 
claims against the United States. 
Treasury Depart-
ment. 
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tain claims. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sum as may 
be necessary to effect full and final settlement of the following claims 
against the United States: 
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(a) Claims of the Government of Israel in the sum of NF45,274.25 
$9,190.67) on behalf of Izhaq Cohen and in the sum of NF36,582.12 
$7,426.17) on behalf of Jacob Kashi, arising as a consequence of 
injuries sustained by Izhaq Cohen and Jacob Kashi in an automobile 
accident which occurred at Paris, France, on April 22, 1956, involving 
a Government-owned vehicle of the United States Embassy at Paris; 
(b) Claim of the Government of France in the sum of NF16,454.59 
($3,340.28) on behalf of Marie Kerardy arising as a consequence of 
injuries sustained by Marie Kerardy in an automobile accident which 
occurred at Paris, France, on January 13, 1954, involving a Govern-
ment-owned vehicle of the United States Embassy at Paris. 
In all, $19,957.12, together with such additional sums due to in-
creases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay the claims in 
the foreign currency specified. 
Approved June 30, 1960. 
Public Law 86-557 
AN ACT 
June 30, 1960 
To make permanent the existing suspension of duties on certain coarse wool. —i-1—'. 
L. 
Be it enacted hy the SeTiate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the 
Act entitled "An Act to provide for the temporary suspension of <he duties 
import duties on certain coarse wool, and to provide additional time 
for the Tariff Commission to review the customs tariff schedules", 
approved May 19,1958 (Public Law 85-418; 72 Stat. 120), is amended 
by striking out "during the period beginning on the sixtieth day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and ending at the close of 
June 30, 1960" and inserting in lieu thereof "on or after the sixtieth 
day after the date of the enactment of this Act". 
SEC. 2. (a) The first sentence of paragraph 1101(b) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C., sec. 1001, par. 1101(b)) is amended by insert-
ing "papermakers' felts," immediately after "press cloth,". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective only 
with respect to wool or hair entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption, on or after the 30th day after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. Paragraph (5) of paragraph 1101(c) of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C, sec. 1001, par. 1101 (c)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(5) the standards for determining grades of wools shall be 
those which are established from time to time by the Secretary 
of Agriculture pursuant to law and which are in effect on the date 
of importation of the wools." 
Approved June 30, 1960. 
Wool. 
S u s p e n sion of 
19 U S C 100 1, 
par. 1101 note. 
5 2 Stat. 1091. 
Public Law 86-558 
AN ACT 
To amend section 6387(b) of title 10, United States Code, relating to the 
definition of total commissioned service of certain officers of the naval 
service. 
Tune 30, 1960 
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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 6387(b) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out the words stl?.^337f"*°'' '^ 
"has been continuously" in clause (2) and mserting the words "is, 
or at any time has been," in place thereof. 
Approved June 30, 1960.