An Act creating a commission to be known as the Commission on Noxious and Obscene Matters and Materials
PL 90-100 (S.188), enacted 10/03/1967

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dealing specifically with migrant agricultural workers, including title 
I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, section 311 
of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, and the Farm Labor Con-
tractor Registration Act of 1963." 
RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 6. Section 5(a) of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 
sec. 35 (a)) is amended by striking out "and" after the semicolon at the 
end of paragraph (10), hj striking out the period at the end of para-
graph (11) and inserting m lieu thereof "; and", and by inserting after 
paragraph (11) the following new paragraph: 
"(12) effective July 1, 1969, provide that no residence require-
ment will be imposed which excludes from services under the plan 
any individual who is present in the State." 
79 Stat. 27. 
20 u s e 241a 
note. 
79 Stat. 977. 
42 u s e 2861. 
78 Stat. 920. 
7 u s e 2041 note. 
68 Stat. 656. 
MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR T H E DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
SEC. 7. Effective July 1,1968, section 11 (h) (1) (B) of the Vocational 
Rehabilitation Act is amended by inserting "the District of Columbia," 
after "the allotment percentage for". 
Approved October 3, 1967. 
68 Stat. 661. 
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Public Law 90-100 
AN ACT 
Creating a commission to be known as the Conimissicm on Obscenity and 
Pornography. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
FINDING OF FACT AND DECLARATION OF POLICY 
SECTION 1. The Congress finds that the traffic in obscenity and 
pornography is a matter of national concern. The problem, however, 
is not one which can be solved at any one level of government. The 
Federal Government has a responsibility to investigate the gravity of 
this situation and to determine whether such materials are harmful to 
the public, and particularly to minors, and whether more effective 
methods should be devised to control the transmission of such materials. 
The State and local governments have an equal responsibility in the 
exercise of their regulatory powers and any attempts to control this 
transmission should be a coordinated effort at the various governmental 
levels. It is the purpose of this Act to establish an advisory commission 
whose purpose shall be, after a thorough study which shall include a 
study of the causal relationship of such materials to antisocial behavior, 
to recommend advisable, appropriate, effective, and constitutional 
means to deal effectively with such traffic in obscenity and pornography. 
October 3,1967 
[S. 188] 
eommission on 
Obscenity and 
Pornography. 
Establishment. 
COMMISSION ON OBSCENITY AND PORNOGRAPHY 
SEC. 2. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—For the purpose of carrying out 
the provisions of this Act, there is hereby created a commission to be 
known as the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography (hereinafter 
referred to as the "Commission"), whose members shall include persons 
having expert knowledge in the fields of obscenity and antisocial be-
havior, including but not limited to psychiatrists, sociologists, psy-
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chologists, criminologists, jurists, lawyers, and others from organiza-
itions and professions who have special and practical competence or 
experience with respect to obscenity laws and their application to 
juveniles. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP or THE COMMISSION.—The Commission shall be 
composed of eighteen members appointed by the President. 
(c) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy m the Commission shall be filled 
by appointment by the President. 
(d) ORGANIZATION OF COMMISSION.—The Commission shall elect a 
Chairman and a Vice Chairman from among its members. 
(e) QUORUM.—Ten members of the Commission shall constitute a 
quorum, but five members shall be sufficient for the purpose of taking 
testimony or interrogating witnesses. 
COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION 
SEC. 3. (a) MEMBERS EMPLOYED BY UNITED STATES.—Members of the 
Commission who are officers or full-time employees of the United States 
shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their 
services as officers or employees of the United States; but they shall 
be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 
80 Stat. 499. 
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g authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for per-
sons in the Government service employed intermittently. 
(b) 
OTHER MEMBERS.—Members of the Commission who are 
not 
officers or full-time employees of the United States shall each receive 
$75 per diem when engaged in the actual performance of duties vested 
in the Commission. In addition, they shall be allowed travel expenses, 
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 
of title 5, United States Code, for persons in the Government service 
employed intermittently. 
STAFF OF T H E 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 4. Such personnel as the Commission. deems necessary may 
be appointed by the Commission without regard to the provisions 
of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the com-
petitive service, and may be paid without regard to the provisions 
80 Stat. 443.467, of chapter 51 and subtitle I I I of chapter 53 of such title relating to 
5 us^' 5101 et 
classification and General Schedule pay rates. 
seq, 5331 et 
seq. 
DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION 
SEC. 5. (a) INVESTIGATION AND KECOMMENDATIONS.—It shall be the 
duty of the Commission— 
(1) with the aid of leading constitutional law authorities, to 
analyze the laws pertaining to the control of obscenity and por-
nography ; and to evaluate and recommend definitions of obscenity 
and pornography; 
(2) to ascertain the methods employed in the distribution of 
obscene and pornographic materials and to explore the nature and 
volume of traffic in such materials; 
(3) to study the effect of obscenitj^ and pornography upon the 
public, and particularly minors, and its relationship to crime and 
other antisocial behavior; and 
(4) to recommend such legislative, administrative, or other 
advisable and appropriate action as the Commission deems neces-
sary to regulate effectively the flow of such traffic, without in any 
way interfering with constitutional rights. 
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(b) EEPORT.—The Commission shall report to the President and 
the Congress its findings and recommendations as soon as practicable 
and in no event later than January 31, 1970. The Commission shall 
cease to exist ten days following the submission of its final report. 
POWERS o r THE COMMISSION 
SEC. 6. (a) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS.—^The Commission or, on the 
authorization of the Commission, any committee thereof, may, for the 
purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act, hold such hearings 
and sit and act at such times and such places within the United States 
as the Commission or such committee may deem advisable. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out its duties under the Act, the 
Commission shall consult with other Federal agencies, Governors, 
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attorneys general, and other representatives of State and local govern-
ment and private organizations to the extent feasible. 
(c) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commission is authorized 
to secure directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, 
board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumental-
ity, information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose 
of this Act, and each such department, bureau, agency, board, commis-
sion, office, establishment, or instrumentality is authorized and directed, 
to the extent permitted by law, to furnish such information, sugges-
tions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request 
made by the Chairman or Vice Chairman. 
(d) OBTAINING SCIENTIFIC DATA.—For the purpose of securing the 
necessary scientific data and information the Commission may make 
contracts with universities, research institutions, foundations, labo-
ratories, hospitals, and other competent public or private agencies to 
conduct research on the causal relationship of obscene material and 
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antisocial behavior. For such purpose, the Commission is authorized 
to obtain the services of experts and consultants in accordance with 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code. 
so stat. 4i6. 
Approved October 3, 1967. 
Public Law 90-101 
JOINT RESOULTION 
October 3, 1967 
To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation commemorating 
[s. J. Res. 109] 
fifty years of service to the Nation by the Langley Research Center. 
Whereas this calendar year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the 
establishment in 1917 of the Langley Eesearch Center at Hampton, 
Virginia; and 
Whereas the Langley Research Center of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, for forty-one years a facility.of the 
former National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, has pro-
vided a continuing technological basis for significant advances in 
military and commercial aviation; and 
Whereas pioneering scientific investigations conducted by the Langley 
Research Center contributed to the development over the years of 
unique facilities, research techniques, and the technical competence 
required to establish and maintain this country's leadership in aero-
nautics; and 
Whereas the Langley Research Center was the birthplace of Project 
Mercury—the first United States manned space flight project; and 
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