An Act to provide that any juvenile who has been determined delinquent by a district court of the United States may be committed by the court to the custody of the Attorney General for observation and study
PL 87-428 (S.1691), enacted 03/31/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-428-MAR. 31, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
March 31,1962 
[S. 1691] 
Public Law 87-428 
AN ACT 
To provide that any juvenile who has been determined delinquent by a district 
court of the United States may be committed by the court to the custody of 
the Attorney General for observation and study. 
Juvenil e delin-
quents. 
Commitmentik 
62 Stat. 858. 
Report. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That section 5034 of 
title 18 of the United States Code is amended by adding immediately 
after the third paragraph thereof the following new paragraph: 
"If the court desires more detailed information as a basis lor deter-
mining whether to place any juvenile delinquent on probation or to 
commit him to the custody of the Attorney General under the first 
paragraph of this section, the court may commit such delinquent to 
the custody of the Attorney General for observation and study at an 
appropriate classification center or agency. 
The Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons, under such regulations as the Attorney General 
may prescribe, shall, after the delinquent has been so committed, cause 
a complete study to be made of the delinquent, including a mental and 
physical examination, to ascertain his personal traits, his capabilities, 
pertinent circumstances of his social background, any previous delin-
quency or criminal experience, any mental or physical defect or other 
factor contributing to his delinqu«icy, and any other factors which 
the Director may consider pertinent. 
A full and complete report of 
the results of such study, together with any recommendations which 
the Director believes would be helpful to the court in making its deter-
mination, shall be furnished to the court by the Director within sixty 
days after the date such delinquent is ordered committed to the custody 
of the Attorney General under this paragraph unless the court grants 
additional time for further study. 
No delinquent shall be committed 
under this paragraph for a period exceeding his minority or the term 
which might have been imposed had he been tried and convicted of the 
alleged violation for which he was determined delinquent, whichever 
occurs first." 
Approved March 31, 1962. 
April 4, 1962 
Public Law 87-429 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[H. J. Res. 441] 
To Commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Interstate Commerce 
Commission. 
24 Stat. 379; 
54 Stat. 899. 
49 u s e 
27 and 
note. 
Interstate C o m-
merce C o mm I s-
sion. 
Anniversary. 
Whereas April 5,1962, is the seventy-fifth aimiversary of the Interstate 
Commerce Commission; and 
Whereas the Interstate Commerce Commission is the oldest regulatory 
agency in the United States, having been established by the Act to 
regulate commerce enacted on February 4, 1887; and 
Whereas the duties and responsibilities of the Interstate Commerce 
Commission have been expanded throughout the past seventy-five 
years so that its activities in regulating the transportation industry 
now affect the life of every citizen of the United States: Therefore 
be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the President of the 
United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation 
designating the 5th day of April 1962 as Interstate Commerce Com-
mission Day, for the purpose of commemorating the seventy-fifth 
anniversary of the Interstate Commerce Commission. 
Approved April 4, 1962.