An Act to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States with respect to the rate of duty on certain nonmalleable iron castings
PL 90-638 (H.R.653), enacted 10/24/1968

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such relocation program the Board shall utilize to the maximum extent 
the services and facilities of the appropriate Federal and local 
agencies. 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 5. The Board is authorized to adopt an official seal which shall 
be judicially noticed and to make such bylaws, rules, and regulations 
as it deems necessary for the administration of its functions under 
this Act, including, among other matters, bylaws, rules, and regula-
tions relating to the administration of its tnist funds and the organi-
zation and procedure of the Board. A majority of the members of the 
Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 
APPROPRIATION 
SEC. 6. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Board 
such funds as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act: 
Provided. That no more than $200,000 shall be authorized for appro-
priation through fiscal year 1970 and no part of that appropriation 
shall be available for construction purposes. 
RECORDS AND AUDIT 
SEC. 7. The accounts of the Board shall be audited in accordance 
with the principles and procedures applicable to, and as part of, the 
audit of the other Federal and trust funds of the Smithsonian 
Institution. 
Approved October 24, 1968. 
Public Law 90-638 
AN ACT 
To amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States with respect to the rate 
of duty on certain nonmalleable iron castings, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repre>ientatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) schedule 
6, part 4, subpart A of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 
U.S.C., sec. 1202) is amended by striking out item 662.20 and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following: 
662.18 
Other: 
Cast iron (except malleable cast Iron) parts, 
not alloyed and not advanced beyond clean-
ing, and machined only for the removal of 
flns. gates, sprues, and risers, or to permit 
location in finishing machinery 
Other 
2.5% ad val. 
10% ad val. 
10% ad val. 
35% ad val. 
October 24, 1968 
[H. R. 653] 
Tariff Schedules. 
Iron castings, 
rate of duty. 
77A Stat. 311. 
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendment made 
by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to articles entered, or with-
drawn from warehouse, for consumption, after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(2) LTpon retjuest therefor filed with the customs officer concerned 
on or before the 120th day after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the entry or withdrawal of any article described in item 662.18 of the 
Tariff Schedules of the United States (as added by subsection (a)) 
which was made after August 30, 1963, and on or before the date of 
the enactment of this Act shall, notwithstanding the provisions of 
section 514 of the Tariff' Act of 1930 or any other provision of law, be 
liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry or withdrawal has 
been made on the day after the date of the enactment of this Act. For 
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purposes of the preceding sentence, in the case of an entry or with-
drawal of any article made before January 1,1968, the rate of duty in 
rate column numbered 1 of item 662.18 of the Tariff Schedules of the 
United States (as added by subsection (a)) shall be treated as being 
3 percent ad valorem. 
(c) Effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after January 1, 1969, January 1, 
1970, January 1, 1971, and January 1, 1972, item 662.18 of the Tariff 
Schedules of the United States (as added by subsection (a)) is 
amended by striking out the matter in rate column numbered 1 and 
inserting in lieu thereof, respectively, "2% ad val.", "2% ad val.", 
"1.5% ad val.", and "1.5% ad val.". 
(d) The rates of duty in rate column numbered 1 of the Tariff' 
Schedules of the United States (as amended by the subsections (a) 
and (c)) shall be treated as not having the status of statutory provi-
sions enacted by the Congress, but as having been proclaimed by the 
Pi-esident as being required or appropriate to carry out foreign trade 
agreements to which the United States is a party. The rate of duty 
in rate column numbered 1 of item 662.20 of the Tariff Schedules of the 
United States (as amended by subsection (a)) shall not supersede the 
staged rates of duty provided for such item in Annex III to Procla-
post, p. 1576. 
mation 3822, dated December 16,1967 (32 Fed. Reg., No. 244, part I I ) . 
vauTe^^Lhi^^^ 
SEC. 2. (a) The headnotes for schedule 3 of the Tariff Schedules of 
weight. 
the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) are amended by adding after liead-
post, p. 1469. 
iiote 6 the following new headnote: 
"7. With respect to fabrics provided for in part 3 (other than fabrics 
valued over $2 per pound provided for in item 337.50) and in part 4 
of this schedule, provisions for fabrics in chief value of wool shall also 
apply to fabrics in chief weight of wool (whether or not in chief value 
oi wool). For the purposes of the preceding sentence, a fabric is in 
chief weight of wool if the weight of the wool component is greater 
than the weight of each other textile component (i.e., cotton, vegetable 
fibers except cotton, silk, manmade fibers, or other textile materials) 
of the fabric." 
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(b) Items 355.70, 356.30, and 359.30 of the Tariff Schedules of the 
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United States are each amended— 
(1) by striking out "32% ad val." and inserting in lieu thereof 
"37.5^ per lb. + 32% ad val."; and 
(2) by striking out "50% ad val." and inserting in lieu thereof 
"500 per lb. + 50% ad val.". 
(c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply 
with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption after the 60th day after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(d)(1) For purposes of applying sections 256(4), 256(5), and 
351 (b) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and section 350(c) (2) (A) 
19 use 1886, 
of the Tariff Act of 1930— 
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(A) the rates of duty in rate column numbered 1 of the Tariff 
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Schedules of the United States (as changed by subsection (b)) 
19 use 1351. 
shall be treated as the rates of duty existing on July 1, 1962; and 
(B) the rates of duty in rate column numbered 2 of such 
Schedules (as changed by subsection (b)) shall be treated as the 
rates of duty existing on July 1,1934. 
(2) The rates of duty in rate column numbered 1 of the Tariff 
Schedules of the United States (as amended by subsection (b)) shall 
be treated as not having the status of statutory provisions enacted 
by the Congress, but as having been proclaimed by the President as 
being required or appropriate to carry out foreign trade agreements 
to which the United States is a party. 
147. 
Effective date. 
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SEC. 3, (a) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed 
to admit free of duty one mass spectrometer, and all equipment, parts, 
accessories, and appurtenances for such spectrometer which accom-
pany it, imported for the use of Utah State University. 
(b) Upon request therefor filed with the customs officer concerned 
on or before the 120th day after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the entry or withdrawal of the articles described in subsection (a) 
shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 514 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 or any other provision of law, be liquidated or reliquidated in 
accordance with the provisions of subsection (a). 
Approved October 24, 1968. 
Spectrometer for 
use of Utah State 
University. 
Duty-free entry. 
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Public Law 90-639 
AN ACT 
October 24, 1968 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to increase the penalties 
[H. R. I4096] 
for unlawful acts involving lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and other de-
pressant and stimulant drugs, and for other purposes. 
LSD and other 
depressant and 
stimulant drugs. 
79 Stat. 227. 
Possession, 
restriction. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Rejyresentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress osseTnbled, That section 201 (v) 
(8) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321) 
is amended by striking out "any drug" and inserting in lieu thereof 
''lysergic acid diethylamide and any other drug". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 511(c) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 LT.S.C^. 360a(c)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) No person, other than a person described in subsection (a) or 
(b) (2) of this section, shall— 
"(1) possess any depressant or stimulant drug for sale, deliv-
ery, or other disposal to another, or 
"(2) otherwise possess any such drug unless such drug was 
obtained directly, or pursuant to a valid prescription, from a 
practitioner (licensed by law to prescribe or administer such 
drug) while acting in the course of nis professional practice." 
(b) Clause (3) of paragraph (q) of section 301 of such Act (21 
U.S.C. 331 (q) (3)) is amended to read as follows: "(3) (A) the pos-
session of a drug in violation of section 511(c) (1), or (B) the posses-
sion of a drug in violation of section 511(c) (2);". 
SEC. 3. Section 303 of such Act (21 U.S.C. 333) is amended by 
striking out subsections (a) and (b) and inserting in lieu thereof the 79"statr233l^ 
following new subsections: 
"SEC. 303. (a) Any person who violates a provision of section 301 
(other than a provision referred to in subsection (b) of this section) 
shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than 
$1,000, or both; except that if any person commits such a violation 
after a conviction of him under this subsection has become final, or 
commits such a violation with the intent to defraud or mislead, such 
person shall be imprisoned for not more than three years or fined not 
more than $10,000, or both. 
"(b)(1) Any person who violates clause (1), (2), or (3) (A) of 
section 301 (q), or violates, with respect to a depressant or stimulant 
drug, any of the provisions of paragraph (3) of section 301 (i), shall, 
except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, be 
imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $10,000, 
or both. 
Penalties. 
52 Stat. 1043;